Li Xian

Li Xian

Li Xian (709-766), whose name is Yanjian, was born in Didao, Gansu Province. In Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, the great grandson of Emperor Taizong, the great grandson of Li Ke, the king of Wu, and the third son of Li Yi, the prince of Xin'an.

Menyin became an official in three dynasties. He served as governor of many states in his life. He served as Jiangling Yin twice, jingzhaoyin many times, five times on the stage, six times as an official, and seven times as a special ambassador. Many of his previous important posts have made great achievements, including Zhongshu Shilang and Tongping Zhangshi, who were canonized as Liang Guogong. He has the ability to be an official, to know people well, to handle affairs in accordance with the law, and to be upright.

In the second year of Zong Yongtai in Tang Dynasty (766), he died of illness at the age of 58. In the early years of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, the figure of Lingyan Pavilion.

Life of the characters

Zuyin becomes an official

Li Xian was willing to make friends with the sages of low status, and he had great political ability when he was young. When Li Xian was 20 years old, he once studied Buddhism with Zen master Dazhi. He was ambitious and practiced hard. The Zen master told him, "you should do your best for your country. Fate is not here. Li Xian's father, Wang Li Yi of Xin'an, was outstanding in military service. Therefore, relying on his ancestors' merits, Li Xian started from Zuo Xiao's guard Cao, and later became Prince Tongshi Sheren, honglucheng, and Henan official Cao, until he served as Gaoling order for many times. He was promoted to Wannian County order, Henan Shaoyin, and Wei county's prefect. He was called as general Jinwu, promoted to general supervisor, and changed to Jing Zhaoyin, They have made remarkable achievements. Xuanzong went to Wentang every year, where he had been, he paid tribute and treasures to the emperor. Only Li Xian didn't offer treasures. The emperor thought he was different. Yang Guozhong sent Qian ang and He Ying to expose the conspiracy of an Lushan Rebellion. He asked the officials in the capital to arrest and search his residence. They found evidence of an Dai and Li Fanglai's conspiracy against Lu Shan and strangled them to death. An Lushan was angry and wrote a letter to explain himself. The emperor was afraid of an incident. He demoted Li Xian to Lingling Prefecture and went out of Beijing. He also served as the five deputy marshals and interview envoys, such as Zhongcheng, Jingzhou and so on. In the 13th year of Tianbao (754), the rain continued for more than 60 days in Chang'an. Yang Guozhong, the prime minister, hated that he was not dependent on himself, so he blamed the rain disaster on Li Xian, the capital Zhaoyin. Therefore, he became the governor of Changsha. After Li Xian left, the price of grain in the capital soared. People said, "if you want to make rice cheap, you can't chase Li Xian." He was so popular when he was in charge of politics. At that time, King Yong was the governor of Jiangling, and temporarily granted Li Xian a long history.

A wise man decides what to do

In the early years of Zhide (756), the suzong Dynasty was devoted to recruiting outstanding talents to eliminate disasters. Li Xian was summoned to the place where the emperor was stationed outside. Suzong issued an imperial edict to worship Li Xian as the prefect of Fufeng and also as the censor's doctor. In December of the second year of Zhide (757), Li Xian was soon changed into the prefect of Fengxiang and also as the censor's Zhongcheng. At that time, the emperor arrived, knew that he was close to the troops and horses, and he was granted the minister Zuo Cheng To manage the affairs of Fengxiang county. When the emperor returned to the capital, he was given the title of minister of rites, and the system said: "doctor Yinqing Guanglu and Li Xian, the Minister of rites, provided the army with good food and money, and made great achievements in his career. They can be appointed as doctor Guanglu, a doctor of imperial history, and a king Zhaoyin, and a Duke of Liang." Li Xian has elder brothers Li Yi and Li Yi. Li Yi followed the Emperor Li Longji. Li Xian supported suzong in Lingwu, because he was as high as the nobility, and he was also a royal censor. He dealt with the official affairs of the imperial censor station together, and was granted the Duke of the state under a system of documents. Li Yi was the minister of the household and the doctor of Yinqing Guanglu. The three brothers all lived in the mansion of changxingli, with three halberds in front of the door to show their honor. In the second year of Qianyuan (759), the imperial court said: "Li Xian was highly respected in the imperial court, and he was also a loyal minister in the imperial clan. He could serve as the Minister of Zhongshu, and even with Zhongshu. He was the prime minister. At that time, there were also LV Chen, Li Kui, di Wuqi and others. But Li Xian had the highest reputation, so the military and national affairs were decided by Li Xian Hate.

Check and balance the castration party

At first, eunuch Li Fuguo ordered marching Sima to secretly send officials to inquire about people's right and wrong, which is called investigating affairs. Loyal and kind-hearted people have been framed one after another. When they have complaints, the central government officials dare not disobey them. Before the end of the trial, the important prisoners in Yushitai and Dali temple were pursued to Yintai. Regardless of the severity of the crime, they were all released for a while, and no one dared to violate them. He dealt with the affairs of the world every day at the Yintai gate. When he needed to make a decision, he said that the emperor issued the imperial edict. The runes and seals in the palace were worn on himself. Even if there is a royal edict, it needs to be signed by Li Fuguo before it can be implemented. When Li Xian was Prime Minister, he kowtowed in front of the emperor and said that Li Fu was a tyrant in the country, so the emperor woke up, appreciated Li Xian's integrity and got rid of these drawbacks. As a result, Li Fuguo resigned as the marching commander and asked to be appointed as the original official. The imperial edict was not issued by Zhongshu Province, so Li Xian would review it again. Li Xian resisted the eunuch's dictatorship and regained the power of issuing imperial documents to Zhongshu province.

