After the change of dynasty, the highlight of the historical stage came to the master of the new empire, words, music, costumes... will slowly cover a new mark one by one.
This side of the world is gathered, and many people look back only to see the most shining parts.
Pat the dust of history, and you will find that everyone has been recorded by time.
Even if that person is Sui Emperor Yang Guang.
He was notorious and extremely bad in the eyes of later generations.
The heavy tax and heavy labor made the people unbearable, and they just wanted him to leave quickly, and stop letting the whole world revolve around him and be enslaved by him.
When he was truly overthrown, in addition to clapping and applauding, there was also the sound of a confrontation with this move.
Li Yuan is also one of them.
But he was worried that his division would be unknown, and he had repeatedly returned before the uprising.
When he became emperor, he honored the Sui Dynasty as Zhengshuo and posthumously made Yang Guang Emperor.
He showed his kindness to everyone in the audience.
So, how did the descendants of the Sui Emperor deal with it?
Behind benevolence is fame business, and there is also continuous blood ties.
Son of a tyrant, condemned by all?
People in high positions can see a lot and see through, not to mention Yang Guang, the second son of the empress who was born in the palace since childhood.
With a deep heart, he secretly destroyed the reputation of his brother Yang Yong.
Under the promotion step by step, he finally became the prince smoothly.
Perhaps in the process of seizing the throne, excessive self-suppression, so that after becoming emperor, he was extremely indulgent, poor and extravagant, and exhaustive.
Save and be simple, not greedy for pleasure; Be respectful and observant, and do not go beyond the bounds; Single-minded, diligent, not lazy ... But in reality, everyone was deceived.
He reigned for more than ten years, and his notoriety has been passed down for thousands of years.
This included the brutal killing of his relatives when he took the throne.
This is also one of the similarities in which later generations compared the Sui Dynasty to the Qin Dynasty.
Because Qin II was afraid of being discovered and his succession was illegitimate, he first falsely announced his will to let Fusu commit suicide, and then aimed the butcher knife at his brothers and sisters, and dozens of people were beheaded and executed, not to mention being forced to commit suicide, and fearing that their families would be affected, and they asked for martyrdom.
The same goes for Yang Guang.
Before Emperor Wen of Sui died, Yang Guang's ambitions were exposed, but Emperor Wen of Sui could no longer stop it.
In order to secure the throne, Yang Guang forged Emperor Wen of Sui's will and forced Yang Yong to commit suicide.
According to the Book of Sui, Gaozu collapsed violently, and the secret was not lost... False as the edict of Gaozu, giving death to the people.
He then killed anyone who might affect his status one by one through false accusations, house arrest, exile, etc.
Here's the problem.
After Qin II, Xiang Yu led his troops to kill another wave of Qin Dynasty royal children, and it can be said that Qin Shi Huang is an absolute queen.
And what about the children of the Sui Emperor?
After all, he was so cruel to others and their children.
According to historical records, he had four sons and two daughters.
Yang Zhao, the crown prince of Yuande, died at the age of twenty-three under the unloving care of the Sui Emperor.
The third son died in infancy.
Here's a press and no more to say.
His second son, who was not related to him, also died because of him.
Emperor Sui's second son, Yang Xi was actually very much like him, so he was also displeased with him.
After Emperor Sui was killed, Yang Xi was also hunted down and killed by the chaotic army.
He even thought his father had sent someone to kill him. This shows the estrangement of the father-son relationship.
The youngest son, Yang Qi, was only eleven years old when he died.
At that time, Yu Culture and the rebellion in Jiangdu, Emperor Sui, who had wanted to commit suicide with poisoned wine, was hanged, and Yang Qiao stayed by Emperor Sui's side, and was directly hacked and killed by the rebels.
His eldest daughter, Princess Nanyang, married Yuwen Shihe.
However, in order to seek wealth and safety, Yu Wenshi defected to Li Yuan, leaving his wife and children in a chaotic world.
Princess Nanyang has been following the southern tour since Emperor Sui ascended the throne.
She was not only born beautiful, but also determined in mind.
When the country was broken and the family was dispersed, he was determined to restore the country.
