preface
The clouds want to dress and flowers, and the spring breeze blows Revlon.
Since the Han Dynasty, Confucianism has been the foundation of the dynasties, and the whole society has operated according to the framework of Confucianism. The core of Confucianism is a "ritual" word, to pay attention to the ethical program, in ancient times, the more high-status people pay more attention to etiquette, because everyone understands the principle of upward and downward effects. But in the Tang Dynasty, such an incident occurred, li Longji forcibly married his daughter-in-law as a noble concubine for his own enjoyment. Such an approach is undoubtedly contrary to the code of ethics, and it is reasonable to say that there should be a group of opposition, but even Yang Guifei's original husband Li Mao did not resist, so why did he not resist? The reasons behind this are chilling.
Yang Yuhuan's married life
Now there is such a saying, for Yang Guifei, Li Mao is her love, and Tang Xuanzong is her bread, when love conflicts with bread, she does not hesitate to choose bread. Such a statement portrays Yang Guifei as incomparably snobbish and materialistic. But is that really the case? We can find the real answer from Li Mao's body, and only by truly walking into the original history can we find the real reason behind this matter.
Li Mao was Li Longji's 18th son, and his mother was Li Longji's favorite concubine, Concubine Wu Huifei, thus becoming a very favored child of Li Longji. At the age of 8, Li Mao was made the governor of Yizhou, the envoy of Jiannan Jiedushi, and obtained such a high status at the age of 8, which was relatively rare even in the clan. Concubine Wu huifei also very much loved this son, and after he became an adult, she carefully selected a wife for him, and finally picked Yang Yuhuan, who was both talented and beautiful, and the two were successfully married. The two spent 5 years together in a happy marriage, but then something happened that completely changed their lives.
Become a noble concubine of Li Longji
Later, Wu Huifei died, Li Mao was not a talented person, and after the death of her mother, she completely lost her father's favor. But he was also not an ambitious man, did not have the idea of becoming an emperor, and did not care too much about whether he was favored or not. But what he did not expect was that at this time, his father actually took a fancy to his wife. In fact, Li Longji had taken a fancy to Yang Yuhuan a long time ago, but at that time, he knew that this woman was his daughter-in-law, and coupled with the favored Concubine Wu Huifei around him, he did not have the idea of taking his son and daughter-in-law.
After Wu Huifei's death, Li Longji's psychology was very empty, and at that time he remembered the Yang Yuhuan he had seen, and after some intense thinking, he decided to use Yang Yuhuan to replace Wu Huifei's position. But after all, this is his son's wife, and he must consider a matter of etiquette, and he did not directly rob it, but adopted a tricky way. Li Longji first divorced his son, then asked him to marry Wei Shi as the new princess, and then took Yang Yuhuan to the palace, and then made him a noble concubine. Under such an operation, Li Longji is not the wife of his son.
Why not resist?
Of course, Li Longji's operation can only conceal himself at most, and he cannot hide from others. Of course, Li Mao's heart was very dissatisfied, but he also had nothing to do, after all, Li Longji was both an emperor and a father, and he could only choose to live his own small life with Wei Shi. Li Shangyin once wrote in "Lishan Youyi YongYang Concubine": "Li Xiu Fei Spring is full of warm incense, Kowloon cares for the jade lotus room, and Ping Ming is blessed with the Hall of Eternal Life, not from the Golden Public Opinion only Shou Wang." It can be seen from this that after Li Longji occupied Yang Yuhuan, the king of Shou, Li Mao's inner resentment. It is worth mentioning that Li Mao and Yang Yuhuan spent five years but did not have any heirs, but he and Wei Shi gave birth to 5 children before and after. From this point of view, Yang Yuhuan left him as a good choice.
Li Mao is also a prince, why didn't he resist? The reason for this is also very simple. First of all, Li Mao's personality belongs to the more cowardly type, Wu Huifei had already died three children before giving birth to him, and after he was born, she did not give him any tempering, afraid that he would die again. After a long life like this, his personality became more and more cowardly, and even if his wife was taken away, he did not dare to do anything to resist.
Secondly, Yang Yuhuan and Li Mao actually do not have real love, just look at the experience they know. Before the marriage, the two did not know each other at all, the marriage was completely assigned by the parents, and after the marriage, they had a mediocre life, and the most important thing was that Yang Yuhuan did not give birth to any heirs for Li Mao. Later, Li Longji took away Yang Yuhuan, and he only had psychological losses, not actual losses, but lived a happier life with Webster.
epilogue
Yang Yuhuan was also a poor person, when she was a young girl, she was assigned to marry Li Mao, and later married her husband's father, and finally died in Ma Songpo. However, there is still some controversy about whether Yang Yuhuan died at Ma Songpo at that time, some people believe that she was not dead at that time, and Li Longji exchanged her for Li Daitao's stalemate, and finally sent her away, spending the rest of her life in a remote place.
Reference: "Qing Ping Tone"
Old Book of Tang
Zizhi Tongjian