When it comes to the handover of the throne of the Li Tang Dynasty, most people think of it is the bloody Xuanwu Gate change .
This seems to open the Pandora's box of the Tang Dynasty. In the 289-year history of the Tang Dynasty, there were 21 emperors, including Wu Zetian , and the throne could be passed down smoothly.
Li Tang 's princes, princesses and queens are full of strong desire for this dragon throne.
Li Shimin For it, killing his brother and forcing his father; Li Chengqian For it, he conspired to kill his father; Wu Zetian for it, abolished two sons; Empress Wei and Princess Anle For it, he poisoned her husband and father; for it, Li Longji for it, he suppressed the lives of the whole family and took a gamble.
However, not every Li Tang royal family is so fascinated by this dragon throne. There is a man who not only has little enthusiasm for being an emperor, but also gives up the throne three times, just wants to lie down.
Among them, some are forced and some are willing. The number of times I am willing is more than being forced to do so.
can be called Datang anti-internal volume master.
He is Tang Gaozong Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian's youngest son, the father of Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, Li Dan .
First ascended the throne
When Li Dan was born, it seemed that it had nothing to do with the throne.
He is the eighth son of Li Zhi, and is the youngest son of Li Zhi. Even my mother's brother has three. Except for the eldest brother, Li Hong, who is a little weak, they all look lively and have a great body.
What a small probability that all his three legitimate brothers were eliminated. It was his turn to take over.
And his mother Wu Zetian had only been the queen for 7 years at this time. It was only two years ago that Li Zhi's wind disease began to occur that she began to deal with some major national affairs.
If someone told her at this time, she would become an unprecedented queen in the future, I am afraid that even Wu Zetian himself would not believe it.
However, a low probability event happened just like that.
Wu Zetian, who tasted the taste of power, began to grow. First, he followed Li Zhi to , Taishan Fengshan , and historically obtained the qualification of "Yaxian" that should have been a male noble. Then, he persuaded Li Zhi to be called "Emperor" and she herself called "Queen".
On the surface, the queen of the heaven refers to the queen of the emperor. In fact, the title of "Heaven" has greatly improved Wu Zetian's status.
The Tang Dynasty formed a situation where " Two Saints of the Dynasty ".
The following year, Li Zhi's prince Li Hong died suddenly at the age of 23. People in the Tang Dynasty believed that he was poisoned by Wu Zetian.
Li Dan's sixth brother Li Xian became the new crown prince.
Wu Zetian tried his best to suppress the second son. While he was fine, he wrote letters and accused him of being unfilial, while spreading rumors that Li Xian was not Wu Zetian's biological son, but the illegitimate son of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian's sister. In order to cover up the scandal, he was raised in Wu Zetian's name. Li Xian, who broke the defense, was soon defeated and was deposed as the crown prince.
After Li Xian was deposed, Li Dan's seventh brother Li Xian was made the new crown prince. Before Li Hong, Li Zhi had made Li Zhong the eldest son of the chaotic, so Li Xian was Li Zhi's fourth prince.
Li Xian, who lived in the East Palace, was confused.
When two mother-in-law brothers grow up, it is really a small probability that the third son can become the new emperor. What he learned, thought and thought since childhood were all about how to be a qualified playboy. He had no mental preparation and no ability to be the new master of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Zhi had no choice but to give more power to Wu Zetian, and before his death, he gave Wu Zetian the power to rule on military and national affairs.
He hopes that Wu Zetian can be the eunuch empress dowager, and help their incompetent son.
But Wu Zetian's ambition was greater than what Li Zhi thought.
Li Xian ascended the throne for only 55 days. Just because he said the wrong thing, he was deposed as Luling King by Wu Zetian and imprisoned in Fangzhou.
The fourth son of Li Dan, who became the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty with a confused look on his face.
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At this time, the owner of the Tang Dynasty was the woman behind the curtain who was over 60 years old but still beautiful, Wu Zetian.
Li Dan was an emperor who was under house arrest in the palace, and his movements were restricted. He could not even say a word about the affairs of the government.
If Li Xian received special training for the country after suddenly becoming the crown prince, Li Dan was a completely idle prince. He devoted too much energy to poetry and calligraphy, and never cared about political affairs, and had no foundation in the court.
