Chapter 8 Three generations of Zong and Li Fuguo: kill when you should use it

The history of the Tang Dynasty is a history of court political struggles.From Tang Taizong Li Shimin launching the Xuanwumen Mutiny, forcing the founding emperor Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty to step down in a coup d'état, to the killing of the last emperor Aidi in the Tang Dynasty, bloody court struggles and political conspiracy continued.However, the imperial successor system adopted by successive dynasties was the weakest in the Tang Dynasty.This is mostly due to man-made reasons.Therefore, some people say that the Tang Dynasty was the dynasty with the most "family affairs". During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Duke of Zhou created the eldest son inheritance system for the throne.It is to distinguish the princes from the legitimate sons and the concubine sons according to the status of the mother in the case of polygamy, so as to establish the qualifications of the heirs to the throne, and in accordance with the order of first sons and second sons, first elders and then younger children, the heirs to the throne are divided The qualifications are limited and compressed within the scope of one person to ensure the peaceful transition of the supreme power of the country within a family.After the establishment of the eldest son system, it was inherited by the later feudal dynasties and continued as "the system that is not easy for a hundred generations".After the Qin and Han Dynasties, most dynasties, except the Qin Dynasty who died due to short life and did not have time to establish a crown prince, and the Qing Dynasty adopted the system of secretly establishing a reserve, most dynasties regarded the system of eldest sons as the "law of the ages".

However, there are often human interference factors in the implementation process of the system of eldest sons, and the emperor's preference is often an important factor for whether the system of eldest sons can be implemented.Even if the queen's son is established as the prince, if the queen loses favor when she gets old and decrepit, it will not only shake the queen's status, but also endanger the prince's status.Take the Tang Dynasty as an example, Emperor Xuanzong had no children, and Li Ying, the eldest son of Concubine Zhao Li, was established as the crown prince.Later, Xuanzong favored Concubine Wu Hui and wanted to abolish Prince Li Ying and make Concubine Wu Hui's son the crown prince, so Li Ying's position as Crown Prince would not be guaranteed.In history, there are often various powerful forces, such as eunuchs involved in politics, groups of foreign relatives, concubines, etc., often out of their own interests, interfere with the implementation of the system of eldest sons.In the late Tang Dynasty, eunuchs not only controlled the government, but also out of political struggle, abolished the emperor's life and death. Naturally, it is impossible to talk about strictly implementing the primogeniture inheritance system.

Daizong Li Yu (formerly known as Li Chu) was the first emperor to ascend the throne as the eldest son in the history of the Tang Dynasty.Li Yu was quite beloved by Xuanzong, and he was established as the emperor's grandson.After the Anshi Rebellion broke out, Emperor Suzong granted Li Yu the title of King of Guangping after Suzong ascended the throne. On the advice of Li Mi and his confidant eunuch Li Fuguo, he made Li Yu the Grand Marshal of the World Army and Horses, responsible for quelling the Anshi Rebellion.It can be said that the relationship between Li Yu and Li Fuguo was quite good at this time.Li Fuguo has always been Suzong's trusted eunuch. When Suzong Li Heng was still the prince, he was framed by Prime Minister Li Linfu many times. He was in a critical situation and was even forced to divorce twice.In adversity, Li Fuguo gave Prince Li Heng a lot of comfort, and also helped him with many things that the prince was inconvenient to do.Therefore, Li Heng has always trusted Li Fuguo.After Li Heng ascended the throne, Li Fuguo also ascended to the sky in one step.

Although Li Yu became the Generalissimo of the Army and Horses, due to the historical reason of "emphasizing the outside and neglecting the inside", the Tang army has always been difficult to defeat the elite soldiers of Anlu Mountain.Su Zong suffered from the lack of troops in the Tang Dynasty, so he had no choice but to borrow troops from Huihe for help in the suppression.The condition is that after the recovery of the two capitals (Luoyang, the eastern capital, and Chang'an, the western capital), the land and scholars will belong to the Tang Dynasty, while the gold, silk and women will return to Huihe.This is actually a disguised form of drinking doves to quench thirst, while passing the disaster on to ordinary people.

