What kind of person is Li Jiancheng in history?

The opposite of Li Shimin.

Li Jiancheng is the eldest son of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan. When the Xuanwumen Incident occurred, Li Jiancheng was only thirty-eight years old when he was killed by Li Shimin. The real Li Jiancheng in history is a very generous and talented person. and not the prince who was later blackened and mediocre by history.

At the beginning of the Tang Gaozu Li Yuan leading the army to fight, Li Jiancheng obeyed his father's arrangement to stay in Hedong and wait for his father to return. When he was in Hedong, Li Jiancheng made friends with a lot of people with lofty ideals, as well as talents with their own unique ideas about the country's strategy. At that time, Li Jiancheng had his own unique opinions and ideas about the establishment of the world and the general trend of the world, and the Li family had the style of martial arts handed down by his ancestors.

He was also an important participant in Li Yuan's establishment of the Tang Dynasty. In 617 AD, Li Yuan led an army to attack the Sui Dynasty, and Li Jiancheng obeyed his father's arrangement to lead other armies to attack the Xihe, and the first war was won. Later, Li Yuan established the General's Mansion there, and Li Jiancheng led his army to continuously wage wars against the Sui Dynasty to establish the Tang Dynasty.

Later, Li Jiancheng participated in and built many wars, such as:The Battle of Xihe, the Battle of Huoyi, the Battle of Tongguan, and the Battle of Chang'anIn these wars, Li Jiancheng demonstrated long-term strategic goals and outstanding military performance. Li Yuan was very satisfied with his son Li Jiancheng.

Later, Li Jiancheng sat in the position of the king of the Tang Dynasty, and his younger brother Li Shimin tapped his power for a long time and tilted the power of the imperial court to his side. He knew that he could no longer become a king through ordinary competition, so one day when Li Jiancheng was in the early dynasty, he launched a rebellion in the palace with 800 soldiers he had privately recruited, killed Li Jiancheng with his own hands, and took the position of king. Afraid that Li Jiancheng's son would be dangerous to himself when he grew up, killing all five of Li Jiancheng's young sons can be said to be really ruthless.

This is the famous "Xuanwumen Coup" in history.

In order to retain a good impression in the hearts of future generations, Li Shimin did not hesitate to reverse the black and white facts. In the history books, he only wrote about his outstanding achievements, and wrote his brother Li Jiancheng as useless, so as to improve his status in the hearts of future generations.

Li Jiancheng in history is also a capable and talented person, but he is not as powerful as his younger brother Li Shimin, and he does not have as many military achievements as Li Shimin, so he was replaced by his younger brother.

Li Jiancheng in history is almost the same as in film and television, he has little ability, except for spending time and drinking, he will engage in some small conspiracies.

He is a very honest, simple and kind, and a very talented person.

Li Jiancheng is benevolent and talented.

While Li Shimin is recruiting talents, Li Jiancheng also has a large number of talents, such as the military general Xue Shixun, and the strategist Wei Zheng, compared to Du Ruhui, Qin Qiong, Luo Chi Jingde and others under Li Shimin. To be able to attract such talents and talents to serve him, Li Jiancheng should have something extraordinary.

Old Tang Book. Jiancheng Biography said that after Jiancheng became the crown prince, "Gaozu was worried that he was not good at political affairs, and every time he ordered Xi to learn current affairs, he was not a major military affair, and he was entrusted to decide", in today's words, it is to let Jiancheng preside over the daily work and learn to be the emperor. And even if the history books are changed more according to the tone set by Taizong Li Shimin, they can't find how bad it is in political affairs at this time.

On the contrary, it can be known that Jiancheng has at least much more experience in this area than Li Shimin. ”

It is mentioned in the "Datang Entrepreneurship and Living Note" that the first to enter Chang'an City was Lei Yongji, the military leader of the east who was built. That is, it has the military merit of conquering Chang'an. Pingxi River and Kechang'an seized a solid base for the Tang Dynasty, and it can be said that Li Jiancheng made great contributions to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty.

First of all, Li Jiancheng is not incompetent, nor mediocre, nor ruthless. According to the records of various official histories, Li Jiancheng is also a person who is both civil and military, talented and highly meritorious. Let's think about it, while Li Shimin is recruiting troops and horses all over the world and recruiting talents, Li Jiancheng is also not idle, and there are also a large number of talents in his prince's mansion, such as the military general Xue Shixun, and the strategist Wei Zheng, these are all geniuses!

Compared with Du Ruhui under Li Shimin, Qin Qiong, Luo Chi Jingde and others are by no means subordinate. can attract such talents and talents to serve him, can it be said that Li Jiancheng is no one else? Furthermore, why did Gaozu Li Yuan insist on appointing Li Jiancheng as the crown prince instead of Li Shimin?

