In the twenty-fifth year of Emperor Xuanzong's reign, the crown prince Li Ying was framed by Concubine Wu Huifei and was not only deposed as the crown prince, but also given to death. After Li Ying's death, Wu Huifei was mentally stimulated and frightened. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang originally planned to make Li Mao the Prince of Shou, the son of Concubine Wu Huifei, crown prince, but later changed his mind. When Tang Xuanzong had a headache for the selection of the crown prince, Gao Lishi suggested that Tang Xuanzong "push the long and stand".
In the absence of a concubine, the eldest son is the first heir to the throne of the emperor. At that time, Tang Xuanzong did not have a concubine, and li chun, the eldest son of The Emperor, should be the most suitable candidate for the crown prince. Li Chun was deeply trusted by his father and served as the governor of Liangzhou and the ambassador of the Hexi army. Li Chun was the eldest son, and he was rich and powerful, and as a result, he lost the battle for the crown prince.
Tang Xuanzong did not trust Li Chun, nor did he not want to establish Li Chun, but because Li Chun had a fatal flaw, that is, he could not give birth to a son. When the emperor chose the crown prince, he hoped that the sheji would be passed on for thousands of years. The emperor must not only consider the comprehensive strength of the future emperor, but also consider the unreliability of the successor of the future emperor.
Wu Huifei stills, picture from the network, thanks to the original author
Li Chun is in his 30s and has never had a child. In ancient times, people married early and married wives when they were teenagers. Li Shimin and Empress Eldest Sun were already grandfathers and grandmothers in their 30s. Li Chun was in his 30s and had never been able to give birth to a son, which made Tang Xuanzong and Li Chun very anxious.
Li Chun's princess was of the Dou clan, and the fact that the Dou clan could not give birth to children may be a problem for the Dou clan. The crux of the matter was that in addition to the Dou clan, Li Chun also had two widows and ten concubines. One wife, two children, and ten concubines, adding up to thirteen women, could not give birth to a son. Clear-eyed people can see that the person in question is definitely not a wife and concubine, but Li Chun himself.
If Emperor Xuanzong of Tang made him crown prince, and in the future Li Chun would ascend the throne as emperor, who would be the crown prince to inherit the Wanli Jiangshan? Tang Xuanzong thought about it, or made Li Heng the crown prince. Because Li Chun had no sons, he watched the crown prince's throne fall into the hands of his half-brother Li Heng, but he had no choice.
While Li Chun sighed, his brother Li Huan, a compatriot of his own, gave birth to 58 children. This matter, the New Book of Tang. There is a clear record in the biography of Prince Jinggong, the original text is: "The sons of Jing Gong are especially multiplied, and there are fifty-eight men and women." ”
Like Li Chun, Li Huan was the son of Liu Huafei. In ancient times, people married early, and Li Huan married a princess when he was a teenager and took a concubine. According to the etiquette system of the Tang Dynasty, a prince like Li Huan could have a wife, two widows, plus ten concubines. The prince's concubines did not have to be raised by themselves, and the imperial court paid them a salary.
Li Shimin and Empress Eldest Sun stills, pictures from the Internet, thanks to the original author.
According to the ceremonial system, the prince's wife is the princess. The prince's two widows enjoyed the treatment of zhengwupin. The prince's ten concubines, enjoyed treatment from six pins. The imperial court produced such a high salary and raised so many beautiful women for the prince, hoping that they would have more sons for the prince and let the emperor hold more grandchildren.
Li Wan's princess was very angry and bore him three concubines. According to the New Book of Tang, the prince's concubine could be crowned as the king of the county. Li Huan's three concubines were Li Qian, the king of Jiyin County, Li Kai, the king of Beiping County, and Li Qian, the king of Chenliu County.
In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the prince's son was definitely the king of the county. Later, when the prince's sons were more and more, and the state did not have so many fiefs to be divided among the prince's sons, a new rule was issued. The sons of the princes, if they did not have merit, could only be crowned dukes of the county. Li Wan's sons, except for the concubines who received the title of county prince, all the others received the county dukedom.
During the Tang Dynasty, the daughters of the princes were all crowned as county lords and enjoyed the treatment of subordinates. Of Li Wan's 58 children, three were county kings, and the others were either county princes or county lords. In order to feed them, the imperial court spent a large amount of silver with white flowers. Every time Li Huan gave birth to a child, he could receive a share of Feng Lu from the imperial court. Li Huan received an extra fifty-eight copies of Feng Lu from the imperial court, and he really became rich.
Li Chun and Li Chun are the brothers of a milk compatriot. The eldest brother had a large number of wives and concubines, but he did not have a son. The younger brother had a prosperous life, and by giving birth to children, he received a large amount of money from the imperial court. Li Chun, who has no seeds in ten thousand acres of good land, sees that his brother has made a fortune by giving birth to a child, and he does not know how he will feel in his heart.
By the way, Li Chun and Li Chun are both rich and noble. After his death, Li Chun was posthumously honored as The Fengtian Emperor, and after Li Qi's death, he was posthumously honored as the Prince of Jinggong.
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