Tang Xianzong Li Chun succeeded and failed in his life, and in his later years he was confused and left a name
Tang Emperor Tang Xianzong Li Chun, as the eldest son of Tang Shunzong, carried out the reform of cutting the domain after taking the throne, and also continued the last glory of the Tang Dynasty, the Yuan and Zhongxing periods. When Tang Xianzong ascended the throne, the Tang Dynasty had gone through more than a hundred years of history, and it did not have the glory of the past, and the years of war that occurred after the Anshi Rebellion made the Tang Dynasty devastated, and the power of the Fanzhen was constantly expanding, and the imperial power could not control the Fanzhen at all.
Li Chun was also the eunuch who supported the emperor on the throne, and his father Li Xuan was almost deposed as the crown prince because he was too close to the eldest princess, so he and Xiao Shihe left, and there was no heir, Li Chun's mother later became Li Xuan's good wife, giving birth to Li Chun was also Li Xuan's eldest son. Li Chun was brilliant from an early age and loved by his grandfather, and at the age of eleven he became the King of Guangling County, married his wife at the age of sixteen, and gave birth to his son Li You, the later emperor Muzong of Tang, and in 805 AD, Li Chun was embraced by eunuchs to the throne.
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Although Li Chun was supported by eunuchs to ascend to the throne, he did not allow himself to be controlled by eunuchs, and even more well governed the Tang Dynasty, with achievements only lower than that of Emperor Taizong and Emperor Xuanzong. During his reign, he accurately identified the problems of the imperial court and the people, made wise decisions, and smoothed out the situation of the division of the feudal towns; he also had a unique vision for the appointment of capable loyal subjects, appointing Du Huangsheng, Pei Du, and Li Dai.
He also took advantage of the internal contradictions in the clan town to quell the rebellion and let the Tang Dynasty appear briefly unified and prosperous. Li Chun devoted himself to the affairs of the imperial court, read the actual records of the emperors of previous dynasties, and his ability to govern the country was also extremely talented, and he admired the prosperous world created by his ancestors, and he also had such an ideal to restore the Tang Dynasty to its former glory. In terms of governing the country, he also showed his talents, appointed wise men, and opened up the way of speech. Find the problem, let the ministers advise, and use those who dare to tell the truth and some prestigious ministers. For his position as emperor, he was even more conscientious and conscientious, often working overtime until very late to retire from the dynasty, and this sense of responsibility also allowed Li Chun to save the Tang Dynasty that was about to be destroyed, and it lasted for a period of time.
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Although Li Chun did not restore Datang to its former prosperity, he had already done a very good job, and when the dynasty was about to decline, he single-handedly realized the atmosphere of Zhongxing in Datang. Li Chun was agile and decisive, and had a stronger will to invigorate the imperial court than the previous emperors, and during his reign, the entire imperial court and the people were also relatively wealthy, and there was also a new atmosphere in the government of the dynasty, there was no external trouble, and there was no military victory that had not been achieved before.
Li Chun thought that he had made immortal merits, thinking that he had achieved the goal of returning the Tang Dynasty to the prosperous era, the world was too peaceful, so Li Chun began to gradually be arrogant and built a Buddhist temple. In his prime, he also began to believe in Buddhism, and he was deeply involved in it, and many loyal ministers saw that the emperor had such symptoms and advised the emperor not to believe in Buddhism, but Li Chun not only did not listen to them, but also demoted these loyalists to other places, including Han Yu.
Like many emperors, Li Chun dreamed of immortality
But did not learn the lessons of the emperor who pursued immortality in the past, let some jianghu warlocks refine the elixir for themselves, the result was not eaten for two years, and the longevity was not done, but his life was ended in advance, and finally he died at the age of 43.
In his later years, Li Chun was also confused, appointing traitorous ministers to favor eunuchs, and also deposing many sages, and the Tang Dynasty once again began to decline. The Hubu attendant Emperor Fu was well aware of Li Chun's intentions, so he used the tyranny of the horizontal levy to spend the cost of building a Buddhist temple, which won the emperor's heart. He also bribed the eunuch Tutu Chengcui, who slandered in front of the emperor, so the emperor asked the emperor to assume the position of prime minister. In 808, Li Chun held a special examination, asking those who took the test to be outspoken, so the civil and military officials of the imperial court launched a 'dispute between the bull and the Lee party and friends' for more than forty years, for example, in the way of being an official, one side thought that the examination was the best, and the other side thought that it was better to choose from the family of officials and eunuchs or a good family.
The two sides have their own opinions, regardless of whether they are up or down, and Li Chun showed it even more fiercely when he was there, accusing each other of not being. Once the chancellor recommended a mountain man to the emperor, claiming that he could make the elixir of immortality, and asked for an official position. So Li Chun gave him an official position, but after taking office, he found that he could not produce the elixir of immortality, so he fled to the mountains with his family. After being caught by Li Chun and asking him to take medicine, he had no choice but to make an "elixir" for the emperor to eat, and after the emperor ate it, he was grumpy and prone to anger, and also ordered the eunuchs to be killed, making everyone dangerous.
Thereafter, the eunuchs were divided into two factions, each supporting their own power, and in 820, the eunuchs Wang Shoucheng and Chen Hongzhi were in order to make Li Heng, their supporters, emperor. So he sneaked into the palace to murder Li Chun, and also assassinated Tutu Chengcui, another faction of eunuchs. It was rumored that the emperor 'accidentally ate the elixir and caused poisoned death' and issued a false edict, ordering Li Heng to take the throne. From then on, the emperors of the Tang Dynasty were controlled by eunuchs, and even if they knew that the cause of the emperor's death was different, no one dared to ask questions. There was a peaceful faction in the palace, and it was the eunuchs in power who were in power, not the emperor, and Li Chun was both admired and sighed, if he was not confused in his later years, he would not have ruined his name.