The Chang'an City in front of him was moving again, and new historical data appeared in Li Hongyun's field of vision again.

"After the sixth year of Wude, Emperor Gaozu had the intention of abolishing the throne. The King of Qin did not want to be tolerated by his brothers, and he was afraid of not being rewarded for his high achievements.

"The prince was kind and benevolent, and repeatedly begged Emperor Gaozu to pardon King Qin's sins. However, King Qi devoted himself to protecting the crown prince's position and repeatedly urged the prince to kill King Qin by force, but the prince refused.

"Although Emperor Gaozu had the intention of abolishing the throne, Concubine Zhang Jieyu and Concubine Yin De frequently praised the prince's benevolence, which made Taizu waver.

"The King of Qin sent his generals to falsely accuse the prince of treason, and Emperor Gaozu was furious at first. However, after the prince carried a tree to plead guilty, Emperor Gaozu came to his senses, and his suspicion of the King of Qin grew stronger.

"The King of Qin was self-respecting in supporting the invaders, and bribed the Turks with money and goods to make them retreat, and his power increased day by day. However, the soldiers in the Prince of Qin's palace were so impressed by the benevolence of the prince that they all joined in. The King of Qin took the risk and launched the Xuanwu Gate Incident."

It is also a mixture of true and false historical data, which requires players to carefully screen.

With his previous experience, Li Hongyun knew that every choice among them might have an impact on the subsequent game process, so he began to consider it word by word.

After the sixth year of Wude, Emperor Gaozu had the intention of abolishing the throne, and the King of Qin did not want to be tolerated by his brothers, fearing that he would not be rewarded for his high achievements.

On the surface, this sentence does not seem to have any big problems, it is directly the original text in the historical materials.

But the problem is that this sentence was written in "Zhenguan Zhengyao" with King Qin as the main perspective.

The time in the former sentence is "after six years of Wude", and the time in the latter sentence is "the king of Qin is not tolerated by his brothers, and he is afraid of not being rewarded for his merits".

According to the time point at this time, the King of Qin had captured two kings in one battle and could not be sealed. However, the Turks repeatedly invaded the border, and it was basically the King of Qin who took action to pacify them.

His military exploits had indeed reached their peak, and even the emperor Liang Gaozu could not restrain him.

But there is a problem with the sentence "Gaozu had the intention to abolish the establishment."

If we consider it according to the general thinking mode, it should be quite normal for Liang Gaozu to have the intention of abolishing the establishment at this time.

After all, in the process of pacifying the world, the contribution made by King Qin was too great. In comparison, the prince only sat in the rear. Even if he had the credit for ensuring logistics, he had to share the credit with Liang Taizu.

The abilities displayed by the two in this troubled world are simply not on the same level.

If the world is at peace and the political situation is stable, then the feudal dynasty should undoubtedly establish the eldest son instead of appointing talented people.

After all, in the peaceful and prosperous times, it was difficult for the princes to show their talents.

But at this time, the world was in troubled times. Although the Liang Dynasty had basically pacified the Central Plains, there were still various powerful enemies waiting around outside.

The Turks, Goguryeo, Tuyuhun, and Tibet were all behemoths that stretched across the vast borders of the Liang Dynasty, and none of them were good enemies.

If the prince takes over the throne, can he influence these forces?

I'm afraid it's impossible.

Therefore, from the perspective of Liang Gaozu, it might not be a better choice to make a capable and capable son the prince in troubled times.

There seems to be nothing wrong with this sentence.

However, after Li Hongyun had a relatively full understanding of the character traits of these key figures, he believed that the credibility of this sentence was not high.

This may be a whitewash to speak for the King of Qin from the perspective of the King of Qin.

Even if Liang Gaozu occasionally had the intention of abolishing the establishment, and maybe even gave some unstated hints to the King of Qin at certain critical moments, he definitely never really had the intention of abolishing the establishment.

To put it bluntly, Liang Gaozu still used King Qin as a useful tool.

If there is a rebellion somewhere, let the King of Qin put down the rebellion; if the Turks invade, let the King of Qin guard the border.

But it is absolutely impossible to say that the position of prince was given to King Qin because of this.

Li Hongyun speculated that there were three main motives why Liang Gaozu considered this.

First, ancient feudal society has always established the eldest son as the crown prince, which makes sense. However, in the previous dynasty, the huge dynasty collapsed in just over ten years because of the abolition of the eldest son and the establishment of the younger son. This was obviously a huge crisis.

Lessons from the past.

Secondly, the prince has not made any major mistakes yet, so there is no reason to abolish him. What's more, Liang Gaozu is obviously very partial to the prince. In terms of personal feelings, he likes the prince far more than the King of Qin.

Just like he had previously reprimanded the King of Qin for "being led astray by scholars, he is no longer the Erlang he used to be." It was precisely because he stayed in the capital and did not go to the front line, while the King of Qin had been fighting on the front line. Issues such as war and rewards arose between the two sides.

Clear differences of opinion.

In comparison, the obedient and sensible prince is more likable.

Third, Liang Gaozu was not very old and his body was still strong. He had no intention of abdicating so early.

If the King of Qin is made the crown prince, then the crown prince's power will be too strong, which is definitely not a good thing for the emperor.

Therefore, Liang Gaozu at most hinted that he might make him the crown prince when he used King Qin as his tool, but he never really considered it.

And this historical record is that the King of Qin or the people under the King of Qin only added more legitimacy to the King of Qin's accession to the throne.

Immediately following the following sentence: "The prince was kind and benevolent, and repeatedly begged Emperor Gaozu to pardon King Qin's sins. Only King Qi devoted himself to protecting the prince's position, and repeatedly urged the prince to kill King Qin by force, but the prince refused."

