在正史里，唐高宗李治究竟有多厉害呢？
The Tang Dynasty was a prosperous and powerful Dynasty in Chinese history. It first had the "rule of Zhenguan" and then the "prosperous era of Kaiyuan". These two prosperous times have always been praised by the people of later generations. The Tang Dynasty also produced many famous emperors, such as Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, the founder of the "rule of Zhenguan", Wu Zetian, a female emperor for thousands of years, and Li Longji, the founder of the Tang Dynasty.
How powerful is Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi in the official history?
But in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, there is a Ming Jun who is often ignored. He is Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty. Many people say that Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty, was not a sickly, cowardly and incompetent emperor! Finally, even Li tangjiangshan failed to hold on, and was controlled by Empress Wu Zetian, who seized Li tangjiangshan.
In fact, this is really a misunderstanding. As the son of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin and the grandson of emperor Gaozu Li Yuan, how can there be a dog in Humen? Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi is not as weak and incompetent as many people say, but a promising Ming Jun.
1、 Be diligent and love the people, love the people like a son
When Emperor Taizong Li Shimin died and Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi succeeded to the throne, he did not become lazy and happy because his father Li Shimin created a prosperous world for him.
He first inherited Li Shimin's will and continued to implement various policies that were beneficial to the country and the people issued by Li Shimin during his reign. Because Li Zhi often listened to political affairs with Li Shimin when he was the crown prince, he was also quite skillful in dealing with political affairs, and he often stayed up all night to review memorials and deal with political affairs.
In addition, he also cherishes the world and loves his people like a son. On one occasion, an earthquake occurred in Hedong, and many people were displaced. Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi personally sent envoys to the affected areas to express condolences, check the disaster situation, and exempt the local taxes for three years. It is said that the local people all respect and appreciate Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi.
It was Li Zhi's diligence and love for the people that made the national strength of the Tang Dynasty more prosperous. Many people only know the "rule of Zhenguan", but they may not know that there was a "rule of eternal emblem" in the Tang Dynasty when Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, was in power.
How powerful is Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi in the official history?
2、 Decisively and dogmatically
Most people will not expect that this supposedly cowardly and incompetent emperor was a decisive man in history. At the beginning of his accession to the throne, facing the attack of the Western Turks, he deployed troops and soldiers to fight and obey the Western Turks, and dared not disturb the border for a long time.
Internally, in the face of the rebellion of Fang Yiai, Princess Gaoyang and others, he remained calm and made an in-depth investigation. He killed or imprisoned all the people involved in the rebellion, taking the opportunity to take back a lot of power, which greatly strengthened the centralization of power.
Because Li Shimin left several assistant ministers to Li Zhi, Li Zhi sometimes could not handle political affairs at will, so in order to kick out these stumbling blocks and increase his imperial power, he forced his uncle sun Wuji to finally commit suicide, and many courtiers who were politically unfavorable to Li Zhi were also deprived of power, and completely uprooted the huge forces of Xilong aristocrats who had interfered with the Tang Dynasty for a long time. From then on, Li Zhi was no longer restricted politically, and everything could be decided by himself, which strengthened the imperial power of the Tang Dynasty to the peak.
Not only that, when his country was prosperous, he also expedited Korea, broke Korea, captured its capital, captured their emperors and nobles, and incorporated the territory of Korea into the territory of the Tang Dynasty. At this time, the territory of the Tang Dynasty reached its peak, and then the country was peaceful and the people were safe.
