When it comes to early Tang dynasty literature, many people's first reaction will be to think of the "four masters of the early Tang Dynasty", and then think of Wang Bo. Wang Bo's representative work is "Preface to the Tengwang Pavilion".
The "Preface to the Tengwang Pavilion", as the name suggests, is a pavilion named after "King Teng", and the place name "Teng" is located in Shandong, and the "Tengwang Pavilion" is located in Jiangxi, so many people feel puzzled: "Who is King Teng"? How did the attic built by "King Teng" appear in Jiangxi?
All this must start from the ninth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty.
Son of the Emperor Taishang
One day in the summer of the ninth year of Tang Gaozu Wude (626 AD), the Xuanwumen Rebellion broke out: this incident, which led to the killing of Li Jiancheng, the heir to the throne of the Tang Dynasty, also meant that Li Yuan's throne had entered the countdown: Li Shimin, the initiator of the coup, had only one choice at this time, that is, to force Li Yuan to abdicate and become emperor himself, otherwise, it was very likely that things would change.
Li Yuan refused to abdicate in his bones, but he could not stand the compulsion of the situation, and Li Shimin also promised: As long as Li Yuan abdicates to become the emperor, he will be glorious and rich, and his life will certainly not be less than when he was emperor, and he will also save himself from worrying about the government and politics, and it can be said that there are hundreds of benefits and no harm.
In fact, for Li Yuan, this model is not unfamiliar - for example, before the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Wucheng of Northern Qi took the initiative to abdicate as Emperor Taishang. The reason why Emperor Wucheng took the initiative to abdicate was that he wanted the glory and wealth of the emperor and did not want to worry about the affairs of the military state, so he gave the throne to the crown prince.
Therefore, Li Yuan thought of such a precedent, so he gave the throne to Li Shimin and became the Emperor Taishang, until zhenguan died in the ninth year.
During these nine years of emperor Taishang's time, Li Yuan indulged in pleasure and added some younger brothers and sisters to Li Shimin, among them, in the third year of Zhenguan (629 CE), Li Yuan had a new son, Li Yuanbao. It can be said that from the moment Li Yuannian was born, he had an emperor brother and a father of the Emperor Taishang.
Ridiculous King Teng
Thirteen years after the Tang Dynasty's Zhenguan, Li Yuanbao, who was only ten years old, was crowned king of Teng by Li Shimin.
Li Yuanniang, who had lived in fine clothes and jade since childhood and did not have to worry about political struggles, had more extravagant and lavish attributes than the rest of the clan disciples, so after arriving in Tengdi, Li Yuanniang began to work hard and hurt the people: in Tengdi, Li Yuanniang's fiefdom, Li Yuanniang began to build a large number of civil engineering, and built the original "Tengwang Pavilion" in Tengzhou. Li Yuanniang's actions in Tengdi were learned by Li Shimin, and Li Shimin transferred Li Yuannian to another region.
However, Li Yuannian still went his own way, wherever he went, and brought the hobby of laboring and hurting the people's wealth to wherever he went, which led the Tang Emperor to constantly change his place of life, and finally, around the fourth year of Tang Gaozong's Yonghui (653 WESTERN CALENDAR), Tang Gaozong transferred Li Yuannian away from today's Nanchang area. After Li Yuannian arrived in the local area, he still built pavilions and pavilions, and named them according to his own title, King Teng, which is the origin of The Tengwang Pavilion in Jiangxi.
Li Yuannian did not live in Nanchang for a few years, and was transferred away from Shudi by Emperor Gaozong of Tang. In the end, in the year of Wuhou's usurpation of Tang, Li Yuannian died.