In the era of conspiracy under a sharp blade, is Tang Xuanzong's ruthless decision a cruel victory of history?
There are deep similarities between Tang Xuanzong Li Longji and Tang Taizong Li Shimin, a history woven like a tapestry through the chronology of time, and the two emperors not only have a common bloodline, but also show striking similarities in their rise.
In Tang Xuanzong's life experience, the dramatic background made his fate destined to be closely linked to conspiracy and coup. Like Tang Taizong, he was not the eldest son of the family, but because of his wisdom and decisiveness, he eventually became the helmsman of the empire.
When he was young, Li Longji's eyebrows were full of youthful sharpness, but he held the scepter of power tightly in his hands. The clouds of the coup d'état rose from his side, forming a twisted and fierce storm of history.
Young and ambitious when they ascended to the throne, they all seized the throne in their 20s and became the world's most shocking emperors, and even when they sat on the throne, their reigns were rarely stable. During their reign, there were constant storms and rebellions.
The biggest disagreement between Tang Taizong and Tang Xuanzong was the means of dealing with the rebels, Li Shimin did not wipe out all the rebels, but chose to be lenient and trained some later famous advisers for the country.
On the contrary, Li Longji showed ruthless determination, ruthlessly eradicating all the conspirators who pretendered to the throne one by one, even the descendants of the traitors.
This kind of resolute and ruthless character was not formed overnight, but gradually forged in Li Longji's rich and tortuous life experience. Perhaps it was the precipitation of the years, or the accumulation of experience, that made him gradually form a determination to cut the grass and eradicate the roots in the game of power and conspiracy.
Through the storms, his heart gradually became resolute and ruthless, putting the stability of the country above personal compassion. In the whirlpool of power and conspiracy, Li Longji's determination and ruthlessness became a distinctive symbol of his reign, and also left a deep imprint on later history.
In the years when Li Longji was growing up, it was an era full of intrigue and danger, and Li Longji's grandmother, Wu Zetian, was often killing people when she was in power, and almost slaughtered the descendants of the three generations of Gaozu, Taizong, and Gaozong.
This brutal purge plunged the entire royal family into fear, and Li Longji's father, Li Dan, despite being a member of the imperial family, lived a life of fear, he was inexplicably put on the throne and inexplicably demoted to the imperial heir.
In this unstable situation, Li Dan was almost killed many times, and was even falsely accused of rebellion, and finally fell into the hands of cool officials, and almost died. The shadow of these conspiracies hangs over his head like a sharp knife, in this era of crisis, if it weren't for the righteous rescue of Legong Anjin, who was willing to cut his stomach and avenge his grievances, Li Dan would have been murdered a long time ago.
During these times, Li Dan was immersed in a great fear, as if he was in a dark abyss. This shadow not only hangs over him personally, but also affects his innocent son Li Longji, making him unable to fulfill his duties as a father.
The source of fear can be traced back to that fateful day, when Li Longji's mother, Dou Shi, died, and his eight-year-old childhood was full of gloom. Dou Shi, as a woman from the nobility of Guanlong, should have enjoyed a peaceful and happy life, with a peaceful temperament and a dignified and virtuous appearance, and is a model of everyone's beauty.
Her fate has been overshadowed by the identity of the Guanlong clan, the Guanlong clan has always been the focus of the imperial court's crackdown, and the Dou family's marriage has closely implicated her, since she married into the Li family, she has been abiding by the family motto, gentle and frugal, never overstepped, she still can't escape the injustice of fate.
On that day that was destined to change everything, Dou and Li Dan's concubine Liu went to ask for peace, no one thought that this trip would become a journey through the ghost gate, and there was no return, the two concubines who were like flowers and jade entered the main hall, but they seemed to evaporate in the world, no one was born, and no body was seen in death.
What's even more incredible is that no one dares to touch this mysterious event, it seems that the disappearance of the two beautiful concubines, and even the absence of their bones, has become a very common thing in the court, and it is best to turn the big thing into a small thing.
Li Longji, with his keen intuition, knew that his mother was no longer alive and died a very tragic death, and he was convinced that the murderer was his grandmother Wu Zetian, a master of power and strategy, who performed a tragedy so secretly, destroying his mother's life to the point of destroying her body.
Before Dou's disappearance, the dark clouds of court politics enveloped the entire palace, as if an undercurrent was surging. Wu Zetian's game of intrigue is staged in the court, and behind it lies a more confusing background.
Wei Tuan'er, the maidservant girl next to Wu Zetian, became the initiator of a conspiracy, she framed the Dou clan for using the art of disgust to win to curse Wu Zetian, and involved the concubine Liu in it, constituting a seemingly intricate but undercurrent political situation. This is not a simple palace strategy, but a game between life and death.
Wu Zetian was calm and calm on the surface, but the murderous intent in her heart had already risen. The Dou family and the Liu family disappeared mysteriously, and there was no news after leaving, which undoubtedly caused speculation from the government and the opposition. In fact, these two imperial concubines had fallen victim to Wu Zetian's elaborate conspiracy and were secretly executed.
Wu Zetian used extraordinary means to hide the murder invisibly, and she skillfully covered up the crime, as if all this had never happened, and the intricate reasons were intertwined, involving power and hatred inside and outside the court.
Wu Zetian had a plan in his mind and was eager to let his nephew inherit the throne. In order to achieve this goal, she wanted to abolish her son Li Dan's status as the imperial heir, but she couldn't find enough excuses. She coldly chose to use the two concubines that Li Dan loved as victims of the test, in order to reveal Li Dan's true reaction.
In this intricate history, Tang Xuanzong Li Longji ruled the empire with a ruthless and decisive image, and his character, drawing perseverance from intrigue and danger, finally left a deep mark on the stage of history, this history is like a vivid picture, engraved with the cruelty of power and the victory of perseverance.
