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62-656: (Redirected from Emperor Muzong ) Muzong may refer to: Emperor Muzong of Tang (795–824), Chinese emperor of the Tang dynasty, reigned 820–824 Emperor Muzong of Liao (931–969), Khitan emperor of the Liao dynasty, reigned 951–969 Emperor Muzong of Ming, or the Longqing Emperor (1537–1572), Chinese emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigned 1567–1572 Emperor Muzong of Qing, or

124-523: A new military governor rather than Li Jie, however, Emperor Muzong decided to act against Li Jie by making Han Chong ( 韓充 ), the brother of former long-time Xuanwu military governor Han Hong , military governor, and have him head toward Xuanwu, while commissioning Li Jie as a general of the imperial guards. Li Jie refused the commission and put one of the resistant prefectures, Song Prefecture (宋州, in modern Shangqiu , Henan ), and its prefect Gao Chengjian ( 高承簡 ), under siege. However, Han, Li Guangyan (then

186-588: A petition for Li Kuan before creating Li You crown prince (and changing Li You's name to Li Heng). Around the same time, the warlord Tian Ji'an , the military governor ( jiedushi ) of Weibo Circuit (魏博, headquartered in modern Handan , Hebei ), submitted a tribute of silk in the name of assisting with the rebuilding of Kaiye Temple ( 開業寺 ). Cui considered the tribute to be improper and advised Emperor Xianzong to decline it, and Emperor Xianzong agreed. Cui often made suggestions that Emperor Xianzong found agreeable and therefore were often accepted by Emperor Xianzong. He

248-461: A prefectural prefect, while his father Cui Ji ( 崔積 ) served as a supervisorial official in the central government. His family was a cadet branch of the Cui clan of Qinghe . In 790, during the reign of Emperor Daizong's son Emperor Dezong , when Cui Qun was 18, he passed the imperial examinations in the class of those with policy proposals. He was initially made Xiaoshu Lang ( 校書郎 ), a copyeditor at

310-401: A result, resented the chancellors, and attacked them along with another close associate of Emperor Xianzong's, Huangfu Bo . In 818, by which time the campaign against Wu had been concluded successfully, Emperor Xianzong made Huangfu and Cheng Yi , both of whom had received favor from him for extracting wealth from the people, chancellors, over the strenuous objections of both Cui and Pei (who

372-472: Is considered one of the precipitating incidents for the so-called Niu-Li Factional Struggles , which would last decades.) Meanwhile, Li Fengji, who had a close alliance with Wang Shoucheng, and his associates were able to have Pei, whom Li Fengji viewed as an enemy, sent out of the capital to serve as military governor of Shannan West Circuit (山南西道, headquartered in modern Hanzhong , Shaanxi ), and Emperor Muzong's trusted imperial scholar Li Shen , ejected from

434-456: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Emperor Muzong of Tang After succeeding to the throne, Muzong spent his time feasting and heavily drinking, thereby neglecting his duties as emperor. Meanwhile, the temporarily subdued regional military governors ( jiedushi ) began to challenge the central Tang government, leading to the new de facto independence of three circuits north of

496-748: The Palace Library , and later was made You Bujue ( 右補闕 ), a consultant at the legislative bureau of government (中書省, Zhongshu Sheng ). Early in the Yuanhe era (805–821) of Emperor Dezong's grandson Emperor Xianzong , Cui Qun was made Hanlin Xueshi ( 翰林學士 ), an imperial scholar. In 810, when the official Yuan Zhen was exiled after a conflict with a eunuch , Cui and his imperial scholar colleagues Li Jiang and Bai Juyi tried to defend Yuan, but they were not listened to. Emperor Xianzong appreciated Cui for his honesty, and in 812, when Cui also carried

558-683: The Tongzhi Emperor (1856–1875), Manchu emperor of the Qing dynasty, reigned 1861–1875 [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Muzong&oldid=676337547 " Categories : Human name disambiguation pages Temple name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

