Chapter 60: Prosperity and Decline, But It Doesn't Need to Decline So Thoroughly
Chapter 60: It flourishes but then declines, but it doesn’t have to decline so completely.
Author: An Jing l
Chapter 60: It flourishes but then declines, but it doesn’t have to decline so completely.
The video continues to play down.
[If Tang Xuanzong died before the Anshi Rebellion, he could definitely be called one of the greatest emperors in Chinese civilization. He could even be compared with Tang Taizong. I don’t know why he had to live for a few more years.]
This passage made Li Longji's expression extremely ugly.
[In his later years, Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was really mediocre to the extreme. He was a completely different person than he was when he was young.
In fact, this is also the saddest part of mankind itself.
As age increases, human beings themselves will gradually age. You may see that he is still the same person, but the thoughts in his mind may be completely different from when he was young. Even if it goes too far, he can completely become
Someone else.】
This passage made Liu Che, Li Shimin, Yang Jian and others, who were wise and martial in their youth but began to enjoy themselves in their later years, look embarrassed.
[When he was young, Tang Xuanzong was considered a wise and accomplished emperor, and he also created the prosperous Kaiyuan era.
In his later years, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty became a mediocre emperor. As for how mediocre he was, we will start to take stock one by one!]
Li Longji's face looked very ugly.
[First: favor Concubine Wu Hui and appoint Li Linfu.]
In Li Longji's world, Concubine Wu Hui's face suddenly turned pale.
[After creating the "Kaiyuan Prosperity", Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Li Longji gradually began to be satisfied.
Li Longji began to be completely opposite to his previous hard-working and frugal style. He became unable to listen to good advice and began to indulge in pleasure.】
[In the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan, Concubine Wu Hui colluded with Li Linfu to form a party for personal gain.
Concubine Wu Hui slandered Li Longji's three sons, saying that the prince Li Ying, the king of E Li Yao, and the king of Guang Li Ju were plotting evil intentions, so Li Longji deposed the three sons as common people.
Moreover, Concubine Wu Hui kept blowing the pillow wind, which directly led to Li Longji killing his three sons.】
"Isn't this fucking idiot a fool?" Liu Bang couldn't understand it at all, so he started scolding her directly.
When Liu Che saw this, he felt very uncomfortable.
Because later emperors had told Liu Che before that he forced the prince and queen to death in his later years, this had almost become a problem for him.
The disaster of witchcraft is just an excuse. The fundamental reason is that the Wei family is too powerful, and it is the combination of internal ministers and foreign generals that the emperor is most afraid of. You must know that this has been the most taboo thing for emperors throughout the ages. It is called reverse scale.
It’s not an exaggeration.
When Li Longji saw that he had killed his three sons, he was also filled with disbelief. At the same time, it was difficult for him to understand why he would become a completely different person in his later years.
[After Li Longji dismissed Zhang Jiuling and others, Li Linfu took the opportunity to climb into power.
This person was just like He Shen in later generations. He bribed his close officials, conspired to frame him, and flattered Li Longji to make him so carefree that he did not even go to court.]
"Who is He Kun?"
Xuan Ye spent this time trying his best to supplement his historical knowledge, but he was still sure that he had never heard of this person's name.
"Why does it sound like we are from the Qing Dynasty???" Emperor Qianlong Aisin Gioro Hongli suddenly felt that this name seemed to have some kind of connection with him?
But no matter who it is, at this moment, his name has been remembered by these emperors.
[Second: After the death of Concubine Wu Hui, Li Longji brought Concubine Yang into the palace and favored Concubine Yang's brother and sister without any bottom line. ]
[After Concubine Wu Hui died of illness, Li Longji had trouble sleeping and eating day and night. Although there were many beauties in the harem, none of them could satisfy him. According to historical records, "None of the beauties in the harem were his favorites."
Later, Li Longji heard someone say that Yang Yuhuan, the concubine of the longevity king Li Hao, was extremely beautiful and gorgeous, so he ignored etiquette and turned her into his concubine through magical manipulation.]
It is still the tenth year of Kaiyuan, and Li Hao has not yet been named the King of Longevity, but this does not prevent him from wearing the cuckold given by his father Li Longji.
Concubine Wu Hui did not expect that she would die early, nor did she expect that after her death, her son would be cuckolded by the emperor. Concubine Wu Hui even had the idea of dying together with Li Longji.
However, the video did not take into account their thoughts and continued to play firmly.
[Third: Greed for enjoyment, arrogance and extravagance. 】
[During the Tianbao period, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty began to become extravagant and extravagant.
He gave countless rewards to the harem. In order to please him, Wang Zhi, the doctor of the Ministry of household affairs, "paid tens of billions of extra tributes every year and stored them in the inner treasury for banquets in the palace." He also told Xuanzong: "These are all
Not out of rent and mediocrity, no pre-funding."]
[Yang Guozhong deceived Li Longji that his granary was full, but he believed it so easily and did not send anyone to verify the true situation.
Yang Guozhong exchanged the grain for cloth and property and gave it to Li Longji, and then Li Longji was rich and generous and squandered rewards, but he didn't know that these were all money exchanged for grain!]
[In order to please Concubine Yang, Li Longji used more than 700 people to make clothes for her;
In order to let her eat the lychees she liked, Li Longji even ordered the opening of a thousands-mile tribute road from Lingnan to the capital Chang'an, so that the lychees could be transported to Chang'an quickly by fast horses in time.]
Li Shimin's eyelids were trembling constantly, and he cursed fiercely: "Who don't want to learn from you? Go and learn from King You of Zhou??? I will beat you to death for being such a heartless guy later."
No!"
[Fourth: Appoint aliens to guard the border, and eventually lead the wolf into the house! 】
[At the beginning of An Lushan’s march southward, the momentum was overwhelming!]
[At this time, Tang Xuanzong, who was almost seventy years old, received the news immediately, but he did not take it seriously.
He even just smiled contemptuously in the court and commented: "How dare An Lushan, a little fat man, dare to rebel against me!"]
[In fact, the Anshi Rebellion that destroyed the prosperous Tang Dynasty should not have lasted for so many years... The best opportunity was on the eve of the Anlu Mountain Rebellion!
However, Xuanzong was too crazy. He was so conceited that he couldn't listen to anyone's advice at all!
It was not until later that more and more battle reports came in and the enemy troops were getting closer and closer, that Xuanzong realized: "This little fat guy An Lushan really wants to rebel!"]
[However, Xuanzong Xuanzong immediately made amends and activated Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi to guard Luoyang.
Although these two generals, who are known as the twin walls of the empire, have strong military capabilities, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without straw. In a hurry, the defenders in Luoyang City were no match for An Lushan, so the two decided to retreat and defend Tongguan, preparing to
Play a good defensive battle.
If he had followed their ideas, it would have been difficult for An Lushan to break through Tongguan, and he might even have been wiped out by the elites of the Tang Dynasty who came to support him.
However, at this critical moment, the old guy Xuanzong took action again!
He still thinks, isn’t it just a small An Lushan?
How could Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi lose Luoyang and then go to Tongguan to hide and avoid the battle? Isn't this a slap in the face of the Tang Dynasty and Mr. Li?
Therefore, the furious Xuanzong ordered: "These two incompetent wastes retreated privately to avoid fighting and should be killed!"
So he sent the eunuch Bian Lingcheng to ride a fast horse to Tongguan and kill Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi.
I have to say that the old man Xuanzong was really merciless when he killed his own people!】
Li Shimin couldn't stand it any longer. He covered his face with his hands, his face full of despair, "Such a stupid person in my Datang stall will really kill me!!!"