Due to the Sui system in the Tang Dynasty, the title of "First Lady, First Lady and First Lady Wei Guifei", according to the records of the unearthed epitaph, Wei Guifei was chosen as a good family in Qin Gong during the period of Wude, and paid a visit to the imperial concubine on April 1st of the first year of Zhenguan. However, although the epitaph said that he was elected to a good family in the Qin palace, it was actually not the first time to get married. Her first husband was CoCo Lee, the son of Li Zixiong, a general of the Sui Dynasty and a minister of the Ministry of Commerce.
At the end of Sui Dynasty, Li Zixiong and Yang Xuangan rebelled together. After the defeat, the father and son were killed, and Webster was a criminal family and was legally charged with being a palace maid. After Tang Gaozu ascended the throne in Chang 'an, Li Shimin became the king of Qin, and it was natural that Webster was assigned to Qin Gong as a maid of honor. In addition, although Li Yuan granted amnesty to the world after he acceded to the throne, it was the criminals who were pardoned, which was different from the release of imperial secretary Ye Ting. Webster could not be released from the palace and returned to China during the Wude period, so the epitaph said that Webster was chosen by a good family, which is obviously whitewashing. As for the statement that Li Shimin, the king of Qin, fell in love with Webster at first sight on the roadside, which is widely circulated in some articles on the Internet, it is simply nonsense.
There are even some unreliable online articles that Wei Guifei was in charge of the harem of Emperor Taizong after the death of her eldest grandson. In fact, however, even as an imperial concubine, she has no right to take charge of the harem without the instructions of the emperor. For example, in Tang Gaozu's Wan Guifei, there is a clear record in Li Zhiyun's Biography of the Old Tang Dynasty: "My mother's name is Wan Guifei, and she is obedient by nature, especially valued by her great-grandfather. Everything in the palace is discussed, and princes and princesses are respectful. " It shows that Wan Guifei can have the qualification of "making suggestions" on harem affairs, which is "specially given by the emperor's high-impedance relatives". Without special permission, Wan, even as an imperial concubine, has no right to run the harem. Look at Guo Guifei in Tang Xianzong. "The third minister asked Guo Guifei to be the queen, and Tang Xianzong was jealous of her age. Because the queen was so gorgeous, she was afraid of being proud of herself, so she reported it in the chapter." Although the Guo family only married one imperial concubine, his wife married before he ascended the throne. Because Tang Xianzong was afraid that his romantic courtship would be limited, he refused to make her queen. If you can take charge of the harem as an imperial concubine, then why does Tang Xianzong have to reinvent the wheel?
Besides, it is a great honor for a maid-in-waiting to be in charge of the harem. Even if many concubines manage the harem together, it will be recorded in the history books. Chen Houzhu's Zhang Guifei was in charge of the harem, and it was clearly recorded in the history books that Mrs Xuanhua and Mrs Ronghua of Emperor Wen of Sui were in charge of the harem at the same time. Liu Jun's biography also took some time to record that his mother Pan (Liu's was only a second-class concubine, not a third-class concubine) was in charge of the harem.
Not only will it be recorded in the history books, but even the unimportant epitaph will boast something to boast about, and it will be written in detail. Even if Wei Guifei doesn't have that much authority to manage the harem, but only has some right to participate, her epitaph can't say nothing. For example, Sun Guifei, Zhu Yuanzhang's favorite concubine, only helped Ma Huanghou manage the harem. This incident is recorded not only in the Record of Ming Taizu, but also in unofficial history's notes on the history of dynasty victory. Song Lian did not let go of this great honor when writing the epitaph of Sun Guifei: "Cheng Muguifei Sun Shi ... assisted the queen with reason and ruled the palace, salty but without complaint." However, Wei Guifei's epitaph has long been unearthed, and there are many high-sounding words about her in the chronicle, but there is no mention of the so-called hosting of the harem. It can be seen that it is natural for modern people that Wei Guifei is in charge of the harem.
