He has no chance to succeed to the throne.
Li Chen, the 17th emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was named Li Yi before he succeeded to the throne. Born in June of the fifth year of Yuanhe (AD 8 10), my biological mother Zheng was originally the concubine of Li Kun, our ambassador in Zhenhai. After Kun Li's rebellion was killed, all his belongings and family were confiscated by the court. In Chun Li, the 12th emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Zheng was arranged to be a maid in the bedroom of Guifei Guo. Zheng has a graceful figure and often comes to Guo Guifei's residence in the spring. Seeing his luck, he accidentally planted a willow tree in the shade, so Li Chen came to earth. According to the ranking, Li Chen is the thirteenth son of Chun-Li. He is about the same age as the sons of the previous brothers. According to ordinary people, he has a long life.
After Tang Xianzong's death, his third son, Hengli, succeeded him to the throne and became the 13th emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Muzong. Tang Muzong died in the reign of four years, and his eldest son, Li Zhan, succeeded him as the 14th emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Jingzong. Later, Tang Muzong's second son and fifth son inherited the throne beside the wheel, namely Tang Wenzong and Tang Wuzong, who were the 15 and 16 emperors of the Tang Dynasty respectively. Since the death of Chun Li, it has gone through four dynasties in 26 years.
Yes, the imperial concubine, Guo's family background is prominent, and she is also her biological mother. Zheng Ziran can't compare with it. She is expensive and self-aware. She lives carefully with her son Li Chen, who has only the title of Wang Kong, for fear of getting into trouble, and never moves any thoughts.
In the sixth year of Huichang (846), Tang Wuzong, who wanted to live a long life, took Dan medicine and died. Because his five sons were young before their death, they were not crown princes, which brought opportunities to eunuchs. The eunuch who had been suppressed by him took the opportunity to manipulate the establishment of the new emperor. Eunuch Ma and others forged the testamentary edict, so that the 37-year-old Ming Chengzu and inherited the throne. Prime Minister Li Deyu and others were amazed, but they thought it was difficult to violate the testamentary edict of the first emperor and had to follow it.
(2) Uncle Fool's transshipment.
It is not that Li Chen and eunuchs are close friends, not to mention that eunuchs take Li Chen's talents and knowledge seriously, but that Li Chen is a fool. He came to power as a puppet emperor, and the eunuch clique held real power. There are many stories in the middle, please listen to the author.
Because of her humble mother status, she is just an unmarried woman. For a long time, Li Chen lived alone in an unnoticed corner. She was unhappy and slow since she was a child. Occasionally when I am with other princes, I often don't say a word all day. Many people in the palace laughed at Li Chen's stupidity. During the reign of Mu Zong, Li Chen once went to the palace to see the Queen Mother, only to find that he had just bumped into a masked man who came to assassinate him. The palace guards who arrived had a fight with the masked assassin, who escaped. Although no casualties were caused, it did make him tremble with fear and his condition became more and more serious. Later, Li Chen became the object of special teasing and teasing, regardless of the size of the occasion.
Li Yan, a Tang Wuzong native, is a clever and resourceful person. It is said that after long-term observation, he found that Li Chen's dementia was false, so he regarded Li Chen as a "time bomb" buried beside him and began to plan to get rid of him. Who knows the eunuch Qiu and others have noticed in advance and have quietly sent him out of the palace to hide. Not long after, Li Yan of Tang Wuzong suddenly became critically ill because of taking an overdose of Dan medicine, so Li Chen escaped.
(3) Ascend to the throne and display your talents
After Li Chen acceded to the throne, he changed Dazhong to Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. The eunuchs were all dumbfounded, because for them, the new emperor Li Chen became another person. He looks dignified, his eyes are calm, his manners are calm and powerful, and his decisions are orderly. ...
As an uncle, Li Chen paid attention to the political struggle for more than 20 years for the first time, and he has formed extraordinary wisdom and tactics. He believed that people who were born in the imperial examination had real talents and practical knowledge, often visited privately, listened to people's opinions on the imperial examination, investigated graft in the imperial examination and reformed and improved the imperial examination system. He is also very good at selecting and appointing officials, attaches great importance to the actual ability of officials, and has formulated a complete set of assessment standards.
Observers, secretariat officials and other officials will try it out first, and then be formally appointed or removed according to their performance during the probation period. It is stipulated that officials of central ministries and commissions must have grassroots work experience, thinking that such officials can understand the sufferings of the people and govern for the people. He is an elite who can set an example. His uncle Zheng Guangyuan was originally a guarding officer in the river. He felt so mediocre that he was demoted and used. His mother, Empress Zheng, said many times that he was unmoved.
Li Chen is thrifty by nature. Except for court and other important occasions, he usually wears old clothes and his daily diet is extremely simple. His eldest daughter, Princess Wanshou, got married. Traditionally, she could decorate the car with silver foil, but he changed it to bronze. He asked women not to be extravagant in their daily life.
Under the rule of Li Chen, not only the internal affairs were relatively stable, but also great achievements were made in diplomacy. In the fifth year of Dazhong (85 1), under the leadership of Zhang Yichao, the soldiers and civilians in Shazhou (now Dunhuang, Gansu) drove away the Tubo garrison and recaptured Shazhou. Zhang Yichao joined the Tang Dynasty and recaptured the Helong area originally occupied by Tubo. Li Chen did not use force to maintain the stability of the border and recovered its lost territory, which is indeed a brilliant achievement.
Due to Chen Liqin's devotion to court affairs, justice in law enforcement, diligence and love for the people, ministers followed suit one after another, and the atmosphere of the court gradually improved, which made the society present a well-off situation of "Zhongxing" and was praised as "Little Taizong" by the world.
At the end of the article, gold is not enough, and no one is perfect. Later generations also had some negative comments on him.
He honored his mother Zheng as the empress dowager, and was very indifferent to Guo, who had suppressed her mother and son for many years. The next year, Lao Guo couldn't bear to commit suicide by jumping off a building, but was rescued by a maid-in-waiting, but died suddenly that night. Guo was ordered to be buried in the outer garden of Xianzong Jingling. He doesn't admit that he is the heir of Tang Wuzong, but he thinks he is the direct heir of his father Tang Xianzong. He totally denied the policies of Tang Muzong, Tang Jingzong, Tang Wenzong and Tang Wuzong. Prime Ministers Li Deyu and Li Rangyi were successively dismissed from office, and Bai Juyi's cousin Bai Minzhong became prime minister. These practices of Li Chen made the factional struggle in the late Tang Dynasty more intense.
He didn't solve the problem of eunuch's autocratic power well, but because he was good at dealing with interpersonal relationships, he only restrained the eunuch's power, and there was no major event of eunuch's wrong country during his reign.
In his later years, when he was in poor health, Li Chen was especially superstitious about the elixir of life. Like the former emperor, he took the so-called elixir of life. In August of the 13th year of Dazhong (859), he died of an overdose of elixir at the age of 50. After his death, his eldest son, Cui Li, succeeded to the throne of Tang Yizong, and the Tang Dynasty officially entered the last days.
Author brief introduction Zhao, pen name, member of Chongqing Nan 'an Writers Association and vice president of Literature Society.