1. The beginning and the end of the two ascensions to the throne by Emperor Ruizong of Tang.
Tang Ruizong Li Dan was a very legendary emperor because he ascended the throne twice. Six years after becoming emperor for the first time, Li Dan took the initiative to abdicate the throne to his mother, Wu Zetian, . Just two years after his second ascendance to the throne, Li Dan took the initiative to abdicate the throne to his son Li Longji .
Good guy, I have seen those who abdicate, but I have never seen those who abdicate twice.
When Emperor Gaozong of Tang died, he originally passed the throne to his third legitimate son, Li Xian , that is, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang . Unfortunately, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang Dynasty, Li Xian, disobeyed Wu Zetian and was deposed by Wu Zetian for only 55 days.
After that, Wu Zetian passed the throne to Li Zhi 's fourth legitimate son, Tang Ruizong Li Dan, but the military and political power in the court has always been in the hands of Wu Zetian, and Li Dan is a completely puppet.
Li Dan was very confused. My mother was so fierce that she might have to worry about herself one day. Instead of taking the initiative, it is better to give up the position yourself. Therefore, after he worked as a puppet for 6 years, he took the initiative to abdicate the great throne to Wu Zetian in 690 AD.
Wu Zetian thought this baby was very sensible, so he took the initiative and decisively proclaimed himself emperor. He also changed the Li Tang Dynasty to Wu Zhou Dynasty. In a sense, Emperor Ruizong of Tang Li Dan also became the king of the fallen country in the Tang Dynasty. After
15, that is, in 705 AD, the 82-year-old Wu Zetian was dying. 8 ministers including Zhang Jianzhi launched the Shenlong coup, re-establishing Li Xian, who was then the Luling King , and then restored the throne to Emperor Zhongzong of Tang. He was the first emperor to recreate , the Tang Dynasty . After
5, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang Li Xian was poisoned by his queen Wei and daughter Princess Anle. Empress Wei made Tang Zhongzong's youngest son Li Chongmao the emperor, and then learned from Wu Zetian to promote the dynasty. It's like becoming the second female emperor!
At this time, Wu Zetian's daughter Princess Taiping , together with her nephew Li Longji, launched the famous Tanglong coup . They killed Empress Wei, Princess Anle, Shangguan Wan'er and others, and re-seize the Li Tang regime.
Under the coercion of Princess Taiping, Li Chongmao abdicated the throne to his uncle Li Dan. Therefore, in 710 AD, Emperor Ruizong of Tang Li Dan ascended the throne again and changed the era to Jingyun. During the period of Jingyun, the Tang Dynasty, which begins in "Records of the Strife of the Tang Dynasty", refers to the two years after Emperor Ruizong of Tang Dynasty Li Dan ascended the throne for the second time.
2. The prince is not the eldest son of Emperor Ruizong of Tang, but Li Longji.
Tang Ruizong Li Dan did basically nothing during the Tanglong coup, so he refused to do this emperor many times. However, his son Linzi Wang Li Longji made great efforts, and with the strong support of his sister Princess Taiping, Li Dan had to take this order.
To be honest, Tang Ruizong Li Dan was quite Buddhist. He was used to seeing the intrigues during the Wu Zetian period, so he didn't want to reach the peak of power at all. I have been an emperor in my work experience, so it is not convenient to change jobs.
After Tang Ruizong came to power, he posthumously named his original wife Liu. Liu was secretly killed by Wu Zetian, and Emperor Ruizong of Tang always apologized to her. In this way, Liu's son Li Xian became the eldest son of Emperor Ruizong of Tang.
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The problem is that Emperor Ruizong of Tang had a very strong concubine, that is, King Li Longji of Linzi. Li Longji played a very critical role in the Tanglong coup. He and his aunt Princess Taiping joined forces to push his father Li Dan to the throne again.
If Emperor Ruizong of Tang insisted on making Li Xian, who had no contribution, the prince, would it be the change of the Xuanwu Gate in again? Before Emperor Ruizong of Tang solved this problem, Li Xian took the lead in resigning. His reason was very simple: in peace, the eldest son could be established to inherit the throne, and when the country was in trouble, he should be a prince who made contributions.
