Who can talk about the Tang case and the Du case?

When Huangfu Weiming, the envoy of Longyou, presented the spoils of Tubo to Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, he found that Li Zhuquan, the prime minister, was crowding out the prince. Huangfu Weiming served as the staff of Prince Hengli. He is very nostalgic and extremely dissatisfied with Li. When he was in Syria, he suggested recalling Li. It has been suggested that Wei Jian, the minister of punishments, has the talent of prime minister and can be used. Huang Weiming's intervention made the secret contest between Li and Prince suddenly become an open secret.

Wei Jian, a native of Jingzhao Wannian (now suburb of Xi, Shaanxi), is the brother of Crown Prince Wei Fei and the brother-in-law of Prince Hengli. Originally a satrap in Shaanxi County (now Sanmenxia, Henan Province), he diverted water from the river and rented transportation agents in Huaihe River, which is famous for his ability to handle affairs. Xuanzong asked him to supervise the rental of Jianghuai and increase the amount of money every year. At the inauguration ceremony of Guangyuntan in the eastern suburb of Chang 'an, Wei Jian specially arranged a song and dance program for Xuanzong. /kloc-more than 0/00 people sang in unison: "Developing agriculture is treasure, farmers are treasure!" There are many boats and cars in the pool, and there are many bronzes in Yangzhou. Saburo sat in the temple, watching and singing Debao songs. "("Old Tang Shu Wei Jianchuan "volume 105), we can see that Wei Jian is a man with political ambitions. When Xuanzong heard his real name "Saburo" appear in the lyrics, he was very happy and thought he was very capable, so he immediately promoted it for reuse, which caused Li's jealousy. His wife is the daughter of Li's uncle Jiang Jiao, and she is a close relative. Before being favored by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, he had a very close relationship with Li. With his growing popularity, he was afraid that Li would endanger his position as prime minister and hated him. For his own benefit, Wei Jian had to form an alliance with Prince Hengli.

After learning about Huang Weiming's words and deeds, Li held a grudge and decided to take revenge. Taking advantage of his favorable position as prime minister, he began to arrange counterattacks and accelerated the pace of action. At this time, Yang Shenxi became a member of Li's anti-Prince Group.

Yang Shen is a descendant of the Sui Dynasty royal family and the great-grandson of Emperor Yang Di Yang Guang. Supposedly, the Sui Dynasty was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, and Yang Li was not surnamed * * *, so he was deadly. However, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, because of his strong national strength, consolidated political power and open concept, he was not eclectic when he was an official and rarely took into account his family background. Yang Shen is very talented in politics because he worked as a cashier in a teacher. Li felt that this person was available, so he made an exception and promoted him, and intended to let him take the place of the Prince Group.

In the fifth year of Tianbao (746), on the night of the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, Prince Hengli went out to travel and took the opportunity of watching the Lantern Festival to see Wei Jian in a hurry. Xuanzong taboo members of the royal family and the foreign minister, once issued a decree: "imperial clan, consorts and horses can not be returned unless they are close relatives;" People waiting for divination are not allowed to enter or leave the centurion's home. " (History as a Mirror Volume 2 12) This is why the meeting between Prince Hengli and Wei Jian is also secret and shady. After that, Wei Jian hurried to see Huang Weiming for a night tour and went to the Jinlong Taoist Temple in Chongren Square in the city.

Yang Shen, who has been closely following, immediately played impeachment, saying that Wei Jian had a private meeting with frontier generals, which violated the national law. Li also immediately played, saying that Huang Weiming would support the prince to launch a coup. Huangfu Weiming was jailed for this, while Li Rang Yang Shenxi, Yang, Wang Hao and others came out to testify together. Xuanzong also suspected that Wei Jian had conspired with Huangfu Weiming, but there was no conclusive evidence. On 2 1 day, Xuanzong wrote a letter accusing Wei Jian of being ambitious in seeking officials, and was demoted as the satrap of Jinyun County (now Jinyun, Zhejiang Province) by the ministers of punishments on the grounds of "toil". Dozens of people were implicated and the Webster family was purged. Huangfu Weiming dismissed me from Hexi and Longyou on the charge of "alienating the monarch and his subjects", and was demoted to the magistrate of Bochuan County (now Zunyi, Guizhou), and my family was ruined. In the sixth year of Tianbao (747), Huangfu Weiming was killed.

Xuanzong did not easily involve the prince, and this kind of treatment was limited to punishing and personal faults, and there was no content aimed at Prince Heng. The relieving of Huangfu Weiming was handed over to Wang Zhongsi, North China and Hedong. It is well known in the imperial court that Wang Zhongsi has a close relationship with Prince Hengli. As a result, the prince was narrowly missed, but Li was helpless.

