Dynasties of ChinaTang dynastyTang dynasty lineage
Dahe · Kaicheng · Reign 826—840
He was thrifty and studious, and determined to eradicate eunuchs. After the failure of the Manna Revolution, he was enslaved to his family slaves and died in depression.
Li Ang, whose original name was Li Han, was the second son of Muzong and the king of Fengjiang. After Jingzong was executed in 826, the eunuch Wang Shoucheng and others supported him to the throne. He was thrifty and studious. After he came to the throne, he released more than 3,000 palace maids, eliminated redundant expenses, and was diligent in listening to politics. The government and the public once hoped for ZTE. However, the Niu Sengru, Li Zongmin and Li Deyu factions in the DPRK were at odds with each other. He lamented, "It is easy to go to Hebei to be thieves, but it is difficult to go to DPRK to be cliques."
Wenzong hated the power of eunuchs. He first failed in his plot with chief minister Song Shenxi, then appointed Li Xun and Zheng Zhu. In 835, he used the internal conflicts among the eunuchs to kill Wang Shoucheng. He then planned to kill Chou Shiliang and others. However, he failed in the Ganlu Incident and the courtiers were massacred. After that, the eunuch became more tyrannical. Compared with the subjugated king who was controlled by his domestic slaves, he became depressed and became ill. He died of illness in the first month of 840.
PoliticsThrone to the throne, respectful and thrifty
In December, he was elected to the throne by the eunuchs, released more than 3,000 palace maids, eliminated five eagles and dogs and redundant staff in the church, reduced palace expenses, and was diligent in listening to politics. He was once praised by both the government and the public.
CultureDeclare the three musts
According to the "New Book of Tang", Wenzong once issued an edict to name Li Bai's poetry, Pei Min's sword dance, and Zhang Xu's cursive script as the "Three Wonders", which shows that the art of the prosperous Tang Dynasty was still highly respected in the late Tang Dynasty.
PeopleLiu Di's Countermeasures
During the examination of Xianliang Fang Zhengke, the scholar Liu Di lamented the disasters caused by the eunuchs' autocratic power in his countermeasures, and advocated the deprivation of their military power. The examiners praised his essays but were afraid of the eunuchs and did not dare to admit him. Li He, who had passed the same subject, was willing to give up his official position to Liu Fan.
PoliticsSong Shenxi case
Wenzong and chief minister Song Shenxi conspired to kill the eunuchs, but the matter was leaked. Wang Shoucheng instigated people to falsely accuse Song Shenxi of plotting to establish the king of Zhang. Song Shenxi was demoted to Kaizhou Sima and died in the demoted office.
DiplomacyBattle for Victoria
The Tubo Weizhou garrison Xida planned to surrender the city to Li Deyu, the military governor of Xichuan. Chief Minister Niu Sengru advocated the return of the palace on the grounds that it had an alliance with Tibet. Wenzong followed suit, and Xida Mou and others were killed by Tibet at the border. This matter became one of the focuses of disputes between the Niu and Li parties.
PoliticsTo kill Wang Shoucheng
Wenzong appointed Li Xun and Zheng Zhu, and took advantage of the conflict between the eunuchs Chou Shiliang and Wang Shoucheng. He promoted Chou Shiliang first to divide his military power. In October, he sent envoys to kill Wang Shoucheng with poisonous wine, and the eunuch power was temporarily frustrated.
PoliticsChange of nectar
In November, Li Xun lied that nectar fell from the pomegranate tree in Zuojinwuzhanyuan at night, and lured Chou Shiliang and others to inspect it, hoping to ambush and kill him. The ambush was exposed, and the eunuchs took Wenzong back to the palace and led the Shence Army to massacre the courtiers. The chief minister Wang Ya and others were exterminated, and more than a thousand people died.
Culturecarved into kaicheng stone sutra
The twelve Confucian classics of "Book of Changes", "Book of Songs", "Book of Songs", Three Rites, Spring and Autumn period, and "The Analects of Confucius", "The Book of Filial Piety" and "Erya" were engraved on 114 square stone tablets with a total of more than 650,000 words. They were erected in the Imperial Academy of Chang'an as the standard for scholars to correct scriptures.
Lasting legacyThe Kaicheng Stone Scripture is now completely preserved in the Xi'an Forest of Steles Museum. It is the most complete Confucian Stone Scripture in existence.
Peoplesubject to domestic slavery
Wenzong asked Zhou Qi, the bachelor on duty, which monarch of the previous generation he could compare himself to, and Zhou Qi replied that he was the master of Yao and Shun. Wenzong said that King Nan of Zhou Dynasty and Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty were controlled by powerful ministers, while he was controlled by domestic slaves, which was not as good as them. After saying this, he burst into tears.
PoliticsDie in depression
Wenzong died of illness in the first month of the year. The eunuchs Chou Shiliang and Yu Hongzhi ignored the objections of the chief minister and deposed the Crown Prince Li Chengmei. They supported Wenzong's brother Ying Wang Li Xian, and then forced them to kill Li Chengmei and King An Li Rong.
During the Ganlu Incident, he kidnapped Wenzong and massacred his courtiers, and became domineering thereafter. History says that he was favored for more than 20 years and killed two kings, one concubine and four chief ministers.
He won Wenzong's trust by explaining the Book of Changes. In 835, he became prime minister and planned the Ganlu Revolution. After the failure, he fled and was killed.
He became acquainted with Wang Shoucheng through his medical skills, and later conspired with Li Xun to kill the eunuchs. After the Ganlu Incident, he was killed by the eunuchs in Fengxiang.
He was honest and upright. He was secretly ordered by Wenzong to plot to kill the eunuchs. After the incident was revealed, he was falsely accused of plotting to establish the king of Zhang and was demoted to death in Kaizhou.