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Chapter 38: New Year's Greetings from the Palace (3)

Since Yin Qingfeng lived in Shengpingfang in "seclusion", he began to imagine how to build the great dynasty in his impression according to his ideas. One of the important links is that the "Xuanwu Gate Incident" in history cannot occur.

Yin Qingfeng didn't think about going to surrender to Li Jiancheng and helping Li Jiancheng destroy Li Shimin. After all, in the eyes of the world, Li Jiancheng is orthodox. If Li Shimin is destroyed, there will be no adverse consequences.

Although history does not allow assumptions, I believe that with Li Jiancheng's ability, even if he became an emperor, the Tang Dynasty would not be as powerful as in history. This is not a success, a king, a loser, a thief, because political and military struggles require extraordinary courage and wisdom.

Li Shimin participated in battles since he was a child. He experienced the bloody storm of war, and Li Jiancheng was obviously not as good as Li Shimin in strategy and courage. He was already the crown prince, and the fact that he still had not saved the throne showed this.

Another reason why Yin Qingfeng couldn't make up his mind to surrender to Li Jiancheng was that Li Jiancheng was surrounded by representatives of the Guanlong Group and the aristocratic families.

No matter what status he gained after he surrendered to Li Jiancheng, he wanted to establish the Tang Dynasty, which was an inevitable choice to destroy or weaken the influence of the aristocratic families. Li Jiancheng could not allow him to do so.

At this point, Li Shimin is the ideal candidate.

In the sixth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin asked Gao Shilian and others to check the surnames and revise the "Clan Chronicles". In addition to improving the status of the Li family, the main purpose was to suppress the old gentry forces and support common landlords to strengthen the rule of imperial power.

The political system of ancient China was not like the feudal system in ancient Europe. The monarch, the big lord, and the small lord had their own clear rights and obligations. The Chinese, or the Chinese who were influenced by Chinese civilization, were more suitable to govern the country with a centralized system.

After Li Shimin came to power, some people still proposed whether to implement a feudal system, let alone Li Jiancheng, who was surrounded by Guanlong Group and the five surnames and Qiwang?

If Li Jiancheng became emperor, the Tang Dynasty would not become the second Sui Dynasty, nor would he be the second Yang Guang. However, he would be the second Liu Bang, or the second Sima Yan.

The Seven Kings Rebellion of the Han Dynasty and the Eight Kings Rebellion of the Jin Dynasty bloodily proved that the feudal system was not suitable for the Han people.

Perhaps Li Jiancheng would not have developed a feudal system, but the power of the aristocratic family was too great, and they were only one position away from the feudal system.

It was precisely because of the analysis of the pros and cons between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin that Yin Qingfeng decided to join Li Shimin's camp. To put it bluntly, it was to go to Li Shimin's embrace.

In history, Li Shimin before the Xuanwu Gate Incident was not described or analyzed. Most of them recorded when and when he led his troops to fight with whom, or whether he established the Tiance Mansion and fought with Li Jiancheng for power and profit.

However, after Yin Qingfeng "come" to the Tang Dynasty, he tried to analyze Li Shimin from the perspective of a concubine's son, or the second son of the family.

In ancient China, families, including the royal family, were all inherited by the eldest son. As the second son, Li Shimin would not have been ambitious to replace Li Jiancheng since childhood, and then he inherited the title of Duke Tang of Li Yuan.

After Yang Guang caused chaos in the world, all families not only joined forces to protect themselves, but also tried whether they could win the throne.

From the earliest Wang Bo to the rebellion, to the later eighteen princes and seventy-two smoke dust appearing, what kind of environment was Li Shimin in?

At that time, his father was surrounded by a group of people conspiring around him all day long. The content of the conspiracy was to seize power! Seize the power of the world! Seize the supreme imperial power!

Yin Qingfeng dared not determine when Li Shimin was interested in the throne. But one thing he was sure of: as the two most important family ethics, such as father, son, filial piety, brothers, and respect for brothers, became increasingly thin, and he became more and more unwilling.

He was unwilling to give up and wanted to protect himself. The more he protected himself, the more oppressed Li Jiancheng would be.

