This man was the recipient of the severed head of Ozmysh, the last ruler of the Gokturks, sent by his allies in the newly established Uigur Khaganate.
This man was the recipient of the severed head of Ozmysh, the last ruler of the Gokturks, sent by his allies in the newly established Uigur Khaganate. This man executed most of his court, including his influential aunt, the Princess Taiping, after he discovered a plot to poison his aphrodisiac herbs. The replacement of the competent Pei Yaoqing and Zhang Jiuling with the flatterer Li Linfu is generally considered the turning point in this man's reign. Late in his reign, he began to favor the chancellor Yang Guozhong, a cousin of his favorite concubine, Yang Guifei, one of the Four Beauties of China. These associations with the Yang family, as well as his refusal to appoint native Chinese generals, precipitated a crisis late in his reign. Ruling during the battle of the Talas River, FTP, name this emperor said to have personally seasoned the soup of Li Po, a Tang dynasty ruler who was the target of the An Lushan rebellion.
This man was the recipient of the severed head of Ozmysh, the last ruler of the Gokturks, sent by his allies in the newly established Uigur Khaganate.
Xuanzong [or Li Longji or Li Lung-chi or Minghuang or HsÃ¼an-tsung; prompt on "The Brilliant Emperor"]