Li Yifu

Li Yifu

Li Yifu (614-666), whose name is unknown, was born in Raoyang, Yingzhou (now Raoyang County, Hebei Province). The Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty.

In his early years, he became an official by recommendation, successively served as a provincial official, moved to supervise the censor, and worshipped Zhongshu. When Li Zhi was the crown prince of Donggong, he thought that the crown prince gave up his life. He actively catered to Emperor Gaozong, abolished Wang Liwu, worshipped the Minister of Zhongshu and Zhangshi of Tongping, and became the confidant of Empress Wu and the Marquis of Guangping county. During his term of office as prime minister, he made a lot of friends, betrayed officials and officials, and acted recklessly. Moved to book order, sealed Hejian county. He was born in a humble family. Although he was an official, he was not a scholar. Therefore, please revise the clan annals again, and advocate that "no matter the family status, all those who have five or more senses will enter the scholar class.".

In the third year of longshuo's reign (663), he was demoted and exiled to Hezhou for inviting warlocks to look at Qi. In the first year of Qianfeng (666), he died of grief and indignation at the age of 53. After Wu Zetian ascended the throne, she presented it to the governor of Yangzhou. Tang Ruizong ascended the throne and took back the gift. Li Zhan, the youngest son, was the most famous. He took part in the Shenlong coup. He worshipped the left leader, the great general Wei, and became the Duke of Zhao

Life of the characters

Early experience

In his early years, Li Yifu moved to Yongtai (now Yanting County, Sichuan Province) because his grandfather was the Prime Minister of Shehong County. In the eighth year of Zhenguan (634), Li Yifu was recommended by jiannandao patrol Ambassador Li Daliang as a provincial official because of his good writing skills. Later, he was recommended by Liu Ji and Ma Zhou to serve as the censor of Jin Dynasty.

Tired of work

In 643, Emperor Taizong established Li Zhi as the crown prince and appointed Li Yifu as the crown prince's Sheren and the direct Bachelor of Chongxian school. In his Cheng Hua Zhen, he mentioned that "flattery has its own kind, and evil and skillful are in many ways. Although he tries his best to flatter the crown prince, he is regarded as a straightforward person.

In the 23rd year of Zhenguan (649), after the death of Emperor Taizong, Prince Lizhi ascended the throne for Emperor Gaozong. Li Yifu was transferred to Zhongshu Sheren. In the second year of Yonghui (651), Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty ordered Li Yifu to study national history and become a Bachelor of Jiahong School of literature.

In 655, Li Yifu offended Prime Minister Sun Wuji and was demoted as Sima of bizhou. Before the imperial edict was sent to the lower Province, he had learned it secretly, and discussed with Wang Dejian, the scholar of Zhongshu. Wang Dejian said: "the emperor wanted to make Wu Zhaoyi queen, but he was afraid that the prime minister would not agree, so it has not been formally proposed. If you can push this matter forward, it will turn the bad into the good. " Li Yifu then took the place of Wang Dejian to watch the night. He took the opportunity to knock on the door and ask to depose queen Wang and establish Wu Zhaoyi (namely Wu Zetian). Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty was overjoyed. He summoned Li Yifu and took back his demoted official edict, leaving him in his original post.

In October of the same year, Wu Zetian was made queen. Before long, Li Yifu was worshipped as the Minister of Zhongshu and the junior of tongzhongshu, and was granted the title of Guangping County man. He and Xu Jingzong, Wang Dejian, Cui Yixuan, Yuan Gongyu, Hou Shanye and others cited each other, colluded with each other, demoted loyal officials and helped Empress Wu steal power.

Many wrongdoing

In the first year of Xianqing (656), Li Yifu was also the prince's concubine, and became the Marquis of Guangping county. At that time, the Luozhou woman Chunyu was put into Dali Temple Prison for her crime. Hearing that Chunyu was beautiful, Li Yifu secretly ordered Bi Zhengyi, Dali Cheng, to release her and take her as a concubine. Duan Baoxuan, the Minister of Dali temple, played according to the facts, and Emperor Gaozong of Tang ordered Liu Rengui and Zhang Lun, the imperial censor, to hear the case. Li Yifu was worried about the disclosure of the incident, and forced Bi Zhengyi to hang himself in prison in order to cut off the evidence. Although Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty knew the truth, he didn't investigate Li Yifu's criminal responsibility.

