Speaking of the emperor who pretended to be stupid, we may think of the last emperor of the Qin Dynasty, the baby, after his father's death, endured for many years, but because the world chaos at that time was finally destroyed, the person to be talked about in this article today is an emperor of the Tang Dynasty, before he became the emperor, he has been pretending to be stupid, a total of 36 years, and finally ascended to the throne, after ascending the throne, made great contributions to the country, this emperor is the sixteenth emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Xuanzong Li Chen!
Tang Xianzong Li Chun's thirteenth son, Tang Xuanzong Li Chen's first name was Li Yi, Changqing First Year (821), Fengguang Wang, his mother was an unknown palace girl, according to the current situation, how could he not become emperor, although he was a noble prince in the palace at that time, but compared with other princes, it was a world of difference, which was actually very normal, because his mother was born as a palace girl! When he was young, he was always teased and ridiculed by other princes. Over time, in order to hide his inner cowardice, Li Yi silently faced the sneers of others, and others thought he was stupid!
How others bully him, he does not look for trouble for others, in the eyes of everyone Li Yi is a fool, from childhood to adulthood, he was stupid for 36 years, the situation at that time, the Tang Dynasty has been in decline, after the Anshi rebellion, it is not as good as before, after Tang Xianzong, the succession to the throne has also undergone tremendous changes, the emperor's abolition is in the hands of eunuchs, when the emperor was actually his nephew, various battles in the palace, in this case, the prince's previous cannibalism is already a common thing, And this silly Li Yi did not pose a threat to anyone, so he has always been his light king!
Later, he was still discovered by his nephew Wuzong Li Yan and prepared to kill his uncle Li Yi, who asked the eunuch to arrest Li Chen and throw him into the pit of the toilet, trying to drown him, but in the end Li Chen was thrown into the pit of the toilet, but in the end, although Li Chen was thrown into the pit of the toilet, he did not die. He was rescued by a eunuch Qiu Gongwu. I thought that this emperor was so stupid, and it would not be better to let him become the emperor in the future, and it would not be better to take power himself!
So later after Emperor Wuzong's death, he appointed Li Yi as emperor, so Li Yi became emperor, and after he ascended the throne, he changed his name to Li Chen, as soon as he ascended the throne, everyone was dumbfounded, before this fool, actually very familiar with handling government affairs, later everyone learned that this was all pretended by him, since he reigned, he did a lot of good things for the country and the people, first rectified the government, and restricted the emperor's relatives and eunuchs, and all the hundred officials who died in the Ganlu Revolution except Zheng Zhu and Li Xun, in foreign relations, defeated Tubo, Recover Hehuang, stabilize the north of Saibei, and pacify Annan. In particular, the reconquest of Hehuang was one of The Tang's major military victories over Tubo after the Anshi Rebellion.
Li Chen's personality was clear-sighted and assertive, his use of law was selfless, he was obedient, he cherished official rewards, he was respectful and frugal, and he loved the people's things, so until the death of Tang, the people still thought of him and called him "Little Taizong".