Le Thai-tong ( Vietnamese. Lê Thái Tông , Thi-nom 黎太宗 , temple name ; Chinese “Li Tai-zong”; December 22, 1423 - September 7, 1442) ; The real name Le Nguyên Long ( 黎元龍 ) is Emperor Daivieta , who ruled from 1433 to 1442 [1] . He received the nickname "Enlightened" [2] .
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| Predecessor | Le loi | ||||||
| Successor | Le Nyan Tong | ||||||
| Birth | December 22, 1423 | ||||||
| Death | September 7, 1442 (aged 18) | ||||||
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Biography
Le Thai Tong was the second son of Le Loi . Le Thai-Tong's mother passed away early; his father himself considered a capable child, and when he fell ill in 1433, he called for his closest advisers ( ( Lê Sát ) , ( Trịnh Khả ) , Fam Wang Shao, Nguyen Chaya ( Nguyễn Trãi ) , ( Trần Nguyên Hãn ) and ( Lê Ngân ) and asked them to crown their ten-year-old regent under the young emperor was Le Chat.
Le Chat, ruling the country, tried to gain a foothold on the throne, destroying rivals. Le Thai-Tong began to seek support from the opposing forces. Chin Kha, sent to the outback, became an ally of the emperor. One of the first decrees of Le Thai Tong was the return of Chin Kha to the capital and his appointment as commander of the palace guard. A few months later, Le Chat was executed for usurpation of power.
The emperor continued his father's reforms, increasing the number of districts, abolished several large administrative units [3] . The community becomes more influential with him. A separation of powers was introduced: the district was now governed not by one person, but by three (responsible for the administrative-financial and judicial part, military officer and manager) [3] .
The emperor had a weakness for women, he married the daughter of Le Chat, the daughter of Le Ngan, Zyong Thi Bi, his favorite, gave birth to a son Ngi Zan, who ruled for several months in 1459. ( Nguyễn Thила Anh ) bore him an heir, Le Nyan Tong . ( Ngô Thị Ngọc Dao ) gave birth to him Le Thanh Tong , the famous ruler of Daiviet.
At the age of 18, Le Thai-tong ordered the most beautiful girls to be brought to the palace for his pleasure. His last passion was the wife of Nguyen Chaya , ( Nguyễn Thị Lộ ) . Once the emperor and Nguyen Thi Lo set off on their way to the home of Nguyen Chai, after which the young emperor suddenly became ill and died suddenly.
Chin Kha and other senior courtiers accused Nguyen Thi Lo and Nguyen Chai of poisoning the emperor and executed them together with their immediate family. Twenty years later, the emperor Le Thanh Tong officially forgave Nguyen Chai, declaring that he was innocent of Le Thai Tong's death.
Board motto
Le Thai Tong ruled under the following mottoes : [1]
- Thieu Binh (1434-1440)
- Dai-bao (1440-1443)
Reflection in Art
In the literature
- “Nguyen Tea” - a novel- dilogy , author - Vietnamese writer Bui An Tan. In the novel, the poisoning of the emperor Le Thai Tong is actually rigged by one of his wives - Nguyen Thi An.
In the movie
- “ Heavenly Mandate of a Hero ” (2012) is an adaptation of the second part of the novel “Nguyen Tea” by Bui An Tan, which is called “Bloody Letter”. The film is directed by Victor Wu .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Kontsevich, 2010 , p. 461.
- ↑ Complete collection of historical notes Dayvieta , M. Oriental literature. 2002
- ↑ 1 2Mkhitaryan S.A. History of Vietnam. - M .: "Science" , 1983. - 302 p. - 5,000 copies.
Literature
- Kontsevich L.R. Chronology of the countries of East and Central Asia . - Moscow: Oriental literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2010. - 806 p. - ISBN 978-5-02-036350-2 .