In ancient times, for the position of emperor, the royal people fought for your life and death. Many of them lost their lives as a result. Some of them have exhausted all their means in order to survive this battle, and some of them will even choose to pretend to be crazy and stupid, so that others will lose their vigilance against themselves. The monarch of the Spring and Autumn Period, Yue Wang Gou Jian, believes that everyone knows it. Pretending to be crazy and stupid in the empire for his life, after countless difficulties, he finally made King Wu believe in himself and put himself back. In the end, he successfully destroyed the State of Wu. What Xiaobian wants to talk about today is actually not the Yue King. In fact, it was an emperor after that. Because I was afraid of losing my life, I chose to pretend to be crazy and stupid. When the emperor was about to die, he was put on the throne by the eunuch. But after he ascended to the throne, he began to stop pretending to be stupid, and he also issued a holy decree that made everyone feel blinded. This emperor was Li Chen, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.
Tang Xuanzong Li Chen's throne was completely obtained because he pretended to be crazy and stupid. In fact, Li Chen's birth mother was only a palace maid who specialized in serving the noble concubines, and because she was loved by Tang Xianzong, she gave birth to Li Chen. Therefore, Li Chen's status in the palace was not very high. Moreover, his body has been very bad since he was a child, so he is reluctant to communicate with people. Therefore, it makes people feel that this child is not smart, and they do not like him. The most important thing in the palace is the crown prince, so there is no chance for Li Chen to sit on the throne. Li Chen is very clear, so he has to not communicate with people. After a long time, the people in the palace felt that Li Chen was a little fool. Because of his mother's low status, other princes often bullied him. Every time Li Chen was bullied, he would not fight back, and he did not make a sound. Later, when Tang Wenzong held a banquet, he also asked others to see if he could let Li Chen say a word, and if anyone let Li Chen speak, there would be a heavy reward. But no matter what, Li Chen was indifferent.
Later, when the emperor was about to die, there was no reliable crown prince at that time. Therefore, at that time, all the people in the palace began to take sides and choose their own backers. Among them, the most powerful one is the eunuch. These eunuchs all wanted to choose a cowardly, controlling emperor. So they can do whatever they want. Therefore, Li Chen, who was a fool in everyone's view, became the best candidate, so Li Chen became emperor under the recommendation of the eunuchs. A fool who has been pretending in the palace for 36 years. In this way, he successfully became emperor. The eunuchs were very happy, they felt that this was a very good puppet. However, no one expected that Li Chen had actually issued the first holy will after he ascended the throne. It was to eliminate the power of the eunuch, and he used it for a short time. He uprooted the power of Li Deyu, an important minister of the former dynasty. No one thought that they had put the fool on the throne, and the first holy decree under the fool would make the eunuch have no right. In fact, fools are not stupid. The Late Tang Dynasty, which was already on the verge of extinction at that time, was rejuvenated in li chen's hands. At that time, it was called the rule of the Great Middle. The people called him Little Taizong.