Chapter 206 Chapter 205: Li Chun, Emperor Xianzong

In the first year of Emperor Shunzong Yongzhen (805 A.D.), eunuch Ju Wenzhen joined forces with Jiannan Jiedu envoy Wei Gao and other feudal forces to force Shunzong to pass the throne to Prince Li Chun.Under the pressure of the eunuch forces, Shunzong abdicated as the Supreme Emperor, and Prince Li Chun ascended the throne as Xianzong.Changed Yuan Yongzhen.Tang Xianzong was 28 years old when he came to the throne.He tried his best to flatten the separatist regimes of the feudal towns and restore the unity of the Tang Dynasty, and made some achievements. As soon as Tang Xianzong came to the throne, he opposed the normal state of appeasement in the feudal towns.Xichuan Jiedu envoy Wei Gao died, and his deputy Jiedu envoy Liu Pi sent a letter to the court requesting Wei Gao to be the Jiedu envoy on his behalf.Xianzong immediately ordered Yuan Zi to be the envoy of Xichuan Jiedu, and to enlist Liu Pi to enter the court as a gift.

Since the mid-Tang Dynasty, local feudal vassals and towns have each supported strong soldiers and respected the imperial court on the surface, but laws, officials and nobles have their own sets, and taxes are not paid to the central government.The position of the Jiedushi is often succeeded by the father or the son, or is supported by the subordinates. The court can only obey and ratify it afterwards, but cannot change it, otherwise it will join forces to rebel against the court.Du Huangshang, the prime minister of the DPRK and China, analyzed the situation and strongly advocated the promotion of discipline and sanctions against the feudal towns. Emperor Xianzong agreed with him very much.Before Liu Pi became the Jiedu envoy, he sent troops to besiege Zizhou.Emperor Xianzong rejected all opinions and adopted Du Huangshang's suggestion to take Liu Pi first.

In the first year of Yuanhe (806 A.D.), Emperor Xianzong ordered Gao Chongwen, the governor of the Zuo Shence Army, to lead the army to fight against Shu.Gao Chongwen was a relatively shallow but courageous general among Tang generals.He led the army to send troops from Xiegu, strictly enforced military discipline all the way, cut through the passes and seized the passes, and won in every direction.From the dispatch of troops in the first month to September, the Tang army captured Chengdu, captured Liu Pi alive, and quelled the rebellion. Just when Emperor Xianzong was fighting for Shu, Xia Sui's Jiedu Envoy Han Quanyi entered the court to become an official, and kept his nephew Yang Huilin to know Xia Sui's stay.Xianzong decisively ordered the Hedong and Tiande troops to attack Yang Huilin, quelled Yang Huilin's rebellion, and passed on to the capital.In this way, when Xianzong came to power, he tried his edge for the first time and won an initial victory in the struggle against the feudal town.

The pacification of Shu and Xia produced a strong deterrent force, and many feudal towns requested to enter the dynasty.Zhenhai Jiedu made Li Qi have no choice but to ask to join the court.Emperor Xianzong agreed, sent envoys to comfort him, and asked about the departure date.Li Qiyuan just wanted to express it casually, so he postponed it again and again.Emperor Xianzong resolutely issued an edict, conscripting Li Qi as Zuo Servant, and using Li Yuanyuan, the imperial historian, as the envoy of Zhenhai Jiedu, Li Qi then raised his troops to rebel.Xianzong had been prepared for a long time, and then he issued an edict to cut off Li Qi's official title and the affiliation of the Tang clan, and sent troops to quell the rebellion. Within a month, the rebellion was quelled.

