Tang Suzong Li Heng was the ninth emperor of the Tang Dynasty, formerly known as Li Jie, the third son of Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, after the Ma Songyi Mutiny Xuanzong fled west, reigned for five years (756 ~ 762), reigned for five years, at the age of 50, died in a palace coup, during his reign Li Tang central power gradually disintegrated, is the beginning of the Decline of the Tang Dynasty.
Emperor Suzong of Tang (September 3, 711 – 762 CE). Name Li Heng, Han, third son of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, After the Mutiny of Ma Songyi Xuanzong fled west, he succeeded to the throne, the initial name was Promoted, and then changed his name several times, Tianbao Sanzai took the name of Heng in 744, and did not change it. He was the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty to ascend the throne outside the capital and then enter Chang'an, reigned for five years (756-762), died in a palace coup, died of panic at the age of 50, and was buried in Jianling (醴陵, 18 miles northeast of present-day Liquan County, Shaanxi Province).
The day he ascended the throne was after the Anshi rebels captured Liangjing; And when his life came to an end and he died of illness in Chang'an, the Anshi rebellion was still not settled.
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He welcomed back his father Xuanzong, who fled from chaos, and died with Xuanzong in 13 days, leaving an indelible impact and intriguing scene for the prosperity and disgrace of the Tang Empire.
On July 12, 756, Li Heng ascended the throne at Lingwu and was known as Emperor Suzong. Emperor Yaozun made Emperor Taishang and changed his era name to "Zhide". After Emperor Suzong succeeded to the throne, he tried to recover the two capitals (Western Chang'an and Luoyang, Tokyo), and the chancellor Fang Zhen requested to bring troops to retake Chang'an, and Suzong usually used Fang Zhen very much and agreed to his request. As a result, Fang Zhen encountered rebels at Chen Tao, and the entire army was destroyed.
In the first month of the second year of De (757), an Shi rebels were infighting, and An Lushan was killed by his son An Qingxu. Emperor Suzong appointed the famous generals Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, borrowed Hui's soldiers, and took the opportunity to counterattack. In June and October of the second year of Zhide (757 AD), he recaptured the western capital Chang'an and the Tokyo Luoyang. Emperor Suzong once agreed with the Hui soldiers: "On the day of Kecheng, the land and the soldiers will return to tang, and the golden veils and children will all return to The Hui." "As a result, Luoyang suffered a lot of damage. In September of the first year of the Qianyuan Dynasty (758 AD), Emperor Suzong of Tang ordered Guo Ziyi to make 600,000 troops besiege Xiangzhou and attack An Qingxu with Li Guangbi and other nine knots of Hedong Jiedu. Among the nine envoys who participated in the battle, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi had the most military merits and the highest prestige, and Emperor Suzong was unwilling to hand over military power to them, so he did not set up a commander-in-chief, but only ordered the eunuch Yu Zhao'en to be the "envoy to watch the army and announce the consolation", command the army, and take charge of the overall situation. An Lushan's troops led By Shi Siming and 130,000 troops to rescue An Qingxu. In March of the second year of Qianyuan (759 AD), a fierce battle was fought with the Tang army, Yu Chao'en did not understand the art of war at all, did not know how to use troops, resulting in a major defeat of the Tang army, Yu Chao'en put the responsibility for the defeat of Xiangzhou on Guo Ziyi, Suzong did not know right and wrong, and deposed Guo Ziyi.com. At this time, the An Shi rebels again had civil unrest, Shi Siming killed An Qingxu, proclaimed himself Emperor of Great Yan, and in May of the same year, from Li Guangbi, captured Luoyang, Shi Siming occupied Luoyang soon after, was killed by his own son Shi Chaoyi.
In the middle of the dynasty, after Yu Chao'en, Emperor Suzong began to credit eunuchs Li Fuguo and Cheng Yuanzhen to manipulate military and political power, and the eunuchs became increasingly arrogant. At the same time, Emperor Suzong also favored Empress Zhang Liangdi and connived at her interference in political affairs. Empress Zhang and Li Fuguo were initially united and formed a party. Later, Empress Zhang hated Li Fuguo's monopoly of power and wanted to establish Li Shi as the heir apparent, and Empress Zhang and Li Clan began to oppose Li Fuguo and Cheng Yuanzhen.
In mid-April 761, Emperor Suzong fell ill and was unable to go to court for several months. (July 15, 762) In April, Xuanzong fell ill and died, and his grief continued, and his condition worsened. Empress Zhang summoned the crown prince, and the empress said, "Li assisted Guojiu in controlling the forbidden army, and his authority was too great, and the only thing he feared in his heart was me and you." At present, His Majesty is critically ill, and he is colluding with Cheng Yuanzhen and others to plot against them, and he must kill them immediately. The crown prince said with tears: "Father Emperor is seriously ill, this matter is not appropriate to tell him, if we kill Li Fuguo ourselves, Father Emperor must be shocked, unfavorable to his noble body, I see this matter for the time being suspended and talk about it." Empress Zhang sent the crown prince away and immediately summoned Emperor Suzong's second son, Li Shi, the King of Yue, into the inner palace for consultation. Li Shi immediately ordered the eunuch Duan Hengjun to select more than 200 strong men from among the eunuchs, issue them with weapons, and prepare to move. Someone in the tai prison reported this to Li Fuguo. Li Fuguo and Cheng Yuanzhen led the party disciples to Lingxiao Gate to listen to the news, and they met the prince who was about to enter the palace to visit his father. Li Fuguo lied that there was a change in the palace, prevented the prince from entering the palace, and ordered the party disciples to move the prince into the Flying Dragon Palace to monitor it, Li Fuguo falsely passed on the prince's order, and instigated the forbidden soldiers to enter the palace to arrest Li Shi, Duan Hengjun and others and throw them into prison. Empress Zhang heard the change and fled into Emperor Suzong's palace to hide. Li Fuguo led his troops into the palace to force Empress Zhang out of the palace. Empress Zhang did not comply and begged Emperor Suzong for help. Emperor Suzong was frightened by this, and for a moment he could not speak, and Li Fuguo took the opportunity to drag Empress Zhang out of the palace. Emperor Suzong's illness suddenly deteriorated due to his fright, and no one paid any attention to him, and he died in the Hall of Eternal Life on the same day.