"Holding the Emperor to command the princes" is well-known. The protagonist Emperor Xian of Han Liu Xie has been a miserable child since he was a child. Her mother was jealous of Queen He when she was pregnant and was given an abortion pill and almost had an abortion. After Liu Xie was lucky, her mother was poisoned to death by Queen He. Liu Xie, a motherless child, finally grew up easily, and when the country changed, he abolished him. He abolished the young emperor of Han and changed his name to Emperor Xian of Han. Liu Xie was only 9 years old at that time.
Since then, Emperor Xian of Han Liu Xie has successively held hostages by Dong Zhuo, Li Jue , Guo Si and Cao Cao , and has been a puppet emperor for more than 30 years.
After Cao Cao's death, Emperor Xian of Han was forced to abdicate the throne to Cao Pi and became the king of the country.
Emperor Xian of Han was extremely miserable throughout his life. He died of both his parents since childhood and lived in the shadow of death all his life. There were always unexpected dangers. Even his own Queen and the two princes were killed by Cao Cao and could not be rescued.
Queen Fu was pregnant and was still
Even though it was so unbearable, there was a emperor, and he was a dignified emperor of the Tang Dynasty, which was still inferior to Emperor Xian of Han.
The great man was in full swing, and in terms of the achievements of the king, the Tang Dynasty was not inferior. However, the heroes and grandchildren of ancestors are bastards, and the beautiful rivers and mountains left by Li Shimin are tortured by their incompetent descendants.
Xuanzong dynasty Anshi Rebellion, Xizong dynasty Huang Chao , Wang Xianzhi's uprising was finally pacified, but the salary was slack, the social turmoil, the national strength declined, and the affairs of the world gradually became irreversible.
But the biggest hidden danger of the empire was not the invasion of foreign races, nor the civil strife, but the people of the monks, that is, eunuch .
However, the eunuchs rely on the greatest power not the East Factory and the Jinyiwei in the film and television dramas, but the left and right Shen Ce Army of the Central Imperial Army guarding the capital.
Huansi controls Shence Army , which starts with Yu Chaoen . Yu Chaoen escorted Tang Xuanzong to escape during the Anshi Rebellion, and later guarded Suzong back to Beijing and gained favor and began to command the Shen Ce Army. Since Emperor Muzong, the emperor has been mostly controlled by eunuchs because the eunuchs have mastered the Shence Army.
After Muzong, there were nine emperors in the Tang Dynasty. Except for Jingzong and Ai, the rest were all established by eunuchs. Among them, the two emperors, Xianzong and Jingzong, were directly killed by eunuchs, which is truly extraordinary.
In the late period of the empire, the emperors' greatest and most direct threats were transformed from separatist vassal states to eunuchs around the palace.
In the ninth year of Taihe in the Tang Dynasty (835 AD), Wenzong, who was young and energetic, was unwilling to be controlled by the eunuchs. He secretly joined hands with the prime minister Li Xun and the censor Zheng Note to destroy the eunuchs' power. He first designed a secret stick to kill Wang Shoucheng , one of the "Four Nobles" of the eunuchs. However, the Shence Army is still under the control of the eunuch leader Qiu Shiliang and Yu Hongzhi.
Wenzong couldn't hold back and was eager to clean up the eunuchs. So he planned the "Nanlu Incident" with Li Xun and Zheng Zhu, trying to achieve his contributions in one battle. On that day, it was said that nectar fell from the pomegranate tree behind the Zuo Jinwu Guard's atrium, and that it was a good omen of the country. Emperor Wenzong naturally wanted to take all officials to the Zuo Jinwu Guard's atrium to watch. As soon as he arrived at Hanyuan Palace, Emperor Wenzong asked Li Xun to check if it was true. After Li Xun went back, he said, "Nectar may not be true, and it cannot be announced immediately. In order to avoid mistakes and only damage the power of the holy." Then he took the opportunity to send Qiu Shiliang and other eunuchs to observe carefully. In fact, they ambushed the soldiers in the atrium, preparing to kill Qiu Shiliang, Yu Hongzhi and others on the spot.
Qiu Shiliang and Yu Hongzhi arrived at the atrium, but unexpectedly, the ambush before entering the door exposed the flaws, which made the two servants see through. The two hurriedly ran back to Hanyuan Hall, and took Wenzong hostage and retreated into the harem before the pursuers arrived.
Details determine success or failure
After Qiu Shiliang scolded Wenzong angrily, he immediately mobilized the Shence army to fight back, closed the palace gates, and broke into the various yamen to search for the imperial party.Hundreds of officials on duty in each department were killed regardless of participation or not, and their bodies were in a mess and blood were bleeding all over the ground. The seals, warehouse documents, office furniture and even bedding of each department were destroyed.
