Yinling is not a separate tomb, but a separate area is drawn in the burial area of ​​Xianling. A large-scale tomb is built in this area, and the one buried in it is Li Shimin's elder brother Li Jiancheng. Because Li Jiancheng was posthumously named Prince Yin by Li Shimin after his death, this tomb is also called Yinling.

Yinling was originally called the King of Xi, because after Li Jiancheng died, he was first demoted to King of Xi, and later he was posthumously named Prince Yin. Next to Yinling is Li Yuanji's Cun Wang Tomb. The two brothers died on the same day and were also buried by Li Shimin in the burial area of ​​Xianling.

Li Shimin sat in a wheelchair and first asked Li Yan to push him to the tombs of Li Shenfu, Li Shentong and others for sacrifice. Finally, he came to the tombs of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.

Li Shimin obviously treated these two dead brothers differently. He first asked Li Yan to push him to Li Jiancheng's tomb, and then arranged incense, candles and offerings for him. As for Li Yuanji, Li Shimin only ordered Li Yan to set up a few times, but did not go in person.

It is actually easy to understand Li Shimin's attitude. When he competed for the throne with his brother Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji played a very disgraceful villain. He even ran to Li Yuan and publicly stated that he wanted to kill Li Shimin. In addition, Li Yuanji's own personality was indeed problematic, so even now, Li Shimin still doesn't like Li Yuanji.

When Li Yan came back to worship Li Yuanji, the cheap uncle, and found that Li Shimin was pouring wine for Li Jiancheng, and the same three glasses of wine were sprinkled in front of the tomb. Then Li Shimin struggled to move the wheelchair to Li Jiancheng's tombstone, stretched out his hand to stroke his brother's tombstone, and finally sighed and said, "Brother, I'm here to see you!"

The evaluation of Li Jiancheng was also not high in later generations. But in fact, this is wrong. In fact, from all aspects, Li Jiancheng was not inferior to Li Shimin. For example, when Li Yuan first started his army, Li Jiancheng served as the commander of the left army and led the army to participate in the Battle of Xihe, the Battle of Huoyi, the Battle of Tongguan, and the Battle of Chang'an. Moreover, he performed very well in each battle, which shows his outstanding military talent.

However, later Li Yuan became emperor, and Li Jiancheng was named the crown prince as the eldest son, who was the crown prince of a country. Therefore, it was naturally impossible for him to lead the army to take risks like before, so in the following time, he stayed in Chang'an City and assisted Li Yuan in governing the country. Many of the laws and national policies issued during the Wude period were from Li Jiancheng.

It was precisely because of Li Jiancheng's special identity that he could only sit in the rear. In the later war of the Tang Dynasty to unify the Central Plains, Li Shimin gave more opportunities, and at the same time he also brought Li Shimin's military talents to the limit, laying the foundation for his Qin Palace with repeated victories. He had the strength to compete for the throne with Li Jiancheng.

In addition, Li Shimin also knew very clearly that in addition to his own military talent, the efforts of his father Li Yuan and his brother Li Jiancheng were also the efforts of his father Li Yuan and his brother Li Jiancheng. This gave him a stable and powerful rear who could provide him with a steady and powerful source of soldiers and supplies. It can be said that at least one-third of his military achievements belonged to Li Jiancheng.

Although Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng were forced to embark on the road of opposition due to the situation, and the Xuanwu Gate Incident broke out, causing Li Jiancheng to be shot to death by Li Shimin himself, in Li Shimin's heart, Li Jiancheng will always be a respectable brother.

Li Shimin stroked the tombstone with his hands, and a look of guilt appeared on his face: "Brother, you are nine years older than me. When my mother passed away, you were already an adult and often defended us brothers. We have always regarded you as an example. Later, my father raised an army and we each took responsibility. The brothers were together for a long time, and their feelings gradually faded. I don't know when we started, and we both walked to the opposite side, and finally we were even more brothers and sisters!"

When Li Shimin talked about the tragedy of his hands and feet, he finally touched the inhealthy scar deep in his heart. He was immersed in huge pain, his whole body trembled violently, and tears flowed on his old face. Li Yan, not far away, wanted to step forward to comfort him, but when he thought of the tragedy of the tragic death of the tragedy of Xuanwu's sect, he couldn't help but sigh. Now what Li Shimin needs is to vent the pain in his heart, and it is useless to go forward to persuade him.

After a while, Li Shimin, who was immersed in pain, spoke again: "Brother, you have always been my target of chasing, and I also know that if you sit on the throne, you will definitely be a very promising monarch. So in the years since I ascended the throne, I have always used you to encourage myself, for fear that others will say they are worse than you. In fact, I did it too!"

