After the crown prince Li Ying was deposed, Li Mao, the longevity king born to Concubine Wu Hui, undoubtedly became the most popular candidate for the crown prince, because he was the most favored imperial concubine and the most powerful prime minister jointly recommended the prince candidate.

Concubine Wu Hui originally thought that the position of the crown prince would naturally fall on Li Mao, but naturally things suddenly became less natural.

Even many historians are puzzled by this, so there have always been different speculations.

Although Li Longji is no longer the hard-working monarch at the beginning of his accession to the throne, he is not a mediocre person after all.

He may have temporarily lost his mind due to anger, but he still remained calm and sober enough in the face of serious problems, because the choice of the crown prince is not only related to the stability of the political situation, but also to the future of the empire.

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Shouwang Li Mao has been favored by Li Longji since he was a child because of his beautiful appearance and gentle deference, but as he grew older, Li Longji found that Li Mao was gradually distancing himself from his expectations.

The reason why Li Ying's crown prince position was shaken was because he was neither the concubine born to the queen nor the eldest son of Li Longji, but only because his mother was once favored and ascended to the crown prince. Naturally, this is not convincing to the public!

Although Concubine Wu Hui enjoyed the status of the actual queen in the palace, she did not ascend to the throne after all, so Shouwang Li Mao naturally did not enjoy the status of a concubine, so he, like Li Ying, was canonized as a prince just because his mother was favored.

Li Ying's tragedy may continue to play out.

Of course, Li Longji didn't care much and sometimes even ignored the life and even personal life and death of the prince, but the resulting imperial political disputes were something he had to consider.

In fact, there is an unspeakable reason hidden in the depths of Li Longji's heart. After Li Longji's original match, Queen Wang, was deposed, the position of queen has been vacant. He also once had the idea of putting Concubine Wu Hui on the throne of the queen. However, it was opposed by the ministers.

This is because Concubine Wu Hui has a special identity. Her aunt and grandmother are Wu Zetian, so the ministers are worried that Wu Zetian's usurpation of power will be staged again.

In the midst of everyone's opposition, Li Longji had to think deeply about the possible negative impact of this.

Wu Zetian usurped Li Tang Jiangshan and massacred the political scars of the Li Tang clan, and the scars are still faintly painful. Li Longji's mother was once summoned into the palace by Wu Zetian for no reason, and in the end, not even a single bone was found.

experienced Wu Zetian's usurpation of the Tang Dynasty, the dictatorship of Empress Wei, and Princess Taiping's interference. Women's interference in politics has undoubtedly left a heavy and indelible shadow in Li Longji's heart.

Just when Li Longji was hesitating about the issue of the heir to the throne, Concubine Wu Hui, who couldn't afford to be sick, could never wait for the day when her son was canonized as the crown prince.

In the dead of night, the empty and dim dormitory would make Concubine Wu Hui feel infinite horror, because every dim corner hid the fear that made her tremble!

The bloody faces of the crown prince Li Ying, the king of Hubei Li Yao, and the king of light Li Ju often appeared in her nightmares. She figured it must be their hauntings.

Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. In fact, the real ghost is not in front of you, but in your heart.

The fate of scheming women is mostly tragic. They are not willing to be just mothers and wives. Because the thirst for power makes it difficult for them to endure the ordinary life.

For them, either they become the winners of the game or become the victims of **.

Wu Zetian also suffered from nightmares after Wu Zetian designed to force Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu to death, but she successfully exorcised the entanglement of demons with her firm will and strong nerves, but Concubine Wu Hui was not as strong as her aunt and grandmother, and even the Taoist priest who exorcised demons did not help her get rid of the entanglement of "ghosts".

In December of the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan (737 AD), the thirty-nine-year-old Concubine Wu Hui ended her short life in panic.

At this time, it was only eight months before Li Ying and others were given death, and it was really "too clever to calculate the agency, but it cost Qingqing's life".

Concubine Wu Hui's death undoubtedly made Li Longji even more entangled. Li Yu or Li Mao? This has become a problem that Li Longji has to choose for a while, but he must face.