Soon after, the coalition forces of Tang and Huihe regained Chang'an, and Ye Hu, the commander of the Huihe army, wanted to fulfill the previous agreement and plundered Chang'an wantonly.Li Yu couldn't bear it, so he stopped Ye Hu's horse and said, "Now that Chang'an is broken, if we let the looting go, then the people will do their best to help the rebels defend Luoyang. Let's make the promise after Luoyang is captured." Ye Hu agreed.The people of Chang'an were very grateful to Li Yu for this. Although Li Yu was determined to save the people of Chang'an and Luoyang, the strategy of delaying the army could only be delayed for a while. In the end, the Huihe iron cavalry looted Luoyang wantonly, plundering countless gold, silk and women.As a result, Luoyang suffered another disaster no less than the Anshi Rebellion.

After regaining Chang'an, Emperor Suzong returned to the capital and made Li Yu the crown prince.Li Yu was the son of the deceased Wu family who was Suzong's concubine when he was the prince.Empress Suzong Zhang was very ambitious. Because Suzong's crown prince Li Yu was not born to her, she always had the idea of ​​easy storage, but her own son Xingwang Youshang, Dingwang was still young, and Li Yu had made great contributions to the chaos. , so there has been no suitable opportunity. In the first year of Baoying (762), Emperor Suzong was critically ill.Empress Zhang hated Li Fuguo's monopoly, and wanted to establish Li Xi, the king of Yue, as her successor.Empress Zhang summoned Prince Li Yu and said: "Li Fuguo has been in charge of forbidden soldiers for a long time, and his power is too great. The only thing he fears is me and you. Your Majesty is critically ill. He is colluding with Cheng Yuanzhen and others to plot chaos. They must be killed immediately." Prince Li Yu has a benevolent personality and said with tears: "Father is seriously ill, it is not appropriate to report this matter to him. If we kill Li Fuguo by ourselves, Father will be shocked and it will be bad for his body. I think we can postpone this matter for a while. "After Queen Zhang sent the prince away, she immediately summoned Suzong's second son, Li Xi, the king of Yue, into the inner palace for discussion.Yue Wang Li Xi immediately ordered his trusted eunuch Duan Hengjun to select more than 200 strong men from among the eunuchs, distribute them weapons, and prepare to fight.Someone reported the matter to Li Fuguo.

Li Fuguo and Cheng Yuanzhen, another great eunuch, decided to support Prince Li Yu's ascension to the throne, and took people to Lingxiaomen to inquire about the news.It happened that the prince Li Yu was going to visit his father in the palace.Li Fuguo lied that there was a change in the palace and prevented Prince Li Yu from entering the palace, but Prince Li Yu insisted on entering.Li Fuguo ordered his subordinates to hijack the prince Li Yu into the Feilong Palace and put him under surveillance. Then he falsely passed on the prince's order and led the forbidden army to capture Yue Wang Li Xi and his cronies Duan Hengjun and others, and put them in prison.

Empress Zhang heard of the change and fled into Suzong's palace in a hurry.Li Fuguo led troops to chase into the bedroom and forced Queen Zhang out of the palace.Empress Zhang refused and begged Suzong for help.Su Zong was frightened by this and was speechless for a while.Li Fuguo took the opportunity to drag Queen Zhang out of the palace.Suzong's condition suddenly turned serious due to fright, and no one cared about him, so he died in the Hall of Longevity that day. After Prince Li Yu ascended the throne as Daizong, he abolished Empress Zhang as a commoner, and died shortly after.Because of his support, Li Fuguo became Shangfu, Sikong and Zhongshuling. From then on, he took credit for it, arrogant and domineering.Daizong began to consider that it was Li Fuguo who helped him ascend the throne after all, and he could tolerate Li Fuguo's misconduct.Later, Li Fuguo became more and more daring, and even said to Daizong: "Your Majesty only needs to stay in the palace, and I will take care of everything."

Daizong was very angry about this, but he thought that Li Fuguo had the credit for killing Zhang Hou and helping him ascend the throne, so he did not blatantly punish Li Fuguo, but used the conflict between another eunuch Cheng Yuanzhen and Li Fuguo to instigate the two to fight , Then took the opportunity to remove Li Fuguo from his post. Originally, when things had come to this point, Li Fuguo's good days were over, so there was no threat.But at Cheng Yuanzhen's instigation, Daizong still couldn't let go, and acquiesced Cheng Yuanzhen sent killers to sneak into Li Fuguo's bedroom at night, killed him, and chopped off his head and an arm.Then, Daizong came forward to mourn and posthumously awarded Li Fuguo as Taifu.Therefore, some historians in later generations said that Daizong was the Lord of Yin and Prey.

