When it comes to Li Shimin's wife, Empress Eldest Sun, everyone is very familiar with it. Empress Changsun was from the Gaomen Ling clan, and her father's name was Changsun Sheng. Changsun Sheng was a famous diplomat in history, who, with his three-inch tongue, turned the Turks into the East. Turkic and Western Turkic.
east. The Turks and the Western Turks fought for many years, and the Western Turks as a whole lost more than they won. The Western Turkic Tongye Hu Khan was east. The Turkic Great Khan was beaten miserably, and he wanted to find helpers to help him. TongyeHu Khan heard that Li Shimin, the son of the Tang Dynasty, ascended the throne as emperor and that the national strength of the Tang Dynasty was thriving, so he wanted to unite with the Tang Dynasty to fight in the east. Turkic.
In August of the ninth year of Wu De, Li Shimin ascended the throne as emperor. Li Shimin was the son of Li Yuan, and he was embarrassed to change the "Wude" era name of the Emperor Taishang as soon as he ascended the throne, so he changed to the "Zhenguan" era name during the Spring Festival of the following year. Li Shimin had just become emperor, and before he could change his era name, the Great Khan of Jieli had reached the outside of Chang'an City. Li Shimin had no choice but to sign a humiliating "Weishui Alliance" with Jieli Khan.
Stills of the eldest grandson empress, played by the famous film and television star Ms. Nursery.
Tong Ye Hu was bullied by Jieli Khan, and Li Shimin was also bullied by Jieli Khan. The two men, who had been bullied by the Great Khan of Jieli, decided to join hands to beat the Great Khan of Jieli. In order to show his sincerity, Tongyehu Khan sent emissaries to donate many treasures to The Tang Dynasty, and also donated 5,000 war horses.
The status of war horses in ancient times is like the status of tanks in World War II on the battlefield. Five thousand high-quality war horses, that was a very precious gift. TongyeHu Khan gave Li Shimin such a valuable gift, which was conditional. His condition was simple, that is, he wanted to marry Li Shimin's daughter and become the son-in-law of the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin, in line with the principle of "long-distance friendship and close attack", also wanted to marry Tong Yehu. Li Shimin accepted Tong Ye Hu's dowry and promised to choose a daughter to marry Tong Ye Hu.
As we all know, the ancient princesses and princesses are nine times out of ten counterfeits. When the emperor issued an edict and kissed, he was generally reluctant to let his daughter marry far away, but found a clan daughter to be crowned as a princess, and let the crowned princess impersonate the emperor's daughter to marry. For example, the famous Princess Wencheng was the daughter of the emperor who pretended to be the emperor's daughter and relative.
Li Yuan stills, played by the famous film and television star Mr. Kou Zhenhai.
Regarding the matter of the clan daughter posing as the emperor's daughter and relative, the Li Shimin family once made an international joke. According to the New Book of Tang, Li Shimin enfeoffed the daughter of Li Daoming, the king of Huaiyang, as Princess Honghua and made her and her pro-Tuguhun. Li Daoming sent his relatives to Tuguhun, but as a result, he slipped his mouth at the banquet, telling the truth that Princess Honghua was not Li Shimin's daughter. This incident embarrassed Li Shimin. Enraged, Li Shimin removed Li Daoming's title of prince of the county.
Just a little off-topic, let's get back to the point. After Li Shimin agreed to be pro-Western Turkic, he found a clan daughter and made her a princess, ready to let her pretend to be the emperor's daughter to marry. Li Shimin preached all over the world: "For the friendship between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks, the daughter of Yuan, will marry the Western Turk tong Ye Hu Khan." “
Just when Li Shimin was preparing to marry his daughter and Tong Yehu was preparing to marry the Princess of the Tang Dynasty, the Great Khan of Jieli could not sleep. The reason is very simple, if this marriage is successful, the Western Turks and the Tang Dynasty will join forces to attack the East. Turks, whoever is in a position of jieli, will not be able to sleep.
Li Shimin stills, played by the famous film and television star Mr. Zhang Fengyi.
In order to stir up the marriage between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks, JieLi first challenged Li Shimin. Jieli sent people to demand that Li Shimin cancel his marriage with Tong Yehu. Li Shimin was very tough on Jieli's unreasonable demands: "Daughter of Jieli, you can marry whomever you want, and there is no need to consult Jieli. ”
Li Shimin did not give JieLi any face, and Jieli became angry and ashamed, and decided to come hard, so he sent troops to attack The Tang. In the ninth year of Wu De, Jie Li was able to hit the shore of Weishui, and that was because of the tang and the sequelae of the XuanwuMen change. Today's Tang Dynasty is strong, and Jieli has sent troops to attack Datang several times, but the result has not taken advantage.
Jie Li couldn't beat Datang, so he changed direction. The Great Khan of Jieli wrote a letter to Tongyehu Khan, the content of which was recorded in the Zizhi Tongjian, and the original text was as follows: "If you marry a Princess of Tang, you must pass through our country!" “
Stills of Jieli Khan, played by the famous film and television star Mr. Tu.
After receiving the letter from the Great Khan of Jieli, Tongyehu Khan immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. The territory of TongyeHu was separated from the territory of the Great Khan of Jieli and the Tang Dynasty. If Tong YeHu wanted to marry a Tang princess, he had to pass through the territory of the Great Khan of Jieli. The letter from The Great Khan of Jieli to Tong Yehu was a naked threat: "If you insist on going your own way and want to marry a Tang Dynasty princess, I can only grab my relatives halfway." When the time comes, you will spend money to marry your wife, but I will enjoy it and enter the cave. “
Tongyehu Khan had no choice but to write a letter to Li Shimin. Tong Yehu told Li Shimin: "The goodwill between the Western Turks and the Tang Dynasty can be learned from day to day. For the safety of Her Royal Highness the Princess, the marriage could only be canceled. “
Li Shimin was happy to prepare to marry his daughter, but was disturbed by a letter from Jieli Khan. This matter has been made known to the world, and now it is necessary to cancel the marriage contract, which makes Li Shimin very faceless. Li Shimin decided to accumulate strength and find an opportunity to defeat the Great Khan of Jieli and get back the lost face.
Li Jing stills, played by the famous film and television star Mr. Wu Jian.
More than a year after the Western Turkic ruler Yehu Khan was forced to cancel his marriage contract, Li Shimin appointed Li Jing as his commander and led a large army to attack the Turks. After more than five months of fierce fighting, Li Jing broke the East. The Turks captured the Great Khan of Jieli alive. On the upper floor of Shuntian, Li Shimin counted the crimes of the Great Khan of Jieli, one of which was to sabotage the marriage of Princess Tang. The Great Khan of Jieli was so frightened that he could only desperately apologize. Li Shimin Rende Shengcao, after regaining face, gave Jieli Great Khan a way to live.
Because of the pressure of the Great Khan of Jieli, Tongyehu Khan was forced to cancel his marriage contract with Princess Tang, and the most direct beneficiary was the clan daughter who was designated and kissed. She was appointed to marry and kiss far away, and she was certainly reluctant to do so. After the cancellation of the peace, she can marry the children of the Tang nobles as a clan daughter, thus avoiding the fate of marrying far away and kissing, and separating from her parents.
Bibliography: Zizhi Tongjian, Old and New Tang Dynasties
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