In 891, a major incident occurred in Xishu, Wang Jian entered the city of Chengdu, drove away Chen Jingxuan, and drove away Tian Lingzi. This Tian Lingzi, who had not done a good deed, was demoted and exiled to Duanzhou, now Zhaoqing, Guangdong. Tian Lingzi ended fifteen years of dictatorship, and basically ended a period, that is, the period of the reign of Emperor Xizong. In 893, Wang Jian sued Chen Jingxuan for rebellion and killed his two brothers. From 873 to 893, a total of 20 years, Tian Lingzi did many evils, corrupted the dynasty, and played a very big role in accelerating the decline of the Tang Dynasty.

History always has to continue, followed by Tang Zhaozong. The year 888 was also not an auspicious year for Zhaozong. Zhaozong's name is Li Jie, the younger brother of Yizong, the son of Yizong, and the grandson of Xuanzong. History handed over this stage to Zhaozong to manage, which is really difficult for him. Like his grandfather Xuanzong, Zhaozong wanted to work hard to inject a shot in the arm into the declining empire. If you want to make this terminally ill court live with a little blood on your face, it is really a fool's dream. He wants to clean up the mess thrown by such a father and brother, and how good the chance is, I will explain it below.

In fact, the next situation was even worse than the period of the Emperor of the Emperor, that is, no one listened to the Emperor Zhaozong. Dead a Tian Lingzi, here comes a Zhu Wen and Li Keyong! It's really to drive away the wolf of wealth and come to the tiger and leopard. Zhu Wen began to oppose Tang, and Li Keyong was a treacherous person like a chameleon and a violent element. Wang Jian is not easy to manage in Sichuan, Li Maozhen is a scoundrel, Liu Rengong is a big hooligan, and there are local warlords who support troops and have ghosts. These people have all appeared on the stage of history, and they can all sing and play against the court. The whole country is torn apart and scattered. No matter how you pinch it, you can't get together. These people don't care what benefits the imperial court gives him. None of them will be grateful. Beginning in 890, Zhaozong appointed Zhu Wen as the Zhongshu Order. Wang Jianjiaping Zhangshi, Li Keyong Jiajin Wangjue. Finally, they are not human, they are wolves that cannot be fed. Look at the two wolves that the butcher encountered on the way home in the evening in "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", you know that the wolves are not fed.

Traitor

Now we are talking about Tang Zhaozong, the most difficult emperor of the Tang Dynasty. The bad guys in the Zhaozong Dynasty appeared one by one, showing the true colors of traitors one by one.

Tang Taizong said well: the strong wind knows the strong grass, and the board knows the loyal ministers. Emperor Taizong seems to know that his later descendants will be troubled and encounter traitors.

The first: Yang Fugong.

He was a eunuch, and Sima Guang said that the eunuchs were chaotic. Special point to his big name. He was mischievous when the imperial court sent Zhang Rong to attack Li Keyong. led to the failure of the imperial court, Zhang Rong returned in vain, and Li Keyong became even more rampant. Later, the emperor's uncle asked to be a festival envoy, and he made a hindrance from it, and the uncle was very angry. He secretly framed his uncle, first named him the envoy of the Qiannan Festival, and then sent someone to kill him on the river. After killing, he reported to Zhaozong that the ship was broken down and drowned.

Poor Tang Zhaozong also knew what Yang Fugong did, but. He had no choice but to "hate it deeply". A court official named Li Shunjie sued Yang Fugong for a conspiracy matter. Zhaozong was forced by Yang Fugong's pressure to demote Li Shunjie. In the end, he was dismissed and returned to his hometown. Yang Fugong secretly sent someone to kill Li Shunjie on the road. Li Shunjie is not surnamed Li, his name is Hu Hongli, and he was originally Yang Fugong's adopted son. Shojong period. The righteous are unlucky, but the evil has become a big knife that shines brightly. cut justice and kindness into a bloody blur, and corpses were everywhere.

