Tang Suzong gave 76-year-old Li Longji 100 beautiful palace maids, and Li Longji died of hunger strike after 2 years

Tang Suzong gave 76-year-old Li Longji 100 beautiful palace maids, and Li Longji died of hunger strike after 2 years. What kind of magnificent history is hidden behind this simple sentence? Li Longji, a generation of wise and martial arts, why did he sink to this point in the late period of the gorgeous and glorious Kaiyuan Dynasty? How did a heyday fall from the peak to the abyss? What kind of human conflicts and historical torrents are hidden in this absurd story? Let's find out.

Pampering hurts the body, and the hero is in the twilight

In the twenty-seventh year of Kaiyuan (739), Li Longji was over half a hundred years old. Although the prosperity of the Kaiyuan Dynasty is unparalleled in the world, the prosperity of the dynasty cannot hide the little growth of Li Longji's selfishness.

After knowing the destiny of heaven, Li Longji is no longer the diligent government and love for the people of the past. He gradually became obsessed with lustful dogs and horses, and the reuse of traitorous villains intensified. The government became increasingly corrupt and the national strength began to decline, which was the precursor to the end of the prosperous Kaiyuan Dynasty.

Li Linfu is the first traitor reused by Li Longji. This man is good at flattering and flattering, but he is greedy and incompetent. He did not allow any virtuous and capable people to enter the imperial court, and he monopolized power for nearly 20 years, resulting in corruption in management and negligence in state affairs.

What is even more serious is that Li Linfu also colluded with Yang Guozhong and others, and called it the "Longti Party" in the beautiful name. They colluded with each other to prevent the virtuous and virtuous Fangzheng from entering the core of the court, resulting in only a group of traitors and villains left in the entire court.

Frontier turmoil also arose during this period. An Lushan was a Hu military general who should not have been reused, but he was favored by Li Longji. Back then, Li Longji doted on Yang Guifei so much that he handed over all the military power of the whole country to An Lushan to control.

The news leaked and a large number of border residents fled in all directions to escape the tyranny of An Lushan, which caused the northeastern border to be fundamentally unstable. However, the traitors in the DPRK and China turned a blind eye to this, and even wrote that An Lushan could guard the frontier.

Li Longji was blinded by lust, and the court and China were traitors full of power desires and selfish thoughts. This is the culprit of the beginning and decline of the prosperous era, and it has also become a turning point in the twilight life of a generation of heroes.

The cadre is a bird, and the country is in crisis

In the thirtieth year of Kaiyuan (742), An Lushan, a military general near Taihang Mountain, relied on military power and advanced to the northeast. Under his command is an elite and brave army of Hu people, whose combat strength is amazing.

An Lushan was originally a military general of Li Longji's lineage, and he was favored and promoted all the way, and was entrusted with the important task of guarding the northeast frontier. He has been stationed in the frontier for many years, and has secretly accumulated a lot of selfish distractions. In the event of a mutiny, the foundation of the dynasty will be shaken.

However, Li Linfu, a powerful minister in the DPRK and the Central Committee of the People's Republic of China, blindly catered to Li Longji's selfish desires and turned a blind eye to An Lushan's behavior. even repeatedly opened his eyes for An Lushan in the court, turning a blind eye to his rampant behavior.

In this area of negligence and negligence, An Lushan took advantage of the situation to raise troops and rebel. In this year, he waved his army south, conquered Bianjing and Shaanxi, and twice advanced Chang'an.

Chang'an never expected that there was An Lushan's iron hooves trampling on the outside, and the obstruction of the palace battle inside, and he was about to fall into a dangerous situation of dying.

Faced with the grim situation, Li Longji hurriedly issued an order and ordered Li Guangxi and Shi Siming to go out of the city to defend against the enemy. It's a pity that there are no capable generals under his command, and coupled with internal and external troubles, the army has no way to focus at all.

In just a few months, Chang'an fell into turmoil. An Lushan's army was like a bamboo, and Chang'an, which had fallen into chaos, was helpless.

At the time of crisis, the DPRK and China were also in chaos. Li Longji was weak on the verge of battle, and the government and the opposition were in chaos. The eunuchs and eunuchs took advantage of the chaos to seize power and acted recklessly. The forbidden army was even more chaotic, and even forced Yang Guifei to commit suicide.

Chang'an fell, An Lushan's army completely seized power, and changed the name of the country to "Dayan". This is a great change that the Li Tang Dynasty has never seen in hundreds of years.

In panic, Li Longji listened to the advice of his relatives, deposed the crown prince, and appointed Li Heng as the emperor. Unexpectedly, Li Heng took the opportunity to support his cronies and completely control the power of the court.

The lord of a prosperous generation has fallen to today's situation. The wisdom that once admired the eternal world, the bravery of ruling the Liuhe, is long gone.

The emperor was in trouble, and the people were struggling to make a living

After the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, Chang'an fell into the hands of the rebellious army, and the entire dynasty fell into an unprecedented crisis.

After the fall of Chang'an, An Lushan's army plundered everywhere and was brutal and ferocious. Countless civilians in the city were slaughtered, including women and children, old and young. Chang'an, which was originally prosperous and wealthy, was instantly reduced to a sea of fire, full of displaced victims, and the people were struggling to make a living.

In the turbulent situation, Li Longji was ousted from the dragon throne by Li Heng and imprisoned in the palace. He, a generation of Ming monarchs who once ruled Liuhe and created a prosperous era, is now reduced to a prisoner, impoverished, and even food and clothing have become a luxury.

