Chapter 212 Chapter 211 Yizong Li Wei

Tang Yizong, originally named Wen, later changed his name to Ji, the eldest son of Tang Xuanzong.Xuanzong had 11 sons, but he liked the third son Kui Wangzi the most and wanted him to succeed him.Because he was afraid of his subordinates' remonstrance, he kept procrastinating.In the thirteenth year of Dazhong (859 A.D.), Xuanzong was seriously ill, and he secretly ordered three people including Wang Guichang, the privy envoy, to make King Kui the crown prince.The eunuch Youjun Lieutenant Wang Zongshi and Wang Guichang had never agreed with each other. Wang Guichang transferred him to Huainan Supervising Army, but Wang Zongshi did not go to the post. For Yizong.I was 18 years old.

When Yizong came to the throne, the politics of the Tang Dynasty had already declined, and class conflicts had become quite acute.Liu Yunzhang, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, pointed out in the "Book of Direct Admonitions" that at that time, the state had nine ruins and the people had eight sufferings. The people have eight hardships and cannot continue to live, so they can only rebel.In December of the thirteenth year of Dazhong, a peasant uprising led by Qiu Fu broke out in eastern Zhejiang.This uprising had a serious impact on the Tang Dynasty, and it took 8 months to subside.In the ninth year of Xiantong (868 A.D.), the soldiers who had not been replaced for six years on the border raised troops and attacked the city of Kezhou. Many farmers also joined in, and the number quickly grew to more than 200,000.Although it was suppressed later, it planted the fire for the peasant uprising in the late Tang Dynasty.

During this period, the relationship between Tang and Nanzhao was also quite tense, and there were wars of attack from time to time.After years of fighting, Jiaozhi was finally recovered, and a quiet navy was set up in Annan to guard the border and no longer attack Nanzhao.Things are calming down a bit, Yizong thinks the world is peaceful, so he starts eating, drinking and having fun. Yizong was fond of music banquets and worshiped musicians. There were often nearly 500 people, and there were more than 10 big banquets every month.He also traveled from time to time to places of interest near Chang'an and the Li Palace. Every time he traveled, there were more than 100,000 followers, which cost him countless money.There was a musician named Li Keji, who was good at composing new songs, and was favored by Yizong, who promoted him to be General Zuo Weiwei.General bureaucrats also followed suit, so corruption became common, and they only did things to harm the people.Minister Liu Hui repeatedly made remonstrances, but Mr. Yi turned a deaf ear to him.

During Yizong's 10-year reign, he did not establish a queen, and only favored concubine Guo Shu.The Guo family gave birth to a daughter, who was deeply loved by Yizong and named Princess Tongchang.When Princess Tongchang got married, Yizong used all the treasures in the palace as dowry. Even the windows and doors were decorated with miscellaneous treasures. All the utensils were either gold or silver. Min, the wedding ceremonies performed are extremely luxurious, and none of the princesses before the Tang Dynasty can compare with it.After more than a year of marriage, Princess Tongchang died of illness. Yizong made his own elegy, ordered all the officials to reconcile, and ordered all the ministers and below to mourn.He also framed that the medical officer who treated the princess had used the wrong medicine. More than 20 medical officials were ordered to be executed by Yizong, and more than 300 family members of the medical officers were also thrown in prison.Some ministers advised Yizong not to kill innocent people indiscriminately, and Yizong demoted them to local officials.The funeral of Princess Tongchang was also extremely luxurious.The funeral guards stretched for tens of miles. Musician Li Keji composed a hundred-year-old song and led hundreds of people to perform a lichen dance. He used miscellaneous treasures as jewelry, including 800 pieces.Metallurgical figurines, thousands of strange treasures, and 120 burial objects.

Yizong is also famous for being a Buddha.He set up lecture seats in the palace, sang scriptures by himself, and counted lucky Buddhist temples, giving endlessly.In the first month of the 14th year of Chengtong (AD 473), Yizong sent people to Fengxiang Famen Temple to welcome the "Buddha bone". During the 300 miles from the capital to Famen Temple, horses and chariots continued day and night. When the "Buddha bone" arrived in the capital, the imperial guards acted as a guard of honor, and the supporting team stretched for dozens of miles, making Chang'an go crazy.Yizong put the "Buddha bone" in the palace to make offerings, and worshiped it very piously. Below the prime minister, they competed to give gold and silk, and the palace became a temple.

Two months later, Yizong became seriously ill and died that year.After his death, he was buried in Jianling.His posthumous posthumous name is "Emperor Rui Wen Zhao Sheng Gong Hui Xiao", and the temple name is "Yi Zong".