In the Zhou Yi, it is written: "A gentleman hides his instrument in his body and waits for the time to move." "In the world, forbearance is a quality that is praised by people with lofty ideals. Just as the so-called "too rigid and easy to fold", reasonable shielding of some of their own sharp edges is conducive to better integration into life. Especially in the palace, which is full of intrigues, the struggle for power is directly related to the safety of life and death in many cases. If you want to survive in such a situation, this is an indispensable ability.
At the same time, just as Gu Shiyun "for ten years the Tibetan front did not make a sound, and once it came out of the sheath, it moved the ghost god." "Sometimes, the outbreak after forbearance will have an unexpected effect. For example, the emperor who pretended to be crazy for 37 years and was pushed to the throne by eunuchs as puppets, after ascending the throne, the first holy will directly made hundreds of officials and courtiers dumbfounded.
In the palace of the late Tang Dynasty, Li Chen was definitely the most special royal disciple. He was born in 810, not because of any outstanding talent and merit, but because he was regarded as "unwise", in the name of madness and ingenuity. From an early age, he was frail and sickly, coupled with his taciturnity, he was naturally regarded as an abnormal one in the uterus.
Li Chen's mother came from a humble background, which also led to the low status of their mother and son. After seeing his son's "unwise" appearance, his father, Xianzong, only crowned him as the King of Light in 821, and paid no attention to him except for rewards. This situation made him more and more inferior in the palace, and his brother and nephew sat in a position one after another, but he was always the "crazy fool" who did not like to talk.
Since the time of Emperor Xianzong, the power of eunuchs has changed in the court. A "cattle and plum dispute" directly gave them the ability to turn clouds and rain, and the change of ganlu in 835 allowed them to completely form a group of vassals capable of suppressing the emperor. In this situation, the entire Tang Dynasty fell into a miasma of black smoke.
In 846, Emperor Wuzong of Tang was critically ill and childless, and a group of courtiers, led by Li Deyu and the eunuch Ma Yuanzhen, decided to re-support a new emperor. And they thought left and right, and finally chose Li Chen, the crazy and crazy emperor uncle. On the one hand, it is because he is stupid and controlling, and on the other hand, he has an orthodox identity. In this way, Tang Xuanzong sat on the dragon chair as a "puppet emperor" and began to pro-government at the age of 37.
But before Ma Yuanzhen and other courtiers could get carried away with their power to a higher level, the emperor, who had been crazy for 37 years, suddenly carried out a big move. In 846, the day after Li Chen ascended the throne, he issued a holy decree, which was very simple, that is, to remove the prime minister Li Deyu from his post and release him. This act immediately made Ma Yuanzhen and other hundred officials tremble unceasingly, and they also understood that this Tang Xuanzong had clearly deceived everyone by pretending to be crazy and foolish.
Indeed, in Li Chen's life, although he was once a prince, he was always in crisis. Without status and background, he was doomed to participate in the struggle for the throne, and the scene of the eunuch being in charge was even more unable for him to intervene in the government. In this case, in order to survive from suffering, he can only take the method of pretending to be crazy, which can also be regarded as a model of "a big husband can bend and stretch".
Seeing Li Chen's fierce and fierce means, Ma Yuanzhen also had to avoid three points. From then on, according to the New Book of Tang, he began to severely punish eunuchs and courtiers. At the same time, he took Emperor Taizong of Tang as a model and tried his best to emulate the essence of the records in the Zhenguan Politicians. Under his efforts, the late Tang Dynasty bloomed the last light, known in history as the "rule of the Great Middle". Tang Xuanzong Li Chen also became an emperor who was praised by the world, and the way of forbearance eventually brought him success.