620-578: The Yellow River , which Emperor Xianzong had subdued. Internally, corruption was rife. Emperor Muzong's brief reign came to an end in 824, and was viewed as the start of the downward spiral of the Tang dynasty. Li You was born in 795, during the reign of his great-grandfather Emperor Dezong . At that time, his father Li Chun was the Prince of Guangling, and his grandfather Li Song was Emperor Dezong's crown prince . Li You's mother Princess Guo

682-640: The Prince of Jing, crown prince. It was said that shortly thereafter, Emperor Muzong recovered somewhat from his stroke. In 823, impressed with the official Niu Sengru for having refused gifts from the now-deceased Han Hong while virtually the rest of the entire imperial administration had received Han's gifts, Emperor Muzong made Niu chancellor, disappointing that similarly highly regarded governor of Zhexi Circuit (浙西, headquartered in modern Zhenjiang , Jiangsu ), Li Deyu . Li Deyu, in disappointment, suspected Li Fengji of acting in concert with Niu to reject him, and resented Niu and Li Fengji deeply. (This incident

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744-485: The Prince of Li, was older and had his own supporters among the eunuchs, he had Cui draft a petition in Li Kuan's name offering to yield the crown prince position to Li You. Cui pointed out that to "yield" a position implied an otherwise-entitlement to the position and that, Li You, as the son of a wife, had precedence over a son of a concubine by Confucian principles. Emperor Xianzong agreed and did not have Cui draft such

806-577: The acting military governor. Zhu Hui declined, but recommended Zhu Kerong, and the soldiers agreed. Meanwhile, in fall 821, after the Weibo soldiers had departed from Chengde, the Chengde officer Wang Tingcou plotted a mutiny. One night, he led his soldiers and attacked Tian Hongzheng's headquarters, killing him, his staff, and their family members, and then taking over control of most of Chengde by killing those who disagreed with him. Niu Yuanyi ( 牛元翼 ),

868-428: The allegations, but as a result, both Pei and Yuan were removed from the chancellor posts. Meanwhile, in fall 822, soldiers of Xuanwu Circuit (宣武, headquartered in modern Kaifeng , Henan )—traditionally under imperial control, rather than the situation with Lulong, Chengde, and Weibo—mutinied against the military governor Li Yuan ( 李愿 ), killing Li Yuan's wife and forcing him to flee. The chancellor Du Yuanying and

930-425: The bases that when Zhang ruled Hedong, which neighbored Lulong, Liu had often heard good opinions of Zhang's governance; that Xue was the son of Xue Song and familiar with the region; and that Lu was a relative of Liu's wife's.) Emperor Muzong accepted Liu's submission, but did not fully implement Liu's partition plan; Ying and Mo were given to Lu Shimei, but the remaining prefectures were all given to Zhang, under

992-483: The campaigns against Wang Tingcou and Zhu in 822, Wang Zhixing took the Wuning troops back to Wuning and forcibly entered the headquarters, effectively taking Cui and his staff as hostage, although he still treated them with respect but had them escorted out of the circuit, back to Chang'an, while taking over control of the circuit himself. The imperial government, blaming Cui for losing the circuit to Wang Zhixing, gave Cui

1054-692: The chancellors for his life, was exiled and not executed. It was said in the Old Book of Tang that Cui's nature was merciful and that these actions were in accordance. Huangfu, meanwhile, struck back at Cui later in 819. Earlier in the year, the officials had offered Emperor Xianzong the honorary title of Emperor Yuanhe Shengwen Shenwu Fatian Yingdao ( 元和聖文神武法天應道皇帝 ). Huangfu initially wanted two additional characters—Xiaode (孝德, "filial and virtuous"). Cui opined, "Sheng [(聖)] encompassed filial piety", and therefore did not include them. Huangfu thus told Emperor Xianzong, "Cui did not want Your Imperial Majesty to have

1116-415: The chancellors why the reign of his ancestor Emperor Xuanzong started out well but ended in disaster. Cui pointed out that initially, Emperor Xuanzong trusted such chancellors as Yao Chong , Song Jing , Lu Huaishen , Su Ting , Han Xiu , and Zhang Jiuling , but late in the reign trusted such chancellors as Yuwen Rong , Li Linfu , and Yang Guozhong , and that it was his poor selection of chancellors at

