Not everything can be done according to your own wishes, after all, some things depend on the situation, otherwise it will make you feel bad.
Li Shimin is more casual in the affairs of men and women, so there are so many things about his wind and moon. Although Li Shimin accepted his younger sister Concubine Yang, he did not move his sister-in-law, and the reason why he did not move was that he did not dare to move.
Li Shimin, the Emperor Taizong of the Ages, exchanged twenty-three years of bitter hardships for the rule of the Ancient Tradition of Chastity.
Most emperors did not have an easy path to conquest, and they did not hesitate to give up love in order to ascend to the position of self-esteem. Affection. Friendship in exchange for the high place is not cold, who can understand their helplessness, loneliness. The position of self-esteem made the father and son and brother turn against each other, and Li Shimin could only be forced to launch the Xuanwumen Rebellion in order to save his life, killing his brother to force his father to abdicate and killing Li Jiancheng. Li Yuanji's son, and then took both wives and concubines into the harem, but the only one who spared his sister-in-law Zheng Guanyin.
When the Xuanwumen Incident broke out, Zheng Guanyin was 27 years old, Li Shimin was 28 years old, the two were only one year apart, from the perspective of age, Li Shimin had ten thousand reasons not to let Zheng Guanyin go, but why she let go of her sister-in-law, I think there are mainly the following reasons.
When Zheng Guanyin was 16 years old, she married 26-year-old Li Jiancheng, and the two complemented each other for 11 years, and their relationship was very good.
In ancient times, royal children generally married soon after adulthood, and marriage at the age of 26 was rare. However, from the relevant historical materials, it can be found that Li Jiancheng only has one wife, Zheng Guanyin. When the Xuanwumen Incident broke out, Li Jiancheng died at the hands of Li Shimin at the age of 38.
Zheng Guanyin, who is only one step away from the empress's throne, will miss her husband Li Jiancheng for the rest of her life, and from this point, it can be seen that the relationship between husband and wife is very good.
Zheng Guanyin's appearance is very good, and it is recorded in some historical materials: "Shu Yun Lou Ting, the night of the bright moon and the galaxy; Shao Zi Wan, and the wind is peach and plum." It is precisely because of Zheng Guanyin's excellent appearance that Li Shimin hit her idea, but Zheng Guanyin rejected Li Shimin, although this history is not recorded in history, we can see from Zheng Guanyin's epitaph: "In the past, there were Tao Infants and Liang Widows, and the etiquette lies in Hengqin." ”
Tao Bao and Liang Widow were famous loyal and virtuous martyrs in ancient times, and their deeds were known to countless people about their loyalty, and Zheng Guanyin compared herself to Tao Bao and Liang Widow, from which it can be seen that she was loyal to Li Jiancheng and resolutely disobeyed Li Jiancheng.2 Judging from the situation at that time, the only one who met the conditions was Li Shimin, the current emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Zheng Guanyin and Li Jiancheng were married for 11 years, they had a total of eleven children, in addition to the eldest son who died prematurely, there were a total of five sons and six daughters, although these children were not all born to her, but at least two to three were born by her, as for the other children, it is natural to recognize Zheng Guanyin as a concubine.
After the Xuanwumen Incident broke out, Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji's brothers, and their sons, and finally forced his father Li Yuan to step down and become the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty, thus beginning the glorious reign of Zhenguan.
During the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Shimin killed a total of the sons of the crown prince Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji: Li Chengzong the Prince of Taiyuan, Li Chengdao the Prince of Anlu, Li Chengde the King of Hedong, Li Chengxun the King of Wu'an, Li Chengming the King of Runan, Li Chengyi the King of Julu, Li Chengye the King of Liang County, Li Chengluan the King of Yuyang, and Li Chenggui the Prince of Pu'an.
These are all Li Shimin's nephews, and they can actually get rid of all of them, from which it can be seen that Li Shimin's means are somewhat poisonous, but he has no way, after all, if he does not deal with them, he may threaten his generation of hegemony.
Li Shimin's methods made Zheng Guanyin feel very painful in her heart, after all, these people were her close relatives, they were killed, and Zheng Guanyin, as an elder, was absolutely sad in her heart.
After Li Shimin became emperor, in order to save his damaged reputation, he first posthumously honored Li Jiancheng as the Prince of Xie, posthumously awarded the title of Prince, and the title of Cain, and finally passed on his son Li Fu the Prince of Zhao to Li Jiancheng as a son, and everything Li Jiancheng did can be seen that he was trying to eliminate the influence of the Xuanwumen Incident.
But all this is hypocritical for Zheng Guanyin, and there is no way to make up for the pain of losing his father and son, so as long as Li Shimin dares to accept Zheng Guanyin as a concubine, Zheng Guanyin absolutely wants to find a way to kill Li Shimin.
In addition to the above reasons, Zheng Guanyin's family affairs cannot be underestimated, which makes Li Shimin have to pay attention to the strength behind her.
