allendalepharm Chapter 2269 Explaining to the Prince
Chapter 2269 Explaining to the Prince
This game because of Li Shen finally ended with the Royal Family winning.
The Xizhou Massacre was defined as a large-scale revenge by the rebels and recorded in history books, leaving many mysteries for later scholars to speculate.
This is how history is. There are some unknown things in every dynasty and generation.
History is often written by the victors, covering up the truth, and how many people will know it thousands of years later?
The matter ended successfully. Li Shimin achieved his goal. The nobles supported His Majesty the Prince and chose to compromise.
The aristocratic families who wanted to pursue the matter to the end, although reluctant, finally chose to give up after receiving some compensation.
Because they knew that even if they got to the bottom of it, it would be useless. His Majesty's attitude was firm and they would not be able to achieve the results they wanted no matter what.
You can only wait for the opportunity and lie dormant slowly.
After all the dishes were served, Li Shimin took the lead in drinking heartily, and the scene became full of singing and laughter.
The court musicians played musical instruments and sang, and the geishas danced gracefully, adding a bit of color to the desolation of late autumn.
The banquet lasted for an hour and a half before it ended. Everyone was drunk, and old ministers like Cheng Yaojin were even more drunk.
After the banquet, Li Shimin ordered Wang De to send someone to send these people back to his residence.
They all have yards in the nursing home, and a small number of those who do not have yards are sent out of the nursing home and taken back to Chang'an City by their servants.
Everyone left, only the prince stayed to take care of Li Shimin.
"Okay, you sit down too."
Li Chengqian helped Li Shimin back to the bedroom. When he was about to take off his boots, Li Shimin stopped him.
Wang De immediately ordered the maid to come and help Li Shimin change his clothes and take off his boots.
"Gao Ming, do you understand what happened today?" Li Shimin asked while lying on the couch after taking off his coat.
"Replying to Aye, please understand that Aye first stabilized the nobles and then negotiated with the aristocratic families.
Although the aristocratic families were numerous, they did not possess the high positions and power of these nobles, so in the end they had no choice but to agree."
Li Chengqian replied.
Li Shimin nodded.
"Well, that's certainly the case on the surface, but what else? Do you know why those nobles agreed to it?
Didn't you notice that your uncle is very enthusiastic today?
You should know that his Changsun Mansion suffered the most serious losses. According to my judgment, including the workshop, the losses were at least 200,000 strings of cash.
The loss was so huge, yet he easily compromised. Do you know why?"
"Well, could it be because Father said that the Tenth Brother is still young? Is Duke Zhao also afraid that the Tenth Brother will take revenge after his death?"
Li Chengqian asked tentatively. These nobles were all old, and they were very wary of Li Shen, who Li Shimin had just mentioned, because he was still young.
With the emperor's favor that Li Shen has now, coupled with his relationship with Crown Prince Li Chengqian, he will be at the peak of his career in the next few decades.
It is even possible that Li Chengqian's next generation will treat Li Shen in the same way.
If that were the case, who wouldn't be afraid?
"You are only half right." Li Shimin took the ginseng tea handed to him by Wang De.
"Please give me some advice, Father." Li Chengqian bowed quickly and asked for advice. This was a good opportunity to learn.
What happened today can definitely be used as a teaching material.
"Firstly, it's just as you said. They are afraid that Old Ten will plot against their descendants after he dies.
But they were worrying too much. Unless it was a mortal enemy, Lao Shi would not do such a thing as to wipe out the whole family.
What's more, neither I nor you will allow him to do so.
No matter what, these nobles are all meritorious officials, most of whom are heroes in founding the country, and we must treat their descendants well.
If we allow the Tenth Prince to deal with them, what face will our royal family have?
Outsiders will say that my Li family is ungrateful."
At this point, Li Shimin drank two sips of ginseng tea to sober up. He continued:
"The reason they compromised like this is because they were afraid."
"What are you afraid of?" Li Chengqian was a little puzzled.