1178-402: The characters 'Xiaode'." At that time, the troops sent to the borders with Tufan were receiving supplies of poor quality and were so displeased that they were on the verge of mutiny—so much so that their commander, the general Li Guangyan , was so distressed to consider suicide. Li Guangyan reported this to Emperor Xianzong, but Huangfu informed Emperor Xianzong that there was nothing wrong with

1240-472: The chief imperial censor (御史大夫, Yushi Daifu ), and later in the year was made the military governor of Wuning Circuit (武寧, headquartered in modern Xuzhou , Jiangsu ). By 822, the imperial forces were waging campaigns against the rebels Wang Tingcou and Zhu Kerong , who had seized Chengde (成德, headquartered in modern Shijiazhuang , Hebei ) and Lulong (盧龍, headquartered in modern Beijing ) Circuits, respectively. Cui's deputy military governor Wang Zhixing

1302-448: The deputy head of the legislative bureau, as well as chancellor de facto with the title Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi ( 同中書門下平章事 ). Later that year, when Emperor Xianzong was set to make his close associate Zhang Su ( 張宿 ) a high-level consultant, Cui and fellow chancellor Wang Ya opposed, but Emperor Xianzong disagreed with them, only agreeing them when they, as a compromise, had Zhang made an acting consultant. Still, Zhang, as

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1364-409: The deputy minister of civil service affairs (吏部侍郎, Lìbu Shilang , note different tone than the deputy minister of rites). When Emperor Muzong summoned him for an audience, Emperor Muzong stated to him, "I know that you had served as my wings in my rise to be crown prince." Cui, however, responded, "The late emperor's favor had long been on Your Imperial Majesty. I did not do anything." Cui was soon made

1426-442: The deputy minister of justice Han Yu submitted a fervently-worded petition urging Emperor Xianzong not to carry out a grand ceremony to receive a bone, purportedly of a finger of Gautama Buddha , into the palace, and Emperor Xianzong, in anger, wanted to put Han to death, it was Pei's and Cui's intercession that Han was merely exiled to serve as a prefectural prefect. Later that year, there was an occasion when Emperor Xianzong asked

1488-423: The emperor, and that creating this precedent may cause the ability of the imperial scholars to do so be impeded in the future. Emperor Xianzong agreed and rescinded the order. After Emperor Xianzong's first crown prince Li Ning died in 812, Emperor Xianzong was set to create his son Li You the Prince of Sui, a son of his wife Consort Guo crown prince, but as another son born of a concubine , Li Kuan ( 李寬 )

1550-413: The end that led to the disaster. It was said that because this comment was viewed as directed at Huangfu, Huangfu much resented Cui for the comment. Around that time, after the warlord Li Shidao was killed after an imperial campaign against him, Emperor Xianzong asked for opinions on how to deal with Li Shidao's sister-in-law Lady Pei (the wife of Li Shidao's brother and predecessor Li Shigu ), as well as

1612-605: The entire operation against Lulong and Chengde, which also included such renowned imperial generals as Wu Chongyin and Li Guangyan and had some 150,000 soldiers in total, against the less than 10,000 soldiers that the rebels had. However, by this point, the imperial treasury had been exhausted by Emperor Muzong's extravagance, and Pei's battle plans were being interfered with by Emperor Muzong's trusted imperial scholar Yuan Zhen . The imperial forces were unable to achieve quick victory over Chengde and Lulong rebels, and when Tian Bu tried to advance his forces, they took mutinied under

1674-475: The eventual fall of the Tang dynasty altogether in 907, the imperial government was never again able to assert direct control over Chengde, Lulong, or Weibo. After the end of the campaign against Lulong and Chengde rebels, Pei Du was recalled to Chang'an to serve as chancellor. Soon thereafter, there were allegations that Yuan Zhen (who had been made chancellor by this point as well) had plotted to assassinate Pei. Investigations did not yield positive evidence for