The eldest son, Li Cong, was scratched in the face by a hunting beast while hunting, so the disfigured prince actually withdrew from the competition. Because the second son Li Ying has been given to death. The third son, Li Yu (later Emperor Suzong Li Heng), became the eldest prince in the crown prince's ranks.

At this time, the emergence of a key figure made the wavering Li Longji finally make up his mind. This man is Colliers!

The real Colliers is actually very different from the image of the eunuch in our minds who is weird and psychologically dark.

Unlike the vast majority of eunuchs who came from poor backgrounds. The eunuch Gao Lishi, who was born into a famous family, even had royal blood, because his ancestor Feng Hong was once the emperor of the Northern Yan Kingdom during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, but when Gao Lishi was born, more than 250 years had passed since this glorious history.

Although the family has experienced countless twists and turns in the past two hundred and fifty years, it is still a famous family that everyone envies. His great-grandfather Feng Ang was named the Duke of Geng Guo, the Governor of Gaozhou, and the Governor of the Eighteen Prefectures of Guang and Shao by the Tang Dynasty.

Gao Lishi's grandfather and father inherited the history of Panzhou, but such a wealthy family was completely destroyed by a ruthless political storm.

The Wu Zetian period was an era of rampant cool officials. The cool officials were like a pack of wolves that had lost their bonds, and they were biting wildly. They made something out of nothing and framed them; Small things become big, and innocents are harmed; Abuse of punishment. Bending into a trick; Bloodthirsty and murderous.

Luo Weaving Sutra. The Melon Scroll reveals their despicable purpose. "It's not a big deal, it's not amazing. The case is not as good as the public, and the merit is great. Go up to seek peace. Not to invite pets. Its injustice is inherent, and it is inevitable. ”

They stepped on the corpses of countless people, asking for merit and reward. They have shed the blood of countless people, and they have begged for relocation.

The young Colliers were unfortunately caught up in this bloody storm. He was castrated and sent to the court. The young master, who was originally waiting for others to serve him with clothes and food, was reduced to a slave who served the emperor in an instant.

Gao Lishi is one of the few eunuchs who is both civil and military. His literary talent is definitely outstanding among the group of eunuchs with a generally low level of education, and what is even more commendable is that he is a general who can lead troops to fight.

For example, April of the 11th year of Tianbao. Xing Wei colluded with the Long Wu Wan cavalry army to plot rebellion.

After the matter was revealed, Wang Ji and Yang Guozhong led their troops to suppress it, while Xing Wei led the crowd to resist stubbornly. Retreat all the way to the southwest corner of the imperial city.

Face the rebels who are trapped in the beasts. The officers and men were helpless for a while.

At this time, Gao Lishi led 400 soldiers of the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army to arrive, behead Xing Wei, and put down the rebellion.

Li Longji once said with appreciation: "Colliers is on duty, and I can sleep at ease." ”

Because he has been nurtured by his family since he was a child. Gao Lishi has an extraordinary sensitivity to the development of the political situation, so Li Longji often asks Gao Lishi's opinion when he is hesitant.

Facing Li Longji, who was depressed and unhappy, he asked the reason with concern.

"You've followed me for so many years, don't you still understand my mind?"

"Is Your Majesty worried because the prince is undecided?"

Li Longji nodded with satisfaction.

"Why bother about this? Who would dare to have an opinion on the appointment of an elderly prince? ”

"King Lizhong, I'll see it!"

Although Colliers spoke out to help at critical moments, it was not because of the intimate personal relationship between Colliers and the loyal king Li Yu.

Even after Li Longji abdicated, Gao Lishi still stayed by his side, instead of defecting to Li Yu, who had become the new master of the empire.

Under the primogeniture system, there are grandchildren. There is no grandmaly. Although it is not a scientific system, it has an inherent rationality for more than a thousand years, because only blood and origin cannot be changed, and once other standards are used, they will fall into endless disputes.

Many people will think that "standing energy" is more appropriate, but there is no unified standard for the level of ability, and there will be controversy if there is disagreement, and then it will lead to fighting.

After the loyal king Li Yu became the new crown prince of the empire, he was about to change his name again. Li Longji is keen to change the names of his sons.

