History of Tang: The throne that Bai picked up - Tang Wuzong
preface
It is said that pie cannot fall from the sky, because no one will live a life by luck. However, once the luck of the time, to be able to let people get a moment of soaring, is enough to save his life.
cause
Emperor Wenzong's crown prince Li Yong died of illness: Emperor Wenzong's eldest son died of illness in 838, leaving No successor to Emperor Wenzong of Tang.
▲Li Yong, Prince of Zhuang Ke (?) -November 6, 838)
outcome
Li Deyu entered the dynasty: In 840, after the death of Emperor Wuzong of Tang, Li Deyu entered the imperial court as an official.
▲Li Deyu stone carving
disposal
1. Wenzong's depression
After Tang Wenzong came to power, he originally wanted to do a big job, but the eunuchs always hindered him, and Wang Shoucheng at that time held the military power, and he was also a relatively powerful person in the imperial court.
When the emperor was most jealous of the fact that the rights of someone in the imperial court could be greater than that of the emperor, Wang Shoucheng had always been a problem in Tang Wenzong's heart, but Tang Wenzong did not have the ability to eradicate Wang Shoucheng for the time being, and could only add blockage to Wang Shoucheng through some small things.
And when Tang Wenzong was plugging in, he had not forgotten the candidate for the crown prince, because Tang Wenzong's history was to give up his brother's position to him.
Therefore, Tang Wenzong also wanted to pass the throne to his brother's child, but he did not expect that this child died early, so Tang Wenzong could only choose his eldest son Li Yong.
▲ Encyclopedia x Confusion: Illustrating the change of manna
However, Tang Wenzong's Concubine Yang Xian was not satisfied, because Tang Wenzong had always loved her, Li Yong's birth mother was not favored, so life was not very good, and now that Li Yong had become the crown prince, Yang Xianfei was worried that Li Yong would retaliate against herself.
Therefore, Yang Xianfei often led people to spread rumors about Li Yong, hoping to overthrow Li Yong through the mouth of Youyou. Soon after, Li Yong died violently in the Eastern Palace, and Tang Wenzong, who had lost his beloved son, was very sad.
At this time, tang wenzong was defeated by Wang Shoucheng and was also placed under house arrest in the palace, and at this time Tang Wenzong was even more depressed, resulting in his own illness.
▲Wang Shoucheng
2. The choice of eunuchs
The emperor was ill and could not preside over the government, and it was time to choose a man to ascend to the throne and manage the affairs of the country. But the parties have their own minds.
In fact, when Tang Wenzong was ill, the prime minister persuaded Tang Wenzong to make a prince, and Tang Wenzong also understood the importance of the prince, so he decided to write a secret edict and let Li Chengmei serve as the crown prince, but this will had not yet been issued, and Tang Wenzong was sick, and only the prime minister knew about this matter.
Soon after, the chancellor took the eunuch Liu Hongyi and others to support Li Chengmei as emperor, but this move was opposed by Qiu Shiliang, because Qiu Shiliang knew that if Li Chengmei ascended the throne, then Li Chengmei was grateful to the prime minister and the eunuch Liu Hongyi and others, and there was nothing to do with Qiu Shiliang.
Qiu Shiliang, who was overwhelmed by power, decided to use the power in his hands to support a new emperor, and at that time, the forbidden army in the palace was all in the hands of Qiu Shiliang, so Qiu Shiliang still had a backing.
After deliberation, Qiu Shiliang set his sights on Tang Wenzong's half-brother and prepared to welcome him as the next emperor, and tang Wenzong's position was also that of his younger brother, who was also supported by eunuchs.
With the path of his predecessors, Qiu Shiliang also thought that he could support an emperor to ascend the throne like Wang Shoucheng, and then the power of the country was almost controlled by eunuchs.
▲ Qiu Shiliang
3. The throne of Bai Lai
After everything was ready, when the chancellor greeted Li Chengmei into the palace, Qiu Shiliang rushed into Tang Wenzong's bedchamber with the forbidden army in his hand.
Qiu Shiliang told Tang Wenzong that the crown prince was young and frail and unfit to be the emperor's candidate, and hoped that the emperor could think again, and for the sake of the country's long-term, he should choose another person to be the crown prince.
The prime minister with the edict of Emperor Wenzong of Tang naturally did not agree, this edict was written by the emperor in the previous months, the emperor's choice was repeatedly selected by the emperor, and the emperor at that time was not ill, so it was all valid.
However, no matter how much the prime minister fought, in the end he still could not win over Qiu Shiliang, after all, Qiu Shiliang held the forbidden army, had a strong backing, and everyone was afraid of the military power in his hands.
Therefore, those who supported Li Chengmei's ascension to the throne turned against Qiu Shiliang one after another, favoring Qiu Shiliang, who had a forbidden army, instantly reversed the situation, and Li Chengmei could not become the emperor.
The candidate chosen by Qiu Shiliang successfully became the emperor, he was Tang Wuzong, in order to make Tang Wuzong righteously ascend the throne, so Qiu Shiliang and his officials falsely passed on the holy will, indicating that the crown prince Li Chengmei was relatively young and could not take on the major tasks of the state, and after Tang Wenzong's repeated consideration, he finally decided to change the candidate.
Although many people were not convinced, they finally chose to compromise because of Qiu Shiliang's rights. Emperor Wuzong of Tang followed the procedure of ascending the throne, receiving the forbidden army at the Shaoyang Courtyard of the Prince's Palace, and then receiving the Wenwu Hundred Officials.
Emperor Wenzong of Tang died in the Taihe Hall of daming palace the day after the coup d'état, and Tang Wuzong successfully ascended the throne.
▲ Tang Wuzong
brief summary
After Emperor Wuzong of Tang succeeded to the throne, he was also supported by eunuchs, so it led to the monopoly of power by eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty. However, after Li Deyu became an official, he successfully consolidated the borders of the Tang Dynasty and allowed the Tang Dynasty to continue.
【References】
1. New Book of Tang
2. Old Book of Tang
3. Quan Tang Wen