1736-418: The imperial government supply the salaries of these Weibo soldiers, however, the acting director of finances, Cui Ling ( 崔倰 ), a relative of the chancellor Cui Zhi , not understanding the seriousness of the situation, believed that it was the Chengde soldiers' responsibility to protect their military governor, refused. Tian was forced to return the Weibo soldiers to Weibo. Meanwhile, in spring 821, Liu Zong

1798-743: The imperial government would give them proper discipline and rewards such that they would become faithful to the imperial government. He further recommended that Lulong be divided into three circuits and recommended Zhang Hongjing , Xue Ping , and Lu Shimei ( 盧士玫 ) to take over the three circuits. Specifically, his division plan called for the circuit capital, You Prefecture ( 幽州 ), along with Zhuo Prefecture (涿州, in modern Baoding , Hebei ), be given to Zhang; Ji (薊州, in modern Tianjin ), Gui (媯州, in modern Zhangjiakou , Hebei ), and Tan (檀州, in modern Beijing) Prefectures be given to Xue; and Ying ( 瀛州 ) and Mo (莫州, both in modern Cangzhou , Hebei ) Prefectures be given to Lu. (Liu had made these recommendations on

1860-448: The imperial government, his subordinates, who wanted to keep Chengde independent from the imperial government, supported Wang Chengzong's brother Wang Chengyuan to succeed him. Wang Chengyuan pretended to accept their support, but declared his loyalty to the imperial government and secretly petitioned Emperor Muzong to replace him. Emperor Muzong reacted by, against the advice of the general Yang Yuanqing ( 楊元卿 ), moving Tian Hongzheng

1922-484: The imperial government. As of 819, when Emperor Xianzong's forces crushed those of Li Shidao , the military governor of Pinglu, in effect, these circuits that had broken away from the imperial government since the end of the Anshi Rebellion had resubmitted to the imperial government. In winter 820, major events that tested Emperor Muzong's abilities to keep these circuits under control came. Wang Chengzong

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1984-433: The imperial scholar Cui Qun to draft a petition in the name of Li You's older brother Li Kuan the Prince of Li offering to yield the position, Cui declined, pointing out that Li Heng, as the son of a wife, should have had priority over Li Kuan in any event, and Emperor Xianzong agreed.) Not much was recorded about Li Heng's life as crown prince, although it is known that in 817, the imperial consultant Wei Shou ( 韋綬 ), who

2046-449: The leadership of Shi Xiancheng . Tian tried to rally the remaining troops, which refused to follow his orders further. He committed suicide, and Shi, who nominally submitted to the imperial government and thus received imperial sanction, took over Weibo. The imperial government was forced to capitulate, and soon also named Zhu and Wang military governors of their circuits as well, ending the campaign against them. From this point on, until

2108-649: The matter, announcing that Emperor Xianzong had died from the pills' complications. In the aftermaths, the eunuchs Liang Shouqian ( 梁守謙 ), Ma Jintan ( 馬進潭 ), Liu Chengjie ( 劉承偕 ), Wei Yuansu ( 韋元素 ), and Wang Shoucheng , who supported Li Heng, killed Tutu and Li Yun, allowing Li Heng to take the throne (as Emperor Muzong). (There were suspicions by some, including by Li Heng's younger brother Li Yi , who would later become Emperor Xuānzong , that Li Heng and his mother Consort Guo were involved in Emperor Xianzong's assassination.) As soon as Emperor Muzong took

2170-438: The military governor of Chengde, whose family had controlled Chengde since his grandfather Wang Wujun and whose forces Emperor Xianzong was unable to defeat (although Wang Chengzong himself eventually became apprehensive of Emperor Xianzong's might and submitted anyway), died. With Wang Chengzong having sent his sons Wang Zhigan ( 王知感 ) and Wang Zhixin ( 王知信 ) to Chang'an to serve as hostages in order to show his submission to

2232-497: The military governor of Heyang Circuit (河陽, headquartered in modern Jiaozuo , Henan ). Wang Chengyuan, despite the opposition of his soldiers, departed Chengde and turned control of the circuit over to Tian Hongzheng. Tian Hongzheng, however, was apprehensive that the soldiers under him—whom he had fought on the battlefield for years and many of whom bore hatred for him—would mutiny, and thus brought 2,000 Weibo soldiers to Chengde to serve as his personal guard. When he requested that