"Haha, of course you are afraid of me. I am old." Li Shimin laughed and said:
"After I ascended the throne, I did not follow the example of Emperor Gaozu of Han. Instead of persecuting those who had made great contributions, I lavished them with rewards.
That's because I believe in their loyalty and I believe I can control them.
I hold the power of a million soldiers and I can bestow lavish rewards, so what?
But now I am old, and I have been paving the way for you all these years. They are afraid that I will eliminate them for you.
So they must show their loyalty, whether to me or to you, they must make me feel at ease.
Especially your uncle, who was reprimanded by me at the beginning of the year and was also made very serious by your mother.
Coupled with what Lao Shi did to his Erlang, this made him change.
Therefore, when you succeed to the throne in the future, you must remember that the military power must be in your own hands.
Lao Shi once said, "Power lies only on the edge of the sword, truth lies only within the range of the bow and crossbow, and truth lies beneath your butcher's knife."
Li Shimin was a little drunk, so he said a lot, and his words were even more cruel than before.
Normally he taught himself how to use strategies to fight back, but today he finally taught Li Chengqian how to draw his sword.
Originally, Li Shimin planned to find an opportunity to teach Li Chengqian in the future. After all, strategy is more important than force.
The way to govern a country is not to simply use force to solve problems, as this will turn you into a tyrant.
I drank too much today and said it out loud under the influence of alcohol.
Was it because he was kind that he did not follow Emperor Gaozu of Han and kill his meritorious officials?
You are wrong. How can a king be merciful? He even killed his brothers.
Mainly because he is young, he has the confidence that he can suppress these people.
What's more, even if we rely on them, we can kill these founding heroes.
Li Shimin joined the army when he was a teenager, and began to follow his father to fight in all directions at the age of nineteen. As the commander-in-chief, he pacified separatist forces such as Xue Rengao, Liu Wuzhou, Dou Jiande, and Wang Shichong.
What a high-spirited spirit that was.
At the time of the Xuanwu Gate Incident, he was only 28 years old and became emperor at the age of 28. The founding generals under him were all ten or twenty years older than him.
He was so young and full of confidence at that time. Not only because he believed in the loyalty of these people, but more importantly, he held military power.
And given his age, he was not afraid that these people would pose a threat to his future successor.
When Emperor Gaozu of Han established the Han Dynasty, he was already in his fifties. In order to prevent these meritorious officials from threatening the next generation of succession to the throne and to eliminate potential threats to imperial power.
In order to prevent the princes from imitating him and rebelling, Emperor Gaozu of Han had no choice but to resort to this last resort.
Among them, being granted titles of kingship and fiefdom and holding military power is one of the main reasons.
The two people are in different environments, so their endings are naturally different.
Li Chengqian really hadn't thought about this. He thought about it because he wanted to be close to him. After all, he was about to become the emperor.
But I really didn't think that he was afraid that his younger brother would take them away. It seems that he is still too young.
"Thank you for your teachings, Father. I have benefited a lot from them." Li Chengqian bowed sincerely to express his gratitude.
"Haha, tell me, what do you think about the scheduled examination to fill vacancies?" Li Shimin asked again with a smile.
(Disclaimer: This paragraph is all my personal opinion after researching the information. If you disagree, please don’t criticize me.
I think the perspective of killing meritorious officials is based on the emperor's age.
When Liu Bang achieved success, he was already in his fifties. Han Xin and others were granted titles of king and fiefdom and held military power, so he was afraid of affecting the inheritance of imperial power.
Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was only 34 years old when he became emperor, so he chose a gentle approach, releasing military power with a toast and giving generous rewards and official positions.
When Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he was already in his forties, and he was 55 when he completed the unification of the territory. He was already old at that time.
The Hu Weiyong case was initiated by Zhu Yuanzhang when he was 52 years old, and the Lan Yu case was initiated by Zhu Yuanzhang when he was 65 years old.
Personal opinion.)