The four people are Prime Minister and Prince Youshu Cui Xuanwei , Zhongtai Right Chief Jinghui , Sixing Shaoqing Huan Yanfan , Prime Minister Sima Yuan Shuji . The reason why
chose these four people was determined after careful consideration. Based on the situation at that time, these four people were undoubtedly the best candidates to launch a coup.
first, Cui Xuanwei represents the prince Li Xian , and due to the particularity of this coup, Li Xian is inconvenient to show up in public. Therefore, it is perfect for Cui Xuanwei to come forward as the representative.
Second, Jinghui, Huan Yanfan and Zhang Jianzhi were all promoted by Di Renjie. The three of them have the same position and it is natural to form an alliance.
Third, Yuan Shuji represents the Prime Minister Li Dan , which is similar to Cui Xuanwei .
people have, and they still have to have soldiers, otherwise just these few people want to launch a coup, which is tantamount to hitting a stone with eggs.
Of course, this is not a problem for Zhang Jianzhi. Since he dared to take the lead in the coup, he had already made full preparations.
At that time, there were two imperial guards in the palace. Among them, The Northern Imperial Army is stationed at the Xuanwu Gate , and its main responsibility is to protect the security of the imperial palace; the Southern Imperial Army is responsible for protecting the safety of the prime minister and civil and military officials, and also has the responsibility to defend the capital.
Once you master these two imperial guards, this coup was half successful.
For this reason, Zhang Jianzhi first found the supreme commander who controlled the imperial guards of the Northern Yaya, and left and right Yulin Guard General Li Duozuo . He played the emotional card with him. Since Li Duozuo was promoted by Emperor Gaozong, Zhang Jianyi found him and said bluntly: "Who gave the general's wealth today?" After hearing this, Li Duozuo said, "Emperor". The emperor here refers to , Emperor Gaozong of Tang .
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Jianzhi struck while the iron was hot and said: "Now the emperor's son is in danger. Doesn't the general want to repay the emperor's kindness?" Hearing this, Li Duozuo was also a sensible person. He directly swears to the heaven: "As long as it is beneficial to the country, I will listen to your order, and even my family will not care about it."
Li Duozuo's words are all up to this point, what else can Zhang Jianzhi say. After instigating Li Duozuo, Zhang Jianzhi quickly placed a group of close friends in the Northern Imperial Army to wait for the future to play a role. As for the Southern Imperial Guard, Zhang Jianzhi didn't need to worry about it at all. Because the person who controls the Southern Imperial Guard was Prime Minister Li Dan, and Li Dan was a participant in this coup, he didn't need to worry about the Southern Imperial Guard.
At the same time, Zhang Jianzhi asked Princess Taiping to instigate the palace maids around Wu Zetian to monitor the every move of Emperor Wu. If there is any disturbance, report them immediately.
's three-step plan is linked together, from the candidates for coups to the staff of coups, it is seamless.
Everything is ready, only the east wind is not available.
The first lunar month of the first year of Shenlong (705 AD).
Where will the fate of the Tang Empire go? Whether to continue to be dominated by Emperor Wu or return to power in Li Tang will be found on this day.
On the day of the coup, Zhang Jianzhi's troops were divided into three groups.
The first route, he himself, Cui Xuanwei , Huan Yanfan, Zuowei Guard General Xue Sixing and others led more than 500 Yulin Army to Xuanwu Gate, firmly controlling the palace's heavy land.
The second route, from Li Duozuo, Li Zhan and Li Xian's son-in-law Duwei Wang Tongjiao , went to the East Palace to welcome the prince and went to Xuanwu Gate to meet together.
The third route is led by Prime Minister Li Dan and Yuan Shuji to control various departments of the court. Once the coup is successful, the palace situation can be quickly stabilized.
After the coup began, at a critical moment, Li Xian dropped the chain. When Li Duozuo went to the East Palace to greet him, Li Xian, who had been the crown prince for forty-nine years, was indecisive and hesitant.He has been living in the shadow of Wu Zetian for so many years. Although he had a strong desire to overthrow Wu Zetian, he still retreated when things came to an end.
Looking at Li Xian's worries, Li Duozuo first spoke: "The late emperor handed over the empire to Your Majesty, but was dismissed. It has been 23 years since the God of God! Now it is hard to wait until the will of heaven is revealed. Now the Northern and Southern Ya work together to kill the evil deeds and restore the Li Tang country. I hope that your highness will live up to everyone's expectations and go to Xuanwu Gate quickly!"
