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Chapter 490 The Most Handsome Li Jiancheng in Film History
After a few days, the plot of the early Tang Dynasty's entrepreneurship was completed, and it was the turn of the internal fighting between the brothers.

Li Jiancheng is a very important character.

Now many people say how awesome Li Jiancheng is and how much more powerful he is than Li Shimin.

Li Jiancheng was the most capable prince in history.

If Li Jiancheng had chosen to strike first and kill Li Shimin, his achievements would have been more brilliant than Li Shimin's.

Li Yu personally thinks that this statement is a bit exaggerated.

It is certain that Li Jiancheng is very capable.

In the first six months of their entrepreneurial career, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin had always been like brothers fighting tigers and father and son fighting in battle.

The two of them led the army together and gave advice to Li Yuan together, and their performances were both excellent.

Li Jiancheng is definitely an elite talent picked from thousands.

But the problem is that his younger brother Li Shimin is a top talent that is rare in a century.

Even a great man once said that since ancient times, no one could match Li Shimin in military ability, and the second best was Zhu Yuanzhang.

Li Shimin's talent for fighting was innate, and he was a genius.

His fighting skills were at the level of the top generals in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Jiancheng definitely does not have this ability.

Moreover, his status as a crown prince caused him a lot of disadvantages.

The identity of the crown prince is the supreme honor for him, but also a constraint.

Li Yuan's business speed was so fast that the time span from raising his army to entering Chang'an and proclaiming himself emperor was only half a year.

After Li Yuan became emperor, he became the crown prince.

There is no need to say how noble the prince's status is.

The crown prince is the heir to the throne, and his status is the most honorable among all of Guo Jia except for the emperor.

His identity meant that he could no longer lead his troops into battle personally like he did in the early days of his business.

It is not appropriate to be the commander-in-chief in the rear.

No emperor would allow his crown prince to control military power.

Because the day the prince took control of the military power was the day the old emperor abdicated.

Because of these reasons, Li Jiancheng made basically no military achievements after becoming the crown prince.

The bad thing is that he couldn't achieve any success in military affairs, and military achievements are the best way to demonstrate a person's abilities and achievements.

Li Shimin was not a crown prince, he was just a prince.

His status is not as noble as that of the crown prince.

There can only be one crown prince, but there can be countless princes.

The death of a prince on the battlefield will not shake the foundation of the country.

It is more reliable for your own son to lead the troops than for an outsider to do so.

So Li Shimin got the opportunity to lead troops in battle.

It just so happens that Li Shimin, the Dragon Aotian of the Tang Dynasty, is a military genius and is particularly good at fighting.

Over time, his achievements surpassed those of Li Jiancheng.

Therefore, Li Yu felt that the statement that Li Jiancheng was the strongest prince in history was ridiculous, but it made sense to say that he was an unlucky prince.

He is so unlucky. His ability is so strong and his position as crown prince is so stable.

If he didn't have a rare brother, Long Aotian, the throne would definitely be his.

The plot of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin fighting for the throne is very exciting.

It was much higher in level and more exciting than the later Nine Dragons Fighting for Succession. To put it bluntly, the Nine Dragons Fighting for Succession was a fight for favor. Whoever could please the emperor and satisfy him would be able to take the throne.

Although the dispute seemed fierce, the final decision actually lay with Kangxi.

Kangxi let Yongzheng take the throne. How much trouble did the Eighth Prince, who was powerful and had followers all over the court, stir up? He was killed without even being able to resist.

This so-called battle for the throne among the nine dragons is really child's play compared to the struggle between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.

The nine dragons had no soldiers.

Emperor Li Yuan had a rather peculiar way of thinking. He allowed the Crown Prince, the King of Qin and the King of Qi to have a certain scale of military forces.

In other words, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and Li Yuanji, the three sons, had soldiers under their command.

Otherwise, how could Li Shimin later lead his troops into the Xuanwu Gate to ambush?
After Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji encountered an ambush when entering Xuanwu Gate, their generals got the news and led their troops to attack Xuanwu Gate fiercely.

If the heads of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji had not been chopped off and thrown to their subordinates, Li Shimin's men would not have been able to defend the Xuanwu Gate.

There is a saying that goes, false political schemes are often complicated, while high-level political schemes are often simple and crude.

Only simple and crude political schemes are feasible, like the ones in "Nirvana in Fire" and "Joy of Life", where a scheme was laid out for more than ten years and looked awesome, but in fact it was not feasible at all.

By the way, just by listening to the name, you can tell that Li Chengqian in “Joy of Life” is a character based on Li Jiancheng, and his name is the same as that of Li Shimin’s son.

The second prince Li Chengze is a weakened version of Li Shimin.

Emperor Qing is a super high-end version of Li Yuan. He uses the Second Prince as a whetstone for the Crown Prince every day, and ends up breaking the knife.

Many previous dramas about the early Tang Dynasty, such as "Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties", threw dirty water on Li Jiancheng's identity in order to whitewash Li Shimin.

Li Jiancheng was portrayed as an incompetent villain who was jealous of Li Shimin.

Li Yu is filming a historical drama. He will not deliberately discredit Li Jiancheng, nor will he whitewash Li Shimin.

He chose Yan Kuan, an artist from Hualiu Company, to play the role of Li Jiancheng.

Yan Kuan is very handsome and was known as one of the four most handsome men in the world many years ago.

However, his acting skills are very average. The peak of his career was when he became one of the most popular male actors in the country by starring in idol dramas in his early years.

His career is not as good as it was in its heyday in the early 2000s.

However, compared with the original time and space, his career situation is many times better.

It is true that his popularity has declined and his career is not as good as before, but he is still the leading male role in idol dramas and urban romance dramas.

His situation is similar to that of F4's Yan Chengxu, both of them make a living by their looks.

As for how great the acting is, no.

But they definitely make a lot of money acting in romance dramas with their looks.

It makes sense for Li Yu to ask Yan Kuan to play Li Jiancheng.

In his original time and space, he played Li Jiancheng in a TV series called "Emperor Qin Li Shimin", and was known as the most handsome Li Jiancheng.

Later, the short video platform became popular, and his Li Jiancheng was a frequent guest in the editing videos of ancient costume male gods.

It can be seen that people have a high degree of acceptance of Yan Kuan's performance as Li Jiancheng.

In addition, Yan Kuan's temperament is noble, cold, elegant and luxurious, and his appearance is also very consistent with the historical Li Jiancheng.

In terms of appearance, Yan Kuan's Li Jiancheng is perfect.

If we must find fault with him, his acting skills are not that strong and he is more than capable of playing the stupid and discredited version of Li Jiancheng.

It might be a bit difficult for him to play Li Jiancheng, the historical version of Li Yu.

However, with Li Yu, a director who knows how to train actors, it won't be a problem to get Yan Kuan's acting to a passing grade, it just takes a little more time and effort.

In order to create a historical masterpiece, Li Yu believes that it is definitely worth spending more time and effort.

Yan Danchen couldn't help but complain when he saw Yan Kuan join the crew: "Director, you are too harsh on the audience, aren't you? Letting Yan Kuan play Li Jiancheng, how uncomfortable must the audience be when he is shot, after all, there are so many people obsessed with looks."

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