Wei Guifei is not only unloved, but also treated badly by her family and children. According to the Tang system, Wei Guifei, as a first-class princess, her mother could have been awarded the title of four-class county magistrate, but her mother never received the title of county magistrate before or after her death. It was not until Wei Guifei was very sad because of her mother's death that she "wailed, cursed and destroyed the barren land". Emperor Taizong symbolically posthumously conferred the title of Xuzhou on Wei Guifei's father Wei Yuan, but Wei Guifei's mother still failed to win the title of monarch. Wei Yuancheng was already an official of the Sui Dynasty, the official secretary of the Third Division and Chen Zhou, and the governor of Xuzhou. Wei Yuancheng's position is far less than that of Wei Yuancheng before his death. It can be seen that the seal of Emperor Taizong was just a perfunctory move.
Moreover, the treatment of Princess Linchuan, born to Wei Guifei and Ji Wang Shen Li, is worse among the princes and princesses who were also concubined by Emperor Taizong. Princess Linchuan was not crowned a princess until 18 years old. Zhou Daowu's family background is the worst among all the Xu who are still concubines. Princess Linchuan left Beijing with her husband after marriage and went to work in the frontier. She was the only princess who left Chang 'an when Emperor Taizong was alive. Although Li Shen, the only son of Wei Guifei, is very talented, his ability to handle government affairs in Xiangzhou is also excellent, even praised by local people. However, Emperor Taizong did not pay special attention to or reward Li Shen until Tang Gaozong Li Zhi ascended the throne and praised him greatly.
As for Li, the daughter of Wei Guifei and her ex-husband, although she did not enter the palace with her mother, is nearly twenty years old, and her mother Wei Guifei is still unable to arrange her daughter's marriage independently. It was not until four years of Zhenguan that the Turks came down. In order to appease many Turkish nobles, Emperor Taizong made Li, who was still a maid-in-waiting, the monarch of Dingxiang, rather than the daughter of the imperial clan, and married the last conference semifinals in the eyes of the nobles.
Although some people think that the princess of Dingxiang in Feng Li is a sign that Emperor Taizong regards Dingxiang as a stepdaughter, if Emperor Taizong really regards Dingxiang as a stepdaughter, then Dingxiang should be a princess rather than a princess, just like Princess Wencheng and Princess Honghua, and it will not be clearly recorded in the epitaph that Dingxiang is only Li of Bohai, "Sui is the grandson of Shangshuxiong and the daughter of You Min." But like Princess Honghua, we should only say that she is "a native of Longxi" and "the daughter of Emperor Taizong's civil and military sages".
In addition, Dingxiang county magistrate married Zhong and was sent to the Great Wall by Emperor Taizong. Life outside the Great Wall is far more difficult than that in the Central Plains. Don't say Dingxiang, a man from the Central Plains can't stand it. Even Zhong himself didn't want to endure the hardships beyond the Great Wall, so when he saw the messenger, he asked him to return to Chang 'an with runny nose and tears. If Emperor Taizong loved Wei Guifei, why did he let her daughter suffer?
Of course, some people may wonder why Wei Jue, as a noble lady, fell out of favor. If Emperor Taizong didn't like Wei Jue, why did he make her your wife? In fact, this has something to do with people's long-standing misconceptions.
First of all, many people take it for granted that the imperial concubine is equal to the favorite concubine, and all the concubines who are named as high-ranking by the emperor are favorite concubines. In fact, the harem has been a system since ancient times. Even if there is no favorite concubine, the emperor will not leave the position of the fourth concubine empty. In history, concubines who are in high positions but are not favored abound. If nothing else, only the concubines of the emperors of the Tang Dynasty, except Yang Guifei of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Dugu Guifei of Tang Daizong, were not favored, and they couldn't find any favor deeds.
