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Chapter 491: Not distracting others is a good sign
"A good character always touches people's emotions, right? If a character dies, the audience will not feel any ripples.

Then this character is a complete failure, and my work does not need such a character."

Li Yu answered Yan Danchen's question seriously.

"Besides, the character of Li Jiancheng himself gives people a feeling of regret.

He was a very good prince and did not make any major mistakes during his years as prince.

On the contrary, he made considerable contributions to the establishment and early development of the Tang Dynasty, but his contribution was not as great as that of Li Shimin. "

This can be seen from the fact that Li Shimin successfully killed his brother and seized the throne.

In order to maintain their own legitimacy, Li Shimin and his team would definitely discredit Li Jiancheng.

They portrayed Li Jiancheng as a jealous, untalented villain and erased many of his achievements from history books.

However, there is no detailed record of what heinous crimes Li Jiancheng, a villain who was jealous of talented people and had no real talent, committed.

If he had really made a serious mistake, it would have been publicized long ago.

Yan Danchen co-starred with Tang Guoqiang in the TV series "The Story of Tang Dynasty" in the early 2000s.

This drama is quite explicit, quite violent.

Li Jiancheng in this drama is just a supporting role, who appears in just a few episodes before being killed off.

Yan Danchen recalled the drama "The Story of Tang Dynasty" that she had played, and asked Li Yu: "I remember that Li Jiancheng in "The Story of Tang Dynasty" played by Mr. Tang Guoqiang was quite weak, why did Li Jiancheng become so strong in "The Khan of Heaven"?
Reading the script, I felt that Li Shimin was almost killed by Li Jiancheng."

"Because Li Jiancheng is better at political scheming than Li Shimin."

Li Yu smiled and replied.

When it comes to fighting, ten Li Jianchengs tied together may not be a match for Li Shimin.

In terms of political intrigue, Li Shimin was the one who was always suppressed.

Some people joked that Li Yuan called me "Er Shimin" when he had something to do, and called me "King of Qin" when he had nothing to do.

Such jokes and jokes just show that Li Shimin was badly suppressed by Li Jiancheng.

Li Shimin was only taken seriously when he was needed, and he was firmly restricted when he was not needed.

For example, when the Turks came south and threatened Chang'an, Li Yuan needed Li Shimin to rescue him, so he gave Li Shimin power.

Once the Turks retreat, Li Shimin's power will be firmly locked by Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.

In the open and secret struggles between Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji and Li Shimin, Li Shimin was really miserable and he always lost.

But that’s how history is. It doesn’t matter if you keep losing, as long as you win it back in the last round.

Li Shimin won the last round, but it was a very dangerous victory.

Li Shimin finally launched the Xuanwu Gate Incident because Li Jiancheng launched a fatal blow against him.

At that time, the Turks once again moved southward, and Li Jiancheng recommended Li Yuanji as the commander-in-chief.

Li Yuanji took the opportunity to ask Li Yuan to transfer all the elite soldiers and generals in Li Shimin's Qin Palace to accompany him in the expedition.

Once those elite soldiers and generals are transferred away, and they make contributions on the battlefield in the future, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji will recommend them for credit. Will those elite soldiers and generals remember Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, or Li Shimin?
I am afraid that except for a few loyal people, most people will side with Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.

His think tanks were transferred away, and the remaining military power was stripped away, leaving Li Shimin with no way out.

Forced into a corner, he had to take a gamble if he wanted to survive, and this gamble was the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

Launching the Xuanwu Gate Incident was a last resort. If Li Shimin had any other way, he would not have done it this way.

Because of this, the stain of killing his brother to seize the throne will never be erased. Many people said that Li Jiancheng was brainless. Wei Zheng advised him to take the initiative to kill Li Shimin, but he did not listen.

Actually, this statement is a bit hindsight.

Looking at the issue from Li Jiancheng's perspective at the time, he was the crown prince of the empire, and his succession to the throne was legitimate.

He only needs to separate Li Shimin's think tanks and elite soldiers from him, and Long Aotian of the Tang Dynasty will instantly become a commander without troops.

In fact, he has already done so, and he has done it very well.

He only needed to wait for some time until Li Yuanji led the elite troops of the Qin Palace to go to war, and Li Shimin would naturally be deposed.

How could Li Shimin, who had lost his think tank and elite generals, compete with him?
When Li Yuan dies in the future and he ascends the throne, he can make Li Shimin die in a very natural way.

To sum it up in one sentence, the advantage is his, and he has created a good situation for the dragon to hit his face.

The situation was completely favorable for him, and he didn't need to kill his own brother to consolidate his position as crown prince.

On the day of the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Li Jiancheng's mentality at the time can also be seen from the conversation between Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng.

Li Yuanji said that he had heard that Li Shimin was planning to fight to the death, and they should pretend to be sick and not go to court, so as to observe the situation first.

Li Jiancheng was very confident. He felt he had a sure win and insisted on entering the palace. Then everyone knows what happened.

Li Yu wanted to create a prince who was smart and wise, but who eventually lost his life because of his overconfidence.

If he was not so confident and had listened to Li Yuanji's advice and sent someone into the palace to tell Li Yuan that he was sick and could not enter the palace, it would be hard to say who would win or lose in the end.

In order to let Yan Kuan perform the effect he wanted, Li Yu asked the history professor to give him several history lessons so that he could understand Li Jiancheng's life in detail.

Afterwards, Li Yu explained the role to him.

Li Yu's efforts were soon rewarded.

The scene to be filmed today is the one where Li Shimin is framed by Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.

Li Jiancheng said that he had obtained a group of Hu horses with very fierce temperaments.

Li Shimin was a man who often went to the battlefield, and his love for horses was the same as that of many military generals.

During the horse training process, Li Shimin fell off the horse three times.

Yuwen Shiji was worried that something might happen and that Li Shimin might be killed in the fall, so he advised Li Shimin not to compete with a beast.

Li Shimin's answer roughly meant that life and death are determined by fate, and it is futile for it to try to kill me in this way.

As a result, Li Jiancheng instigated Li Yuan's concubines to whisper in Li Shimin's ear and changed Li Shimin's words to "I have the mandate of heaven, so I am the ruler of the world, how can I die in vain?"

The final result was that Li Shimin took the blame and was scolded by Li Yuan.

From this story, we can see that when it comes to scheming and trickery, he is really no match for his older brother.

Yan Kuan completed Li Yu's request in this scene and portrayed the image of a prince who was cold, noble, and adept at calculating power and scheming.

Of course, Yan Kuan’s performance is definitely not top-notch, and his acting skills were crushed by Ma Yue throughout.

Out of a full score of 100, Li Yu could only give him 70 points at most.

This kind of performance cannot be compared with that of veteran actors, but it is already acceptable and will not distract the audience.

Li Yu’s requirement for Yan Kuan is just that simple. You can’t expect an idol to perform like a veteran actor. It’s not very realistic.

(End of this chapter)