The emperor, the daughter-in-law tortured, the eloquent emperor
China is a superpower with a long history of civilization, with more than 400 emperors in feudal dynasties over the past 2,000 years. Among them, there was an emperor whose talent and resourcefulness were admirable.
His wisdom and martial arts in the first half of his life created an era of prosperity and prosperity. However, in the second half of his life, he began to indulge in a luxurious life, and finally lost the foundation of Datang.
Surprisingly, his son set him up in the air, making him the emperor after his retirement.
Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, the third son of Li Dan, was born in the late reign of Wu Zetian. Since Wu Zetian was the only female emperor, he was hesitant about the question of his successor. His life was both legendary and full of contradictions, all of which stemmed from the times in which he lived.
His later life was full of challenges and torture, which undoubtedly made his later life full of helplessness and sadness.
Originally, she wanted to pass the throne to her nephew Wu Sansi, but she was worried about the single-minded support of the ministers, her son Li Xian or Li Dan. This led to an open and secret struggle between the Wu clan and Li Tang's supporters.
In this political struggle, Li Longji's mother was involved in an unintentional remark and was finally executed. The young Li Longji witnessed his mother leave in front of his eyes, and his heart was full of hatred for Wu Zetian.
This misfortune at an early age shaped his resolute and resolute character who was supposed to live a rich and carefree life. Growing up, this personality exerts a power that cannot be ignored in the face of unpredictable times.
Li Tang Jiangshan, after twists and turns, finally revived. In the first year of Shenlong, Prime Minister Zhang Zhizhi and others took advantage of Wu Zetian's old age and serious illness to force him off the throne and restore Li Tang Jiangshan.
However, Li Xian's cowardice allowed Empress Wei and Princess An Le to take advantage of the opportunity to enter and take control of the government. They imitated Wu Zetian and wanted to live the emperor's addiction, and finally poisoned Li Xian ruthlessly.
This behavior seriously violated the interests of the Li Tang royal family, and Li Longji united with Princess Taiping to launch a palace coup d'état, eliminating Empress Wei and Princess An Le. However, the world is still not peaceful, although Li Dan ascended the throne as emperor, his indecisive personality makes him lack imperial temperament.
In those turbulent times, such a man was not the right person for the throne. Soon, the powerful Princess Taiping coveted the throne, however, Li Longji, with the full support of Chen Xuanli, the general of the forbidden army, and Gao Lishi, the eunuch, successfully thwarted the plot of Princess Taiping and her supporters.
Since then, no one has dared to challenge Li Tang's rule. Datang was able to regain its strength. During the Kaiyuan Tianbao period, Li Dan experienced many changes in his youth, and his personality became perverse and timid.
After ascending the throne as emperor, he was deeply physically and mentally exhausted in the face of complicated disputes, so he passed the throne to the energetic Li Longji early.
Li Longji, brave and talented, is like the incarnation of Taizong Li Shimin, leading Datang into a new stage of development. Although Wu Zetian was a female emperor, she inherited and carried forward the legacy of Zhenguan's rule and excelled in governing the country.
This laid a solid material and political foundation for Li Longji's ascension to the throne. After ascending the throne, Li Longji not only continued to reuse virtuous ministers left over from the Zhenguan period such as Yao Chong and Song Jing, but also promoted a group of talented rising stars.
At the same time, he also reduced taxes for the people and actively developed friendly relations with other countries. These measures have enabled Datang to reach the peak of its national strength and created a prosperous era - the prosperous era of Kaiyuan.
However, just as neither nature nor human society can escape the shackles of laws, there are always ups and downs. Although Li Longji led Datang on the road to prosperity, it also inevitably faced some challenges.
At the time of the Tang Dynasty, when people were immersed in a peaceful and prosperous life, a quietly brewing crisis was about to erupt. Li Longji, the emperor who once had great ambitions and returned to one from all over the world, gradually lost his enterprising spirit in the environment of national peace and security.
He is obsessed with the life of a sensual dog and a horse, and turns his attention to the pursuit of pleasure. When his country was renamed Tianbao, he did not foresee how significant the impact it would have on the fate of the Tang Dynasty.
Regardless of ethics, he robbed his son Li Mao's concubine Yang Yuhuan, and even let a group of traitors gain power.
Yang Yuhuan, one of the four beauties of ancient China, has a sweet face, a plump body, and can sing and dance, and Li Longji complements each other artistically. For her sake, Li Longji did not hesitate to use the national military postman to go to Lingnan to pick fresh lychees, and showed deep love for Yang Yuhuan's family, the most important of which was to make Yang Yuhuan's brother Yang Guozhong the prime minister.
However, Yang Guozhong is a villain who is consumed by interests, and he uses the power in his hands to attack and eliminate those who disagree with him.
The civil strife in the Tang Dynasty directly led to its decline from prosperity to decline, and eventually led to the tragic end of Li Longji. This civil strife originated in the northern Turks, and although it was a major problem for the Tang Dynasty, the Turkic threat was eliminated through the efforts of several generations of emperors.
However, a large number of ethnic minorities attached to the Tang Dynasty migrated to the interior, among which An Lushan and Shi Siming were the two generals. An Lushan quickly gained great power by praising the horse, and entered the circle of Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan, and mixed like a fish in water in that circle.
However, this aroused the jealousy of his rivals Yang Guozhong and Li Linfu.
In front of Li Longji, they also put pressure on An Lushan, but after An Lushan returned to his own territory, he still launched a rebellion. Since the Tang Dynasty had not fought for more than a hundred years, An Lushan's rebels quickly captured Henan and Hebei, and even broke through the Tianwei Tong Pass, directly threatening Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.
At the critical juncture, Li Longji hurriedly fled to Shuzhong with the royal family and nobles, but Li Heng, the crown prince in charge of the palace, made a different choice from Li Longji, he chose to go north, and finally succeeded to the throne as the new emperor in Lingwu with the support of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.
He ordered Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi and others to quickly assemble troops against the rebellious An Lushan and Shi Siming. The counterattack of the Don army finally put down the rebellion. Datang has returned to its former tranquility, but its prosperity is no longer there.
Li Longji, trapped in the cold palace, returned to Chang'an, but he was no longer the emperor. He did not adapt to the life of the emperor and was bent on returning to the throne. Although Li Heng can tolerate it, his empress is ambitious and wary of Li Longji.
She knew about Li Longji's heroic deeds when he was young, so she was always on guard against him. When she saw Li Longji summoning those old ministers day and night to hold a banquet, she was worried that they would plan some small moves.
In the name of Li Heng, she relegated them to other places. Subsequently, she imprisoned Li Longji in a dilapidated cold palace and sent people to strictly monitor him. Li Longji was old, his life was full of melancholy, and he died soon after being tortured by his daughter-in-law's spirit.
Conclusion: Li Longji was a wise man, but he misused talents, and his later years were desolate. However, the brilliant achievements of his life and the love story with Yang Guifei have been praised by future generations.