Secondly, the queen is the natural master of the harem and is in charge of harem affairs. Unless the queen is out of favor to the extreme and the emperor has another favor, the emperor will not intervene in the harem affairs. Therefore, looking at the harem in the Tang Dynasty, the queen's rights are great. For example, the queen, obviously so popular, with good background and old qualifications, gave birth to a prince and princess, but she is just a Shu princess, but another woman who has no pets and no children has crushed her into a imperial concubine; Romantic and affectionate, afraid that his wife will restrain her lewd behavior when she becomes queen, she resolutely refuses to let the original Guo be queen-this shows the great power of the queen of the Tang Dynasty in the harem.
Therefore, the conferring of concubines in the Tang Dynasty harem depends largely on the empress. If the emperor has no special orders or requirements, then the queen will arrange the rank of harem women according to her own ideas. As a noble lady, she is a spoiled woman, and the reason is not difficult to understand.
Furthermore, Emperor Taizong clearly expressed his attitude towards these harem women, that is, those women who have sinned, such as Wei Jue and Yin Shi, are not even qualified to have children for themselves.
Wei Zhenggong's admonition:
Emperor Taizong said to the courtiers, "In the Han Dynasty, those children in Luoyang were often selected in August and sent back to the harem. This is not the law. But now that there are so many servants in the palace, it is not suitable for him to have kings. According to this theory, it is reasonable to choose the palace column. "
This passage was translated into vernacular Chinese to the effect that Emperor Taizong told ministers that the Han Dynasty often selected some beautiful women to be concubines in the harem every August, which should not be imitated by future generations. But now there are too many daughters of evil families in my harem to be concubines, so it is really inappropriate for these people to raise a prince. Therefore, according to the rules of the Han dynasty, I will choose a concubine from a good family outside the palace in the future.
Born into a noble family, Emperor Taizong naturally despised and discriminated against these women with criminal records-although this does not mean that he would regard these women as class enemies.
In addition, Yin and others were maids sent by Emperor Taizong when he was the king of Qin, but as a prince, there was not much freedom to choose the origin of these concubines in the backyard. However, out of the prejudice of the nobility, Emperor Taizong obviously did not think that these women were of good pedigree and should not have children for themselves, otherwise it would probably dilute their excellent genes and make their descendants not good enough.
It's just that children are the product of desire, and Emperor Taizong didn't practice any magic power, so he could only let designated women have children. In history, concubines who gave birth to children for emperors abound. Therefore, although Wei Jue and Yin Shi gave birth to children to Emperor Taizong, Emperor Taizong still despised them from the bottom of his heart, let alone had any feelings for them.
Yang, the granddaughter of Su Yang and the daughter of Hsuan Yang Prize winner. After Yang Xuangan rose up in the late Sui Dynasty, the prize was killed first, while Yang, as a family member of the rebellion case, was detained and served as a maid-in-waiting. After the establishment of Li Tang, he was assigned to serve in King Mi of Qin.
According to the epitaph of his brother, Yang Tai, Yang Tai was named "Shangshizhi" for being a princess. Considering that Yin Hongzhi, the younger brother, is Shang Shizhi, the rank difference between them shows that this should be the embodiment of their elder sister's different status in the harem, so they are both four concubines, and Yang's title is obviously higher than Yin's, while Yang is Shu's and Yin is De's.
At the same time, according to the "Wang, the birthplace of Yang Guifei" recorded in the epitaph of Jingzhou in the Tang Dynasty, it can be known that Li Fu, the biological mother, has the emblem of Yang Guifei. Throughout the Zhenguan period, Wei Guifei's title has not changed from beginning to end, so Yang Guifei's emblem should be posthumously given, but it can be posthumously given to the imperial concubine. It can be seen that Yang was one of the four concubines and the daughter of the prize.
In the 13th year of Zhenguan, Li Fu, Yang's only son, was made King of Zhao, and was adopted by Emperor Taizong, who gave Li the title of King of Hidden Danger. Therefore, in terms of etiquette, Li Fu is no longer the son of Emperor Taizong, but the hidden prince of Li's son.
Yin Qi, whose title should have been De Fei, was reduced to Qi because of her son's rebellion.