Zhaozong knew that Hu Hongli was particularly strong. Many people are afraid of him. The emperor wanted to crusade against Yang Fugong, and was worried that this person would be in trouble, so he discussed with Yang Fugong, arranged it by his side, and gave him the name Li Shunjie. Zhaozong reused this person and put him in charge of the keys to the six armies. Soon, he was soon promoted and became the envoy of the Zhenhai Festival, and he worshiped Ping Zhangshi, and he was the prime minister. The Sixth Army is the Praetorian Guard, which is divided into Longhu, Yulin, Shenwu, Longxiang (Reading Xiang), Zuo Tianxing and Guangsheng Army, which is the core of the national army.

Someone sued Yang Fugong for rebellion, and Zhaozong ordered Li Shunjie to surround Yang Fugong's house. However, Yang Fugong's sworn friend Yang Shouliang and others raised troops to resist the imperial court, resulting in the matter being over. Zhaozong was on Yang Fugong, and a few fires were not lit, let alone dealing with other warlords.

A courtier named Li Shouzhen saw that Zhaozong was so incompetent, angry and distressed, and gave it to Zhaozong. He said that the emperor, you are a great multiplier, and your uncle can't protect you. You are the ninth honorable, and you can't kill Yang Fugong and Confucianism. Today's court only looks at the strong and weak, regardless of right and wrong, brutalizes the weak, and adds traitors. Does this make sense? If the reader takes a look at the following events, he will know that Li Shouzhen's words make sense.

The second person: Li Maozhen.

Speaking of this person, after reading history, you will not have a good impression at all. This person has no great ability, for example, like Wang Jian, Zhu Wen, and Li Keyong, all have different aspirations, and later they all served as emperors, and he can only mistreat and play scoundrels. To do this kind of third-rate thing, the skills are first-class.

Because Li Maozhen and Wang Xingyu ganged up to disrupt the court, it was too unpleasant, Zhaozong became more and more angry with Li Maozhen and decided to crusade against Li Maozhen. Du Rang, the prime minister and the chief lieutenant, knew that the court was weak, and Li Maozhen was a rotten snake and a hornet's nest. He hurriedly advised Zhaozong not to crusade and not to have a grudge against this person. Zhaozong is angry, and he still has to send troops. He told Du Rangneng that even if the court failed, he would not be blamed. Because he knew that Du Rangneng was a loyal minister and a capable prime minister. The times need him, Zhaozong needs him, the court needs him, and of course the people also need him. Zhaozong left him in the imperial court for more than a month, and did not let him go home after work. Du Rangneng had no choice but to hold his head and take care of every opportunity, accompanying the emperor to repair the rotten third-rate Li Maozhen. However, another bad prime minister, Cui Zhaowei, took refuge in Li Maozhen. He told Li Maozhen all the movements of the court and the secrets of the court. From the dirty deeds done by this bad guy prime minister, we know the reason why Zhaozong kept Lao Du Tiantian by his side.

Li Maozhen sent people to find hundreds of people and secretly trained them on how to make trouble with the imperial court. Li Maozhen asked for these nurseries who had received benefits, and said to the official Ximen Jun that Li Maozhen was innocent and should not be crusaded. Ximen Jun was then a general sent by Zhaozong to conquer Li Maozhen, and he said that he was ordered. There was another nursery, who deliberately waited for Cui Zhaowei on the road, stopped his sedan chair, and asked him to stop the troops. Cui Zhaowei deliberately said that this was the emperor's appointment of Prime Minister Du Taiwei, and he didn't know about it. Push the responsibility to Zhaozong and Du Rangneng, and Cui Zhaowei will be as bad as he wants.

Li Maozhen gathered 60,000 horses in Fengxiang. Stationed in Zhouzhi County, resisting the imperial court. Zhou to the east is one hundred and fifty miles away from Chang'an. Eight hundred miles of Qinchuan was stirred up by Li Maozhen, and the heavens and the earth wept. The people are suffering. Cui Zhaowei secretly told Li Maozhen that it was Du Rangneng's idea to send troops this time.

