Eunuchs are an indispensable role in the feudal dynasty. Although they are physically disabled, they are the closest people to the emperor. Because they are well versed in the way of getting along with people, they especially know how to please people. So he won the emperor's trust and often participated in the emperor's decision on national affairs. There are even many eunuchs with exclusive powers, causing chaos and chaos in the world. For example, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the eunuch was in power, which eventually led to the demise of and Eastern Han . Ming Dynasty 's Wei Zhongxian was monopolized, so that the world only knew the "nine thousand-year-old" Wei Zhongxian but did not know that there was an emperor, so the Ming Dynasty eventually went to ruin.
So when it comes to eunuchs, people can't help but keep them away. And there was an eunuch in the Tang Dynasty who could directly choose the next person in power for the throne. When the eunuch saw a prince who was stupid, he made him the emperor, and the eunuch was going to treat him as a "puppet" emperor. Who knew that the first imperial decree after the emperor came to power was to order the eunuch to be investigated, which made the eunuch dumbfounded. It can be said that harming others is not against harming oneself. Tang Dynasty Li Shimin was an accomplished emperor. However, when the throne was passed to his fourteenth emperor, Tang Wenzong, all the crown princes he established died.
In the end, the throne fell to the fifth brother of Wenzong Ying Wangqi, and he was later Tang Wuzong . After taking the throne in 840, Buddhism suffered a devastating blow to Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty because of his vigorous "destroying the Buddha". However, Tang Wuzong also received a large amount of property, land and taxpayers, and the country instantly became wealthy. The Tang Dynasty economy was revitalized, and it was called " Huichang Zhongxing " in history. Tang Wuzong trusted and reused and Li Deyu. Together, they let the Tang dynasty revive again. However, the later Tang Wuzong was obsessed with and Taoism and gradually abandoned the government, so that the eunuch beside him Ma Yuanzhi took control of and the prime minister Li Deyu. .
In 846, Tang Wuzong died of illness. Eunuch Ma Yuanzhi thought it was a good opportunity because he and Prime Minister Li Deyu controlled the government. As long as they worked together to choose a puppet emperor, they could do whatever they wanted. So Ma Yuanzhi and Li Deyu chose the "wise men" among the clan families of the Tang Dynasty. After careful selection by two people, Tang Wenzong and Tang Wuzong's younger uncles were selected one by one Li Yi . Li Yi was born 810 years ago. Not only did he have poor health since he was a child, but he also had a serious illness when he was 10 years old. Since then, he has become a silly person who can't even speak when he meets people.
Tang Wenzong, when Tang Wuzong saw this young man in his reign, he would tease him, force him to speak, and call him Uncle Guang (Li Yi was the King of Light at the time). Ma Yuanzhi and Li Deyu once met Li Yi with Tang Wuzong and knew that he was a fool, because the emperor nephew often teased him. Everyone knew that he was a fool. When Ma Yuanzhi and Li Deyu supported Li Yi as the emperor, they also chose "sages" to stand. When he came to the throne, the entire capital was crying, and they all felt speechless for the fact that Tang had fallen into the hands of this foolish emperor.
However, Ma Yuanzhi and Li Deyu were happy to bloom, and they drank a little wine happily to plan their future. However, what they two did not expect was that Li Yi was not a fool. After he officially ascended the throne, the first thing was to order the eunuch Ma Yuanzhi to be investigated and to abolish the office of Prime Minister Li Deyu. Before the two of them knew what was going on, they fell from the peak of power to the trough of life.
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