He has no means to resist his mother, and he can only push the awareness of self-protection to the full level.
Chugong for two years, Li Dan was a puppet emperor for less than two years. Wu Zetian suddenly announced that he would return power to Li Dan.
Li Dan's crisis radar desperately warned. He knew that his mother was testing him.
He quickly submitted a statement saying that he dared not, he had no talent and virtue, and it would be better for the empress dowager to manage the world.
Li Dan was very tactful and Wu Zetian was very satisfied.
She felt that she could start to do that earth-shaking event.
Wu Zetian spent 6 years killing Li Tang's royal family with the ability to resist. In the court, he was full of his confidants and his public opinion work was also prosperous.
690, everything is ready. Representatives from all walks of life, including officials, royal families, neighboring countries, people, monks and nuns, Taoist priests, etc., all submitted a statement to persuade Wu Zetian to ascend the throne to the throne and become emperor.
Li Dan, who is determined to save his life, is also among them.
This is the first time Li Dan gave up the world.
We cannot know how many of them are coerced to save their lives, and how many are willing to escape from the sea of suffering as soon as possible.
But his six-year career as an emperor is indeed boring, with only the name of an emperor, but not the reality of an emperor.
Looking at Li Dan who ascended the throne of his mother, perhaps thinking that the days without freedom are finally over, and next, we can finally be the king of wealth and leisure.
However, it turns out that he was thinking too much.
2 Let the world
However, he is not Wu Zetian's crown prince. Wu Zetian never admitted that this was her heir.
Li Dan was the emperor before, and although he was in name but not real, at least no one dared to do anything to him.
After he was demoted to the emperor's heir, the Wu family, who coveted the throne, began to attack him.
Wu Zetian's nephew Wu Chengsi , sent a confidant to find a group of common people to submit, asking Wu Zetian to depose Li Dan's identity as the crown prince and make Wu Chengsi the crown prince.
He seems to be very close to success. During the sacrifice, Wu Zetian gave Wu Chengsi the qualification of Yaxian, which should have been the crown prince.
However, Wu Zetian refused to give in and decided to choose the prince.
Li Dan has had a particularly torment during this period.
Even a maid next to Wu Zetian could almost kill him, but the only reason was that she wanted to seduce Li Dan, but Li Dan did not dare to look at her directly.
Li Dan escaped because someone helped him report this maid, but paid a heavy price - one day, Wu Zetian suddenly summoned his legitimate wife and a concubine into the palace, and the two never came back after entering the palace.
No one knows what happened to Li Dan’s two wives in Wu Zetian’s palace. When it comes to the handover of the throne of the Li Tang Dynasty, most people think of it is the bloody Xuanwu Gate change . This seems to open the Pandora's box of the Tang Dynasty. In the 289-year history of the Tang Dynasty, there were 21 emperors, including Wu Zetian , and the throne could be passed down smoothly. Li Tang 's princes, princesses and queens are full of strong desire for this dragon throne. Li Shimin For it, killing his brother and forcing his father; Li Chengqian For it, he conspired to kill his father; Wu Zetian for it, abolished two sons; Empress Wei and Princess Anle For it, he poisoned her husband and father; for it, Li Longji for it, he suppressed the lives of the whole family and took a gamble. However, not every Li Tang royal family is so fascinated by this dragon throne. There is a man who not only has little enthusiasm for being an emperor, but also gives up the throne three times, just wants to lie down. Among them, some are forced and some are willing. The number of times I am willing is more than being forced to do so. can be called Datang anti-internal volume master. He is Tang Gaozong Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian's youngest son, the father of Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, Li Dan . When Li Dan was born, it seemed that it had nothing to do with the throne. He is the eighth son of Li Zhi, and is the youngest son of Li Zhi. Even my mother's brother has three. Except for the eldest brother, Li Hong, who is a little weak, they all look lively and have a great body. What a small probability that all his three legitimate brothers were eliminated. It was his turn to take over. And his mother Wu Zetian had only been the queen for 7 years at this time. It was only two years ago that Li Zhi's wind disease began to occur that she began to deal with some major national affairs. If someone told her at this time, she would