Female junior, holding gold bricks. Female senior thirty, send Jiangshan. Female eldest three hundred, send the elixir. Empress Xiao was exactly thirty years older than Li Shimin, and Li Shimin naturally had to make good arrangements for this distinguished guest to send to Jiangshan.
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The legendary life of Xiao Meiniang
Xiao Meiniang was evaluated in her early years when she was met by a warlock: "Mother yi the world, fate with peach blossoms", throughout Xiao Meiniang's life, in one sentence, it is "the king's woman".
Xiao Meiniang was born in the imperial family and was the daughter of Xiao Yue, the Ming Emperor of Southern Liang. Born in Jiangnan, the beauty of mountains and waters is also beautiful. Due to the custom of "not giving birth in February" in Jiangnan, after Xiao Meiniang was born, she was sent to her uncle's house to raise her.
Not long after, her uncle and husband died, and she was transferred to her uncle Zhang Ke's family to raise her, and developed the habit of doing everything herself. Later, Yang Jian established the Sui Dynasty, and once chose concubines for Yang Guang, the king of Jin, in Liangdi, there were many beautiful women in Liangdi, divination was many people, and the gua elephant showed no auspiciousness, only Xiao Meiniang's gua elephant showed auspiciousness.
As a result, Xiao Meiniang was taken back to Chang'an by Yang Guang and became the Princess of Jin.
At that time, Yang Guang was still the King of Jin, and the crown prince had already been occupied by Yang Yong, but Yang Guang still wanted to try it in his heart. As a result, Xiao Meiniang became Yang Guang's xiannai assistant. "Life is like a drama, all rely on acting skills" If Yang Guang and his wife were not born in the imperial family, they could completely become actors and eat art.
Acting for what? What Yang Jian and Empress Jia Luo liked, they would act. Yang Jian lived frugally, and the two were very affectionate, once swore not to have a different belly, in feudal society, this is difficult, but Yang Jian did it.
Yang Guang and Xiao Meiniang also joined hands to show the world the appearance of a model couple, Yang Guang not only loved Xiao Meiniang, but also lived a simple and humble life, which won praise from inside and outside the imperial court. However, Prince Yang Yong likes beautiful women and lives a luxurious life, in contrast, Yang Guang is more excellent.
In addition, Yang Guang had nothing to give Lady Xuanhua a gift, and let Lady Xuanhua say a few kind words in front of Yang Jian, so Yang Guang smoothly sat on the throne of the crown prince, and then successfully sat on the throne, becoming the second emperor of the Sui Dynasty.
During Yang Guang's reign, there were more than one or two large sums, and each one of them could be called a shock to the past. Although Xiao Meiniang also made many suggestions in various aspects, the emperor was still Yang Guang, and she could only mention it.
The excavation of canals and the conquest of Goguryeo several times saw the domestic resentment boiling. Yang Guang first suppressed, later generations compromised, after the suppression was fruitless, he simply took Xiao Meiniang south to Jiangdu and lived a life of drunken dreams.
After a wine banquet, Yang Guang sighed at the bronze mirror in front of him: "Who will cut off such a good head in the end?" Xiao Meiniang rushed to comfort him, and the two of them hugged their headaches and cried.
One night, Yu Wenhua and his soldiers broke into Yang Guang's palace, strangled Yang Guang with a white silk, and took Xiao Meiniang for himself.
Yu Wenhua and can be said to have played a good hand of cards, which could have blackmailed tianzi to order the princes, but in order to possess Xiao Meiniang, they killed Yang Guang. If you kill the old emperor and become the new emperor, then usurping the throne is simply too simple. Soon after, reality gave Yu Wenhua and the first blow.
After Yu Wenhua and killed Yang Guang, he had the intention to attack Yu Wenhua and his people, and even raised the banner of avenging Yang Guang, to say that the face was really thick enough, obviously he was also an anti-thief, and also shouted to avenge the former emperor.
Li Mi was one of them, and he led the rebel army of Wagangzhai to launch an attack on Yu Wenhua. It was also common for the anti-kings to merge with each other, and he originally planned to annex Yu Wenhua and then take over Wang Shichong. If Li Mi does these two things, the world will be at his fingertips.
Yu Wenhua was defeated by Li Mi and ran to Wei County, next to Dou Jiande. Yu Wenhua and then out of the way, even in a dignified way to claim the emperor, if the Sui Emperor is not dead, Yu Wenhua and with this piece of amulet casually walk sideways. But after he was hanged by Li Mi, he was still so high-profile.
So Dou Jiande simply sent troops to destroy Yu Wenhua and . Typical of not doing not die, Yu Culture and after death, Xiao Meiniang was collected by Dou Jiande, the world was amazed by Xiao Meiniang's beauty, where is Dou Jiande willing to give up this good opportunity? As a result, Empress Xiao became Dou Jiande's woman again.
According to the age, Xiao Meiniang at this time is already 50 years old, perhaps, he and Yu Wenhua did not possess Xiao Meiniang. But now I can only guess, after all, there is no accurate record in this piece.
Although Xiao Meiniang was old at that time, no matter which way the anti-king finally got the world, Xiao Meiniang would be included in the harem in name. Xiao Meiniang is a label that represents the southern Xiao clan, and with the support of the Xiao clan, it has obtained half of the Jiangnan.
Xiao Meiniang's surplus value was naturally regarded as a fragrant feast by all the anti-kings, and the Turks who aspired to enter the Central Plains were also paving the way for the future entry into the Central Plains.