When he said the last sentence, the expression on Li Shimin's face suddenly changed, his face was full of majesty, and his old body was straight. Now he has become the Emperor of Tang who ruled the world in the court.

"After ascending the throne, I cultivated my moral politics internally, made the people rich and the national strength stronger, and won every battle against the outside world. I destroyed the Turks in the north, pacified Tuyuhun, Goguryeo, Xichang, Xueyantuo and other powerful enemies were also destroyed one by one, completely eliminating the troubles of the northern grasslands in the Central Plains. Especially after the Han Dynasty, I once again took over the rule of the Western Regions and established a large territory for the Tang Dynasty!"

When Li Shimin said this, an excited flush appeared on his face, and his body trembled slightly because he was too excited. From the bottom of his bones, he always thought he was a soldier, so he attached great importance to his military achievements. Now he listed them one by one in front of his elder brother's tomb, in fact, he wanted to tell Li Jiancheng that his emperor was doing quite well.

The excited Li Shimin suddenly took a few breaths and calmed his excitement. His sharp eyes just now returned to their original turbidity. He raised his head and looked at the tombstone in front of him carefully. His eyes were filled with a very complicated look, as if the brother standing in front of him was nearly ten years older than him.

"Brother, I don't say this to you. But I want to tell you that I can do what you can do on the throne, and I can do it better than you!" Li Shimin said this, and couldn't help but breathe a long sigh, with a relaxed look on his face. He had been holding these words in his heart for decades, and today he could finally reveal them to Li Jiancheng's tombstone.

Li Yan, who was standing behind, quietly listening to Li Shimin's words, was also filled with waves. He did not expect that the wise and powerful Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, under his seemingly strong appearance, would have such a huge scar hidden deep in his heart. At the same time, it was this scar that made him work diligently and dare not relax at all, in order to prove to his brother who died in his hands one day that he was not worse than him.

Everyone may have one or several knots in their hearts. These knots will have various effects on people, some are negative and some are positive, but the so-called positive and negative are not completely absolute. For example, the influence of some knots is negative for them personally, but for others, it is positive.

For example, for Li Shimin, shooting his brother who was a mother of his compatriots under Xuanwu's sect was his heart knot. This heart knot made him unable to eat or sleep well, and he always reminded himself to be an emperor who was better than his brother, and he did not dare to relax at all when dealing with government affairs.

This kind of tense life overdraws his health in advance. He was under 60 years old, but he was like an old man in his seventies. Therefore, from this point of view, this heart knot is not a good thing for Li Shimin personally. But it is also the influence of this heart knot that makes Li Shimin a good emperor that has never been seen in the ages. Countless people live a happy life because of his happy life. In this regard, Li Shimin's heart knot is another rare good thing for all people in the world.

From the perspective of others, Li Yan quickly thought of himself from Li Shimin. His soul, which has traveled from time to time in the 21st century, also has his own knot, which is his understanding of the history of later generations.

If we follow the original trajectory of history, the people of the Central Plains will experience countless sufferings, the Anshi Rebellion, the Jingkang Shame, the Yashan Sorrow, etc. Especially after the Mongols destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, the Central Plains dynasty fell into the hands of aliens for the first time, and the Han people would be ranked fourth, which was lower than those of the Semen people. Later, although the Ming Dynasty was revived, it finally became the hands of the barbarian Jurchens, and even ruled for hundreds of years. Chinese civilization retreated completely, and finally it was bombarded by Western powers with artillery invented by the Han people, causing the Central Plains to enter a dark period of hundreds of years.

Li Yan is familiar with the above history and knows that behind every turmoil in the Central Plains dynasty is the deaths of millions or even tens of millions of Han people. The tragic scene is unimaginable. Whenever Li Yan thinks of this, his heart feels like a knife cut. Therefore, he swore in his heart that he must rewrite the history of future generations!

It is precisely because of this knot in his heart that Li Yan worked hard to develop industry and commerce, guiding the people of the Central Plains to embark on a bloody capital path. With the help of the process of capital expansion, he established his own country overseas and formulated policies that are more conducive to capital development, thereby further promoting the development of capital and forming a virtuous cycle.

In this process of capital expansion, countless blood and massacres will inevitably be accompanied by. Take a look at the development of Li Yan over the years, starting from the recent Three Koreans, Japan, then Taiwan, Luzon, and then the entire Southeast Asia, and even Australia and the Americas. As we walked step by step, countless local corpses were buried under almost every footprint.
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