However, after Li Fuguo's death, eunuchs Cheng Yuanzhen and Yu Chaoen successively took control of the army and exercised their powers, resulting in a serious situation of eunuchs disorderly governing. As soon as Li Fuguo died, Cheng Yuanzhen was immediately promoted to general, succeeding Li Fuguo in command of the Forbidden Army.After Cheng Yuanzhen gained power, he vigorously squeezed out meritorious ministers, using this as his capital for promotion.After the Anshi Rebellion, the central court of the Tang Dynasty was skeptical of the generals who commanded the army, so Cheng Yuanzhen's slander often succeeded.Guo Ziyi was a minister with meritorious service in quelling the Anshi rebellion. After Suzong ascended the throne, he served as deputy marshal, and was later promoted to Zhongshuling.Cheng Yuanzhen was jealous of Guo Ziyi's high achievements, so he framed Guo Ziyi in front of Daizong many times.Guo Ziyi, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, can be calm and composed in any dangerous situation, but was made restless and frightened all day by a small eunuch Cheng Yuanzhen, so he took the initiative to ask Daizong to lift his military power.

In the first year of Guangde (763), Tubo attacked the Central Plains. In October, it arrived in Fengtian (now Qianxian County, Shaanxi Province), and the capital was shocked by martial arts.Daizong issued an edict to take Li Shi, king of Yong, as the marshal of the pass, and Guo Ziyi as the deputy marshal, to go out of the town of Xianyang to resist.Guo Ziyi led a small number of people to Xianyang, and Tubo led more than 200,000 people from Tuyuhun, Dangxiang, Di, and Qiang, covering tens of miles of mountains and fields.Due to the huge disparity in the number of troops, Guo Ziyi sent Wang Yanchang, a member of Zhongshushe, back to Chang'an to ask for help.But Cheng Yuanzhen not only refused to summon him, but also stopped him in every possible way.As a result, Tubo invaded Chang'an, and Daizong was forced to flee.Fortunately, Guo Ziyi withdrew the enemy with a strategy of suspicion. After this incident, the ministers of the DPRK and China wrote a letter demanding that Cheng Yuanzhen be punished.Daizong also felt that Cheng Yuanzhen was too much, which caused the dignified emperor to flee, so he dismissed Cheng Yuanzhen as a citizen and released him to the fields.However, Cheng Yuanzhen was not reconciled to being depressed. He put on women's clothes, dressed up as an old woman, sneaked back to the capital from his hometown of Sanyuan, and lived in the house of his fellow secretary, Secretary of Agriculture Chen Jingquan, secretly plotting.This matter was reported by the imperial historian Wang Sheng.Daizong exiled Cheng Yuanzhen to Lengzhou for a long time.When he arrived in Jiangling, Cheng Yuanzhen was killed by a group of unknown people.Because he offended so many people, including many Jiedu envoys with heavy soldiers in their hands, the world couldn't guess whether it was the enemies who killed him, or the emperor sent someone to kill him. After Cheng Yuanzhen fell, Yu Chaoen began to rise again.When Tubo attacked Chang'an, Daizong fled to Shanzhou in a hurry.At that time, most of the imperial guards were scattered, and only Yu Chaoen led the Shence Army from Shan County to greet Daizong, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted.From then on, Emperor Daizong showed great favor to Yu Chaoen.After Daizong returned to Chang'an, Ren Yu Chaoen served as an envoy to observe the military appearance and comfort the world, and he was in charge of the magic strategy army, with great favor. Once, Yu Chaoen went to the Imperial Supervision for inspection, and Dai Zong specially ordered the prime minister, officials and generals of the six armies to see him off.Jingzhao Mansion held a banquet, and Neijiaofang produced music comedians to accompany the banquet to add to the fun.More than 200 ministers' children wore red and purple as students, and they were listed under the corridor of the Imperial College.Yu Chaoen was extremely proud of this grand occasion.Daizong also ordered to give 10,000 Guan as the principal, and lend money to collect interest as the cost of students' meals.As soon as this precedent was set, every time Yu Chaoen went to the Imperial College, he would bring hundreds of Shence troops with him, embracing them with a strong prestige.Jingzhao Mansion arranged for food and drink as usual, costing hundreds of thousands at a time. Yu Chaoen is quite a strange person, Guo Ziyi is cautious and has never had any grudges with him.But he has always regarded Guo Ziyi as a thorn in his side, and often wants to plot against her.Maybe he was born the kind of person who had a lot of fun fighting with others.Before Guo Ziyi was dismissed, he made a meritorious service and returned to the court. Yu Chaoen invited him to visit Zhangjing Temple.An insider told Guo Ziyi in