Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Li Longji, was the longest-reigning emperor in the history of the Tang Dynasty, and during his reign he worked hard and diligently in the administration of the dynasty. It created the most prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty, which is known in history as the "Kaiyuan Prosperous Era".
Some people commented that he had an innate appearance of an emperor, an emperor who combined talent and wisdom, and a talent of emperors that were difficult to see in ancient and modern times. After Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, another emperor who selected talents and appointed talents. Unfortunately, in his later years, he reused traitors and favored Yang Guifei, which led to the Anshi Rebellion and almost destroyed the Tang Dynasty.
Walking into Tang Xuanzong Li Longji let us understand this emperor whose life is full of twists and turns, there are lows and peaks, the abyss of the old age, and the depressed end.
Childhood Lee Longji
Li Longji's childhood may be different from what we think, the earliest time when Li Longji was born, his father Li Dan was still a reigning emperor, and his mother was the daughter of everyone in the clan, so it can be said that the backstage is more tough. Li Longji can also be regarded as a prince with a noble status.
His mother Zhishu Dali still had a relatively great influence on Li Longji, although Dou Defei's time with him was short, Tang Xuanzong often missed his mother.
As the crown prince, Li Longji was not happy, and his childhood was full of accidents and pain. It can be said that he has faced many worldly sufferings at a young age, and although his father was the emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the first few years after his birth, he did not have real power.
As Mencius said, "Gu Tian will descend upon the Si people, and they will first suffer their minds, strain their bones, and starve their bodies." "Li Longji was born in the eventful autumn of the Tang Dynasty, and the political situation was not stable.
King Wu intervened in politics, and his father had no real power. It can also be said that Li Longji was forced to be born in the imperial family, and perhaps without the Wu King wanting to take over the power, he would not have appeared to let his younger son succeed to the throne. Li Longji's father also had no fate with the imperial throne, but things were unpredictable.
When Li Longji was five years old, his father Li Dan was forced to abdicate. That is, the first female emperor in Chinese history, Wu Zetian, ascended the throne and became emperor, and Li Longji's life changed as a result, and it was also the beginning of childhood suffering.
Maybe Li Longji was born different, when he was a child, once he lost his foot and was dropped, ordinary people would cry, but he just grinned at Dou Defei. Looking at the bruises on his body, his mother was distressed for a long time, but she also thought in her heart that her son seemed different.
When Li Longji was a child, he liked to listen to his mother sing and read poetry, and every night he only slowly fell asleep in his mother's song. This also laid the foundation for his later habits, he has always liked the rhythm and probably most people also miss their mother.
Unfortunately, Princess Dou only accompanied Li Longji for seven years, and when she was five years old, King Wu became emperor, and her father was forced to step down, making it difficult to protect herself. When Li Longji was seven years old, he was ordered by Wu Zetian to enter the palace, was put under house arrest, lost all freedom, Li Longji never saw his mother again, and this short childhood finally came to an end.
When he was eight years old, his mother was framed and cursed Wu Zetian and died tragically, and Li Longji has never had a mother since. After learning of his mother's tragic death, the childhood Li Longji wept bitterly and wanted to avenge his mother. But at that time, he was just a child, and he was even more powerless than his father who had no power, and he was finally forced to accept the fact that his mother had been wronged and died, and he ended up hating.
Li Longji was placed under house arrest in the palace for 8 years, during which he lost his beloved mother and lost all his freedom. Only in the palace to survive, there is no freedom to live, perhaps at this time he has seen through the world's cold, human feelings are cold and warm.
Ascending the throne created the Kaiyuan Dynasty
Tang Xuanzong's ascension to the throne can be said to be a very difficult process, and it can be said that after two coups to obtain imperial power, it can be said that it is nine deaths, and wealth is in danger.
At the age of 14, Lee regained his freedom and ended his house arrest. Perhaps because he experienced the pain of half a childhood, he was more mature than his peers, and he also had a calm and sober mind beyond ordinary people. And in the days to come, he will recharge his strength and accumulate strength to pave the way for the great cause of the future.
After Li Longji regained his freedom, he served as the King of Linzi and successively served as the Right Guard Lang General of the Imperial Guard Province and shang yuan. At that time, it can be said that he was young and talented. Later, Li Longji witnessed a mutiny, which brought the throne back into the hands of his uncle Li Xian.