There is obviously a problem with this one too.

The obvious problem is that the prince was lenient and asked Liang Gaozu to pardon King Qin's sins.

Not to mention that the King of Qin had no guilt at all. Even if he was forced to say he was guilty, it was just that he distributed the treasures in the treasury to the soldiers after taking Luoyang, but not to Zhang Jieyu and Concubine Yin. This so-called guilt is simply a frame-up.

More importantly, the prince could not ask Emperor Gaozu to pardon King Qin, he would only fan the wind and ignite the fire.

In fact, throughout the whole process of the Xuanwu Gate Incident, the prince tried his best to keep his position as prince as much as possible.

This appeal seems simple, and many people will mistakenly think that the prince is completely in a passive defensive state. But obviously, this is impossible.

Because the prince has realized that King Qin is too powerful and poses a serious threat to his position as prince, so from his perspective, as long as he still wants to secure his position as prince and insists on taking over the throne normally after Liang Gaozu's death, he

He had to do everything possible to suppress King Qin.

If he was really merciful and interceded for the King of Qin, then he might as well go one step further and voluntarily give up his position as the crown prince. Then there would be no drama like the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

He really just wanted to keep his position as prince, but given the situation at that time, keeping his position meant that he had to kill King Qin.

As long as the King of Qin is alive for one day, even if he does not have any official position, he will still be a huge threat to him; conversely, once the position of the prince is deposed, he will no longer pose any threat to the King of Qin.

This contrast of advantages and disadvantages is not due to the origins and status of the two sides, but simply because of the huge gap in hard power between the two sides.

This is a relatively obvious problem, but there is a less obvious problem hiding in the shadows.

That was the role King Qi played in this process.

"The King of Qi was determined to protect the crown prince's position, and repeatedly urged the prince to strike first and kill the King of Qin by force, but the prince refused."

From a factual point of view, there is no problem with the latter sentence. In the alliance between the prince and the king of Qi, the king of Qi is indeed the more active one, and he did persuade the prince to kill the king of Qin many times.

The prince's disapproval may be because he feels that the success rate is not high, or for other reasons, but putting aside motives and talking about the results, there is no big problem in saying so.

The pitfall of this sentence is actually in the previous sentence.

"The King of Qi is committed to protecting the position of the crown prince."

At first glance, there is nothing wrong with this sentence, because the King of Qi helped the prince to deal with the King of Qin. But the problem is that the ultimate goal of the King of Qi is not to keep the prince, but to seek his own ascendancy.

Because King Qi is the one who knows King Qin best among the father and son.

Since the establishment of the Liang Dynasty, Liang Gaozu and the prince had always been at the rear. The prince had several experiences of leading troops in battles, but he either fought a must-win battle to pick peaches, or he fought poorly.

Therefore, the prince and Liang Gaozu did not know much about war.

Especially Liang Gaozu, when he looked at the victory report coming from the front and saw his second son victorious in every battle, he naturally felt that fighting seemed to be a very simple matter.

Once the King of Qin failed to achieve any decisive victory against the Turks and the Turks continued to invade the border, Liang Gaozu would naturally feel that the King of Qin was suspected of nurturing the invaders' self-respect.

To put it another way, it can also be said that Liang Gaozu and the prince had no intuitive understanding of how terrifying King Qin was on the battlefield.

They showed a kind of ambivalence: they despised the huge role of King Qin on the battlefield, and were worried about the huge power that King Qin gained on the battlefield.

But King Qi was different.

Out of various considerations, Taizu of Liang repeatedly asked the King of Qi to follow the King of Qin in sending troops. In the process, the King of Qi had seen King Qin capture two kings in one battle at the Hulao Pass, and ride alone at Wulongban to defeat the Turks.

These magical operations that King Qi could not even imagine, King Qin performed more than once, and all of them were successful.

Therefore, after the King of Qi and the Crown Prince united, they actively hoped that the Crown Prince would physically destroy the King of Qin as soon as possible.

Because he knew that if the matter dragged on and the King of Qin took action first, or if the matter was exposed and the King of Qin went to the local area to raise troops to rebel, the combined power of the emperor, the prince and the King of Qi would not be enough for the King of Qin to fight.

As for what the purpose of King Qi is?

Obviously, it is also for the throne.

On the surface, there are three great mountains in front of him: the emperor, the prince, and the King of Qin. No matter how you look at it, the position of prince is not his turn.

But before the Liang Dynasty, there was a long period of troubled times. At that time, changing the emperor was like changing dishes. It was common for father and son to fight each other and brothers to turn against each other.

It is not uncommon for a third force to suddenly emerge after a fierce battle between two forces and benefit.

Therefore, for King Qi, helping the prince to kill King Qin was only his first step. As for how to kill the prince and obtain the position of crown prince himself, this should not be in his plan for the time being. He can only take it one step at a time.

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In the most ideal situation, if the prince and the King of Qin are in conflict and take a desperate risk to kill the King of Qin, and the generals of the Tiance Mansion rebel and kill the prince in order to protect themselves, wouldn't he be able to make a profit?

Although this possibility is very low, it does exist, and there is nothing to lose for him if he gives it a try.

Anyway, King Qin is the most powerful now, so it will be good for him to deal with King Qin first.

"Although Emperor Gaozu had the intention of abolishing the throne, Concubine Zhang Jieyu and Concubine Yin De frequently praised the prince's benevolence, which made Taizu waver.

"The King of Qin sent his generals to falsely accuse the prince of treason, and Emperor Gaozu was furious at first. However, after the prince carried a tree to plead guilty, Emperor Gaozu came to his senses, and his suspicion of the King of Qin grew stronger.
To be continued...