Secondly, there is no right to participate in the appointment of prime ministers and other major issues, and it has become a political practice for Tang envoys to participate in the discussion and issue orders to appoint prime ministers.
Moreover, during the reign of Wu Zonghe, it was a consensus that Tang envoys had the right to participate in state affairs with the prime minister, and their position in the central government even surpassed that of the prime minister, so that the prime minister had to play a role through Tang envoys. Even during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, which suppressed the eunuch forces, although it was stipulated that the envoys of the Tang Dynasty could not directly participate in the British extension, "whoever opposes the British extension, the two generals will be lowered first, and the envoys of the Tang Dynasty will wait for the imperial palace, and the prime minister has finished his duties, and the envoys of the Tang Dynasty will be accepted before the case." Captain Ce Shen can only quit first, and the Tang Dynasty can also "grievances before suffering."
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Captain Ce Shen gained the upper hand by relying on the military strength of the imperial army.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the local buffer regions fought for years, and the Ce Shen army became the military pillar for the emperor's survival, so Lieutenant Ce Shen's worth doubled and his real power was higher than that of the Tang Dynasty. The most prominent example is the change of Yang Fuguong's position. When Nuo religion was established, Yang Fuguong, the eunuch of the Tang Dynasty, failed to intervene because he was excluded by Tian. In the second year of Guangqi (886), Yang Ren left Ce Shen as a lieutenant and became a military attache. In the action of supporting Zhaozong, he was rejected as an envoy of the Tang Dynasty in the past and turned to reject the new envoy of the Tang Dynasty, Yan Zunmei. There is a strong contrast before and after, precisely because his position has changed, so has his real power.
In the event of abolishing some emperors, there was a bloody conflict between Captain Ce Shen and Tang Tang. For example, the above-mentioned literate sect and Xuanzong both gave the decision-making task to the Tang Dynasty, but because of the strong lieutenant, they not only failed to do so, but the Tang Dynasty was also killed by Ce Shen's lieutenant.
In a word, the Tang Dynasty had the legal right to participate in politics in the decision-making center, but Lieutenant Ce Shen seized this right by relying on the military strength of the imperial army. In the face of Captain Ce Shen's military strength, both the emperor and the Tang Dynasty can only obey. Politics comes from the handle, which is a universal truth.
(2) temporary combination
The inevitable result of eunuch's autocratic power is to trample on the authority and dignity of the emperor and seize the power and interests of the courtier group headed by the prime minister. Therefore, no matter how hard the envoys of the Tang Dynasty and Captain Ce Shen worked, they would unite and support each other for the time being in the face of the common enemy. Three years after Guanghua, Zhao Zong was abandoned, and the prince was an example to supervise the country. "Liu, the deputy commander of Zuo Jun, and the deputy commander of the right army conspired with Tang Wang and Xue Qi:" Your master is frivolous and treacherous and difficult to serve; Leave Nancy alone, we will suffer from it eventually. I don't serve the prince, respect the Lord as the emperor's father, lead the soldiers of Qi to help and control the princes. Who can harm me? "
The above introduction implies the lessons of the demise of the Tang Dynasty, but it is not objective to blame all eunuchs for "the prince of Wu deserves national subjugation". These are still waiting for Huang (the teacher of Li Changyu, the first hero of this book) to sum up slowly.