In China's feudal society, there were many famous emperors, and later generations almost all remembered them deeply, but there was such an emperor, who was rarely mentioned, and in the eyes of future generations, it seemed useless, and it could even be said that he was cowardly and incompetent. But why, later generations say that he is useless, is because her wife, Wu Zetian, under the light of Wu Zetian, he looks as if he is disgraceful. Moreover, he was also known as the second King of Zhou You. In fact, all wrong! The real him was a generation of Ming Emperors with both wisdom and greatness, and under his rule, he accomplished what neither the Sui Emperor Yang Guang nor Tang Taizong Li Shimin accomplished, bringing the Huaxia Dynasty to the peak of history. Today, let Xiaobian take everyone to lift the fog of history and restore the most authentic Tang Gaozong Li Zhi!
Li Zhi was the younger son of Emperor Taizong of Tang and the third son, and compared with the previous crown prince Li Chengqian and Li Tai the Prince of Wei, he could be said to be a lucky one. Because at that time, he was too young to take on a big responsibility, but because of the death of his two brothers, the last concubine to inherit the throne, he could only ascend to that throne.
Li Zhi, when he first ascended to the throne, many ministers looked down on him, and if it were not for the primogeniture system, he would have been forced to ascend the throne. However, no matter how much the minister at that time looked down on it, Li Shimin had already given the order, and even if the minister was no longer controversial, it would not have much effect. Therefore, he took over the throne of such a wise and divine father, and some wild histories record that Li Zhi also did nothing, that is, when he was fighting for the throne, he directly won by some means. However, this is not the case. After Li Zhi ascended the throne, he reused his uncle Changsun Wuji and Li Ji, and made the two assistant ministers, and even zhenguan old ministers such as Chu Suiliang, Yu Zhining, Zhang Xingcheng, Gao Jifu, Xu Jingzong and others were also reused in various places by Li Zhi's men, it can be said that the soup was changed regardless of medicine, and the emperor changed others. Later in governance, it was also up to Li Zhi down to the courtiers who were still implemented in accordance with the laws formulated during the reign of Li Shimin, which was quite followed by Xiao Zhicao.
Moreover, when he was more and more in power in the back, Li Zhi also found allies, one was the empress Wu Zetian in the back, and the other was Li Ji. Li Ji was a general who held the power of the army, and it can be said that he was a representative of the military. With the help of these two, Li Zhi can be said to be like a tiger. Therefore, in the back, he had the help of the wise Wu Zetian in the court, and the army had the assistance of Li Ji, and the government was firmly controlled, and the most famous thing he did was to pacify Goguryeo. This is something that Li Shimin cannot accomplish under his reign. It can be said that Li Zhi controlled the government with his own wisdom and skill, so that the court country had only one voice, and also expanded the territory, which had a profound and important impact on the world at that time and even on the present! He is not as weak and incompetent as the wild history says!