He killed his brother to seize the throne and forced his father to abdicate. This is the biggest stain in Li Shimin's life. But it was this man who had been infamous for all eternity, who finally created the most dazzling and prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty. In the twelfth lunar month of the eighteenth year of the founding of the Emperor, the Wugong Li family had a second son. The mother held her infant child in her arms and made only one wish: "May my son help the world and bring peace to the people." She did not know that this child would become the King of Qin, and would also become the emperor who shot his brother to death in front of the Xuanwu Gate and forced his father to abdicate. From the second son of the Li family, to the King of Qin who dominated the world, to the emperor who ascended to the throne in the 95th year, Li Shimin stepped on the edge of a knife every step he took. Qianshuiyuan made a comeback from a desperate situation, the three thousand mysterious armors at Hulao Pass defeated the powerful enemy, and swept away the heroes under Luoyang City. But when the world was about to fall apart, his biggest enemy came from Chang'an Palace. Prince Li Jiancheng pressed hard, King Li Yuanji of Qi was eyeing him, and his father Li Yuan was in a dilemma. Finally, in front of the Xuanwu Gate, arrows shot out, knives fell, and blood stained the palace walls. Li Shimin won, but he also suffered eternal infamy.
However, after ascending to the throne, he faced a Tang Dynasty that was in dire need of development and people's livelihood was in decline. So he began to fulfill his mother's wish. Recuperate and recuperate with light corvee and low taxes; accept advice from talented people, organize the army and practice martial arts; attack the Turks from the north, and all nations will come to court. He spent twenty-three years to push the dilapidated world in troubled times to the peak of prosperity. The history books call it the rule of Zhenguan. He was a hero who killed his brother to seize the throne, and he was also a wise king who created a prosperous age. In this life, he wants more than just the throne. He wants to make the world truly peaceful.
Reader comments
This historical novel with Li Shimin as the core deserves recognition for its creation of historical texture. The conflict between Li Shimin's great talent and strategy as the "Khan of Heaven" and the psychological shadow of the "Xuanwumen Incident" is the most powerful part of the whole story - the emperor who was decisive in killing in the court and who repeatedly dreamed of his brother's bloody eyes while alone by candlelight late at night was endowed with a sense of human depth in line with modern aesthetics. This binary opposition between "merit" and "original sin" makes historical figures truly come to life as literary figures.
This historical novel with Li Shimin as the core deserves recognition for its creation of historical texture. The conflict between Li Shimin's great talent and strategy as the "Khan of Heaven" and the psychological shadow of the "Xuanwumen Incident" is the most powerful part of the whole story - the emperor who was decisive in killing in the court and who repeatedly dreamed of his brother's bloody eyes while alone by candlelight late at night was endowed with a sense of human depth in line with modern aesthetics. This binary opposition between "merit" and "original sin" makes historical figures truly come to life as literary figures.