become an unprecedented queen in the future, I am afraid that even Wu Zetian himself would not believe it. However, a low probability event happened just like that. Wu Zetian, who tasted the taste of power, began to grow. First, he followed Li Zhi to , Taishan Fengshan , and historically obtained the qualification of "Yaxian" that should have been a male noble. Then, he persuaded Li Zhi to be called "Emperor" and she herself called "Queen". On the surface, the queen of the heaven refers to the queen of the emperor. In fact, the title of "Heaven" has greatly improved Wu Zetian's status. The Tang Dynasty formed a situation where " Two Saints of the Dynasty ". The following year, Li Zhi's prince Li Hong died suddenly at the age of 23. People in the Tang Dynasty believed that he was poisoned by Wu Zetian. Li Dan's sixth brother Li Xian became the new crown prince. Wu Zetian tried his best to suppress the second son. While he was fine, he wrote letters and accused him of being unfilial, while spreading rumors that Li Xian was not Wu Zetian's biological son, but the illegitimate son of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian's sister. In order to cover up the scandal, he was raised in Wu Zetian's name. Li Xian, who broke the defense, was soon defeated and was deposed as the crown prince. First ascended the throne
After Li Xian was deposed, Li Dan's seventh brother Li Xian was made the new crown prince. Before Li Hong, Li Zhi had made Li Zhong the eldest son of the chaotic, so Li Xian was Li Zhi's fourth prince.
Li Xian, who lived in the East Palace, was confused.
When two mother-in-law brothers grow up, it is really a small probability that the third son can become the new emperor. What he learned, thought and thought since childhood were all about how to be a qualified playboy. He had no mental preparation and no ability to be the new master of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Zhi had no choice but to give more power to Wu Zetian, and before his death, he gave Wu Zetian the power to rule on military and national affairs.
He hopes that Wu Zetian can be the eunuch empress dowager, and help their incompetent son.
But Wu Zetian's ambition was greater than what Li Zhi thought.
Li Xian ascended the throne for only 55 days. Just because he said the wrong thing, he was deposed as Luling King by Wu Zetian and imprisoned in Fangzhou.
The fourth son of Li Dan, who became the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty with a confused look on his face.
11htm
At this time, the owner of the Tang Dynasty was the woman behind the curtain who was over 60 years old but still beautiful, Wu Zetian.
Li Dan was an emperor who was under house arrest in the palace, and his movements were restricted. He could not even say a word about the affairs of the government.
If Li Xian received special training for the country after suddenly becoming the crown prince, Li Dan was a completely idle prince. He devoted too much energy to poetry and calligraphy, and never cared about political affairs, and had no foundation in the court.
He has no means to resist his mother, and he can only push the awareness of self-protection to the full level.
Chugong for two years, Li Dan was a puppet emperor for less than two years. Wu Zetian suddenly announced that he would return power to Li Dan.
Li Dan's crisis radar desperately warned. He knew that his mother was testing him.
He quickly submitted a statement saying that he dared not, he had no talent and virtue, and it would be better for the empress dowager to manage the world.
Li Dan was very tactful and Wu Zetian was very satisfied.
She felt that she could start to do that earth-shaking event.
Wu Zetian spent 6 years killing Li Tang's royal family with the ability to resist. In the court, he was full of his confidants and his public opinion work was also prosperous.
690, everything is ready. Representatives from all walks of life, including officials, royal families, neighboring countries, people, monks and nuns, Taoist priests, etc., all submitted a statement to persuade Wu Zetian to ascend the throne to the throne and become emperor.
Li Dan, who is determined to save his life, is also among them.
This is the first time Li Dan gave up the world.
We cannot know how many of them are coerced to save their lives, and how many are willing to escape from the sea of suffering as soon as possible.
But his six-year career as an emperor is indeed boring, with only the name of an emperor, but not the reality of an emperor.
Looking at Li Dan who ascended the throne of his mother, perhaps thinking that the days without freedom are finally over, and next, we can finally be the king of wealth and leisure.
However, it turns out that he was thinking too much.
2 Let the world
However, he is not Wu Zetian's crown prince. Wu Zetian never admitted that this was her heir.
