Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 159 The King of Han Li Yuanchang

Li Chengqian sat in front of Xinxin's tomb, chattering endlessly, and while talking, Li Chengqian burst into tears again, and there was actually too much grievance and helplessness in this cry.

Once upon a time, he, Li Chengqian, was also the proud son of heaven.

In the ninth year of Wude, Li Shimin came to the throne, and in October Guihai, Li Chengqian, who was only 8 years old, was canonized as the prince.According to historical records, Chengqian was "intelligent in nature", "specially sensitive", "grand and handsome, benevolent, filial and pure". Taizong liked him very much. That's it.

But who knows. If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.

As Li Chengqian grew older and suffered from foot disease, he began to rebel.

So Li Shimin "searched and visited the virtuous and virtuous to assist the palace", and successively selected more than ten veterans and famous ministers as the assistant ministers of the East Palace, such as Yu Zhining, Li Baiyao, Du Zhenglun, Kong Yingda, Zhang Xuansu, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, etc. , And ordered Liu Ji, Cen Wenwen and Ma Zhoudi to go to the East Palace every day to talk with Prince Chengqian.

However, these admonishers ignored a very important point, that is, whether such an education method is suitable for Li Chengqian, and whether blindly admonishing can correct Chengqian's deviated behavior?

Because looking at the persuasion of Yu Zhining, Kong Yingda, Zhang Xuansu and others, one can find that they have something in common. These three people are almost sparse, and their wording is more fierce than the other, and each sentence is sharper than the other.

Li Chengqian only built a house, so Yu Zhining criticized him for being too extravagant; Li Chengqian played with eunuchs, but Yu Zhining criticized him again, and even compared him to Qin II.

The other Kong Yingda was even more fierce, as soon as he felt that Li Chengqian was wrong, he would immediately offend Yan Zhiqian. The prince's wet nurse, Mrs. Sui'an, once persuaded Kong Yingda, thinking that the prince is too old to always criticize and criticize in front of his face. However, Kong Yingda said that I did this "without hatred for death", and the result was "the remonstrance is too much, and Chengqian can't accept it".

As for the last Zhang Xuansu, he was always admonishing him all the time, and his words were so urgent that Li Chengqian would listen to him immediately. As for the result, one can imagine. Li Chengqian could only become more and more rebellious and unruly.

You think it's over except for these, of course it's not over, there is a pursuer behind Li Chengqian, Li Chengqian's younger brother Li Tai.

From the tenth year of Zhenguan, as the prince Li Chengqian became depraved and refused to mend his ways despite repeated admonitions, Li Shimin's inner balance began to gradually tilt towards Wei Wang Li Tai.

Because Li Tai loves literature, Li Shimin specially allowed him to open a literature museum in Wei Wangfu, allowing him to recruit celebrities from all over the world.Many courtiers with a keen sense of politics immediately realized that this was a political signal intentionally released by the emperor.

Didn't Li Shimin, the king of Qin at that time, recruit talents and build up his prestige through the literature museum, and then replaced Li Jiancheng's crown prince, and finally ascended to the throne of emperor?
Since the Son of Heaven had sent out such a political signal, of course those who cared about him flocked to Wei Wang Li Tai, so "there are many scholars with literary talents, and the children of nobles and wanderers borrow from each other, and there are many families."

Li Shimin once said in person, "Life is short lived, and if the prince is unfortunate, how can you know that the kings will not be the masters of the public in the future? How can you take it lightly!" (Volume [-] of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian")

These words are too blatant, and the civil and military courts of the whole court are very clear that the so-called "kings" by the emperor actually refers to the king of Wei.

Li Tai is a smart man, of course he will not let down his father Li Shimin's trust and love for him.Although Xuan Suiliang, Wei Zheng and others have been trying their best to curb the momentum of King Wei's seizure of the throne, after all, the emperor is behind him to support him, so the popularity index of King Wei Li Tai in the Li and Tang courts is still rising, and many courtiers and dignitaries naturally appeal to him. He moves closer.

Li Shimin once sent Wei Ting, the servant of the Huangmen, Du Chuke (Du Ruhui's younger brother), the Minister of Industry, and others as the chief ministers of the Wei Palace.And these two people naturally became the spokespersons of Wei Wang Li Tai's interests. They worked very hard to help Li Tai and make friends with a large number of court officials.

Du Chuke even spared no hesitation in bribing the dignitaries of the court with a lot of money, and strongly praised King Wei for his wisdom, saying that he was the only heir to the throne with the most qualifications.

In order to find political backers in the future, the dignitaries were of course willing to bet their chips on the king of Wei who had a higher chance of winning. Among them were the son of Chai Shao, the captain-in-law Chai Lingwu, and Fang Xuanling's son-in-law Yiai.

In just a few years, Li Tai established a Wei Wang Party with him as the core among the top political leaders of the empire. Its political goal is very clear, which is two words - seizing the heir.

Facing the heir apparent of the Tang Empire, Wei Wang Li Tai and his followers are eager to move, and they are determined to win.

Li Tai firmly believed: Li Chengqian, a useless cripple, would get out of the prince's position sooner or later, and only he, the well-versed and well-respected king of Wei, was the best candidate for the East Palace!
On the one hand, his father's dislike, on the other hand, his own physical disability, and on the bottom, his brother's crazily chasing and suppressing, Li Chengqian is not crazy until now, in fact, he is already very strong psychologically.

It's just that Li Chengqian, who is not crazy, still did not escape a person's fuel.

"Chengqian!"

Just as Li Chengqian was crying, a man walked up to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian looked up, and then shouted: "Uncle Wang. Father is really the same as what you said. He only likes blue sparrows. Gu is a cripple, so he doesn't like it!"

The person who came was none other than Han Wang Li Yuanchang.

Li Yuanchang is the seventh son of Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty, and his mother is a grandson. This prince was once deeply loved by Li Yuan.Good at running calligraphy, good at drawing horses, and his handwriting is wonderful.Painting eagles, falcons, pheasants, and rabbits was admirable at that time.

It's just a pity that Li Shimin's Xuanwu sect succeeded in seizing the throne, and he, Li Yuan's beloved seventh son, turned into a shivering little pitiful waiting for his brother to deal with him.

Fortunately, Li Shimin did not touch his younger brother in the end, but liked his younger brother more. When Li Yuan was in power, Li Yuanchang was the king of Lu, and Li Shimin should be named King of Han. You must know that King Han is compared with King Lu, and King Han is the king of Lu. Titles with different meanings.

Of course, there is also the factor of Li Shimin's show, killing his own brother, being nice to his other brother, and showing the world that it is not Li Shimin who is bloodthirsty, but his own brother deserves to die.

Later, because Li Yuanchang and Li Chengqian were born in the same year, Li Shimin even allowed them to play together, which gave them more opportunities to meet.

What Li Shimin didn't know was that Li Yuanchang and Li Jiancheng had a very close relationship. When Li Shimin and Li Yuan were fighting abroad, Li Yuanchang was almost brought out by Li Jiancheng.

His affection for Li Jiancheng made him loathe Li Shimin. No matter how good Li Shimin treated him, he always had a rebellious feeling towards Li Shimin.

"Chengqian, you are so kind. You are so kind that people feel distressed. You are satisfied with your kindness. Sometimes, people's fate is in their own hands. Chengqian, General Hou has been waiting for you for a long time. !"

(End of this chapter)