Chapter 9 Si Wenzong and Wang Shoucheng: Monarchs and Enemies

Throughout Chinese history, the situation of eunuchs arbitrating power was most serious in the Eastern Han, Tang and Ming dynasties.But the Tang Dynasty had a special feature: even the abolition of the emperor was often decided by eunuchs.From Tang Muzong, there were nine emperors in the Tang Dynasty, including Muzong (reigned from 821 to 824), Wenzong (reigned from 827 to 840), Wuzong (reigned from 841 to 846), and Xuanzong (reigned from 847 to 859). Seven emperors, Yizong (reigned from 860 to 873), Xizong (reigned from 874 to 888), and Zhaozong (reigned from 889 to 903) were established by eunuchs.Only Jingzong (reigned from 825 to 826) was established by Mu Zong, and the last emperor Aidi (reigned from 904 to 907) was established by Zhu Wen, a feudal town, and had nothing to do with eunuchs. However, the Tang Dynasty fell in only four years.Therefore, it can be said that in the eighty years of the late Tang Dynasty, the emperor was controlled by eunuchs.

Among the emperors controlled by eunuchs, not all emperors let the eunuchs run amok.Some of them still want to eradicate the power of eunuchs and restore the glory of their ancestors. The most famous of them is the Ganlu Change initiated by Wenzong. Beginning with Wenzong's father, Mu Zong, emperors were supported by eunuchs.The person who controls the power of the Tang court is not the emperor but the eunuch.At that time, the eunuchs Liang Shouqian and Wang Shoucheng were in charge of the government, and Mu Zong was emperor under the eunuchs. He only wanted to be satisfied with a life of luxury and indulgence, and did not want to participate in the government at all.Mu Zong hoped to live forever and favored alchemists, but died of poisoning while taking the elixir. He only served as emperor for three years.Prince Li Zhan came to the throne, that is, Tang Jingzong.

Jingzong was the crown prince appointed by Mu Zong, but he was only fifteen years old when he came to the throne.Jingzong had a violent temper, mean and unkind, and he would take out his anger on the people around him when he felt unsatisfactory, so everyone on the left and right resented him.One day, Tang Jingzong returned to the palace after "beating the fox at night", drinking and having fun with twenty-eight people including eunuch Liu Keming and batting general Su Zuoming.When the wine was full, Jingzong entered the room to change clothes.The candles in the hall were suddenly extinguished, and Liu Keming and others jointly killed Jingzong indoors.Jingzong reigned for less than three years and was only eighteen years old when he died.

Later, Liu Keming and others pretended to respect the emperor and supported Jiang Wang Li Wu (the sixth son of Xianzong) as emperor.He also began to seek power in the hands of other eunuchs, and as a result, he annoyed the four eunuchs known as the "Four Nobles"-the inner privy envoys Wang Shoucheng and Yang Chenghe, and the lieutenants Wei Congjian and Lieutenant Liang Shouqian of the left and right guards of the Shence Army.These four are the powerful faction among the eunuchs.In order to protect themselves, Wang Shoucheng and others led the forbidden soldiers to welcome King Jingzong's younger brother Jiang Wang Li Han as emperor.This move was supported by important court officials headed by Pei Du, the veteran minister of the three dynasties.As a result, the imperial army sent by Wang Shoucheng and others killed Liu Keming and Su Zuoming and his gang, and Jiang Wang Li Wu also died at the hands of the rebels.Jiang Wang Li Han ascended the throne as Wenzong, and changed his name to Li Ang after he ascended the throne.

