Under the order of the Suzong court, various Tang Dynasty armed forces finally repelled the rebels of An Lushan and his son, and successively recovered the two Tang Dynasty capitals, Chang'an and Luoyang . Emperor Xuanzong of Tang also returned to Chang'an. However, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, who returned to Chang'an, once considered taking back the throne from Emperor Suzong of Tang and achieving restoration. But in the end, all these methods of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang failed.
So, what is the reason for all this?
Personally believe:
1, prestige issue
In the history of the Tang Dynasty, there were records of the two emperors, Li Xian, and Li Dan, . However, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang could not copy this homework. Because from the perspective of prestige, Li Xian and Li Dan did not have the capital to be comparable to Emperor Suzong of Tang.
Anshi Rebellion is generally the reason for Emperor Xuanzong of Tang in his later years. Moreover, on the way to escape, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang fled directly to Bashu and threw the mess to the prince Li Heng . Li Heng was also able to become the emperor on this basis. After Emperor Suzong of Tang ascended the throne, he established some prestige through the process of pacifying the An Lushan rebels. Therefore, it was not easy for Emperor Xuanzong of Tang to overthrow Emperor Suzong - after all, Emperor Suzong of Tang had prestige, and it was the prestige established by many years of suppressing rebellions.
After all, when the civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty mentioned the situation of the father and son of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang during the rebellion of An Lushan, they often remembered that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang fled to Bashu all the time and had no responsibility; while Emperor Suzong of Tang worked diligently to quell the An Lushan rebellion. The civil and military officials and even the people of the Tang Dynasty often agreed with a responsible emperor.
What's more, the emperor can only be deposed if he has no virtue and incompetence. Emperor Suzong of Tang did not lose his virtues and also made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty. With this alone, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang could not find a legal reason to abolish Emperor Suzong.
2. Personnel appointment and removal issues
The Anshi Rebellion broke out in the late reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty and was not pacified until the early reign of Emperor Daizong of Tang Dynasty. This means that during the six years of Emperor Suzong of Tang Dynasty's reign, the Tang Dynasty's court had been quelling the rebellion. During the quelling of the rebellion, the Supreme People's Court, as the orthodox court of the Tang Dynasty, had its highest personnel appointment and removal power in the hands of Emperor Suzong of Tang. After years of operation, Emperor Suzong of Tang Dynasty, almost all officials in the court were promoted by Emperor Suzong of the court.
Tang Xuanzong wanted to restore and abolish Tang Suzong's throne, and just the issue of personnel appointment and removal would be in a very embarrassing situation: after all, no matter how beautiful Tang Xuanzong thought, someone had to help him carry out his own ideas. Tang Xuanzong hoped that the ministers of the Suzong court helped him overthrow Tang Suzong was tantamount to dreams, so the only one who could be counted on was Xuanzong old ministers in the imperial era.
Most of the old ministers in the era of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang went home to support themselves. It was also very unrealistic for Emperor Xuanzong of Tang to expect these old ministers who had no authority to overthrow Emperor Suzong of Tang.
Therefore, Tang Xuanzong's dream of restoration was destined to be stranded due to the lack of an execution team.
3. Emperor Suzong of Tang was guarded by
Of course, Emperor Suzong of Tang was actually very worried about his old father. After all, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was the emperor in the fourth period. Even if he could not compete with himself in terms of prestige and relationship network, he still had a strong sense of existence. You must know that Emperor Suzong of Tang reigned for a total of six years, and after all, his reign was too shallow. Emperor Suzong of Tang was also worried that his old father, who started his family through struggle, would depose himself by imitating his great-grandmother Wu Zetian, deposed Emperor Zhongzong of Tang and Emperor Ruizong of Tang.
Therefore, Emperor Suzong of Tang also took a high alert state towards Emperor Xuanzong. Even after realizing that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had the idea of restoring the throne, he simply sent away his confidant Gao Lishi , leaving Emperor Xuanzong under de facto house arrest.
Tang Suzong's active vigilance also completely cut off the hope of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang's reinstatement.
