Chapter 137 He is always there at critical moments
Chapter 137 He is always there at critical moments
Author: An Jing l
Chapter 137 He is always there at critical moments
[In order to remain in Li Tang, Zhang Jianzhi and others prepared to launch a coup.
At this time, Yao Chong, who had been working as an official in other places, got news from Zhang Jianzhi and also learned that Wu Zetian was not in good health, so he smelled a storm coming!
Yao Chong decisively returned to the capital at this time, and happened to meet Zhang Jianzhi and others who were planning to launch a coup, so Yao Chong took advantage of the opportunity to participate in this coup, which was known in history as the Shenlong Coup!
Under the efforts and pressure of Yao Chong, Zhang Jianzhi and others, Wu Zetian had no choice but to pass the throne to her son Li Xian. It was precisely because of Li Xian's accession to the throne that Li Tang's empire was preserved.
For this reason, Wu Zetian revoked the title of emperor, erased the name of the Zhou Dynasty from history, and returned the power to the descendants of Li and Tang.]
["Zizhi Tongjian" records: In the ninth month, Renzi appointed Yao Yuanzhi as the general manager of Lingwu Dao's march; Xinyou appointed Yuanzhi as the appeasement ambassador of Lingwu Dao.
When the Yuan Dynasty was about to leave, the Empress Dowager ordered a foreign minister to be appointed prime minister.
He said to him: "Zhang and Cambodia are deep and resourceful and can handle big things, and he is already old. But your majesty needs to use him urgently." In winter, October, Jiaxu, Zhang and Cambodia, the minister of the Qiuguan, were in Tongping Zhangshi.
And eighty.
In her later years, Wu Zetian really thought about it. In fact, it was not the same as who would be the emperor? But without Zhang Jianzhi and Yao Chong's push at the last moment, Wu Zetian would really have difficulty making a choice.
Being able to come back at such a critical time and play a key role shows that Yao Chong's title of "prime minister who saves time" is really not an exaggeration.
Because of his meritorious service in supporting Li Xian to the throne, Yao Chong was also granted the title of Marquis.
However, at this time, Yao Chong had not yet entered the inner circle of Tang Zhongzong Li Xian, but was sent to many places to serve as governor.
The internal affairs during the Tang Zhongzong era were really chaotic, and he had a group of cronies of his own, so Yao Chong was naturally unable to interfere in his internal affairs.
But this is also a good thing. It is precisely because of Yao Chong's exposure that he successfully avoided another extremely high-risk coup.】
Li Shimin was the first to give Yao Chong a thumbs up and said: "Yao Chong is indeed good and played a key role at the critical moment!"
"That's the prime minister who created the peak of China's 'Kaiyuan Age'! My prime minister! Hahahaha!!!" Li Longji laughed proudly.
"Yao Chong is good, but it's a pity that Tang Xuanzong lost all his early capital in his later years. Otherwise, with the strong strength of the Tang Dynasty at that time, it would have been glorious for another hundred years, right?" Zhao Kuangyin said with regret.
Looking at other people's prime ministers, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but think of his current prime ministers Li Shanchang and Xu Da, and suddenly said to himself proudly: "Haha, you have Yao Chong, we also have Li Shanchang and Xu Da, they are no worse than your Tang Dynasty.
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However, none of Zhu Yuanzhang's prime ministers ended well in history, except for his old brother Xu Da.
For example, Zuo Prime Minister Li Shanchang, who was called "Living Xiao He" by Zhu Yuanzhang, defected to Zhu Yuanzhang when he was at his weakest. He has been responsible for the food and salary supply of the army and became the "engine" for the frontline soldiers to sweep away the remaining clouds.
Hongwu first served as Prime Minister Zuo and was granted the title of Duke of South Korea. He served as an official for four years. In his later years, he was killed and his clan was exterminated.
Another example is Wang Guangyang, the right prime minister, who was a Jinshi in the late Yuan Dynasty. He moved to Guangdong in the fourth to sixth year of Hongwu, and died in the twelfth year of Hongwu.
