The prime minister, in our hearts, should be an official who assists the emperor and achieves hegemony. However, for Pei Yan, it is not the same. Pei Yan was the chancellor of the Tang Dynasty, and had become an official of the Tang Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, li zhi, and later, he experienced the reign of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Emperor Ruizong of Tang, and Empress Wu. The reason for his final death was that he was imprisoned by Wu Zetian and beheaded because of rebellion. What is it that makes a prime minister with a bright future do such a thing? In fact, look at Pei Yan this person you may understand.
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In that year, when Li Xian was still the crown prince, Pei Yan was sent by Li Zhi to the side of the crown prince to assist. Later, Li Xian died of illness and Li Xian succeeded to the throne, becoming the fourth emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and Pei Yan, who assisted Li Xian, became the prime minister very smoothly. In his relationship with Li Xian, such an incident occurred. Li Xian wanted to promote his father-in-law's official position, and Pei Yan advised Li Xian because of this matter, but Li Xian did not listen, and even more said that it did not matter if he gave the world to his father-in-law. As a result, Pei Yan told Wu Zetian the news, and soon, with Wu Zetian's support, Li Xian was deposed.
Pei Yan did not expect that his attempt to preserve the Li Tang Dynasty would actually pave the way for Wu Zetian, who was constantly reigning, in the later journey. In Pei Yan's heart, he was actually loyal to the Li Tang Dynasty, but because of Li Xian's inaction, he could only choose to turn to Wu Zetian. However, Pei Yan obviously underestimated Wu Zetian's ambitions. Later, when Li Dan succeeded to the throne, Wu Zetian still did not return power, and he wanted to posthumously seal his family. Pei Yan couldn't look at this anymore. He repeatedly persuaded Wu Zetian to return to power, but not only did he not succeed, but he also attracted Wu Zetian's impatience.
In this situation, Pei Yan was taken to prison on charges of treason and later beheaded. But in fact, in the process of cultivating arrest, there is a relatively interesting story. At that time, the Tang Dynasty had a Yangzhou rebellion, and the rebel was Xu Jingye, who co-opted Pei Yan and hoped that he would become his own internal response. Therefore, Pei Yan decided to cooperate with Xu Jingye, and in his reply to Xu Jingye's letter, there were only two words "green goose". The letter was truncated and delivered to the minister, and Wu Zetian saw it.
After seeing this letter, none of the ministers could see anything else from it, but Wu Zetian did. In Wu Zetian's understanding, this is a word puzzle, as long as it is taken apart, you can see Pei Yan's meaning, he wants to be the inner response in this city in December. As a result, Pei Yan was beheaded in this way.
Of course, most of the content that appears in this story is in the notes of the wild history or the novel, and it is not seen in the main history. But I have to say that if such a thing really happens, then Pei Yan, the prime minister, should indeed be arrested, right?