However, it is indeed not easy to calm down the power of the feudal town.In particular, the Hebei feudal towns represented by the three towns of Heshuo have not obeyed the edict of the Tang Dynasty for decades.Seeing that the imperial court's prestige is increasing day by day, they are all looking for an opportunity to compete with the imperial court. In the fourth year of Yuanhe, Wang Shizhen, the envoy of Chengde Jiedu, died, and his son, deputy ambassador Wang Chengzong, stayed behind.The three towns in Hebei have followed Wang Shizhen's example, taking their eldest son as the deputy ambassador, and leading the military affairs on his behalf upon his father's death.Wang Chengzong pretended to donate the two prefectures of De and Di in order to get the imperial court to appoint him as the envoy of Jiedu.Emperor Xianzong then decided to go out to conquer.

Many courtiers could not help but get carried away when they saw that Xianzong took Liu Pi of Shu in the west and Li Qi in Wu in the east, and urged Xianzong to send troops to Hebei.Prime Minister Pei Ji and Hanlin scholar Li Jiang were very clear-headed, and they all tried their best to prevent Xianzong from sending troops.However, Xianzong was eager to suppress the vassals and towns because of his successive successes in suppressing the rebellion in the past. He underestimated the power of Heshuo and did not adopt Li Jiang's opinion.In the fourth year of Yuanhe, Emperor Xianzong issued an edict to deprive Wang Chengzong of his official rank, and used the eunuch Tutu Chengcui to attack Wang Chengzong.

Tang Xianzong became emperor with the support of eunuchs, so he had a good impression of eunuchs.It is wrong to send troops rashly, and it is even more inappropriate to appoint eunuchs as military commanders.The court ministers represented by Bai Juyi, a Hanlin scholar, strongly opposed it, but Xianzong still disagreed. The situation in Hebei at that time was that King Chengzong of Chengde was in the north, Wei Botian Ji'an was in the south, Liu Ji of Lulong Town was in the north of Chengde, and Li Shidao of Ziqing was in the east.They all weighed the pros and cons, or bluffed and responded to the court, but actually stayed behind;Liu Ji led the whole army to attack Leshou (now Xianxian County, Hebei Province), but did not attack at a stalemate; Li Shidao and Tian Ji'an led their troops to attack a county each, that is, they stopped and did not advance. officer army.

When Tutu Chengcui came to the front line, his power was weak, and he was defeated repeatedly, losing troops and losing generals. Even Li Dingjin, the general of Zuo Shence Army, was killed in battle.Li Dingjin once participated in the battle to pacify Liu Pi in Xichuan, captured Liu Pi forcefully, and was famous for his bravery in the army.As soon as he died, the morale of the officers and soldiers suddenly fell.Only then did Xianzong understand that Hebei was so intricate, powerful and difficult to control that this war could not be extricated from itself and could not be fought any longer.At the critical moment, Prime Minister Pei Jie planned to capture and destroy Lu Congshi, pacified Zhaoyi, and eliminated internal troubles, which made the situation a little better.Wang Chengzong saw that Zhaoyi was destroyed and lost his internal support, so he wrote a letter to the court to plead guilty, pretending to accept contributions, and asked to send officials.The imperial army has been in Hebei for a long time, and it has long been difficult to support the enemy. Xianzong happened to take advantage of the slope to go down the donkey, and hurriedly issued an order to stop the army.

The failure of the crusade against Wang Chengzong did not make Xianzong change his determination to subdue the feudal towns, but he changed his previous method of blindly sending troops to conquer, and turned to the strategy of combining favor and power. In the seventh year of Yuanhe (821 A.D.), Tian Ji'an, the envoy of Wei Bo Jiedu, died. According to the custom, his 11-year-old youngest son Tian Huaijian was the deputy ambassador, in charge of military affairs.Li Jifu, the prime minister of the DPRK and China, and other human rights constitutional sects went out to conquer again.Prime Minister Li Jiang did not advocate sending troops. He analyzed: Hebei Fanzhen Jiedu envoys feared that the power of the generals would be too heavy, so they divided the troops to serve the generals and check each other.When Jiedushi is the strict coach, he can control this situation.But Tian Huaijian is an 11-year-old boy, and his military power must be represented by others.The strategy of dividing the troops is suitable for today's disaster, and the Tian family will be killed by all the generals under his command.Because other feudal towns are also afraid that their generals will destroy themselves, and they will never tolerate those who kill the commander-in-chief.Those who kill Tian Huaijian and take over as commander-in-chief will be attacked by neighbors.Therefore, if those who killed the Tian family did not return to the imperial court for help, they would be immediately eaten by other feudal towns.Therefore, the imperial court does not need to send troops, but only needs to train soldiers and horses to observe the changes.If there is a Weibo department serving the imperial court in the future, they should not be stingy with their titles and rewards, and reward them generously, so that other feudal towns will know that they will be afraid that their subordinates will follow suit, and they will be terrified, and they will obey the imperial court.These to-the-point words made Xianzong feel elated and nodded his head repeatedly.

