Wang Shoucheng
PoliticsMuzong and Jingzong controlled the imperial eunuchs in the two dynasties. After Jingzong was killed, he supported Wenzong and became more powerful. In 835, Wenzong was killed by Wenzong.
Dynasties of ChinaTang dynastyTang dynasty lineage
JingzongLi Zhan
Baoli · Reign 824—826
He came to the throne at the age of sixteen, indulged in batting and hunting at night, and ignored government affairs. He was killed by eunuchs within three years of his reign.
IBiography
- Reign
- 2 years
- Reign era
- Baoli
- Order of accession
- Ruler #15 · Tang dynasty lineage
- Life dates
- 809—826
- Titles
- Temple name: Jingzong · Posthumous title: Emperor Ruiwuzhaominxiao · Buried at Zhuangling Mausoleum
Li Zhan was the eldest son of Muzong. After Muzong suffered a stroke in 822, he was appointed Crown Prince. He ascended the throne in the first month of 824 at the age of sixteen. He was good at batting and fighting with his hands. He often hunted foxes late at night, which was called "night fox hunting." Chief minister Li Fengji was in power. Pei Du, Li Deyu and others repeatedly advised him, but they failed to make him correct. In December 826, he returned from a night hunt and drank with the eunuch Liu Keming and batting general Su Zuoming. He was killed when he entered the room to change clothes. He was only eighteen years old.
IITimeline
During the reign · 824—826
PoliticsVisiting after ascending the throne
After he came to the throne in the first month, he entertained and entertained excessively. He often played ball in the palace and watched hand-to-hand combat. He often watched court very late. The ministers waited outside Zichen Gate for a long time, and some old and weak people almost fainted.
SocietyDyeing Workshop Incident
In April, Zhang Shao, a worker in the dyeing workshop, and Su Xuanming, a diviner, gathered more than a hundred dyers, hid weapons in firewood carts and sneaked into the palace gate. They once invaded the Qingsi Hall and boarded the throne to eat. Jingzong was hitting the ball and fled in panic to the Zuo Shence Army. The chaos was immediately wiped out by the Imperial Army.
PoliticsKilled by eunuchs
In December, Jingzong returned to the palace from a night hunt, drank with the eunuch Liu Keming, batting general Su Zuoming and other 28 people, and was killed when he entered the room to change clothes. Liu Keming wanted to establish Li Wu as the king of Jiang. The eunuch Wang Shoucheng and others immediately led the Shence Army to kill Liu Keming and the king of Jiang, and supported Li Han, the king of Jiang.
IIIPeople of this reign
Li Fengji
PoliticsJingzong, the authoritarian chief minister of the dynasty, befriended the eunuch Wang Shoucheng, and squeezed out Pei Du, Li Shen and others, making the government even more corrupt.