Although Wenzong was supported by eunuchs, he showed favor to the eunuchs on the surface, but he couldn't bear it in his heart.He couldn't forget that Wang Shoucheng, who supported him, was the murderer who killed Xianzong (Wenzong's grandfather). He felt that he was insecure and wanted to use courtiers to fight against eunuchs. Over time it became superficial. In the second year of Taihe (828), the famous scholar Liu Fen (sound fen, same burning) took the exam.He openly opposed the eunuchs in the current policy, and asked Tang Wenzong to dismiss the eunuchs, return the government to the prime minister, and return the military power to the generals.Liu Fan's countermeasure was appreciated by the chief examiner, but because he was afraid of eunuchs, he did not dare to hire Liu Fan.As a result, all the twenty-two people who took the exam together with Liu Fan were selected, but Liu Fan was not selected.Liu Fan is recognized by everyone as an outstanding talent. This time, because he said some honest words, he was not selected, and everyone felt that he was wronged.The candidate who was elected said: "Liu Fan lost the election, but we made the list. It's so embarrassing."

In order to deal with the eunuchs, Wenzong chose Song Shenxi as the prime minister and plotted to kill the eunuchs.But the matter was not confidential, Song Shenxi's plan was discovered by Zheng Zhu, the eunuch Wang Shoucheng's confidant.Wang Shoucheng sent people to falsely accuse Song Shenxi of plotting to set up the emperor's younger brother, Zhang Wang Li Kuo. Although Wenzong was dubious, he was always afraid of endangering his throne, so he demoted Song Shenxi as Kaizhou Sima. Zheng Zhu is a very legendary figure.He is unattractive in appearance, short in stature, looks down and can't see far away, but he is "excellent in understanding people, broad in classical arts, chess and divination, especially ingenious, and everyone who sees him will be happy."In his early years, he practiced medicine for a living and traveled around the world.

At that time, Xiangyang Jiedu envoy Li Yan suffered from impotence. After Zheng Zhu's diagnosis and treatment, he cured Li Yan with folk prescriptions.Li Yan was very grateful and treated Zheng Zhu generously.Zheng Zhu also stepped into the officialdom and served as Jiedu Yatuo under Li Min's command.After that, Zheng Zhu began to participate in various military and political affairs, and was heavily relied on by Li Yan.This has aroused criticism from some people.Many people think that Zheng Zhu was reused by Li Yan because of his excellent medical skills, which means "specializing in Weifu".

The eunuch Wang Shoucheng, who was in charge of the army at the time, was also very dissatisfied with Zheng Zhu after hearing about this incident.He told Li Yan clearly that he planned to drive Zheng Zhu away.Li Yan replied, "Zheng Zhu is really a genius in the world. The general can try to talk to him. If you don't agree with the general, it's not too late to drive him away." Then he sent someone to call Zheng Zhu to meet the supervising army Wang Shoucheng.At first, Wang Shoucheng was still a little reluctant, feeling that talking with Zheng Zhu would be demeaning.Unexpectedly, as soon as Zheng Zhu opened his mouth, "debating freely and horizontally", Wang Shoucheng was impressed immediately, and he was immediately invited into the inner room.

The next day, Wang Shoucheng said to Li Yan: "Sure enough, Zheng Zhu is really a rare man in the world." Since then, Zheng Zhu has often been in and out of Wang Shoucheng's family, and the relationship is extremely close.Wang Shoucheng attached great importance to Zheng's note and took him as his confidant. In the fifteenth year of Yuanhe (802), Wang Shoucheng was transferred back to the capital to take up an internal post, and Zheng Zhu followed him all the way.Soon, Wang Shoucheng and Chen Hongzhi murdered Xianzong in order to fight for power and profit, and arbitrarily made Li Heng the emperor, that is, Muzong.As a result, Wang Shoucheng ascended to the important post of privy envoy and brought Zheng Zhu into the ban.However, Zheng Zhu relied on Wang Shoucheng's power to gather courtiers, and his power became more and more powerful, and even "reached bureaucrats and officials, competing for his family".

