This still has to be asked? The man kills, the woman marries. Regardless of whether it is the eldest sister-in-law or the younger daughter-in-law, Li Shimin wants to accept all the orders, but what people do not expect is that Li Shimin only accepted the Yang family, and the former crown princess Zheng Guanyin lived alone all her life.
The Lee father and son are beginning to emerge
In the last years of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and the Sui Emperor built canals and conquered Goryeo, causing the people's resentment to boil. The crowds of the world responded and rebelled against Sui one after another. As a disciple of Guan Long, Li Yuan secretly lurked in Taiyuan, waiting for an opportunity.
The year 617 was an extraordinary year for Li Yuan's father and son. Li Yuan never thought of creating a rebellion against his cousin Yang Guang.
The chaotic world is like the wind outlet, it is people who want to blow on the wind outlet, and if they fly together, they will change their lives. Although Li Yuan expressed his disinterest on the surface, he privately did not sum up with Pei Huan and others. Therefore, in 617, Li Yuan led 30,000 soldiers to raise the anti-Sui banner in Taiyuan.
Either the ancients were all vying to have sons, Li Yuan revolted, and the core personnel were the children represented by Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin. In the process of competing for world domination, Li Yuan was inconvenient to go out on expeditions and needed to guard the rear. Li Jiancheng was the eldest son, and his future successor was naturally protected within the imperial court.
As the second son of a powerful man, Li Shimin shouldered the heavy responsibility of leveling the world. At the age of eighteen or nineteen, he began to lead an army to fight wits and courage with Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande and others. He was skilled in bowing and horse, and in the Tang Dynasty unification war, more than half of the credit was made by him.
I have to admit that Li Yuan is not so perfect in balancing the power of his two sons. Li Jiancheng is the natural successor, but the world is laid down by Li Shimin. If you want to persuade Li Shimin to give up power, Maybe Li Yuan can't even convince himself.
The brothers' rivalry led to the change of Xuanwumen
Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng secretly competed, Li Jiancheng was trained as an heir since he was a child, Wenzhi martial arts were not inferior to Li Shimin in all aspects, and with the blessing of the eldest son, the status of the prince looked unbreakable.
The brothers were fighting in full swing, and Li Jiancheng, under the guise of Li Yuan's hand, expelled Li Shimin's courtiers and tried to bribe Wei Chi Jingde and other cadres, but Wei Chi Jingde refused in person and told Li Shimin.
The layer of paper between the brothers was basically broken. It can be seen from this that Li Jiancheng still led the troops to fight less, and Li Shimin commanded Wei Chi Jingde and others, absolutely not relying on money, but on personality charm and righteousness.
Wei Chi Jingde and other military generals, who were contaminated with a lot of green forest habits, were heavy on righteousness and not on wealth, and when they surrendered to Li Shimin from Liu Wuzhou's side, if they were to be bribed by Li Jiancheng again, it would not be Wei Chigong's character.
And Li Shimin is indeed more experienced in this regard, and has always only bought the right one and not the expensive one. The bribes were all key positions under Li Jiancheng, such as the Xuanwu Gate guard Chang He, who played a huge role in the Xuanwu Gate change.
On July 2, 626, Li Shimin took the lead in making strong moves, using Chang He to make full preparations at Xuanwu Gate in advance, and beheaded Li Yuanji, Li Jiancheng, and others who had come to enter the palace. The change of Xuanwumen ended with Li Shimin's victory.
Since the ancient ruthless imperial family, after Li Shimin beheaded Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji at Xuanwu Gate, in line with the principle of cutting grass and removing roots, he killed All the sons of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji in one fell swoop, and the women and daughters were left alive. Li Shimin's move can also be regarded as controlling the killing to the minimum limit.
Li Shimin married the Yang clan why not take the Zheng clan
Li Shimin married Li Yuanji's concubine Yang Shi, which also became one of the stains on Li Shimin's criticism by posterity. There are so many women in the world, Li Shimin is not like Cao Cao, who naturally likes other people's daughters-in-law. He did not do so to take a stand.
Since the ancient family, behind a marriage, it often means the connection of interests between two families. Therefore, in ancient times, among all the children of the family, the right wife chose the person who was the right person.
Li Shimin married the Yang clan, which also means that the Yang clan will be maintained by the Li Tang royal family, in this case, the Yang clan will not do things behind their backs. As long as their interests were guaranteed, as to whether the emperor was Li Jianchengdang or Li Shimindang, they really didn't care much.
Then why was Zheng Guanyin, Li Jiancheng's wife, not included in the harem by Li Shimin? Isn't she beautiful?
Non also!
The Epitaph of the Crown Princess describes her as: Shu Yun Lou Ting, the night of the bright moon and the galaxy; Shao Zi Wan, and the wind pan peach and plum.
It can be seen that Zheng Guanyin naturally has nothing to say in terms of appearance, just like a fairy. So why didn't Li Shimin move? I think that Li Shimin must have been moved, and as for why he did not succeed, there can only be one explanation, that is, Zheng Guanyin is unwilling.
