Emperor Li Dan, like his seventh brother Li Xian, is a person who has ascended the throne twice, and it is very rare in Chinese history to have the opportunity to ascend the throne twice, except for the later Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, it is Li Dan and Li Xian's brothers!

Li Dan was born on June 1, the second year of Longshuo, and was the eighth son of Li Zhi. At that time, Li Zhi and Empress Wu had just returned to Chang'an Taiji Palace from Luoyang, and they were engrossed in promoting the construction of Penglai Palace.

Suddenly heard that the queen gave birth to a fat boy, Li Zhi was very happy, and specially invited Master Shamen Lingrun of Hongfu Temple to do Buddhist things in the palace to pray for the mother and son of the Empress Wu.

Li Dan began to be named Li Xulun, and later changed his name to Li Lun, Wu Lun, and Wu Dan, because there is a mother who loves word games, so the names and years of the sons are always changed!

Here, for the sake of convenience, we will use one name.

When Li Dan was one year old, the nurse carried him and followed the Empress Wu to live in the Hanliang Hall of Penglai Palace. The terrain around the Hanliang Hall is relatively high, and the back is the liquid pool, and the environment is elegant.

The fragrance of lotus flowers wafts on the wide Taiye Pond, water chestnuts and lotus leaves float around the Taiye Pavilion, the small hillside in the distance stretches and falls, the willow branches fluttering in the wind faintly show the pavilions, and a few kingfishers skim the sparkling surface of the pool.

Li Dan thrived in this elegant environment, and by the age of seven, the Tang Empire's territory had expanded to the largest area in the entire history of the Tang Dynasty, about 12.37 million square kilometers.

When Li Dan grew up, he was born handsome and chic, humble and filial piety, good at cursive and official script, and especially loved to read books on text exegesis.

During the Yifeng period, Li Dan married Liu Yao, the daughter of Liu Yanjing, the assassin of Shaanzhou, as a concubine, and gave birth to the eldest son Li Chengqi, and later gave birth to daughters Princess Shouchang and Princess Daiguo.

He also selected Dou Lu Xiuzhi, the daughter of Lu Qinsu, the Fenzhou Thorn Shi Dou, and Dou Shu'e, the daughter of Dou Xiaochen, the Runzhou Thorn Shi, as the widows of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Two years later, he chose the queen of Wang Meichang to enter the palace.

Nadou Lu Xiuzhi is a member of the Xianbei tribe and has no children, but after Liu Yao and Dou Shu'e had an accident, she raised Li Lian, the king of Shen, and Li Longji, the king of Linzi County.

Dou Shu'e gave birth to a son Li Longji and daughters Princess Jinxian and Princess Yuzhen. Wang Fangting gave birth to a son Xue Wang Li Ye and daughters Princess Huaiyang and Princess Liangguo.

Li Dan's man-making kung fu is very good, and it can be seen that his body is very good.

In July of the second year of Yongchun, Li Dan, the king of Xiang, changed his title to King Yu.

On February 7 of the first year of the Emperor, Empress Wu deposed Li Zhe as the queen of Luling and set up the twenty-two-year-old Li Dan, the king of Yu, as the emperor. Li Dan ascended the throne for the first time, full of ambition and wanted to make a big move.

Unexpectedly, A-Niang ordered him to live in another hall and not to interfere in state affairs. Although Li Dan was very reluctant, he had no wings and had to listen to A-Niang's words and be a good baby.

A-Niang also established Princess Yu Liu Yao as the queen. Li Chengqi, the king of Yongping County, was appointed as the crown prince and gave the good baby family a lofty name.

Empress Wu came to the dynasty for more than a year, pacified the Yangzhou Rebellion, implemented some policies to benefit the people, and actively understood the people's feelings and observed the people's opinions, but the Li Tang clan and some courtiers were unwilling to be ruled by women and were a little resentful.

In the first month of the second year of the vertical arch, Empress Wu issued an edict to return the government to the emperor Li Dan. What does this mean?

