Li Siyuan was Li Keyong's adopted son, the head of Li Keyong's thirteen Taibao, Li Cunxun was Li Keyong's own son, Li Siyuan assisted Li Cunxun and established Later Tang, Li Cunxun became the founding emperor of Later Tang, that is, Tang Zhuangzong, however, later Li Siyuan seized the throne of Li Cunxun and became the second emperor of Later Tang, that is, Tang Mingzong.
So, how did Li Siyuan die later?
Li Siyuan's nickname was Miao Yilie, and after the fierce general Wang Yanzhang was captured by Xia Luqi, Li Cunxun sent Li Siyuan to persuade Wang Yanzhang to surrender, and Wang Yanzhang was seriously injured, lying on the bed, unable to get up, as soon as he saw Li Siyuan coming, he immediately called Li Siyuan's nickname Mi Yilie directly to show contempt for Li Siyuan and make Li Siyuan angry.
Li Siyuan was brave and good at war, and in the great battle of Later Tang to destroy Hou Liang, he made many military achievements, and his official position rose again and again, and gradually grasped the power.
In the fourth year of Tongguang (926), Li Siyuan was ordered by Li Cunxun to lead his troops to suppress the Yidu Mutiny, but unexpectedly, when he arrived there, he was held hostage by the rebels, and Li Siyuan was helpless, and then chose to join forces with the rebels and lead the army to attack Luoyang.
When Li Cunxun was having a meal in the palace, his subordinates rebelled and entered the palace, Li Cunxun led the Janissaries to kill hundreds of defecting subordinates, but were killed by random arrows, and then Li Siyuan took the throne in front of Li Cunxun's spirit, became emperor, and ended Li Cunxun's rule. Li Ke, the King of Jin, probably never dreamed that his adopted son Li Siyuan had taken the throne from his own son Li Cunxun. It is estimated that if Izumi knows it, I will die blindly.
Li Siyuan claimed to be the empress, and after reigning for seven years, he killed corrupt officials, praised honest officials, dismissed palace people, removed eunuchs, abolished the inner treasury, paid attention to the sufferings of the people, did a good job, and was still quite clear-cut, so he was called well-off. However, in the later period, Li Siyuan appeased the town of Fanzhen, meng Zhixiang rebelled against the two rivers, the imperial subordinate lacked skill, the powerful minister An Was heavy and could not be controlled, and Li Siyuan's second son Li Congrong was arrogant and lawless, so that chaos arose, the government was chaotic, and gradually began to decline.
In November of the fourth year of Changxing (933), Li Siyuan fell seriously ill, and seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse, Li Siyuan's second son Li Congrong saw that his father Li Siyuan had been unwilling to appoint him as a crown prince, and only made him the Grand Marshal of the Terracotta Army, so he was uneasy and prepared to seize the throne by force.
Li Congrong entered the palace to visit Li Siyuan, saw that Li Siyuan was so ill that his head could not be lifted, and when he left the palace, he heard the palace crying incessantly. Li Congrong mistakenly believed that Li Siyuan had died, and the next day he planned a mutiny with his cronies to seize the throne. On the twentieth day, Li Congrong led an army of a thousand men to line up at Tianjin Bridge, preparing to enter the Juxing Sacred Palace by force, but as a result, it was quickly defeated, and Li Congrong fled back to the palace, where he was chased and killed by the imperial envoy An Congyi.
When Li Siyuan heard the news, his condition suddenly worsened, and he posthumously deposed Li Congrong as a Shuren and recalled Li Conghou the Prince of Song from the capital of Yidu. On the twenty-sixth day, Li Siyuan died at the age of sixty-seven.
The "New Five Dynasties History of The Tang Dynasty Emperor Chronicle" records: Emperor Huan, the fifth son of Emperor Mingzong from Houye... In the first year of Changxing, feng congregation from the Hou Song King, migration town Chengde... In November of the fourth year, the King of Qin was deposed from Rong. Emperor Mingzong was very ill, and the eunuch Meng Hanqiong summoned Wang Yuyi, and Emperor Mingzong collapsed and secretly mourned for six days. In December, he was buried in the Western Palace, and the emperor was located in front of the coffin.
Li Conghou hurried to Luoyang and took the throne before Li Siyuan's coffin. Li Siyuan temple name Mingzong, courtesy name Shengde and Wu qinxiao Emperor.