There is a saying that three hundred and sixty lines of line out of the yuan, although so in the contemporary advocacy of the concept of occupational equality, but in ancient times the occupation is noble and inferior, in the small editor's view of the emperor this profession should be everyone wants it, how many people in history for it at the expense of brothers and sons against each other, relatives between each other. However, there is no room for two tigers in a mountain, and the emperor can only be alone, but what is interesting is that some people plan their lives but cannot be, while some people can become emperors several times in their lives. Although these phenomena are rare but do exist, like the Ming Yingzong in the "Biography of the Female Doctor Ming Concubine" that we are familiar with, he has ascended the throne twice but the editor today is more legendary than him, he became the emperor twice, Zen gave the throne three times, gave up the Jiangshan, even if he became the Emperor taishang, the emperor of the dynasty still did not dare to call himself a degenerate.
The person I want to talk about is Tang Ruizong Li Dan, Li Dan may be a relatively unfamiliar name to us, the main reason is that the period of his life is too brilliant, some people's light blocks the emperor who is covered up, how to say, before Li Dan there was a generation of empress Wu Zetian, and after Li Dan there was Tang Xuanzong, so this emperor is naturally not so concerned. Li Dan sat on the throne twice, but his reign was only eight years in total, and most of the time was controlled, and only two years was a bit of the emperor's autonomy. So who is Li Dan? I believe that those who have seen the legend of Wu Zetian know that he is the fourth son of Wu Zetian, before Wu Zetian was called emperor, Li Dan was the paving stone for his mother to call the emperor, but this is also a good thing, just like many disc war films, you have the value of existence can live longer, Li Dan is such a number one figure.
After Emperor Gaozong of Tang died, he finally waited for the crown prince Li Xian, but her mother wanted to be emperor, so Wu Zetian deposed the crown prince and recommended him as emperor. At that time, he also knew that he was only a stepping stone for his mother to be called emperor, and the mother behind him was the real family, so Li Dan was more obedient than his father. Despite this, Emperor Wu also tried many times in the name of returning the government, Li Dan had no choice but to cooperate with his mother, Li Dan not only did not return to the government, but also took the initiative to ask Wu Zetian to continue to participate in politics, at this time Li Dan thought that there was no great righteousness of the country, and he wanted to save his own life.
The end of this unbearable past is that in the end, Empress Wu waited for the throne of God, and Li Dan's first emperorial career ended. Wu Zetian sat on the throne for fifteen years. Li Dan and his brother Li Xian held back for fifteen years, and after the Shenlong Coup, Zhang Kamzhi and others supported Li Xian as emperor and Li Xian, in order to appease Li Dan, made him the emperor's brother-in-law, that is to say, after Li Xian's death, the throne was Li Dan's. Faced with the temptation of imperial power, Li Dan was unmoved.
Then Li Dan, who had no intention of planting willows and had no interest in the throne, once again ascended to the throne with the support of the ministers, and then sat on the dragon chair where he had sat. It's just that this time the emperor is a little different, because there is no such person as Wu Zetian behind him, he can really use the emperor's position to be the emperor, but unfortunately, fate always loves to joke with him, he has just been the emperor for two years. Comet descended from heaven, Li Dan passed the throne to his son in order to avoid rumors, that is, Li Longji, but still retained some of the real power, but his own son followed his father's old path, but in his position, he could not seek his own government, no real power. Li Longji was also very helpless about this, although he was nominally an emperor, he did not dare to call himself a degenerate in front of his ministers, which showed that Tang Xuanzong, who was wise and holy, was also subject to the Taishang Emperor Li Dan. Therefore, Li Dan is so authoritative, he has been an emperor twice in his life, three times he has ceded the world, and the reigning emperor does not dare to call himself a degenerate, which is the emperor that Xiaobian told everyone today.