Li Maozhen had already defeated the imperial army. I'm sorry. He has the right to speak, and he wants the emperor to punish Du Rangneng. He also threatened Zhaozong that if he didn't do this, what would happen.

Du Rang can know his situation, isolated and helpless, and said to the emperor, he said it in advance, please say a word to the emperor. Du Rang can think that the current emperor will be trustworthy, but who knows, Zhaozong has no ability to protect him. can only take a handful of tears and a handful of snot, crying and crying dripping and saying "break with Qing". In order to calm things down, cut the tender tofu quickly, and ask Du Rang to come out and take responsibility. This is not only the sorrow of the loyal minister Du Rangneng, but also the sorrow of the imperial court. As a result, Du Rang Neng was a stabbing history, and he was demoted three levels in a row. Zhaozong's handling of government affairs can be seen in this way, and it will not be much better in the future.

Li Maozhen also asked the imperial court to kill a large number of General Ximen Junsui. Zhaozong nodded in agreement, and the generals were all killed. It's really chilling for the government and the opposition! An idiom "drink to quench thirst". It's not enough to use it on Zhaozong. Then, he demoted Du so that he could go to Leizhou to be a household, just like the Yongzheng Emperor of the Qing Dynasty later demoted his benefactor Nian Qianrao by thirteen levels overnight. Zhaozong sent someone to tell Li Maozhen that this time it was the idea of Ximen Junsui and others. It's not Du Rangneng. He thought that Ximen Jun was already dead anyway, and it would be enough to keep Lao Du.

Who knows, Li Maozhen wants Du Rang to die. Otherwise, the troops will not be withdrawn. The treacherous minister Cui Zhaowei provoked from it, and finally. Durang was given death, and his brother was killed. Because there is no charge. couldn't explain it to the world, so he found a charge of corruption and perverted the law and added it to this loyal minister.

Du Rangneng's father is called Du Shenquan, who is also the prime minister, and is a bit well-known in history. His son's name is Du Xiao, and he also served as a prime minister in Zhu Wen's era, so he can be regarded as a pearl. Dumen three-phase, each different. At that time, the imperial court did not do anything to Du Xiao. However, my father passed away like this, and I was too sad. buried his father, had no intention of doing things, closed his door all day, was not an otaku, and would also suffer from occlusion. After more than ten years like this, a court official named Cui Yin became a salt and iron official and asked him to do something in the imperial court. He didn't accept it, anyway, he just didn't come out to be an official. Cui Yuan, the head of the household department, also wanted him to be an official in the imperial court. Someone saw that he couldn't eat like this, so they told him that after Ji Kang of the Jin Dynasty died, his son also abolished himself like you, Shantao reasoned with him, and he came out to be an official. Can you bear to let your Du family spread a straw mat on the ground to worship their ancestors like ordinary people? This sentence touched Xiao Du's nerves, and he came out to be a bachelor of Ren Hanlin. When Zhu Wen usurped power, he became a waiter in the Ministry of Works, and later worshiped the prime minister. In the hands of Zhu Youqi, he served as a scholar and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites. Yuan Xiang begged the thief first, and he was killed by the rebels.

Since then, the court has listened to Li Maozhen for everything. It can be said that it was not Zhu Wen who sang the elegy to the Tang Dynasty, it should be Li Maozhen. Everyone saw from Du Rangneng that he couldn't rely on the emperor. So the south and north divisions went to other towns to find backers as umbrellas. The South Division is the government, and the North Division is the court eunuch.

Zhaozong issued an edict: Cui Zhaowei was promoted to Situ and Li Maozhen was restored to Fengxiang. Fengxiang has fifteen states, and there are many people. The two bad guys celebrated each other, beaming proudly, and they could show their teeth and claws and control the court.