From the description of the epitaph, we can get a glimpse of one or two:
Although the palm shattered the Li Zhu, and Ting Kai Hongyu had stopped relying on Lu's hopes, and swirled the joy of Xie Yao. In the past, there were pottery babies, who were orphaned in spinning performance; Burma was widowed, and the festival was in Hengbi.
This passage basically summarizes Zheng Guanyin's living conditions after the change of Xuanwumen. It can be seen that her whole state is very poor. "Hope of Dependence" refers to the way parents look forward to the return of their son.
From this passage, it can be seen that she knows that she can't hope for her children, and only hopes that the regeneration will bring her some comfort. If it is a girl, it is fine, if it is a boy, it is basically a poisoner.
Li Shimin placed her in Nagato Palace, and she spent every day in such a state of anxiety. After Jiancheng's death, the mirrors in the palace were covered with a layer of dust, and Zheng Guanyin did not have the slightest intention of dressing up.
It is worth noting that there are also two allusions borrowed from this passage, one of which is Tao Bao, and the other is Liang Widow.
Tao Bao, originally the daughter of Tao Men of luguo, after marrying, her husband unfortunately died, leaving her to live with her children. Because of her sweet looks, someone once expressed love to her and pursued her. She then became the song of the Yellow Crane Mingzhi, refused to marry again, and relied on her own weaving cloth to support the two women. Later, tao babies were often used as representatives of women's chastity.
The other Liang Widow refers to a widow in LiangDi. Also after the death of her husband, many people came to the door to ask for relatives, and even the King of Liang joined the team of courtship after seeing her.
Widow Liang, on the other hand, was determined to keep the festival, cut off her nose with a knife, and then said to the suitors, Now that I am not beautiful, do you still have something to pursue?
From these records, we can get a glimpse or two: after the change of Xuanwumen, Li Jiancheng and his sons were all killed, and Zheng Guanyin was pregnant at that time, and her heart was like ashes, and her state was very poor.
Even if Li Shimin had the eldest heart, he was not good at marrying Zheng Guanyin, who was pregnant, so he temporarily placed her in the Changle Gate. According to calculations, Zheng Guanyin should have given birth to her little daughter later. After this, it is inevitable that Li Shimin also went to the door to ask for relatives, but Zheng Guanyin swore to die and did not agree, and Li Shimin was not willing to force it anymore.
Why did Li Shimin have to marry them?
Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Revolution, and it can be seen from his aftermath measures that Li Shimin knew that the imperial throne was not coming from the right path, so he cherished his feathers even more and did his best to obtain the support of the family clan.
As mentioned above, marriage is a union between two families, and after Li Shimin married the Yang clan, he invisibly made a position and was supported by the "Hongnong Yang Clan". Yang Guang was overthrown and replaced by Li Shi, just a spokesperson. The power of the Yang clan still cannot be underestimated.
If Li Shimin wanted to sit firmly on the throne, he had to gain the support of the Yang clan, otherwise he would inevitably be ousted from power.
And Zheng Guanyin, on the other hand, represents the Xingyang Zheng clan. The Zheng clan was also a famous wang clan at that time, which originated in the Two Han Dynasties and joined the ranks of the Wang clan during the Wei and Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties. After Li Tang established the country, he first had to obtain the support of the Wang clan in Shandong, and Li Yuan took the initiative to marry the Zheng clan to gain the support of the Zheng clan.
After Li Shimin seized the throne, in addition to cutting the grass and roots and sweeping away his opponents, what he also had to do was to strengthen his own power and gain the support of these noble families.
Although Li Shimin's pursuit of the Zheng clan was hopeless, other women of the Zheng clan still joined Li Shimin's harem, and for Zheng Guanyin, Li Shimin still chose to follow her wishes.
In this way, Zheng Guanyin lived a hard life in the palace of Changle Gate while raising Li Jiancheng's widow. In the end, Zheng Guanyin lived to the age of 78 in Changle Gate, and she did not know how this woman survived for so many years.
In 676 BC, Zheng Guanyin died at the age of 78. Fortunately, at this time, Li Zhi was already in power, Li Zhisu was known for his benevolence and righteousness, and in order to express his apologies for his father, he buried Zheng Guanyin generously during the Lunar Qixi Festival of this year, and buried her near Li Jiancheng's hidden tomb.
The hour hand says
Since ancient times, the most ruthless thing is the imperial family, and the power thing can really make people lose, and brothers, fathers and sons do not recognize it. Success or failure, women are always the most innocent one.
No matter which side succeeds, women are always not allowed to interfere in politics, and it is enough to work hard to serve well. When the fight fails, the woman must become a victim, and while bearing the pain of losing her son and the pain of losing her husband, she must continue to serve the enemy for the benefit of the family.
Therefore, in ancient times, women did not have much sense of belonging, and they faced these things more by choosing to resign themselves to fate. Therefore, those who are victorious generally do not kill women, and women, like Zheng Guanyin, are few, and most of them will choose to dry their tears and continue to live.
After all, the man who could give her everything was dead, and the man in front of her could still give her everything.