This is a move to advance and retreat freely, if Li Dan accepts to return to power and is willing to govern the country himself, the military queen will retreat behind the scenes and take command.

If Li Dan does not accept to return to power, then the Empress Wu will be a reasonable and legitimate act of authorization, and if those clans and courtiers have any more grievances, they will be unreasonable, and the Empress Wu can justifiably suppress and sanction them!

Li Dan knew that A-Niang was testing him, not out of sincerity, and he was under house arrest, isolated from the ministers, and there was no one to discuss, so he had to ask A-Niang to continue to govern.

Empress Wu happily pushed the boat down the river, accepted the emperor's request, and still weighed the system. This is Li Dan giving power to Ah Niang, making Ah Niang's ruling justifiable, not to let the world, but one step closer to letting the world go!

Next, the Empress Wu launched a whistleblowing campaign, activated the cool officials, and killed the world in a big way!

Liu Yizhi, the Fengge squire who once served as Sima of the Prime Minister's Mansion, was Li Dan's teacher and was also killed!

In September of the first year of Zaichu, Fu Youyi, the imperial servant, led 900 people from Guanzhong to gather in Luoyang, the capital of the gods, lobbied everywhere, launched a large-scale petition activity, and respectfully asked the Holy Mother of God and Emperor to ascend the throne and become emperor.

Empress Dowager Wu closely followed the development of the situation inside and outside the court, especially the attitude of the nominal emperor Li Dan.

Li Dan had no advisers to discuss, but as soon as he saw the development of the situation, he immediately made the right choice, and declared that he wanted to be a politically clear person, an honest person at work, and a clean person in life.

Empress Dowager Wu was very satisfied with her son's statement, and called on all civil and military officials to learn from her son, strengthen the education and management of relatives, children and staff around her, consciously be a politically aware person, and refine your personal King Kong incorruptible body.

On September 12, Wu Cao added the title of Holy Spirit Emperor, descended Emperor Li Dan as the emperor's heir, moved to the East Palace, and the ceremonial degree referred to the specifications of the crown prince, and lowered Li Chengqi to the emperor's grandson.

This is the first time Li Dan has given up the world, he has given the world to his mother, and he has become an heir from the emperor!

After Li Dan was demoted to the emperor's heir, he faced a lot of risks.

Wu Chenghe, the king of Wei, dreamed of being a prince, and wanted to snatch Li Dan's status as the heir, so he sent Wang Qingzhi to lead hundreds of people to the table and ask Wu Chenghei to be the crown prince. As a result, Wu Cao could distinguish the intimacy and severity of his son and nephew, and ordered Li Zhaode, the official of Xia, to reprimand Wang Qingzhi with a cane.

Li Zhaode directly killed Wang Qingzhi with a cane, pointed out the intimacy and defects in the relationship between his aunt and nephew, thwarted Wu Chenghe's conspiracy, and resolutely maintained Li Dan's status as the imperial heir.

Open guns are easy to dodge, but hidden arrows are difficult to defend. During the longevity years, there was a famous incident of the household maid Tuan'er, and the young and beautiful Tuan'er used a little trick to kill Li Dan's Liu Yao and Dou Shu'e, the two concubines!

Li Dan refused Tuan'er's hook-up, and was almost framed by Tuan'er, but fortunately, Fan Yunxian, the regular attendant, also told Wu Cao and led his subordinates to testify to Tuan'er's initiative to entangle and hook up with the emperor's heir, but was rejected by the emperor's heir!

Wu Cao knew that he was in charge of the group, and the palace was falling to kill the group.

Fan Yunxian and Pei Bandit, the eunuch of the inner guard, carried a few gold and silver turtle bags and went to meet the emperor's heir privately, but was beheaded in the city by Wu Cao for the crime of privately telling the emperor's heir. From then on, no one in the courtiers below the public secretary dared to visit Li Dan.

A wave has not settled, and another wave has risen. Wu Chengsi continued to dream of being a prince, and wanted to seize the position of the imperial heir, so he sent someone to falsely accuse the imperial heir of rebellion, and Wu Cao ordered Junchen to interrogate Li Dan's entourage.