Yin Defai's father Yin Shishi was executed by Li Yuan for his loyalty to the Sui Dynasty. Yin Hongzhi, the son of Yin Shishi, and others were saved from death because they were young, and Yin Shi was buried as a maid. Perhaps it is because Yin Shishi and Tang Gaozu have a considerable feud, and Yin Shi has become Li Shimin's concubine, so many people like to imagine that there is a sadistic relationship between Li Shimin and Yin Shi, which is hated by their enemies all over the country. But as far as historical facts are concerned, such a statement is obviously unfounded. After all, there are not a few guilty women in the harem. Shangguan Waner was buried by her grandfather Shangguan Yi. As ladies-in-waiting, there are more than a few lucky enough to be masters. After entering the palace, Zhang Jing's empress Wu was favored by Tang Suzong and gave birth to Tang Daizong.
And if you have a grudge against the daughter of Yin's so-called enemy, you won't canonize Li You, the son of Yin family, as the king of Yiyang County in the eighth year of Wude. Li He and others have always been at odds and took this opportunity to attack him. Therefore, the so-called love with the Yin family, which is hated by enemies all over the country, is only for later generations. Needless to say, Yin's only sentence in the history books was "born with", and not a word was recorded. Even judging from the rebellion of his son Li You, Yin's weight in his heart can be measured.
This was also a rebellion. After being punished, Li You became Shu Ren, and his biological mother surrendered. Later, Emperor Taizong posthumously awarded Luo Shi, who dared to criticize Li You's crimes and tried to kill him, as the secretariat of Bozhou, and denounced Li You's high position as the magistrate of Yushe County. Du Xingmin, who arrested Li You, was suddenly promoted from a soldier to a secretariat of Bazhou, and other people who helped Du Xingmin catch Li You were also richly rewarded. On the other hand, after Li Chenggan's rebellion, Emperor Taizong tried his best to save his life, so he got the attention of Emperor Taizong because he spoke for Li Chenggan, and his official position was constantly promoted. Soon he was promoted to foreign minister, and the following year he was promoted to co-write the Book of Jin with Ling Hudefen and others.
Such a gap can clearly see whether Yin and Li You are favored by others. If Yin really had a so-called vigorous love beyond national enmity, then Li You would never die. After all, Yin's only son is Li You, and executing him is tantamount to ruining Yin's dependence for the rest of his life. If Li Shimin has feelings for him, it is better to give him a heavy punishment than to execute him.
Yin, on the other hand, lost her only son overnight, so she was either demoted to a concubine and died of loneliness and depression all her life. Or abandoned like Shu Ren and his son, and finally buried as a gift, are unknown. But even if Yin Fei can save her life, she will die from now on.
According to her epitaph, Yan Defai was elected to Qin Gong in the fourth year of Wude, worshipped the virtuous princess in the first year of Zhenguan, and moved to Feng Defai in the eighteenth year of Zhenguan. Considering Li You's rebellion in the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, the birth mother Yin Lian's seat, and the position of the fourth princess is vacant, it should be promoted strictly. Similarly, this Yanshi did not enter the palace out of any touching love. "Wu De was hired into the backyard of the King of Qin for four years" is clearly stated. In fact, it was Tang Gaozu Tang Gaozu who chose his son's concubine.
Yan's grandfather was a famous cruel official in the Sui Dynasty. He was greedy and violent, and was condemned to death by Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty. It is precisely because of his grandfather's "drug abuse" that Yan was strictly educated by his mother Yang from an early age, and he should learn to be humble and courteous in order to form a noble family.
Yan Wude became Li Shimin's concubine four years later, but it was not until seven years later that she gave birth to her first son, Li Zhen, and never gave birth to her second son, Li Tao. Li Tao died young, and Li Zhen was one of the more talented princes of Emperor Taizong. However, Emperor Taizong did not have any preference for this son, nor did he refuse to be a vassal when he was old, nor did he pay special attention to Li Zhen because of his outstanding talent.