Later, the development of the situation was exactly as Li Jiang expected.Tian Xing, the general of Tian Ji'an's department, captured Tian Huaijian and attached himself to the imperial court. He expressed his willingness to abide by the imperial court's decrees and pay tribute, and asked the central government to appoint officials.Xianzong sent envoys to comfort him to observe the changes.Li Jiang advised Xianzong to directly issue an imperial edict, and named Tian Xing as Jiedu envoy.Tian Xing was grateful for the kindness of Emperor Xianzong, and was loyal to the court. The towns in Hebei repeatedly sent tourists to ask him to betray the court and abide by the old promise of Heshuo, but Tian Xing was not moved in the end.In the end of Tian Xing's life, Weibo Town has always been a force that the imperial court relies heavily on.The three towns of Heshuo finally opened a gap.

In the ninth year of Yuanhe, the most effective crusade against feudal towns during the reign of Emperor Xianzong began again.It turned out that Wu Shaoyang, the governor of Huaixi Town (also known as Zhangyi), had been actively accumulating strength in Caizhou (now Runan, Henan), preparing to rebel against the imperial court.Xianzong had long intended to conquer Caizhou, but because he was busy with the crusade against Wang Chengzong, he couldn't do it for a while.This year, Wu Shaoyang died, and his son Wu Yuanji led the military affairs by himself.Emperor Xianzong then sent Yan Shou to supervise all Taoist soldiers to attack Wu Yuanji. All the feudal towns have the heart to help each other and resist the imperial court together.Chengde Wang Chengzong wrote several times to intercede for Wu Yuanji, but was rejected by Xianzong. Later, he sent people to lobby Wu Yuanheng, the prime minister in charge of military affairs in the court, but Yuan Heng reprimanded him for retreating.Then he wrote a letter to slander Yuan Heng, and sent troops to attack and plunder everywhere to demonstrate to the central government.Li Shidao from Ziqing is even more cunning and vicious.Seeing that Wu Yuanji's intercession was invalid in the letter, he played tricks and tricks to help Wu Yuanji secretly.Originally, there was no Ziqing in the imperial conscript, so he also sent generals and 2,000 people to Shouchun, claiming to help the officers and soldiers to discuss Yuanji, but in fact, he waited for the opportunity to support Huaixi.They also sent assassins and traitors to move around Luoyang and Chang'an to create terror.As a result, gangs of thieves came together, and shocking news came one after another.Prime Minister Wu Yuanheng was killed on his way to court, and Prime Minister Pei Du was wounded by an assassin.A series of terrorist incidents caused panic among the people inside and outside the government and the field.Many ministers advised Xianzong to strike. There is also Han Hong, the Jiedu envoy of Xuanwu Town, who relied on his military strength and did not enter the court for 10 years. Xianzong took him as the commander of the army in Huaixi, and he deliberately delayed.Among the generals who fought against Huaixi, only Li Guangyan, the governor of Chenzhou, had outstanding military exploits. Yan Sui, the commander of the front line, is cowardly and incompetent, and has eunuchs as supervisors to monitor the generals. He takes credit for the victories and all the faults for the defeats, which makes none of the generals willing to contribute. , Morale was low, and after 3 years as a teacher, it still didn't work. In this complicated situation, Tang Xianzong showed a decisive spirit.He first removed Yan Shou, and took Gao Xia, the general of You Yulin, as the Jiedu envoy of Tang, Sui, and Deng, specializing in fighting.Gao Xiayu was defeated by Qiancheng, and many ministers were ready to persuade Xianzong. Xianzong stopped them first and said: "It is common to win and lose in a military strategist." The prime minister Pei Du fell ill because of an assassination, and many people asked to spare him. In order to please the vassals, Emperor Xianzong resolutely said: "If the officials are dismissed, the treachery will succeed, and one person will be enough to break the bandits!" He resolutely removed the generals who were not good for