Video Clip: Opening Inventory of the Ten Emperors

Chapter 82 If he died ten years earlier, he would be the eternal king

[This emperor is a combination of a meritorious emperor and a fatuous emperor. 】

[He is wise and decisive by nature, versatile. 】

[In the early days of his reign, he paid attention to ordering out the chaos, appointed Yao Chong, Song Jing and other virtuous ministers, worked hard to rule, and created the heyday of the Tang Dynasty-the Kaiyuan heyday. 】

[This kind of prosperous age is just like what the great poet Du Fu wrote in his poem "Recalling the heyday of Kaiyuan in the past, there are still thousands of houses in Xiaoyi."]

[Although the prosperous scene in the Kaiyuan period is the result of social development accumulated in the Tang Dynasty for more than a hundred years, it is not a miracle that Tang Xuanzong's monarchs and officials can create for a while, but it is also related to the diligent pursuit of Tang Xuanzong's monarchs and ministers, and the politics is relatively clear. Inseparable. 】

[During the prosperous Kaiyuan period, the Great Tang Dynasty came to the court, and the country spread its prestige everywhere. Internally, the people lived in peace and did not pick up things on the road. 】

[As the emperor who was in power at that time, he naturally had a lot of credit for this prosperous age. He was full of praises for being wise and powerful, diligent in governing and loving the people, and recruiting talents. People at that time praised the emperor for his sageness. Heartfelt compliments. 】

[At the same time, he attached great importance to the jurisdiction of the frontier areas. He named Da Zuorong of Sumo Mohe as the "King of Bohai County", established the Governor's Mansion of Bohai Sea and the Governor's Mansion of Heishui, made Piluo Pavilion in Nanzhao King of Yunnan, and granted the title of King of Huihe. Guli Peiluo was "Huiren Khan", which consolidated the unity of the multi-ethnic country. 】

[However, in the later period of his reign, he gradually neglected the government, favored treacherous ministers Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, etc.; favored Concubine Yang, coupled with his policy mistakes and reuse of Anlu Mountain and other ethnic groups outside the Great Wall to try to stabilize the frontier of the Tang Dynasty, the result was eight years later. The Anshi Rebellion paved the way for the Tang Dynasty to turn from prosperity to decline. 】

[This emperor is Tang Xuanzong Li Longji. 】

[If Li Longji had died decades earlier, he would have been a proper sage. 】

Datang.

Seeing this, Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji and Concubine Yang Gui felt a sudden shock in their hearts.

Tang Xuanzong Li Longji was stunned.

He couldn't believe that he would see his name on the list of fatuous emperors.

Concubine Yang Gui on the side also stood there sluggishly, the porcelain plate containing the fruit slipped from her hands and hit the ground heavily.

With a bang, it shattered all over the ground, and the fruit rolled everywhere.

It was also this sound that pulled the dull two back.

"Impossible! Impossible!"

"How could I be a fool!"

"Look at how prosperous the Tang Dynasty is today, how vast the territory is, and how fulfilling the lives of the people are."

"I have brought the Great Tang to a new height, even surpassing Emperor Taizong."

"How can I be a foolish king for my actions like this!"

Li Longji couldn't believe it at all.

At the moment he is desperate.

Now he feels that he has caught up with Emperor Qin Huang Han Wu, Sui Wen Tang Zong and other emperors, and he is happy, but this happened to him?
How he hoped that the fairy had made a mistake.

Yang Yuhuan couldn't believe it either.

In her heart, Li Longji is the most perfect emperor.

"impossible!"

"Your Majesty is the most perfect emperor in the history of China. In the eyes of my concubines, even Emperor Taizong is inferior to His Majesty."

"How could His Majesty be a fool!"

"The immortal must have mistaken the target!"

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Ming dynasty.

"We just said how we are so familiar, so it's Li Longji."

Seeing Li Longji's name, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly realized.

"Li Longji is really as the fairy said."

"If he dies early, he will be a famous Mingjun in China."

"What a pity!"

"The series of operations in the later period of his reign shocked our old Zhu."

"It's like two different people!"

"We thought it was taken away."

