How did Li Longji live in his later years after sentencing Yang Guifei to death? Interested readers and history encyclopedia editors, let’s take a look together!
Let’s first understand the cause of the Mawei Incident. Li Longji made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, even pushing it to its peak. However, we all know that even the wisest person can make mistakes and make mistakes at times. At that time, Yang Guifei was the most favored woman by Li Longji, and he could do anything for her. It was for this reason that everyone believed he was addicted to women’s sex and not doing his job properly, saying that the Tang Dynasty would be destroyed by Yang Guifei’s family.
Afterwards, the great power of the world was in the hands of the Crown Prince, as well as the most important military power in the world. Li Longji was quite panicked and hurriedly fled with Yang Guifei when the Crown Prince arrived with his troops. But those who should come still have to come. The army blocked them on the Ma Wei slope, saying that as long as Yang Guifei was killed and the future troubles were eliminated forever, they would be willing to follow the emperor again. So, Li Longji weighed between career and love, and ultimately chose career. Helplessly, he executed Yang Guifei and separated from her thereafter.
After the execution of Yang Guifei, Li Longji regained control of the government and stabilized his throne, but by this time he had long lost the heart that should have belonged to an emperor. So later on, Tang Suzong ascended to the throne, which was also the beginning of Li Longji’s miserable life in his later years. At this point, although Li Longji had already retreated from the spotlight, he would also be dissatisfied with some of Tang Suzong’s actions and so on, and would like to get involved and regain some say. But how could Tang Suzong tolerate such finger pointing and ignore him. Later, after a series of other events, the relationship between the two became completely strained, and Li Longji’s fate was to be placed under house arrest in the palace, thus beginning his later years.
And his life afterwards was also very bleak. His son Tang Suzong never came to visit him anymore, and he only had his two daughters to take care of his daily life and food. He became increasingly haggard, and eventually, he didn’t even want to eat. Later on, he slowly began to reminisce about the days he spent with Yang Guifei and slowly passed away in his memories.
Li Longji is truly lamentable. It can be said that a generation of emperors has fallen to such a miserable state in their later years.