front-line operations.After Gao Xiayu was defeated in the war, Yuan Zi, the Jiedu Envoy of Jingnan, was used as the Jiedu Envoy of Zhangyi, and the Observation Envoy of Shen, Guang, Cai, Sui, Deng and other prefectures. As a military envoy, he led his army into Huaixi. In the twelfth year of Yuanhe, the campaign against Huaixi had lasted for four years, and the country was exhausted. Prime Minister Pei Du invited himself to the front to supervise the battle.Emperor Xianzong appointed him as the envoy of Huaixi Xuanwei Disposal, responsible for commanding the whole army. In order to enable Pei Du to calm down Huaixi smoothly, he obeyed Pei Du's words.Pei Du came to the front line in Huaixi, and asked to cancel the eunuchs who supervised the army, so that the generals could handle the military independently, and quickly reversed the passive situation.He also credited a group of famous generals such as Li Yan and Li Guangyan to rectify front-line military affairs, changing the chaotic situation of inconsistent military orders in the past. In the winter of the twelfth year of Yuanhe, on a snowy night, Tang General Li Min led 9,000 soldiers to raid Caizhou City, the governor of Huaixi Township, and captured the rebel leader Wu Yuanji alive in one fell swoop.Since Wu Shaocheng in Huaixi, Tang officials and troops have not been in Caizhou for 32 years. After four years of hard work to suppress the rebellion, Emperor Xianzong finally returned Huaixi to the central government. The pacification of Wu Yuanji made Hebei feudal towns look at the imperial court with admiration, and they wrote to the imperial court one after another, expressing their willingness to surrender.Cheng Quan, the envoy of Henghai Jiedu, ruled under Cangjing III and passed on four terms in total. At this time, his family entered the court; The picture of Dierzhou was printed in the capital; Liu Ji in Lulong Town was dead, and his son Liu Zong replaced him, and he also dedicatedly surrendered. When Li Shidao of Ziqing Town pacified Huaixi, he supported Wu Yuanji and cheered him up, which made the government and the people feel uneasy.After the demise of Huaixi, Li Shidao still stubbornly resisted.In May of the thirteenth year of Yuanhe, Emperor Xianzong issued an edict to punish Li Shidao.This time it was not what it used to be, Li Shidao was isolated and helpless, and no feudal town dared to help him, so he had to fight alone.Under the united attack of the officers and soldiers, Li Shidao was quickly wiped out. Since the Anshi Rebellion, the local separatist forces represented by the three towns of Heshuo have gone through Suzong, Daizong, Dezong, Shunzong, and Xianzong. North Korea recreated the situation of dominating the world. Tang Xianzong not only showed outstanding courage and tenacity in the struggle against the vassals and towns, but also had a good eye for selecting talents and accepting good advice in terms of employing people and accepting advice. After Xianzong came to the throne, he longed for the help of talented people who governed the country and the world, and hated the courtiers who offered rare and exotic animals to win his favor. During the reign of Emperor Xianzong, he paid great attention to the selection and appointment of prime ministers.He paid attention to this problem when he was the prince.After coming to power, he often discussed the pros and cons of choosing a prime minister in the past with his officials.A large number of upright and stately figures such as Du Huangshang, Pei Ji, Li Jiang, Pei Du, Cui Qun were chosen. Du Huangshang was Xianzong's first plan to flatten the vassal towns. When Xichuan Liu Pi rebelled, the ministers believed that the road to Shu was dangerous and far away, and it was not appropriate to send troops.Du Huangshang strongly advocated against Shu, and recommended Gao Chongwen as the military commander.Gao Chongwen was not only brave and good at fighting, but also upright and selfless. He won the first battle against the feudal town and made great contributions. Li Jiang not only has strategies and is familiar with the situation in the world, but also is upright and outspoken.Every courtier slandered Xianzong and framed Zhongliang. Li Jiang defended him and corrected many mistakes