Men are a conquering species, and they risk their lives to come out and fight in order to grab territory and beauty. After Li Yuan raised an army in Taiyuan and invaded Chang'an City, he snatched the wife of the Sui Dynasty official Xin Chujian. This incident is from the record of the "Zhenguan Politician". Li Shimin was also stifled by Wei Zheng because of his father's robbery of his wife.
In my opinion, although Li Yuan did this not authentically, he also went with the flow. In the history of war, which victor did not rob the enemy of women? In a situation where it has become customary for the victor to snatch the woman of the loser, the beauties of the defeated countries face the choice of death or being conquered by the enemy.
In the fourth year of Wu De, Li Shimin besieged the Zheng Dynasty in Luoyang. Emperor Zheng Shichong, who claimed to be the "Son of Kai tomorrow", witnessed That Li Shimin capture Dou Jiande alive and could only choose to surrender Kaesong. After Wang Shichong surrendered, Li Shimin, as the victor, opened the mode of absorbing Zheng Guo's beauties according to the custom.
Li Yuan stills, picture from the network, thanks to the original author.
The most famous person of the Zheng Guo beauty collected by Li Shimin is the Princess Wei Nizi of zheng guo. Wei Nizi was born in Jingzhao Weishi and was the great-granddaughter of Wei Xiaokuan. Wei Nizi's husband was Wang Xuanying, the crown prince of zhengguo. After Li Shimin invaded luoyang city, according to the custom, he took Wei Nizi as a concubine.
Wei Nizi witnessed the fall of the Zheng kingdom, and also shouldered the responsibility of reconciling the Wei family with the Li Tang royal family, so he changed from Li Shimin and became a concubine of the Qin Royal Palace. After Li Shimin ascended the throne and became emperor, Wei Nizi was crowned Zhaorong and was one of the nine concubines. Wang Shichong's daughter-in-law Wei Nizi was conquered by Li Shimin, but Wang Shichong's queen chose to commit suicide and martyrdom.
The Zizhi Tongjian records that in order to win Over Yang Qing, Wang Shichong married the eldest brother's daughter Wang Shi to Yang Qing. Yang Qing was a Sui Dynasty emperor who served as a defender of Zhengzhou. When Wang Shichong besieged Zhengzhou, he captured Yang Qing. In order to survive, Yang Qing changed his surname to Guo. Wang Shichong appointed Guo Qing as the general of Guan Prefecture and married his nephew Queen Shi to Guo Qing.
Wang Shichong stills, pictures from the network, thanks to the original author.
Li Shimin attacked Luoyang, and Guo Qing predicted the defeat of Zheng Guo, so he changed his original surname to Yang. Yang Qing said to his wife Wang, "I want to take my wife with me and raise the people of the state to li shimin, the king of Qin, who defected to the Tang Dynasty. If Madame joins me in Tang Dynasty, she will not lose the position of Lady of the Nation. ”
Wang Shi was a very assertive woman, and he said to Yang Qing: "Zheng Guo promised me to you, originally hoping that you could fight to the death for Zheng Guo." Now that you are ungrateful and want to defect to the Tang Dynasty, I can't stop you. If you go to Li Shimin, you will definitely have the title of Duke of Guoguo. I followed you to join Li Shimin, and I could only be a slave to the country. If you still think about the love of husband and wife, send me back to Luoyang. ”
Yang Qing did not miss the love of husband and wife at all, and he wanted to take the Wang clan to the Tang Dynasty and present it to Li Shimin as a letter of surrender. Yang Qing did not allow the Wang clan to return to Luoyang, and the Wang clan faced the choice of death or conquest. Wang Shi had no choice but to take the wine and end his young life. After Wang's death, Yang Qing surrendered to Li Shimin, and indeed received the title of Duke of Guo and the official of the Assassin History.
Wei Zheng stills, pictures from the network, thanks to the original author.
Although Li Shimin did not conquer the Wang clan, after he ascended the throne, he praised the Wang clan with great fanfare. The Li Shimin family revered the Wang clan and praised the Wang clan in the history of the country. The Old and New Book of Tang Dynasty. Both the Biography of the Daughters of Lie and the Zizhi Tongjian are based on the materials of the Tang Dynasty's national history, and the Wang clan is praised as a representative of the martyrs.
Wang Shi preferred to surrender to surrender, so why did the Li Tang royal family praise the Wang clan? In my opinion, this matter is the same as li shimin's praise for Yao Junsu.
Yao Junsu was a Sui Dynasty general who held Hedong Commandery and preferred to die rather than surrender. Yao Junsu killed Li Shimin's brother-in-law Zhao Cijing, but after Li Shimin ascended the throne, he praised Yao Junsu with great fanfare.
The emperors of successive dynasties, when fighting the world, hoped that the enemy army would quickly surrender. After gaining the world, he hoped that his courtiers and beauties would be loyal to the country.
Li Shimin's commendation of Yao Junsu and Wang Shi, who were not conquered by him, was to let the subjects of the world learn from Yao Junsu and shed the last drop of blood for the Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin commended the Wang clan in order to let the beautiful women of the Tang Dynasty want to learn from the Wang clan, and when they encountered the choice between death and being a slave of the country, they would rather abandon their young lives than fall into the hands of the enemy.
Emperors of all dynasties have been the same, when they were conquerors, they wanted to conquer enemies and enemies of women. After becoming a victor himself, he hoped that his subjects and women would be loyal to them, preferring to die rather than surrender to the enemy.
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