"The late emperor gave His Highness a divine weapon to His Highness, and he was defeated by the ghost, and both humans and gods were angry. Twenty-three years have passed. Today, I lure my heart, the North Gate and the South Gate, work together to kill the evil deeds and restore the Li family. I hope Your Highness will go to Xuanwu Gate to be the deputy. ——" Zizhi Tongjian " Tang Ji 23
Li Xian thought for a while. I felt that Li Duozuo's words were reasonable. But under Wu Zetian's years of suppression, he never dared to take this step. After thinking for a moment, he found an excuse for himself: "The evil deeds must be wiped out, but now the dragon body of the sage is not safe. Will we scare her if we do this? We might as well postpone this matter and then discuss it with the ministers for the long term. "
is timid and timid, and Li Xian also found such a high-sounding reason for himself.
Li Xian retreated, but the people below him quit. Now the arrow is on the string and he has to fire it. So, Li Zhan threatened : "The generals and the prime ministers risked their destruction of their clans and were loyal to the country, but Your Highness pushed them to death. It would be okay to stop. Please go out and announce it yourself. "
" The generals and ministers ignored their families to favor the country, how could His Highness want to accept the tripod! Please let Your Highness go and stop him. ” ——"Zizhi Tongjian" Tang Ji 23
asked Li Xian to announce himself, but he had no courage. By then, even if he wanted to run, he could not run away.
After weighing the pros and cons, Li Xian finally plucked up the courage and followed everyone to Xuanwu Gate.
Zhang Jianzhi, who had been waiting at Xuanwu Gate for a long time, finally waited for Li Xian who was late when things were about to be hopeless.
followed Li Xian's arrival, Tian Guidao, who was responsible for guarding Xuanwu Gate, put down his guard, opened the city gate, and let everyone in. .
As soon as everyone entered, they headed straight to the Changsheng Hall of the Emperor Wu’s residence. First, they killed Wu Zetian’s male favorite Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi .
When Wu Zetian woke up from the dream, she saw that there were people standing in front of her bed.
With years of experience, she realized what was happening now.
What should come is coming after all!
She said in a majestic voice: "Who is causing trouble?" "
When everyone looked at each other, Zhang Jianzhi stood up and replied loudly: "Zhang Yizhi, Zhang Changzong and the other two treasons rebelled, and they were ordered by the crown prince to kill him. I was just worried that the news would leak, so I didn't dare to report it first. I will use troops in the palace without authorization and deserve to be killed! "
Although Zhang Jianzhi said sincerely, things have come to this point. Will Wu Zetian still believe him? Obviously not.
She saw the prince in the crowd and quickly understood the whole story, and then said to Li Xian: "So it's you? "
Although things have been foregone conclusion, the guilty Li Xian was still frightened by these four words. Immediately afterwards, Wu Zetian said : "Since everyone has been killed, you can also go back to the East Palace. " What is a political expert? This is, facing such a situation, Wu Zetian was so calm. If someone kills him, then you go back to the palace, and I will be the emperor.
However, although Li Xian is easy to fool, his ministers are not easy to fool. Huan Yanfan stood up and said: "How can the prince go back! May Your Majesty pass on the position of the crown prince to follow the expectations of the heavenly beings. ”
Wu Zetian smiled undeniably when he said something.She turned around and asked Cui Xuanwei : "The others became high-ranking officials because they were recommended by others. You were promoted by me personally. I didn't expect you to be here too!"
When asked by Emperor Wu, Cui Xuanwei said shamelessly: "I did this to repay Your Majesty's great kindness. "
"This is why you repay Your Majesty's great virtue" - "Zizhi Tongjian" Tang Ji23
Seeing everyone determined to force her to abdicate, Wu Zetian finally made a decision.
The second day of the coup, Wu Zetian was forced to issue an edict, ordering the prince to supervise the country and immigrate the world.
On the third day, it was reported to be located in Prince Li Xian.
On the fourth day, Li Xian ascended the throne.
On the fifth day, Wu Zetian was placed under house arrest in Shangyang Palace .
On the sixth day, Li Xian led all civil and military officials to Shangyang Palace and presented his honorary title to Wu Zetian: "The Great Sage Emperor Zetian."
