Li Longji was close to his aunt, Princess Taiping, because her aunt was the only relative he could see when he was a child.
Li Longji's childhood was not very good, he was the third son of Ruizong Li Dan, although his father Li Dan was an emperor at birth, he was completely a puppet in the hands of his grandmother Wu Zetian, and he was in a precarious situation. Sure enough, when Li Longji was five years old, his grandmother changed dynasties and became the founding emperor of Wuzhou. After Li Dan abdicated, a large number of sons were put under house arrest.
(Lee Long-ki stills)
What is even more cruel is that when Li Longji was nine years old, his mother Dou Shi and Li Dan's wife Liu Shi were framed for using the art of disgust with victory to curse the empress, and Wu Zetian came to see no one alive, and there was no corpse. In order to protect himself, Li Dan hid his anger and ordered his sons not to show their sorrow. Li Longji grew up in such a cruel and oppressive environment.
His aunt Princess Taiping was in a much better situation, because she was not only Wu Zetian's most beloved little daughter, but also the daughter-in-law of the Wu family, and she could freely enter and leave the forbidden place. Therefore, Princess Taiping is Li Longji's five brothers, the only relatives who can be seen since childhood.
Although Princess Taiping was Wu Youji's wife, her heart was always toward the Li family. She inherited her mother's political sensitivity and extraordinary power plots, and made decisive moves at key moments several times to save the Li family. The most important one was the Tang Long coup.
(Princess Taiping stills)
The Coup d'état of Tang Long was very successful, planned by Princess Taiping behind the scenes, and implemented by Li Longji in front of the stage, which swept away Empress Wei and her henchmen in one fell swoop, and abolished the young emperor Li Chongmao, who was established by Wei Hou, and supported Li Dan's restoration, so as to avoid the Tang Dynasty changing hands again, so that the country gradually returned to the right track.
However, Li Dan's ass on the dragon chair was not yet hot, and the two heroes who embraced his reinstatement, his sister and son began to compete secretly, and both sides had to be happy with each other. Princess Taiping and Li Longji joined forces in a coup d'état, and their aunts and nephews cooperated tacitly, and they were very close since childhood, so why did they turn against each other?
Politics is cruel, there are no eternal friends, no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. In the face of huge political interests, family affection is fragile and vulnerable, as has been the case in all dynasties and dynasties. Between Princess Taiping and Li Longji's aunt and nephew, it was no exception.
First of all, the two people look at each other.
The purpose of the coup d'état between the two sisters and nephews is completely different, and the reason why they work together side by side is only to have a common goal: to kill Wei Hou.
(Wei Hou stills)
After Wu Zetian abdicated, Emperor Zhongzong Li Xian ascended the throne. Li Xian was a confused emperor who had little to do to stabilize the political situation, and his only ability was used to cultivate forces and crack down on dissidents. As a result, after cultivating a white-eyed wolf Wei, he not only controlled the power, but also poisoned Li Xian, preparing to usurp Li Jiajiangshan and become the second empress. Wei Hou followed Wu Zetian's footsteps step by step closer to the empress, and the situation was extremely urgent.
For Princess Taiping, whether the Li family sits in the world or the martial family sits in the world, she can accept it and will not affect her interests, and Wei Hou will sit in the world and she will not rely on it for thirteen years. Therefore, she firmly opposed Wei Hou's ascension to the throne.
Li Longji's identity is just an ordinary prince, not a concubine, not a long-term, and in the Taiping Dynasty, I am afraid that he will not be able to touch the core politics in his lifetime, and he has an imperial heart. From a young age, he was domineering and exposed, so that his friends called him "Ah Qi" (Cao Cao's nickname).
When Li Longji grew up, whether he was employed in the locality or in the central authorities, he attached great importance to tapping talents and cultivating personal forces; in that era when he could not move at every turn to launch a coup d'état, Li Longji focused on winning over a few generals of the forbidden army and was always ready to do a big vote.
(Li Dan stills)
Wei Hou's dictatorship was getting worse and worse, and Li Longji saw that she was getting more and more unpleasant, and he dared to worry about my Li family's Jiangshan! As was the usual practice at the time, Li Longji was ready to launch a coup d'état and kill this ambitious woman. However, after all, he was a fledgling, not famous, and inexperienced.
Looking for a father? No, because once Li Dan participates, there will be nothing for him Li Longji to do, even if he makes great merits, the throne will be his father's, and he will also be the eldest brother in the future. If you succeed and then tell your father it will be different, hug your father on the dragon chair, he is so kind not to give a prince!
Therefore, Li Longji absolutely used the banner of his father, but did not tell his father to solve the problem of not being famous. As for the problem of inexperience, he found his aunt Princess Taiping, who was a scheming man.
Princess Taiping was meticulous in her thoughts, and as soon as she saw that the third elder did not look for her father to find herself, she guessed the little nine-nine in his heart, and this boy wanted to take advantage of the chaos to mix with an emperor! In other words, once successful, the fourth brother and nephew must be grateful to themselves. He agreed to Li Longji's request and advised him.
Therefore, Princess Taiping and Li Longji's aunt and nephew looked at each other from the beginning. Taiping thought of seeking greater benefits, and Li Longji thought of mixing with the emperor. The two helped each other and guarded against each other, but Taiping underestimated Li Longji's ambition and strength.
In the course of the coup, Li Longji began to dismantle his aunt's platform, beheaded Shangguan Wan'er, a confidant of Taiping and known as the "Prime Minister of the Turban," and cut off his aunt's wings in advance.
Secondly, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain.
After the victory of the coup, Li Dan was restored to the throne, and the emperor was not happy to be a man, surviving in the gap between the two strongmen of his sister and son. According to the Zizhi Tongjian, when the prime minister asked Li Dan for advice on something important, he always said, "Do you want to discuss with taiping?" Then he asked, "Do you want to talk to Saburo?" "Then dare to decide." This is both a respect for the meritorious man, and a kind of helplessness to become an emperor without any merit.
At this time, in order to grab the benefits of the Zhongzong dynasty, Princess Taiping continued to intervene and incorporated a number of Wei Houyu party. He also used his merits to frequently exert pressure on Li Dan, installed his confidants in the DPRK, cultivated his forces, and formed a situation of "seven prime ministers, five out of his door." Moreover, Taiping gradually realized that Sanlang was not a good stubble, which was not conducive to his own control of power, so he kept burning fire with Li Dan and urged him to become a prince.
As the crown prince of the empire and the future emperor, Li Longji's aunt's behavior greatly damaged his interests and forced him to fight back. How can a mountain accommodate two tigers!
Therefore, for the sake of their own interests, the two nephews quickly turned from working side by side to fierce struggle.
Text: Bearfish laughs to themselves
Shallow and ignorant, just be generous.
References: Zizhi Tongjian, New Book of Tang, Old Book of Tang.