The childhood of the demented prince was spent in humiliation
Tang Xuanzong, the 17th emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was originally a fool.
At that time, the imperial court was corrupt, and in order to control the government, the eunuchs supported the stupid Li Chen, who was the later Tang Xuanzong.
However, the strange thing is that this idiot just sat on the throne, and the next second he became a normal person, after which Tang Xuanzong came to the world for 13 years, creating the last prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty.
So what happened to Li Chen?...
Li Chen's life can be described as a complete legend, if you want to say why he was originally a "fool", it is naturally related to his origin.
Li Chen was born to a palace maid, and this palace girl still has problems.
This palace maid was originally the concubine of the rebel general Li Kun, Zheng Shi, who was killed because of the failure of the rebellion, and Zheng Shi was asked by Guo Guifei to be a maid.
Zheng was born very beautiful, Tang Xianzong coveted the beauty of Zheng, he spoiled her, and Zheng's luck was also very good, and he became pregnant when he came and went.
In 810 AD, this year the court was already in turmoil, and the various clan towns took turns to riot, which can be described as "pressing down the gourd and scooping up the scoop", and Tang Xianzong was anxious.
However, in this year, it is not without happy events, that is, his 13th son was born, and this child is Li Chen.
Originally, Tang Xianzong was very happy, but within a few years, as Li Chen grew up, he couldn't be happy, because this child was not only weak and sick, but also seemed to have some lack of intelligence.
He has always been a lonely person, and he does not play with the princes, and sometimes when he is with everyone, the naughty prince will deliberately bully him in the hope of making him speak, but he still does not speak and does not resist.
Something happened when Li Chen was ten years old, when he was seriously ill and saw that his condition was getting worse and worse, but at this moment, suddenly a bright light shone on him.
It is also strange to say that Li Chen, who was still seriously ill at this time, actually jumped up from the hospital bed, straightened his body, and began to bow his hands, everyone thought he was sick, but Tang Muzong did not think so.
Tang Muzong was Li Chen's older brother, and he patted Li Chen's back with pity and said, "This child is a wise figure in our family, not sick. ”
After Li Chen recovered from his illness, he told his mother, Zheng Shi, that he often dreamed of flying up into the sky on a dragon, and When Zheng heard this, he panicked and hurriedly asked him not to say such things again.
After this, Li Chen was even more reticent and did not say anything.
Li Chen was eleven years old when he was crowned "King of Light", and although ethically, he was the uncle of Emperor Wenzong, Emperor Wuzong, and others, he was actually younger than his nephews.
Therefore, at that time, several princes would often bully this little emperor uncle, not only calling him "Uncle Guang" in a strange way, but also often looking down on him.
Li Chen would not resist, and after a long time, even the eunuch palace ladies did not take Li Chen to heart.
As Li Chen grew up day by day, the voice of ridicule around her became louder and louder day by day, originally The Zheng clan was not favored, and after giving birth to Li Chen, she not only did not have a mother and a son, but even her life was not as good as when she was a palace girl.
Just think, a palace mother plus a stupid prince, who cares?
Thrown into a pit, he almost drowned
Although Li Chen was silent and unresponsive at this time, he was still a normal person, and to talk about when Li Chen was completely stupid, he also had to start with the assassins who appeared in the palace.
One day, Li Chen went to see Empress Yi'an, who was Guo Guifei at that time, and it was a coincidence that he actually met an assassin on the way.
At the moment of the first attack, Li Chen luckily escaped the assassination, but when the guards arrived, they saw Li Chen standing stupidly and motionless.
His eyes straightened, and his speech began to leak wind, and people were shocked to realize that this assassin had actually scared him into a heartless madness, and Li Chen was completely stupid!
After this, Li Chen's life can be imagined, originally there was not much flesh and blood affection in the royal family, and this time, the children of the royal family bullied their mother and son more brazenly.
Of course, bullying is bullying, good villains are also princes, there should be some eating and wearing degrees, mother and son can be regarded as living a good life, originally when Tang Muzong reigned, he thought that Li Chen was a wise man, but he really loved this young brother.
However, after Tang Wuzong ascended to the throne, Li Chen's life underwent earth-shaking changes.
You know, the most important thing for the royal children is the open struggle and secret struggle, bloody storms, and there are many princes in the court, and it is inevitable that they will begin to pull gangs and secretly harm each other.
But because Li Chen was a fool, everyone took him to heart, and although they suffered from shame and ridicule every day, at least there was no danger to their lives, but they escaped all kinds of assassinations.
However, after Tang Wuzong ascended the throne, he actually concluded that Li Chen was not simple.
Tang Wuzong was also a decisive killer, he often secretly observed Li Chen, but he always found that no matter how he was bullied, his expression never changed a bit.
So Tang Wuzong couldn't help but guess that Li Chen was either really stupid or too well disguised, and if it was the latter, then this person was also too terrible.
Of course, as an emperor, Tang Wuzong had the power to kill, and for him, he would rather kill by mistake than let go, so he began to plan to kill this uncle.
Every time Tang Wuzong went out hunting and playing, he would take the foolish uncle with him, just to facilitate his death.
He first caused accidents for Li Chen such as falling into the water, falling off his horse, and rolling down the steps, but he didn't know what was wrong, Li Chen could always turn the danger into a disaster, that is, he couldn't die.
