[Emperor Tai’s third uncle and great-grandfather]
One fresh trick, eaten all over the world. What Tian Lingzi is best at is hiding behind the scenes, controlling the puppets on stage, and arranging everything from God's perspective.
If you succeed, you will enjoy the success; if you fail, you will abandon the puppet and stay behind the scenes. Tried and true.
Now, Tian Lingzi is pushed to the front line and becomes the target of public criticism. In desperation, Tian Lingzi used the golden cicada to escape from its shell, retreating in order to advance.
Tian Lingzi took the initiative to show his favor to the "Yang faction" and re-promoted Yang Fugong.
Yang Fugong served as Zuo Shence's lieutenant and military envoy, and almost took command of the Central Forbidden Army. After that, he aggressively rejected the "Tian faction", and the first one to bear the brunt was the "Five Capitals".
Facing the counterattack of the "Yang faction", Tian Lingzi remained indifferent. Tian Lingzi was sending a signal to Yang Fugong: I surrender, I quit, and I don’t want to play anymore.
Tian Lingzi took the initiative to be released to the outside world, and as a eunuch overseeing the army in Xichuan, he left the central government and joined Chen Jingxuan in Xichuan.
Tian Lingzi left. Yang Fugong of Xingyuan was busy regaining power from the central government, while Zhu Mei of Fengxiang continued to actively promote Li Yuan's accession to the throne. A situation of "two centers" is about to take shape. There are no two tigers in a mountain, and there are no two masters in a country. A fierce battle for the throne is inevitable.
There is no doubt that this will be an earth-shattering political struggle. This is an internal fight between two royal families surnamed Li. Its essence is that two "emperors" are in charge, and countless feudal lords and towns choose sides. In front of it, any political struggle in the past is child's play, and the "Niu-Li Party Controversy", "Baoyan Party", "Tian-Yang Controversy"... are all scum.
However, it has congenital defects, is deformed, and is illegal.
First of all, Tang Xizong fled west to Fengxiang because he wanted to avoid the threat of warlord Li Keyong.
However, Li Keyong not only did not invade Chang'an, but instead retreated to the river and then to Taiyuan Prefecture in Hedong. The reason why Chang'an was threatened is no longer tenable. Tang Xizong did not return to Chang'an, but continued south to Xingyuan. What's the reason? They were threatened by Zhu Mei and Li Changfu.
But Zhu Mei and Li Changfu came to greet the Holy Master on orders from the imperial court (prime minister). Xizong's reasons for staying in Xingyuan Mansion were simply untenable and even contradictory.
Therefore, the legitimacy of the "Xingyuan Government in Exile" has always been controversial. Therefore, all civil and military officials in the DPRK unanimously boycotted the Xingyuan government-in-exile, and local vassal towns also boycotted.
At that time, all local tributes were sent to Chang'an and not to Xingyuan, which also proved that the "Xingyuan Government in Exile" was not recognized by the local vassal towns. The "Xingyuan Government-in-Exile" almost cut off food and drink, so Tian Lingzi had to beg Wang Chongrong to pardon all his crimes in exchange for 100,000 bolts of silk to meet his urgent needs.
Secondly, let’s look at Fengxiang’s Li Yuan.
Like Liu Bei who debuted as "the queen of Zhongshan Jing Wang Liu Sheng", Li Yuan debuted as "the queen of Suzong". Li You's great-grandfather was Li Heng, Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty, and his great-grandfather was King Xiang Li Xi. Let’s start with Suzong Li Heng and go down:
Daizong Li Yu—the eldest son of Li Heng
Dezong Li Shi—the eldest son of Li Yu and the eldest grandson of Li Heng
Shunzong Li Song—Li Shi’s eldest son and Li Heng’s great-grandson
Xianzong Li Chun—the eldest son of Li Song and the great-great-grandson of Li Heng
Mu Zong Li Heng - the third son of Li Chun and the fifth grandson of Li Heng
Jingzong Li Zhan
Wenzong Li Ang
Wuzong Li Yan - the above three are all sons of Li Heng and grandsons of the sixth generation of Li Heng
Xuanzong Li Chen - the thirteenth son of Li Chun and the fifth grandson of Li Heng
Yizong Li Miao - the eldest son of Li Chen and the sixth grandson of Li Heng
Li Xuan of Xizong——the fifth son of Li Miao and the seventh grandson of Li Heng
What is a little interesting is that Li Chen, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, was not succeeded by his father after his father died, nor by his brother who succeeded him after his brother's death, but by his nephew after his uncle died, and the "Emperor Taishu" came to the throne.
Li You is the great-great-grandson of Li Heng and the same generation as Xianzong Li Chun. In other words, Li Yuan was a descendant of Tang Xizong's great-grandfather.
Don't worry, Tang Xizong probably can't directly call Li Yuan "great-grandfather" or "uncle-great-grandfather". The rigorous analysis is as follows:
First, let’s start with the relationship between Li Chun and Li Xuan, who were both of the same generation.
