In June of the second year of Zhenguan (628), Li Zhi was born in Li Zhengdian, East Palace of Chang 'an. Zhenguan five years (63 1 year), was named King of Jin. Zhenguan seven years (633), without appointment, accepted the post of secretariat of Bingzhou.
In his later years, Emperor Taizong spoiled the fourth son, Wang Tai, which led to the competition between Prince Li Chenggan and Wang Wei for backup. In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan (643), Li Chenggan colluded with Li Yuanchang of Hanwang, Princess Xu and Hou of Chengyang, and planned to attack the palace first. As a result, the story came to light and Li Chenggan was deposed.
Emperor Taizong intended to let his fourth sons, Lee Tae, Chu Jun and Lee Tae, promise him to "kill his son and pass on his younger brother", saying that he would pass on the throne to his younger brother Wang Jin-Li Zhi. Li Tai threatened Li Zhi, who had made good friends with Li Yuanchang, with Hanwang Li Yuanchang. Li Zhi told Li Shimin about it, and abandoned Li Chenggan admitted that his rebellion was due to Lee Tae's plot against the Crown Prince.
So Li Shimin made up his mind to take Li Zhi to visit the Hall of the Second Instrument. In front of Sun Chang Wuji, Fang Lingxuan, Li Ji and other etiquette, hundred schools of thought and his brothers contended and wanted to commit suicide by drawing their swords. Sun Chang Wuji and others stepped in to stop him, saying that Li Zhi, the king of Jin, could be appointed as Chu Jun. On April 7 of the same year, Emperor Taizong personally visited Chengtianmen and made Li Zhi the Crown Prince. Every time Emperor Taizong went to court, Li Zhi was always around, letting him see his decisions on various government affairs, and sometimes letting him participate in the proceedings. Emperor Taizong praised his talent many times.
On May 26th, the 23rd year of Zhenguan (649), Emperor Taizong died in Zhong Nanshan Cuiwei Palace. On the 27th, Prince Shao Shi and Yu Zhining of Liyang County were appointed as assistant ministers, while Prince Zuo Cheng of Shaozhan and Shangshu were appointed as assistant ministers and proofreaders of punishments. The right bastard of Prince Gao Jifu, assistant minister of official department, and assistant minister of household department were appointed as secretariat and proofreader of official department, while Prince Zuo bastard and Levin County were appointed as ministers of official department.
On 28th, Li Zhi returned to Beijing. On June 1 day, 22-year-old Gaozong became emperor. On June 10, his uncles Stuart and Zhao Guogong Wuji were appointed as Qiu He's proofreading secretary respectively, and Ying Gong was appointed as the third secretary of Kaifu Instrument Company. Accept them as assistant ministers
Tang Gaozong, Wuhou, Empress Dowager.
In the fifth year of Emperor Xianqing (660), Emperor Gaozong was often dizzy, which affected the handling of government affairs. Wu Zetian took the opportunity to intervene in politics and began to participate in state affairs. Wu Zetian is not satisfied with the status of queen, she wants to further grasp the political power. So, on the one hand, she eliminated dissidents and cleared the obstacles on the political road; On the one hand, organize forces, cultivate private forces, and prepare for further power.
As Wuhou gradually dominated the political situation, Li Zhi had a plan to abolish the political situation. Unexpectedly, when the plan was learned by Wuhou, Wuhou appealed to Li Zhi to defend it, and the matter was forgotten. Shangguan Yi, who helped Li Zhi draft the imperial edict, was killed by his family. After this incident, Li Zhi couldn't suppress the marquis of Wu any longer.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Li Zhi was jittery, and government affairs were difficult. The marquis of Wu was able to gradually master the affairs of state. Li Zhi used the title of emperor at the suggestion of Wu Hou, and was called the second saint with Wu Shi and Tianhou Palace. In order to seize power, Wu Zetian tried every means to show her political talents.
In the first year of Shangyuan (674), the court ordered the emperor to be the emperor and the queen to be the queen. Although Tianhou held real power at that time, she still held a backstage position. She put forward twelve suggestions to Gao Zong: to persuade farmers and mulberry to be generous; Give three auxiliary bits; Stop fighting and moralize the world; It is forbidden to be smart in the north and south; Save labor and effort; Yan guang road; Dushukou; The princes and kings all learn from Laozi; Father served Cui Zi for his mother for three years; Before shangyuan, the hero had given a confession and did not pursue it; More than eight kinds of products in Jing Guan are beneficial; A hundred officials have served for a long time, and those with high qualifications will apply for a postponement in advance.
Emperor Gaozong once executed the death penalty by imperial edict. As for the effect of implementation, it is difficult to give an exact explanation because of the lack of information in this regard. Emperor Gaozong was in poor health, and Wu Zetian understood literature and history, which made him outstanding. The trend of political power transfer from Emperor Gaozong to Wu Zetian gradually took shape.
In October of the second year of Linde (665), Tang Gaozong led hundreds of civil and military officials and his entourage to give gifts, and Wuhou led domestic and foreign maids to set off from Weizicheng, the eastern capital, to Taishan for meditation. Hundreds of miles by car, accompanied by envoys and chiefs from Turkey, Khotan, Persia, Tianzhu, Japan, Silla, Baekje, Koguryo and other countries. In August of the first year of Shangyuan (674), Li Zhi proclaimed himself emperor, and Wu Zetian called the Tianhou Palace, saying that he avoided the first emperor, and successively, he really wanted to respect himself.
In the second year of Shang Yuan (675), Li Zhi suffered from dizziness, and consulted with his ministers to prepare for the regent of Wuhou. Hao Jian, the prime minister, said, "How can your majesty entrust the world of Gaozu and Taizong to the queen of heaven and not pass it on to his descendants?" Li Zhi therefore suspended the discussion. When Wuhou was informed, he called some "literary scholars" to write biographies of Lienv, Guangui, Liao Baixin and Le Shu, with about 1,000 volumes. And the secret order to participate in the official performance to divide the power of the prime minister.
During Li's reign, he mainly negotiated with the Wu family, but Li Zhi still held the real power. During his reign, Li Yifu and Xu, supporters of Wuhou, fell one after another, political opponents of Wuhou and their families worshipped each other, and the princess's younger brother was appointed. Therefore, the marquis of Wu could do nothing to draft internal training and consorts' precepts and suppress the Wu family to make waves.