If you don't believe me, you can count it yourself.
For example, in the Qin Dynasty, Fu Xi, the son of Qin Shihuang, was given death after Qin Shihuang's death; For example, in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Biao, the prince trained by Zhu Yuanzhang, the great ancestor of Ming Dynasty, died before Zhu Yuanzhang, forcing Zhu Yuanzhang to make his great-grandson Zhu Yunwen emperor, which indirectly triggered the Jingnan War.
There was such a famous prince in the Tang Dynasty who cursed deeply and died at the hands of his brother.
This famous prince is the famous hidden prince Li.
1. Li's early life
I believe many friends have heard of Li. In particular, friends who have read the Sui and Tang Dynasties and other literary works should know better.
But, you know what? This is actually just an illusion. The real Li in history is very different from the image in romance novels, and even can be said to be a very wise person in the story. Moreover, even in the official history, many of his records are doubtful.
To understand this problem, we must first look at Li's real life.
Li, Xiao.
word
Vishnu. Please note that these three characters, Visama, are Li's small characters, which are essentially different from Chinese characters. The so-called small print is the same as the small names such as pillars and iron eggs we are talking about today.
As for Li's words, I'm sorry, they are not recorded in the history books, and no one knows them later.
The reason for this is not complicated. As the eldest son, Li didn't say a word until he became an adult, but at the same time he quickly started the great cause of resisting Sui Dynasty, and later Li was made a prince. As a prince, Tang Gaozu is the only one who is qualified to call him, and later historians naturally don't know.
As for the family background, it goes without saying. Li Jiazu was famous, and Li Hu, the grandfather of Li Yuan, was one of the eight pillar countries in the Western Wei Dynasty. Since then, the Li family has been the largest family in the world. Later, it spread to Tang gaozu's generation. Although Tang gaozu's father died early, the influence of the Li family is still very large. Crucially, Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty, is actually Tang Gaozu's little uncle.
About the family background of the Li family, you can write an extremely long paper of hundreds of thousands of words. But here, we just need to know that the ancestors of the Li family are very cattle, which is enough.
It is worth mentioning that Li was born.
Li Sheng was born in 589 AD, the ninth year of the reign of the Sui Dynasty, which was also the year when the Sui Dynasty went south to destroy Chen and completely unified the world.
This year, Li Yuan was 23 years old and Li's biological mother was 20 years old. Later, Emperor Taizong was born in 599 AD, that is to say, ten years younger than Li!
Please keep this in mind. Because it is this seemingly insignificant time problem that has led many historians to doubt the history of the Tang Dynasty.
Li's early experience is basically not recorded in the history books. Whether it is the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty, the Book of the New Tang Dynasty or Zi Jian, the record of Li began when Li Yuan was preparing to resist Sui Dynasty in the 13th year of Daye. Therefore, later generations know little about Li's early life.
However, from some historical clues, we can still infer some of his early experiences.
In 604 AD, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty died and Emperor Yang Guang of Yang Di ascended the throne. This year, Li 15 years old. At that time, Li Yuan should be the secretariat of Longzhou (now Longxian County, Shaanxi Province).
In 6 13 AD, Yang Guang made an expedition to Korea, which lasted for nine years. In the same year, Yang Xuangan rebelled and was suppressed. This year, Li was 24 years old. At that time, Tang gaozu was ordered to guard Honghua County (now Qingyang County, Gansu Province), with liying at his side.
In 6 15 ad, the great cause was eleven years. This year, Li Yuan was transferred to the ambassador of Hedong Comfort Station in Shanxi and began his career in Shanxi. In the same year, Ally Li married his later crown princess Zheng Guanyin. This year, Li was 26 years old and Zheng Guanying 16 years old.
There is no record of Li's early employment in the history books. However, judging from Li's performance and aristocratic tradition at that time, Li should have been an official when he was in his teens and officially began to be an official. When he was transferred to Shaanxi and began to prepare to compete with the world, Li had rich experience and was independent enough.
Li is actually very capable.
According to historical records, before the official start of the army, Li and his family lived in Hedong County, which is probably the southwest of Shanxi today. While Tang Gaozu's side, it seems that only brought Li Shimin such a son.