"The Book of the New Tang Dynasty" commented on Li Yu in the historical theory: "The ancestors' dynasty still has remnants, and Gai is also the master of Chinese materials." I think he has certain ability and is a qualified emperor. In the Book of Old Tang Dynasty, after discussing what Dai Zong did all his life, the author came to the conclusion that "the ancient sages failed to achieve this", which can be said to be a very high evaluation.
On October 13th, the 14th year of Kaiyuan (165438+ 10/726), he was born in Shangyang Palace, Luoyang, the east capital, and his name was Li Chu. At that time, his father was a satrap, and his mother Wu was his concubine.
In the 26th year of Kaiyuan (738), his father Hengli was made a prince. A few years later, 15-year-old Li Chu was crowned king of Guangping County. In the first year of Tianbao (742), the eldest son Shi Li was born. In the fifth year of Tianbao (746), he married Cui Shi.
In the 15th year of Tianbao (756), An Lushan rebels captured Tongguan, and his grandfather Xuanzong fled to Mayi, where the local people took Su Zong in. So Li Chu escorted Su Zong north to Lingwu, the mercy seat. An Shi Rebellion, in the name of Marshal, recovered Luoyang and Chang 'an. In the first year of Gan Yuan (758), he changed to the king in March and became the Crown Prince in April.
In the first year of Baoying (762), eunuch Li killed queen Zhang, and Su Zong was shocked to death. In front of Su Zong's coffin, he acceded to the throne according to the testamentary edict and changed his country name.
The following year, the Anshi Rebellion ended and Datang began to decline. At that time, there were many vassal regions in the East, and Uighurs from neighboring countries in the North were constantly blackmailing, and Tubo from neighboring countries invaded the West.
Tubo even occupied Chang 'an, the capital, on the 15th of the first year of Guangde (763), and made Li Chenghong emperor, and the Hexi Corridor was also occupied by Tubo. Daizong was superstitious about Buddhism, and it cost billions to build the Golden Pavilion Temple in Wutai Mountain, casting copper and painting gold as tiles. The politics and economy of the imperial court further deteriorated. ?
On the second day of May in the 14th year of Dali (779), news came from the palace that Daizong was ill. As a result, he had no money to go to court in less than ten days. In May, Xin You (10 June) issued a letter to the Crown Prince to establish a state prison, and died in Chenziting that night at the age of 53.
After his death, he was buried in Yuanling (now Tanshan Mountain, 30 miles northwest of Fuping County, Shaanxi Province), Emperor Xiaowu of Wen Rui City, posthumous title, with the temple number Daizong. Prince Shili succeeded to the throne of Tang Dezong.
Because of Li Yuping's contribution to the Anshi Rebellion, his temple name was originally agreed to be Sejong, but in order to avoid the taboo of Taizong Li Shimin, it was finally decided to be Daizong.
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Throughout Li Yu's life, he first recovered Chang 'an and Luoyang in the Anshi Rebellion. After he ascended the throne, he reformed the grain transportation, salt price and grain price, and implemented the fiscal policy of stabilizing society, developing production and giving priority to raising the people, which revived the economy at that time. In terms of employing people, I know people very well and can better handle the relationship with the minister.
And the most famous is the anecdotes and allusions between him and the protagonist Guo Ziyi:
Ai Guo once had an altercation with Princess Shengping. Ai Guo blamed the princess and said, "If you depend on your father to be emperor, you will despise others at will. My father is not unable to be an emperor, but he is disgusted and unwilling to be. "
Hearing this, the princess felt greatly wronged and shouted angrily. She rode to the palace at once and cried to her father. Mr. Dai said, "This is something you don't know. Indeed, if he wants to be emperor, will the world still belong to the Li family? "
Daizong wept for this, but ordered the princess to go back. When Guo Ziyi knew this, he locked his son up and went to the palace to confess his guilt to Daizong himself. Dai Zong summoned him and comforted his father-in-law: "As the saying goes,' You can't be an old man unless you are stupid or deaf'. What happened to the child and wife? " When Guo Ziyi and his son left, Daizong also sent some gifts. Guo Ziyi playing chromedome dozens of boards is over.
But only by this, we can see that he is an open-minded person. The story of Princess Shengping and Ai was later interpreted as a famous drama "Drunken Beating Golden Branches" (I think everyone is familiar with it), in which Dai Zong is a wise king with a broad mind.
Generally speaking, under the situation at that time in the Tang Dynasty, it could stabilize the society and bring about revival. Said Ming Daizong was a qualified emperor.
As for the much-criticized separatist regime of the buffer region, since the Anshi Rebellion was put down, the buffer region has been one of the three pillars of the Tang Dynasty Empire, and together with the North Division of the Central South Asia (Tang Chao bureaucratic group) (the eunuch group that controls the Central Imperial Army), it has balanced and restricted each other, effectively safeguarding the centuries-old rule of the Empire.
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