However, things suddenly changed. It turned out that after Wei Jian was demoted, his younger brothers Wei Lan and Wei Zhi wrote to express their dissatisfaction with their brother. In order to achieve their goal, they also cited Prince Hengli as a witness. As a result, things were complicated and Tang Xuanzong was furious. Worried about the disaster, Wang Ziheng immediately went to the table, indicating that it had nothing to do with the Wei Jian brothers, and insisted on divorce on the grounds of "discord with Wei Fei", indicating the attitude of "not abolishing the law by pro-parents". Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty allowed Prince Hengli to divorce Webster. Webster was abolished as Shu Ren and became a monk.

In this round of fighting, although the waiting people were successfully eliminated, the forced divorce of the prince depressed the ambitious Li for a while. He took the opportunity to add insult to injury to the case of Wei Jian. A large number of innocent grain collectors and boatmen in Jianghuai area were put into prison, and the prison was overcrowded. Local officials took the opportunity to extort money, resulting in the death of many prisoners in prison. This major case involved a wide range and lasted for a long time until Li died in the eleventh year of Tianbao (752). At the end of the fifth year of Tianbao (746), Du Liangdi, the concubine of Prince Hengli, was divided into three levels: Princess, Liangdi and Lin Bao, and there were many maids. Emperor Liang is a concubine whose status is lower than that of the crown princess. Her father Du got into a lawsuit and made another big lawsuit. At that time, Du was a doctor of Zanshan, a five-product official, and an official of the Prince's East Palace. Du has a daughter (Du Liangdi's sister) who married Cao Liuji, Zuo Xiao's bodyguard. Cao Liuji is bohemian and likes to make friends with handsome men. Make friends with Pei Dunfu, the satrap of Zichuan, Li Yong, the satrap of Beihai, and Wang Zeng, the author of Lang. Li Yong likes luxury, extravagance and informality. During his tenure, he pursued wealth and commodities, and he hunted for himself. He has been repeatedly denounced for corruption, but his talent is outstanding and people compete for it. He is good at writing rubbings and calligraphy. Many people visit with gold and silk just to get his articles and calligraphy.

Father-in-law Du and son-in-law Cao Liuji have different personalities. Du could not accept Cao Liuji's arrogance and boldness, while Cao Liuji laughed at Du's pedantry and timidity. In this way, the two people accumulated more and more grievances and even hated each other. One day, they quarreled again because of a small matter. Du Linyou severely reprimanded Cao Liuqi for leaning on the old and selling the old. Cao Liuji has always been arrogant. In a rage, he wrote a false accusation, which happened to fall into Li's hands.

Cao Liuji sued Du for "calling death as a sign, making friends with the East Palace and falsely taking advantage of it". This crime is very serious, and Prime Minister Li used the excuse that the case was serious and was directly tried by designated personnel. Cao Liuji reported her husband Du for a simple reason, but it was only a revenge with resentment. Who knows, things were caught by Li, Li Yong, Wang Zeng and others were also involved, and finally the prince was also involved. When Xuanzong heard that the prince was involved, he immediately ordered Jingzhao House to interrogate the officials of Yushitai. It soon became clear that Cao Liuji was cheating. However, Li instructed his men to instruct Cao Liuji to falsely accuse him, expanding the case first, and then leading Li Yong to testify, so that the case was suddenly expanded to local officials and the prince was greatly abolished.

In view of the political turmoil after his grandmother Wu Zetian, Xuanzong maintained a cautious attitude. But because Cao Liuji and Du are relatives of the royal family, he was exempted from the death penalty, sentenced to death and exiled to Lingnan. However, the execution process of rod punishment is often due to people. At Li's behest, Du and Cao Liuji were both killed under heavy sticks and buried in Dali Temple, and their wives and children left their hometown. Because of Li Yong's participation, Li Fulin ordered someone to go to Beihai to insist on his death. Li Yong is over seventy years old. Someone once said to Li Yong, "You are like a good general and Mo Xie. It is difficult to compete with the former, and I am afraid of losing my ears. " I didn't expect it to come true.

Du Linyou's case made Prince Hengli very uneasy. He watched his father-in-law and others die unjustly, but he was helpless. Fate often plays tricks on people, sometimes even very cruel. Hengli loves Du Liangdi very much, but he has to take off his clothes to avoid the fire. In order to show his innocence and selflessness, he sent his confidant eunuch Li to announce his decision to divorce Du Liangdi. Du Liangdi was moved out of the East Palace and was abolished as Shu Ren. At this time, Du Jia was dead and the exiles were in a very miserable situation. According to unofficial history's records, Li pondered the prince's delicate mind and quietly made some arrangements for the homeless Du Liangdi. The prince was particularly grateful for this unexpected move, so when the prince became emperor, he immediately gave Li the highest power.