Speaking of the most cattle emperor of the Tang Dynasty, it is recognized on the Internet that it is not Emperor Gaozong of Tang!
You see, his grandfather Li Yuan was Tang Gaozu, his father Li Shimin was Tang Taizong, his wife was Wu Zetian, and his three sons were Emperor Xiaojing Li Hong (posthumously), Tang Zhongzong Li Xian, Tang Ruizong Li Dan, and the family basically sat in the Dragon Court, and the grandson Tang Xuanzong, not to mention, so it seems that you say that Li Zhiniu is not a cow?
However, Li Zhi can be called the emperor who has been in the nest for a lifetime, and what is the specific extent of the nest? - And listen to the next slowly.
Li Zhi was the ninth son of Emperor Taizong and the third son born to Empress Changsun, and he had two brothers, the eldest being Li Chengqian the crown prince and the second brother, Li Tai the Prince of Wei.
Logically, how could this throne not take Li Zhi's turn, so how did he become the crown prince?
Originally, because emperor Taizong and Empress Eldest Sun had a deep affection, Li Chengqian, as the eldest son of concubine, was made crown prince at the age of eight, and later because Li Tai was intelligent and loved to read, Li Shimin unconsciously fell in love with Li Tai, and Li Tai began to fight with Li Chengqian in order to seize the position of prince.
In the tenth year of Zhenguan, the eldest grandson empress fell ill and died, and the prince had no patron.
In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, Li Chengqian, who was suffering from a foot disease, was worried that he would be deposed, and in a hurry, he plotted against his seventh uncle Li Yuanchang and the general Hou Junji, and the result was that the matter was revealed, and Emperor Taizong deposed the crown prince in anger, and Li Chengqian, before committing the crime, denounced Li Tai's ambition to seize the position of prince, and Li Shimin was shocked to hear it!
It just so happened that Li Tai was worried about Li Zhi and him competing for the throne at this time, so he threatened him with his close relationship with Li Yuanchang, and immediately scared Li Zhi into tears, and after that, Li Shimin saw that he had tear marks on his face, so he asked the reason, and Li Zhi relayed Li Tai's words.
Li Shimin was heartbroken after hearing this, and he saw that if Li Tai became emperor, then li Chengqian and Li Zhi would not be able to survive, and if the cowardly Li Zhi became emperor, then his brothers might be saved.
Therefore, at the suggestion of the eldest son Wuji, Emperor Taizong agreed to make the fifteen-year-old Li Zhi crown prince.
In the twenty-third year of Zhenguan (649 AD), a generation of British lords Li Shimin died, and Emperor Gaozong of Tang finally came to the front of the stage from behind the scenes, why was he still trembling?
Because Li Zhi had already cultivated a personality of only promises under the strict supervision of Li Shimin, the father of the tiger, at this time he looked up and saw that the two classes of ministers included Eldest Sun Wuji, Chu Suiliang, Han Yan, Lai Ji, Yu Zhining and others, except for the founding hero who was the door valve nobleman, it is conceivable that in the first days of his succession to the throne, how to talk and do things will be tied up, and there is simply no imperial pleasure.
Li Zhi was soon enraged, he wanted freedom, he wanted real imperial power.
Sure enough, Heaven gave him a delicate but extremely intelligent woman,-Wu Mei Niang!
As soon as the vulgar Wu Meiniang entered the palace, she took advantage of the clams between Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shufei to frame them one by one, and finally achieved the effect of gaining profit from the fisherman, during which she joined forces with Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi to eliminate Chu Suiliang, Han Yan, Lai Ji, and Yu Zhining, and finally Li Zhi also exiled his uncle Changsun Wuji to death.
Li Zhi successfully eliminated those elder ministers who regarded him as a puppet, and just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but found that he was controlled by the new upstarts Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong and others, and the real power of the emperor was Wu Meiniang, who was supported by him, that is to say, he Li Zhi was still the Li Zhi who was in the nest, but the opponent was changed.
In the fifth year of Xianqing (660 AD), Li Zhi suffered from severe dizziness (hypertension), a headache attack and could not see, so he had no choice but to temporarily entrust the government to Empress Wu.
However, when he was better, it would not be easy to regain the imperial power, and looking around, surrounded by wu hou's confidants, he had a feeling of being suspended.
Unwillingly, Li Zhi secretly summoned Shangguan Yi, the prime minister, and asked him to draft and abolish Empress Wu's holy will, as a result, Empress Wu heard the news and came to ask for the guilt, which frightened Li Zhi to sweat, so he pushed the responsibility on Shangguan Yi, saying that he had been instigated by him to do so.
As a result, Shangguan Yi was quickly reported, colluding with the late crown prince Li Zhong to plot a rebellion, and Shangguan Yi was beheaded by the door, leaving only his young granddaughter Shangguan Wan'er alive.
Li Zhi, who was remorseful, was deeply immersed in self-blame, in fact, he had been controlled by Wu Meiniang five years ago.
At that time, under the charm of the Wu clan, he deposed Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu and beat them into the Cold Palace, but one day, Li Zhi suddenly remembered his old feelings, so he secretly went to see them, at that time, he saw the two people living in the Cold Palace in a miserable state, he couldn't help but be extremely sad, he wanted to let them go, and as a result, the Wu clan knew about it, and soon he hanged And killed Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu.
And this time, even Li Zhong, the crown prince born to Empress Wang, was also eliminated.
The so-called "hero is useless, and the wine is stained with residual spring." ”
When the depressed Lee Ji was busy deciding on the government of the dynasty, he began to seek the excitement of life in a low-key manner, and soon fell in love with Wu Hou's sister, Lady Han.
To tell the truth, these two people are a good match, Lee Ji is cowardly and taciturn, and the Korean lady is gentle and kind, but it is not long before the matter is leaked, and the Korean lady soon died violently.
After the death of Lady Han, Li Zhi turned his love to her daughter Miss Helan, and named him Lady Wei Guo, and soon after being informed by Empress Wu, she designed to take revenge on her cousins Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun, who had abused her cousins in childhood, and added poison to the cakes they sent to Lady Wei Guo to eat, and then turned around to avenge Lady Wei Guo, eliminating the three people hated in one fell swoop.
In the second year of the First Century (675 AD), Li Zhi and Empress Wu's eldest son Li Hong died suddenly and mysteriously at the age of twenty-three, and his death was controversial.
Prince Li Hong, who was virtuous and benevolent, won the hearts of the people, and once asked Empress Wu to marry xiao Shufei's two daughters, so he angered Wu Zetian and suffered a tragic death, but this theory is still inconclusive.
In 683, Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi, who had suffered from dizziness for many years, became more and more ill, and it was difficult to even ride a horse, so Li Xian, the crown prince, acted as the state official, and the military affairs were handled by the Queen of Heaven, and finally died at the end of December at the Zhenguan Hall in the eastern capital Luoyang, at the age of fifty-six!