Check out the video and continue:
[Tang Xuanzong Li Longji was a capable emperor, he created the prosperity of Kaiyuan. 】

[However, what needs to be known is that the creation of the prosperous age of Kaiyuan was realized on the basis of the rule of Zhenguan and Empress Wu Zetian. 】

[The prosperity of Kaiyuan and the rule of Zhenguan are different. The former enjoyed the dividends of several generations of emperors in the Tang Dynasty, while the latter was realized on the basis of a thousand wastes waiting to be revived at the end of the Sui Dynasty. The difficulty of the two is different. 】

[Since it is an inventory of faint emperors, and Tang Xuanzong Li Longji was on the list, there must be a reason. 】

[After creating the Kaiyuan Prosperity, Li Longji seemed to be a completely different person. He gradually became satisfied and indulged in pleasure. 】

[Li Longji no longer has the spirit of hard work and thrift that he had during the reform period. 】

[Concubine Wu Hui, whom Li Longji favored, slandered her three sons, Crown Prince Li Ying, King E Li Yao, and King Guang Li Ju, as ordinary people and killed them. This is the famous killing of three sons by Xuanzong. 】

[After the death of Concubine Wu Hui, Li Longji was restless day and night. Although there were many beauties in the harem, none of them could satisfy him. He heard that the son of Concubine Wu Hui's son, the concubine of Shou Wang Li Yu, concubine Yang Yuhuan, was extremely beautiful and gorgeous, so he recruited her into the palace. Here, Yang Yuhuan knows the rhythm, is also very smart, and is good at singing and dancing, which is very popular with Xuanzong. 】

[Snatching someone else's concubine is a shameful thing, let alone the current emperor. 】

[During the Tianbao period, Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, was extravagant and extravagant. 】

[His rewards to the harem are countless. 】

[In order to cater to his preferences, Hubu Langzhong stored tens of billions of extra money in the annual tribute and stored it in the inner treasury for banquets in the palace. 】

[As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Longji not only did not ask about the source of these funds, but also treated such ministers who flattered him favorably. 】

[Promote Wang Yu to Yushi Cheng and Gyeonggi Interview Envoy. 】

[The treacherous official Yang Guozhong, in order to please Li Longji, repeatedly reported to him how rich the warehouse was. 】

[When Li Longji led the ministers to inspect the treasury, Yang Guozhong had already turned the rent and land tax that should be exported to the capital into cloth and stored it in the treasury. Li Longji was of course happy to see it. 】

[He took it for granted that the current Tang Dynasty was extremely prosperous, so he treated gold and silk like dung, and rewarded the noble family without any distress. 】

[In terms of employing people, he is no longer as wise as before. The upright prime minister Zhang Jiuling and others have been dismissed successively, while Li Linfu, who has a sweet heart and a sword, has been reused by him. At the same time, he has also reused treacherous ministers such as Yang Guozhong. 】

[In the later period of his reign, the trend of extravagance became more serious. In order to please the imperial concubine, Li Longji went to great lengths. In order to cater to her psychology of liking clothes, there were more than 700 people who specially served the imperial concubine to make clothes for her. After eating his favorite lychees, Li Longji also ordered the opening of thousands of tribute roads from Lingnan to Chang'an, the capital city, so that the lychees could be transported to Chang'an by fast horses in time. 】

[With Li Longji taking the lead, the extravagance of the Tang Dynasty became more and more popular. In order to curry favor with the emperor, ministers, nobles, and clans favored Concubine Yang, which stimulated more bureaucrats and nobles to curry favor. 】

[Datang's superficial peace cannot conceal the potential crisis, and various contradictions continue to intensify, and disaster is imminent. 】

[However, Li Longji himself was not aware of the crisis in the Tang Dynasty, and instead launched a series of wars outward. 】

[The corruption and darkness of the Tang court have affected the generals' desire to be greedy for meritorious service. 】

[In order to provoke the war and receive rewards for their meritorious service in the war, many generals in the border town provoked wantonly, causing the border wars to continue. Li Longji's belligerence added fuel to the fire, and the initial stability of the border was broken again Yes, the Tang Dynasty suffered greatly. 】

[The relationship between the west and Tubo has deteriorated, and there have been casualties after the war, which has damaged the historically harmonious and friendly relationship. 】

[The same is true for Southwest and Nanzhao. Due to the arrogance and domineering of the border generals, the conflicts that should have been escalated. 】

[And the most terrifying thing is yet to come. 】

[The Anshi Rebellion triggered by Jiedushi Anlu Mountain not only brought great harm to the Tang Dynasty at that time, but also brought the Tang Dynasty down from the altar, and left a huge security risk for future generations. 】

Seeing this, Li Shimin was already furious.

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ps: I didn't want to write about Li Longji, but the Anshi Rebellion was too harmful, so I had to write about it. What we mean here is fatuousness, which is the later period of his reign.

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