(Another pit was dug out, and those who went to kill Li Zhan would let Li Zhan know about him!)

After the Xuanwu Gate Incident, many people speculated that Qin King Li Shimin would definitely clean up the old subordinates of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and some local officials even used this to make profits for themselves.

Unexpectedly, Li Shimin ordered the pardon of all the former subordinates of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji. Among them, outstanding talents represented by Wei Zheng were valued by Li Shimin, and many of them were the prime minister. So why did Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty reuse Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's old subordinates after the victory?

First of all, recruiting outstanding talents from the opponent's camp is Li Shimin's usual practice and is also one of the secrets for the development and growth of the Qin King Group. For example, Yuchi Jingde was the old subordinate of Liu Wuzhou, Cheng Yaojin, and Qin Shubao were the former generals of the Wagang Army. It is also a routine operation to reuse the old subordinates of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.

Secondly, the "Xuanwu Gate Incident" was less than five years away from the reunification of the Tang Dynasty and more than thirty years before the end of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. At that time, there were still many unstable factors in society. If Li Shimin had large-scale searches and executions of the old subordinates of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, it would be very likely that the world would be turbulent again.

One of the main reasons why Li Shimin was respected as the "Eternal Emperor Model" was that Li Shimin was able to restrain his personal feelings and choose the right decision. Since purges Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's old subordinates were not good for the country and the people, Li Shimin pardoned the world and reused the old subordinates of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.

Third, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's old subordinates represented by Wei Zheng, Xue Wanche, Wang Gui, and Wei Ting showed a good cooperative attitude towards Li Shimin's amnesty and solicitation, and they were not foolish and loyal. If Wei Zheng was like Fang Xiaoru, it would be difficult for Li Shimin to reuse them even if he did not kill anyone.

Finally, the "Xuanwu Gate Incident" was essentially a struggle between Li Shimin and Li Yuan. After Li Shimin won, Li Yuan retired to the Supreme Emperor. But Li Yuan was the founding emperor who had been in power for several years. Most of the senior officials of the court when Li Shimin ascended the throne were Li Yuan's people, and there were still relatively few officials in the Qin Palace.

Because of this, Li Shimin needed to quickly expand the number of trusted officials in the court in order to truly control the government. Reusing Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's old subordinates is undoubtedly a very good choice, and he can obtain a group of talented, experienced and loyal to Li Shimin in the shortest time.

But these are all good sides, but in fact there is also bad side. Although Li Shimin got a group of officials who were loyal to him, he also got a group of hatred from the old subordinates of ignorant Li Jiancheng.

Taiyuan

In a courtyard, it was already evening, and the yard was filled with about thirty people, one of whom was wearing bright light armor, which was very eye-catching. This person was Feng Li.

Li Jiancheng once had four confidants under his command. It’s a pity that during the Xuanwu Sect Incident, these people were not around Li Jiancheng.

The first one was Wang Gui and Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty. Wang Gui was sent to Li Jiancheng as an army and was highly valued. When Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng competed for the throne, Wang Gui assisted Li Jiancheng to collect many people and resisted Li Shimin together. Unexpectedly, Yang Wengan, under the throne of the prince, rebelled, and Li Shimin defeated him. Wang Gui was implicated and was believed to have not persuaded the prince, which made the brothers not harmonious. Finally, he was exiled. He was not in Chang'an during the Xuanwu Gate Incident. Later, in order to show his magnanimity, Li Shimin recalled Wang Gui, Wei Zheng and others back to Beijing and reused them. Later, Wang Gui became the prime minister.

The second person was Luo Yi and Luo Yi surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and was given the surname Li and named Prince Yan. He had a very good relationship with Li Jiancheng and both regarded Li Shimin as an enemy. Luo Yi had innocently beaten Li Shimin's confidants, but because of his great contribution, Li Yuan did not hold him accountable. Later, the Turks invaded, and Luo Yi was very famous in the northern border, so Li Yuan sent him to guard Jingzhou and fight against the Turks. After the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Li Shimin became the new emperor. Luo Yi was afraid that Li Shimin would hold a grudge in his heart, so he took the initiative to rebel and was eventually killed by his subordinates.

Third, Wei Ting and Wei Ting had a good relationship with Li Jiancheng when he was a teenager. After establishing Li Tang, they became Li Jiancheng's subordinates. The relationship between the two has always been excellent. However, Wei Ting, like Wang Gui, was also implicated in Yang Wengan's rebellion and was also dismissed from office and exiled. It was not until the Xuanwu Gate Incident that he was recommended to return to the court again.

The fourth one is Feng Li, Feng Li is the general under the Prince's Mansion. Li Jiancheng made him the general of the Yiwei chariot and cavalry and gave him important tasks. After Li Jiancheng's death, the prince's mansion was in panic and they fled. Feng Li told people around him that how could he escape with so much grace from the prince! He gathered soldiers to attack Xuanwu Gate, trying to kill Li Shimin to avenge the prince. After a general on Li Shimin died in battle, Li Shimin ordered people to throw the heads of the prince and the King of Qi. Seeing this, the prince's soldiers lost their morale. Feng Li sighed: We have also repaid the prince's grace! Then he began to flee. Later, Li Shimin felt that Feng Li was a loyal and righteous man, and he pardoned him.

Among the four confidants Li Jiancheng above, some died, some surrendered, and some escaped.

Although Feng Li escaped, he did not want to avenge Li Jiancheng at all times. However, helplessly, Li Shimin was really good at being an emperor. His powerful generals were so powerful that he recruited talents from Li Jiancheng's troops with great kindness.

The world was governed with peace. If you rebel at this time, it would be a search for death. So helplessly, Feng Li lurked and kept looking for opportunities.

Originally, this opportunity was gone, and Feng Li was about to forget to take revenge, but Feng Li himself did not expect that when he was about to give up, he actually got news that it was brought by a former guard of Li Jiancheng, saying that Li Jiancheng found Li Shimin's eldest son.

Originally, I wanted to use the eldest son as a bargaining chip for negotiation, but unexpectedly, Li Shimin was too fast and was killed by Li Shimin before he had time to negotiate with Li Shimin.

The eldest son is still in a farmer's house. As for where he is, the guard told Feng Li that he was not elsewhere in Lantian County, Chang'an. As for which village it was, the guard said that he didn't know, and only the guard captain knew it. Unfortunately, the guard captain was dead.

This news directly picked up the flames of Feng Li's revenge. Li Shimin could not kill him, but if he could kill Li Shimin's eldest son and then take Li Shimin's eldest son's head to worship Li Jiancheng.

It is not in vain to repay Li Jiancheng's kindness for his goodwill. Moreover, the eldest son Li Shimin himself doesn't know, so it's safe to kill him. Feng Li has no reason not to do such a good thing.

Following Feng Li, he found his former subordinates who were loyal to Li Jiancheng in his home. There were 32 people in total. Feng Li gathered these people together and invited these people to go to Lantian County to find the eldest son of Li Shimin.

Feng Li promised that the first person to find Li Shimin's eldest son could get one thousand guan, and the person who brought Li Shimin's eldest son's head to him could get one thousand guan.

Feng Li is now a small asset, and he can still afford to pay 11,000 yuan.

As the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards. All the people gathered silently kept a sense of energy. After drinking a glass of Feng Lijing's wine, and then taking a fifty-talented plagiarism, thirty-two people rushed to Lantian County, Chang'an.
Chapter completed!