The left and right entourages were afraid of the ten tortures of Lai Junchen, and they were overwhelmed with poison, and they falsely accused each other of rebelling against the emperor's heir.

At this time, Taichang Temple Legong An Jinzang really couldn't bear to be framed by the emperor's heir out of thin air, and even used a knife to cut his chest and abdomen to show the emperor's heir not to rebel, and the officials saw that he was bleeding all over the ground, and his five organs were exposed.

The visual impact of suicide by caesarean section was so amazing that someone soon reported it to Wu Cao.

Wu Cao was also shocked when he learned of this, and sent the imperial doctors Wei Cizang and Shen Nanxuan to rescue him, saving An Jinzang's life. Wu Cao came to visit in person, sighed and said, "Hey, I can't understand myself, so much so that you have to endure so much pain!" "Order Lai Junchen to stop the interrogation and release the prisoners.

After Li Dan escaped the serial murder of two years of longevity, there was no major disaster! The days to come were spent safely.

In the blink of an eye, in March of the first year of the holy calendar, Li Zhe, the king of Luling, returned to Luoyang, the divine capital after a fourteen-year absence, and the old ministers of Li Tang cheered one after another. Li Dan keenly felt that it was time for him to give way again, for the following reasons:

(1) Li Zhe was the person who passed on the throne by the emperor's edict, and Li Dan was located in front of the coffin.

(2) Li Zhe stayed away from the center of the power struggle for fourteen years and was personally recalled by Wu Cao.

(3) The subjects all consciously supported Li Zhe.

Therefore, Li Dan asked for sick leave several times and did not go to court, and took the initiative to ask to give way to his brother Li Zhe, which was approved by A-Niang, and on September 15, Wu Cao made Li Zhe the crown prince, and the order was still famous.

In the first month of the second year of the holy calendar, Li Dan was renamed the prime minister, and the prince's right guard was rated.

Since then, Xiangwang Li Dan has accompanied A-Niang to the banquet, and there is no danger for the time being.

This is the second time that Li Dan has given up the world, he has given the world that should have been inherited by himself to the seventh brother Li Xian, and he has changed from the emperor's heir to the king of Xiang!

Nine years later, in July of the first year of Jinglong, the crown prince Li Chongjun launched a coup d'état in Jinglong, killing Wu Sansi and his son, and later defeated and killed.

Princess Anle Li Bao'er and Shangshu Zong Chuke of the Ministry of War took the opportunity to frame Li Dan and Princess Taiping, saying that they were accomplices with Li Chongjun.

In the imperial history, Xiao Zhizhong was in charge of hearing the case, and after finding out the truth, he cried and told Li Xian: "Your Majesty is rich all over the world, but he can't tolerate a brother and a sister, but he wants to let others fabricate charges and kill him?" ”

"When King Xiang was the heir of the emperor in the past, he couldn't eat for a few days in front of the Great Sage Empress Zetian, and asked to give the world to His Majesty, and his great virtues were known to the whole world, how could Your Majesty doubt him?"

Li Xian was persuaded to promote Xiao Zhizhong to the rank of Zhongshu squire, and Li Dan and Princess Taiping were safe and sound.

On June 2, the fourth year of Jinglong, Emperor Li Xian suddenly ascended to heaven in the Shenlong Hall of Taiji Palace!

Empress Wei did not mourn, and conspired with his cousin Wei Wen to make a plan, set up Li Chongmao, the king of Wen, as the crown prince, and summoned 50,000 soldiers from all prefectures to camp in the capital, and then mourned. After the young emperor ascended the throne, Empress Wei was the empress dowager and the regent of the dynasty.

There was a lot of discussion in the foreign courts, thinking that Li Xian was poisoned, because Princess An Le hoped that the queen mother would come to the court and become the queen daughter herself.

