In the impression of many people, Changsun Wuji is the representative of the Guanlong Group, and then the view that Tang Taizong is the first spokesperson of the Guanlong Group. But what is less known is that changsun Wuji was actually a marginal figure in the Guanlong clique before Tang Taizong ascended the throne, and the existence of Changsun Wujie just proved that Li Shimin, the King of Qin, was not the first spokesman of the Guanlong clique at that time. What's going on here?
Looking at the genealogical records on paper alone, the family of the eldest grandson Wu Jie can be described as a first-class noble of the Northern Dynasty. The eldest grandson of the eldest grandson came from the Xianbei Tuoba clan, which was a royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty and had always had great influence in the Northern Wei court. When Northern Wei split into Eastern Wei and Western Wei, Changsun Wuji's ancestor Changsun Zhi joined Yuwen Tai's Western Wei, and the Changsun family joined the Guanlong clique from then on.
In the early years of the Sui Dynasty, another big figure appeared in the Changsun family, and he was the eldest grandson Sheng, the father of the eldest grandson. Changsun Sheng was a well-known strategist, diplomat, and military figure of the Sui Dynasty who personally presided over the plan to divide the Turks into east and west. Eventually, the Turks were forced to submit to the Sui Dynasty. However, the initial reason for the marginalization of the eldest son Wuji in the Guanlong clique was precisely the marriage of his father, The elder Sun Sheng.
According to historical records, Changsun Sheng had two wives in his lifetime: the first wife did not leave a name, only that she gave birth to several sons for Changsun Sheng, Changsun Xingbu, Changsun Heng'an, and Changsun Anye; the second zhengyi was Gao Shi, the daughter of Gao Jie, the King of Northern Qile'an, who gave birth to Changsun Sheng, the eldest grandson Wujie and Empress Changsun, and the elder brother of Lady Gao of the Changsun Gao clan was Gao Shilian, a tang Dynasty Lingyange hero.
In the fifth year of Daye (609), Changsun Sheng died. In order to dominate the family business, Changsun Anye, the son born to Changsun Sheng's ex-wife, went so far as to drive Gao Shi, the eldest grandson Wuji, who was not yet ten years old, and the eight-year-old Empress Changsun out of the house, so that they could "make a living for themselves." Fortunately, Gao Shilian took in his sister and nephew and niece, otherwise the eldest grandson Wuji and the eldest grandson empress would probably have starved to death in childhood.
However, Gao Shilian was only a zhili lang from Jiupin at that time, and there were still old mothers, wives and children in the family who needed to be supported, and it was already the limit to ensure that the eldest grandson Wuji and the eldest grandson empress would not be starved to death and study, and there was really no financial resource for the eldest grandson to maintain the development of contacts. The personal resources of Changsun Sheng were all controlled by the half-brothers of the eldest grandson Wuji, and they had nothing to do with the eldest grandson Wujie.
Because of this, the eldest son Wuji's ties with the upper echelons of the GuanLong clique in his early years were basically severed. Although he still had the surname of Changsun, Changsun Wuji had fallen to the lower strata of the ruling class at this time, and had completely become a marginal figure in the Guan Long clique. It was not until Emperor Taizong of Tang married Empress Changsun that Changsun Wujie was able to restore contact with Guan Long's upper echelons, but at this time it was less than five years since the fall of the Sui Dynasty.