It is also worth mentioning that Yan Fei's mother and Wu Zetian's mother are cousins, so after Wu Zetian became queen, Yan, who was old and weak, insisted on attending the funeral for Wu Hou's mother and wife in order to please Wu Zetian. As a result, she unfortunately fell ill on the way and died in a post office six months later. Wuhou had to support her for this. Li Zhen's treatment in Wu Zetian is also very general, but he was blocked by a group of imperial brothers. Moreover, Li Zhen, as the eighth son of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, was only named Prince Taifu, but his rank was lower than that of the tenth son, Li Shen.
Even when Wu Zetian began to deal with Li Tang's imperial clan five years after Tang Gaozong's death, his cousin's son was the first to do it. After Li Zhen rose up against Wu Zetian and failed, she committed suicide, but Wu Zetian did not spare Yan Fei's descendants. She not only cruelly ordered the beheading of Li Zhen and his son, but also sent them to Luoyang for public display. Li Zhen's other three sons were either "doing nothing, colluding with their fathers and brothers" or "reducing their death to find a pawn", and none of them were spared.
After Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty acceded to the throne, Li Zhen's Zeng Sun Wen Li was only awarded the title of Shen Guogong, and Wen Li's children and grandchildren were reduced to county magistrate, but Li's sons were numerous and unrelated. As a result, Lin Li is also a disappointing one. Just after he became the heir of the King of Yue, he died of illness. Yue simply excluded this country-I don't know how Yan would feel about her carefully flattering her cousin for half her life.
Zheng Xianfei, although listed among the four concubines, was found in the funeral table of Zhaoling in Tang Dynasty because she had no children: "The name of Zhaoling's funeral ... Zheng Xianfei laughed because her tomb is unknown, so we can't know more about this virtuous princess. Yan has been a virtuous princess from the first year of Zhenguan to the seventeenth year, so this Zheng should be promoted after Yan was promoted to Ren Xian Princess in the eighteenth year.
Yang Fei, the biological mother of Li Ke of Wu Wang and Li Kui of Shu, has only one sentence in Old Tang Book: "Be a mother, be the daughter of Emperor Yang Di". It can be seen that although Yang Fei is nominally the daughter of Emperor Yang Di, she doesn't even know who her real mother is, her ranking and why she was given the title. Yang Fei didn't have the title of princess, which means she didn't get the official knighthood-Emperor Yang Di went to Luoyang after he ascended the throne, and even conferring the crown prince was just an imperial edict to send envoys back to Chang 'an, what's more, she would specially remember to confer a princess who stayed in Chang 'an. It can also be seen that Yang Fei's biological mother is in a low position and unloved, just an ordinary harem.
Historians sympathize with Li Ke in history books. Although he can't list all Li Ke's talents and talents, he still praised Li Ke, so he specifically mentioned the sentence "Only mother, daughter of emperor Yang Di" in his biography, just to recognize Li Ke's unique biological mother status. But even so, there is still only the title of the daughter of Emperor Yang Di, and there is no more specific title. It can be seen that Yang Fei's position in Sui Palace and Tang Palace is not high.
At the same time, according to Mr. Cen's statistics, during his fourteen years in office, the total time spent in Chang 'an was only 186 days, and most of the time was either on the road or preparing for the tour. Therefore, if Princess Yang is in favor, she should stay with her elder sister Princess Nanyang and stay away from Chang 'an. But the opposite is true. According to the fact that Li Ke was born in the second year of Wude, Princess Yang should have entered the palace in the first year of Wude. In other words, since she ascended the throne in Chang 'an, Princess Yang has become a member of the Garden after Qin Dynasty. Obviously, this Princess Yang is also her daughter, but she can't get her father's attention and love at all, so she will be forgotten in Chang 'an and accepted by the newly established dynasty.