2294-466: The military governor of Lulong, who had taken power initially by killing his father Liu Ji and brother Liu Gun ( 劉緄 ), had grown fearful of his father's and brother's spirits, and wished to resign and become a Buddhist monk . He also requested an award to the soldiers, while ordering a number of officers that he felt were difficult to control, including Zhu Kerong (the grandson of a former military governor, Zhu Tao ) to report to Chang'an, hoping that

2356-610: The military governor of Weibo—whose submission to the imperial government in 812 had been a crucial step in the Yuanhe Restoration and who had been a major participant in the subsequent campaigns against Chengde and Pinglu —to Chengde, Wang Chengyuan to Yicheng Circuit (義成, headquartered in modern Anyang , Henan ), Liu Wu from Yicheng to Zhaoyi Circuit (昭義, headquartered in modern Changzhi , Shanxi ), Li Su from Wuning Circuit (武寧, headquartered in modern Xuzhou , Jiangsu ) to Weibo, and made Tian Hongzheng's son Tian Bu

2418-419: The military governor of neighboring Zhongwu Circuit (忠武, headquartered in modern Xuchang , Henan ), Cao Hua the military governor of Yanhai Circuit (兗海, headquartered in modern Ji'ning , Shandong ), and Wang Zhixing the military governor of Wuning Circuit, quickly converged on Xuanwu. Li Jie, who had fallen ill by that point, was killed by his own subordinate Li Zhi ( 李質 ), who surrendered to Han. Around

2480-476: The new year 823, when Emperor Muzong was participating in a polo game in the palace, a eunuch fell off his horse. Emperor Muzong, shocked by the incident, suffered a stroke and was unable to walk. For days, no official was able to meet with Emperor Muzong. At the repeated requests of Pei and Li Fengji, Emperor Muzong was taken to an imperial hall to meet with the officials to calm the people's hearts, and at their further urging, he created his oldest son Li Zhan

2542-467: The office of Mishu Jian ( 秘書監 ), the deputy director of the archival bureau, but had him report to the eastern capital Luoyang rather than Chang'an. He was later made the prefect of Hua Prefecture (華州, in modern Weinan , Shaanxi ), and yet later made the governor of Xuanshe Circuit (宣歙, headquartered in modern Xuancheng , Anhui ) as well as the prefect of its capital Xuan Prefecture ( 宣州 ). In 827, by which time Emperor Muzong's son Emperor Wenzong

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2604-415: The officers arrested. That night, the soldiers mutinied, killed Wei and several other staff member of Zhang's, and put Zhang under arrest. The next day, the mutineers began to regret their actions, but when they met Zhang to ask for forgiveness, Zhang did not speak at all. The mutineers believed that Zhang was not intending to pardon them, and instead supported Zhu Kerong's father Zhu Hui ( 朱洄 ) to serve as

2666-485: The official Zhang Pingshu ( 張平叔 ) advocated placating the mutineers' leader Li Jie (李㝏) by making him military governor, but the chancellor Li Fengji opposed, arguing that effectively abandoning control over Xuanwu would lead to the eventual loss of the Yangtze River - Huai River region. With the prefects of the three Xuanwu prefectures other than the capital prefecture Bian Prefecture ( 汴州 ) all petitioning for

2728-402: The others to return to Lulong, further angering them. Meanwhile, Zhang further drew the anger of the people and soldiers of Lulong over a number of actions: In fall 821, when a low-level officer accidentally collided with Wei's guards, Wei ordered the officer whipped, but the other officers were unaccustomed to this kind of punishment and refused to carry out the punishment. Zhang Hongjing had

2790-457: The palace. In spring 824, Emperor Muzong's old illness recurred, and he died shortly after. Li Zhan succeeded him (as Emperor Jingzong). Consorts and Issue: Played by Eric Li , a fictionalized version of Muzong was portrayed in 2009 Hong Kong's TVB television series, Beyond the Realm of Conscience . Cui Qun Cui Qun (崔群) (772 – August 30, 832 ), courtesy name Dunshi (敦詩),