Later, Wang Yifang impeached Li Yifu and said, "if Yifu is good at killing liupin Temple Cheng, he should be punished." Li Yifu went out to argue with Wang Yifang. After three rebukes, he left unhappily. Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty was very angry. He thought that Wang Yifang had slandered the minister and his words were not bad. After retiring from the court, Li Yifu complacently asked, "is it shameful for the censor Wang to impeach him?" Wang Yi said: "Confucius was the commander of the state of Lu. He killed Shao Zhengmao in only seven days. I, Wang Yifang, have been appointed as the censor for 16 days, but I am really ashamed that I can't kill the evildoers. " Before long, Li Yifu was also the prince Zuo Shuzi.

In the second year of Xianqing (657), Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty promoted Li Yifu to the rank of Zhongshu Ling, censor doctor, Prince guest, Hejian County Duke, and built a house for him. At that time, Li Yifu was favored by the imperial court, and all the children in his family were granted important official posts in the Qing Dynasty. He was greedy by nature. He sold his official positions with his wife and son-in-law. He also attracted a lot of friends and made great influence.

Before that, Du Zhenglun served as the Minister of Zhongshu, while Li Yifu served as the Minister of Zhongshu. Relying on his predecessors, Du Zhenglun despised Li Yifu very much. In the third year of Xianqing (658), Du Zhenglun and Li Youyi, the Minister of Zhongshu, conspired to get rid of Li Yifu. As a result, the matter was leaked and Li Yifu told the emperor. They argued in front of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty and each held his own opinion. Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty demoted Li Yifu as governor of Puzhou and Du Zhenglun as governor of Hengzhou, and exiled Li Youyi to Fengzhou.

In the fourth year of Xianqing (659), Li Yifu was called back to the imperial court and concurrently served as the Minister of the Ministry of officials and the Minister of Tongzhong. Previously, Li Yifu claimed to be born in the Li family of Zhao county, and was listed in the genealogy by Li Chongde. When he was demoted to Puzhou, Li Chongde removed him, so he had a grudge. After Li Yifu returned to the court, he ordered people to charge Luo Zhide and put Li Chongde in prison. Li Chongde eventually committed suicide in prison.

In the second year of longshuo (662), Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty changed the official system, and Li Yifu was appointed as the chief minister of the imperial court and the third grade official of tongdongxitai. He asked the emperor to bury his grandfather to Yongkang mausoleum, and enlisted seven county people to carry earth around the clock. Princes of the Manchu Dynasty vied with each other to present memorial ceremonies, and the funeral procession lasted for 70 Li, which was extremely luxurious. In November of the same year, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty appointed Li Xulun (Li Dan), the eighth son of the emperor, as the king of Yin, and ordered Li Yifu to be the chief historian of the palace of Yin.

Exile in Hezhou

In the third year of longshuo (663), Li Yifu was promoted to right prime minister and still presided over the election. He flattered himself in front of the emperor, while he went abroad to violate the law wantonly. All officials were afraid, and no one dared to say his fault. Tang Gaozong knew something about this and warned him: "I heard that your son and son-in-law have many illegal things. I will cover them up for you. You should discipline them more." Li Yifu suddenly changed color and asked, "who told your majesty?" Gao Zongdao: "you know it, don't ask me how I know it." Li Yifu didn't apologize, so he turned around and left. Although Tang Gaozong did not investigate, he was also deeply dissatisfied.