In addition, Tang Gaozu and Yang Guang's mothers are both solitary or sisters. Queen Dugu is very attentive to Tang Gaozu. The Tang Dynasty established by Li Yuan was at least nominally ceded by Emperor Yangdi. Therefore, Li Yuan left his cousin's daughter in Chang 'an to be his son's concubine. If Tang Gaozu still attaches importance to the former princess who has a certain relationship with him, he should marry her, not a concubine-whether she is a prince or a minister. Even if you are a concubine, you should give it to Prince Li, not to the king of Qin. After all, Li was the prince of Wude nine years ago. Not surprisingly, Princess Yang, as the concubine of Prince Li and other princes, can mix more than five concubines after she ascended the throne, and being a concubine for the prince is only a five-product Confucianism at most.
What's more, according to the fact that Yi Ning died in March in the second year (6 18), Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor in May of the same year, and Li Ke was born in the second year, it is obvious that Yang Guifei was pregnant during the period of filial piety-let alone being filial for her biological father for 27 months, that is, not being filial for one year. This shows that the so-called "Sui" if Yang Guifei's identity is still noble, how could she be sent so casually?
It is normal for Yang Fei to be treated like this. Since ancient times, the status of the king of national subjugation has existed, let alone the princess of national subjugation. Think about the miserable appearance of the six countries' "concubines, princes and grandchildren, going out of the downstairs hall and coming to Qin" after being destroyed by Qin. Think of the sisters in Chen Houzhu after the demise of the Chen Dynasty. Princess Lechang was given the title of concubine to Su Yang, while Mrs. Xuanhua and Mrs. Zheng Hong were not in the court as usual, and several were given the title of concubine to the ministers and princes of the DPRK. Think about Song Huizong's daughter, Zhu Ji, who is also a princess, but what life she lived with the rulers. We can see that these conquered princesses are just trophies in the eyes of the new dynasty.
Look at her title in the harem. Although the history books call Ke Mu as "Mo Ai", it doesn't prove that Ke Mu was among the four concubines before her death, because her concubine Mo didn't get any titles of concubines before her death, but was directly recorded in the history books as "Mo Ai".
During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the titles of the four ladies were in the order of Gui Shu and De Xian, and the titles of Wei Guifei were very clear. Yang is her daughter, and Yin Defai was also killed after her son Li You rebelled. Defei's position became vacant and was promoted by Yan Xianfei. And A Zheng flew first. He was promoted after Yan Xian rose to Ren Defei. It can be seen that Yang Fei is not a first-class fourth concubine, but a second-class ninth concubine at most. After his death, he was chased as a concubine and raised his level.
Yang Fei was born Li Ke in the second year of Wude, and Li Cheng in the eighth year of Wude. All the princes and grandsons were given titles at the age of one, but in the eighth year of Wude, only the fifth son Li You was sealed among Li Shimin's sons, so the sixth son Li Cheng was born eight years later. Yang Fei had no daughters, because among the 2 1 princesses of Emperor Taizong, as long as their biological mothers were tall, they were recorded in history books or epitaphs, and the biological mothers of the other 15 princesses were not recorded because of their humble origins.
As for Yang Fei's two sons, Li Ke, the king of Wu, and Li Cheng, the king of Shu, although many people have always mistakenly thought that Li Ke was the favorite son of Emperor Taizong because of the propaganda of TV series, as far as historical facts are concerned, Li Ke said that no one can compare with him.
Li Ke was not only spoiled all his life, but also made small mistakes such as stepping on crops and gambling. It has been deprived of the title of viceroy for many times in a row, and 600 households have been blocked one after another, leaving only 200 households. Li Ke was scolded by Emperor Taizong and even compared to Liu Dan, the prince of Yan (the son of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, who hated him because he could not keep his position). These mistakes and punishments committed by Li Ke are recorded in history books and Li Ke's own epitaph, which confirm each other.
In May of the second year of Zhenguan, Li Ke and Lee Tae were blocked at the same time. Li Ke was made the governor of Yizhou, and the fief was only eight states. Li Tai was appointed as the secretariat of Yangzhou and Yuezhou, with fiefs in as many as 22 states. Moreover, Li Ke was appointed as the viceroy, but the viceroy (according to Tang records, just three months before Li Ke was appointed, Emperor Taizong changed the word "big" to Yizhou and downgraded it to the viceroy), so although Li Ke and he were appointed at the same time, Li Ke was not only the viceroy, but the fief was also nearly two-thirds less.