2852-424: The prefect of one of Chengde's prefectures, Shen Prefecture (深州, in modern Hengshui , Hebei ), tried to resist Wang Tingcou, but soon was besieged within the capital of Shen Prefecture. Meanwhile, Li Su planned a campaign against Wang and Zhu, but fell ill, and was replaced by Tian Bu as the military governor of Weibo. Emperor Muzong commissioned Pei Du , a key chancellor during Emperor Xianzong's reign, to oversee

2914-404: The rest. By this point, Emperor Xianzong, whose illness was said to be due to alchemists' pills that were designed to achieve immortality . Xianzong's temper and rage had become uncontrolled, causing widespread fear among the eunuchs. In spring 820, he died suddenly—and it was believed that he was assassinated by the eunuch Chen Hongzhi ( 陳弘志 ), but the eunuch suppressed an investigation into

2976-475: The son of Consort Guo, was considered by the imperial officials as the proper heir, when the imperial scholars, led by Li Jiang , requested that Emperor Xianzong create a crown prince in 809, Emperor Xianzong did not create Li You crown prince, and instead created Li You's older brother Li Ning (by Consort Ji) crown prince. Li Ning died in 811, and in 812, Emperor Xianzong created Li You crown prince and changed his name to Li Heng. (When Emperor Xianzong ordered

3038-468: The suggestion of the chancellors Cui Zhi and Du Yuanying , who did not understand the rationale of Liu's plan. Further, Zhu and the other officers that Liu sent to Chang'an were not given offices or salaries, and it was said that as they lacked income, they fell into financial desperation, even requiring loans for their food and clothing, despite their frequent submission of requests for offices to Cui and Du. When Zhang arrived at Lulong, he ordered Zhu and

3100-482: The supplies and that it was Cui who encouraged the soldiers to complain. Emperor Xianzong believed Huangfu, and around the new year 820, Cui was sent out of the capital to serve as the governor (觀察使, Guanchashi ) of Hunan Circuit (湖南, headquartered in modern Changsha , Hunan ). It was said that because of this action, the people hated Huangfu. In 820, after Emperor Xianzong died and was succeeded by Li Heng (as Emperor Muzong), Emperor Muzong recalled Cui Qun to serve as

3162-460: The throne, he put to death the alchemists who had been supplying Emperor Xianzong with the immortality pills. He further quickly exiled the chancellors Huangfu Bo and Linghu Chu , replacing them with new chancellors. He also honored his mother Consort Guo as empress dowager and was extravagant in supplies to her. He himself was spending much time in games and hunts, against the advice of those officials who found such activities inappropriate, but

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3224-495: The title of Kubu Langzhong ( 庫部郎中 ), a supervisorial official at the ministry of defense (兵部, Bingbu ), he was promoted to be Zhongshu Sheren ( 中書舍人 ), a mid-level official at the legislative bureau, but continued to serve as imperial scholar as well. Emperor Xianzong also ordered that, when the other imperial scholars were to submit suggestions, they were to have Cui cosign the petition. Cui, however, opposed this order, pointing out that imperial scholars were to provide advice to

3286-408: The wife and children of another previously killed rebel, Li Zongshi ( 李宗奭 ). Cui advocated lenience, and as a result, Emperor Xianzong released Lady Pei and her daughter Li Yiniang ( 李宜娘 ) as well as Li Zongshi's wife Lady Wei and children. Also at Cui's urging, the official Quan Changru ( 權長儒 ), who had been sentenced to death after receiving bribes but whose mother Lady Liu had made earnest pleas to

3348-446: Was Li Chun's wife and a granddaughter of the prominent general Guo Ziyi —her parents were Guo Ziyi's son Guo Ai ( 郭曖 ) and Princess Shenping, a sister to Emperor Dezong. Li You was Li Chun's third son. At some point, Li You was created the Prince of Jian'an. In 806, by which time Li Chun was emperor (as Emperor Xianzong), Li You was created the Prince of Sui. His mother Princess Guo, however, despite her having been Li Chun's wife,

