If we talk about how deep Tang Xuanzong Li Longji's love for Yang Guifei is, it is most directly confirmed from Du Mu's "Passing Huaqing Palace". "A red dust concubine laughs, no one knows that it is a lychee coming", while fully embodying the luxury of royal life, it also shows that in Li Sanlang's eyes, for Yang Yuhuan, he can do whatever it takes, just like The King of Zhou You, who laughed at the princes of the Beacon Theatre. So the question is, why didn't Yang Yuhuan, who gathered thousands of favors, not be in the middle palace like Wu Zhaoyi at that time?
Stills of Yang Guifei and Tang Xuanzong
First, objective factors
1. Although it is from a famous door, it is in the middle of the family road
Emperor Xuanzong's noble concubine Yang Shi (杨氏), grandson of Tongshou Wang IV of Sui Liang Commandery (隋梁郡) He migrated from Puzhou and became a Yongle person. Young orphan, adoptive uncle's family. Originally princess Shou.
On the first day of June in 719 (the seventh year of the new century), Yang Yuhuan was born in Shuzhou. Its ancestors were also a rich family, the earliest dating back to the Eastern Han Dynasty, the famous minister Yang Zhen, the Hongnong Yang clan at that time. His grandfather Yang Wang was once the Shangzhu state of the Sui Dynasty, a very popular subject, prominent for a while, and then killed by Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, and the family road gradually fell, and by the time Yang Yuhuan was born, his father Yang Xuanyan was only a Shuzhou protector who was less than qipin. In 729 (the seventeenth year of the new century), her father died in prison for sin, and Yang Yuhuan, who was only 10 years old, could only be sent to the home of her uncle Yang Xuanhuan in Luoyang to raise her, that is, in Luoyang, gradually opening her legendary life.
In July 735 (the twenty-third year of the new century), the 16-year-old Yang Yuhuan was invited to attend the wedding of Princess Xianyi, the daughter of Tang Xuanzong, and Yang Huan, the wei weiqing, at the scene with Li Mao, the eighteenth son of Tang Xuanzong(Princess Xianyi's brother), and later on the recommendation of Li Mao's biological mother, Princess Wu Huifei, Li Longji agreed to this family affair without hesitation. The reason why she was so happy was, on the one hand, because Concubine Wu was being favored, and on the other hand, because Xuanzong and Yang Yuhuan had not met at that time. With the permission of her parents, Yang Yuhuan became Princess Shou, and the two lived a harmonious and happy life.
Shouwang Li Mao stills
2. Becoming a noble concubine by a princess is an embarrassing identity against the norm
In the twenty-fourth year of the new century, Wu Huifei Washu, and houting was not the emperor's will. Or the concubine posture of Tianting, it is advisable to fill the court, so it is summoned to the internal prohibition, the difference, that is, the self-made concubine, the female official of the beggar, the title of ''Tai zhen'', and the king of Shou hired Wei Zhaoxun's daughter, and Tai Zhen was fortunate.
Unfortunately, the little two only spent two years of happy life, but due to the death of their birth mother Wu Huifei, unexpected changes occurred. Because Emperor Xuanzong was sullen and unhappy all day, the courtiers suggested that princess Shou of the beautiful Heavenly Immortal be "filled into the court", and Li Longji, who was curious about Yang Yuhuan, ordered Princess Shou to become a monk in October 740 (the twenty-eighth year of the new century) under the pretext of praying for the blessing of her birth mother Empress Dou.
When his son Li Mao was confused, in 745 (Tianbao Sizai), Emperor Xuanzong suddenly chose Wei Zhaoxun's daughter as the new Princess Shou on the grounds that "the royal palace cannot be without a master for a day", and Yang Yuhuan was directly inserted into the palace to become the emperor's concubine. In this way, under the meticulous planning of Li Longji, this Yang clan of the national color Tianxiang instantly became his own concubine.
