Li Meng
Li Meng
Li Meng (1255-1321), a statesman in the middle of Yuan Dynasty, was named qiugu. Later Tang Dynasty Royal Family Shatuo noble descendant. His ancestors lived in Shangdang, Luzhou (now Changzhi, Shanxi). His grandfather, Li changzuo, served as the tax supervisor of jinluzhou, surrendered to Mongolia, granted Luzhou to appease him, and wore silver amulets. His father, Li Tang (1226-1306), was a member of the army in Qin and long dynasties. In 1248, he was appointed by Jiagu Longgu, Xingyuan province. Since then, he has been an assistant in Hanzhong for a long time, so he moved to Hanzhong and retired in 1271.
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Li Meng has been a mechanic since he was a child. He is well-known and has a strong memory. He is good at classics and history, and is good at writing articles. He often talks about the rise and fall of ancient and modern times, and is determined to use the world. At that time, the imperial examination had not yet been restored, and the main way for scholars to seek official positions was to serve as officials. Li Meng did not want to be an official, so he opened a library at home to teach students. There were many scholars who came to Hanzhong and gained a good reputation. In the 19th year of the Yuan Dynasty, he lived with his father in Sichuan (when Li Tang was appointed as the provincial governor of Sichuan), and the provincial governor planned to be established as "he" and the county governor of Jinyuan. When the powerful minister ahoma was killed, the crown prince Zhenjin, who advocated the practice of Han law, was able to really participate in the ruling of the court and support the new prime minister Zhongshu youyou and lihuosun to reform the bad government of ahoma, and to employ Confucian ministers. In the past 20 years, Cui Yu, Minister of the Ministry of punishment, played another 18 events of Chen's current politics, including opening up a wide range of views, selecting more upright people, interviewing the great hopes of the senior scholars, and paying attention to the selection of the Imperial Academy It was put into effect through consultation between the provincial government and Yushitai. There was a climate of innovation in the government. Li Meng thought that the time had come for him to display his knowledge and talent. He went to the capital and was highly valued by Yang Jiding, the right Cheng in the book of travel. He recommended him to Zhenjin and summoned him to the east palace. Before he could be promoted, Zhenjin died (in the 22nd year of Zhiyuan). Yang Jiding asked him to be a tutor. The famous officials in the Imperial Academy, who had a taste of their talents, petitioned Zhongshu province to grant them the post of Library and cabinet. However, Quan Cao proposed to be the master of Zitong county and was not accepted. In the 23rd year, Li Tang served as the general manager of Kuifu Road (now Fengjie in Sichuan), and Meng left Beijing to visit his relatives in Kuifu. Twenty eight years later, he lived in Hanzhong with his father.
In the 31st year, Li Meng, urged by his father, went north again to seek an official position. When he passed Guanzhong, yuan Chengzong ascended the throne and ordered all provinces to interview the political affairs of the Shizu Dynasty in order to prepare for the revision of history. The provincial governor of Shaanxi left Meng to participate in the discussion and arrangement, and sent it to Beijing for submission. Empress Dowager Kuo Kuo Zhen (Zhenjin's imperial concubine) recruited famous Confucianists for his grandson Haishan and Aiyu libalibada (the son of dalamabala, the late Zhenjin's second son), and Li Meng was recommended to be elected. Dade three years (1299), seamounts out of the town of Mobei. During his stay in Beijing, Aiyu libalibada was deeply respected and trusted. He called for painters to paint images for him. He ordered Wang Shu, a great master of Jixian, to write the two characters "qiugu" and engrave a plaque with his signature on it, with the accompanying note "on the auspicious day of April in the third year of Dade, it was copied by Li Dao, a mountain man". When Cheng Zong heard of Meng's name, he issued an imperial edict to confer official posts. The ruling officials said that Meng had never visited his family, but he was not able to do so. Chengzong was ill in his later years, and the government was mostly decided by Queen buluhan and the ruling minister. In June of the ninth year of Dade, he made Deshou, the prince born to buluhan, the crown prince. In October, out of the plan of buluhan, he sent Li balibada and his mother to live in huaizhou (now Qinyang, Henan Province). Li Meng was still loyal and diligent to Aiyu libalibada. He talked about the success and failure of ancient emperors and the rule of the world for him, and introduced talents for his use. As a result, he was more trusted and became a confidant counselor. It's hard to make a plan.
In December of the ninth year of Dade, the crown prince died. On the eighth day of the first month of the eleventh year, Chengzong died of illness, and a struggle for the throne broke out immediately. Since emperor Shizu established the crown prince according to the Han Dynasty system, he has given the crown prince Zhenjin a family the orthodox status of inheriting the throne. Chengzong had no other heirs. Ganmala, the eldest son of Zhenjin, had been granted the title of Mobei. "He had a letter of alliance, and was willing to keep the vassal service," and "he did not plan for different intentions, and did not plan for the position." therefore, the only ones who were qualified to inherit the throne were Dala mabala's own sons Haishan and Aiyu libalibada. The empress of Chengzong, buluhan, manipulated the government for many years and tried to demote the mother and son of Aiyu libalibada. In order to avoid revenge and continue to take power, she did not want the throne to fall into the hands of the Haishan brothers, so she planned to implement the system of Queen's temporary name first, supplemented by Ananda (the son of mangola, the third son of the ancestor) and take the initiative And then hold Ananda as emperor. Ananda and Timur of Ming Li, the kings, had been in Dadu three days before the death of Chengzong and participated in the plan.