Xianzong Li Chun and Li You had the same great-grandfather (Li Heng) but different great-grandfathers (Li Yu, Li Xi).
That is to say, their great-grandfathers are full brothers and have the same father and half-mother; their grandfathers are cousins (also known as "brothers"), then their fathers are cousins (then brothers); and then Li Chun and Li In this generation, they are clan brothers (three brothers).
Xianzong Li Chun was the great-grandfather of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty, so Li You was the clan brother of the great-grandfather of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty (the third brother). Therefore, Xizong's written name for Li You should be - "Uncle Sancong's great-grandfather".
Only Chinese in the world can clearly express this kind of clan ethical relationship. Six words express the blood relationship between two people on the eighteen bends of the mountain road.
If the nephew dies, he can pass it on to his uncle because there is a precedent of "uncle emperor". When the great-grandson died, it was unprecedented for the throne to be passed on to the great-grandfather, and it was even more unheard of for the throne to be passed on to the "great-grandfather of the third uncle".
"Emperor Tai's third uncle and great-grandfather"? The most ridiculous thing in the world.
Regardless of whether Yan Jia returned to the West or abdicated in favor of someone worthy of his throne, it would not be Li Yun's turn to take the throne.
Uncle Liu Huang could barely inherit the empire of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, but it was impossible for the "great-grandfather of Emperor Li Huang's third uncle" to inherit the country of Xizong of the Tang Dynasty.
If you demolish a hut and build a building, it will stink from the ground up.
Tian Lingzi is scheming and knows full well that this is a dirty political farce, a pool of muddy water that gets muddier the more he wades into it. If he falls deeply into it, he will inevitably not be like Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror - he is not a human being inside or outside. Regardless of success or failure, he will bear eternal infamy. , it is too late to avoid it.
Therefore, at first glance, Tian Lingzi's behavior of showing weakness to the "Yang faction" seems to be a collective surrender of the "Tian faction" forces. In fact, he is retreating in order to advance, deliberately pushing the "Yang faction" to the forefront and pushing them to the bottom of the chaos. The center of the water whirlpool made Yang Fugong the target of verbal and written criticism.
Xichuan is Tian Lingzi's first choice to keep a low profile. Under Chen Jingxuan's many years of management, Xichuan has become Tian Lingzi's safe haven. Hide here, watch the fire from across the bank, accumulate strength, and wait to reap the benefits.
When it comes to power play, Tian Yu is the king.
【The country has no two masters】
Zhu Mei supported Li You to force his way to power and established a new court, making a risky move.
In order to gain support, Zhu Mei spread favors widely, promoted people from the central to local governments, and bribed the whole world, just asking for the world to recognize Li You's throne.
This move is still very lethal.
Although Li Yuan was the "third uncle and great-grandfather" of the emperor, he was, after all, of the bloodline of Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Taizong, and the surname Li belonged to the royal family. The warlords in the feudal town are loyal to the Li Tang royal family anyway, no matter whether you are the crown prince, the crown prince's younger brother, the crown prince's uncle, or the crown prince's third uncle and great-grandfather... not to mention you can get benefits and get promotions. support!
The vast majority of vassal towns and local officials have made their attitude clear: they must unite closely around the new leadership team with Comrade Li Yu as the core.
In particular, Gao Pian of Huainan went directly to Shu to persuade Jin: "The emperor is ignorant and has no moral principles, and he is a traitor and a sycophant. You, the old man, should have upheld justice long ago!"
In October of the second year of Guangqi (886), with the support and persuasion of all civil and military officials, Li Huan finally formally ascended the throne of emperor. The second year of Guangqi was changed to the first year of Jianzhen, and Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty was given the honorific title: Taishang Yuan. The Holy Emperor.
This scene really pays tribute to his great-great-grandfather, Suzong Li Heng.
At that time, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty Li Longji escaped from the "Anshi Rebellion" and traveled to Shu. His son Li Heng took the opportunity to ascend the throne in Lingwu and respected Xuanzong as the "Top Emperor"; now, Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty also fled to Shu for refuge, and Li Heng's great-great-grandson took the opportunity to ascend the throne. , Yao respected Xi Zong as the "Tai Shang Yuan Huang Holy Emperor".
Hope you get a good luck.
When a new king ascends the throne, there will be some support and some opposition in the vassal towns all over the world.
On the surface, the numbers show that the supporters are far greater than the opponents, but the actual situation is that the supporters are not really supportive, while the opponents are really opposed.
One of the opponents was Hedong Li Keyong.
Li You sent an edict to Li Keyong, saying: The emperor escaped halfway, encountered a mutiny by the guards, and unfortunately died; all civil and military officials and local officials supported me to inherit the throne. I now... I am the emperor now. I love you. Be good.
Li Keyong sought advice from think tanks.