of Xianzong. Li Jiang dared to speak out and refused to curry favor with the emperor, but Emperor Xianzong valued him even more.In the sixth year of Yuanhe, he was chosen as prime minister.Li Jiang also advised Xianzong that the country is difficult and the treasury is empty, so we should save money and not indulge in sensuality.Emperor Xianzong was very happy when he heard this, and called him "the real prime minister!" In this year, a great famine occurred in Jianghuai, but the local censor lied about the good harvest.Li Jiang asked to sanction the falsified censor and exempt Jianghuai from renting Fu.He also asked Xianzong to open camps in Zhenwu and Tiande. In 4 years, 4,800 hectares of fields have been developed, and more than 40 million dendrobiums have been harvested.Emperor Xianzong adopted such major plans related to the national economy and people's livelihood one by one.During Li Jiang's prime ministership, he assisted Xianzong to pacify the vassals, rectify the administration of officials, and correct bad governance, becoming a generation of virtuous prime ministers at that time. During the reign of Emperor Xianzong, there were also some prime ministers who were submissive. When it came to major events, they were noncommittal and only knew to go along with it.For example, Quan Deyu belongs to this category.Li Jiang and Li Jifu often argued in front of Emperor Xianzong, but Quan Deyu didn't say a word in the middle, and no one was offended.Xianzong despised him very much, and soon dismissed him as prime minister. During the reign of Emperor Xianzong, whether it was the struggle against the vassals or the political and economic aspects of the country, there were turning points. Although it could not be compared with the previous period, it was the best situation in the late Tang Dynasty. Pei Du and other generation names have a lot to do with it. In the selection of other officials, Xianzong also paid attention to eclecticism and appointed people on their merits.Among Xianzong's ministers, Zuo Shiyi Yuan Zhenshan pointed out the gains and losses of the Chen court. Xianzong appreciated his words and often summoned him; Li Fan knew everything about the matter, and he dared to correct the emperor's edicts if there were mistakes. Xianzong chose him as prime minister; Because Xianzong was able to know people and be good at their duties, there were a lot of talents at that time. Du Huangshang, Li Jiang, and Pei Du made plans for their operations, and they generally gave an outline; Li Yan, Gao Chongwen, Li Guangyan, etc. All over the country; Du You, Bai Juyi, and Han Yu used ink for their dancing and writing, and drafted imperial edicts.The most prosperous talent in the late Tang Dynasty was none other than Xianzong. Because Xianzong paid attention to adopting public opinion at any time, he avoided many mistakes.For example, in the second year of Yuanhe (807 A.D.), someone slandered in front of Xianzong that Minister Zheng Yu and Zhaoyi Jiedu envoy Lu Congshi had colluded with each other and leaked court secrets.Xianzong was very angry, but he did not act recklessly, but let Li Jiang talk about his views first.Knowing that Zheng Yu was a good scholar, Li Jiang advised Xianzong not to listen to the instigation of treacherous ministers, but to find out the whole story in detail, and a big unjust case was avoided. Encouraged by Emperor Xianzong, some ministers even dared to argue with reason and refused to obey the order.In the eighth year of Yuanhe, there was a monk who learned from falsehood, made friends with powerful people with wealth, accepted bribes from the feudal towns, and committed lawlessness.Yushi Zhongcheng Xue Cuncheng detained him.The powerful eunuchs all scrambled to intercede for him, and Xianzong wanted to release him because he had benefited from him, but Cuncheng refused.Later Xianzong sent eunuchs to Yushitai to announce the decree, but Cuncheng insisted not to let them go.He replied to Xianzong: "Your Majesty must release this monk, please kill the minister first, otherwise, the minister will not obey the order!" Not only was Xianzong not angry, but instead praised Xue Cuncheng, the heinous Jianxu was finally killed. Because Xianzong was able to accept the opinions of