Zheng Guanyin was born in The Zheng clan of Rongyang, Henan, in the late years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, starting with Zheng Hun, Zheng Tai and others of the same lineage at that time, gradually developed into the Gaomen Wang clan, the Northern Wei Xiaowen Emperor and Fanyang Lu clan, Qinghe Cui clan, Taiyuan Wang clan and called the four surnames, the Tang Dynasty had twelve prime ministers, of which the descendants of Zheng Wen's three sons ranked among the forbidden marriage families "seven surnames and ten families".
From this point, it can be seen that the Zheng Guanyin family is very powerful, and if Li Shimin offends it, it may make his regime unstable. Li Shimin was forced to kill Li Jiancheng and his son at the beginning, but now he wants to take his sister-in-law Zheng Guanyin, and if there is no good reason, he will inevitably have a vendetta against the Rongyang Zheng clan.
Once this situation occurs, the situation in the imperial court will inevitably be in crisis, and Li Shimin has just become emperor, and stabilizing the situation is the most important, so he will not attack Zheng Guanyin.
Li Shimin's adoption of the Yang clan as his wife is mainly due to the fact that the Yang clan is young and only 18 years old, and there is a good relationship between the Yang clan and li Shimin, the king of Qin, but a poor relationship with her husband Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, which makes Li Shimin have the NaYang clan as a concubine basis.
Because of this relationship, yang was fostered in his mansion by Empress Changsun after Li Yuanji's death, and later inadvertently met with Li Shimin, Yang clan after seeing Li Shimin, asked Li Shimin to give himself death, Li Shimin looked at the beauty and interceded, which made her heart shake, and she was relieved, inviting her to come to the East Palace to live with herself, so Yang Fei became Li Shimin's concubine.
Li Shimin married Yang because he did not give birth to a child for Li Yuanji, and he also had an excellent appearance, which made Li Shimin have no reason to give up. Yang's choice of Li Shimin could not be simpler, after all, Li Shimin was the future emperor, and committing himself to him could ensure peace in the second half of his life. After Li Shimin became emperor, he made his wife Changsun Shi empress, and Yang Shi became his concubine.
Li Shimin values the Yang family, and there is another layer of attempts, that is, to win over the family behind the Yang family.
The Yang clan is the niece of Yang Xiong, the king of Sui Guan, and the existence of this relationship will make Li Shimin have the idea of marrying the Yang clan, after all, the old Sui royal family represented by the Yang clan does not have the glory of the past, but their family strength still exists, Li Shimin has just ascended the throne, it is necessary to do a good job with the major families, and the Yang family is naturally one of the ways for Li Shimin to stabilize the situation.
But even so, Li Shimin's marriage to his younger sister is still not very good in front of countless people of insight, after all, in most people's cognition, marrying his sister-in-law is against morality.
But in fact, this kind of thing should be viewed by ethnic groups, after all, each ethnic group has a different understanding of marriage.
Northern nomads felt that women were destined to be subordinate to men, so when a man in the family died, his brothers could accept their wives and concubines, thus ensuring that they could survive in the harsh steppe environment.
This practice can make a way for women who have just lost their husbands, after all, it is better to marry strangers than to marry their husbands' family members directly, so as to ensure that their lives will be better.
But this situation is not suitable for the Han people, after all, it is too bad manners, and it is also unacceptable to countless people, so it can only exist among ethnic minorities, after all, they have a small population.
The reason why Li Shimin dared to do this was that he had a humble blood, that is to say, Li Shimin was not a pure Han Chinese, so when he did this, he felt that it was very normal to put his sister-in-law and sister-in-law into the harem, after all, in his eyes, women are finances.
Since Yang shi has not given birth to a child, and his father, husband, brother, and children have all died, is he also eligible to inherit?
Therefore, I think that Li Shimin's adoption of the Yang clan as a concubine is quite normal, not a stain, after all, he does have a Xianbei blood in his bloodline, so when we look at this matter, we should not adopt a colored attitude.
After following Li Shimin, Yang gave birth to a son Li Ming for him, and Li Shimin was very happy about this, promoting him to a concubine, and at the same time, after the death of Empress Changsun, he also planned to make her empress, but his actions were opposed by Wei Zheng.
New Book of Tang, Liechuan, Vol. 5: "Princess Chao, the emperor's favorite, wants to be the queen, Wei Zheng advises: "Your Majesty must not win and tire yourself. "It's over."
Wei Zheng believed that if Yang Shi was made empress, it might affect the instability of the imperial situation, and hoped that His Majesty would not do such a thing, as can be seen from Wei Zheng's persuasion, he did not say that Yang Shi was Li Yuanji's concubine from beginning to end, from which it can be seen that his cleverness did not hurt the emperor's self-esteem. Li Shimin felt that Wei Zheng was right, so he did not make Yang Shi empress.
Let's talk about Li Jiancheng's wife, Zheng Guanyin, after she refused Li Shimin's request, did not receive corresponding retaliation, but lived to the age of 77, from which it can be seen that Li Shimin did not retaliate against his brothers, wives and daughters, and let them live freely.
What are your thoughts on this?