What was the reason why Cheng Yuanzhen was killed? Do you think he should die?

After Li Fuguo's death, the eunuch Cheng Yuanzhen was immediately promoted to general and succeeded Li Fuguo in commanding the imperial army.

After Cheng Yuanzhen gained power, he vigorously squeezed out meritorious officials as a capital for his promotion. After the Anshi Rebellion, the central court of the Tang Dynasty was very suspicious of the generals who commanded the army. Therefore, Cheng Yuanzhen's slanders often succeeded.

Guo Ziyi was a meritorious official in quelling the Anshi Rebellion. After Suzong came to the throne, he served as deputy marshal and was later promoted to Zhongshu Ling.

Cheng Yuanzhen was jealous of Guo Ziyi's high status, so he framed Guo Ziyi in front of Emperor Daizong many times. Guo Ziyi, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, can be calm and composed in any dangerous situation, but he was made restless and frightened all day long by the little eunuch Cheng Yuanzhen, so he took the initiative to ask Daizong to relieve him of his military power.

In the first year of Guangde (763), Tubo attacked the Central Plains. In October, they arrived at Fengtian (now Qian County, Shaanxi Province) and Wugong, and the capital was shocked. Emperor Daizong issued an edict to appoint King Yong Li Shi as the marshal within the pass, and Guo Ziyi as the deputy marshal, to go out to Xianyang to resist.

Guo Ziyi led a small number of troops to Xianyang. The Tubo army led more than 200,000 Tuyuhun, Dangxiang, Clan, and Qiang people, covering the mountains and fields for dozens of miles. Due to the huge disparity in military strength, Guo Ziyi sent Wang Yanchang, a member of Zhongshushe, back to Chang'an to request reinforcements.

However, Cheng Yuanzhen not only refused to summon him, but also tried to stop him in every possible way. As a result, Tubo invaded Chang'an and Daizong was forced to flee. As a result, the Tubo soldiers occupied Chang'an. They made Li Chenghong, the Tang clan's Guangwu king, the emperor and used them as their tool of rule. They burned and looted Chang'an, and Chang'an was completely looted.

At the critical moment, Daizong hurriedly appointed Guo Ziyi as deputy marshal and Yong Wang Li Shi as nominal marshal to fight against Tibet.

Guo Ziyi actively organized troops to fight back against Tibet, and ordered his eldest son Quanxu to lead 200 cavalry out of Lantian, Shaanxi Province. They beat drums and flags during the day and lit fires at night to suspect suspicious troops. At the same time, he sneaked into Chang'an with hundreds of people in disguise, and organized people in the city to spread rumors:

"Guo Linggong (Guo Ziyi) personally led the army!"

The Tubo soldiers were frightened and refused to fight. Go, everyone evacuate Chang'an. Chang'an, which fell for 15 days, was recaptured by the Tang army.

In December 763 AD, when Daizong returned to Chang'an, Guo Ziyi fell to the ground to plead guilty. Daizong said:

"I didn't use you as early as possible, so I got to this point."

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He then gave him an iron coupon (a card to avoid death) and made a portrait of him in Lingyan Pavilion in recognition of his contribution to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. Changsun Quanxu and others were also promoted to nobility.

After this incident, the ministers of the DPRK and China gathered together to write a letter demanding that Cheng Yuanzhen be punished. Daizong also felt that Cheng Yuanzhen went too far and actually caused the emperor to flee, so he demoted Cheng Yuanzhen to a civilian position and released him to the fields.

However, Cheng Yuanzhen was not willing to be depressed. He put on women's clothes and dressed up like an old woman, sneaked back to the capital from his hometown of Sanyuan, and lived in the home of Chen Jingquan, the comrade's secretary, Nongqing, and secretly The plot.

This matter was reported by Wang Sheng, the imperial censor, and Emperor Daizong exiled Cheng Yuanzhen to Lengzhou for a long time. When arriving in Jiangling, Cheng Yuanzhen was killed by a group of unknown people.

Because he offended so many people, including many military governors, the world could not guess whether his enemies killed him or the emperor sent someone to kill him. But no matter who killed him, it was because Daizong banished him first that his enemies dared to take action. Therefore, some people think that Daizong killed someone with a borrowed knife.