One Minute Tang Shi (767): Liu Renluo's Lucky Some people say that although Liu Renluo advised Wu Zetian not to be Lü Hou, his starting point was for her good, and his position was still to support Wu Zetian, so

One Minute Tang Shi (767): Liu Ren's Luck

Some people said that although Liu Renluo advised Wu Zetian not to be Empress Lü, his starting point was for her own good, and his position was still to support Wu Zetian, so he was given preferential treatment.

This statement is inaccurate.

Obviously, one is opposed to being Lü Hou and the other is partial to being Lü Hou, how can it be said that it is supportive?

Wu Zetian let Liu Renluo go, and there were three real reasons:

The first is because of his position. He remained in Chang'an in Xijing, where Wu Zetian and the imperial court were in the eastern capital luoyang. After the abolition of Emperor Zhongzong, Wu Zetian's main energy was focused on stabilizing the central government, and Chang'an could not take care of it for the time being. In this case, she would not rush to move Liu Renluo.

Second, Liu Ren rail turns quickly. As mentioned earlier, Liu Renji is now a "servant of the solution" and a sleek bureaucrat. Not long after he finished his advice, he found that Wu Zetian had an iron heart to be Lü, and immediately changed his position. Not only did he change his position, but he also handed out a letter of surrender to Wu Zetian. What is the name of the petition? I'll talk about Pei Yan back.

Third, it is more timely to die. Liu Renluo wrote at the beginning of the first year of the Guangzhai (684) and died in the first month of the first year of the Chu Gong (685). In the middle of this, there was also a major incident: Li Jingye, the grandson of Li Ji, rebelled in Yangzhou, and Wu Zetian was busy suppressing the rebellion. And with counterinsurgency, she was about to go on a killing spree. Wise leaders pay attention to doing things one by one, and while making a fierce hand, they must always do some good deeds, so that they can better control the situation. Therefore, after Liu Renji's death, 'Then the heavens were abolished for three days, and the hundred officials in Beijing were ordered to go to the hanging for the second time, and the book was given to kaifu Yi and the third division, and the governor of the prefecture, accompanied the burial of Qianling, and gave his family a real seal of three hundred households. ’

Liu Renluo, who is more than eighty years old, not only achieved the goal of 'rich and noble' life, but also greatly enjoyed the mourning behind him. As a hero who turned the tide and pacified Baekje, he was fully qualified to enjoy this treatment; but as the first minister to openly oppose Wu Zetian's dictatorship after Li Zhi's death, it cannot but be said that this was another kind of luck.

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