Two days later, all officials began to attend court. Without the leadership of the prime minister and the chief censor, the team of officials was a little messy and could not be a train. Wenzong asked knowingly: "How did the prime minister not come?" Qiu Shiliang replied sternly: "Li Xun, Wang Ya and others have been arrested and imprisoned." Tang Wenzong failed, and was deeply sad and angry, and could hardly control himself.
In the end, the eunuchs won the victory
After the failure of the "Nanlu Incident", Wenzong was confined to the deep palace. All the military and political power was firmly controlled by the eunuch group headed by Qiu Shiliang. Not only the affairs of the government, big and small, but also the destruction and life and death of the monarch were in the hands of the eunuchs. "Everything in the world depends on the Beisi, and the prime minister just writes documents" . The eunuch "forced the emperor and looked down on the prime minister, and the court officials were as strong as grass."
Qiu Shiliang has been abducted and has been arbitrarily for more than 20 years, and has been rampant and has done whatever he wants. He has killed the two kings, the first concubine and the fourth prime minister.
After the failure of the incident, Emperor Wenzong was completely desperate. The so-called "Son of Heaven" was just a title. He went to court mechanically and retreated to court every day, and listened to ministers' reports numbly. And this memorial was a long time since the ministers cut corners and fooled them. Sometimes the contents I have been reported for several days are the same matter, and I am too lazy to even modify the sentences.
Wenzong naturally suffered a lot, and his heart was weeping blood. He could only drown his sorrows by drinking alcohol and indulging in his voice and color to seek anesthesia. Wenzong was proficient in music and was also good at using "small tubes", which is a musical instrument called " 时六 " in ancient times, similar to the folk " 时六 时六 ".
However, these can only relieve the sorrow for a moment. After the song is over, Wenzong still has to face the cold and cruel reality. Looking back on how wise and powerful the ancestors of this dynasty had achieved this hegemony and passed on to their descendants. Now that this great achievement has come to our hands, it will not only not be able to continue the country's fortune, but also the royal family is still almost unsecured. It is not necessary to say how much pain is seen in the previous emperor and ancestors in the nine springs.
Occasionally, one day, the Hanlin scholar Zhou Ji entered the palace to see him. Because Zhou Ji spoke out loudly and dared to advise, he was very kind to Emperor Wenzong. Wenzong gave me three glasses of wine and suddenly asked: "Which monarch can I compare with the previous dynasty?"
At this time, Zhou Ji dared not tell the truth, but he was a well-educated man. After all, he answered: "Little ministers are not enough to know the virtues of the great king. All the officials and ordinary people all say that Your Majesty has the saint of Yao, the wisdom of Shun, the benevolence of Shang Tang , and the thrift of Xia Yu ."
Wenzong knew that this was a heartfelt and comforting words. He endured his heart and said with a wry smile: "The wise man is the sincere heart of loving you, don't I know? I am a weak lord, how dare I pursue Yao, Shun, Tang and Yu, the ancient lord? I actually want to ask you, what should I do than the two emperors of Zhou Nan and Han Xian?"
Zhou Jin was shocked, Zhou Nan, King . Emperor Xian of Han was a foolish king who lost his country. How could he generalize with my Tang Dynasty's Holy Emperor? However, despite this, Zhou Ji could not say a word that could be comforted by lenient and comforting, so he had to keep repeating the vernacular words praising the holy virtue.
Wenzong was trembling and finally said it himself: "I really think it is worse than the two emperors Zhou Nan and Han Xian. Although they are also controlled by others, Zhou Nan and Han Xian are both controlled by powerful vassals and princes. The power is not enough, but I am controlled by family slaves, so I am actually far behind them!"
When it comes to this part, Zhou Ji was speechless. Thinking that the emperor was humiliated was the fault of a minister, his heart was immediately stumbled, and he bowed to the ground and choked up.
After saying this in his heart, Wenzong could no longer remain calm, and he bowed his head and cried bitterly. The king and his ministers were crying like rain, and they burst into tears, and they were sobbing that no one could speak.
Since then, Wenzong has never entered the palace to court again, and this drama can't continue.Just one month later, Emperor Wenzong suddenly passed away in the Hall of Supreme Harmony at the age of 32.
was randomly manipulated by eunuchs. The humiliation in Wenzong's heart can be imagined. His once full of ambitions turned into resentment and pain. As he himself said, even Emperor Xian of Han was far from it.
After having had enough of the torture and mental storm day after day, Wenzong passed away and was also considered to be liberated.
The materials referenced in this article are:
"Old Book of Tang"
"New Book of Tang"
"Compilation of Anecdotes of Tang people"