Counselor Gai Yu advised Li Keyong not to accept Li You's "edict" at all, because the people of the world have long been led by Tian Gong's party to create public opinion and blame the emperor's escape on your head, saying that it was Li Keyong in Hedong forced him to drive, causing the emperor to flee. If you admit Li You now, you will be holding this shit firmly in place and becoming the main culprit who abolished and forced Xi Zong to death. You don't share in the good things of becoming emperor, but you bear all the blame... Regardless of whether the emperor really dies, your most correct approach should be to kill Zhu Mei, depose Li You, and throw away the blame. to them to prove their innocence.
Li Keyong suddenly realized the truth and scolded Zhu Mei for his evil intentions. He burned Li You's false edict in public, imprisoned Li You's envoys, and told the world: Zhu Mei deceived the emperor and spread rumors about the emperor's death. I have mobilized 30,000 people in this town. Elite soldiers, attack the criminal Zhu Mei!
At the same time, Wang Chongrong of Hezhong also expressed his attitude under Yang Fugong's persuasion: he firmly supported Tang Xizong, opposed Li You, and actively prepared for the war.
The strongest military alliance in Guandong, Wang Chongrong and Li Keyong, once again targeted Chang'an. This time they wanted to drive away the hypocrite and welcome back Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty to atone for the sins of their predecessors.
However, the main body supporting Li Yuan, the Kansai Group, split.
Zhu Mei was narrow-minded and short-sighted. In the process of supporting Li Yuan, she called herself the "Great Prime Minister", monopolized power and monopolized the fruits of revolutionary victory, while excluding her close comrade-in-arms Li Changfu from the core power circle.
The uneven distribution of the spoils made Li Changfu very dissatisfied and resentful, so he secretly contacted the Xingyuan government-in-exile and stated that Zhu Mei's support for Li Yuan was entirely the work of Zhu Mei and that he had no involvement. He also expressed his firm support for Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty and his opposition to Zhu Mei and others. Li Yun's puppet regime.
Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty was overjoyed and immediately issued an edict to confer Li Changfu with the title of Situ of the School of Fu Inspection, ranking him among the three nobles. People can not escape from doing wrong? If you can change your past, there is no greater good. Very good, Comrade Li Changfu, go and make meritorious service.
There are threats from powerful vassals outside and divisions from friendly forces inside. However, Zhu Mei was still immersed in the dream of being a "founding father" and sent her general Wang Xingyu and her army to pursue Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty, hoping to eradicate Emperor Xizong and eliminate future troubles forever.
Wang Xingyu conquered Dashan Pass and headed south, approaching Xingyuan Mansion. Xizong was in danger.
Li Keyong gave Xizong a reassurance in time and sent a memorial, saying that he had led his army across the Yellow River and was about to eradicate the rebellion and welcome the emperor back to the palace.
Xizong put this memorial at the top of the page, liked it and forwarded it, breaking the previous rumors in one fell swoop. Previously, people had mistakenly believed that Li Keyong and Zhu Mei were in cahoots with each other to expel Xizong and support Li You. When they saw Li Keyong's memorial, people were delighted and rushed to tell each other.
At the end of the memorial, Li Keyong was still possessed by Xianglin's wife, tirelessly accusing Zhu Wen of his despicable behavior, and denounced the evil of the "Shangyuanyi Incident". What he was dealing with was not porcelain, but loneliness.
Of course Xizong understood that this was Li Keyong's subtle euphemism, so he asked Yang Fugong to strongly hint in his reply: "Don't worry, I will give you a satisfactory answer when this matter is finished."
Wang Chongrong and Li Keyong had already been on good terms with the "Yang faction" and easily formed a united front. Yang Fugong naturally became a bridge of friendship between the Xizong court and the Kwantung Allied Forces.
Yang Fuguang's godsons were also given important positions. Among them, Yang Shouliang was ordered to lead 20,000 troops to join forces with Wang Chongrong and Li Keyong to jointly attack Zhu Mei.
To the west of Xingyuan Mansion, at Datang Peak, Zhu Mei's general Wang Xingyu had a fierce battle with the Xingyuan troops.
For Xizong, the "Datang Summit Battle" was of vital importance. It was a life-and-death battle for the "Xingyuan Government-in-Exile". The vassals and towns all over the world were staring at the outcome of this battle and were ready to change their tribunals and choose sides based on the results.
The "Battle of the Tang Dynasty Summit", like the "Battle of Longweipo" and "Battle of Liangtianpo", has political significance far beyond its military significance. For Xizong, the summit battle of the Tang Dynasty could only succeed but not fail.
In addition, Datang Peak is also named after the name of the country "Datang", and it is not allowed to insult the national system at the foot of this mountain.
Therefore, the Xingyuan government-in-exile did not hesitate to reward the soldiers who participated in the war.
A Forbidden Army soldier named Song Wentong performed well and made many military exploits, so Tang Xizong not only promoted him, but also gave him the highest honor - giving him a national surname and a given name. From then on, Song Wentong had a new and louder name: Li Maozhen.
Li Maozhen made her official debut in the "Datang Summit Battle" and will become a powerful figure in the future.
