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Chapter 18 Chaos in the Tang Dynasty

"Starting from Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, later emperors have learned a bad style, which is to like wives."

Cao Cao: Expand, I like this.

Li Shimin lived firmly on the high hall, and had a bad premonition that Ms. Zhang would not tell this matter to the outside world.

"There is a story recorded in the history books. It is said that when Li Shimin was still the king of Qin, he once visited Li Yuanji's home. Li Yuanji entertained his brother Li Shimin. After three rounds of wine and five dishes, his younger brother Li Yuanji found that Li Shimin was distracted. It turned out that Li Shimin was staring at him. He looked at Mrs. Yang next to Li Yuanji. Li Yuanji hurriedly called his brother, and Li Shimin came back to his senses."

"After the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, welcomed his younger brother's wife into the palace as his own, and named her Concubine Yang. When Yang entered Taizong Palace from Prince Qi's Mansion, Li Shimin was very happy, and he treated Yang as well. The true love was revealed. When the beloved Yang gave birth to a son, Li Shimin placed the title of King Cao on him. Later, Taizong's feelings for Yang sublimated and he wanted to make Yang the head of the harem. His mother honors the world."

"But he was awakened by the kind words of his bronze mirror Wei Zheng. You are a wise king, how can you let your brother's wives and concubines become the mother of the Tang Dynasty? When Li Shimin learned about it, he realized that he was inappropriate and gave up the idea. Regarding Li Shimin's This dark history, Cai Dongfan, a historian during the Republic of China, once commented that it is understandable that heroes love beautiful women. Even if they are beautiful, but they have married their younger brothers, how can they seize them from ordinary people? They would not do this, let alone the royal family. Taizong’s approach has no sense of shame and is ridiculous."

Li Shimin:  …

"This is a good start for Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, a dynasty with chaos in his backyard. After Emperor Taizong died, Li Zhi succeeded to the throne."

"Wu Meiniang was a talented person of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the queen of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, and even the empress Wu Zetian of the later generation. Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty heard that Wu Meiniang was beautiful in appearance and manners, so he summoned her to the palace, named her a fifth-grade talented person, and gave her the title "Wu Mei" , Later generations falsely called Wu Meiniang. But Wu Meiniang was not favored by Li Shimin. She worked as a talented person for 12 years, and her status was never improved. But when Li Shimin was seriously ill, Wu Zetian and Prince Li Zhi began to develop a relationship."

"Why Wu Meiniang was still a talented person for more than ten years, because there was a prophecy at that time called Nv Wu Dai Tang, Wu Meiniang just answered the prophecy, Li Shimin was also afraid that his Tang Dynasty would be displaced, and when he died, he asked Wu Meiniang to thank her. The monastery became a nun."

"But I couldn't stand it. At this time, Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang were already disconnected. In May of the first year of Yonghui, when Li Zhi went to Ganye Temple to offer incense to commemorate the anniversary of Li Shimin's death, he met Wu Zetian again. The two recognized each other and became friends. She expressed her longing for her after parting. Seeing this, Queen Wang, who had fallen out of favor because of her childlessness, took the initiative to ask Li Zhi to bring Wu Zetian into the palace, in an attempt to attack her love rival Xiao Shufei. Li Zhi had already had this intention, and immediately Yes. In May of the second year of Yonghui, Li Zhi's period of filial piety had expired, and Wu Zetian entered the palace again."

"Tang Gaozong is also a person who is underestimated by later generations. His achievements should not be underestimated, but Li Zhi's body limited him. Since 659, the emperor has been sick from time to time and needs someone to assist in handling the government affairs. So who is suitable? ?

Normally it should be the prince, but it is unrealistic that the prince Li Hong is only seven or eight years old.Li Zhixin, the other ministers, didn't dare to do it, so it was just right for him to look at Queen Wu.

So Empress Wu, who was in her 30s, came to the front desk and began to deal with some daily government affairs.Slowly, the queen became more and more skillful in handling government affairs, and the emperor gradually felt relieved. "

"Wu Meiniang is quite talented in politics and governing the country. At that time, she and Tang Gaozong were called "two sages coming to court. "As for the specific content, I will talk about it later, and now I am just talking about the chaos in the Tang Dynasty."

"Why do you say that Tang Taizong Li Shimin made a good start in this chaos. The brother took the younger brother's wife, the son took the father's wife, and we are going to talk about Tang Xuanzong, the father took the son's wife."

"His son, the Shouwang Li Ju, married the beauty Yang Yuhuan at that time as the Shouwang Concubine. Li Longji took a fancy to him, tried every means to snatch it from his son, and took it as his concubine. Yang Yuhuan became a great name in later generations. Concubine Yang Gui!"

Cao Cao: Exciting!This is more fun than me.

Zhang Fei: It's so messy, what should I call it?
Emperor Qin Shihuang:……

Liu Che: ...

Liu Bang: Zhang Fei, you asked a good question, haha!very nice!
Li Shimin, Li Zhi, and Li Longji have black lines all over their faces, and everyone knows about their liking.

Li Shimin: Miss Zhang, now that we’ve finished talking about this romantic incident, it’s time to talk about the good deeds done by this guy Li Longji.

"In the early period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, he worked hard to govern, appointed virtuous people, and created the most prosperous era of the Tang Empire. It is known in history as the "Kaiyuan Dynasty". The country was peaceful and the people were peaceful, and the frontiers were stable. However, in the later period, he gradually neglected his administration, favored treacherous ministers, and made policy mistakes. This led to the enlargement of the Jiedushi envoys, which led to a situation where the internal affairs were neglected and the external affairs were emphasized, which eventually led to the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion and the Tang Empire's decline from prosperity."

"The Anshi Rebellion was a war launched by Tang generals An Lushan and Shi Siming after they betrayed the Tang Dynasty from the end of Emperor Xuanzong to the beginning of Emperor Daizong. The population of the DPRK lost a lot, and the national power dropped sharply. Because the commanders who launched the anti-Tang rebellion were mainly An Lushan and Shi Siming, the incident was named Anshi. The Great Schism, even in later generations, led to enormous changes in the politics of the entire Asian region."

"In the late period of the Kaiyuan period, the peace continued for a long time, and the country was fine. Tang Xuanzong gradually lost the spirit of seeking governance. After Tang Xuanzong changed Yuan Tianbao, the politics became more corrupt. Tang Xuanzong indulged in pleasure and favored Concubine Yang, and Anlu Mountain was his own. Baohe was promoted and worshiped Yang Guifei as his mother."

"He handed over the state affairs to Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong successively. Li Linfu was the prime minister with a sweet talk and a sword. During his tenure, he relied on Xuanzong's trust to exercise power exclusively for 19 years. He stopped talking and excluded Zhongliang. Yang Guozhong succeeded Li Linfu as prime minister because Yang Guifei was favored. , only knowing how to plunder people's wealth, causing a group of petty people to take over, the country's affairs are deteriorating day by day, and the government is corrupt, giving An Lushan an opportunity to take advantage of it."

"Anlu Mountain and the three major military towns are in charge of the army alone. Among them, the elite regular army of the Tang Dynasty has reached 15, supporting the border. His men are brave and good at fighting. Xuanzong did not intervene in this matter. An Lushan has long cherished different ambitions, and has a large army in his hands, intending to raise troops to rebel against Tang in the name of "dispute."

"From the end of Kaiyuan period, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty lived a sensual life all day long. Concubine Yang's family dominated the world and squandered at will. There are 700 craftsmen in the palace who specialize in brocade embroidery for the imperial concubine's courtyard. The three sisters of Concubine Yang make up every year. The money is in the millions.”

(End of this chapter)