Princess Yicheng was Xiao Meiniang's sister-in-law, and when she heard that Xiao Meiniang was at Dou Jiande's office, she wrote directly to him to ask for someone. Because the Turkic clan was brave and good at war, no matter which way they rebelled against the king, they were mainly appeased to the Turks, so in 619 AD, Dou Jiande sent Xiao Meiniang to the Turks.
From 619 AD to 630 AD, Xiao Meiniang lived in turks for 11 years. At this time, the Central Plains Dynasty was in a state of flux, and Dou Jiande and Li Mi were all destroyed by Li Tang, and Li Yuan established the Tang Empire.
At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the rulers of the Tang Dynasty were powerless to conquer the Turks in the north, after all, the outside must first be inside. However, in 626 AD, the Turks actually invaded the Tang Dynasty, and Li Shimin personally went to Weishui, spoke across the water from Jieli Khan, and formed an alliance of Benqiao.
This was obviously Li Shimin's expedient measure, and in 629 AD, Li Shimin sent Li Jing and Li Ji to lead troops to attack Jieli Khan with Xue Yantuo and others, and Jieli was defeated at Yinshan, captured alive and brought back to Chang'an, and the Eastern Turks were destroyed.
Xiao Meiniang was rescued and returned to Chang'an, ending an 11-year Turkic career.
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How Li Shimin will treat Xiao Meiniang
Xiao Meiniang, as the empress of the former Sui Dynasty Emperor, was picked up by Li Shimin after several turnovers, how to treat her, this melon was eaten by posterity for thousands of years.
Especially in the "Sui and Tang" series of film and television works, Xiao Meiniang was taken back to the Tang by Li Shimin at the Turkic place, and Li Shimin accepted all of them according to the order, and included Xiao Meiniang in the harem. Even if Xiao Meiniang is a mature and intellectual beauty, you must know that at that time, she was also in her 60s.
Imagine that in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, an old woman lived in the grassland for 11 years, even if it is no matter how much maintenance, it is difficult to call a beautiful woman.
Simply analyzing Li Shimin from the appearance of Li Shimin is impossible to include Xiao Meiniang in the harem.
In addition, Xiao Meiniang belongs to Li Shimin's elders in terms of generations. Li Yuan and Yang Guang are two sisters-in-law, so Xiao Meiniang is Li Shimin's cousin. Although in the Li Tang Dynasty, marrying a brother-in-law or something is really not a matter, but marrying his cousin, personally feels that Li Shimin is not so addicted.
In addition, Li Shimin also married a small princess of the Sui Emperor, which was even more chaotic in terms of generations, and Xiao Meiniang was his mother-in-law, which showed that Xiao Meiniang would not appear in Li Shimin's harem.
In summary, Li Shimin should make proper arrangements for Xiao Meiniang. First, Xiao Meiniang was his elder, and although Li Shimin had seized the Sui Emperor's country, they were still relatives after all. Although the Sui Emperor was tyrannical, it did not mean that the Sui Emperor did not have loyal iron fans.
As the widow of the former dynasty, Li Shimin took good care of Xiao Meiniang, and to a certain extent, the contradiction with the former dynasty Yu Party was eased, after all, the Emperor of Sui Dynasty and the Emperor of Sui were already dead, and Li Shimin did not kill them all, and if they did not do too much, they could not break the net.
As the empress of the former dynasty, Xiao Meiniang gave preferential treatment to her, in addition to her private feelings, but also highlighted her unique personality charm. Although the matter of seizing the throne was a bit off-the-beaten-path, he still performed well enough from the perspective of accepting the remnants of the former dynasty and the old department of Li Jiancheng and others.
Then there is the clichéd problem, in order to gain the support of Xiao Meiniang's family behind her. Being good to a person is actually very simple, it is easier than killing a person. The rulers of Li And Tang also relied on these families to maintain their rule, so Li Shimin also needed to obtain the support of the clans.
And the Xiao clan behind Xiao Meiniang, originally from the royal family, was entangled in power in the Jiangnan region, taking good care of Xiao Meiniang, it is equivalent to obtaining the support of the Xiao clan, such a stable and profitable business, where he is willing to give up. Xiao Meiniang was still robbed by these anti-kings when she was old, and many of them were eyeing the family resources behind her.
The female eldest was thirty, sent to Jiangshan, Xiao Meiniang was acquired by Li Tang, obtained the support of Xiao Shi, and also won half of the southern Jiangshan.
In addition, Li Shimin and Xiao Meiniang may have become friends for many years. Li Shimin's heart and courage also belong to the only existence among the emperors of previous dynasties. And Xiao Meiniang's life is also unusual, she is also a wise woman, purely in terms of governing the country, there must be a lot of high opinions.
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Where did the rumors that Li Shimin included Xiao Meiniang in the harem come from?
Yang Guang played jiangshan out of the way, and the clear-eyed people all attributed the reason to his good and great achievements, and there were always some people who would attribute the reason to Xiao Meiniang's body. The beauty of the government, seducing the emperor's heart, Yang Guang, Yu Wenhuahe, Dou Jiande, turkic khans, including Li Shimin were all attracted to Xiao Meiniang.
The world uses so many languages, just to prove one point to everyone, that is, the beauty of Xiao Meiniang. Yang Guang's pot that was destroyed still had to be thrown to Xiao Meiniang.
But the clear-eyed people can see at a glance that in that era, the reason why they competed to grab Xiao Meiniang was nothing more than to look at her identity and the resources behind her. As for beauty, who covets an old woman?