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376:), and the soldiers were paid by the central government director of finances. By the time that Li was military governor, the originally stationed Jiangxi soldiers had largely died, but Shannan East was still receiving funds for them. Li Yijian found this to be inappropriate and turned down the funding for them. After three years, he was transferred to Xichuan Circuit (西川, headquartered in modern 507:). Other officials disagreed, however, and Emperor Xianzong's temple name was eventually fixed as Xianzong. After some time, Li Yijian requested retirement, but the central government considered Li Yijian to be still healthy, and therefore did not accept his retirement request; instead, he was recalled to serve as 402:
tribes of the region, who thus left the Tang-controlled areas. After Li arrived at Xichuan, he had Wang removed, and he sent letters to the non-Han chieftains pointing out that it was in their interests to be in Tang territory, and the non-Han tribes thus resubmitted. Meanwhile, the army of Sichuan
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as their leader, and Zhu initially pretended to be calming the capital and then readying the troops to welcome Emperor Dezong back to Chang'an. He sent an emissary that was going through Hua Prefecture (華州, in modern Weinan), which Zheng County belonged to, and the official in charge of defense, Li
267:) and a superior of Li Yijian's when Li Yijian served as a prefect. Yang did not respect Li Yijian at that time, and Li Yijian, in 809, indicted Yang for corruption. Yang was thus demoted to be the sheriff of Linhe (臨賀, in modern 462:
in the campaigns against the warlords and Li considered himself not as capable, he requested to be assigned outside the capital. In fall 818, he was made the military governor of Huainan Circuit (淮南, headquartered in modern
192:), who executed Zhu's emissary and submitted Zhu's order to Emperor Dezong. Emperor Dezong thus made Luo the prefect of Hua Prefecture, but as Luo took the entire credit for the incident, LI Yijian was not rewarded. 546: 166:), did not dare stopping Zhu's emissary. However, Li Yijian opined that Zhu would soon turn against Emperor Dezong and pointed out that some of the Lulong Circuit (盧龍, headquartered in modern 487:
should be. Li Yijian submitted a suggestion that because Emperor Xianzong had great accomplishments during his reign, he should be given a temple name that referred to him as
423:, respectively. Li, believing that it was the central government's prerogative rather than local governors' to create new styles of military music, had the music stopped. 225:). (It appeared that he was later made a prefect, based on his later actions.) Nine years after his exile, he was recalled to again be imperial censor with the title 186:
to have Zhu's emissary searched, and indeed, an order to summon the Lulong soldiers was found. Li Yi reported this to the defender of Tong Pass, Luo Yuanguang (
778: 91:), who had inherited the title of Prince of Zheng, and therefore did not inherit the title and was not listed with any offices. Li Yijian's father Li Zixian ( 773: 281:), and when Li Yijian heard this, believing Xu to be a faithful friend to Yang and therefore would be faithful to the state, he recommended Xu to be a 788: 783: 97:) served as a prefectural secretary general. Li Yijian appeared to be Li Zixian's oldest son and had at least three younger brothers, Li Yiliang ( 115:). Because of Li Yijian's heritage, he was, at the start of his official career, made the secretary general of Zheng County (鄭縣, in modern 341:). Emperor Xianzong thus reduced Tutu's title but still put Tutu in command. Meanwhile, Li Yijian was made deputy minister of census ( 199:, passing them in the class of those who had good judgment. He was then made the sheriff of Lantian County (藍田, in modern 636: 364:). During Emperor Dezong's reign, 500 Jiangxi soldiers had been stationed at Shannan East to help defend it against the 747: 743: 705: 689: 673: 657: 391: 614: 46: 217:). At one point, he was accused of faults and exiled to be a census officer at Qian Prefecture (虔州, in modern 731: 601: 568: 244: 182:; he believed that Zhu was summoning them to Chang'an to assist him. Li Yi thus quickly headed for 50: 253:). The mayor of Jingzhao Municipality (京兆, i.e., the Chang'an region) at the time was Yang Ping ( 480: 132: 259:), who had previously served as the governor of Jiangxi Circuit (江西, headquartered in modern 76: 420: 308: 301:), Li Yijian was one of the officials who opposed Tutu's commission, along with Li Yuansu ( 196: 8: 768: 763: 285:. Later in the year, when Emperor Xianzong was set to commission the powerful eunuch 426:
In 818, Li Yijian was recalled to Chang'an to serve as chief imperial censor (御史大夫,
726: 596: 563: 458:). As, at the time, Emperor Xianzong heavily depended on Li's chancellor colleague 170:) army that previously served under Zhu had been sent to Xiangcheng (襄城, in modern 39: 717:
However, as there was no crown prince at the time, the post was entirely honorary.
