Author: Gantang
The demise of the Tang Dynasty began with the Anshi Rebellion. That was because after the Anshi Rebellion, the emperors in the late Tang Dynasty were all elected to power by eunuchs. A generation of kings were controlled by eunuchs, and this continued from generation to generation. The person who pioneered it was Li Fuguo .
(1) The shadow around Li Heng
Li Fuguo, also called Li Jingzhong, he did not have a prominent family background, but because of poverty, he entered the palace since he was a child, and then he has been serving the prince Li Heng. Li Heng’s trust.
The first half of Li Fuguo's life was like a shadow following Li Heng. His master Li Heng was trembling with fear, and Li Fuguo was obedient.
Because after Li Longji ascended the throne, he killed three sons successively, so the position of prince was only turned to Li Heng, the ninth prince. He has a violent father, so Li Heng lives cautiously, for fear of doing something wrong. And Li Fuguo followed his master until the Anshi Rebellion.
When the Anshi Rebellion broke out, Li Longji fled in panic, followed by Li Heng and the Crown Princess Zhang. Li Fuguo watched everyone forcing Li Longji to order the death of Yang Yuhuan, but in order to comply with public opinion, Li Longji had no choice but to death Yang Yuhuan. At this time, Li Fuguo knew that the high-spirited and uncompromising emperor had reached the end of his rope, so Li Fuguo began to instigate Li Heng takes over.
(2) Li Heng came to power, and Li Fuguo became increasingly powerful.
The person Li Heng trusted the most was Li Fuguo, so on the way to Li Heng's rise to power, Li Fuguo also began to gain power, even military power.
Li Longji returned to Chang'an again, and has become the Supreme Emperor from the emperor. At this time, Li Fuguo came to add insult to injury, forced Li Longji to move, began to persecute his clan members, and under the banner of doing Li Heng's good, he monitored all officials. It can be said that he is the predecessor of Jinyiwei of Ming Dynasty .
When someone meets the emperor, he needs the unification of Li Fuguo. Even the edict must be signed by Li Fuguo before it can be issued. At this time, Li Fuguo is already under one person.
The reason why Li Fuguo was so presumptuous was because the emperor Li Heng had been sidelined by his two most trusted people. Of these two people, one is Queen Zhang and the other is Li Fuguo.
Queen Zhang not only wanted to be a queen, she also wanted to be a queen mother, so she wanted to make her adopted son Li Xi the prince. Li Fuguo also wanted to learn from the fine traditions of his predecessor Zhao Gao, and wanted to control the Li family and become the regent himself.
At first, the two people cooperated well and conspired to kill the prince Li Tan, but then the two people began to fight among themselves.
Queen Zhang wants to control the Li family and become the queen herself. Li Fuguo also wanted to control the Li clan and become the regent himself.
At this time, Empress Zhang summoned the dead soldiers to kill the prince Li Yu and then establish the Li clan. However, Li Fuguo took the first step, causing Queen Zhang to fail.
At this time, Li Heng was already seriously ill. He heard that his father Li Longji had passed away, and then his wife launched a coup. Li Fuguo wanted to give a certificate of surrender to the next emperor, so he directly killed Queen Zhang.
And Li Heng heard that his father and wife had passed away successively, and Li Heng also passed away.
(3) The ending of Li Fuguo
And the prince Li Yu successfully ascended the throne, and Li Fuguo was the result of following the dragon. Li Fuguo believed that if he allowed Li Yu to ascend the throne smoothly, Li Yu must listen to him. But while Li Yu consecrated Li Fuguo as king and prime minister, he called him Shangfu, which means respectable father, and Li Fuguo lost himself in Li Yu's sweet words.
Li Yu emptied Li Fuguo's rights, but he did not dare to get rid of Li Fuguo blatantly, so he could only find assassins to assassinate Li Fuguo.
After Li Fuguo died of assassination, Li Yu gave Li Fuguo a posthumous posthumous title of Taifu, and the posthumous title for Li Fuguo was Chou. Because according to historical records, Li Fuguo was very ugly.
Li Fuguo was second to Zhao Gao, so he had the same ending as Zhao Gao.
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