Yang Yuhuan stills
Because Empress Wang, the wife of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, was deposed as early as 724 (the twelfth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty), because his brother Wang Shouyifu was implicated in the incident, Li Longji did not establish a queen until Yang Yuhuan entered the palace. In the face of Yang Yuhuan, who was named a noble concubine as soon as he entered the palace, he did not intend to set up a position, and finally repeatedly dispelled the idea mainly because of Yang Yuhuan's origin and the embarrassing identity she was in before.
Although Yang Yuhuan's family lineage can be traced back to the famous Hongnong Yang clan, by the time of her great-grandfather, the family road had already fallen, and her father's official rank was incompatible with the criteria for choosing the posthumous position of the mother's world, which was one of them; although for Xuanzong of the Nine-Five-Year Emperor, it was his unquestionable right to choose which woman to enter the palace, but it was often impossible to say that Yang Yuhuan, who was originally his daughter-in-law, was transformed into his own woman. Therefore, even though there are thousands of pampered people, they have never really put the establishment into practice, which is the second.
Portrait of Tang Xuanzong
3. Childless, congenital insufficiency
In the royal family, if a concubine wants to win the grace of the emperor repeatedly, in addition to her beautiful appearance, she also needs to open branches and leaves for the emperor, so that the holy grace will last for a long time, which is what we commonly call "mother is precious to son". In addition to the relationship between birth and identity, another important reason for Yang Guifei's failure to be crowned was that she failed to give birth to heirs for Emperor Xuanzong, so even though the emperor was interested, Yang Yuhuan failed to do so.
Second, subjective factors:
1. Tang Xuanzong's concerns
From Tang Xuanzong's own heart, he also had multiple worries. First of all, for Yang Yuhuan once he was sealed, those old ministers who stuck to the program would definitely advise themselves more than once, although in terms of control over the government, he was much stronger than his father and uncle, but there were always senior-level ministers in front of him to advise, and in the long run it was also a troublesome thing;
Secondly, if Yang Yuhuan is made a queen and gives birth to a prince, should this prince be made crown prince "son with mother"? It should be known that at that time, the third son Li Heng had been the crown prince for many years, and once Yang Guifei became Empress Yang, according to the regulations, all the princes and princesses should change their mouths to be called "mother queens", which would invisibly resent in the hearts of everyone, especially Li Mao, the king of Shou, and Li Heng, the crown prince;
Portrait of Li Heng of Emperor Suzong of Tang
Moreover, due to The favor of Yang Guifei, her family changed from decline to better than before. Not only was his father Yang Xuanyan and other deceased people posthumously awarded the title of high-ranking official, his brother Yang Guozhong was the prime minister and the Duke of Weiguo, and his three sisters were also named lady of the Commandments, and the rest of the rewards were countless, which undoubtedly formed a huge force. Although on the surface it seems that the Yang family is loyal to Xuanzong, Li Longji, who grew up in the palace battles, naturally had to take precautions in advance with his years of sensitivity. Therefore, for this reason, he will not send Aifei to the rear position and form a greater hidden danger that is difficult to predict.
2. Yang Guifei's contentment with the status quo
For Yang Yuhuan's own heart, it is another thought. Since the throne had been vacant, and Xuanzong's favor for it had not diminished in the slightest, this feeling of not being an empress but being more like an empress made her very satisfied. In her heart, as long as there is the emperor's unswerving love, the empress's position is only a false name, so from her subjective attitude, there is no strong desire to be posthumous.
Portrait of Yang Guifei
Shi Haijun said:
It was precisely because of Yang Guifei's own origin, her embarrassing identity that violated the norm, and the failure to give birth to a prince, as well as the multiple thoughts of Tang Xuanzong himself and the comprehensive influence of subjective factors such as Yang Yuhuan's security with the status quo, that Yang Guifei, who was loved by thousands of people, was ultimately unable to take the throne of the Middle Palace. Of course, it was also her satisfaction that made Tang Xuanzong's favor for her never diminish.
Resources:
【Later Jin Dynasty】Liu Xun's Old Book of Tang
【Northern Song Dynasty】Ouyang Xiu's New Book of Tang. Volume V. Xuanzong Benji", "New Book of Tang. Volume Seventy-Six. Column 1
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