During the Kaiyuan period of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Li Longji was crowned king by his five brothers. Specifically, they included Li Xian the Prince of Ning, Li Huan the Prince of Shen, Li Fan the Prince of Qi, and Li Ye the Prince of Xue, as well as Li Shouli the Prince of Ying, the son of Emperor Xuanzong's uncle and brother, Prince Ruizong's brother Prince Zhanghuai.
Li Xian, the Prince of Ning, whose real name was Chengji, was crown prince with Changli during the reign of Emperor Ruizong. Emperor Xuanzong staged a coup d'état to kill Wei Shi and his henchmen, and Emperor Furuizong took the throne as emperor, and because of his great achievements, Li Xiannai gave way to Li Longji. During his lifetime, he did not interfere in politics, was afraid and careful, indulged in eroticism, and died in the twenty-ninth year of the new century (741), at the age of sixty-three. King Shen's real name was Chengyi, the second brother of Emperor Xuanzong. Died in the twelfth year of the new century (724), aged forty-one. Li Fan the Prince of Qi, whose real name was Long Fan, died in the fourteenth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty (726), at the age of forty. Li Ye, the King of Xue, whose real name was Longye, died in the twenty-second year of the New Century (734). Li Shouli (李守礼), the Prince of Ying, was the son of Emperor Xuanzong's uncle Andi Zhanghuai the Prince of Li Xian. Died in the twenty-ninth year of the new century (741), at the age of seventy. Emperor Xuanzong died in the First Year of Baoying at the Dragon Hall of Chang'an Xi Nei, and died at the age of seventy-eight, the longest among his brothers.
Hong Mai believes in the "Five Kings of Kaiyuan" in the second volume of the Rong Zhai Continuation That all the five kings of the Kaiyuan have died during the Kaiyuan period, and none of them have lived in this world during the Tianbao period. Yang Guifei entered the palace after three years of Tianbao. Therefore, Yuan Shu's "Lianchang Palace Words" said: "The Hundred Officials Team avoided Qi, Xue, and Yang's aunts. And Li Shangyin said in the poem: "In the middle of the night, the feast returned to the palace and the king of Xue woke up drunk." "These were all mistakes that violated the historical facts of the time.
In fact, Hong Mai used this to make fun of Yuan Shu and Li Shangyin, which is a misunderstanding. The three years of Tianbao are the era of Yang Guifei's canonization. The concubine entered the palace shortly after Wu Huifei's death, that is, when Emperor Xuanzong made her a female Taoist. Both the Book of Tang and the Zizhi Tongjian record that Concubine Wu died in the 24th year of the new century (736). According to the New Book of the South, the Outer Biography of Yang Taizhen, and the New Book of Tang and the Chronicle of Xuanzong, it is recorded that in October of the 28th year of the new century, when Emperor Xuanzong was driving the Hot Spring Palace. As for Emperor Xuanzong's temporary summoning of the jade ring into the palace, I am afraid that it will be even more before the public degree of the jade ring enters the dao. At this time, King Ning and King Ying were still alive.
Song Wangyu's "Wild Guest Series" Volume 24 "Yang Concubine Stealing Flute" records Zhang Hu's poem: "The fog of the sun-reflected palace is half open, and people are afraid to guess under the real curtain." Huang Qi pointed to xishu, not believing that Ning Ge was returning to Malay. It is also said: "Yu Guo sneaked around Korea, and the Yichun courtyard reflected the flowers and branches." Jin Yu was fortunate that no one saw him, and secretly blew the small pipe of king Ying. "Cover for documentary. This points to the fallacy of Hongmai Tianbao's three years. History is based on documentary, poetry is based on meaning, and the two are related to each other and have differences. To prove history with poetry, to stand on its own, we must not go beyond the mud to the words. Hong Mai is titled "Five Kings of Kaiyuan", and the theme of the article should fall on the relationship between Xuanzong and his brother, the Five Kings.
