Liu mi

Liu mi

Liu MI, the founder of Tang Dynasty. His real name is Yang Renzhou. Yuan he met the prime minister Huangfu and Zuo Jinwu General Li Daogu, waiting for imperial edict. Xuanchu was the governor of Taizhou, driving the officials and people to collect medicine. Emperor Xianzong took the gold and stone medicine he had taken. He was irritable and offended many people. When he died suddenly, it was thought that he was killed by eunuchs Wang Shoucheng and Chen Hongzhi. He was killed by the staff after Mu Zong ascended the throne.

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Liu MI, a Tang Dynasty scholar and poet, served as the governor of Taizhou and was killed by Mu Zong.

The story of Liu Qin

Xianzong hopes for longevity

Although Xianzong always had great ambition to realize the "rejuvenation" of the Tang Dynasty, and he had been assiduous in seeking governance for this, he was also an autocratic emperor and longed for immortality.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Li Hong, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, has been regarded as the distant ancestor. Therefore, Taoism is regarded as the "national religion", and Taoism advocates "Immortal Taoism", which advocates immortality by taking pills. In this regard, Tang Xianzong was very persistent. As early as the fifth year of Yuanhe (810), eunuch Zhang Wei sent an envoy to Silla by sea. When he came back, he told a "strange" story: on an isolated island, Zhang Wei ran into an immortal who told him that "the emperor of the Tang Dynasty is my friend, please tell me". Zhang Wei said that he was exaggerating. After hearing this, Emperor Xianzong believed: "was my previous life not immortal? "Ever since then, he has been searching for alchemists and elixirs of immortality.

As a result, some villains rushed to the road to please Xianzong.

In October of the 13th year of Yuanhe (818), Li Daogu, a courtier, had done a lot of bad things during his term of office as an observer in eyue. Therefore, he was restless day and night, worried that one day "the east window incident" would happen, so he thought hard about how to please the emperor. All of a sudden, there was a flash of inspiration in his head. Therefore, Li Daogu immediately went to find the prime minister Huangfu and told him, "once upon a time, when I was the observation envoy of e Yue, I heard that Liu MI, a mountain man, could refine the elixir of immortality. Please report to the emperor! "

Liu bi was appointed as the governor

Emperor Xianzong was so happy that he immediately ordered Liu Mi to go to Beijing and live in the Xingtang temple to refine the elixir for him. After refining for a period of time, Liu Mi got nothing and was afraid that he would not be able to make a good job, so he reported to the Emperor: "I heard that Tiantai Mountain in Taizhou is a fairy mountain with many strange flowers and plants in it. If your majesty asks me to work there, I will certainly be able to get the elixir for your majesty. "Xianzong asked for" medicine "and ordered him to act as governor of Taizhou temporarily.

At this time, the admonishment officials played one after another: "the court has never let the alchemist as the governor of the precedent! "

But emperor Xianzong was furious: I am the king of the world and rich in the world. Isn't it a good thing to let Liu Mi go to Taizhou to refine the elixir for me? Therefore, he immediately issued an imperial edict to scold these remonstrators, believing that they were not "officials" and did not care about the dragon body of "His Majesty".

However, there was no "medicine of immortality" in the world. How could Liu Mi find it? So, after a year of struggling in Taizhou, he still had no success. At this time, he was afraid and thought of an old saying, "thirty six stratagems, walking is the best stratagem", so his family fled into the mountains. Who knows, this matter let Zhedong observation to know, quickly sent troops to catch him back, to Chang'an. However, huangfuke and Li Daogu came forward to intercede for him. Finally, it was the "Leniency" of Xianzong, who not only failed to cure Liu MI, but also appointed him as the imperial edict to continue to take the pills he refined.

Taking these "elixirs", there will be two adverse reactions immediately: one is thirsty, the other is irritable. Therefore, as soon as Xianzong took the medicine, the people around him were in bad luck. By the 14th year of Yuanhe (819), Xianzong had eaten many "elixirs", and his temperament became extremely irritable. Under the influence of the medicine, he sometimes lost his mind and became furious like a tiger. The eunuchs and maids around him were always ordered to be decapitated by him. As a result, people in the palace were in danger, and the eunuchs were in constant panic as if the end of the day was coming. In the end, the eunuchs around the emperor felt that if Xianzong took these "elixirs" again, they could not even survive.

In January of the second year (820), Xianzong was seriously ill and could not go to the early court. In this regard, people are talking about it, very panic.

At this time, the servant Chen Hongzhi could not bear it any more. He was worried that the next person who was inexplicably "strange" was himself. Under the pressure of such extreme fear, on the night of January 27, Chen Hongzhi strangled the sleeping Xianzong alive. Poor generation of British masters, eager to "live forever", even died in the hands of slaves, it is really sad!

After killing Xianzong, Chen Hongzhi also felt a little scared and quickly invited Wang Shoucheng and Liang Shouqian, the great eunuchs in the palace. After some deliberation, they decided to block the news tightly, and then opened the Palace door to welcome the prince into the palace. This is "emperor muzong of Tang Dynasty".

Emperor Mu Zong of Tang Dynasty ascended the throne

Of course, Mu Zong knew all this, but he didn't care at all. For him, with the sudden departure of Xianzong, he could become an emperor earlier. That's enough. He didn't want to worry about other things at all. Moreover, he had already sat on the Dragon chair and was the "Lord of the world" created by heaven. Who dares to say anything?