advance, "Yu Chaoen wants to harm you, so don't be fooled by him." Guo Ziyi refused to listen.The soldiers asked for personal guards, but Guo Ziyi refused, and said: "I am a minister of the country, and Yu Chaoen would not dare to kill me without the emperor's order." He only took a few family members to see Yu Chaoen.Yu Chaoen was taken aback when he saw it.Guo Ziyi told Yu Chaoen what others said.After hearing this, Yu Chaoen was ashamed. Not only did he not appreciate Guo Ziyi's generosity, but he even harbored more resentment. Later, someone dug Guo Ziyi's father's grave.The whole city of Chang'an was full of uproar, and everyone knew that Yu Chaoen must have ordered someone to do it secretly.The ministers and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were very worried about this matter, for fear that Guo Ziyi's anger would cause trouble.When Guo Ziyi entered the court, the emperor even took the initiative to ask about this matter. Guo Ziyi cried and said: "I have been in charge of military affairs for a long time, and I can't ban thieves. There are also things that soldiers destroy other people's tombs. This is my disloyalty and unfilial piety. The condemnation of the people is not caused by human troubles." The matter of the tomb robbery was settled, and the atmosphere of panic inside and outside the court was also eliminated.After people in the world knew about it, they all admired Guo Ziyi's magnanimity and generosity.Guo Ziyi never took credit for pride, never used power to overwhelm others, so he never caused disaster due to merit, and was able to remain invincible in the dangerous official career. After the villain Yu Chaoen achieved success, he didn't pay much attention to the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.Every time a group of officials discusses matters, he likes to talk about current affairs in the public and bully the ministers, and the so-called eloquent prime minister Yuan Zai can only listen carefully. Once, a hundred officials gathered in the hall, and Yu Chaoen said in a stern voice: "The responsibility of the prime minister is to regulate the yin and yang and appease the people. Nowadays, the yin and yang are not harmonious, and the floods and droughts are frequent. Hundreds of thousands, lack of supplies, and difficult water transportation. The emperor is restless and unwilling to eat for this. How does this prime minister do it? Why don’t you let the virtuous and just sit there without saying a word?” The prime minister bowed his head when he said this. , but no one dared to speak up.Suddenly, Xiang Lizao, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, stood up suddenly, walked up to Yu Chaoen calmly, and said, "The disharmony between yin and yang, and the high price of grains are caused by the military commander. What has it to do with the prime minister? Nothing happened, the six armies were able to maintain stability, but another one hundred thousand troops were brought in, so the army rations were insufficient, and the supplies for the officials were also exhausted. The prime minister is just a document, so what is the crime?" Yu Chaoenwei Thinking that someone would contradict him, he was speechless for a while, walked away, and said angrily: "The bureaucrats of the Nanya (referring to the court officials) have formed a crony and want to harm me." ". After being bullied by Xiangli once, Yu Chaoen felt angry and always wanted to find a chance to vent.It happened that the Imperial Academy had just been repaired, and the ceremony was going to be held, and all the courtiers had to attend.After Yu Chaoen came to the Guozijian, he was promoted to a high seat to give lectures. Facing all the officials present, he deliberately chose to give a lecture by "folding the feet and covering the public ton" to ridicule the prime minister.After hearing this, Prime Minister Wang Jin couldn't help but burst into anger.But another prime minister, Yuan Zai, listened to it, but he was very happy.Yu Chaoen felt that Yuan Zai's scheming was extraordinary, and he began to be wary of Yuan Zai from then on, saying to people: "After listening to what I said, those who are angry are in line with human nature, and those who smile are really unfathomable." It was planted in Yuan Zai's hands. After Yu Chaoenjiao got used to being arrogant, he began to be arrogant, thinking that the world belongs to him, and the government affairs of the court were not as good as he wanted, so he said angrily: "Is there anything in the world that can't be separated from me!" Daizong was very dissatisfied when he heard about it. Joy.But at this time, Yu Chaoen held the forbidden soldiers, and it was already difficult to restrain them. Daizong had no good way to deal with him for a while, so he could only let him go. What really prompted Daizong to make up his mind was the Ziyi incident.Yu Chaoen has an adopted son named Ling Hui, who is