History said: "Shangsu friendship, the emperor of the recent world can not reach." At the beginning of the throne, he was a long pillow and slept with his brothers. When the kings were facing the side door, they retreated from feasting, fighting cocks, hitting balls, or hunting in the suburbs, visiting the villa, and making the questions look at each other. Listening to the dynasty, mostly from the kings, in the forbidden, worship and kneel like family ceremonies, eat and live, and be the same. In the middle of the temple, there are five temples, and the kings are in it, which is called the account of the five kings. Or talk about poetry, interspersed with drinking, gambling, hunting, or self-grasping silk bamboo; into a good flute, Fan Shan pipa, and play it with the above. The kings may be sick, and they will not eat all day, and they will not sleep all night. Karma tastes the disease, the upper is facing the dynasty, and between the whiskers, the messenger returns ten times. Shangqin cooked medicine for karma, blew back the fire, mistakenly burned the whiskers, and rescued them left and right. The Lord said, 'But if the king is healed by drinking this medicine, what a pity!' 'The instrument is especially prudent, and it does not discuss the current government, and it is befriended by people; the more it is believed in, the more it is said, so that the words of the slander do not come into their own way. However, he is devoted to the entertainment of food, clothing, sound, and animals, and does not serve as a minister. The group of courtiers is forced to use the instrument and other places, please follow the story to stab the foreign states. In June, Ding Wei, with the Song King Chengqi and Qizhou Thorn History, Shen Wang Chengyi and Youzhou Thorn History, Feng Wang Shouli and Yu Prefecture Thorn History, Order to the Official Dan Ling Outline, and the Yu Prefecture Affairs, all entrusted to the Lord. It is the later kings who are the protectors of the capital, the governors, and the assassins of history, and approve of this. (Zizhi Tongjian volume 211, Tang Ji 27, Tang Xuanzong Kaiyuan 2nd year)
It also says, "Forbid the kings, do not associate with their subjects." Guanglu Shaoqing Ma Du Wei Pei And Qi Wang Fan Youyan, still secretly threatened Wei Wei, Peng Zi, who was exiled to Xinzhou, left his princess. Wannian Wei Liu Tingqi, Taizhu Zhang Chenshu and Fan drank and wrote poems, degraded Tingqi Yazhou Sihu, and Chenshan Zhicheng . However, when he waited for Fan, he said: 'My brothers are inseparable, but the competitors are strong and attached to each other.' I will not condemn my brother for this in the end. 'On the taste of hesitation, Xue Wangye's concubine Nei Zhilang Weibin and the palace overseer Emperor Fu Gong privately discussed the blame; the matter was realized, Bin Scepter died, and degraded the history of Jinzhou. Karma and concubines were afraid of sin, and the practitioners of the lower rank said: 'If I have the heart to guess my brothers, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed.' 'That is, feasting and drinking with him, still comforting the concubine, and restoring him.' (Zizhi Tongjian Vol. 212, Tang Ji 28, Tang Xuanzong Kaiyuan 8th Year)
From the above quotations, it can be seen that Xuanzong is ostensibly sincere in his brotherhood, but in fact he places his brothers within his line of sight and exercises strict discipline. It is forbidden to covenant the hundred officials of the royal palace, and it is forbidden to associate with the kings. Only the five kings were allowed to eat, drink and have fun in the mansion. That is, to isolate them separately, to prevent them from doing anything, and to provide for them with dignity. Whether these five kings are drunk or awake, can the inner world be happy and happy? It's just a matter of hanging on in fear.
Under Emperor Xuanzong's captivity policy, the Five Kings lived a life of drunken gold fans, herds of concubines, and erosion and parasitism. They can only drink, play music, batting, cockfighting, setting up eagle dogs, galloping horses, archery, hunting, etc. all year round, and cannot have their own independent thoughts, which is actually no different from the walking dead and the sacks of wine. The kings were sometimes idle, and they were drunk friends with He Zhizhang, Zhang Xu, Wang Wei, Li Guinian, Du Fu and other literati for fun. Du Fu has the poem "Jiangnan Feng Li Gui Year" "Common in the qi king's house, Cui Jiutang heard it several times before" is famous all over the world.
It is no wonder that the kings died one by one during the Kaiyuan year. The aunts of the Yang clan can "fight the wind", and the five kings cannot be so powerful. Shi Zai Xuanzong's cronies "Wang Maozhong and others were originally lowly, and all of them revered the nobles and fell in love with the imperial court, and whenever the kings met, they pretended to be servants and saw the color of the village alone." (Old Book of Tang, vol. 95) In fact, Li Fan, the King of Qi, was only fierce and stubble.
Xuanzong was between his brothers and his concubines, and the concubines were placed at the forefront. The policy towards the five kings is only to raise up, Bo a heavenly son of friendship, and to be loyal to the good name of Kunji. This may be where Hong Mai wants to stop talking. The policy of nurturing is a method adopted by successive rulers towards internal political enemies, showing both the tolerance of the rulers and the reduction of the social space of potential political enemies.