We all know that Empress Wende was Empress Changsun, her mother was the daughter of Gao Jie, the king of Northern Qi Le'an, her father Changsun Sheng was a famous diplomat and military figure of the Sui Dynasty, Changsun Sheng's father Changsun Zhi was the Wenxuan King of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Kaifu Yi was the third son of the third secretary of the Northern Zhou Kaifu Yi and the third division, the eldest son was originally the Tuoba clan, the Northern Wei Xiaowen Emperor carried out reforms to learn Han Chinese to wear Han clothes, speak Chinese, and change the Han surname as a royal clan, and the side branch of the Tuoba clan was given the surname of Changsun.
Ancestral Luoyang, Henan, the younger sister of the chancellor Sun Wuji, was posthumously honored as Empress Wendeshun. Empress Eldest Sun was a great woman standing behind Li Shimin, she herself was a woman who was exquisite and transparent, rich in academic talent and virtuous and virtuous, and a virtuous helper behind successful men.
In ancient times, the royal nobles were precious by their mothers, and their mothers were expensive by their sons. Empress Eldest Sun had seven children, three boys and four daughters, and finally Li Zhi ascended the throne. Her children were more noble than other princes because of her status as empress.
At the same time, after her death, even if Li Shimin's other concubines were favored again, their status was not higher than that of the mother of the next generation of kings. Empress Changsun and Li Shimin were a young couple who experienced great winds and waves together, especially the change of Xuanwumen.
According to legend, the eldest grandson of the empress, who was still a princess at the time, behaved unusually calmly and encouraged the soldiers of the Qin Palace to move around the palace and pass on the news.
Unlike the other women in the harem, she was by no means a vase. Although Empress Eldest Sun had gone early, she also had a strong elder brother, Eldest Sun Wujie, who was listed in Ling Yan Pavilion.
On the one hand, Li Shimin was concerned about the friendship with Empress Changsun, and on the other hand, he was afraid that he would have a rift with the eldest grandson's family, so after empress Dowager Changsun's death, he did not establish another queen. Empress Eldest Sun herself was talented, coupled with a prominent background, and had a strong backing brother.
Later, when her son Li Zhi ascended the throne, could her status not rise? Emperor Taizong was sometimes in a bad mood, and he would anger the palace people, and empress Dowager Changsun would pretend to be angry at this time, and then say, you hand him over to me, let me interrogate him.
Then he would have people lock this person up, wait until the emperor's anger subsided, and then slowly reason with the emperor, just like this in the palace. There are far fewer such wrongdoers.
Princess Yuzhang lost her mother when she was very young, and was adopted by Empress Changsun, who was more dear to Princess Yuzhang than her own. Whenever those concubines in the palace were sick, the empress dowager stopped her medicine and let them fry first, so that no one in the palace did not love him.
The eldest grandson of the empress told the children in the palace to be modest and frugal, and the prince's nursing mother once told the empress that there were too few things in the Eastern Palace or more.
Empress Eldest Sun did not allow it, and said that as a prince, what mattered was his character and his reputation, and those things were more or less the same.
Empress Eldest Sun also once told the emperor that I had never done anything good for people in my life, and I didn't want to do any harm to people when I died, so don't disturb the livelihood of the people in the world for my grave, just dig a grave on the mountain and build some tiles.
Empress Eldest Sun, as a wife, is also very virtuous, she not only knows how to persuade the emperor with good words, but also the emperor is sick and she still waits day and night, she once took the poison with her, why, she said, if there is no secret, righteousness is not alone.
This means that if the emperor has a good villain, I will not live, what does this mean? She and the emperor, how affectionate. Empress Eldest Sun was usually in good health, and once, the emperor went to Jiucheng Palace. Empress Eldest Sun went with an illness, and the people around her said, you still don't go, but she just doesn't listen, and the result is more serious.
Later, some people said that you still asked the emperor to pardon some prisoners, so that you might be able to alleviate some of the disease. She said that there is a life in the dead, not a person can decide, if it is blessed to do good deeds, I will not do evil things, if not, what is the use of simple begging, if pardoning prisoners, this is a matter of the state, I do not want to ruin the normal order of the country because of myself.
She also once said to Tang Taizong that Fang Xuanling and these people have been by His Majesty's side for a long time, they are cautious, they work strictly, and they can give you advice, and you still want them to return to the DPRK. She also said to Tang Taizong that as for my clan relatives, they were not high officials because of any merit but because of my relationship, and if you can let my children and grandchildren be saved, you can only give them idle errands, don't be any big officials. Later history proved the words of Empress Changsun, and Tang Taizong listened to his words of love and let Fang Xuanling return to the court, while his brother ended up with a full door.
Xiao Bian also can't help but admire the foresight of the eldest grandson empress. Empress Eldest Sun was still a very book lover, she personally wrote the "Female Rules" to manage the harem, and then he died, Tang Taizong said, Oh I really lack a Xiannei help. Who will advise me again in the future? In a word, Empress Eldest Sun is really a famous empress in history.