others and follow what is good, especially on some major issues, he could listen to both without partiality, distinguish right from wrong, and his ministers dared to state their opinions. Xianzong not only successfully completed the cause of unifying the feudal town, but also The harmonious relationship between the monarch and his ministers inspired the loyalty of the courtiers to serve the country. Therefore, the politics at that time were relatively clear, and there was a great momentum of rejuvenating the Tang Dynasty. In the late Tang Dynasty, there were many emperors who were fatuous and incompetent, and were controlled by others;Those who are truly pragmatic and diligent, and who work hard to govern, must also be counted as Xianzong.In his early days, he devoted himself to cleaning up the mess in the world at that time, planning and planning for the restoration of the unification of the Tang Dynasty, summoned his officials, and dealt with all kinds of opportunities. He had no time or thought to have fun. With the assistance of a group of courtiers, Emperor Xianzong reformed some bad policies, which made the politics at that time initially on track.For example, in the late Tang Dynasty, when officials from all the Taoism came to Beijing, they had to send property to the emperor in order to curry favor with the emperor and seek promotion.In the third year of Yuanhe, Emperor Xianzong issued an order that officials of various Taoism came to Beijing and were not allowed to serve.The privy envoy Liu Guangqi asked to send envoys to various places to promulgate the edict, and wanted to privately divide the envoys. Imperial scholars Pei Yi and Li Jiang opposed the envoys and advocated passing them through post stations.Liu Guangqi said that this is an old practice in the past.Xianzong also saw through his mind, and said impatiently: "The old rules were right before, so we should follow them. If they were wrong, why didn't we change them!" Xianzong also expressed a certain degree of concern for the disasters caused by wars and famines in various places.At the beginning of his accession to the throne, he sent Pan Mengyang, deputy envoy of Duzhi and salt and iron transporter, to comfort the Jianghuai River, inspect the rent and tax, check whether the officials applauded, and the people suffered.Xianzong immediately removed him from the positions of Duzhi and Yantie Deputy Envoy, and kept this matter in mind all the time.In the fourth year of Yuanhe period, there was drought and famine in the south. Emperor Xianzong ordered Zheng Jingde, the doctor of Zuo Si, to serve as consolation envoys in Jiang, Huai, Jing, Hu, Xiang, Hubei and other roads to relieve the poor.Before leaving, he warned them: "I use a bolt of silk in the palace, and there are accounts, but I am not stingy in helping the common people. You should understand my intentions, and don't just drink and play like Pan Mengyang." Later, he approved the petition of Li Jiang and Bai Juyi, and ordered the whole world: the whole world will be imprisoned, the tax will be paid, people who go out of the palace will not enter the palace, and plundering and selling are prohibited.Thereby easing social contradictions and stabilizing people's livelihood.In the struggle against the feudal towns, all the people who were harmed by the feudal towns were appeased.After killing Li Qi in Zhenhai, Yousi asked to confiscate Li Qi's family wealth in order to lose the capital.Emperor Xianzong asked Li Jiang to replace the rent and tax of the people in western Zhejiang with Li Qi's family wealth.In the early days of Xianzong, the country was not unified, and the government had financial difficulties. In order to raise military expenses, Xianzong also collected wealth, but he did not use it for his own squandering. Tang Xianzong in the early period can be regarded as a wise emperor.It's a pity that after completing his brilliant achievements, he got carried away and gradually became extravagant and indulgent. The pacification of Wu Yuanji in Huaixi was a turning point in Xianzong's politics.In the thirteenth year of Yuanhe, Emperor Xianzong ordered the Sixth Army to build Linde Hall.General Zhang Fengguo of Youlongwu and General Li Wenyue believed that Huaixi was at