In the seventh year of Zhenguan, Li Ke went to his fief, and Emperor Taizong said to him, "Don't you want to see each other often on a blind date?" ? But things at home are special, so we need to make a screen. It can be seen that Wang Zuo made it because of "special family affairs" and also to reject the "coveted heart" of the princes. However, these high-sounding words are actually more suitable for the prince's mother and brother Lee Tae than the concubine Li Ke. After all, as the prince's mother and brother, Lee Tae is the biggest threat to Chu. However, in the face of "family affairs", Emperor Taizong not only refused to let Lee Tae be a vassal, but even wanted him to move into the Wude Hall. Not to mention Li Zhi, who is also a record, Emperor Taizong always took this son personally, and never mentioned anything about the Francisco. Zhenguan 16 even let him participate in politics in court, but it happened that Li Ke, who was not a threat, was sent to the fief.
Emperor Taizong once wrote a letter to Li Ke, in which he said, "You have made a knee injury, and you feel sad for what you have done. If you want to protect treasures, you are afraid of arrogance. " However, when Mrs. Tang said to Li Ke, "If you want to keep your treasure, you must be afraid of arrogance." -When she refused to give him more property on the grounds of avoiding Li Ke becoming arrogant, she turned to face Li Chenggan and Li Taishi, but it was the opposite attitude. Emperor Taizong not only rewarded Li Taishi with "ten thousand Thai things", but also gave Lee Tae "more things than the crown prince" every month, and even directly lifted the restrictions on Li Chenggan's use of the treasury.
Historians say that Li Ke has literary talent, but being good at riding and shooting is only the most basic accomplishment of a military aristocrat in Guanlongli. In the Tang dynasty, even the harem talents could accompany the emperor to ride and shoot. Although Li Ke rode and shot well, there was no military merit or outstanding deeds to prove it. Li Ke's literary talent is also not recorded, and other governors have recorded how many works he is good at. Only Li Ke's "literary talent" disappeared from the royal family in Li Tang, and Hanwang Li Yuanchang, who was also punished for rebellion, was famous for his calligraphy, painting and shooting. Li Ke's talent can not be reflected in various historical books or epitaphs.
Although Emperor Taizong once had the idea of changing Li Ke into a prince, it was not after Li Zhi became a prince that it took more than seven months to put it forward. Moreover, Emperor Taizong only said something to the most unlikely person, Sun Chang Wuji, which was never mentioned after being refuted. Even Li Ke, who failed in nomination, did not have any protective measures.
Others tried to attribute Li Ke's failure to become emperor to his lineage of the previous dynasty, but this statement was completely nonsense. After all, Li Ke's lineage in the two dynasties is not unprecedented, and there are also many heirs to the throne in history. For example, Taizi Stone of Shi Hu in the post-Zhao Dynasty, whose biological mother is Princess Anding in the former Zhao Dynasty; For example, the biological mother of Yu Wenjue in Ming Di in the Northern Zhou Dynasty was Princess Fengyi in the Northern Wei Dynasty; Even Prince Yang Zhao of Yang Di, Yang Zhao, is also the mother of Xiao Huanghou, the daughter of Emperor Xiliang Xiaoming.
Besides, if the lineage of the former dynasty is really a problem and a taboo, then why did Emperor Taizong make Li Ke a prince when he knew that he had the lineage of the Sui Dynasty? Why didn't Sun Chang Wuji oppose Li Ke of Emperor Taizong with such a good reason? Just like after Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty wanted to establish Wu Huifei as his successor, the minister first dissuaded Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty on the grounds that the Wu family had been enemies with the royal family, but Li Ke did not mention the so-called bloodline at all. Therefore, Li Ke has nothing to do with storage, and his biological mother Yang Fei is the daughter of Emperor Yang Di, but because Li Ke and Yang Fei are not allowed to spoil Emperor Taizong.
