When warlords tried to divide up The Tang's state-owned assets, they would habitually blur the relationship between the central government and Tian Lingzi, and even more would blur the relationship between the emperor and Tian Lingzi.
Once the central government issued an order that was unfavorable to them, they would always say that it was a good thing that Tian Lingzi had done; even if the emperor personally stood up to refute the rumors, they would say that the emperor had been deceived and deceived by Tian Lingzi.
The reason why the warlords did this was nothing more than to gain more public support when opposing the central government and the emperor. All in all, we are not against the central government, nor against the emperor, but against the great eunuch Tian Lingzi.
But the problem is that if the central government's orders are in their favor, they will soon be a different face.
The Tang Dynasty that I saw in the traditional history books was a stupid and stupid child: when it came to entertainment, the Tang Sect was proficient; when it came to doing the right thing, he didn't seem to understand anything.
Good riding and shooting, sword and hammer, and calculation, as for the rhythm and bo, all of them are exquisite; good bows, cockfighting, and gambling with the kings of the goose, the goose is one to fifty taels, especially good at hitting the ball.
Because the history we usually see is the history of imperial political propaganda, it is inevitable that everyone will think that the emperor has magical powers.
Many people will always think consciously or unconsciously that if we sit in the position of Tang Xizong, we can definitely make Datang ZTE. Because with the magical power of the emperor, with our INTELLIGENCE and emotional intelligence, sitting in the position of the emperor can definitely make the empire ZTE.
The later Chongzhen Emperor also thought so before he became emperor, so after he became emperor, he was full of vigor, and the result? After a few rounds of the game, he was immediately dumbfounded. Because in the face of powerful interest groups, the emperor is usually too powerful to use.
This is still a highly centralized Ming Dynasty, and in the Tang Dynasty, where the emperor's control is weaker, the situation will obviously be more serious.
The emperor is only because he sits at the intersection of major interest groups, and the emperor has great power, but he is also subject to too much power.
Is it strange that Tang Xizong trusted eunuchs? Not surprising at all.
Since Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, the emperor's chief assistant has always been a eunuch, such as Gao Lishi during Xuanzong's time. Because the cattle people like Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, and An Lushan also relied on Gao Lishi to ascend to the throne, not to mention the figures who waited for them.
During the reign of Emperor Suzong, Li Fuguo was the emperor's chief assistant; during the reign of Emperor Daizong, Cheng Yuanzhen was said to have more power than Li Fuguo, and the later Yu Chao'en was also very bullish.
Emperor Dezong suppressed the eunuchs for a while, but found that something was wrong, so his trust in the eunuchs became even stronger, and from then on, the eunuchs in charge of the forbidden army and in charge of the imperial military became the system, which led to the emergence of eunuchs such as Qiu Shiliang.
From here, we can see that the emperor of the Tang Empire trusted eunuchs, just as the emperors of the two Han Dynasties trusted foreign relatives, which was a product of institutionalization. Although the drawbacks of this system were extremely obvious, at that time, the emperor obviously could not find a better way than this.
After the Anshi Rebellion, in the Tang Dynasty, the emperor suppressed eunuchs and usually had only two results.
One result is that the emperor failed to suppress the eunuchs, and this result is very normal, because the eunuch dictatorship is the product of institutionalization, so the power of the eunuchs is very amazing, and it is not something that the emperor can suppress if he wants to suppress.
Another result was that the emperor succeeded in suppressing the eunuchs, and as a result, the emperor soon found that the result of suppressing the eunuchs was not as good as not suppressing them, so the emperor would continue to trust the eunuchs, just to replace them with other people.
If we only want to simply suppress eunuchs, this practice is meaningless, we usually say that Zhongxing Datang is very simple, because we think that the emperor can only do this.
In this sense, whether it was The Tang Emperor or the previous Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, trusting eunuchs could not simply be attributed to fainting, because this was a product of a specific political environment.
When the Huangchao Rebellion ended and Tang Returned to Chang'an, he was already in his twenties and an adult.
Tang Emperor had experienced various setbacks and become more mature, but the Tang pattern at this time was obviously much worse than after the Anshi Rebellion.
After the Anshi Rebellion, the territory controlled by the Tang Dynasty was very vast, and by the time of Emperor Tang, only Guanzhong, Sichuan shu and Lingnan were left.
At this time, Tang Xianzong would certainly not know how to eat, drink and have fun all day, as the history books wrote, and he would definitely find a way to revitalize the Tang Dynasty, which was the most basic thinking.
The problem was that in order to stop The Tang Dynasty, the warlords would certainly emphasize in unison that the emperor at that time only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, and that the empire had long been controlled by an evil eunuch. It is precisely for this reason that they are not at all wrong in rejecting the orders of the central government, and even by using force against the central government, it is not wrong at all.
In this context, even if Tang Yizong always wanted to squeeze forward, people would use various methods to obscure his existence. Because the emperor really squeezed into the center of the front row, everyone was a little unjustified in the fight against the central government.
Many people habitually said that since Tang Shuzong had hobbies such as playing polo, he must be an emperor who did not do the right thing. But in fact, ordinary people can have hobbies, why can't the emperor have them?
For example, Tang Zhuangzong's hobbies are also very rich. Can sing and play, its level is not inferior to any professional.
Zhuangzong is both good and good, but also knows the sound, can do the music, so far fen, Jin customs, often can sing its voice, called the "imperial system" are also.
If Tang Zhuangzong died in the middle of the day, then when people talked about Tang Zhuangzong's related hobbies, they would definitely have to write in a tone of extreme admiration.
All in all, this is the Heavenly Descendant, who has such rich hobbies and is so professional, but never delays in doing the right thing.
The point is that such a wise and divine emperor died young, so the Later Tang Empire could not complete the great cause of Zhongxing.
The problem is that Tang Zhuangzong lived for a few more years, so people watched him rise up a tall building, watched him feast on guests, and watched him collapse, so Tang Zhuangzong became a typical example of not doing business properly.
All in all, hobbies are really deadly! Therefore, when Tang Zhuangzong later fell, people without exception mentioned that he loved the art of opera.
Putting aside those emotional and extremely dramatic contents, we base ourselves on the perspective of the Tang Emperor and look at the subsequent history of the Tang Dynasty, and naturally find that after the End of the Huangchao Rebellion, the central government's entire effort was to find a way to cut the domain, but all the efforts to try to go were all unsuccessful.
What is even more frightening is that the warlords are becoming more and more powerful, and the emperor's remaining belongings are gradually being eaten away.
In general, The Tang Xizong at the end of the Huangchao Rebellion was fundamentally different from the Han Xiandi.
The basic disk of Emperor Xian of Han had long been lost, and Tang Xizong still had a huge military and political power at the end of the Huangchao Rebellion.
However, this kind of power of Tang Xizong always had a huge shortcoming, that is, there were always contradictions between the eunuch and the courtier clique, the civilian system and the military system.
The most crucial thing is that the military forces in the emperor's territory are also eager to seize the state-owned assets of the Tang Dynasty, so after Tang Xizong returned to the Great Wall, the first round of cutting the domain had just begun, and people escaped from Chang'an City again, and almost lost the throne.