Li Yu's name at birth was Li Sisheng, and he changed his name to Li Jun when he changed his title to King Zhong, and later changed his name to Li Yu. He was canonized as the crown prince and immediately changed his name to Li Shao, and later changed his name to Li Heng because he had the same name as the crown prince of the Song Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

Li Heng was completely in a state of passive acceptance throughout the name change process. And it is estimated that even he himself does not know why his father has changed his name again and again.

This can't help but remind us of a sentence from Xiao Shenyang. "I've lived with you for so long, can't I change my name if I can't change someone?"

The world's accusations of Colliers' interference in politics are endless, because the scholars who have read poetry and books can hardly tolerate a eunuch pointing fingers at the imperial policy, but Colliers put forward many policy proposals that are far-sighted. It is a high-level building, and it is a meritorious work

From the beginning of the Wu Zetian period, the Jiedu envoy with outstanding political achievements was often promoted to the prime minister, called "going out and entering the prime minister". Zhang Jiazhen, Zhang Shuo, Xiao Hao, Du Xian and others all made this springboard the prime minister through the guò festival.

Despite this, most of the Jiedu envoys who were able to have the opportunity to serve as prime ministers were airborne cadres with experience working in the central government. The festival of being really promoted from the grassroots level makes the chances of becoming prime minister very small.

The "Exit and Exit" inspired many central officials to work in the difficult conditions of the empire's frontiers. This effectively solves the situation of relative shortage of talents in the border areas. After returning to Beijing, these officials with experience in the frontier will be more in line with the actual situation in the frontier when formulating policies and making decisions on government affairs. The rational movement of officials between the central and local governments allowed the empire to better cope with the increasingly complex political and military formations of the frontier.

Any policy is a double-edged sword. "Out of phase" also inevitably has a negative effect.

Many of the imperial court's airborne envoys were originally civil officials, and they did not understand the form of military struggles in the frontier. He also lacks military command skills. "A layman commanding a layman" will definitely affect the combat capability of the troops. Many central officials went to the frontier to serve only for the purpose of "gilding the gold," and they had no intention of making meritorious contributions in the frontier at all.

Since important official positions were held by officials "airborne" in the imperial court, the promotion path of the majority of middle- and lower-level officers, especially the Hu generals from humble backgrounds, was blocked by Yan zhòng!

A proposal by one person made the promotion of the Hu generals suddenly clear. This person is Li Linfu!

Li Linfu, who knew that power was not easy to come by, felt that the strict system of "going out and entering the prime minister" threatened his political status.

Maybe one day a certain talented Jiedu envoy will be appreciated by Li Longji and become the prime minister, and then take his place.

In order to eliminate the potential threat invisible, Li Linfu boldly promoted the Hu generals to the Han generals to Li Longji.

There are two main reasons for this. One is a nomadic Hu general, who is more brave and good at fighting. The second is that most of the Hu generals are from humble backgrounds, which is convenient for the imperial court to control.

Li Linfu's true thought in his heart was that the chances of these Hu generals becoming prime ministers were very small. On the one hand, it is because of the Han monarch's instinctive contempt and rejection of the Hu people, and on the other hand, because the general level of education of the Hu generals is not high and they do not have the ability to govern.

This policy proposed by Li Linfu was approved by Li Longji. The once popular "general and phase" suddenly disappeared during the Tianbao years.

Due to the sharp shrinkage of the number of central airborne cadres, a large number of Hu generals were able to stand out and usher in a golden period that was once in a lifetime.

Just when An Lushan was looking forward to his bright future, his benefactor and old leader Zhang Shouqi suddenly had an accident!

Zhang Shouqi has made an indelible contribution to stabilizing the situation in the northeastern borderlands.

The Tang Empire gradually shifted from defensive to offensive in the military struggle against the Khitan and Xi people, but the ensuing military victories made the generals under Zhang Shouqi increasingly arrogant.

Many generals forgot their own mission and responsibilities and spent their days thinking about how to reap the benefits of the war. War is no longer a means to achieve peace, but has become a weight for generals to increase their ranks.

In the twenty-sixth year of Kaiyuan (738 AD), Zhang Shouqi defeated the rest of the Khitan in Lushan. Once the feelings of victory spread among the Tang army, many people were doomed to pay a heavy price for it. (To be continued.) )