What exactly is the "niu-li party fight" fighting over? You may not know the thing behind

"Niu-Li party struggle" refers to the party dispute between Niu Sengru and Li Zongmin who entered official positions through imperial examinations and Li Deyu who entered official positions through Men Yin as the representative. It needs to be specifically stated that Li Zongmin was Born of a nobleman, he is not a poor child.

In fact, for the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, there is no "niu-li party fight", they think it should be "two Li Peng party", two Li refers to Li Deyu and Li Zongmin, but because Li Zongmin first entered the stage, so It has evolved into "niu and li", does that mean that the so-called "niu and li" is not a struggle between the poor and the nobles, but is due to other reasons. During the period of Tang Xianzong, Li Jifu served as prime minister. During this period, politics was clear and there was no party dispute. Li Zongmin and Niu Sengru were both scholars of the same discipline and had a good relationship. They were young and vigorous and were straightforward when investigating their countermeasures. The government criticized Li Jifu, which severely slapped Li Jifu, who was the prime minister. After that, Li Jifu retaliated against the two of them, making their official career unhappy.

Finally, in the seventh year of Yuanhe, when Li Jifu passed away, Li Zongmin and Niu Sengru were able to breathe. They were promoted to monitor the censorship, and their careers have been very good ever since. But what I didn't expect was that Li Jifu also had an overly good son, Li Deyu. Li Deyu had great ambitions and learned a lot. He who despised the imperial examinations, passed through the door after repeatedly rejecting the imperial recruitment. At this time, the prime minister was Pei Du. Pei Du admired Li Zongmin and Li Deyu very much. Therefore, he thought that Li Zongmin and Li Deyu had nothing to dispute in matters of the country, but no one would have thought that an imperial examination would make these two. People's contradictions go deeper. Li Deyu, Yuan Zhen, and Li Shen, the chief examiner Qian Hui, were entrusted by Li Zongmin. As a result, Li Zongmin was demoted to the capital, and his son-in-law Su Chao was also deprived of the qualifications for being a scholar. This incident undoubtedly increased the conflict between Li Zongmin and Li Deyu. .

After the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty formed a three-legged power of civil servants, eunuchs, and vassal towns. When the civil servants were strong, the eunuchs and vassal towns could not take advantage of this situation. Pei Du also assisted Xianzong to complete the task of cutting the vassal. Therefore, the Tang Dynasty experienced a brief prosperity. Later, however, cronies appeared among the civil servants-"Niu Li party dispute", which made it difficult for the civil servants to gather into a force to deal with the eunuchs and the vassal, and both Li Deyu and Niu Sengru had the qualifications to "communicate the generals". The overall strength of the Party and the Li Party is not weak, and the fighting between the two sides soon dragged the Tang Dynasty back into the abyss, and the power of the vassal and eunuchs continued to expand.

At this time, a new force appeared again, a new core of power headed by Li Xun and Zheng Zhu. After they pushed Li Deyu and Li Zongmin out of Beijing, they launched the "Nectar Change" in an attempt to kill everything. The eunuch, but failed due to insufficient preparation, and the eunuch group has since become the core of power. If the "niu and Li party disputes" were only personal grievances, it would not be so difficult to resolve. The political differences between them are also a major reason why the two parties cannot reconcile. Li Deyu is an enterprising type. During his time in assisting Wu Zong, he took the cutting of the feudal clan as his own responsibility. At first, the situation was very good, but after Wu Zong's death, Li Deyu gradually lost his power.

Niu Sengru is a tolerant type. He has been immersed in the idea of ​​restraining Li Deyu. On his suggestion, the emperor sent Li Deyu to Tubo to return all the generals and family members of the Victorian state to Tubo, causing these people to return to Tubo. For the killing, Victoria was also handed off. Niu Sengru naturally lost his prestige and was soon dismissed. The "Niu-Li party struggle" has shaken the foundation of the entire empire. Therefore, there are not a few officials who have been victimized by party struggles. Although Li Deyu has the ambition and ability of Zhongxing Datang, he was banished all the way after Wuzong because of his involvement in party disputes, and later died on Hainan Island. After him, when the Tang Dynasty was no longer prosperous, it collapsed step by step until it perished.