In 873, Tang Yizong died, only 11-year-old Li Yan ascended the throne, becoming the youngest emperor of the Tang Dynasty, a half-grown child was already in the age of greed, where to know what the emperor's duties are, for the affairs of the dynasty is not interested, so Tang Yizong wanted to be a "hand-throwing treasurer" and find someone to handle the official affairs of the dynasty for himself. And this person is Tang Lingzi's playmate- Tian Lingzi, in addition to being Tang Lingzi's playmate, he is also a eunuch in the stable, letting a eunuch govern the imperial court, and Tang Lingzi's "willfulness" is also no one.
Don't look at Tang Lingzong's young age, there is no ambiguity in running things, tian Lingzi was promoted to a privy councillor, Tang Lingzi also called Tian Lingzi "a father", eunuch interference in internal affairs was explicitly forbidden, when the emperor of the dynasty actually recognized a eunuch as a father, here Tang Lingzi's "recognition of father" has no deep meaning, just simply want Tian Lingzi to help himself "work", like a father to treat his children with responsibility, and he is responsible for playing, when he really lives a dashing life. The reason why Tang Xianzong was addicted to playing was because he played a wide range of cockfighting, gambling on geese, horseback riding, archery, etc. Although Tang Xianzong did not care much about state affairs, he was quite good at this play, in the final analysis, it was because of his young age.
On this side, Tang Xianzong had a lot of fun, on the other hand, the situation in the Tang Dynasty was deteriorating, internal and external wars were continuous, in order to suppress the rebellious people and resist foreign enemies, the national treasury was once empty, in order to fill the national treasury, the taxes were even higher and frightening, blindly demanding money from the people, and the contradictions were naturally increasing day by day. Finally, in 875 AD, a huge peasant uprising broke out, first Wang Xianzhi led the uprising, followed by Huang Chao, and then Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao joined forces to gallop in the Central Plains, but Wang Xianzhi unfortunately died on the battlefield, huang Chao led the army to continue to attack the Tang army, and finally, in 880 AD, Huang Chao's 600,000 troops attacked the eastern capital Luoyang, what was Tang Xianzong doing at this time? Still having fun! The ministers of the DPRK and China were all anxious to burn their eyebrows, and Tang Xianzong was still playing polo in the palace, which was really ironic.
At that time, Tian Lingzi saw that huangchao's army had poured into Luoyang City, and he knew that this imperial palace could not be defended, and since there was no room for maneuver, it was better to escape, so he proposed to Tang Emperor To go to Western Shu to avoid the wind, and let Chen Jingxuan, Yang Shili, Niu Xun, and Luo Yuangao choose three of the four people to guard Sanchuan, who is appropriate to send? Tang Xianzong proposed to hold a polo game, if he won first, he would have the right to choose first, the country was in trouble, Tang Xianzong even had the leisure to let the ministers play, how could the Tang Dynasty not be overthrown so far? Less than a year before and after, Huang Chao's army was like a bamboo straight to Chang'an City, and only then did Tang Xianzong realize that danger was coming.
At this critical moment, Tian Lingzi personally led five hundred divine strategists to escape with Tang Zhongzong, unexpectedly, this escape escaped for more than five years, and later, after the official army recaptured Chang'an, Tang Lingzong returned when he saw the situation, originally thinking that Tang Lingzi and Hezhong Jiedu made Wang Chongrong's contradiction intensify, the two quarreled over the salt pond issue, Tian Lingzi was angry but let Jiedu make Zhu Wei (邠宁) and Li Changfu (Fengxiang) launch an attack on Wang Chongrong, and Wang Chongrong also found a helper Li Keyong (Taiyuan), and the war between The Festival was about to break out As a result, the war intensified, and finally Tian Lingzifang was defeated, and in a blink of an eye, Wang Chongrong's army had already arrived in Chang'an, Tian Lingzi once again fled with Tang Emperor, tang Emperor Ran away, it didn't matter, it would be better to find someone to replace him, so the defeated Zhu Wei supported the King of Xiang who could not escape to ascend the throne, and at this time Tang Lingzizong became the "Emperor Taishang".
Why didn't Tian Lingzi and Zhu Wei allow themselves to be emperors, but had to support a person from the Tang Dynasty royal family to ascend the throne? Here we will mention the importance of royal blood for inheriting the throne, although it is important to hold great power in the hands, but it is equally important to convince the people of the world, and people in ancient times paid more attention to blood relations, so this led to Tang Xianzong becoming the youngest "Emperor Taishang" in history at the age of 24.
Reference: Sohu.com, "Why did the youngest emperor of the Tang Dynasty become the youngest "Emperor Taishang" in history?" 》