Li Dan, who has been a tool man for a lifetime

Li Dan was the fourth son of Wu Zetian and the father of Li Longji. After Li Dan's death, he was given the title of "Ruizong". "Rui" is the evaluation of his life by future generations. Throughout Li Dan's life, most of the business he held was actually unrelated to the word "Rui", and his ability was not a material for being an emperor. Therefore, he was a passive and sluggish emperor, allowing the forces to fiddle with him like a marionette.

If li dan has done some admirable things, it is two abdications. When he first ascended to the throne, the monarchy had nothing to do with him, because everything in front of the court was decided by his mother Wu Zetian, he only had a floating name, he could not give orders to the courtiers, the early dynasty could not go up, nor could he use the main hall as his own bedchamber, and even in the palace, he could not move freely, which showed how the emperor existed in name only.

Therefore, it is only a matter of time before Li Dan abdicates the throne. His mother Wu Zetian was indeed very capable, with the upper chengzhen guan and the lower Qi Kaiyuan, and many policies were used until the Kaiyuan prosperous era, so Li Dan's choice was actually very beneficial to the Tang dynasty. If it were not for the reign of Wu Zetian for a period of time, the Tang Dynasty would probably not have developed so well, and it would not have been so prosperous after that.

The second thing that benefited the country and the people was that Li Dan gave way to Xuanzong. After the deaths of Wu Zetian and his brother one after another, Li Longji saw the opportunity to overthrow Wei Hou and others, and then rectified the chaos and handed over the power to Li Dan. As everyone knows, Li Dan had no intention of going to politics, but only stayed on the throne for 2 years, and then let Li Longji succeed him to the throne, that is, because of him, the Tang Dynasty entered the most prosperous stage of the Yuan Dynasty.