At the same time, the Tang Dynasty, which was suffering from internal and external troubles, was declining day by day. An Lushan's rebellious army occupied the hinterland of the Central Plains of the dynasty, and the northeastern frontier also fell apart. The national power of the Tang Dynasty became weaker and weaker, and its territory was shrinking day by day.

Under the chaotic situation, the people within the dynasty were even more panicked. After the fall of Chang'an, the eunuchs and eunuchs took advantage of the chaos to seize power and roam the palace. They privately hijacked authority, appointed ministers of civil and military affairs without authorization, and ran amok with arbitrariness.

Seeing that the situation was deteriorating, the ministers of the DPRK and China were also deeply divided. A small group remained loyal to Li Longji, while others followed the new emperor Li Heng. The forces of the two sides poured into each other, and the struggle was fierce.

At that time, the imperial court had no time to take care of the people's livelihood and suffering, and the forbidden army was even more chaotic. There were even serious warlord scuffles, where soldiers harassed the civilian population with reckless rape and plunder, and the people were miserable.

The prosperous city of Chang'an has become a ruin. Hungry people are everywhere, and there are homeless people everywhere who beg. Even the palace was in a depression, and it was difficult to obtain even the most basic vegetables in the imperial dining room.

A generation of Ming monarchs has been reduced to prisoners, subjects have been displaced, and the power of the dynasty has gradually drifted away, all of which point to a cruel fact - the Tang Dynasty is heading for the abyss of decline.

There is a child who is pregnant, and selfishness is passed down from generation to generation

After the Anshi Rebellion was pacified, Li Longji was forced to abdicate and was succeeded by the crown prince Li Heng, who was the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Since then, the Tang Dynasty has been passed down from generation to generation and inherited by the descendants of Heng's sons.

However, as the foundation of the dynasty has been passed down from generation to generation, selfish desires and corruption have also been passed down from generation to generation. The emperors gradually lost their original intention of doing practical things for their subjects, but instead immersed themselves in the sound of dogs and horses, arrogant and lascivious, and disregarded the suffering of the people.

Although Daizong Li Heng quelled the Anshi Rebellion, it also marked the beginning of the Tang Dynasty's transformation from prosperity to decline. During his reign, he placed too much emphasis on his relatives, and his cronies occupied key positions of power. What's more, relatives actually took the opportunity to interfere in the government affairs and ran rampant.

By the time of Dezong Li Shi, the situation worsened. The princes were pampered and extravagant. The eunuchs' dictatorship is getting heavier, and the dynasty is getting worse. Internal and external troubles, embattled.

After Dezong's son Wuzong Li Xiao became in power, his selfish desires were even more unscrupulous. He was obsessed with beauty and Buddhism, and eunuchs became more and more rampant, so that the people of the whole country cried poverty.

The next to ascend the throne was Xianzong Li Na, the emperor was not only addicted to alcohol, drinking addicted, but also greedy for women, indulged in lustful dogs and horses, and was extravagant. In addition, the dynasty was corrupt, traitors were in power, and the national strength plummeted.

This was followed by the accession to the throne of Emperor Wuzong and Xianzong's nephew, Yizong Li Yi. Although Yizong was diligent and simple, his rule was still a mess due to the dictatorship of his relatives and the power of eunuchs.

Under the rule of this mediocre and corrupt emperor, the people were in dire straits. There was even a Huangchao peasant uprising in the Guanzhong area that shocked the whole country, and a large number of peasants raised weapons of resistance.

Even the prince of the dynasty, Manjushri, in order to seize the throne, also colluded with the eunuchs to rebel. All of this is because the dynasty is corrupted by selfish desires.

Such a selfish and erosive way of life, passed down from generation to generation by Li Longji, finally led to the festering and decline of the entire dynasty, and the people suffered endlessly. Since then, a generation of prosperous times has been declining step by step, step by step to the abyss.

Drinking hatred and old age, the source of the decline of the Tang Dynasty

As a great empire that has lasted for thousands of years, the process of decline and fall has lasted for several generations, and it has suffered from chaos and power changes, but the reason stems from a seemingly simple cause - human greed.

Li Longji was dying of old age, but in his later years, he was bewitched by power and beauty, and he did not hesitate to reuse traitors and villains to neglect national affairs. This negligence led to the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, and the dynasty collapsed from then on.

After the crown prince Li Heng seized the throne, he did not learn a lesson, but connived at his cronies and relatives to act recklessly. The corruption of the government and the tyranny of the eunuchs caused the national strength to plummet.

By the time of Dezong Li Shi, the princes were even more arrogant and lascivious, extravagant and erosive. Selfish desires are rampant, and the people are not able to make a living. The power of the state was held by traitors and eunuchs.

Wuzong Li Xiao was obsessed with beautiful Buddhism, and eunuchs became more and more rampant, almost controlling the life and death power of the people in the country. Xianzong Li Na is also a drunkard, greedy for lustful dogs and horses, and the government is a mess.

Even Yizong Li You, although he was quite political, could not escape the constraints of his relatives and eunuchs. The prince Manjushri even tried to rebel, and it was chaotic.

All of this can be traced back to Li Longji's decision in his later years. Once greed and selfishness spread, they snowballed and eventually destroyed the foundation of the entire dynasty.

Although the Anshi Rebellion was put down, the Tang Dynasty has gradually drifted away. Although the emperors changed one after another, selfishness and corruption followed, and finally led to the collapse of the dynasty.

The glorious and unparalleled Tang Dynasty was thus eroded by the desire for power and human greed, and walked towards the abyss of decline step by step.

The fall of the Tang Dynasty has shown us a cruel but indisputable fact - as long as selfish desires and corruption take root in the hearts of rulers, they will spread like a virus, and eventually sooner or later they will swallow the foundation of the entire dynasty.