In Chinese history, the only female emperor retreated behind the scenes and ended her career as an emperor.
On the fourth day of the second month, Li Xian issued an edict to announce the restoration of the country's name as Tang.
Shenlong coup , Li Tang returns.
And everyone in this coup was promoted one by one, especially the five ministers led by Zhang Jianzhi made great contributions, and all five of them were honored as prime ministers, and they were glorious for a while.
Sharing hardships and difficulties, and being rich and powerful
There is a law in Chinese history, that is, with the emperor conquering the world or seizing the throne, although the emperor is extremely prominent for a while, there are often almost few people who have a good end. The five ministers of the Shenlong coup will follow in the footsteps.
After the Shenlong coup, the power in the court was controlled by the five ministers headed by Zhang Jianzhi. Over time, Li Xian felt an unprecedented sense of loneliness.
, and Zhang Jianzhi, Huan Yanfan and others seemed to be immersed in the joy of success, and did not come back to their senses. did not realize that they were in a dangerous situation where they were in a dangerous situation where they were in a high position to shock the Lord.
Especially Huan Yanfan, his greedy hands are stretched too long. not only made a fortune by himself, but also brought his brother-in-law into it, claiming that a man who was thousands of miles away at the time also participated in the coup and asked Li Xian to give him some reward.
Although Li Xian was very angry about Huan Yanfan's move, he still did it. Because it is not the time to turn against the five ministers.
If he wants to confront the five ministers, he seems weak alone, and he must find an agent. After choosing, Li Xian's eyes fell on Wu Zetian's nephew, Wu Sansi .
In fact, shortly after the Shenlong coup broke out, someone warned Zhang Jianzhi and others, hoping that they would take the opportunity to eradicate Wu Sansi and Yi Party. , but Zhang Jianzhi and others disagreed. They felt that they had great power at the moment, and Wu Sansi and Yi Party were just meat on the chopping board and would not do anything at all.
As the saying goes, "When you cut the grass, you must eradicate the roots", but the five ministers did not do this. They were already blinded by victory and did not take other people's warnings seriously. They thought they had made great contributions to Zhongzong , so how could a little Wu Sansi do to them?
Indeed, just one Wu Sansi can't do anything to them, but what if there is an emperor behind the scenes? Then things became different again.
As expected, in order to restrict the five ministers, Li Xian decided to use Wu Sansi. No one is more suitable to deal with the five ministers, because in the previous Shenlong coup, Emperor Wu was forced to abdicate, and the one who suffered the most benefits was Wu Sansi. Therefore, in his eyes, the five ministers are thorns in his eyes, and they must be removed quickly!
After Zhongzong ascended the throne, he adopted Shangguan Wan'er as a concubine. Before that, Shangguan Wan'er had an indescribable relationship with Wu Sansi.
So, under the recommendation of Shangguan Wan'er, Wu Sansi frequently went in and out of the palace and hooked up with Zhongzong's wife Empress Wei.
With two women behind their backs, Wu Sansi's power is increasing day by day and is active in people's sight again. At this time, the five ministers realized something was wrong, so they submitted memorials to Zhongzong, demanding the killing of the Wu clan party.
Such a request is tantamount to dreams, and of course Zhongzong would not pay attention to it.
In the following days, Zhongzong and Wu Sansi became closer and closer. They often went to Wu Sansi's mansion to drink and have fun, and exchange cups, but became increasingly distant from the five ministers.
In May of the first year of Shenlong, Zhongzong's actions stimulated the tense nerves of the five ministers. He claimed that Wu Sansi and others participated in the Shenlong coup, and were ranked as heroes with Zhang Jianzhi and others, and were rewarded with great rewards.
Zhongzong's move is undoubtedly a showdown with the five ministers, and I just want to deal with you.
Then, in order to prevent the matter from continuing to worsen, the five ministers decided to send an undercover agent to monitor Wu Sansi after discussion.
However, this undercover named Cui Xi , as soon as he arrived at Wu Sansi's mansion, he turned around and sold them. he explained his purpose to Wu Sansi. Wu Sansi immediately told him not to speak out, pretending to continue to be undercover in his mansion, so that the five ministers would not be suspicious.
And for all this, the poor five ministers are still in the dark.
After careful planning, Wu Sansi finally took action.
He first found Wei Hou, went to the palace with him to lobby the emperor, and said to Li Xian: "The five ministers rely on their heroes to restore the revenge and are arrogant and domineering. They have posed a serious threat to the country and must be eliminated!"
