The costume abuse drama "Zhou Shengru", which premiered in mid-August last year, must have earned enough tears from the audience, and the famous Xiao Shiyi was accused of marrying the prince from childhood, but he fell in love with his master Zhou Shengchen by chance, and finally Zhou Shengchen was framed by the prince and died, and Shi Yi also committed suicide, such an ending is really heart-wrenching. Such a tragic ending, can't help but make people sigh, if the time is not born into a famous family, how good it would be. In fact, even if you are born into a famous family, you may not be able to marry the prince, and the bad thing is that the famous door from which Shi Yi was born is too big, and the origin and strength are extraordinary.
The Yi shiyi family, in the cultural field of respect, is also second to none in the famous and prestigious clan, even the rulers have to win over, and in the real history there is also a homophony of the Qinghe Cui clan, which perfectly meets the above characteristics, it can be seen that the prototype of the Qinghe Yi clan should be the historical Qinghe Cui clan. So how strong is the real Qinghe Cui clan? The results may be far beyond your imagination.
First, political strength
As a famous and prestigious family, the Cui family was destined from the beginning that it would not be ordinary. The New Book of Tang Records of the Lineage of the Prime Minister records: "The Concubine Jizi of Qi Ding made uncle Yi of the state eat and collect from Cui, so he became cui. "The so-called Qi, that is, the State of Qi of Jiang Ziya, that is to say, the Cui clan is actually a descendant of Jiang Ziya! With such a big head, Cui Shi naturally could not be willing to be ordinary.
In the pre-Qin period, Cui shi had been active in the political arena of the State of Qi, and had held important official positions in the State of Qi for generations, until the time of the Duke of Qi Jinggong, when he failed in political struggles, he avoided the State of Lu. However, even if it moved to the rootless State of Lu, the Cui clan did not fall silent, but continued to serve as a high-ranking official in the State of Lu with its own strength, with a not low political status. After the unification of the Qin Dynasty, the Cui clan continued to slowly recover economic and political power in the empire.
In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the Cui family was divided into two branches, one led by The Eastern Laihou Cui Ye to live in The Eastern WuCheng of Qinghe, and the other led by Cui Zhongmu to settle in Boling Anping, and the Qinghe Cui clan was the branch led by Cui Ye.
Cui Yan, who was born in the Cui clan of Qinghe, studied under the famous scribe Zheng Xuan, and then served under Cao Cao, because of a direct advice to Cao Cao, he was taken seriously by Cao Cao, and had a very close relationship with Cao Cao, and from then on, he stepped forward and later assisted Cao Pi, successively serving as the chancellor of The Western Cao, the Wei State Shangshu and the lieutenant. Cui Yan's subordinate Brother Cui Lin was also extraordinary, serving as the chief bookkeeper of Ji Prefecture, the other driver and the subordinate of The Minister of Qi, the Imperial History Zhongcheng, etc., and the highest official was Sikong, and the descendants of the two also successively held high positions.
The political strength of the Qinghe Cui clan reached its peak in the Northern Dynasty, and the formulation of the "Great Wei" state name and the official title, imperial ceremony, and law decree in the early days of the northern Wei dynasty was all written by Cui Hong of the Qinghe Cui clan, and he even served as the Tianbu Lord, who was rarely served by the Han people, and was posthumously given the title of Sikong.
Cui Hong's son Cui Haoguan (崔浩官) was assisted by the crown prince Tuoba Huang (拓跋晃), and Emperor Taiwu was even more fond of him. Cui Guang defended the country and was appointed Situ and Taibao; Cui Liang served as a branch shangshu, for the Northern Wei Dynasty, "don't set up a rule, the province of hundreds of millions of years", saving a huge amount of expenditure (increase) for the imperial court, and during his tenure as an official Shangshu, he also played the "suspended year grid" election system, which temporarily eased the contradiction between the imperial court and the Xianbei military nobles (increase).
Cui Hong's son Cui Haoguan (崔浩官) was assisted by Emperor Taiwu's crown prince Tuoba Huang (拓跋晃), who was even more favored by Emperor Taiwu. Cui Hong's descendant Cui Guang (崔光), who had made meritorious contributions to protecting the state, was appointed Situ and Taibao ( 太保); his younger brother Cui Liang (崔亮 ) served as a branch of Shangshu ( Shangshu ) , and for the Northern Wei Dynasty , he "set up a stripe and saved hundreds of millions of provinces" for the Northern Wei Dynasty, saving huge expenditures for the imperial court, and during his tenure as an official Shangshu, he also played the system of electing officials with the "suspended year grid", which temporarily eased the contradiction between the imperial court and the Xianbei military nobles.