After Wen Zong came to the throne, Wang Shoucheng was promoted to General Hussars and served as Lieutenant of the Right Army because of his support.Zheng Zhu also rose with the tide, "the power is smoldering".Shi Yushi Li Qian was dissatisfied with Zheng Zhu's attachment to Wang Shoucheng, and Shangshu impeached Zheng Zhu.In order to protect Zheng Zhu, Wang Shoucheng hid him in the right army of the Forbidden Army under his command.Unexpectedly, Wei Yuanyuan, Lieutenant of the Left Army, Yang Chenghe, Wang Jianyan and Wang Shoucheng were at odds with the privy envoys, hated Wu Jiwu, and even hated Zheng Zhu.Li Hongchu and Wei Yuansu, generals of the Left Army, planned to falsely claim that the lieutenant was ill, and called Zheng Zhu to come and treat him, and took the opportunity to capture and kill him.

Everything was properly arranged, and Zheng Zhu came on time.At this time, he had already anticipated the crisis against him, so as soon as he arrived, he talked freely and eloquently.Wei Yuanyuan "unconsciously holds the song in his hand, listens to it and forgets to be tired".Li Hongchu repeatedly signaled Wei Yuansu to capture Zheng Zhu, but Wei Yuanyuan ignored him.In the end, Wei Yuanyuan was overwhelmed by Zheng Zhu's demeanor, gave him a large amount of gold and silk, and sent him back solemnly.Zheng Zhu once again used his personal charm to save the day, and his excellence can be seen from this. Under Wang Shoucheng's dealings, the prime minister Wang Ya also withheld Li Qian's memorial, and appointed Zheng Zhu as a servant censor and a right-handed judge. Not long after, Wenzong suddenly fell ill and was speechless.The imperial doctor diagnosed and treated in many ways, but it didn't work.So Wang Shoucheng recommended Zheng Zhu to treat Wenzong's illness.After Wen Zong took the medicine prepared by Zheng Zhu, it was very effective.Wen Zong praised him greatly. From then on, Zheng Zhu was favored by Wen Zong, and Wen Zong even appointed this quack doctor as the imperial servant and doctor of imperial history.After Zheng Zhu was appointed, regardless of personal grievances, he recommended Li Qian, who had impeached him, to take over his original position. At that time Li Zongmin was the prime minister, and Zheng Zhu didn't like him very much.Because Li Zongmin was not a very honorable prime minister. When he was the minister of the Ministry of officials, he married Song Ruoxian, a female scholar, and Yang Chenghe, a privy envoy. It was because of their internal assistance that he became prime minister.Just at this time, Jing Zhaoyin Yang Yuqing was convicted and thrown into Yushitai Prison. Li Zongmin tried his best to rescue him.Wen Zong was very upset and thought that Li Zongmin was a traitor, so he demoted him as the governor of Mingzhou, and soon as the governor of Chuzhou. At this time, Zheng Zhu exposed Li Zongmin's collusion with Song Ruoxian and Yang Chenghe, eunuchs Yang Chenghe, Wei Yuanyuan and Song Ruoxian who were at odds with Wang Shoucheng, "more than ten people were demoted by the marriage party".Therefore, Zheng Zhu was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry and a Bachelor of Hanlin. Since then, he was able to serve as a close servant and was deeply relied on by Emperor Wenzong.No one would have thought that Zheng Zhu, who was Wang Shoucheng's confidant, would become the core figure in the Ganlu Incident in the future. After Wenzong and Song Shenxi failed to get rid of the eunuchs, Wenzong was subject to the eunuchs everywhere.He wanted to rely on his courtiers to eradicate the power of eunuchs, but the courtiers were only busy fighting with each other.In this regard, Wenzong sighed helplessly and said: "It is easy to go to the bandits in Hebei (referring to the vassal town), but it is difficult to go to the court and China." But Wenzong was not reconciled, and was still secretly looking for suitable candidates for the alliance.Once, when Wen Zong was reading "Spring and Autumn", when he came to the section "Killing Wu Ziyu Sacrifice", he asked Xu Kangzuo, a scholar in the Imperial Academy next to him with ulterior motives: "Who is he?" Xu Kang was afraid of the eunuch's power and dared not answer.Later, after learning of Wenzong's intention to