The Most Crowned Young King in the Early Tang Dynasty

As the son of Li Shimin and Concubine Yang, the daughter of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, Li Ke attracted much attention as soon as he was born. He inherited the excellent genes of his parents and was born with a majestic appearance and majestic appearance. Since childhood, Li Ke has shown intelligence far beyond ordinary people and has a strong interest in all kinds of knowledge. He is especially talented in riding, archery, poetry, and art of war. His riding and archery skills are superb, and he can bend his bow and arrow on a galloping horse with perfect accuracy; his poems have profound artistic conception and brilliant literary talent; he also has unique insights into military strategies, and he can often draw inferences from one instance to impress all the generals in the army. Li Shimin doted on his son and often took him with him to teach him through words and deeds, hoping that he would become a pillar of the Tang Dynasty. However, Li Ke's special life experience is like a double-edged sword. He carries the noble blood of the Sui Dynasty royal family, which in the eyes of some people is both his glory and a potential threat. Above the court, the ministers had completely different attitudes towards Li Ke, and two factions gradually formed. The faction headed by Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui valued Li Ke's talents and abilities, believing that if he could inherit the unification, he would be able to push the Tang Dynasty to a more glorious future; while the other faction, such as Changsun Wuji, were wary of Li Ke's Sui dynasty bloodline and worried that Li Ke would one day revive the Sui Dynasty and regain the country, so they strongly opposed his participation in the fight for the throne.