Since then, the court has listened to Li Maozhen, and no one dares to offend Prime Minister Cui Zhaowei. In 894, Zhaozong rode Zheng Qi (read please) as the head of the Ministry of Rites, that is, the prime minister. It's really a disease that goes to the doctor, the family is poor and thinks of a good wife, and the country thinks of a good minister.

Zheng Qi is a very interesting person, witty and full of words. He used laughter to ridicule current affairs without pain or itch, and he can be regarded as an official who worries about the country and the people. Zhaozong felt that he was very interesting and had a sense of justice, so he appointed him as the prime minister.

People are amazed to hear about such a thing. An errand boy told Zheng Qi the news. He was surprised and said, you all heard it wrong, even if all the people in the world die, it will not be his turn. When he knew it was true, it would be a joke to say that if it did.

When the guest arrived at the door, he scratched his head, and blurted out after a break: Zheng Wu is the prime minister, and the current affairs can be known! He insisted on not doing it, but he was not gracious. In this way, he went to the court to do things, and soon he thought that he was not in line with the expectations of the people and asked to resign. In troubled times, not everyone wants to be the prime minister, only traitors dare to do it. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, although it was not a troubled time, no one dared to be the prime minister. One of the courtiers, who had been appointed prime minister, came home crying, and when his wife asked him what was the matter, he said that he would not be killed in a few days.

Zhaozong saw that Zheng Qi couldn't be a minister, so he appointed Li Xi as the prime minister. A bad man, Chonglu Phi Ma Dai Xiao, wept in the court, openly mischievous, and demanded that the holy decree be withdrawn. This person was instructed by Cui Zhaowei, because he was afraid that Li Xi would be the prime minister, his power was dispersed, and he made this poisonous move. It's disgusting. Liu Chonglu's family is very unclean, his father is corrupt and perverts the law, and his younger brother is in cahoots with Yang Fugong. He himself worshipped Tian Lingzi as his teacher, and wrote a letter of persuasion to Zhu Mei. He even said that Li Xi had accepted the benefits of the ministers and so on. It was later Sima Guang who scolded this disgusting person: "What a difference between robbing stolen goods and singing!" Li Xi was stopped by them outside the Xiangmen like this. Such as this matter, to name a few, the entire court is black and white, and there is no distinction between demons and demons, and there is a miasma of smoke.

The emperor has eyes, and the bad guys will always get retribution. Two years later, in 896, the imperial court demoted Cui Zhaowei to Wuzhou, Guangxi, to be a nominal Sima, and soon died. When everyone heard the news, "China and foreign salty thought it was fast". When this person knew the news, he begged Zhu Wen for help, but before Zhu Wen could speak, the holy decree had been issued, and he could not save his dog's life and ended his despicable life.

Throughout

Li Maozhen asked the false son Li Jipeng to lead the troops to kidnap the emperor to Fengxiang. After the court official Liu Jingxuan found out, he wanted the emperor to go to the state of Bi (read Bin, pass "Bin") to live for some time. Pizhou is Bin County, three hundred miles north of Chang'an. Li Jipeng led his troops to attack the capital and forcibly took away the Son of Heaven. When Zhaozong heard about the rebellion, he ran to Chengtianlou and talked to Li Jipeng outside the city. Li Jipeng didn't want to be verbose, so he picked up a bow and arrow.

Li Yun ran to the rescue and covered Zhaozong. Li Jipeng took an arrow and shot an arrow through Shangcheng. The arrow swished, and a horse was put down, straight to the emperor. Seeing that he was about to shoot the emperor, Li Yun dragged Zhaozong over. However, the arrow had already reached Zhaozong. Fortunately, only the emperor's clothes were shot. Zhaozong was covered in a cold sweat, his eyes were dull, as if he had just walked through the underworld. Seeing that he did not kill Zhaozong, Li Jipeng began to burn the palace gate, wanting to break into the palace and capture Zhaozong. (To be continued......)