get rid of the eunuch, he was afraid of causing trouble to his upper body, so he pretended to be sick and quit as the Minister of the Ministry of War.Most of the courtiers at that time were like Xu Kangzuo, afraid of eunuchs, only wanting to protect themselves, and did not dare to participate in Wenzong's plan.This is what is said in the history books, the incumbent minister "holds the salary to seek peace, and the one who dies without the festival".As the emperor of the Great Tang Empire, Wen Zong couldn't find a brave man. One can imagine the anguish in Wenzong's heart.It was at this time that Li Xun came into Wenzong's sight. Li Xun, courtesy name Zichui, was originally named Zhongyan, but later changed his name to Xun.He was born in a famous family and was the grandson of Li Kui, the prime minister of Emperor Suzong.He also looks dignified, with everyone's demeanor, "exquisite appearance, suave and elegant", and "quite skilled in diction, eloquent, and multi-authority".After Li Xun became a Jinshi, he served as an assistant teacher of Taixue for a while, and later served as a staff member of Heyang Jiedu Mansion.But soon the Wu Zhao case came out. In the first year of Jingzong Baoli (825), Li Xun's father, Li Fengji, was prime minister, and he was at odds with another prime minister, Li Cheng.It happened that Wu Zhao, the governor of Shizhou, was demoted. In order to frame Li Fengji, Li Cheng sent someone to tell Wu Zhao that Li Cheng wanted to be an official for him, but Li Fengji stopped him.Wu Zhaoxin thought it was true and angered Li Fengji.One day, the more Wu Zhao thought about it, the more angry he became, and he told Zuo Jinwu soldier Cao Maohui that he planned to assassinate Li Fengji.As a result, this exasperated statement was reported, and Wu Zhao was arrested and imprisoned. Originally, the matter ended here, even if Wu Zhao hated Li Fengji to the bone, there would be no big waves.Li Xun came out at this time.He felt that there was an opportunity to help Li Fengji, his father, beat Li Cheng.Li Xun went to see Cao Maohui and asked him to testify that Wu Zhao was conspiring with Prime Minister Li Cheng.But Li Xun's plan failed, Wu Zhao was killed with a stick, and Li Xun was also exiled in Xiangzhou (now northeast of Xiangzhou, Guangxi).From this incident, we can see Li Xun's style of eager for quick success and quick profit. It was this kind of style that led to his subsequent failure in the Ganlu Incident. After Wenzong came to the throne, he pardoned the world, and Li Xun returned to the north with pardon.When he learned that the government was in the hands of the eunuch Wang Shoucheng, and that Wang Shoucheng favored Zheng Zhu, he couldn't help sighing and said: "People who exercise power in this world are dirty, and I heard that good people have help and can work with them. "So, I prepared a generous gift to meet Zheng Zhu, which actually meant to go to his disciples.Both of them are people who are good at debating, and they hit it off immediately.Zheng Zhu not only recommended Li Xun to Wang Shoucheng, but also recommended him to Wenzong.Wen Zong was very happy to see that Li Xun was handsome, eloquent, and powerful. Li Deyu, the prime minister at the time, believed that Li Xun was a villain (referring to Wu Zhao's case) and should not be reused.However, Wen Zong said: "Everyone has no faults, and he will correct himself." Regardless of the prime minister's opposition, he worshiped Li Xun as a scholar in the Imperial Academy. Wenzong told Li Xun and Zheng Zhu about his desire to kill eunuchs. At that time, Li Xun was a scholar of the Hanlin University and a minister of the Ministry of Rites, Tongping Zhangshi (Prime Minister), and Zheng Zhu was a scholar of the Hanlin University and Minister of the Ministry of Industry.Both Li and Zheng expressed their willingness to work for Wenzong and actively made suggestions.It is conceivable how much this encouraged Wen Zong.Because both Li Xun and Zheng Zhu were recommended by Wang Shoucheng, especially Zheng Zhu was Wang Shoucheng's confidant, so no one aroused any suspicion. Special mention should be made here of Zheng Zhu. He has always appeared as Wang Shoucheng's confidant, especially in the case of Song Shenxi.So why did he