At this time, Tang Wuzong had self-doubt, and he didn't know what Luck Li Chen had taken.
Repeated temptations, Li Chen can defuse the danger, and finally Tang Wuzong was fierce, he asked the eunuch to throw Li Chen into the dung pit of the latrine, Tang Wuzong thought very well, he did not care whether he was really stupid or fake, as long as he threw it into the dung pit, he did not want to live.
Even if you can't drown him, stink can stink him.
However, unfortunately, Emperor Wuzong still failed to kill Li Chen, and after a day the eunuch came to report that Li Chen not only did not drown, but also played in the pit for a day in a frenzy.
This made Wu Zong itch his teeth and once again doubted whether he had lost sight of it.
To say why Li Chen was thrown into the pit and did not drown, it is also thanks to a eunuch, this eunuch is called Qiu Gongwu, this person is not simple, he is extremely powerful in the dynasty.
Since Tang Wuzong's body was gradually weakening at that time and looked like he was about to die, Qiu Gongwu planned to control the government, and he thought that it might be useful to keep this fool, so he secretly fished him out and washed him, and then sent him out of the palace.
Since then, Li Chen has been hiding in the temple, and there was no movement of Li Chen for a while.
The situation is reversed, and the second becomes normal
Tang Wuzong spent most of his life trying to kill Li Chen, but I don't know whether Li Chen's luck was too good, or Wuzong's luck was too bad, Li Chen did not die, but Tang Wuzong could not stand it first.
When Emperor Wuzong of Tang died, the court was in a time of great chaos, and both the government and the public were in the hands of eunuchs led by Ma Yuanzhen and Qiu Gongwu, who always had to push a puppet to the throne in order to control the government.
So the fool Li Chen entered their eyes.
In 846, Li Chen was surrounded by eunuchs and sat on the throne, and people were shocked to see that it was the fool who had taken the throne, and many people wanted to oppose it, but they could not fight the eunuchs.
Suddenly, people lamented that Li Chen's foolishness was foolish, and he actually became an emperor. This year, Li Chen was 36 years old, and in full view of everyone, he sat on the throne madly.
However, just when Ma Yuanzhen and others were still proud, a terrible thing happened.
The fool on the emperor's throne suddenly changed his normal state, his eyes became sharp, his speech was sonorous and powerful, and his body exuded majesty, and he was calm and unhurried when he talked about the government.
Manchu Dynasty Wen Wu was dumbfounded, where is this a fool, it is clear that he is a king of the world, at this moment people only realize in hindsight, why Did Emperor Wuzong have to kill him in the first place.
Li Chen actually pretended to be crazy and stupid for 36 years!
After Li Chen ascended to the throne, he devoted himself to imitating Tang Taizong and wanted to restore the prosperity of Tang Taizong's lifetime, and in order to return the world to the prosperous world, he wrote the "Records of Zhenguan" on the screen before the collapse and read it every morning and evening.
Taking advantage of the fact that Ma Yuanzhen had not yet returned to God, he used thunderous means to deal with these eunuchs, and then dealt with some traitors during the Tang Wuzong period, and the imperial court was purged, leaving only some truly virtuous people.
In the DPRK, he treated officials harshly but with no lack of kindness, and whenever officials reported important matters, he was full of majesty, and when the ministers were finished, he kindly asked the officials if they had any opinions.
Although Li Chen had been stupid for 36 years before, during these years he had mastered everything about the government and politics, and he had memorized the rosters of officials well, and he was easily and skillfully grasping state affairs.
After the court was stabilized, he set his sights on the Northern Di, and he vigorously attacked the northern nomads and inflicted heavy losses so that the greatest military threat in the north could be calmed.
Subsequently, the rectification of Tubo began.
Since the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty's power has gradually weakened, and many Tubo have taken the opportunity to capture many areas in Hexi, which have not been recovered for more than a hundred years.
Li Chen sent the general Zhang Yichao, who first asked Zhang Yichao to secretly befriend Hao Jun, and then secretly collected soldiers and horses, and when the time was ripe, he launched an uprising in the land of Hexi.
Tubo was defeated in one fell swoop, and except for Liangzhou, all the lands in Hexi that had been captured in the past six months were restored to the Tang. During Li Chen's reign, the Tang Dynasty was once again glorious.
It can be said that in the late Tang Dynasty, if it were not for Li Chen's vigorous rescue, I am afraid that there would be no national fortune in the next few decades, and everyone called this emperor "Little Taizong".
To be fair, Li Chen's performance during his reign was worthy of a "little Taizong".
Li Chen was the famous Emperor Xuanzong of Tang in history, and Tang Xuanzong died after only 13 years of reign, but unfortunately, this short period of 13 years was not enough to change the atmosphere of the court.
After Tang Xuanzong's son Tang Yizong ascended the throne, Tang Yizong's national fortunes plummeted again, and Tang Xuanzong pretended to be stupid for 36 years in exchange for the throne, and spent 13 years in exchange for the glory of Tang, which was all destroyed in the hands of Tang Yizong.
In general, Tang Xuanzong is the real "wise man", he can pretend to be stupid for 36 years, which shows that this person's boldness and mentality are absolutely incomparable, is such a Tang Xuanzong qualified to be called a generation of Ming Jun?