only fourteen years old. He is an envoy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and is bestowed with green clothes by Emperor Daizong.Once, Huangmen was queuing in front of the hall, and a Huangmen who was above Linghui accidentally touched him, and Linghui immediately ran back to complain to Yu Chaoen, claiming that he was on the lower shift and was being bullied.The next day, Yu Chaoen took his adopted son to meet Daizong, and said: "My dog's official rank is low, and I am often insulted by my colleagues. Please give me purple clothes from your majesty." .What was particularly shocking was that before Daizong could express his opinion, someone next to him carried the purple clothes worn by high-ranking officials to Ling Hui.Ling Hui hurriedly put on the purple clothes, then knelt down and thanked him.At this point, it was inconvenient for Daizong to say anything, so he had to go along with the flow and act as a favor. He forced a smile and said, "This child is wearing purple clothes, and he looks much better than before." Although he said so, he was very angry in his heart.Soon, Huangmen, who had collided with Linghui, was demoted to Lingnan.At this time, Daizong had already realized that Yu Chaoen's power was so powerful that he was almost to the point where he only knew that there was Chao'en, but not that there was an emperor. After that, Daizong developed a strong dislike for Yu Chaoen.Although the emperor tried his best to cover it up, there were still times when it was revealed.Prime Minister Yuan Zai saw that Daizong had a bad feeling for Yu Chaoen, so he asked to get rid of him.Daizong couldn't make up his mind for a while, because Yu Chaoen had the military power in his hands and had many followers.Once things fail, the consequences are unpredictable.Yuan Zai was confident, and comforted Daizong, saying: "As long as Your Majesty entrusts me with full power to handle this matter, it will be done." So Daizong agreed, and asked Yuan Zai to be careful. Yuan Zai, courtesy name Gongfu, was born in Fengxiang Qishan (now Qishan, Shaanxi), and he was born in a humble family.During the reign of Emperor Suzong, the tired officials went to the Minister of the Household Department, the Duzhi envoy, and the transfer envoy of various roads to take charge of the state's finances.Later, he colluded with eunuch Li Fuguo and was promoted to prime minister.After Daizong came to the throne, he was still the prime minister and bribed the eunuch Dong Xiu to investigate the emperor's intentions, so he could always satisfy the emperor's appetite at the right time, so he was favored by Daizong.His wife, Wang Shi, was the daughter of Wang Zhongsi, the governor of Hexi during the Kaiyuan period, and was known for her viciousness. Yuan Zai is by no means a kind person, nor is he an upright person.He first bought Yu Chaoen's confidants with a lot of money in order to grasp his movements.Every time Yu Chaoen goes to the court, he always leads Zhou Hao to lead more than a hundred people to guard him, and he also uses Shanzhou Jiedu envoy Huangfu Wen to hold his troops outside for help.Yuan Zai tried every means to buy them over.Then, Daizong moved Fengxiang Jiedu envoy Li Baoyu to Shannan Xidao Jiedu envoy, and Huangfu Wen as Fengxiang Jiedu envoy.On the surface, it seems that he is favored by Yu Chaoen, which aggravates the status of his cronies, but in essence it is to paralyze him.Yu Chaoen is still in the dark, not knowing that disaster is coming.However, Yu Chaoen's party members in the palace noticed that Daizong's intentions were different, so they secretly reported to Yu Chaoen.Yu Chaoen was skeptical, and when he tried to go to court, he found that Dai Zongen's situation was as usual, so he was relieved. The tenth day of March in the fifth year of the Dali calendar (770) is a traditional cold food festival.According to the usual practice, Daizong set up wine and held a banquet to celebrate the festival with his relatives and close officials.After the banquet, Daizong passed down an imperial decree, asking Yu Chaoen to stay and discuss matters.This was a bit unusual, but after the banquet, Yu Chaoen didn't think much about it, so he went to see Daizong by car (Yu Chaoen was a big fat man with limited mobility, and took a four-wheeled car every time he went to court).When Daizong in the hall heard the sound of the car, his face sank.As soon as Yu Chaoen entered the palace, Daizong immediately asked him why he was so daring to conspire against others.Yu Chaoen had a big accident and was stunned for a while, but soon calmed down and defended himself.Yu Chaoen didn't realize that the end was approaching, and his attitude was very tough, and he didn't take Daizong seriously at all.At this time, Zhou Hao, who had been bought by Yuan Zai, rushed forward with his left and right, captured Yu Chaoen immediately, and strangled him to death on the spot.The time