suddenly start supporting Wenzong again at this time?At this moment, he is already an extremely human minister, why should he suddenly turn to the weak Wenzong?It can be seen from Zheng Zhu's previous experience of turning dangers into disasters that he is definitely a smart person who knows the current affairs and the general situation.This can only show that Zheng Zhu suddenly turned to Wenzong because he wanted to get greater benefits.As for Li Xun, there is no doubt that he is a typical speculator.Both Li Xun and Zheng Zhu had done things that ordinary people would not do, so after seeing the huge benefits of helping the emperor achieve success, both of them were willing to serve him. After Li Xun became prime minister, he started a series of countermeasures intensively.First of all, it began to rectify the administration of officials and eliminate crony disputes between the court and China.Li Zongmin and Li Deyu, the leaders of the two factions that were incompatible with each other, were demoted from the imperial court, and the "newly isolated and independent people" were vigorously promoted. In terms of strategies for dealing with eunuchs, Li Xun took advantage of the contradictions among the eunuchs to divide and disintegrate.He first promoted Qiu Shiliang, an eunuch who had been suppressed by Wang Shoucheng, to the rank of lieutenant, and distributed Wang Shoucheng's power.Then all the eunuchs that Wang Shoucheng didn't like were demoted to other places as officials.In fact, as the same kind of people, Wang Shoucheng was afraid that the same kind would share his power, so he rarely liked eunuchs.The powerful eunuchs such as Wei Yuanyuan and Yang Chenghe who had a grudge against Wang Shoucheng were all executed, which also won Wang Shoucheng's favor. At that time, there were many rumors all over the world, saying that Xianzong was murdered by eunuch Chen Hongzhi, and Wenzong hated Chen Hongzhi to the bone.At that time, Chen Hongzhi served as the supervisor of the Eastern Road in Shannan, and Li Xun called him to Qingniyi in the name of Wenzong, "sealed the stick and killed him", thus venting Wenzong's great hatred.Therefore, Wenzong trusted Li Xun even more. After a series of premeditated plans, Wang Shoucheng was completely isolated.Seeing that the time was right, Li Xun asked Wenzong to force Wang Shoucheng to drink poisoned wine to commit suicide.The great eunuch Wang Shoucheng, who was once powerful and feared by everyone, was easily eliminated in this way.Because of this, Li Xun's prestige increased greatly, "every time he came to see him, the prime minister prepared his position, the emperor loved him, and the eunuchs and guards were all apprehensive to greet him."The eunuchs were swept away, and their arrogance was greatly restrained. Li Xun and Zheng Zhu conspired again, intending to completely kill the eunuchs.Because eunuchs hold military power in their hands, they must master a certain amount of military power to be able to succeed.Therefore, Li Xun first asked Zheng Zhu to serve as Fengxiang Jiedu envoy to take charge of the army as foreign aid.The two agreed that when Wang Shoucheng was buried, they ordered all eunuchs and lieutenants to be buried in Chanshui.Then Zheng Zhu led his own soldiers to kill all the eunuchs, leaving no one behind.In this way, great things will happen. According to this plan, the possibility of success is quite high.But as analyzed above, Li Xun is an opportunist. At the critical moment, his speculative psychology began to cause trouble: he thought it was an unworldly achievement, and he wanted to monopolize it!Therefore, without notifying Zheng Zhu, Li Xun temporarily changed the plan.He and Prime Minister Shu Yuanyu, Jinwu General Han Yue and others came up with a plan. On November 21st of the ninth year of Yamato (835), Wen Zong ascended the Zichen Hall in the early court, and all civil and military officials stood in accordance with their shifts.Jinwu General Han Yuezuo said that the pomegranate tree in Jinwu Zuozhan courtyard will drop nectar at night, which is a sign of auspiciousness.Wenzong had known the plan in advance, expressed surprise on purpose, and sent the lieutenants of the left and right army, the privy ministers Qiu Shiliang, Yu