Another example is Yang Xian, who was killed because Li Shanchang impeached him for "unbridled adultery".
Finally, there was Hu Weiyong, the right prime minister. From the sixth to tenth year of Hongwu, he was moved to the left prime minister. In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, he was sentenced to death. More than 30,000 people died because of the Hu Weiyong case!
Moreover, Hu Weiyong should be regarded as the last prime minister in Chinese history. After his death, Zhu Yuanzhang dismissed the left and right prime ministers, abolished the Zhongshu Province, and organized six departments to manage the affairs. He also established a separate cabinet for the emperor to serve as advisors, depriving them of their decision-making power.
It can be seen that the prime minister in this period of Lao Zhu was a high-risk profession, but fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was "lucky" to be selected by the system, changed a lot, and there was no such large-scale killing again. Therefore, Li Shanchang was fine
He is working in the position of Prime Minister Zuo, and is probably busy preparing for the bank and new banknotes at the moment.
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When he saw Yao Chong again, he was already preparing to enter the court again.
[After the Shenlong coup, Li Xian ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, restoring the Li Tang Dynasty.]
[However, Li Xian, a short-lived emperor, obviously did not clearly realize what kind of ruthless characters his wife and daughter were, and he was poisoned to death by them.
After these two people poisoned Tang Zhongzong to death, they instead appointed a child, Li Chongmao, as emperor. Empress Wei imitated Wu Zetian and came to the court to listen to the government. This was the prelude to usurping the throne.]
[However, the means and prestige of the two of them are obviously not comparable to Wu Zetian.
The forces led by Princess Taiping and Li Longji once again launched a coup. Empress Wei and others were killed, forcing the young emperor to abdicate, and established Prime Minister Li Dan (father of Li Longji) as emperor, who was Emperor Ruizong of the Tang Dynasty.]
"Every time I think about this highlight moment, I can't help but get excited!" Li Longji was obviously quite proud of this coup.
Yao Chong in the Light Pillar was also quite emotional, "Looking back at what I said, although the changes have not been adhered to, but at every critical moment, I have performed well to be ranked among the top ten famous figures in history and leave my name in history. It can be regarded as a smile.
I just don’t know who this Mr. Su is.”
[Li Dan is the youngest son of Wu Zetian, the brother of Princess Taiping, and the father of Li Longji. Princess Taiping and Li Longji helped Li Dan to the throne, so they naturally had their own plans. 】
[Tang Ruizhong's sister, Princess Taiping, became more powerful because she helped Li Longji launch a palace coup. Because Ruizhong obeyed her sister too much, Princess Taiping had a conflict with Li Longji.
Because Tang Ruizong had great trust in Princess Taiping, Princess Taiping's ambitions grew day by day, and she began to think of plotting to usurp the throne.]
[Yao Chong was transferred back to the capital at this time, and he naturally discovered this problem.
All the prime ministers in the court were from Princess Taiping, and the emperor Ruizong of Tang Dynasty could not even speak to her.
After Yao Chong became the prime minister, he was also won over by Princess Taiping. However, Yao Chong sternly rejected Princess Taiping and expressed his allegiance to Tang Ruizong, and now he dealt the most cruel blow to Princess Taiping.】
[The consequences of offending the princess are always bad. In order to protect himself and to preserve the Li Tang Dynasty, Yao Chong, Li Longji, Song Jing and others worked together to eradicate Princess Taiping's power, thus stabilizing the
The government completely annihilated Wu Zetian’s remnant party.]
[However, before Princess Taiping was completely overthrown, Li Dan had to demote Yao Chong and Song Jing out of the capital in order to reconcile Princess Taiping and Li Longji.
However, Yao Chong and Song Jing were demoted, but Li Longji eventually became the biggest winner, and his victory was extremely beautiful. He not only won the support of many ministers and gained more power, but also left behind the beauty of filial piety and humility.
In the name of Li Dan, he won Li Dan's complete trust and changed from suppressing to gradually giving up power.
Therefore, Yao Chong and Song Jing finally ushered in their peak moment after Li Longji ascended the throne!】