Li Dan was the emperor before, and although he was in name but not real, at least no one dared to do anything to him.
After he was demoted to the emperor's heir, the Wu family, who coveted the throne, began to attack him.
Wu Zetian's nephew Wu Chengsi , sent a confidant to find a group of common people to submit, asking Wu Zetian to depose Li Dan's identity as the crown prince and make Wu Chengsi the crown prince.
He seems to be very close to success. During the sacrifice, Wu Zetian gave Wu Chengsi the qualification of Yaxian, which should have been the crown prince.
However, Wu Zetian refused to give in and decided to choose the prince.
Li Dan has had a particularly torment during this period.
Even a maid next to Wu Zetian could almost kill him, but the only reason was that she wanted to seduce Li Dan, but Li Dan did not dare to look at her directly.
Li Dan escaped because someone helped him report this maid, but paid a heavy price - one day, Wu Zetian suddenly summoned his legitimate wife and a concubine into the palace, and the two never came back after entering the palace.
No one knows what happened to Li Dan’s two wives in Wu Zetian’s palace.Later, after Li Dan ascended the throne again, he ordered people to search the palace, but he could not find their bodies, so he could only set up a tomb for them.
Finally avoided the maid's frame-up, and someone falsely accused Wu Zetian of Li Dan of rebellion.
Cruel official Lai Junchen , came to the East Palace, tortured and forced confessions to the people around Li Dan, and wanted to betrayed and forced them to testify for Li Dan's rebellion.
A musician in the East Palace, in order to prove Li Dan's innocence, cut off his stomach with a knife in front of Lai Junchen and others, and blood flowed all over the floor.
His behavior shocked Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian went to visit the musician in person, sighed, and finally decided to ask Lai Junchen not to retrial.
Li Dan passed by such torture.
Wu Zetian finally figured it out that her throne could not be handed over to the Wu family, otherwise, a hundred years later, no one would sacrifice to her.
She took her third son Li Xian back from Fangzhou and decided to choose an heir from the only remaining sons Li Xian and Li Dan.
Li Xian and Li Dan are both sons of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, and have both served as emperors.
Li Xian's advantage is that he is the crown prince established by Li Zhi and is older than Li Dan. According to the principle of the inheritance system of the eldest son, his ranking was ahead of Li Dan.
Li Dan's advantage is that Li Xian only served as emperor for 55 days, but Li Dan was emperor for 6 years, and then became the emperor for 8 years. For the past 14 years, ministers who supported the Li Tang royal family have been closely surrounded by Li Dan. He is more familiar with the court than Li Xian and has a deeper foundation than Li Xian.
Moreover, over the years, Li Dan was nominally the royal heir, but in the eyes of Li Tang's supporters, he was the crown prince.
In this case, Li Dan's advantage is more obvious than Li Xian.
Li Dan didn’t know what Wu Zetian would think and what Li Xian would think.
He only knows that the farther he is away from the throne, the better.
Are you not this chair the hardships I and my family experienced over the years?
If he had never been an emperor, if he was not the emperor's heir, how could he live on the tip of the knife all the time?
If he becomes the prince again, will it be a new round of frame-up and suspicion await him?
Li Dan, who only wanted to save his life, took the initiative to propose to Wu Zetian that he was willing to give up the position of prince to his brother Li Xian.
Wu Zetian refused to agree once, so he wrote a letter twice. If he refused to agree twice, so he wrote a letter three times. He also said that he would not be ill and did not agree to the court. His illness would not be cured.
Finally, Wu Zetian agreed to him and made Li Xian the crown prince.
This is the second time Li Dan gave up the world.
Judging from the situation at that time, he seemed to be more suitable for this future emperor than Li Xian. However, the throne means right and wrong, and he really doesn't want to be involved in these right and wrong again.
3 Let the world
After Wu Zetian was forced to abdicate, Li Xian ascended the throne for the second time and restored the national name of "Tang".
However, after only five years as emperor, he was poisoned by Empress Wei, who was ambitious and wanted to imitate Wu Zetian.
After Queen Wei killed Li Xian, she wanted to kill Li Dan and his sister Princess Taiping . Before he could do anything, Li Dan's son Li Longji found out.
