From the beginning of the feudal society to the end of puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, there have been more than 400 emperors in Chinese history. Several of them became emperors twice in their lifetimes, with a gap of many years. Today, Xiaobian will take stock with you about which emperors have had such experiences, and what the historical background and actual situation were at that time.
Wu Zetian stills
The first to take stock of the two brothers, Li Xian of Tang Zhongzong and Li Dan of Tang Ruizong during the Tang Dynasty. In December 683, Emperor Gaozong of Tang died of illness, and his seventh son, Li Xian, ascended the throne as Emperor Zhongzong of Tang. At this time, Wu Zetian, who was revered as the empress dowager, actually controlled the decision-making power of all political affairs, and Emperor Zhongzong Li Xian was only a puppet emperor. At that time, Li Xian was already twenty-seven years old, and naturally did not want to be at the mercy of his mother Wu Zetian in this way. Therefore, he promoted his father-in-law Wei Xuanzhen from joining the army to the assassin history, and soon promoted him to the rank of attendant, and indeed had the intention of cultivating his own cronies to resist his mother. This angered Wu Zetian, who immediately deposed Emperor Zhongzong Li Xian (her third son) as the King of Luling and made his fourth son, Li Dan the Prince of Yu, emperor, known as Emperor Ruizong of Tang.
Lee Hsien stills
At the same time that Wu Zetian deposed Emperor Zhongzong and established Emperor Ruizong, he also appointed his nephew Wu Chengsi as the Rebbe Shangshu, and soon promoted him to chancellor. At this time, Wu Zetian's strength in the imperial court was no longer invincible, and his intention to change the dynasty became more and more obvious. Of course, the kings of the Tang Dynasty also saw Wu Zetian's intention to change the dynasty, and although they also united their forces against Wu Zetian, they were eventually suppressed by Wu Zetian's troops. In September 690, Wu Zetian accepted the request of Fu Youyi and others to change the Tang dynasty to Zhou, and he added his honorific title to "Holy Spirit Emperor", so that the only female emperor in Chinese history was born. What people can't understand is that Tang Ruizong Li Dan actually asked himself to give the surname Wu, and Wu Zetian changed Ruizong to the title of imperial heir and gave him the surname Wu, thinking that this Li Dan was really enough to embarrass the ancestors of the Li clan.
Li Dan stills
In the first month of 705, Wu Zetian was seriously ill, and after conspiring and plotting, the chancellor Zhang Kamzhi and other important ministers entered the palace to kill Wu Zetian's male favorites, forcing Wu Zetian to pass the throne to Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Li Xian, and restore the state name "Tang", and the short-lived Wuzhou regime came to an end. In this way, Li Xian sat on the emperor's dragon chair for the second time and began his road to governance for the next five years. Because Emperor Zhongzong Li Xianlu did nothing, his empress Wei Shi took the opportunity to participate in political affairs in an attempt to emulate Wu Zetian's monopoly on power. Empress Wei also had an affair with Wu Zetian's nephew Wu Sansi and used each other politically, thus forming a Wuwei clique in a vain attempt to control the imperial government through Emperor Zhongzong. The Wuwei clique persecuted many loyal generals, and in June 710, together with Emperor Zhongzong's daughter Princess Anle, poisoned Emperor Zhongzong's Li Xian.
Lee Long-ki stills
After Emperor Zhongzong's death, due to the intervention of Wu Zetian's daughter and Princess Taiping, the sister of Emperor Zhongzong, the conspiracy of Empress Wei and Princess Anle to usurp the throne was not carried out, but Li Chongmao, the son of Emperor Zhongzong, was made a puppet emperor, and the power was actually still in the hands of the Wuwei clique. Later, Li Dan's third son, Li Longji, joined forces with Princess Taiping to launch a coup d'état, killing Empress Wei and Princess Anle and eliminating the Wuwei clique. Princess Taiping forced Li Chongmao to give way to her brother Li Dan and restore Li Dan's former title of Emperor Ruizong of Tang, and Li Dan became emperor of the Tang Dynasty for the second time. However, two years later, Emperor Ruizong ceded his throne to his son Li Longji, known as Tang Xuanzong.
Stills of Zhu Qizhen
The second inventory is the town of Zhu Qi of Emperor Ming Yingzong in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. In 1435, Zhu Qizhen took over the throne from his father Zhu Zhanji, who was a more accomplished emperor in the Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Qizhen was far from his father. In 1449, when the Northern Mongol Wallachians invaded the Ming Dynasty in the south, Wang Zhen strongly advised Emperor Yingzong zhu Qizhen to march in person, so the "Tumu Fort Incident" occurred. After Emperor Mingyingzong was taken captive by the Wallachians, the ministers led by Yu Qian, who remained in the dynasty, suggested that the empress dowager appoint Zhu Qiyu the Prince of Qi as emperor, and thus the throne was passed into the hands of Zhu Qizhen's half-brother Zhu Qiyu. Eight years later, Zhu Qizhen returned to the capital and launched the "Change of The Gate" to regain power and once again ascend to the throne of Daming Jiangshan. Therefore, Emperor Mingyingzong Zhu Qizhen was also the one who ascended the throne twice.