before and after is very short, and the handling is clean and neat.Yu Chaoen was forty-nine years old at the time. The fact that Yu Chaoen was secretly executed in prison was unknown to the outside world except for a few people who participated in the conspiracy.In order to prevent accidents, Daizong concealed the truth for the time being, issued an edict to dismiss his military officer and other posts, increased the seal of 600 households, and a total of 1,000 households before the pass, and kept the internal guard as before.Then he lied to Yu Chaoen and hanged himself under the imperial edict. After the news spread, he sent his body home and gave him 6 million yuan as funeral expenses. Yu Chaoen has been in power for many years, formed a clique for private interests, and formed a powerful force of his own, so Daizong was still worried about his clique making trouble, especially worrying about causing riots in the imperial army.Therefore, he ordered his cronies to be exempted from being held accountable, and his former cronies Liu Xixian and Wang Jiahe were also promoted to Yushi Zhongcheng to comfort the hearts of the Northern Army, pardoned the prisoners in Gyeonggi, released all Yu Chaoen's party members, and issued an edict declaring that He said: "You are all my subordinates. From now on, I will be in command of the forbidden army. Don't worry about it." After reassurance, everyone's hearts were at ease, and basically no major changes occurred.Only Liu Xixian was full of crimes in the past, often doubted and restless, and spoke rudely, so he was given death.After Yu Chaoen's death, Daizong still took great pains, which shows how much limelight he was during his lifetime. Daizong relied on Yuan Zai's help to kill Yu Chaoen.However, after killing Yu Chaoen, he hated Yuan Zai's dictatorship and kept looking for opportunities to kill him.In 777 AD, seven years after Yu Chaoen's death, Daizong killed Yuanzai, and Yuanzai's wife Wang and three sons were bestowed to death.Yuan Zai also had a daughter who had already become a nun in Zijing Temple, but she was also implicated and made a slave in Yeting.Yuan Zai was a relatively rare corrupt official among the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty. He was good at amassing wealth. After Yu Chaoen's death, Daizong finally learned his lesson and stopped using eunuchs again.However, he himself has a deeper worry, that is, the power of the feudal town is flourishing.At this time, each Jiedu envoy expanded the army, appointed officials, and collected taxes within the jurisdiction.The Jiedushi was abolished by the sergeants, and the Tang court could no longer control it.In addition, the Jiedu envoys also attacked and killed each other in order to fight for power and land, but Daizong could only take a tolerant attitude towards this. In May of 779 A.D., Emperor Daizong was seriously ill, and hurriedly ordered the prince to be regent, and soon died of illness in the inner hall of Zichen in Chang'an Palace.He reigned for seventeen years and died at the age of fifty-three. He was buried in Yuanling after his death. However, the power of eunuchs, which had been suppressed in the hands of Daizong, revived in the hands of his son Dezong. Emperor Dezong divided the Shence Army into the left and right sides, and at the same time, Dou Wenchang and Huo Xianming (another eunuch Wang Xiqian at the beginning) were the supervisors of the left and right sides of the Shence Army, which opened a precedent for eunuchs to divide the forbidden army. .Since Dezong returned to Chang'an, the Shence Army was stationed around the capital and in the palace, and became a more important central forbidden army and elite mobile armed force than the Yulin Army and Longwu Army.In the second year of Zhenyuan (786), Tang Dezong expanded the left and right sides of the Shence Army into the left and right Shence Army. Trust and favor eunuchs.In June of the twelfth year of Zhenyuan (796), Dezong established the lieutenants of the Left and Right Shence Army Guards, which were held by Dou Wenchang and Huo Xianming respectively. The actual commander above the general of the Shence Army.Since then, the leadership of the Shence Army has been in the hands of eunuchs.In May of the eleventh year of Zhenyuan (795), Dezong also fixed the method for eunuchs to serve as supervisors of various towns and towns. institutionalized. The change of Dezong's attitude towards eunuchs made eunuchs become an important force in the political center after Dezong.Among the emperors of the Tang Dynasty after Dezong, his son Shunzong, grandson Xianzong, and later Jingzong and Wenzong all died at the hands of eunuchs.Historians often refer to the eunuch's monopoly as one of the manifestations of political corruption and darkness in the late Tang Dynasty. The final formation of this situation is directly related to Dezong's change in attitude towards eunuchs.