Hongzhi and other eunuchs to see what happened. After the eunuch left, Li Xun immediately dispatched troops to execute the eunuch.But when Qiu Shiliang and other eunuchs came to Zuozhan, they found that Han Yue was flustered and abnormal, and he was sweating coldly in the winter, so he couldn't help feeling suspicious.A gust of wind happened to blow the curtain.Qiu Shiliang and others discovered that there were many people holding weapons behind the scenes.They suddenly realized what had happened, and fled in a hurry. The guard tried to close the door, but it was too late. Qiu Shiliang and others fled back to the palace, robbed Wenzong and retreated into the palace.At this time, the Jinwu soldiers had already boarded the Hanyuan Hall, and Li Xun immediately commanded the Jinwu soldiers to escort them, and shouted: "Guardians and Chengyu, I will give you hundreds of thousands of money!" The Jinwu soldiers responded. Seeing that the situation was critical, Qiu Shiliang hurriedly decided to open the back of the hall, and took Wenzong to take a shortcut to enter.Li Xun hurriedly grabbed onto the chariot, holding onto it tightly.When Qiu Shiliang was fighting with Li Xun, he fell to the ground. Li Xun rushed forward and stabbed him with a knife in his boot, but Qiu Shiliang was rescued by the eunuch. At this time, Jingzhao Shao Yin Luo Liyan led more than 300 Jingzhaoluo soldiers to kill from the east, Yushi Zhongcheng Li Xiaoben led Yushitai to rush from the west with more than 200 people, the two sides joined Jinwu soldiers and killed the eunuch Dozens of people.Li Xun still held on to Wenzong's chariot and dragged him to the Xuanzheng Gate, where he was knocked down by the eunuch Xi Zhirong. The emperor's chariot entered the Dongshang Pavilion, and the eunuch closed the gate of the pavilion.The fight was over. Li Xun saw that it was difficult to succeed, so he took off his purple clothes, put on the green shirt of an official, and walked out.On the road, he threatened to say: "What crime did I flee!" Therefore, no one doubted or stopped him. While Li Xun was fleeing, Qiu Shiliang commanded eunuchs to lead more than a thousand forbidden soldiers, and carried out a bloody massacre of officials and soldiers in the capital. There were more than a hundred people, and in the palace, "the corpses were bleeding, the ground was in a mess, and all the seals, books, curtains, and utensils were all gone."Prime Minister Shu Yuanyu and others were also arrested and imprisoned, tortured, and forced to falsely commit treason.Li Xun's house was looted, and the scoundrels in the capital also took advantage of the fire to loot. The whole Chang'an was in a state of turmoil, and the capital was turned upside down.This is the famous "Nectar Change" in history. After Li Xun left the capital, he went to Zong Mi, a monk in Zhongnan Mountain.Zong Mi had an old friend with Li Xun and wanted to shave his hair and become a monk, but the monks disagreed, so Li Xun had to leave the mountain temple.When escorted to Kunming Lake, Li Xun was afraid that he would be sent to the Shence Army to be tortured, so he used his eloquence for the last time and successfully persuaded the escort to behead him and send him to the Shence Army.After that, Prime Minister Wang Ya and other people who had nothing to do with the change of Ganlu were also killed, and thousands of people died. When Chang'an was bleeding like a river, Zheng Zhu was setting off with his own soldiers according to the agreement.When they arrived in Fufeng County, they heard that Li Xun had failed, so Zheng Zhu immediately returned to Fengxiang. We can analyze Zheng Zhu's psychology at this time.Obviously, the general situation is gone, and there is no way to turn back. His end will be the same as Li Xun's.In fact, Zheng Zhu has only one way to go at this time, and that is to run away quickly.However, Zheng Zhu didn't run away.Instead of running away, he waited quietly at home, showing an unusual calmness. After Qiu Shiliang took control of the situation in the capital, he immediately sent a secret order to Zhang Zhongqing, the supervisor of Fengxiang, ordering him to kill Zheng Zhu and his cronies immediately.Zhang Zhongqing was also a great eunuch. When he