Li Longji concealed Li Dan and joined forces with Princess Taiping, led the imperial guards into the palace at night, killed Empress Wei and Princess Taiping, and invited Li Dan to ascend the throne to the throne.
After going around in circles, the throne returned to Li Dan.
Li Dan looked at his son, sighed, hugged him and said: The country and country of the Tang Dynasty can be preserved, it is all your credit! After ascending the throne, Li Longji was made the crown prince.
Wu Zetian passed away, Li Xian passed away, and Empress Wei passed away.
However, the emperor Li Dan was still unable to be purified.
Because, his sister Princess Taiping is also ambitious and wants to control the court.
And Li Dan can never reject his only sister.
Li Dan directly appointed the prime minister recommended by Princess Taiping; Li Danzhao accepted the handling opinions on Princess Taiping's suggestions. Even if Princess Taiping is not in the palace, Li Dan will ask the prime minister to discuss it at her home. When the prime minister reported to Li Dan, Li Dan always asked first whether he had told Princess Taiping and Prince Li Longji about this matter.
But, there is only one thing, Li Dan cannot agree to Princess Taiping.
That is, Princess Taiping demanded that Prince Li Longji be abolished and that a gentle and easy-to-control King of Song Li Chengqi be the prince.
Li Chengqi was Li Dan's eldest son and once served as the crown prince; Li Longji made great contributions to Li Dan's succession. Once the relationship between these two people is not handled properly, it is possible to reproduce the Xuanwu Gate change between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.
Fortunately, Li Chengqi, like Li Dan, was not keen on power and decisively gave up the position of prince and quickly lay down, which avoided a brotherly fight.
Now, Princess Taiping wants to depose Li Longji and make Li Chengqi the prince, isn’t she trying to provoke the relationship between father, son and brother?
Li Dan could not agree to Princess Taiping's request. If he agrees, at least one of his two sons will not be able to be saved.
He doesn't want to lose the sister of Princess Taiping.
So, he could only maintain a balance between his sister and son, and release Li Chengqi out of the way to be the governor, so as not to be used by Princess Taiping.
Such an awkward situation remained until Princess Taiping sent a sorcerer to say something to Li Dan.
Prince Taiping sent a sorcerer who knew the astronomical calendar and told Li Dan that the celestial phenomena had changed, and the throne might change.
She plans to use this incident to provoke the father-son relationship between Li Dan and Li Longji.
However, Li Dan, who was exhausted, really didn't want to see his sister and son fighting. He plans to use this matter to resolve the dispute between the two at once.
He directly announced his abdication, allowing Prince Li Longji to ascend the throne, and he went to become the emperor himself.
This is the third time Li Dan gave up the world.
He hopes that after Li Longji ascended the throne, the overall situation has been decided, and Princess Taiping can also settle down and stop trying to defeat Li Longji.
However, when he gave the world the first time, he hoped that he could escape the oppression of his mother, but it was not realized; when he gave the world the second time, he hoped that he could stay away from disputes, but it was not realized; when he gave the world the third time, he hoped that he could get along with his son and sister, but it was not realized.
Princess Taiping did not give up her ambition because Li Longji officially ascended the throne, and still confronted Li Longji. In the end, she was killed by Li Longji.
Li Dan, as the Supreme Emperor, begs Li Longji humbly to leave Princess Taiping's life, but Li Longji did not agree.
Since then, among the 4 sons and 2 daughters of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, only Li Dan is still alive.
written at the end
Li Dan gave up the throne three times, once to his mother, once to his brother, and once to his son.
For Li Dan, the throne was not what he wanted, but because of fate, he handed it over to him twice.
save his family, he wants. However, he could not protect his wife, brother, and sister. The only ones he could protect were his sons.
In the last few years of his life, he handed over all the major affairs of the government to Li Longji, and retired to Baifu Palace to live his life and never took care of the matter again.
He has experienced ups and downs in his life and lost his relatives again and again. Until the end of his life, we can finally see that his five sons broke out of the vicious circle of the Li Tang royal dispute, and they were friendly and lived in harmony, and everyone could live well.
