Tang Xuanzong was extremely fond of his subordinate Wang Maozhong, and not only named him an auxiliary general, but also crowned him as the third division of Kaifeng Yitong. During the first 15 years of Tang Xuanzong's reign, only four people were named Kaifeng Yitong three divisions, including Wang Renjiao, the father of Queen Wang, the famous prime minister Yao Chong and Song Jing, and the other person was Wang Maozhong.

Tang Xuanzong's favored minister gave birth to a son and was unhappy, why did Tang Xuanzong conclude that he wanted to rebel?

This story is about the son of Tang Xuanzong's favorite minister Wang Mao Zhong who was given a five-rank official position by Tang Xuanzong just after he was born, but Wang Maozhong disliked it and said why he was not given a third-grade official position, which caused Tang Xuanzong's dissatisfaction. This is not the main reason for determining Wang Maozhong's rebellion, there are other factors.

Wang Maozhong spoke wildly and offended Gao Lishi

As Wang Maozhong, who is a favorite minister of Tang Xuanzong, his usual popularity is not very good, but because of Tang Xuanzong's face, those people were also forced to go to congratulate. It happened that on the third day of the child's birth, it was necessary to hold the "three baptisms", and many people came to congratulate at this time, including the messenger of Tang Xuanzong, the famous Gao Lishi.

Because Wang Maozhong made outstanding contributions to Tang Xuanzong and made great contributions, Tang Xuanzong gave Wang Maozhong's son a five-grade official position, which is a great gift for ordinary people, and it is too late to be grateful. But Wang Maozhong didn't think so, so he asked Gao Lishi disdainfully: Can't you give my son a third-grade official?

Gao Lishi has been in the officialdom for so long, and he is only a third-grade official, and your Wang Maozhong's son wanted a third-grade official as soon as he was born, isn't this humiliating Gaolishi in person, so Gaoli's morale turned pale. Wang Maozhong has a problem, he himself is a slave, and the eunuchs are also slaves, but he looks down on the eunuchs and has never had a good impression of the eunuchs. So Wang Maozhong's words sounded sarcastic to Gao Lishi, in other words: You Gao Lishi is the most powerful, but like my newborn son.

A long time ago, Wang Maozhong was an arrogant person, and after Ge Fushun, who was in charge of ten thousand horses, married him, he became the umbrella of the underworld forces. There are also many people in the DPRK and China who are dissatisfied with it. Moreover, Gao Lishi also knew that Wang Maozhong wanted to be the secretary of the military department but failed, and he felt that there might be a gap between Tang Xuanzong and Wang Maozhong. Therefore, Gao Lishi decided to add another fire, so he handed out this sentence, which really stimulated Tang Xuanzong and made him feel that Wang Maozhong had resentment towards him. In the end, Tang Xuanzong belittled Wang Maozhong, and soon after Wang Maozhong was given to death by Tang Xuanzong.

The merit is high and the master is proud

In the early years, Wang Maozhong had a hard time because his father broke the law, so he could only be a slave, and Li Longji was not the emperor at that time, but the king of Linzi. During this time, Wang Maozhong, as Li Longji's bodyguard, has been by Li Longji's side and has won Li Longji's trust, so Wang Maozhong has become a key assistant on Li Longji's road to the throne.

Wang Maozhong successfully rebelled against Ge Fushun and Chen Xuanli, the leaders of Tang Zhongzong's personal guards, and successfully killed Empress Wei, Princess An Le, and Shangguan Wan'er, so the Tang Long coup went smoothly. Prime Minister Li Dan sat on the throne, Li Longji became the crown prince, Princess Taiping also leaned towards the government and the opposition, and five of the seven prime ministers came from her disciples. So a power struggle broke out between Li Longji and Princess Taiping, Li Longji sent Wang Mao Zhong to wipe out Princess Taiping and kill several prime ministers, and Tang Xuanzong Li Longji really held all the power alone.

In order to repay Wang Maozhong's hard work, Tang Xuanzong simply gave him the supreme glory of his courtiers, and named him Huo Guogong, and opened the palace with the three divisions, that is, the treatment of the prime minister of the dynasty, and his status even exceeded that of the prime minister of the dynasty. But Wang Maozhong began to become greedy, and even took the initiative to ask Tang Xuanzong for the official position of the secretary of the military department, this arrogant attitude made Tang Xuanzong very unhappy, so naturally he did not agree to him, but Wang Maozhong was not happy, and he did not dare to speak blatantly, so he used his son to give Tang Xuanzong a rebellion.

There is a suspicion of rebellion

If Wang Maozhong had worked for Tang Xuanzong honestly, so many things would not have happened, lowering his position in Tang Xuanzong's heart. Who knew that he was not honest, Taiyuan Shaoyin Yan Tingzhi reported to Tang Xuanzong that Wang Maozhong had privately asked him for weapons and horses, in addition, Shuofang, Youzhou and other places had been asked by Wang Maozhong. So Yan Tingzhi thought that Wang Maozhong had the possibility of rebellion, so he secretly reported the matter to Tang Xuanzong. Although Tang Xuanzong did not react, he became suspicious of Wang Maozhong in his heart. In addition, many important positions in the palace were arranged by Wang Maozhong, so more people reported to Tang Xuanzong, thinking that Wang Maozhong would form a party for personal gain and would rebel sooner or later.

In ancient times, the struggle between eunuchs and ministers was often full of wisdom. When Tang Xuanzong was suppressed by his uncle to Luzhou, he always let the Korean king Mao Zhonglai serve as his bodyguard, this person was originally an official slave, but he was reused by Li Longji because he was good at riding and shooting. I have to say that Li Longji's vision of people was still very accurate when he was young.

As the saying goes, "the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die", the story of Tang Xuanzong Li Longji and his favorite minister Wang Mao Zhong has always been talked about.

epilogue

To be a low-key person, to know how to be satisfied, and always find their own positioning, only in this way, in order to protect themselves, countless historical facts have shown that those who are blindly arrogant and have no one in their eyes, will not end well!