The faction that opposed the establishment of the Western King in the court was headed by the right Prime Minister halahasun. He secretly sent envoys to Mobei and huaizhou to report to Haishan and aiyulibalibada, asking them to return to the capital as soon as possible. Li Meng first pointed out that King Anxi's attempt to seek the throne violated the ancestral code of "supporting a son but not an heir", and then said that the situation was critical because of his interests, and the sea and mountains were far away. Once King Anxi succeeded, he would be unable to protect himself by issuing an imperial edict. Inspired by him, Aiyu libalibada's mother and son decided to return to Beijing from February 16 to Dadu. Halahasun stayed in dongyemen and said that he was sick and bedridden to resist the Queen's edict. Aiyu libalibada sent Li Meng to discuss with him. When the queen sent people to visit him one after another, Meng pretended to be a doctor and calmly went forward to diagnose halahasun's pulse.
According to the biography of Li Meng in the history of the Yuan Dynasty, when Meng learned from halahasun that the date of King Anxi's accession to the throne had been set, he immediately returned the news and advocated preemptive action as soon as possible. Some people think that the empress has a jade seal, so she can mobilize the four guards. There are also many bodyguards of Anxi king, and there are only dozens of bodyguards of his highness (Aiyu libalibada). I'm afraid it's difficult to succeed. I'd better wait for my elder brother Haishan to arrive before we move. According to Li Meng's analysis, if the Queen's party disobeys the ancestral precepts and wants to establish a common son, it is bound to be confused. His highness enters the inner court to show his righteousness. Anyone who understands the truth will give up and obey his highness, and he will succeed. If he loses the opportunity and let King Anxi take the lead, even if Haishan comes, he will not give up and civil war will take place. Aiyu libalibada ordered him to do divination. According to Li Meng's prior instructions, the diviner only said good luck, so he decided to do something. According to wuzongji, renzongji and the biography of halahasun, on the night of March 1, halahasun sent someone to secretly report the news that the queen was scheduled to be appointed to the imperial court on March 3, and put forward the idea that he could not wait for the arrival of the seamount and "take the lead". It should be said that the latter kind of record is more authoritative. Halahasun, as the right prime minister, took charge of part of the guards and stayed in the palace. His idea undoubtedly played a decisive role. However, according to the praise of his contemporaries for Li and Meng's contribution to "fixing difficulties", Meng's strategy, avoiding difficulties and suspicions, played an important role in the coup. The facts contained in the biography are credible. It is likely that he discussed the strategy in his secret contact with Hara Hassen, so he dared to advocate the action in advance. On March 2, aiyulibalibada led Li Meng and other attendants and guards into the palace from the Yanchun gate. Halahasun came to welcome them. He immediately took control of the palace, summoned ahutai and others to kill them, imprisoned Ananda and Mingli Timur (all of them were ordered to die by Wuzong), and demoted queen buluhan from judong'an.
The coup succeeded in one fell swoop. Aiyu libaliba was in charge of the state, and Li Meng was appointed as the Secretary of the Chinese Academy of political affairs. Mencius, who had been among the people for a long time, was well aware of the situation of the people. He dealt with the government affairs in a proper way. He was dissatisfied with the group of villains because he stopped taking chances. However, with the success of the coup, the Royal disturbance between Haishan brothers made him feel embarrassed and afraid. Haishan was the chief, and because he unified the army in Mobei, he held a heavy army. In terms of fame and strength, the throne should be given priority to him. But before he came to the south, ayulibalibada defeated the political enemies with the support of the kings, ministers and Suwei army in the court, and first took over the imperial power. At present, the kings Kuo Kuo Chu and yahudu asked ayulibalibada to ascend the throne as early as possible. According to renzongji of the Yuan Dynasty, he immediately declined, saying that he had no intention of "coveting the artifact", and that the throne should belong to his brother Haishan. However, what is puzzling is that his mother asked the Yin Yang family to calculate the fate of the two sons in order to "ask where it is appropriate to stand" and "calculate" the result that the elder brother is evil and the younger brother is lucky, so she sent an internal servant to tell Haishan that she wanted him to give in and support his younger brother. However, Haishan was ambitious. As soon as he heard of Chengzong's death, his subordinates put forward to take the throne with the support of force. When he arrived at Helin in March, he couldn't wait to summon the assembly of the royal family to discuss the recommendation and award them rewards. He was very angry with his mother's advice. He accused him of the conspiracy of "the minister who has been appointed recently", and said that he was determined to win the throne. Then he personally led the army to the south. In this case, Daji had to send an envoy to welcome Haishan to the south. Li Meng's attitude in this imperial turmoil is not clear, but as a confidant of Aiyu libalibada, he participated in the planning of the coup, and was immediately appointed as the ruling minister after it was completed, which inevitably led to suspicion. Haishan's accusation of "minister in charge" was full of murderous opportunities, which undoubtedly made him deeply frightened. Therefore, when Haishan came to the south, he resigned and said, "the ruling minister should be promoted by the emperor's son. Today, luanyu is in the way, and the minister has no color, so he dare not take the risk to send it again." Aiyu libaliba was not sure, but he left without saying goodbye and fled to xuchangxing mountain to live in seclusion. In May, Haishan (emperor Wuzong) ascended the throne. As expected, someone told him, "it's the beginning of internal disaster. Li Meng tried to persuade the emperor's younger brother to take his own life." Wu Zong did not investigate the falsehood, and Aiyu libalibada did not dare to recommend Li Meng. During the period of refuge and seclusion, he wrote two poems to the East Palace (the East Palace refers to Aiyu libalibada, Wuzong became the crown prince after he ascended the throne, and the brothers reached a compromise), expressing his understanding of the sinister political strife of the imperial court
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Li Meng