the beginning of peace, and it was not appropriate to repair too much, and hoped that Prime Minister Pei Du would persuade Xianzong.Pei Du played on his behalf, and Emperor Xianzong was furious and demoted the two of them.He also ordered to dredge the Longshou Pool and build the Chenghui Hall. Since then, civil engineering battles have increased day by day.The expenses in the palace are also becoming more and more extravagant.The Minister of the Household Department ordered Duzhi Huangfubo and Cheng Yi, the salt and iron transfer envoy, to pay Xianzong many times (officials donated tax surplus to the royal family's property) for expenses, and Xianzong promoted them as prime ministers.When the news came out, the ruling and opposition parties were horrified.Pei Du and Cui Qunji reported that these two were cunning, exploited the common people, and withheld military pay. The whole world was indignant and wanted Xianzong to take back the order, but Xianzong not only refused to accept it, but also accused them of being cronies.Since the use of troops in Huaixi, Duzhi, Yantie and the Quartet have competed to contribute, and the disadvantages of Yuan and Jinfeng have intensified. These wealth were obtained by the officials through exploiting the common people and being full of corruption, but Xianzong never refused to come, he deserved it, and he was greedy and his appetite was getting bigger and bigger. Tang Xianzong thought that he was successful and famous, so he lost the style of trusting his officials and admonishing him like a stream.Instead, I like those courtiers who flatter and flatter me, and I feel increasingly uncomfortable with the honest words that accuse me of making mistakes.Since the introduction of Huangfu Bo and Cheng Yi into the prime minister, Pei Du, Cui Qun and other officials were gradually alienated and finally pushed out of the court.Huangfu won the favor of Emperor Xianzong, so he committed crimes even more recklessly.Pei and Cui were famous ministers in the later period of Xianzong. Xianzong relied on them to pacify Huaixi, make up for the side and remedy the disadvantages, and achieved his own achievements.Since the two left, a group of traitors and sycophants have surrounded Xianzong, the political affairs have deteriorated day by day, the court is dark, the government and the opposition are furious at what the treacherous ministers have done, and everyone gnashes their teeth.And Xianzong himself could no longer listen to the voice of his subjects. In his later years, Emperor Xianzong also liked the technique of longevity for immortals.There is a report of the history of merit and virtue. There is a "Buddha bone" in Famen Temple in Fengxiang, Shaanxi. The Xianzong sent eunuchs to lead all the Buddha students to welcome them to the forbidden center, worship them for three days, and then toured the Buddhist temples in the capital to worship.Driven by him, there was an upsurge of Buddhism welcoming Buddha bones.The princes, officials and people undressed and scattered money, competing to offer alms, and some even went bankrupt.Han Yu, the servant of the Ministry of punishment, wrote a letter expressing his opposition to such admiration of Buddhism, and was demoted as the governor of Chaozhou. Zong Zhengqing Li Daogu colluded with Huangfu Piao, saying that Liu Bi, a mountain man, could make longevity medicine. Xianzong was very interested and called Bi to refine the medicine.Liu Bi also said that there are gods and many spirit grasses in Tiantai Mountain.Emperor Xianzong believed it to be true and appointed him as the governor of Taizhou.The officials' dissuasion was ineffective. In the fifteenth year of Yuanhe (820 A.D.), Emperor Xianzong's temperament became more and more irritable because of taking the golden pill.Everyone in the eunuch is in danger, and the day is at stake.The eunuch Chen Hongzhi launched a rebellion, Emperor Xianzong was murdered, the eunuch concealed the cause of his death, and claimed that it was a drug.From then on, the abolition and establishment of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty were all manipulated by eunuchs.Xianzong was buried in Jingling, posthumously named "Sacred Emperor Zhangwu Xiao", and the temple name was "Xianzong".