When Li Shimin was fighting everywhere, Gaozu left Jiancheng in the palace and taught him to govern the country and level the world, and it can also be seen that Gaozu should be the successor in his heart Li Jiancheng instead of Li Shimin. I am afraid that this is not a "long-winded" reason, and it is recorded in the history books that almost all the beauties of Gaozu's harem fell to the side of the crown prince Li Jiancheng in this brotherly struggle, which shows Li Jiancheng's ability to win people's hearts. For various reasons, in order to set off Li Shimin's glorious image, later generations all described Li Jiancheng as an incompetent person, which is not in line with historical facts.

Also, in the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Jiancheng was actually a passive party, and it should be Li Shimin who provoked the dispute. Although both of them want the position of emperor, the fact is that Li Jiancheng is the crown prince, and Li Shimin is only the king of Qin. No matter how you say it, Li Jiancheng has the upper hand, not to mention that the crown prince is abolished, and there can be no easy variables, that is to say, as long as there are no major accidents, the throne is Li Jiancheng.

Between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, who wants to create an accident to change the position of the crown prince? The answer is obvious. What's more, after the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Shimin relied on the means of house arrest to really become the emperor.

It can be seen that the candidate for the crown prince in Gaozu's heart has never been Li Shimin. However, Li Shimin, with his own resourcefulness and talent, managed to pull back this game, which made people have to be convinced. In the end, Li Jiancheng is actually quite a woman's kindness, and the historical records record that Wei Zheng and everyone persuaded him to get rid of Li Shimin first in the early days, but Li Jiancheng has always disagreed.

He believed that fratricidal fratricide with his brother for the sake of the throne was a great rebellion, and he never adopted this plan. This incident was confirmed by Wei Zheng's scolding of Li Shimin after Li Jiancheng's death. In contrast, Li Shimin was able to be so ruthless and put Gao Zu under house arrest to force him to abdicate.

In the end, who of the two brothers is ruthless? I don't need to say it. Speaking for Li Jiancheng, I just want to restore a real history, and I definitely don't mean to belittle Li Shimin, who is the person I admire the most.

However, I think that while praising Li Shimin, the great monarch, there is really no need to blacken Li Jiancheng's face like this. Li Jiancheng, such a talented person, was also defeated by Li Shimin, which shows even more that Li Shimin is the dragon among people! In fact, the outstanding Li Jiancheng just met the more outstanding Li Shimin, which is such an ending.

The real Li Jiancheng in history is a benevolent and righteous person, he can be said to be a kind and good person, his political vision and talent are first-class, but it is a pity that he met a super first-class younger brother Li Shimin, although he is very good in all aspects, but if he really becomes the emperor, he should not surpass Li Shimin, Li Shimin is an emperor through the ages after all, which emperor in history can compare with Li Shimin, Li Shimin can be said to be a real all-round talent in civil and military affairs, fighting the world and governing the world have been done to the extreme, no one surpasses, There is no emperor in history who can not only fight the world, but also be able to engage in a prosperous era similar to the rule of Zhenguan in terms of governance, who else is there except Li Shimin from the ancient and modern times, Li Jiancheng should be a good emperor who can be icing on the cake when he is peaceful and prosperous, Li Yuan passed the throne to Li Jiancheng and did not pass on a Li Shimin, the main reason is that Jiancheng is a benevolent and talented person, and at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty after the war, he urgently needed a benevolent emperor to recuperate, and Li Shimin is a military general, but all military generals are generally belligerent when they are emperors, likes to fight in the open reins to prove himself, so Li Yuan didn't pass on the throne to the people. But with the situation of the Tang Dynasty at that time, Li Jiancheng was definitely inferior to Li Shimin when he became the emperor, because at that time, the Tang Dynasty had just conquered the world, and it was still very chaotic, and Li Shimin had just stepped on the dragon chair two days ago, and 200,000 Huns had already invaded.

Since ancient times, the winner is the king and the loser, Li Shimin tampered with the history books, and like Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty, he made his position more legitimate. In fact, the foundation of the Tang Dynasty was mainly based on two forces, one was Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and the other was Li Shimin. Li Shimin can be said to have carried out a premeditated coup d'état, while Li Jiancheng never imagined that the contradictions would be aroused to such an extent until he died.

If they really want to fight, the two brothers will be inseparable.

What kind of person Li Jiancheng is is still an unsolved mystery, some versions say that he is insidious and vicious, some versions say that he is kind and friendly, Li Jiancheng hooked up with his stepmother This matter may be forged by Li Shimin, but it may also be true, you must know that a person's success or failure has a great relationship with his character, either this person is too vicious and fails or this person is too benevolent and fails, of course, only people at that time can tell clearly, history is just a story written by the victor.

Let's put it this way, if Li Jiancheng becomes the emperor, you are not a human being!