In order to have a more comprehensive understanding of Li Chen, it is necessary for us to start from before he ascended the throne. Before he ascended the throne, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was named Li Yi, who was once named King of Light by Tang Muzong. When Li Yi was young, she was different from other royal children. She is very dull and seldom talks. Many people think that he is not smart enough. When Tang Wenzong and Tang Wuzong were in power, they looked down on this uncle and often forced him to speak at banquets, taking pleasure in it.
However, Li Yi did not care about the tricks of these nephews and remained silent. His performance attracted the attention of eunuch Ma and other power groups. These people think that if Li Yi ascended the throne, it must be well controlled. Therefore, when he was dying, Ma and others became grandfathers and changed their names. In 846, Tang Wuzong died and Li Chen succeeded to the throne. After Li Chen succeeded to the throne, he was diligent in politics and pursued rule tirelessly. At this time, the civil and military officials of the Qing Dynasty and the eunuchs in the harem discovered that Li Chen of the Tang Xuanzong was a very talented person, and he only forbeared before.
Li Chen, a member of Xuanzong in the Tang Dynasty, has been trying to emulate his ancestor, Emperor Taizong, since he ascended the throne, and wrote a motto on the screen of his study, which is "Do whatever it takes in troubled times to govern the country and be loyal to the sages".
At the beginning of the succession, in order to strengthen the imperial power, Li Deyu, an important official of the former dynasty, was first driven out of the court, and then Niu Senru, Li Deyu's political enemy, was strongly supported. This move directly solved the dispute between Niu Li and the party for half a century. Li Chen, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, corrected the destruction of Buddhism during the reign of Tang Wuzong and won the support of courtiers and Buddhist believers.
Li Chen attached great importance to the selection of talents. He will never tolerate some incompetent royalty left by the former regime. Once, he discussed politics with his uncle Zheng Guang and found that Zheng Guang was just ignorant. He had no scruples about Zheng Guang's kingship, and directly removed him from the position of our time. Although Jiang Shen, assistant minister of the Ministry of War, was not born high, he was directly promoted to prime minister by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Chen, because of his unique opinions in the usual debates.
After being promoted, Jiang Shen suggested that Tang Xuanzong Li Chen said that in previous dynasties, there were so many loopholes in the official selection system that many lucky people occupied high positions. Li Chen, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, thought that Jiang Shen's suggestion was very reasonable, so he began to strictly control the selection of officials and resolutely refused to seal officials according to his personal preferences. Officials who have no political achievements are determined not to hold official titles. After being appointed, the local secretariat must come to Beijing to accept his face-to-face inspection, and only those who pass the inspection can take office.
Li Chen, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, is a little similar to Emperor Taizong. During his reign, he was also very good at being taught. He can be said to be good at making suggestions, and he can accept it with an open mind, whether it is admonishing ministers or refuting doors. Li Chen, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, also had a good personal character. He can remember the names and looks of some low-level handymen in the palace and what these people are responsible for. Sometimes these imperial secretaries are ill, and he even goes to visit them in person, which is very rare among emperors in past dynasties.
After eating the sandwich, let's talk about the martial arts during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Chen. In 847 AD, Chen Li Sect of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty led by Zhang Zhongwu and Lulong sent our troops northward, defeated the northern mountains and streams, burned more than 200,000 other camps, got more than 70,000 cattle and sheep, and seized storage for more than 500 times. After this victory, there was no military threat in northern Datang.
After the Anshi Rebellion, Tubo took advantage of the rebellion to occupy Hexi counties, and Shuozhou, Liangzhou, Lanzhou and Guazhou fell one after another. Li Chen, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, recovered three states and seven passes in the early days of his succession. Zhang Yichao, the leader of Shazhou, who was besieged by Tubo, launched an uprising in 848 A.D., and cooperated with the troops of the Tang Dynasty to recover the Hexi area besieged by Tubo for nearly a hundred years. After returning to Hexi in the Tang Dynasty, Li Chen was also very excited. He said: "Xianzong has always intended to recover Hezhou and seize the region, but he was busy with the war in the Central Plains and failed. I have a legacy that is enough to comfort my father's soul in heaven! "
As early as the reign of Tang Wuzong, he sent troops to crusade against the Tangut many times, but failed every time. After Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty succeeded to the throne, Li Chen learned that the main reason why the Tangut people rose up against the Tang Dynasty was that the frontier generals in the Tang Dynasty often indulged their men in robbing the Tangut people of their sheep and horses, thus angering the Tangut people. In order to change this situation, Li Chen, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, decided to send Confucian officials to replace greedy frontier generals, thus repairing the tense border relations with the Tangut people for many years.
After talking about Chen Li's literary martial arts, let's talk about his cultural achievements. During Li Chen's reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Cui Guicong, Wei Ao, Li Xun and Zhang Yanyuan were ordered to write 22 volumes of Continued Tang Calendar. He himself is also quite accomplished in poetry and calligraphy. When Emperor Xuanzong Chen Ligang succeeded to the throne, he planned to appoint Bai Juyi as prime minister. But when he wrote, Bai Juyi had died, so Li Chen was very sad. He wrote "Hanging Bai Juyi" and deeply missed it.
This poem "Zhou Xiang" introduces Bai Juyi's life and deeds, and is called a masterpiece of mourning poems by later generations, especially the two sentences "A teenager can hate Long song and Hu Er can sing the pipa", which are often mentioned by later generations when talking about Bai Juyi.
In addition, Li Chen, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, was also highly accomplished in calligraphy, especially in running script. His work "Xuan He Shu Pu" is called "the prosperity of calligraphy at that time, such as Pei Xiu's generation can still catch up with Yan Liu. Therefore, all the studies inherited from Taizong were circulated in calligraphy, and Xuanzong called it a running script, which covered its typicality. "
To sum up, Li Chen was always diligent in political affairs during his reign. He solved the "Niuli Party Struggle" that troubled the Tang Dynasty for half a century, successfully restricted the power of eunuchs and the royal family, and will avenge the 100 officials who died in the Ganlu Revolution. Externally, defeat Tubo, recover Hexi area, solve the military threat of nomadic people in the north and appease the Tangut. It is precisely because Li Chen, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, has made so many achievements that Tang Xuanzong has such a high evaluation in history.