After hearing this, Zhongzong thought it was right and asked Wu Sansi what good strategies he had. Wu Sansi said: "Only rise and fall, they will be crowned king first, then remove their post as prime minister, and deprive them of real power." Zhongzong agreed with his suggestion.
So, at a court meeting, Zhang Jianzhi, Huan Yanfan, Cui Xuanwei, , Jinghui and Yuan Shuji were named kings by Zhongzong in turn. At the same time, it was stipulated that except for the fifteenth day of the lunar month, there was no need to attend court for the rest of the time.
The five ministers were deprived of their real power in this way. Not long after, Zhang Jianzhi realized that the court was definitely not a place to stay for a long time, so he asked to go back to his hometown to recuperate. Zhongzong immediately approved his request. In the second year of Shenlong (706 AD), Jinghui, Huan Yanfan and Yuan Shuji were successively demoted to the governors of various places.
After the five ministers retired, the group of heroes behind them was successively wiped out by Wu Zetian's evil hands.
But this is far from enough. In Wu Sansi's eyes, the five ministers must die.
So, not long after, he instructed his subordinates to falsely accusing the five ministers of colluding with the son-in-law Wang Tongjiao.
At this point, Zhongzong did not investigate any accusations that were unfavorable to the five ministers, and directly issued an edict to deprive the five ministers of their titles and demoted them from the governor to Sima.
Seeing that the threat of the five ministers was smaller, Wu Sansi still did not intend to let them go.
In order to kill the five ministers, Wu Sansi ordered people to write down his scandal and Empress Wei, and even described various details, and then posted them in the streets and alleys of Luoyang .
For a moment, the story of Zhongzong being cuckolded spread throughout the streets and alleys of Luoyang.
Soon, this incident reached Zhongzong's ears, which made him furious. He immediately ordered the censor Li Chengjia to investigate thoroughly.
and Li Chengjia is Wu Sansi's party member. Under Wu Sansi's instruction, the big blame was naturally taken over by the five ministers. The result of Li Chengjia's investigation to Zhongzong was: "This was all done by Zhang Jianzhi and others. On the surface, it was said to be abolishing the queen, but in fact it was an attempt to rebel. Please ask Your Majesty to kill the unmanned clan."
Under Wu Sansi's operation, Zhongzong sentenced the five ministers to exile for life.
The five ministers were not dead, and Wu Sansi's purpose did not achieve. At this time, Cui Shi, who had betrayed the five ministers before, was afraid that the five ministers would make a comeback, so he said to Wu Sansi: : "Zhang Jianzhi and others will not die, and there will be endless troubles. It is better to send someone to falsely pass on the imperial edict and kill them all. "
Then, Cui Xi sent a man named Zhou Lizhen . This person had had a marriage with the five ministers and hated them to the core. Under Wu Sansi's instruction, Zhou Lizhen went to kill the five ministers.
At this time, the five ministers were on the way to exile. However, what made Zhou Lizhen regretful was that 82-year-old Zhang Jianzhi and 70-year-old Cui Xuanwei were exiled. Death from illness on the way, avoiding his vicious hands.
However, the remaining three people were not so lucky.
When Zhou Lizhen caught up with Huan Yanfan in Guizhou, he vented all his anger on him. He ordered people to sharpen bamboo , then tie Huan Yanfan to the bamboo thorns and dragged them around until the flesh was completely gone, and then ordered people to beat Huan Yanfan to death with sticks.
The second person who died tragically was Jing Hui. After Zhou Lizhen caught up with him, he ordered people to use a blade to cut his flesh into pieces, and he was drooling.
The last person was Yuan Shuji. Zhou Lizhen poured him a poisonous juice called "wild kudzu juice". This juice penetrated his throat, like an iron hook hooking his throat back and forth, making life worse than death.
When Yuan Shuji was filled with poisonous juice, it was painful and the pain came from his throat. He kept grabbing the ground with his hands until his nails fell off. Yuan Shuji, who was beside him, saw enough, and then ordered his subordinates to beat Yuan Shuji to death.
The five meritorious ministers of the Shenlong coup, ended their political life miserably under the constant persecution of Zhongzong and Wu Sansi.
and Tang Zhongzong Li Xian will pay the corresponding price for his stupid behavior.
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