3410-848: Was an attendant to Li Heng in his studies, drew disfavor from Emperor Xianzong for providing Li Heng with expensive food and pleasing him with humor. Emperor Xianzong removed Wei from his post as attendant, and soon sent him out of the capital Chang'an to serve as the prefect of Qian Prefecture (虔州, in modern Ganzhou , Jiangxi ). Meanwhile, the powerful eunuch Tutu Chengcui had often urged Emperor Xianzong to replace Li Heng with Li Kuan (whose name had been changed to Li Yun by this point). Tutu, however, did not relent in his hopes to have Li Yun made crown prince, even by 820, when Emperor Xianzong had become seriously ill. Li Heng, worried about what would happen next, requested advice from his uncle (Consort Guo's brother) Guo Zhao ( 郭釗 ), who advised him to simply serve his father with filial piety and not worry about

3472-464: Was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty , serving as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Xianzong . Cui Qun was born in 772, during the reign of Emperor Daizong . His family was from Bei Prefecture (貝州, in modern Xingtai , Hebei ) and traced its ancestry to a line of officials of Cao Wei , Liu Song , Northern Wei , and Tang dynasty . His grandfather Cui Chao ( 崔朝 ) served as

3534-474: Was back in Chang'an by this point to serve as chancellor again). Later in the year, when the eunuch Yang Chaowen ( 楊朝汶 ) arrested over 1,000 people for owing money to the imperial palace, the deputy chief imperial censor Xiao Mian accused Yang for false arrests, and with Pei and Cui supporting Xiao in his accusation, Emperor Xianzong ordered Yang to commit suicide and released the people Yang arrested. In 819, when

3596-425: Was emperor, Cui Qun was recalled to serve as the minister of defense (兵部尚書, Bingbu Shangshu ). In 829, he was made the military governor of Jingnan Circuit (荊南, headquartered in modern Jingzhou , Hubei ), as well as the mayor of its capital Jiangling Municipality. In 830, he was recalled to Chang'an to serve as acting You Pushe ( 右僕射 ), one of the heads of the executive bureau (尚書省, Shangshu Sheng ), as well as

3658-464: Was not created empress, but only an imperial consort, albeit with the high rank of Guifei ( 貴妃 ). (During the remainder of his reign, Emperor Xianzong would repeatedly resisted calls by imperial officials to have Consort Guo made empress, using one excuse after another, fearing that if she, with her honored heritage, were made empress, she would so dominate the palace that no other imperial consort would dare approach him.) Further, although Li You, as

3720-664: Was said to be tolerant toward those giving such advice. At the time that Emperor Muzong took the throne, he inherited a state that had just recently been, during his father's reign (which was known as the Yuanhe Restoration ( 元和中興 ), due to Emperor Xianzong's era name 's being Yuanhe ), restored to unity under the imperial government after various circuits, the most defiant of which were Pinglu (平盧, headquartered in modern Tai'an , Shandong ), Weibo (魏博, headquartered in modern Handan , Hebei ), Chengde (成德, headquartered in modern Shijiazhuang , Hebei ), and Lulong (盧龍, headquartered in modern Beijing ), had been effectively independent from

3782-408: Was subsequently made the deputy minister of rites (禮部侍郎, Lǐbu Shilang ), and in that capacity was said to be fair and proper in his selection of imperial examinees. He was later made the deputy minister of census (戶部侍郎, Hubu Shilang ). In 817, when the chancellor Pei Du left the capital Chang'an to oversee the campaign against the warlord Wu Yuanji , Cui was made Zhongshu Shilang ( 中書侍郎 ),

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3844-438: Was then commanding the Wuning troops at the front. Cui was apprehensive of Wang Zhixing, as Wang Zhixing had the support of the soldiers, and he petitioned that Wang Zhixing be given the military governorship of another circuit or be summoned to Chang'an to be given a position in the imperial government. Emperor Muzong did neither, but Wang Zhixing discovered this and felt that he no longer had Cui's trust. After Emperor Muzong ended

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