I only have one life, but I can be emperor twice. There are really a few such strange things in Chinese history.
The first thing to talk about is the Li Xian, Li Dan brothers. The story of these two brothers is familiar to everyone, but it is more as a supporting role in Wu Zetian's story: in front of the strong mother, the brothers are weak chickens; in front of the strong wife, son, and daughter, the brothers are also weak chickens. But history is so interesting that these two brothers became emperors twice.
Of course, being emperor twice is not necessarily a lucky thing. They had all spent half their precarious and trembling lives, but they had no real power in front of the emperor. Such a distorted life makes the brothers' desire for power less intense. They are all pawns on the power chessboard.
In the Ming Dynasty, there was another "lucky one" who was called emperor twice, that is, Zhu Qizhen. His story is also very familiar to everyone, nine years old (imaginary age) to the throne, the change of Tumu Fort, "Northern Hunting" for one year, returned to China to be the "Taishang Emperor" in the Nangong for eight years, and then took advantage of the opportunity of Zhu Qiyu's serious illness, was surrounded by a group of speculators to launch the "change to seize the door", and restored the throne.
The reason why Zhu Qizhen was able to become emperor (for the first time) was because he was the crown prince; the reason why he was able to become the crown prince was because he was the eldest son of the emperor.
The reason why Zhu Qizhen was able to become emperor (the second time) was because of the support of Shi Heng, Xu Youzhen, Cao Jixiang and others. But even if there is no coup d'état by these sons, most of the throne will pass to Zhu Jianshen, who is Zhu Qizhen's son and Zhu Qiyu's closest nephew. More importantly, Zhu Qiyu's only son was dead.
Moreover, Zhu Jianshen was only a ten-year-old child at this time. That is to say, with the change of seizing the door, Zhu Qizhen will be called emperor twice; without the change of seizing the door, Zhu Qizhen will most likely become the powerful Emperor Taishang. It's not a bad luck.
In general history, only the "lucky ones" who "became emperors twice" are mentioned. But strictly speaking, there is another person who has also been emperor twice, and it is necessary not to mention it.
Zhao Zhuo was the ninth son of Emperor Huizong of Song, zhao Tuo, who was known as "intelligent by nature and knowledgeable and strong in memory". However, Song Huizong was originally a talented artist, among the sons, some were good at memory, some were good at music, and Zhao Zhuo was not outstanding at all.
During the period of Jing Kang's change, the imperial clan was almost "under the nest, there was a complete egg", and only Zhao Shuo was sent to make the enemy country and luckily escaped a disaster--no, it was lucky to escape a disaster, and it was a great misfortune to be sent to the enemy country. For he is the messenger of a weak and defeated nation, destined to be humiliated and to have no life at stake. However, Zhao Zhuo took the initiative to ask for help, and he was not humble and generous in the golden camp.
Zhao Shuo's attitude was surprising to the people, and they actually suspected that this young man was not a real prince, because in their understanding, the Song Dynasty royal family was all soft eggs. With this suspicion, they demanded that the Song Dynasty replace the hostages, and Zhao Zhuo, with his own skills, was able to retreat completely. This was the time of the first Battle of Tokyo.
In the second defense of Tokyo, Song Qinzong sent Zhao Zhao to make peace with Jinying. Halfway through, he met the general Zong Ze and persuaded him to stay so that the jade would not burn. So he avoided the burning of the jade stones of the Jing Kang Revolution, became the only prince who was not captured by the Jin, and was naturally embraced as the new emperor.
Zhao Zhuo is a typical representative of "insiders in the inner fighting and laymen in the outer fighting". After the establishment of the Southern Song Dynasty, he surrendered to the outside world, lost power and humiliated the country, and did not receive unanimous support. So just two years later, Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan, the second poles of the two armies, launched a mutiny under the name of "Qing Junfang".
Why is it said that Miao and Liu are two poles? Because these two goods gained an overwhelming military advantage, they made a request: Zhao Zhuo abdicated, let his son, the two-year-old crown prince Zhao Xu succeed to the throne, and let Empress Meng bow to the government- Empress Meng was the empress of the Northern Song Dynasty, twice abolished, in Zhang Bangchang's pseudo-Chu regime, and passed on a secret letter to zhao Shuo to succeed to the throne. Can such an empress, plus a two-year-old child, form a ruling clique?
What's more, Miao and Liu did not kill Zhao Zhao. Therefore, the various armies of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhang Jun, Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong and other powerful factions, jointly passed on the qinwang of the world and denounced Miao Liu. Miao Liu was frightened, and asked Zhao Zhao to reset his position. So less than a month later, Zhao Zhuo became emperor for the second time.
Zhao Zhuo was the bastard who killed Yue Fei. There are strong enemies on the outside, killing the generals inside, it is really not something that ordinary bastards can do, they have to be the best bastards.
But Zhao's rivals and political rivals such as Song Qinzong, Miao Fu, and Liu Zhengyan were all more mentally retarded bastards than him. Talent withered to this point, the national fortunes of the Great Song Dynasty can be imagined.