History of Tang: Wenzong's path of searching for relatives, a ridiculous farce of finding an uncle
preface
Blood is a wonderful thing in this world, with this layer of blood relations, all kinds of blocked roads will be helped to move away; with this layer of blood relations, the dark road ahead is full of light.
cause
Tang Wenzong ascended the throne: In 826 AD, after Tang Wenzong ascended the throne, he began to look for his uncle.
▲Tang Wenzong ascended the throne (stills)
outcome
The Three Divisions tried Xiao Ben and Xiao Hong: In 836, Zhaoyi Jiedu made a letter to identify the identity of the uncle, so Emperor Wenzong of Tang ordered the interrogation of Xiao Ben and others.
▲Shōyi Jiedushi
disposal
1. Blood ties
Ever since Tang Wenzong came to power, he has been constantly looking for his uncle. In the early years, Tang Wenzong's mother Xiao Shi was forced to separate from her family because of the war, and although she is now the empress dowager, with countless glory and wealth, no relatives has always been Empress Xiao's heart disease.
As a son, Tang Wenzong naturally understood Empress Xiao's suffering, so he decided to help Empress Xiao find her uncle. Because so many years have passed, Empress Xiao's family has passed away, but Empress Xiao remembers that she still has a younger brother, and according to her current age, she should not die.
So Tang Wenzong decided to start looking for his uncle for Empress Xiao, and according to Empress Xiao's recollection, the place where they left at that time was Fujian, so Fujian officials searched for the emperor's uncle more carefully.
Tang Wenzong is also very much looking forward to it, after all, in this world, there is another person who is related to you by blood, and this delicate connection is not something that ordinary people can give.
After becoming emperor, Tang Wenzong had greater power and it was more convenient to find a national uncle, and it was not long before The Fujian officials brought back the news.
▲Empress Xiao
2. Uncle Guo appears
According to Xiao Hong, a worker who transported tea was brought back by Fujian officials, who, according to Xiao Hong, had an older sister when he was young, but then dispersed, and he still does not know where he is.
Fujian officials listened to the lineage of Tang Wenzong's uncle, so they decided to send it to the emperor to see if it was true.
So the emperor first arranged for Xiao Hong to meet with Lady Xu Guo, a close relative of Empress Xiao, and although the story was very consistent, because of the long age, he could not recognize his face, and it was not clear whether it was the real uncle.
So he sent it to Empress Xiao again, who was old, but hearing what Xiao Hong said touched Empress Xiao's past, so she couldn't help but hug Xiao Hong and cry.
After Tang Wenzong saw it, he also thought that Xiao Hong was the uncle of the state. Therefore, Xiao Hong was made a candidate for prime minister, and later Tang Wenzong made Xiao Hong an envoy to Jiedushi and sent an envoy to the shence army.
Although the identity of the uncle of the state was recognized by the emperor, the current prime minister did not believe it, so he found an opportunity to eat with Xiao Hong, and then the prime minister said that pretending to be a relative of the emperor was to kill the head.
Originally, the prime minister was tempted, knowing that Xiao Hong was suddenly frightened and pale, so the prime minister understood that Xiao Hong was not really the uncle of the country, but Xiao Hong kept bribing the prime minister, and the prime minister did not say it.
▲Stills of the Divine Strategy Army
As the trump card in the hands of the emperor, so their treatment is better than that of other troops, and it is reasonable to say that the military spends money to entertain the emissaries of the festival, and after the emissaries take office, they will give the Shen Cejun three times the price.
The previous emissary had already died before he could pay back the money, and now that Xiao Hong had arrived, the Divine Strategist Army began to demand from him, and Xiao Hong naturally could not give it, and let the imperial court officials prove that there was no such debt.
At that time, the Shen Ce Army was the commander of Qiu Shiliang, and he thought that Xiao Hong's arrival had infringed on the interests of the Shen Ce Army, so he decided to get Xiao Hong, who was also the uncle of the country, so Qiu Shiliang made a fuss about the uncle of the country.
Coincidentally, at that time, there was another person named Xiao Ben in Fujian, who also called himself uncle, so Qiu Shiliang immediately understood that Xiao Hong might be a fake, so Qiu Shiliang rushed to tell Tang Wenzong with these news.
When Tang Wenzong found out, he was naturally very angry, so he ordered the exile of the fake uncle Xiao Hong, and later sent someone to kill him on the way.
Qiu Shiliang (781–843)
3. True and false uncle
Now Xiao Ben was the uncle of the state, and Tang Wenzong did not doubt it, but trusted him very much, so he gave Xiao Ben the position of general. As a result, I did not expect that the reversal had appeared again, and another Xiao Hong appeared in Fujian.
For this reason, two people suddenly appeared in the position of uncle of the country, one was Xiao Ben and the other was Xiao Hong. This left Tang Wenzong with no choice, so he decided to let Yu Shitai go and interrogate the two uncles.
The subsequent results determined that Xiao Hong was fake, but this time the emperor did not punish the impersonating uncle, but only sent him home.
However, later, more and more people pretended to be the uncle of the country, and the Xiao Ben left behind for this also made people suspicious, thinking that he might not be the real uncle.
Later, Zhaoyi Jiedushi wrote to the letter that he could let the three divisions be triaged.
However, I did not expect that the final result was that all of them were fake uncles, and when the flower girl heard the news, she was naturally very angry, so she ordered the fake uncles to be exiled and executed.
▲ Tang Wenzong stills
brief summary
Tang Wenzong sought out the uncle and wanted to strengthen the imperial power through foreign relatives, but there would always be a fake uncle, and the real uncle was still missing.
【References】
1. "History of Tang"
2. Old Book of Tang
3. History of the Five Dynasties of Sui and Tang Dynasties
4. "Continuation of the Governance of Capital"