Today, the history encyclopedia editor will bring you why Li Shimin didn’t let go of Pei Ji. Interested readers can follow the editor to take a look together.
When it comes to Li Shimin, he was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty at that time. During his reign, Li Shimin made great contributions. After Li Shimin rose to power, the economy of the Tang Dynasty developed greatly, which laid a good foundation for the later Zhenguan governance. However, it was not glorious to ascend to the throne in history. Li Shimin’s father at that time was Li Yuan. During his reign, Li Yuan liked his eldest son Li Jiancheng very much and thought that Li Jiancheng was very stable and suitable to be a crown prince. Li Shimin was skilled in warfare and was a great general with his own advantages. Even when Li Yuan sent Li Shimin to fight, he fought four times in a row. Winning the battle, I originally thought that my performance would win the recognition of Li Yuan and pass the throne to myself, but in the end, Li Yuan conferred the title of crown prince on Li Jiancheng, Now Li Shimin was completely enraged, so he killed his brother Li Jiancheng who was competing with him for the throne. Using a knife to force Li Yuan to abdicate and pass on the throne to himself. This event is also the famous story of the Xuanwu Gate Incident in history. After Li Shimin ascended to power, many ministers were exiled, but only Pei Ji was spared. What is the real reason? What kind of entanglements are there? Let’s take a look together!
In fact, when it comes to the story of Pei Ji and Li Shimin, we have to talk about a middleman, who is a monk named Faya. It is said that this Faya was very powerful. At that time, Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng were fond of him and could enter and exit the palace anytime and anywhere.
Li Shimin couldn’t stand Faya anymore. As soon as he took office, he began to execute Faya and revoked her privileges. Now Faya was in a very lively atmosphere, so he spread rumors in the capital, causing panic among the people.
So Li Shimin sent Du Ruhui to handle this matter. When Du Ruhui interrogated Faya, Faya insisted that Pei Ji had already heard the rumors and did not stop him. Li Shimin was very excited when he saw the result. He also stripped Pei Ji’en of his official position and sent him back to his hometown.
After returning to his hometown, Pei Ji thought he could live a comfortable life. However, there were no rumors among the people that Pei Ji wanted to usurp the throne and become the emperor. This kind of thing spread from generation to generation and reached the ears of Li Shimin, who then exiled Pei Ji to Jingzhou.
In fact, these are just superficial illusions. Why did Li Shimin repeatedly not let go of Pei Ji? In fact, the target was not Pei Ji himself, but Li Yuan. However, Li Yuan lived in his Taiji Palace, and Li Shimin, who rose to power through the Xuanwu Gate Incident, always felt that his throne was unstable. Only by driving Li Yuan out of the Taiji Palace could he feel at ease. At that time, Pei Ji was a prime minister. The relationship with Li Yuan is very good,
If he uses force to invite Li Yuan out of the Taiji Palace, it will surely cause turmoil and accuse him of being unfilial. Then Pei Ji will take action. It is indeed a very shrewd move. Since Pei Ji was exiled, Li Yuan also moved out of the Taiji Palace.