After Li Shimin gathered a group of civil servants and military generals, he also became a representative of an interest group. Even if he wanted to look back, he could not go back.

This is why Yin Qingfeng just asked Li Shimin whether he could give up his power and become a Xiaoyao King, but Li Shimin firmly denies it.

Objectively speaking, this is a vicious cycle, not a question of who is right and who is wrong. Therefore, Yin Qingfeng did not have any psychological or moral burden to help Li Shimin kill Li Jiancheng.

However, Li Shimin's method of fighting for the throne or protecting himself was too inferior. If he wanted to kill Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, why did he have to go in and out with the red knife? He did this not to scare the baby's problem, but to take the baby's fault.

The first baby to be taken away was his eldest son whom he valued the most, Li Chengqian's little friend.

After Li Chengqian, among his more than a dozen sons, in addition to Li Kuan, Li Xiao and Li Jian who died early, and Li Zhi, who became emperor, Li Ke was framed and killed by Changsun Wuji. Li Tai died of depression in his fiefdom. Li You launched a rebellion and was sentenced to death. Li Yan was implicated by Li Ke and demoted to a commoner. Li Yun, Li Zhen and Li Ming committed suicide. Li Shen died on the way to exile, and only Li Fu died.

After Li Shimin died, the tragedy of the Li Tang royal family was still in progress: many emperors, including Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi, Emperor Wu's Empress, Emperor Zhongzong Li Xian, Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji, etc., all deposed and established the crown prince. However, people who tried every means to seek the throne were found in every generation, and often triggered coups.

To count later, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and the Zhao Song Dynasty were not affected by the Xuanwu Gate Incident?

Yin Qingfeng went from appearing in front of Li Shimin last year to being given a marriage later. Although it exceeded his expectations, he was more confident in influencing Li Shimin.

He had been trying hard to find opportunities to advise, but he didn't expect that he would hit him today. Of course he could not give up such a rare opportunity.

But for such a big thing, he couldn't just open his mouth. If he did that, the traces of planning for a long time would be too obvious, and even if he didn't do it well, Li Shimin might even silence him silently.

Just when Yin Qingfeng didn't know how to be gentle, he heard Li Jinan's voice.

"Your Highness, it's time to take medicine."

Yin Qingfeng was happy, "Uncle, take medicine first. What happened just now was a bit sudden for my nephew. Can you arrange a quiet room for me? Rong Nephew will think about it carefully?"

Li Shimin looked at Li Jinan, who handed the medicine bowl to Li Shimin, "I'll make arrangements now."

Li Shimin nodded.

Li Jinan led Yin Qingfeng to a room that was obviously a palace maid living in. "It's too late, can you have dinner first?"

"Then I'll have to worry about the manager."

After Li Jinan left, Yin Qingfeng found a place to sit down. After sitting down, he remembered that since he entered here, he had not seen a single palace maid. Apart from Princess Changsun and Li Jinan who had already left, he and Li Shimin were the two.

"Okay, the fewer people know, the safer I am."

Not long after, Li Jinan delivered the supper.

"Can the supervisor tell me about the little girl the boy brought to let her wait with peace of mind?"

Li Jinan showed a kind smile on his face, "Just just now, the princess sent a message to our family, saying that the little lady was visiting the princess and told her not to worry."

Yin Qingfeng knew that the princess in his mouth should be the Princess Changsun. "I'll ask the general manager to report to the King of Qin, and I'll tell him to sleep peacefully first, and I'll go and reply tomorrow morning."

Li Jinan said kindly again: "If you have something to do with your little husband, just call us again."

Yin Qingfeng, who had already made up his mind, relaxed his mind and slowly tasted this royal dinner. However, he sniffed his lips while eating.

If it were someone else, they might be interested in this meal. But the dishes and methods are obviously the way to inherit the taste building. Although some dishes were not taught by Yin Qingfeng at the beginning, the routines are the same.

Yin Qingfeng became less delicious as he ate. He was wondering whether he would teach Ren San a few more tricks.

If Li Shimin knew that he was waiting for it, but Yin Qingfeng was thinking about cooking here, he would probably spit out three mouthfuls of old blood.
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