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In the early Tang Dynasty, the prince was like Lu Bu adoptive father and former president of South Korea, and was a high-risk occupation. The first prince of each emperor often has no good ending, and the second or even the third one is usually the last one to ascend the throne.
Tang Gaozu Li Yuan's prince Li Jiancheng , died in Xuanwu Gate change .
Tang Taizong Li Shimin's prince Li Chengqian , attempted to rebel, was deposed by his father, expelled from Chang'an , and died of depression.
Tang Zhongzong Li Xian's prince Li Chongjun , launched the Jinglong coup failed and was killed by his subordinates.
only Tang Ruizong Li Dan's prince succeeded to the throne, that is Tang Xuanzong Li Longji. When discussing the election of the prince, according to the inheritance system of the eldest son, Li Chengqi should have entered the East Palace. However, Li Longji participated in the coup and made great contributions and outstanding abilities. In the end, Li Chengqi took the initiative to resign: "If the country is safe, the eldest will be the eldest, and if the country is dangerous, the first will be the first to be the prince." Li Longji was recommended as the prince. If we had not been able to understand the current affairs and advance and retreat, we might have had another change in Xuanwu Gate.
The prince is at high risk, because it is all due to disputes between interests and power. It can be seen that the so-called family affection of the imperial family is so fragile and vulnerable. Tang Dynasty The third emperor Li Zhi is the same. His name is Li Zhong, a very ordinary name, and he has also experienced a roller coaster life.
This history starts from the seventeenth year of Zhenguan. One day, the Hongjiao Hall in Chang'an City was full of guests and was very lively. Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty Li Shimin held a banquet here. He took advantage of the alcohol to dance in front of the royal relatives and ministers attending the meeting. Seeing the emperor so happy, the others danced along with him, and the atmosphere was extremely good. The banquet was held for a whole day. When he left, Li Shimin also rewarded the guests with some gifts and thanked them for their support.
What did it make Li Shimin so satisfied with his whole life? It turned out that his beloved son Li Zhi had an eldest son, and Emperor Taizong of Tang had another grandson. At that time, after a dispute over the crown throne, the Crown Prince Li Chengqian and the King of Wei Li Tai were both deposed. The fifteen-year-old Li Zhi became the crown lord. From then on, the turbulent court situation was stabilized. Now the prince has just entered the Eastern Palace and gave birth to his eldest son, which means that there are successors to Tang , and the royal family has been scattered and endlessly. Two happy events followed one after another. How could Li Shimin not be happy or happy? Three years later, he named the protagonist of the banquet Li Zhong as , Chen Wang .
Li Zhong had no deep impression of his grandfather. At the age of six, Li Shimin died and buried Zhaoling . His 21-year-old father inherited the throne. When the new emperor ascended the throne, he would inevitably face the issue of enthroning the crown prince. Before, Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Taizong had just come to power, so he established a candidate without hesitation, that is, the eldest son of the queen. However, in the early years of Yonghui , Li Zhi's Queen Wang had no offspring and the reserve was temporarily vacant. Although Li Zhong is the eldest son, his biological mother is just a palace maid with no status. If the queen gave birth to a boy, the prince would have no relationship with him. When she grew up, she would be named prince and serve as governor in another place, and enjoy wealth and glory.
But now the queen is infertile and , and she is not favored by Li Zhi. Concubine Xiao Shuwei is favored by the harem and has given birth to a son and two daughters for the emperor. The son Li Sujie has been named King Yong and Yongzhou Mu. She is talented and diligent in studying. The father attaches great importance to it. She has the signs of enthroning Concubine Xiao Shuwei as the queen and making King Yong as the crown prince, which makes Queen Wang very worried. Since ancient times, how many deposed queens can have a good ending? Even if they can survive, the desolation and suffering of the cold palace will not be tolerated by normal people.
Queen Wang’s uncle Liu Shi is also very anxious. He was able to become the prime minister and his status as a relative was the main reason. Now the queen is in danger. He is feeling like he is on pins and pins and walking on thin ice, for fear that he will fall one day.In order to stabilize the position of the superior, he fell in love with Li Zhong and advised his niece to propose that Li Zhong be the crown prince. If he becomes the crown prince, Li Sujie will not be able to be the one who can curb the momentum of Concubine Xiao Shu. Moreover, Li Zhong's mother has a low status and she had no hope of becoming the crown prince. Now that the queen supports him, she will definitely be grateful. In the future, the status of Queen Wang will be guaranteed.
Queen Wang really has no choice but to sit and wait for death, so she will be a slaughter and listen to her uncle. After receiving the nod of his niece, Liu Shi ran to the outer court to engage in activities, lobbying other prime ministers such as Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang , Yu Zhining , Han Yuan , and other ministers, hoping that they could provide support. Changsun Wuji and others were willing to speak for Li Zhong for the benefit of their respective families. If Li Zhong became the emperor in the future, he would definitely be grateful for the support of the Changsun family and the Chu family, and it would be no problem to be promoted. Although Li Zhi is young now, the prime ministers may not see the day when Li Zhong ascended the throne, there is no problem doing this for the welfare of his descendants.
received the memorial, Emperor Gaozong of Tang was not happy to let Li Zhong be the crown prince. He was recommended by Queen Wang. If he was appointed, it would be more difficult to replace the queen. However, the ministers such as Changsun Wuji repeatedly requested it, and the reasons given were difficult to refuse. If there is a legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate There must be someone in the position of crown prince. If the emperor has an accident one day, the ministers will still have a backbone, and the princes will not fight around, causing disaster to arise. So in the third year of Yonghui, Emperor Gaozong of Tang made Li Zhong the crown prince and immigrated the world. In the sixth year of Yonghui, Li Zhong held an crown ceremony for adults. People across the country had a banquet for three days. Some criminals were relieved of their punishment by the government, so they could bathe in the emperor's grace.
