Tang Ruizong Li Dan was Wu Zetian's fourth son. The eldest brother Li Hong is very virtuous, 24 years old. When Li Zhi proposed to abdicate the throne to him, he was poisoned to death by a glass of poisonous wine.

Tang Ruizong Li Dan is the fourth son of Wu Zetian . Let’s review Li Dan’s brothers. The eldest brother, Li Hong, is very virtuous, 24 years old. When Li Zhi, he proposed to abdicate the throne to him, he was poisoned to death by a glass of poisonous wine. The second brother, Li Xian, was smart and capable. Because of his indecisive private life, he was eventually cut off as a crime of treason. After being demoted to a civilian, he was killed by Wu Zetian.

3geeLi Xian. After three months of being the emperor, he was driven off the stage by his mother Wu Zetian. He was the Luling King for 14 years. After Wu Zetian died, he became a ridiculous emperor for 5 years, and was finally poisoned to death by his beloved wife and daughter. Li Dan’s three brothers were all very determined to be emperor. Whether it is for the benefit of the people or for the rights. Even if he was scared by Wu Zetian, his third brother Li Xian was very happy to inherit the throne after Wu Zetian's death.

and our Ruizong Li Dan is unique. No, it should be said that Li Dan was a clear stream in the emperor's world. Because the more keen others are to be emperor, he hates being emperor.

What Li Dan wants to do most is to be a leisurely prince who is free and free, as long as he can read and write every day, it is enough.

He really really doesn't want to compete with his brothers at all, nor does he want to compete with his mother Wu Zetian for the throne.

can be destined to make people lose their fate. Three brothers died and were demoted, and in the end, he became the emperor. And this time, he was the 6-year-old puppet emperor.

In 684 AD, the emperor was less than 2 months old, Li Xian was deposed as King of Luling, and the 23-year-old Li Dan inherited the throne directly from his identity as a prince. Then, including Li Dan himself and all of Li Dan's family members, were placed under house arrest in the palace. Not only could they not participate in political affairs, but they also did not even have the right to act freely.

Li Dan should feel very wronged. He had no ambitions for power, but was pushed to the throne by his mother, and then locked up in a golden cage, and was taken into custody like a prisoner for six years. Until Wu Zetian finally prepared to kick Li Dan away and proclaim himself emperor.

When Wu Zetian was about to become emperor, Li Dan was extremely excited and decided to seize this opportunity to escape from the cage at all costs. Therefore, in the scene where the people petitioned and asked Wu Zetian to ascend the throne, Li Dan was the first person, spoke the loudest and shouted the most sincerely. Not only that, he also hoped that his mother could give him the surname Wu and eliminate his retreat to become emperor.

It’s a pity that fate still did not let Li Dan go. After Wu Zetian became emperor, Li Dan was demoted to the imperial heir and moved to the Eastern Palace. From an emperor under house arrest to a prince under house arrest.

And this prince did even more miserable than the emperor. Although Li Dan himself does not want to be the emperor, others always feel that he has the most chance to be the emperor. For example, Wu Zetian's nephew Wu Chengsi .

Wu Chengsi spared no effort to create various public opinion advantages for Wu Zetian during her succession. One of the purposes is to hope that after Wu Zetian succeeded to the throne, she could be made the crown prince. After some persuasion by ministers such as Di Renjie, Wu Zetian finally realized that his nephew was definitely not as reliable as his son, so he stopped the idea of ​​establishing his nephew as the crown prince.

At this time, Wu Chengsi believed that his biggest enemy in his path to throne was the prince Li Dan who was under house arrest. Li Dan was targeted again.

In order to get rid of Li Dan, Wu Chengsi falsely accused Li Dan of his two concubines cursed Wu Zetian every night. As a result, Li Dan’s two beloved concubines were summoned into the palace by Wu Zetian and killed silently, without any corpses.

Because Wu Zetian wanted to correct the identity of Li Dan, and let all officials of the court see Li Dan, those who violate the order would be executed. Wu Chengsi hated Li Dan even more, and he kept doing nothing and simply falsely accused Li Dan of rebellion. This time, Wu Zetian sent the synonym of terror " Lai Junchen ".

The staff in the East Palace could not withstand Lai Junchen's torture. At the critical moment when they wanted to confess, a musician named An Jinzang stood up indignantly to justify the weak and kind prince, "The prince did not rebel! If you don't believe me, I am willing to reveal my heart and prove that the prince did not rebel!" Then, he stabbed the knife into his chest and cut it to his abdomen, really digging out his heart and liver.

With such courage and determination, Lai Junchen, who killed countless people, was stunned for the first time when he saw it.

Wu Zetian was also shocked when he heard about this news. But it was the feat of An Jinzang's unfair righteousness that touched the heartless Wu Zetian, which made her believe the words of this humble musician and believe that her son Li Dan was innocent. Li Dan also saved his life because of this.

is also due to these reasons. Wu Zetian was worried that Li Dan would not be good for the Wu family after he ascended the throne, so he wanted to bring back the previously abolished Zhongzong. Li Dan can be considered to have another chance to stop being an emperor. Without Wu Zetian's words, he took the initiative to say that he would treat the prince as the third brother. After Zhongzong ascended the throne, Li Dan successfully became the prince he had been begging for. Even if Zhongzong wanted to make him the crown prince, he refused righteously.

How did you know that God likes Li Dan so much? Li Dan never thought that his third brother had only been the emperor for 3 years and died! He also had such a good sister named Princess Taiping , and gave birth to such a good son named Li Longji . After finally being free and easy, he was forced to be the emperor by his sister and son.

