Jinghui supported the restoration of Li Xian, why didn’t it end well in the end? Below, the History Encyclopedia editor will provide a detailed introduction to the relevant content.
Jinghui, together with Prime Minister Zhang Jianzhi and others, launched the Divine Dragon Coup in Empress Wu Zetian’s later years, forcing her to step down and allowing Li Xian to restore the Li Tang artifact. He was a meritorious person and one of the Five Kings, but his fate was not good. In fact, not only him, but also the four who had made contributions at that time were demoted to other places in just about a year. Jinghui was demoted to the position of Sima of Yazhou and stripped of his title. Later, he was imprisoned for life. But he still couldn’t escape the tragic fate and was ultimately killed by Wu Sansi’s false imperial edict.
In his early years, Jinghui entered the officialdom through the Ming dynasty and gradually moved to the position of Governor of Weizhou. Being able to serve as a local governor is not a small feat. Later, he was commended by Wu Zetian for his integrity as an official. From his experience, although he had gained the trust of Empress Wu Zetian, he still supported Tang Dynasty officials.
In her later years, Wu Zetian fell ill and sought refuge in the Palace of Welcoming Immortals. The two attendants she favored controlled the palace gates and did not allow ministers to visit. For the Crown Prince, the situation at that time was still very critical. So Prime Minister Zhang Jianzhi joined forces with Tang loyalists such as Jinghui to launch the Shenlong Coup, executed two Zhang, and forced Wu Zetian to abdicate in favor of Li Xian.
In terms of the coup, Zhang Jianzhi, Jing Hui, and others made great contributions. After Li Xian ascended the throne, they all received huge rewards. Jing Hui was conferred the title of Jin Ziguang Lu Dafu, promoted to attendant, bestowed the title of Pingyang County Duke, and soon became Duke of Qi. Later on, he was even crowned king.
But at this point, he was already openly rising and secretly falling. Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Li Xian, was incompetent and incompetent, but when he became emperor, he didn’t care about anything. He entrusted the power to his wife, Empress Wei, who colluded with Wu Sansi and others to cause chaos in the court. Empress Wei wanted to become the second empress, which posed the biggest threat to the five kings, including Zhang Jianzhi. So she tried her best to get rid of these five people.
As for Wu Sansi, he himself was a member of Wu Zetian’s family. The five of them treated Wu Zetian this way and even suggested that the emperor eliminate the Wu family. Therefore, Wu Sansi did not value these few and must have eliminated them quickly.
So the five unpopular people were framed by Wei Hou and Wu Sansi, and they were falsely accused of plotting rebellion, so one by one they were given more titles and demoted to other places.
But this is still not enough. They deliberately wanted to get rid of the five people, so they continued to frame them, resulting in a very tragic fate for all five of them. Among them, Jinghui was ultimately executed by Lingchi.