And the root of all this is not only Li Dan’s own efforts to balance the relationship between his sons, but also his eldest son Li Chengqi followed Li Dan and gave up the position of crown prince.
Perhaps, this is Li Dan’s exemplary role.
The dragon throne, since someone wants to fight, let them fight. Li Dan and his son just want to live a peaceful life.
This has to be said, it is also a kind of wisdom in life.
What do you think?
And Li Dan can never reject his only sister.
Li Dan directly appointed the prime minister recommended by Princess Taiping; Li Danzhao accepted the handling opinions on Princess Taiping's suggestions. Even if Princess Taiping is not in the palace, Li Dan will ask the prime minister to discuss it at her home. When the prime minister reported to Li Dan, Li Dan always asked first whether he had told Princess Taiping and Prince Li Longji about this matter.
But, there is only one thing, Li Dan cannot agree to Princess Taiping.
That is, Princess Taiping demanded that Prince Li Longji be abolished and that a gentle and easy-to-control King of Song Li Chengqi be the prince.
Li Chengqi was Li Dan's eldest son and once served as the crown prince; Li Longji made great contributions to Li Dan's succession. Once the relationship between these two people is not handled properly, it is possible to reproduce the Xuanwu Gate change between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.
Fortunately, Li Chengqi, like Li Dan, was not keen on power and decisively gave up the position of prince and quickly lay down, which avoided a brotherly fight.
Now, Princess Taiping wants to depose Li Longji and make Li Chengqi the prince, isn’t she trying to provoke the relationship between father, son and brother?
Li Dan could not agree to Princess Taiping's request. If he agrees, at least one of his two sons will not be able to be saved.
He doesn't want to lose the sister of Princess Taiping.
So, he could only maintain a balance between his sister and son, and release Li Chengqi out of the way to be the governor, so as not to be used by Princess Taiping.
Such an awkward situation remained until Princess Taiping sent a sorcerer to say something to Li Dan.
Prince Taiping sent a sorcerer who knew the astronomical calendar and told Li Dan that the celestial phenomena had changed, and the throne might change.
She plans to use this incident to provoke the father-son relationship between Li Dan and Li Longji.
However, Li Dan, who was exhausted, really didn't want to see his sister and son fighting. He plans to use this matter to resolve the dispute between the two at once.
He directly announced his abdication, allowing Prince Li Longji to ascend the throne, and he went to become the emperor himself.
This is the third time Li Dan gave up the world.
He hopes that after Li Longji ascended the throne, the overall situation has been decided, and Princess Taiping can also settle down and stop trying to defeat Li Longji.
However, when he gave the world the first time, he hoped that he could escape the oppression of his mother, but it was not realized; when he gave the world the second time, he hoped that he could stay away from disputes, but it was not realized; when he gave the world the third time, he hoped that he could get along with his son and sister, but it was not realized.
Princess Taiping did not give up her ambition because Li Longji officially ascended the throne, and still confronted Li Longji. In the end, she was killed by Li Longji.
Li Dan, as the Supreme Emperor, begs Li Longji humbly to leave Princess Taiping's life, but Li Longji did not agree.
Since then, among the 4 sons and 2 daughters of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, only Li Dan is still alive.
written at the end
Li Dan gave up the throne three times, once to his mother, once to his brother, and once to his son.
For Li Dan, the throne was not what he wanted, but because of fate, he handed it over to him twice.
save his family, he wants. However, he could not protect his wife, brother, and sister. The only ones he could protect were his sons.
In the last few years of his life, he handed over all the major affairs of the government to Li Longji, and retired to Baifu Palace to live his life and never took care of the matter again.
He has experienced ups and downs in his life and lost his relatives again and again. Until the end of his life, we can finally see that his five sons broke out of the vicious circle of the Li Tang royal dispute, and they were friendly and lived in harmony, and everyone could live well.
And the root of all this is not only Li Dan’s own efforts to balance the relationship between his sons, but also his eldest son Li Chengqi followed Li Dan and gave up the position of crown prince.
Perhaps, this is Li Dan’s exemplary role.
The dragon throne, since someone wants to fight, let them fight. Li Dan and his son just want to live a peaceful life.
This has to be said, it is also a kind of wisdom in life.
What do you think?
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