Remonstrate the prime minister

The detaining officer of qimafang in Fengxiang started to steal and rob civilians. The county government could not stop him. He was captured and executed by Xie Yifu, the thief of Tianxing county. His wife sued to vindicate her husband. Li Fuguo used to be a flying dragon envoy. He appealed for him and ordered the censor Sun Ying to hear the case. Ying begins to acquit Xie Yifu. His wife appealed again and issued an imperial edict to censor Cui Boyang, Minister of justice Li Ye and Minister of Dali Quanxian for interrogation. The result of interrogation was the same as that of Sun Ying. His wife complained incessantly, and ordered his royal censor, Mao Ruoxi, to be interrogated again. Ruoxi found Xie Yifu guilty, saying that Cui Boyang and his wife were favoritism, and that they were not judged on the basis of facts. Cui Boyang is very angry. He sends someone to summon Mao Ruoxu. He doesn't say anything. Cui Boyang wanted to play on this matter. Mao Ruoxu had been riding a horse to meet suzong. The emperor said, "I know. Let's go out." Mao Ruoxu said: "I will die if I go out." So the emperor left him in the curtain. After a while, Cui Boyang came to suzong and inquired. Cui Boyang tried to say that Mao Ruoxu obeyed Quan Xing's intention and attached himself to eunuch. The emperor was angry and reprimanded him. Cui Boyang was demoted to Gaoyao, Duanzhou; Quan Xian was demoted to Guiyang, Chenzhou; Feng Xiang, Yin Yanxiang and Li ye were demoted to Lingxia to be county captains; Sun Ying was banished to Bozhou for a long time. Li Xian thought that several people were not guilty and the punishment was too heavy. He wanted to reason for them, so he played: "if Mao Ruoxu is willing to abuse the punishment and violate the laws of the country, if his majesty believes in his judgment, he will not believe in the censor." The emperor was very angry with Li Xian's words. He demoted Li Xian to be the governor of Shuzhou after he left Beijing. He became the official of Jiangling and the imperial censor again, and served as the envoy of Jingnan to observe and deal with Yingtian. At that time, Han Zemu, a standing servant of the right Sanqi, went to the palace to respond. The emperor said, "does Li Xian want to monopolize power? Why trust Mao Ruoxu is not trust Yushitai? He has been demoted as governor of Shuzhou. I think the punishment is too light. " Han Zemu replied, "Li Xian is straightforward and does not want to be dictatorial. Your Majesty's forgiveness will only increase the holy virtue. "

Dai Zong Fu Xiang

Emperor Zong ascended the throne in the Tang Dynasty and recruited Li Xian as the Jiedu and Jiangling Yin in the south of Jingzhou. He was also called to be the Minister of rites and the Minister of rites. When the emperor came to Shanzhou, Li Xian rushed to the emperor's place from Shangzhou mountain road. After returning to the capital, Li Xian was worshipped as the Minister of Huangmen and the Minister of tongzhongshu. according to the precedent, the prime minister does not meet the guests in the political hall. At that time, there were many affairs in the world. When the prime minister yuan Zai saw that the eunuch sent the imperial edict to Zhongshu Province, he led them into the political affairs hall and set up a couch to receive them. Li Xian, the prime minister, ordered the removal of his couch, and asked Chang Shenguan to recommend talents who were competent for admonishment and constitutional officials.

Impartial law enforcement

When Tokyo was just recovered, there were hundreds of people discussing how to deal with Chen xilie, who took over the official post of the traitor. Cui Qi was very strict and asked to be executed. The emperor also wanted to punish him severely to warn the world, so he wanted to listen to Cui Qi's advice. At that time, Li Xian was an envoy of the third division, insisting: "everything has its chief evil and accomplices, and the circumstances have their own seriousness. If we all put to death, I'm afraid it would be against your Majesty's magnanimous and profound righteousness, and it would not be in line with the code of law that allows the country to reform. Besides, jiehu disturbs Gangchang, and no one is not insulted. All the two capitals fall, and the emperor is exiled to the south. Everyone dies, and the ethics are corrupted. Some of them are His Majesty's relatives, some of them are his descendants. If they are all sentenced to death, I'm afraid it's against the original intention of benevolence and tolerance. In ancient times, the wise monarch used punishment only to kill the chief villain and coerce his followers. What's more, the remaining enemies in Hebei Province have not been pacified, and most of the officials have been detained by thieves. If they can be lenient and free from capital punishment, it will open the way to repent and turn over to the new. If they are all executed, it will strengthen the determination of the rebellious party members. Who dares to turn over and turn over to the country? The animals are still struggling, let alone tens of thousands of people! " Cui Qi and LV Chen were all officials who adhered to the provisions. They didn't know the general and didn't know how to adapt. After several days of dispute, the court listened to Li Xian's music and saved many people's lives. Because he could predict the movements of political opponents and make decisions so accurately, he was excluded by the eunuchs. He did not know the political affairs, and served as a money maker for the activities of the West Road in the south of the Yangtze River. Soon after, he was promoted to minister of the Ministry of officials. He knew that Jianghuai was elected. He set up an examination room in Hongzhou and served as a counsellor. In the second year, he was appointed Minister of the military department of the military academy and governor of Quzhou. In July 766, Yongtai died of illness at the age of 58.

Xuanzong Pavilion

In the first year of Dazhong (847), Xuanzong ordered Li Xian and other 37 people to draw portraits of Lingyan Pavilion. There are records in the old volume 116 biographies 62, the new volume 144 biographies 56, the former Minister of war Li Xianchuan, the former Minister of war Li Xianchuan, and the preface to the epitaph of the former minister Guanglu, the former Minister of war and Quzhou governor of Quzhou to the prince Shaoshi Shangzhu.

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