Li Longji (September 8, 685-May 3, 762), the grandson of Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian, the third son of Li Dan in Tang Ruizong, also known as Li Sanlang and his mother Dou Defai. From the first year of congenital (7 12) to the fifteenth year of Tianbao (756), he abdicated as the emperor's father because of the Anshi rebellion. He was the longest-serving emperor in the Tang Dynasty and also the emperor in its heyday.
Li Longji was born in August of the first year of Emperor Taizong (685) in Luoyang, the eastern capital. He is born wise and decisive, knows the rhythm and has a gorgeous appearance. At the beginning, he was named King Chu, and later he was named King Linzi. He served as Wei Guo, Shao Qing and Luzhou. In the first year of Tang Long (7 10), Li Longji and Princess Taiping jointly launched the "Tang Long Political Rebellion" to destroy the Wei Hou Group. In the first year of his birth (7 12), Li Dan Zen was located in Li Longji, and Li Longji ascended the throne in Chang 'an Taiji Palace.
In the early days of the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, he made great achievements in politics. He was diligent in political affairs and took various measures to consolidate and develop the Tang regime. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty paid attention to bringing order out of chaos, appointed sages such as Yao Chong and Song Jing, and made great efforts to govern the country, thus creating a prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty-Kaiyuan.
However, in the later period of his rule, he gradually ignored state affairs and supported treacherous court officials Li and Yang. Yang Guifei, who was a great lover, combined with policy mistakes, tried to stabilize the frontier of the Tang Dynasty by reusing An Lushan and other ethnic groups beyond the Great Wall, which led to the eight-year Anshi Rebellion and laid the foundation for the decline of the Tang Dynasty. In the fifteenth year of Tianbao (756), Prince Hengli ascended the throne, honoring him as the emperor's father.
In the first year of Baoying (762), he died in the Shenlong Hall in Chang 'an at the age of 78, and was buried in Jinsu Mountain, named Tailing. Temple name Xuanzong, and because of its posthumous title as the most holy, Daming, filial emperor, Emperor Kangxi's name was taboo in the Qing Dynasty, often called Tang, and was honored as the Kaiyuan emperor.
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In the early days of Li Longji's rule, the country was governed vigorously, the social economy continued to develop, and the feudal society was unprecedentedly prosperous. However, in the later period of his reign, he indulged in debauchery, extravagance, reuse of treacherous court officials and political corruption, which eventually led to the decline of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Li Longji is an outstanding historical figure.
In the early days of Li Longji's administration, he attached great importance to the selection of local officials, and personally assessed county magistrate to repel incompetent people. Yao Chong and Song Jing were appointed as prime ministers. They are talented, responsible and dare to give advice. As a result, the society was stable, the production developed and the economy prospered, and the Tang Dynasty entered its heyday, which was called "Kaiyuan Shi Sheng" in history.
The 13th year of Tianbao (754) was the heyday of the Tang Dynasty. 32 1 county, 1538 county, 16829 township, 90609 154 households with 52880488 people. History book: "The prosperity of hukou is extremely here."
He attached great importance to the jurisdiction of the border areas, named Da Tuorong as the "King of Bohai County", set up the governors of Bohai and Heishui, named Piluoge of Nanzhao as the king of Yunnan, and called Gulipelo "Huairen Khan" in Uighur, which consolidated the unity of multi-ethnic countries.
Reform the military system and change the officers and men system into the recruitment system.
In the later period of his rule, he doted on Yang Guifei, drinking and having fun all day long, ignoring political affairs, and reusing treacherous Li and Yang, which led to the Anshi rebellion. The Anshi Rebellion, which lasted for eight years, caused great damage to agricultural production, and people were displaced, which made the Tang Dynasty turn from prosperity to decline, and the Tang Dynasty began to decline.
Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty played an important role in the high prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, but his later years also brought great disasters to the people of the Tang Dynasty.