Liuwei Dihuang Pill is the harmonic sound of the six emperor pills, his family, his father Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, his mother Wu Zetian Wucao, his brother Tang Ruizong Li Dan, his nephew Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, his son Tang Xuanzong Li Chongmao, and himself, and he and Li Dan have also done it twice, which is unprecedented, in today's words, it is a batch of cattle, why does this happen?
First of all, starting with Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, his father is more famous, that is, Tang Taizong Li Shimin, Li Zhi took a good hand from his father, played well, destroyed the Western Turks, Baekje, Goryeo, and also created the "Rule of Zhenguan". But then he fell ill with wind, dizzy, unable to manage the government, his wife Wu Zetian always went to help, the power of the regime finally fell to Wu Zetian, after the death of the fifty-fifth year old, it was passed on to him and Wu Zetian's third son Li Xian, which was this Emperor Pill. In fact, at this time, the power was in the hands of Wu, and after Li Xian took the throne, he could not recognize the situation, and wantonly rewarded his wife Empress Wei's family, which was dissatisfied with the government and the public, and at that time, the prime minister Pei Yanshang was dissatisfied with this kind of meritorious reward, And Li Xian directly said, "I still want to give Jiangshan to him, are you in charge?" It was this sentence that wiped out his own emperor, and his mother Wu Zetian directly deposed him and demoted him to the king of Luling, and this time he only became emperor for more than 40 days.
After Li Xian stepped down, his brother Li Dan ascended to the throne, faced with a strong old mother, and then looked at the fate of his brother, trembled under the suppression of 6 years as emperor, and finally could not withstand the pressure, the main merit gave way to his mother Wu Zetian, and after giving way to the throne, he became the imperial heir.
Next is the period when his mother Wu Zetian appeared as emperor, 690-705 AD, changed Tang to Zhou, reigned for a total of 15 years, when it was not bad, 67 years old to the throne, 82 years old abdicated, the imperial dynasty was returned to the Li family, restored the Tang Dynasty, about the return of the imperial dynasty, there are two theories, one said that Wu in his later years considered whether to pass the Zhou Dynasty to his mother's wu clan or return to the Li family, hesitated, he asked the aichen Di Renjie, Di Renjie said that there have always been only sons to serve their mothers for a hundred years, never nephews to worship their aunts, if they return to the Li family, It will be enshrined above the temple by the descendants of the Li family for generations. It is also said that when Wu was seriously ill in his later years, the chancellor Zhang Kamzhi launched a mutiny, forcing Wu to return the government to the Li family, and installing Li Xian, emperor zhongzong of Tang, known in history as the "Shenlong Coup". Maybe there are both reasons, anyway, in the end, Li Xian became emperor!
Li Xian was the last time he became emperor, after 21 years, this unlucky lucky person once again sat on the throne, this time for 5 and a half years, died, the death was not worth it, it was also very humiliating, because it was poisoned by his wife Wei Hou and his daughter Princess Anle, because Wei Hou also wanted to hold power like her mother-in-law, and her daughter also wanted to be a wife, and she would also be an empress in the future, so she suffered this emperor pill. After Li Xian's death, Wei Houli's 16-year-old Li Chongmao (Li Xian's son) became emperor, that is, Emperor Tang, the actual political power Wei Hou grasped, seeing that the power was about to fall into the hands of outsiders, the people of the Li family were not all of the same breed, Li Dan's son Li Longji and his aunt (Wu Zetian's daughter) were really intolerable, launched the "Tang Long Coup", killed the Wei clique in one fell swoop, and elected Li Dan as emperor.
Li Dan also ascended to the throne again, after 20 years, this is the most depressed emperor, the first time under the strong pressure of his mother to be emperor, this time under the pressure of his son (son Li Longji seized power and gave him), he did it for two years, giving way to his son Li Longji, that is, Tang Xuanzong, also known as Tang Ming Emperor, he has a famous beautiful princess Yang Yuhuan!