Just as Li Zhong was enjoying the glory of the prince, his good days were about to come. Li Zhi did not recognize this crown prince from the bottom of his heart. His biological mother, Liu, had a humble status and was not a legitimate son. Those who supported him were hated by the emperor, including the unpopular queen and the orphan minister who fought against the emperor. With Wu Zetian returning to the palace, Empress Wang was deposed, Chu Suiliang was demoted, and Li Zhong's crown prince was incorrect and his words were not satisfactory. Empress Wu has two legitimate sons, Li Hong and Li Xian . Where is the crown prince’s turn to Li Zhong? Prime Minister Xu Jingzong Under the instruction of the emperor and the queen, he proposed to replace the prince, and Li Zhi of course approved the report.
"The Edict of the Crown Prince Zhong to King Liang" writes: "If you are noble, the queen will have a son, and if you are virtuous, you will not dare to take responsibility. You will count four in front of you, be kind, be kind, be noble, and be well-educated, and practice the past." In terms of background and talent, Li Zhong was not worthy of the position of crown prince. He also said that he had self-knowledge and repeatedly requested abdication to give way to the wise. In order to fulfill his noble character, Emperor Gaozong of Tang reluctantly agreed and gave preferential treatment, and was granted preferential treatment. He was granted King Liang, with a fief of 20,000 households, and was appointed as the governor of Liangzhou. He was granted 20,000 sections of goods, and was given a first district. It is a mansion and a property, and the rewards are generous, but compared with the world, it is really insignificant. It was obviously forced to leave the position of crown prince, but in order not to highlight the internal conflicts of the royal family, the official also took great pains to say that Li Zhong took the initiative to give in.
Since ancient times, the deposed prince rarely ends well. Li Zhong did not work in Liangzhou for long and was soon transferred to Fangzhou as the governor. The transportation there was inconvenient and it was a place where high-ranking nobles were exiled. The meaning of transferring Li Zhong here was very obvious. As he grows older, Li Zhong has a deeper understanding of his own experience and situation, and is afraid that the head of his head will fall one day. He often had strange dreams, put on women's clothes, saying that he was to prevent assassins and fine works, and repeatedly divined himself and predicted good and bad luck. It's fine. Li Zhong often sent people to Chang'an to inquire about the palace news. He was very sympathetic and supportive of Liu Shi, Han Yuan and others who supported him. He heard that they were dismissed, demoted, and died tragically, and felt very sad.
Emperor Gaozong of Tang was very dissatisfied with this. You, a deposed prince, are not careful in words and actions, and dare to make small moves, and are ready to be punished. Wu Zetian was nominally Li Zhong's mother. She repeatedly pleaded for mercy and hoped that the emperor would let the eldest son go, deposed him as a commoner, and moved to Qianzhou . Ironically, she lived in the place where Li Chengqian had lived, and was no different from a criminal.The past is full of luxury and food, and the hustle and bustle of the past is even more passing by.
I thought this would stop, but I didn’t expect that it would be the case. Li Zhong still couldn’t escape the fate of being in a different place. Four years later, Emperor Gaozong of Tang had a conflict with Wu Zetian, and Prime Minister Shangguan Yi helped Li Zhi draft the edict of abolishing the queen. When Wu Zetian arrived, the couple decided to find out that they were not as serious as divorce. Shangguan Yi was instantly embarrassed and became the target of revenge between the emperor and the empress.
Li Zhong and Shangguan Yi were originally in a superior and subordinate relationship. They had worked as a military officer in the Chen Palace before. The people who had long wanted to get rid of Li Zhong suddenly had a reason and spread public opinion widely, saying that the reason why Shangguan Yi wanted to depose the queen was to help Li Zhong make a comeback and plotted to seize the throne. The emperor then ordered the execution of Li Zhong. When he was killed, he was only twenty-two years old. The following year, Crown Prince Li Hong wrote a letter to Emperor Gaozong, asking for the burial of his elder brother, and obtained approval, indicating that after Li Zhong's death, no one dared to collect the burial. Until this time, he was buried in peace. The cruelty and darkness of political struggles are undoubtedly revealed.
Looking back at Li Zhong's ups and downs, although short, it is very Trace . The eldest son made him a tool for some people to use. Queen Wang used him to stabilize his throne and entrusted the orphan ministers to use him for the future of the family. When both forces collapsed, Li Zhong collapsed like a beam that had lost a pillar. Did he do something wrong? There is no at all, but his existence threatens the interests of others. As long as Li Zhong is still alive for one day, those who are dissatisfied with the prince and the queen will try every means to use him to realize his political ambitions. Emperor Gaozong of Tang always wanted to get rid of his eldest son, not just because he was the crown prince strongly requested by the opposition, but also to make those who want to use him to oppose the queen and the prince completely give up. When Li Zhong learned that Li Zhong had complaints and his behavior was strange, Li Zhi wanted to take action. He was dissuaded by Wu Zetian at that time. After the Shangguan Yi incident, he strengthened his determination. He is the emperor and cannot be treated with the eyes of finding the people's home.
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