The free rider Ma Qinke is good at medical skills, and Guanglu Shaoqing Yang Jun is good at cooking, treating Li Xian's illness and preparing imperial meals, entering and leaving the palace, and getting the favor of Empress Wei, worried that the matter of cuckolding the emperor will be leaked and killed.

Therefore, Princess An Le, Ma Qinke and Yang Jun conspired to poison the soup cake and meat filling that Li Xian ate and poisoned the emperor.

Li Longji, the king of Linzi, Xue Chongjian, the son of Princess Taiping, Liu Youqiu, the governor of Chaoyi, Zhong Shaojing, the director of Yuan, and Ma Sizong of Changshang, conspired and decided to kill Empress Wei's henchmen to restore Sheji, and the king of Lixiang to stabilize the world, strike first to be strong, and launch the Tanglong coup.

On the night of June 20, Zhu Wan rode Guoyi Ge Fushun and Li Xianqian into the Xuanwu Gate with their troops, went to the Zuo Yulin Army, and killed the generals Wei Xuan, Wei Bo and Zhonglang General Gao Chong and other Wei Hou henchmen in the sleeping tent.

Ge Fushun and Li Xianjun led the Yulin army to the Taiji Palace, and the Empress Dowager Wei was so frightened that she fled into the flying cavalry camp in front of the palace, and was beheaded by the flying cavalry, and Princess Anle, Wu Yanxiu and others were then killed.

A few days later, the weather was clear, the white clouds were fluttering, Li Dan took the throne of the emperor for the second time, ascended the Chengtian Gate Tower, announced the amnesty of the world, the four grades of internal and external officials have been added by one order, and the officials of the Xiangwang Mansion have been added by two ranks.

He also sealed 500 households for Princess Taiping of Zhenguo, and 10,000 households were sealed.

Then negotiate with the courtiers to appoint the crown prince. Li Chengqi, the king of the Song Dynasty, excused himself: "The prince is the public instrument of the world, the country is peaceful, and the country is prosperous." If it is not appropriate, the domestic disappointment is not the blessing of the community. Dare to die today! ”

At that time, the opinions of the kings and ministers were also the same as Li Chengqi.

On July 20, Baiyun was auspicious, and the imperial court held a ceremony to canonize Li Longji as the crown prince. Change the yuan to Jingyun and give amnesty to the world.

The ensuing political struggle began to revolve around Princess Taiping and Li Longji.

Princess Taiping made a decision in the Shenlong Revolution and the Tanglong coup, and strongly advocated that the young emperor abdicate to King Xiang, so Li Dan had special respect for his sister after he ascended the throne.

Li Dan often discussed major policies with Princess Taiping, and sometimes ordered the prime minister to consult the princess's mansion. When the prime minister played an affair, Li Dan often asked: "Have you ever discussed with Taiping?"

From the prime minister downward, the appointment and dismissal of officials is a matter of one sentence, and Princess Taiping is in charge. His sons Xue Chongjian, Xue Chongxing, and Xue Chongmin were all crowned kings.

Princess Taiping knew that Li Longji was heroic, so she wanted to appoint another weak person to consolidate her power, and sent people to spread rumors that "the prince is not the eldest and should not be established." Li Chengqi or Li Shouli should be erected. ”

Princess Taiping set up eyes and ears around Li Longji again, slandered the starling brother Li Dan, and said bad things about her nephew. The contradiction between the two is intensifying day by day.

In July of the first year of Yanhe, the comet appeared in the west and entered Taiweiyuan. Princess Taiping sent a warlock to report to Li Dan: "The comet has entered Taiweiyuan, indicating that there is a disaster on the throne, and the crown prince will be the son of heaven!" "It is implied that the crown prince Li Longji will kill the monarch and usurp the throne.

Who knew that Li Dan didn't think carefully about her extraneous voice, and blurted out: "Passing on the throne to avoid disasters, I have made up my mind." "A gentleman's words, the horse is difficult to chase, the emperor is a golden mouth, once he says it, it is irretrievable.

The warlock returns to Princess Taiping, who is shocked and realizes that she has made a self-defeating mistake!