Before long, Li Yifu asked the warlock Du Yuanji to be angry. Du Yuanji said: "your house has the resentment caused by unjust imprisonment. If you save 20 million yuan, you can suppress the resentment." Li Yifu believed deeply, and he was more eager to search for money. He also went out of the city with Du Yuanji while crying for his dead mother. At that time, people thought that Li Yifu was spying on disasters and plotting against them. At this time, Li Yifu asked Chang Sun Yan, the grandson of Chang sun Wuji, for 700 Guan, and gave him the official post of Jin Jian. As a result, he was denounced by Yang Xingying, Cao Canjun of Youjin wucang.

In April, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty jailed Li Yifu and ordered Liu xiangdao, Minister of the Ministry of punishment, to join the imperial censor and Dali temple in the trial, which was supervised by Sikong Li Ji. Soon after, Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty issued an imperial edict to exile Li Yifu for a long time in Qiongzhou (now Xichang County, Sichuan Province), and his sons and sons were also exiled. The government and the public all celebrated this, and some even wrote a piece of "Lu Bu of Li Yifu, commander of the march on Hejian Road, breaking through Tongshan thief", which was posted on the main road.

Die of grief and indignation

In the first year of Qianfeng (666), Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty granted Taishan an amnesty, but did not allow the prisoners who had been exiled for a long time to return. Li Yifu was so worried and angry that he fell ill and died at the age of 53. At this point, the court officials who worried about his recovery were relieved.

In 674, Li Yifu's wife and children were pardoned and returned to Luoyang. In the first year of Ruyi's reign (692), Wu Zetian recited Li Yifu's previous contributions and made him governor of Yangzhou. Later, she granted him a real title of 300 households. In the first year of Jingyun (710), Emperor Ruizong of Tang Dynasty succeeded to the throne and took back the real seal of Li Yifu.

Anecdotes and allusions

On the surface, Li Yifu was easy-going and polite. He was always pleasant to others, but on the inside, he was narrow-minded, jealous, cruel and cruel. After he was placed in an important position, anyone who slightly offended him would be framed. At that time, people said that he had a knife in his smile and called him "Li Mao".

Character evaluation

Li Zhi: the benefits of dust and dew are not reflected in the flow of Quan; the reputation of being honest and upright is reflected in Yi scriptures. If you leave out the forbidden words, you will be rewarded with favor; if you hand them over to others, you will be relieved of the mourning. It is a shame to store evil things, but it is also a shame to be jealous of the virtuous.

Li Ao: the so-called treacherous officials are Rong Yigong, Fei Wuji, taizaichu, Wang Zilan, Wang Feng, Zhang Yu, Xu Jingzong, Yang Zaisi, Li Yifu, Li Linfu, Lu Qi and Pei Yanling.

Li Jiang: in the Northern Qi Dynasty, Yang Zunyan was the ruler of reason, and Gao anabrachium was the ruler of chaos; in the Sui Dynasty, Yang Suzhong was the ruler of reason; in the state, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, Wang Li, Yao Chong and song Jing were the rulers of reason, and Li Yifu, Xu Jingzong, Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong were the rulers of chaos.

Liu Xu: ① Yifu's talent and thinking are precise. The so-called "orangutan can speak" is despicable! ② Zhenguan literati, Gaoyang, Hejian. Library of graphics, ranhan Shushan. If you enter the body with a pen, you will get a position with a traitor. Fu Yi for the tiger is also Hu Yan.

Song Qi: the wood will be bad, the insect will be born; the country will die, the demon will be born. So the three rulers roared and killed the female, Lin Fu ran to the yellow house, the ghost was defeated, and he planned to revive Yuan Gu, while Cui and Liu held Li Zongfu. Hoo hoo, if there is a country, don't give up!

personal works

work

Li Yifu has written 40 volumes of anthology, 100 volumes of ancient and modern imperial edicts and 70 volumes of travel notes of officials. He has also participated in the revision of the book of Jin, the five rites of Yonghui and the genealogy of surnames.

poems

There are three articles in the whole Tang Dynasty: Cheng Hua Zhen, the stele of Zhang Fu Jun, the former Minister of rites of the Tang Dynasty, and the stele of Princess Chang of Lanling of the Tang Dynasty.

There are seven poems in Quan Tang Shi《

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