As for Yang Fei's second son, Li Cheng, it was not until the thirteenth year of Zhenguan that he got the eight hundred grain cities that the prince deserved, which was three years later than other princes. Because Li Cheng has repeatedly run amok in fiefs, Emperor Taizong once said with disdain: "Even animals can be made to obey people as long as they are tamed well; Even iron stone can be made into useful things as long as it is well refined. Only people like Li Cheng are worse than animals and have a heart of stone! "Although the fiefs, food cities and officials in Sung Jae Lee Shu were cut by half, they were demoted to Guo Secretariat. Just a few months after taking office, Julian Waghann Gewenda in Shu was dismissed.
Therefore, during the Zhenguan period of Emperor Taizong, all other governors were governors, but Li Ke and Li Cheng were secretariat. Other governors have sealed 800 households, except Li Ke and Li Cheng, which were sealed 600 households and 400 households respectively. If Yang Fei agrees, how can she leave only seven words in the history books, and how can her two sons be treated so badly among Li Shimin philosophers?
Xu Hui was only the penultimate level of two products and nine wives before her death. Compared with other concubines, most of them are recorded because they gave birth to a prince in Taizong. Xu Hui can leave more deeds in the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty with his outstanding literary talent, which shows that Xu Hui's talent is not even inferior to that of contemporary literati. And Xu Hui, because of her outstanding talent since childhood, was as famous as Juicy Zuo and the Soong sisters, and even known to the emperor, so she was called into the harem.
According to historical records, after entering the palace, Xu Hui was promoted from a talented person with right five products to an outstanding talent with right three products, and finally ranked eighth among nine wives with right two products. It can be seen that Xu Hui, who has a high literary attainments, is still very appreciated by Emperor Taizong. His father, Xu Xiaode, was promoted to a first-class official because of his brilliant daughter, and was promoted from the governor's office under the six grades to the minister of rites under the six grades.
As far as the deeds recorded in the history books are concerned, Xu Huizhi's writing skills are both ancient and modern, which won the appreciation of Emperor Taizong. "Persuading Emperor Taizong to stop attacking the soldiers" is a direct remonstrance against politics-this is also after Zuo Guiyu, Emperor Xiao of the Jin Dynasty, and "several remonstrations" since the Tang Dynasty. After all, although Xu Hui's articles were greatly appreciated by Emperor Taizong, they were richly rewarded. However, Tang Taizong did not make any adjustment or change in policy because of Xu Hui's suggestion, whether it was the move to levy Liao or the construction of Yuhua Palace.
After the death of Emperor Taizong, Xu Hui was admitted as a childless concubine and sent to Chongsheng Palace as a nun. More than a year later, he left the most humble wish in his life: "It is my only wish to serve your majesty's tomb before sacrificing the dogs and horses used." Died of illness in this mausoleum palace.
Although it has been more than a year since the death of Emperor Taizong, and Xu Hui did not choose to go on a hunger strike immediately after the death of Emperor Taizong, but gradually waited until he was seriously ill before taking medicine, Li Zhi and Tang Gaozong praised Xu Chongrong's move, not only as a posthumous gift, but also allowed her to be buried with Zhaoling Stone Chamber.
Therefore, the Xu Shi family flourished, and his father, Xu Xiaode, also ushered in the biggest leap-forward promotion in his life. He was promoted by Tang Gaozong from the Ministry of Water Affairs in the fifth grade to the secretariat of Guozhou in the fourth grade, and even passed the sixth grade. After his death in office, Tang Gaozong also "ordered the official to be clever, without adding anything, and gave it to Fu Cheng." Xu Hui's younger brother, Xu Jiyong, was also appointed as the squire of Lixian County, Pei Wang, and Xu Hui's younger sister was also called into the palace by Tang Gaozong as an Jieyu because of "there is also a literary phenomenon" and "the world is like a Korean half-life".