In the Tang Dynasty, although the political strength of the Qinghe Cui clan was no longer as strong as that of the Northern Dynasty, it was also very impressive, with a total of 12 prime ministers, and the other officials of various qualities were innumerable. There have been so many clans in high positions in all dynasties, which shows how strong the political strength of the Qinghe Cui clan is.
Second, cultural strength
Since it can be respected in the cultural field, then the cultural strength of the Qinghe Cui clan must be one of the best, and this is exactly the case.
During the Cao Wei period, Cui Yan studied under the famous classicist Zheng Xuan, whose strength in classics was naturally not bad, coupled with the family lineage of the family lineage, the family tradition of the Qinghe Cui family was passed down from generation to generation, and the cultural aspects have always been talented: Cui Hao had served as a great Situ and annotated many Confucian classics; Cui Yixuan's Confucian cultivation was profound, "the first Confucianism was suspicious, or those who did not understand the sound, came to all the families", and the great Confucians at that time had problems and asked to teach him, which showed the strength of his cultural strength. In addition, there are Cui Yanmu, who entered the Central Education Institution of the Northern Wei Dynasty at the age of 15, And Cui Shanfu, who learned Confucianism at the age of 12, and the scriptural background of the Qinghe Cui clan can be seen.
In addition to scripture, the Qinghe Cui clan in literature is not to be outdone. Cui Rong, one of the "four friends of the article" of the Tang Dynasty, was born in the Qinghe Cui clan, which was called "big stroke" at that time, most of the important documents of the imperial court were drafted by him, and was deeply appreciated by Emperor Zhongzong, and the "Zetian Lamentation Book" he wrote was even more "when people thought that there was no such article for two hundred years", and when he died, du Zhenyan, who had always been arrogant, was even more "served" for him, that is, he put on a linen robe to express mourning, which showed his strong cultural strength, and the arrogant Du Zhenyan was impressed by it.
According to Hu Yinglin's "Shi Xue", "in short, the Tang poets, [Qinghe Cui], account for one of the dozens", which shows how terrifying the dominance of the Qinghe Cui clan in terms of culture is.
Of course, to reflect the cultural strength, the most intuitive way of expression should be the results of the examination, according to the "Dengke Examination" and "Tang Dengke Examination Correction" statistics, the Tang Dynasty Examination and the first a total of 4462 people, of which Cui Dengke 219 people, accounting for nearly 1/20, and 11 of them are Jinshi Keyuan, which shows the strength of its cultural strength.
3. Social status
If the political strength and cultural strength are so strong, the social status will naturally not be bad.
When Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei was in order to win over the Qinghe Cui clan, the daughter of Qinghe Cui Zongbo was included in the harem; and when Empress Lou married the sister of Qinghe Cui Ling as a concubine for the King of Boling, she even made the King of Boling prepare well to prevent the Joke of the Cui family, as a member of the royal family, they were afraid of the Joke of the Cui Clan of Qinghe, which was a ridiculous thing, but this was the case!
In the Tang Dynasty, although the Qinghe Cui clan lost economic and political privileges due to political reasons, and the mendi declined, they still enjoyed a high social reputation with the family's cultural heritage, and all the major clans hoped to marry the Cui clan. Moreover, even under the suppression of the decrees issued by Emperor Taizong of Tang and Emperor Gaozong of Tang, there were still people who married the Qinghe Cui clan, including many important courtiers of the imperial court, and Du Zhenquan, a descendant of Du Ruyi, who wanted to intermarry with him, was also rejected, and it was precisely the lofty social status that made the Qinghe Cui clan dare to do so. In addition, even the emperor tried his best to make the members of the imperial family marry the Qinghe Cui clan, and both Wenzong and Xuanzong wanted to marry the princess into the Qinghe Cui clan, which showed their high social status.
Unfortunately, it is precisely because all aspects of the strength are strong, there will be such a tragic story as Yi Shiyi and Zhou Shengchen, and people can't help but sigh, if Shi yi is not born in the Qinghe Cui clan, how good it would be!
Wen Shijun said
As a clan that can marry the prince, the strength of the Qinghe Cui clan in all aspects is so terrifying and amazing, but it is regrettable that it is precisely because of such a strong strength that It is precisely because of such a strong strength that Xiao Shiyi has become a tool for political marriage, resulting in the tragedy of her love with Zhou Shengchen.
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Xu Lingling: "Research on the Cui Family in Qinghe in the Tang Dynasty", Master's Thesis of Shandong Normal University, 2015. (Author: Haoran Wenshi Lingfeng)
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