Tang Xuanzong's favor for Yang Yuhuan has been confirmed from both the right history and the history of the opposition, but she has not been crowned empress in her life, which is an abnormal behavior in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the Tang Dynasty, the title of empress was very taboo. Tang Dynasty as a Dynasty in China, the centralized power system is not yet perfect, so the phenomenon of foreign relatives interfering in politics is very serious, Wu Zetian also used the position of empress to ascend to the throne, so after there is a precedent, the Tang Dynasty is naturally very vigilant, but Tang Xuanzong did not give Yang Yuhuan the empress behind the fact that there are still big articles.
The empress was seen as a threat in the Tang Dynasty
Since Wu Zetian, the Tang Dynasty has been very vigilant about the role of the empress, after all, there have been examples of Wu Zetian before, so it is very easy for the empress to imitate Wu Zetian, so the Tang Dynasty has demanded to limit the power of the empress, the best way is not to set up an empress, naturally there is no risk. With this idea, the Tang Dynasty did not have an empress for most of the time, and Tang Xuanzong, as an advocate of this policy, naturally did not have an empress, in fact, this was very beneficial to Tang Xuanzong, and also stabilized the political situation of the Tang Dynasty, removing the obstacles of foreign relatives interfering in politics, but he did not name Yang Yuhuan as an empress.
The first major event after Tang Xuanzong ascended the throne was the execution of Shangguan Wan'er, who was also regarded as the second Wu Zetian, but she was a loser. Tang Xuanzong experienced the chaotic government of Shangguan Wan'er, and once purged the government, so during the reign of Tang Xuanzong, most of the officials were very interested in the harem, which was also a favorable way to prevent the harem from being powerful, so under the opposition of many officials, it was naturally impossible to crown a woman with low qualifications as an empress.
Yang Yuhuan's identity is very problematic
Yang Yuhuan's inability to be crowned empress was largely related to her identity, when Yang Yuhuan was the crown princess that Tang Xuanzong was looking for for the prince, but unfortunately, not long after getting married, the prince actually played a coup d'état and hoped to seize power, which triggered Tang Xuanzong's high vigilance, so he immediately sent heavy troops to suppress the prince's seizure of power. After this farce, the prince set up by Tang Xuanzong died, and he himself was depressed, after all, decades of hard work had been wasted.
In order to cheer up Tang Xuanzong, the eunuchs actually recommended Yang Yuhuan, who had once been a princess, to Tang Xuanzong, and at first Tang Xuanzong still disagreed, but seeing Yang Yuhuan could remember the former prince, which made Tang Xuanzong begin to love Yang Yuhuan. Of course, Tang Xuanzong was able to spoil Yang Yuhuan so much not only because of her beauty, but also because of the fact that this was a way of remembering the prince he had created. Because Yang Yuhuan was once a crown princess, Tang Xuanzong naturally did not want to re-crown her as an empress, and also lost the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty royal family.
Prevent the group of courtiers from making a fuss about it
After Emperor Xuanzong of Tang crowned Yang Yuhuan as a concubine, the official field of the Tang Dynasty exploded, because everyone knew the origin of Yang Yuhuan, so they made a big fuss and very much contradicted Tang Xuanzong's practice. In this regard, Tang Xuanzong also knew that the pressure on introducing Yang Yuhuan into the palace was already very great, and naturally he would not go to great lengths to set up Yang Yuhuan as an empress, on the contrary, Tang Xuanzong's treatment of Yang Yuhuan was not worse than that of the empress, so naturally he did not repeatedly ask for treatment in name. However, in the end, Tang Xuanzong's failure to be buried with Yang Yuhuan also became a regret in his life, but in terms of the treatment given to Yang Yuhuan before his death, Yang Yuhuan was no longer an empress.
brief summary:
Tang Xuanzong did not give Yang Yuhuan, who loved her all her life, as an empress, in fact, there are many reasons, in addition to the Tang Dynasty itself is very resistant to the role of the empress, Yang Yuhuan's own origin is also very problematic, destined to make Tang Xuanzong unable to set her up as an empress, and at the same time, as a princess he personally found, Tang Xuanzong's reason for favoring Yang Yuhuan is also to miss his decades of hard work. Although he was not crowned empress, Yang Yuhuan's treatment was no worse than that of the empress, and even more beautiful than when Wu Zetian was the empress, which showed that Yang Yuhuan was only a little worse in name, but his treatment was far above the empresses of the Tang Dynasty.