The most useless emperor in the Tang Dynasty was Tang Zhongzong Li Xian, whose father was Tang Gaozong Li Zhi. His mother is Wu Zetian, the only empress in Chinese history. His younger brother is Tang Ruizong Li Dan, his son is Tang Shao Emperor Li Chongmao, and his nephew is Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, but he is the most cowardly emperor in history.
Li Xian is not the eldest son of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, he is the third eldest son, but the eldest son Li Hong died early, and the second son Zhanghuai Prince committed suicide after being deposed in 680 AD. Just like that, the third son Li Xian Became the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. But his mother, we all know that Wu Zetian is the only empress in Chinese history. After Tang Gaozong died of illness, Li Xian inherited the throne, but he lived completely in the shadow of her mother, and it was difficult for the ministers in the court to help him. He went to escape his mother's control.
At that time, he wanted to reuse his wife's Wei family. This behavior angered Wu Zetian, who deposed Li Xian. Li Xian and his own wife, who later became Queen Wei, were placed under house arrest for a long time. Although 14 years later, he returned to Chang'an under the operation of the ministers, he still could not get rid of Wu Zetian's control. His son and daughter were directly executed by Wu Zetian's edict for discussing Wu Zetian's male favorite in private. It is conceivable that Come out, how big a blow this is to Li Xian.
Until later, Zhang Jianzhi and others launched the Dragon Coup when Wu Zetian was seriously ill, and Li Xian returned to the throne, but he did not get rid of the control of others. This time the control comes from his wife and daughter. He was very grateful to Queen Wei for her support during her period of house arrest. In fact, there had just been an incident in the previous dynasty, Wu Zetian was in control of the world, but Tang Zhongzong Li Xian still did not learn his lesson and handed over the government affairs to Empress Wei. Empress Wei even deposed the crown prince Li Chongjun because Li Chongjun was not born to her. She wanted to make her daughter the crown princess. Li Chongjun's final Jinglong coup failed and he was eventually killed. Li Xian's fate was Even more tragic, he was poisoned by his own queen, Queen Wei, and was eventually poisoned to death.