In our ancient Chinese history, as long as it involves the change of imperial power, then there will be a struggle. Moreover, the heirs of many dynasties, in order to become the kings of a country, even disregarded the feelings of flesh and blood, and fraternal. Of course, there are also many people who pretend to be stupid, relying on their own stupidity to deceive others, so that they can escape the disaster. Just like Zhu Di during the Ming Dynasty, when he covered himself up, he escaped by pretending to be crazy and stupid. There was also an emperor during the Tang Dynasty, but his method was more funny, that is, to pretend to have a stroke.
This person was Li Shu of Tang Shunzong during the Tang Dynasty, who was the eldest son of Tang Dezong, so when Tang Dezong ascended the throne and became emperor, Li Xuan was also crown prince. In the 25 years that Li Xuan was crown prince, he not only experienced the rebellion of the feudal town and the wolf smoke everywhere, but also saw the scenes of the ministers fighting for power and profit in the court, so his political maturity is very worthy of recognition. It is precisely because he is the prince of the dynasty, so he also knows how to protect himself better. He is always cautious when speaking, and does not even have any contrary opinions with his father, and he is even more obedient to his father. However, on one matter, Tang Shunzong Li Xuan still had a different opinion, that is, he opposed his father's reuse of Pei Yanling and others.
In the later years of Tang Dezong's life, he also began to become faint. In particular, he was quite suspicious of the ministers under his command, and he was unwilling to hand over power to the chancellor. At this time, Pei Yanling and others relied on flattery to gain the trust of Tang Dezong. At that time, the ministers in the imperial court had nothing to say, and dared to be angry. And Li Xuan had to shoulder his responsibilities as a prince, and would always be by Tang Dezong's side when he was in a good mood, saying that he should not trust such a villain as Pei Yanling. Finally, under the intervention of Li Xuan, Pei Yanling and others did not eventually become prime ministers.
If we look at these performances of Li Shu alone, we can also see that he was quite obedient to his father. Moreover, when his father was emperor, he was even more away from the ministers in the imperial court, which was also to make Tang Dezong feel at ease with him. Of course, this does not mean that he does not have his own team, but Li Xuan hides it more deeply. Later, in order to be able to hide his ambitions, Li Xuan pretended to have suffered a stroke. Not only was he unable to speak, but he was paralyzed in bed all the time. In his later years, Tang Dezong was also very sad to see Li Shu like this, and looked for famous doctors everywhere, hoping to restore his health.
However, what people did not expect was that after the death of Tang Dezong, Li Xuan suddenly got better and soon succeeded in declaring himself emperor. After Li Xuan became emperor, he immediately began to use his own secretly cultivated team, and always strengthened the centralization of power, and gathered all the power in his own hands. It also forbade eunuchs to interfere in politics, but the good news was that Li Xuan had only been emperor for 8 months before he was forced by eunuchs to give the throne to his son Li Chun. In the second year, Li Xuan died in the palace.