This is what I said about my father's heart. In fact, Emperor Ruizong of Tang was also very worried. If he forcibly made Li Xian the crown prince, Li Longji would probably learn from the Li Shimin's of that year, kill his brother, locked up his father, and became the emperor by himself.
Li Xian was so aware of the general idea that everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Li Longji became the crown prince naturally. The prince in "The Record of the Strange Things of the Tang Dynasty" is the later famous Tang Xuanzong Li Longji.
3. Why is the princess a mortal enemy of the prince?
is obvious. The princess in the play who holds real power is Princess Taiping. As Wu Zetian's daughter, Princess Taiping is still very appealing. She has both the bloodlines of the Old Li family and the Old Wu family. She is very good at everything, and everyone wants to give her some points.
In the Tanglong coup, Princess Taiping and Li Longji were comrades-in-arms, and they jointly defeated the Wei Empress Group. However, from this time on, Princess Taiping and Li Longji parted ways.
The reason is very simple. If the common enemies are gone, then each other will become the biggest enemies. Where do you have any long-term partners in the top management of
? Either you surrender to me, or I will make you out, it's that simple. Princess Taiping holds real power, and there are 7 prime ministers in the court, five of whom are her.
Princess Taiping's three sons Wu Chongxing, Wu Chongmin, and Xue Chongjian were all named kings. They were promoted and removed from all major affairs and officials in the court. Tang Ruizong Li Dan also had to obey Princess Taiping's opinions. can be said that in the Tang Dynasty at that time, Princess Taiping had the final say.
But we must know that the prince Li Longji at that time was not a soft boy, he was a very independent person. Therefore, Li Longji was very disgusted with his aunt's intervention in the government affairs so much, so the two sides finally started to fight. Tang Ruizong Li Dan wanted to be a peacemaker and try his best to maintain a balance between the two. The historical background of "The Record of the Strange Things in the Tang Dynasty" is roughly the period when the aunt and nephew fought.
In order to maintain her power, Princess Taiping planned to abolish this capable nephew and change a prince with no opinion to the crown prince. So she did a series of work.
- First, Princess Taiping began to spread rumors that Li Longji was not the eldest son and should not be made the crown prince. The real prince should be Li Xian, the eldest son of Emperor Ruizong of Tang.
- Second, Princess Taiping sent someone to secretly monitor Li Longji. As long as he made a little mistake, Princess Taiping would catch her and not let her go, and ran to Tang Ruizong Li Dan to complain.
- Third, in the end, Princess Taiping simply showed up, directly started colluding with a group of cliques, intending to kill Li Longji.
Good guy, the aunt and nephew have had no way back to this point. Seeing that his sister and son were incompatible, Tang Ruizong Li Dan was also anxious. Finally, he thought of an extreme solution, which was to abdicate again.
Tang Ruizong Li Dan was only in power for two years this time, so he hurriedly abdicated the throne to his son Li Longji and changed his reign to the innate. It is obvious that in the two camps of sister and son, Li Dan chose his son.
Ending: Innate coup , Li Longji finally took over the world.
There were 7 prime ministers in the court, five of whom were all from Princess Taiping, and at least half of the civil and military officials in the court also obeyed Princess Taiping. This situation made Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Li Longji completely unable to completely control the government and firmly control the country. Therefore, if Princess Taiping's power is not eliminated, then he ascended the throne and ascended the throne, he will ascend to the loneliness.
Princess Taiping is not idle either. She knows that her nephew is going to do it, so she also wants to do it. Princess Taiping convened confidants, including Yongzhou Chang Yuankai , Zhiyou Yulin , General Li Ci, General Li Qin, and other confidants, intending to launch a coup. On the other hand, he contacted the palace maid Yuan, intending to let her poison Li Longji's Gastrodia elata powder.
As a result, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang took the lead and arrested Princess Taiping's gangsters, forcing Princess Taiping to flee into the mountains. Three days later, Princess Taiping was captured, and Emperor Ruizong of Tang Li Dan came to plead with his son Li Longji, hoping to let Princess Taiping go. As a result, he was decisively rejected by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, and Princess Taiping was eventually sentenced to death at home, known in history as the innate change.
In fact, Tang Ruizong is a very contradictory person. When he first abdicated to the great throne, he should have thought of this result. Isn’t this a joke if I don’t have the power in my hands and have to interfere in such matters?