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had been accustomed to play two styles of music known as the Fengsheng Style (
757: 384:) to serve as its military governor. Prior to Li's service there, Wang Yong ( 286: 26: 522: 294: 62: 42: 618: 484: 399: 144: 275:). No friend or relative of Yang's dared to send him off except Xu Hui ( 66: 369: 183: 136: 464: 357: 352: 260: 200: 179: 148: 85:) was not the oldest son of Li Yijian's great-grandfather Li Jing ( 526: 468: 440:), the deputy head of the examination bureau of government (門下省, 416: 395: 381: 377: 272: 264: 222: 218: 204: 171: 167: 152: 120: 479:
After Emperor Xianzong died in 820 and was succeeded by his son
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as the commander of the imperial forces against the warlord
135:, a mutiny by Jingyuan Circuit (涇原, headquartered in modern 195:
Li Yijian later left his office and submitted himself for
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independent Zhangyi Circuit (彰義, headquartered in modern
356:) of Shannan East Circuit (山南東道, headquartered in modern 247:, Li Yijian was serving as deputy chief imperial censor ( 243:
As of 809, during the reign of Emperor Dezong's grandson
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forced Emperor Dezong to flee to Fengtian (奉天, in modern
483:, the officials were discussing what Emperor Xianzong's 75:) the Prince of Zheng, a son of Tang's founding emperor 521:), but he declined. He was then made an advisor to the 471:), carrying the chancellor title as an honorary title. 207:). He was later made an imperial censor with the title 529:. He died in 822 and was given posthumous honors. 517:), one of the heads of the executive bureau (尚書省, 398:) had, because of his corruption, angered the non- 238: 350:Later, Li Yijian was made the military governor ( 69:clan, being a great-great-grandson of Li Yuanyi ( 755: 474: 126: 155:). The Jingyuan soldiers supported the general 390:) the prefect of Xi Prefecture (雟州, in modern 61:Li Yijian was born in 756. He was a member of 779:Tang dynasty jiedushi of Shannan East Circuit 512: 502: 492: 453: 435: 410: 404: 385: 342: 336: 330: 324: 318: 312: 302: 276: 254: 248: 230: 212: 187: 161: 110: 104: 98: 92: 86: 80: 70: 33: 20: 525:, but had his office at the eastern capital 774:Chancellors under Emperor Xianzong of Tang 789:Tang dynasty jiedushi of Huainan Circuit 784:Tang dynasty jiedushi of Xichuan Circuit 591: 589: 587: 585: 583: 581: 579: 577: 178:) to help defend it against the warlord 532: 756: 558: 556: 574: 79:. Li Yijian's grandfather Li Chayan ( 553: 347:) and acting director of finances. 13: 392:Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 14: 800: 450:Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi 430:). Soon thereafter, he was made 239:During Emperor Xianzong's reign 711: 695: 679: 663: 645: 607: 539: 1: 475:During Emperor Muzong's reign 127:During Emperor Dezong's reign 56: 615:"漢川草廬-二十四史-新唐書-卷七十‧表第十 宗室世系" 131:In 783, during the reign of 7: 415:), created by the generals 25:) (756 – October 13, 822), 10: 805: 38:), was an official of the 513: 503: 493: 454: 444:), as well as chancellor 436: 411: 405: 386: 343: 337: 331: 325: 319: 313: 303: 277: 255: 249: 231: 213: 188: 162: 111: 105: 99: 93: 87: 81: 71: 34: 21: 409:) and Shunsheng Style ( 197:imperial examinations 533:Notes and references 49:during the reign of 639:2010-06-20 at the 227:Dianzhong Shiyushi 143:) at the capital 109:), and Li Yifan ( 796: 727:New Book of Tang 718: 715: 709: 699: 693: 683: 677: 667: 661: 649: 643: 632:New Book of Tang 629: 627: 626: 617:. 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Index

courtesy name
Chinese
Tang dynasty
chancellor
Emperor Xianzong
Tang dynasty
Li
Emperor Gaozu
Weinan
Shaanxi
Emperor Dezong
Pingliang
Gansu
Chang'an
Xianyang
Shaanxi
Zhu Ci
Beijing
Xuchang
Henan
Li Xilie
Tong Pass
imperial examinations
Xi'an
Shaanxi
Ganzhou
Jiangxi
Emperor Xianzong
Nanchang
Jiangxi

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