Did Emperor Taizong really catch an Indian monk in his later years?

In his later years, Emperor Taizong did catch Indian monks refining Dan medicine. In his early years, Emperor Taizong made great efforts to govern the country, worked diligently and loved the people, which made the politics, economy and culture of the Tang Dynasty unprecedentedly powerful and created the famous? Zhenguan rule? . However, in his later years, Emperor Taizong became obsessed with divination and immortality. After taking the elixir refined by domestic magicians, he began to send people around to ask for Tao.

In the twenty-second year of Zhenguan, Minister Wang Xuance met a monk in Tianzhu, calling himself a Taoist. He practiced for many years, lived for more than 200 years, and was proficient in the art of immortality. Wang Xuance was overjoyed, so he returned to China to dedicate the Indian monk to Emperor Taizong. The monk told Emperor Taizong that he could refine the elixir of life, which would not only make him immortal, but also make him immortal and go to heaven.

At this time, Emperor Taizong had been in bed for many years because of illness, and regarded the monk as a lifeline. He believed it, arranged him in a luxurious palace according to VIP standards, and treated him with delicious food. The monk gave Tang Taizong a prescription, which was full of some strange and hard-to-find herbs. Emperor Taizong told his servants to collect these herbs, even if they were burned and turned over and dug.

A year later, the herbs were finally refined, and Emperor Taizong couldn't wait to take this so-called elixir. However, the expected eternal life did not come true, but he died suddenly soon. There is no panacea for immortality in this world. It must be that all kinds of toxic and harmful chemicals were mixed into the elixir, which led to the poisoning death of Taizong, who was already weak. Emperor Taizong was a wise man, but he couldn't get rid of his obsession with alchemy in his later years. He always thought that he could change his life and live forever. As a result, he ruined his life, which was absurd and sad.