Here, we must talk about these two famous key figures.

The famous Princess Taiping in history can be said to be very similar to her mother Wu Zetian. She looks very much like Wu Zetian and is very smart. She has been with Wu Zetian since she was a child and is very popular. If Wu Zetian loves his child the most, he deserves to be Princess Taiping. It can be seen from the fact that Wu Zetian would let Princess Taiping participate in the government affairs of the court by her side.

And Princess Taiping was one of the key core figures who overthrew Wu Zetian's rule over the Shenlong coup. She made great contributions in the court of Zhongzong and was named "Princess of the Country". Even the mansion outside the palace, Zhongzong, sent the Royal Guards to patrol and protect them day and night, enjoying the same treatment as the palace.

not only has a outstanding status, but also a Princess Taiping has an advantage that no one else has. It is richest in the world.

Princess Taiping was very favored when he was with Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi and Wu Zetian. His father loved him and his mother loved him. Not only did he reward him countless times, but Princess Taiping received the reward given to him by his father for the first time. The fief of 1,200 households far exceeded the level a princess should have.

What is the concept of this fief of 1,200 households? We often hear about the number of households with fiefs, so today we will give a good explanation. First of all, only people with a certain status can be granted a title. It is basically a royal relative, or a hero who has made great contributions, and is worthy of being granted a title. This fief means paying taxes. One hundred fiefs means that the taxes of one hundred families are directly turned into the private property of the enfeoffed person and will no longer be handed over to the court. It's really a lie down and collect money. At that time, the court stipulated that the highest reward for princesses was 350 households, and even the highest reward for princes could only reach one thousand households. Princess Taiping started with one thousand two hundred households.

Wait until During the reign of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang Dynasty, Princess Taiping's family was rewarded at least 8,000 households, whether it was the court or the royal family, this was a unique existence.

The most important thing is that Princess Taiping is also very good at flirting with corporals and often supports poor families. Therefore, there are many people under her who serve her.

It can be said that in any way, Princess Taiping was one of the most influential people at that time.

And when it comes to another key figure, we are very familiar with, and later became Li Dan's third son, Li Longji, who later became , Tang Minghuang .

Li Longji's personality is particularly different from his uncontested father Li Dan. Instead, he is more like Taizong Li Shimin and his grandmother Wu Zetian. Li Longji began to build his own power since he entered the court at the age of 17. From the imperial officials to the imperial guards in the palace, when they went to work in the local area, they also made friends with local talents.

Because of his grandmother Wu Zetian, Li Longji has lived a life like his father Li Dan since childhood. After Zhongzong was poisoned by Empress Wei, Li Longji quickly realized that his family, especially his father Li Dan, was the biggest obstacle on the road to becoming emperor.

In order to win the vitality and for his own future, 21-year-old Li Longji took the lead and concealed his father Li Dan, and joined hands with his aunt Princess Taiping to launch the Tanglong coup, , bloodbathing the entire palace, killing Empress Wei, Princess Anle, and Shangguan Wan'er, purging the remaining political forces, and trying to push his father to the throne again.

But what's funny is that Princess Taiping and Li Longji have calculated everything, but they just don't calculate accurately, and his father Li Dan will not do it. He just doesn't want to be an emperor. This is really the emperor is not in a hurry to die the eunuch.

Princess Taiping and Li Dan's sons took turns to persuade Li Dan to ascend the throne. Poor Li Dan was begged to become emperor again.

After Li Dan ascended the throne, he planned to be a hand-off emperor. In terms of government affairs, he basically relied on Princess Taiping and Prince Li Longji. Every time the prime minister reported to him, he would ask, "Have you discussed with Princess Taiping? Have you discussed with the crown prince? Then there is no problem."

But for this reason, Li Longji and Princess Taiping also began a political struggle.

Although Li Dan is a hand-shaking emperor, he is indeed an emperor with great principles and bottom line, and is not a ridiculous emperor.

For example, Princess Taiping spread rumors in the court that Li Longji was not the legitimate son and that the throne was not the right son. Li Dan directly issued an edict to rectify Li Longji's name and directly asked Li Longji to supervise the country. Princess Taiping used the sorcerer to spread rumors that there would be mutiny and tried to drag the prince into the water. Not only was Li Dan not deceived, but he was very angry with his sister's methods and directly demoted all the Deli subordinates around Princess Taiping, and expelled Princess Taiping from Chang'an and stayed away from the court.

From this point of view, Li Dan is really an emperor who takes action when it is time to take action.

Li Dan wanted to pass the throne to the crown prince many times, but Princess Taiping and other court officials strongly opposed it. Li Dan realized that Li Longji could not compete with Princess Taiping. In order to help Li Longji consolidate his power, Li Dan no longer asked to pass the throne directly, but gradually transitioned the power in his hands to the prince's hands.

In July when the comet appeared, Princess Taiping attempted to appear with a comet. The harmful rumors of the East Palace harmed Li Longji, Li Dan rebelled against the army, saying that this was the reason why he did not pass the throne and successfully passed the throne to Prince Li Longji.

This throne, which was like a worn-out shoe in Li Dan's eyes, was finally abandoned by Li Dan when he was 51 years old. It took nearly 30 years to fight against the inability to be an emperor, which is really a clear stream in the emperor world. Li Dan, who did not become an emperor, died after being the emperor for 4 years at the age of 55.