After Li Xian succeeded to the throne, he proposed to make Li Longji's father Li Dan the emperor's brother-in-law, but Li Dan refused. Originally, I thought that after Li Longji ended the reign of King Wu, he would be an ordinary prince with his father and not ask about political affairs.
In the end, the heavens did not go according to people's wishes, and originally thought that his uncle Li Xian would sit firmly on the throne of the unavoidable emperor, but he did not want Li Xian's empress Dowager Wei to imitate Wu Zetian's intentions and become the second female emperor. Gathering the Webster family, the power is getting stronger and stronger.
Li Longji could not bear to let Li Shijiangshan surrender to others, and the situation in power of King Wu was once again restored. So they united with their aunt Princess Taiping, and the two jointly launched a coup d'état, which was also the first coup launched by Li Longji after witnessing the coup d'état.
Li Longji recruited troops and gathered his cronies. Because Li Long is basically a person's charisma, appointing talents, there is no shortage of capable people around him who are fighting for their lives. Coupled with the blessing of Princess Taiping at that time, it could be said that the combined strength of the strong force was far greater than that of Empress Wei's party.
Reality dealt Empress Wei a heavy blow, and in the end Empress Wei was killed. Li Longji supported his father Li Dan's ascension to the throne, historically known as Tang Ruizong, and Li Longji was made crown prince. Princess Taiping supported Emperor Ruizong's meritorious ascension to the throne, and the contradictions between her and the crown prince were fierce, and Princess Taiping's ambitions gradually appeared.
In order to resolve the contradiction, Tang Ruizong ceded the imperial throne to Li Longji despite the objections of his courtiers. But I don't want to alleviate the contradiction but make the contradiction between the two more intense, out of control. Three years after Li Longji ascended to the throne, he launched a second coup d'état, executed Princess Taiping, and regained power.
After that, Li Longji was diligent in the administration of the dynasty and appointed talents, ending the situation of the Tang Dynasty mutiny and creating a heyday in the history of the Tang Dynasty, the kaiyuan dynasty.
In his later years, Tang Xuanzong
In his later years, Tang Xuanzong, in his later years, is said to be old and blinded by lard. In the past, he was left behind by himself, and he just wanted to have fun, perhaps thinking that people were old enough to be happy.
Later, we are familiar with a red dust concubine laughing, no one knows that it is a lychee coming; The clouds want to dress and flowers, and the spring breeze blows Rev. This is the poem left at that time to describe Yang Guifei, Tang Xuanzong in his later years favored Yang Guifei gradually neglected the government, it can be said that to the point of madness. As a result, the Yang family was also wiped out, and the family's power was expanded.
These Tang Xuanzong himself were unaware and indulged in the pleasures of beauty. Tang Xuanzong launched many wars to pacify the border, but he did not know that in order to fight for merit, the border was already in danger.
After the change of Ma Songpo, Yang Guifei died, Li Heng parted ways with his father Li Longji, Li Longji continued to enter Shu, while Li Heng went north to Lingwu and later ascended the throne as emperor at Lingwu. After Li Longji learned that his son was proclaimed emperor, he also knew that his great power had gone, and although he had the title of Emperor Taishang, he was not respected.
The Tang Dynasty experienced an eight-year-long Anshi Rebellion, and after An Lushan was killed by his son, the foreign tribes were in chaos. Emperor Suzong of Tang was able to quell the war, but the Tang Dynasty also turned from prosperity to decline.
In his later years, Tang Xuanzong was not respected, and even the palace ladies who served him pointed fingers at him, and his son did not stop this situation knowingly, which was tantamount to acquiescing to this behavior. After that, Tang Xuanzong was depressed and used hunger strikes to maintain the last dignity of the emperor.
Brief summary:
We often envy the power, wealth and status of the Imperial Family, but we do not know the responsibilities and many helplessness that we have in the Imperial Family.
Flesh and blood, father and son are broken off, kings and kings are defeated, all of these are things that are between thoughts. No one is born willing to do so, but they are powerless to change, and even in their place they will bear their weight. If you want to protect yourself and survive in the imperial home, you can only be strong and have the supreme power and status.
Seeing this, it was as if he had personally experienced Tang Xuanzong's life, and it was really undeserved to come to this point in his later years. A generation of emperors, finally fell to the end, making people feel pity and sadness.