learned that great changes had taken place in the capital, he was terrified and felt helpless.Li Shuhe, the yamen, offered advice for him, suggesting that he should be lured here in the name of summoning Zheng Zhu for a discussion, and set up an ambush in advance to kill him in one fell swoop.Zhang Zhongqing followed his plan. Zheng Zhu is an extremely smart person, he will not fail to know that this is a grand feast.Surprisingly, he not only went to the trip happily, but also fully complied when Li Shuhe asked him to keep his soldiers outside.This can only explain one thing, Zheng Zhu had fully thought about it before he came here, he was trying to make peace, that is to say, he imagined that he had taken refuge in Zhang Zhongqing again as he had gone to Wang Shoucheng before.He was originally a character in the world, a gambler, and he was willing to gamble again for the sake of his wealth and life.Moreover, he has this self-confidence and this ability. His eloquence not only saved him from danger, but also made him rise to the top. Zheng Zhu came in and saluted Zhang Zhongqing respectfully.Zhang Zhongqing was also very polite, invited him to sit down, and then served tea.This made Zheng Zhu see hope, he picked up the tea politely, and planned to start his eloquence after taking a sip.However, just as he was drinking tea, Li Shuhe behind him pulled out a knife and killed him on the spot.Zheng Zhu's psychology before his death should be the sadness of unfulfilled ambitions, right?In his life, he has experienced many turbulent waves. He originally relied on eunuchs to advance, and the reason why he put all his eggs in one basket was that he hoped to get a greater promotion by killing eunuchs.However, in the end he failed to pass this last hurdle. What made Zheng Zhu feel uneasy was a bloody massacre. Not only were all the soldiers who followed him killed, but his whole family was killed regardless of age. Lu Jianneng, the observing judge Xiao Jie, and the secretary Lu Hongmao were all killed. "More than a thousand people died." So far, Li Xun and Zheng Zhu, two legendary historical figures, ended their curtain call with tragic fates. In addition to the lives of countless people, Wen Zong's ambition to eradicate eunuchs was buried for them. After the change of Ganlu, the eunuchs became even more arrogant and panicked.Prime Minister Li Shi is loyal and upright, and often corrects Qiu Shiliang face to face, and Qiu Shiliang holds a grudge.One day in the first month of the third year of Kaicheng (838), when Li Shi was in the early court, Qiu Shiliang ambushed assassins on the way, intending to assassinate secretly.When Li Shi rode halfway, the assassin rushed out and shot Li Shi.Followers scattered in surprise.Li Shi's horse was frightened, but luckily the horse was spiritual, so it turned around and galloped towards Li's mansion.Li Shi was injured and had to lie on his horse.When he arrived at Fangmen, Li Shi was attacked by assassins again.The assassin cut Li Shi with a knife, but the horse was so fast that he only cut off the horse's tail, and Li Shi survived.Afterwards, considering that his own safety could not be guaranteed, Li Shi was forced to write a letter claiming to be ill and requesting to resign from the phase.Wen Zong knew that the prime minister was afraid of eunuchs, but he had no choice but to agree to Li Shi as Jingnan Jiedu envoy. After Li Shi came out of Jingnan, Qiu Shiliang became even more unscrupulous.Wenzong was always closely monitored by eunuchs and could no longer do anything.Because there was nothing to do, the emperor had to drink to get drunk and write poems to relieve his sorrow.One day, Wen Zong asked Minister Zhou Chi what kind of monarch he could compare to the previous generation.Zhou Chi complimented shamelessly: "Your Majesty can be compared to Yao and Shun." Wen Zong still had self-knowledge, saying that he was under the control of his family slaves, which was worse than the two subjugated kings, King Nan of Zhou and Emperor Xian of Han.After speaking, she burst into tears.He became depressed and ill because of his sadness, and never went to court again. At this time, the young poet Li Shangyin felt the change of nectar, and wrote the poem "Heavy Feelings":