When Li Longji heard the news, he galloped into the Hall of Eternal Life and kowtowed, saying, "The minister has surpassed his brother to become the crown prince because of a little merit, and he is feeling uneasy day and night, I don't know why Your Majesty is in a hurry to pass on the throne?"

Li Dan replied: "The reason why I won the world is all your credit!" There is a disaster in the throne today, so he will pass on the throne to you, so that he can turn the disaster into a blessing, what do you suspect?"

Li Longji still repeatedly excused himself, Li Dan said: "You are a filial son, why do you have to wait for me to die before ascending the throne in front of the coffin?" Li Longji had no choice but to burst into tears.

Li Dan won with no tricks, and caught Princess Taiping off guard, making her lose the object of control. If she really wants to be Wu Cao's second, then she must control her nephew Li Longji, can she do it?

On July 25, Li Dan issued an edict to pass the throne to the crown prince Li Longji. On August 3, Li Longji ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in the Taiji Palace, respected Li Dan as the emperor, and received the court in the Taiji Hall on the fifth day.

This is the third time that Li Dan has given up the throne to his son Li Longji, and he has changed from emperor to emperor!

Princess Taiping wanted Li Dan to abolish the crown prince and failed to prevent Li Dan from passing on the throne, so she turned to cultivate her own henchmen, and had close contacts with the prime ministers Dou Huaizhen, Xiao Zhizhong, Cui Xiang, Cen Xi, Zuo Yulin General Chang Yuankai, Right Yulin General Li Ci, Zuo Jinwu General Li Qin, and the crown prince Shaobao Xue Ji, Yongzhou Governor Shi Wang Jin, and the monk Huifan, etc., and plotted together to abolish the establishment or poison Li Longji.

At the beginning of July of the second year of Xiantian, Wei Zhigu, a regular attendant of Zuo San, went to the Wude Hall to report to Li Longji, saying that Princess Taiping would make a rebellion on the 4th.

Li Longji immediately summoned Guo Yuanzhen, the secretary of the military department, Wang Maozhong, the general of Longwu, Li Shoude, Yulin Guoyi, and Gao Lishi, the internal secretary, to formulate a battle plan.

On July 3, Li Longji ordered Wang Mao Zhong to take 300 horses and soldiers from the Wude Hall into the Qianhua Gate to ambush, and then summoned Chang Yuankai and Li Ci to meet them, and the two generals were beheaded as soon as they entered the gate.

Wang Maozhong led his troops to the court to arrest the prime ministers Xiao Zhizhong and Cen Xi. Dou Huaizhen learned that the big thing was not good and hanged herself.

The next day, Li Dan issued an edict and said: "From now on, all military and political punishments will be handed over to the emperor for punishment." I just don't do anything to nourish my ambition, and I live for a long time. Then he led his servants to the Hall of Hundred Blessings.

Princess Taiping heard that there was a change in the imperial court, fled to Zhongnan Mountain, hid and suffered for three days, or secretly returned to the princess's mansion, and was given death by her nephew at home.

On June 20, the fourth year of Kaiyuan, Emperor Taishang Li Dan collapsed in the Baifu Palace, and the temple name was Ruizong.

Li Dan is good at Tai Chi, and he has three times in his life: one is the queen mother, the second is the royal brother, and the third is the prince! He changed from the emperor to the emperor's heir, and from the emperor's heir to the prime minister, but let go of it, and finally gave himself up to the emperor's throne! It's so funny, the more you let people lift you up!

Li Dan won the name of wisdom by relying on a word, and it was by no means a waste of fame. Let, not cowardice, but a very wise philosophy of survival, know how to be humble is to know how to forge ahead! The good is like water, and the water is good at the bottom, so you can fly to the clouds!

Li Dan abides by the way of inaction and retreat, knows the dialectic of advance and retreat, gains and losses, and benefits and disadvantages, and calmly copes with it, so that after the world of Wu and Wei, he will be saved from disasters, and his descendants can enjoy the temple for a long time!