However, Chen Hongzhi and others certainly don't think so. You know, Xianzong's reputation before his death is just like that of the sun. If the news gets out, even if he has three heads, he will be chopped into meat sauce!

Fortunately, we all know that Xianzong was seriously ill after taking the "elixir". Therefore, there is no doubt about the official explanation of his "poisoned to death". In fact, it is impossible for anyone to think that Xianzong, the "Great Britain", would be murdered by a little eunuch. No matter how rich people's imagination is, it is impossible to make such a guess. In addition, after the incident, Wang Shoucheng and others strictly blocked the news, so everyone was "kept in the dark.".

In fact, it is not only his misfortune but also his great fortune that Xianzong did not enjoy his life, because he can keep his reputation. After his death, the three towns of Hebei rebelled again, and the Tang Empire was never unified. Unfortunately, the death of Xianzong marks the arrival of an era of "eunuch dictatorship". In the following decades, eunuchs were able to control the government, control the emperor, and become the leading role on the national political stage.

Explanation and annotation of historical writings

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Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty, Yuanhe middle school, believed in immortals and appealed to the world's alchemists. Huangfu recommended Liu MI, a native of the mountain, to grow crude drugs. As you can see. He said that Tiantai was full of spirit and grass. He was the chief official and could be asked by the common people. He was the governor of Taizhou. When he came to Taizhou, he drove the people into the mountains to collect herbs. He had no income and fled into the mountains. The eastern Zhejiang observation envoys captured and sent them to the capital, and sent them to the Imperial Academy. After taking the medicine, he became thirsty day by day and collapsed in the Zhonghe hall. Liu Mi's volley.

On the saying: time, neither medicine, birthday is even more. I don't know what it's like to arrest and send them to the government and take their medicine. What can we do if we don't die?

Note: the place where the elixir is collected is shuangque in the south of Xiangu, Qiongtai mountain.

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Xianzong sat on the throne and was congratulated by the ministers. Neither you nor he knows that this king of ZTE is only one year away from the end of his life.

"Emperor Xianzong is a good God in the late Festival, and orders the whole world to seek alchemists.". As a result, Taoist Liu MI, monk Da Dao and others entered the palace one after another to refine "longevity medicine" for the emperor. In order to give Liu Mi a good environment to refine the elixir, Xianzong gave Liu Mi all the land of Taizhou. As a governor on the rooftop, the Taoist priest set up several big pots every day to refine the elixir for Xianzong.

"It's often wrong to take medicine to seek immortals.". Tang Dynasty emperors, Taizong, Gaozong, muzong, Jingzong, Wuzong, Xuanzong, no matter the British or the mediocre, all liked to take medicine. From the point of view of modern medicine, these drugs are highly toxic minerals. They are very thirsty and have changed greatly. It is strange that Wu Zetian also took pills and lived to 83. "Is the female body Yin and can take the medicine of dryness and dryness, while the male body uses fire to help the fire, and the body will wither when the water is exhausted? (Zhao Yi) "the author speculates that Wu Zetian may take more plant" elixirs "and do little harm.

Not only is he good at taking medicine, but he is also good at Buddhism in his later years. At the end of the 13th year of Yuanhe, Xianzong sent a middle school teacher and a large group of monks to Famen Temple to welcome the finger bones of Buddha to Chang'an. "The three days of the ban in Shang (Xianzong) is the time to send them to the temples. The princes and the people pay tribute to them for fear of reaching the Buddha. There are those who have exhausted their production and provided for them by burning incense on the top of their arms.". Emperor Xianzong's action was not the need of "United Front", he believed it sincerely.

Han Yu, the Minister of justice of the Ministry of punishment, made a statement of remonstrance. The statement is very interesting, thought-provoking and well founded

Fu to Buddha, Yi Di one of the ears. It began to flow into China in the later Han Dynasty. In the past, Huangdi reigned for 100 years, at the age of 100; SHAOHAO reigned for 80 years, at the age of 100; Zhuanxu reigned for 79 years, at the age of 98; DIHE reigned for 70 years, at the age of 100; Diyao reigned for 98 years, at the age of 118; and both Emperor Shun and Yu were 100 years old. At this time, the world was peaceful and the people lived happily. However, there was no Buddha in China. Later, Tang was 100 years old, Tang sun Tai Wu was 75 years old, and Wu Ding was 50 years old.

King Wen of Zhou was 97 years old, King Wu was 93 years old, and King Mu was in power for 100 years. At this time, Buddhism did not come to China, not because of Buddhism. Buddhism began to exist during the reign of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty. It was only 18 years since Emperor Ming was in power. After that, chaos and death happened one after another, and the luck was not long. In song, Qi, Liang, Chen, yuan and Wei dynasties, Buddhism became more and more important. During the 48 years of emperor Liang Wu's reign, he sacrificed his life to the Buddha three times before and after the reign of emperor Liang Wu. Later, he was forced by Hou Jing to starve to death

Taicheng, the country is also seeking to destroy. It's even worse to ask for happiness in a Buddhist way. From this point of view, we can see that Buddhism is not trustworthy.

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Today, I heard that your majesty ordered the monks to welcome the Buddha's bones to Fengxiang, to view them in the imperial building, and to enter the inner hall, and to offer them to the temples. Though a minister is very foolish, he must be honest

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