Later, when the situation failed, his youngest son was killed, and he became a monk.
Yu Wenshi met her in Luoyang, lamented that the troubled times were not easy, and once wanted to remarry, but was rejected.
Emperor Sui was killed, and Princess Nanyang's temperament remained unchanged.
Dynasties change, and the army is in chaos.
In the midst of the chaos, books will be lost, houses will be burned, so people can easily disappear.
The final ending of Princess Nanyang - missing.
No one knows where she went.
At this point, only another daughter of Emperor Sui remained.
The two kings and the three made jokes early
There are few historical records about her, and unlike the other children of the Sui Emperor, she has a marked birth mother or a clear context of life experience.
Perhaps it was this unknown that allowed her to live, escape the catastrophe, and become the daughter-in-law of later Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, and later the concubine of Tang Taizong Li Shimin, and gave birth to two princes.
Why does she have such a good future?
Shiye, Meiya, Li Yuanye.
After the Sui Emperor ascended the throne, his true face was gradually revealed.
After the uprising of Yang Xuangan in the late Sui Dynasty, disputes arose in various places.
And Li Yuan, who was good at befriending benevolent and righteous people, was suspected by the Sui Emperor, so he Taoguang raised obscurity, directly accepted bribes, and drank indiscriminately to cover up.
Even if his power grew later, he did not act rashly and seriously helped Emperor Sui kill the rebels.
It was not until Emperor Sui rebelled ineffectively and wanted to offend him, that Li Yuan felt that the time had come, and then leisurely raised troops.
Although Emperor Sui quickly retracted his life, it was too late.
When the Sui and Tang dynasties said together, there was always closeness, because the Sui and Tang dynasties were originally a family.
Li Yuan's mother and Yang Guang's mother are half-sisters.
The Yang family and the Li family already have blood ties.
Although it is said that in the face of interests, do not talk about feelings.
However, if the ruler is too cold-blooded, the people will inevitably chill.
Therefore, the etiquette of "two kings and three ke" was moved out by Li Yuan.
This was the system of Yao Shun Yu Zen Ren, and after the establishment of the new dynasty, the royal family members of the old dynasty were to be made princes and consecrated as guests.
Although it is the etiquette of the Zen concession system, the logic of it does not match the later hereditary system.
But it works.
For the people, it can show the kindness of kings; For the former dynasty, there was no need to worry about being killed all the time, and the dog jumped over the wall to rebel everywhere; For the new emperor, he killed two birds with one stone and consolidated his rule.
Therefore, he did not have much doubt that his son Li Shimin would marry the daughter of Emperor Sui.
After he ascended the throne, he also posthumously crowned Emperor Sui to show his benevolence.
It's not just Don.
Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty made Li Houzhu a disobedient marquis, but secretly tortured people, and finally found a way to stab him in the head.
Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Yuan, chasing the Mongols north to fight, and at the same time made his grandson the Marquis of Chongli.
However, fortunately, Li Yuan, whom the princess met, was a good person.
In the records of the Sui Dynasty's royal family, such as the southward inspection, the Jiangdu mutiny, and the Yuwen hunt, she does not appear.
The Old Book of Tang wrote: "Mother Ke, the daughter of the Sui Emperor." ”
This is a clear affirmation in the history books for this descendant of the Sui Emperor.
There is another ominous person, that is, the grandson of Emperor Sui, Yang Zhengdao.
Everyone knows it
At that time, Yu Culture and mutiny, and killed almost all the men of the Sui royal family.
But Yang Zhengdao, as Yang Zhengdao's widow, escaped.
After Dou Jiande killed Yu Wenwen, Yang Zhengdao and Empress Xiao fell into his hands as one of the constructions of Dou Jiande's reputation.
The Eastern Turkic Zhiluo Khan, grateful for the kindness of the Sui Dynasty who helped him build the state, brought the two back to the Eastern Turks from Dou Jiande, and also allocated all the Central Plains forces in the Eastern Turks to Yang Zhengdao.
He even tried his best to arrange for the crowd and prepared to send troops to help Yang Zhengdao restore the country, but he died before he could do so.
After the Tang general Li Jing attacked and destroyed the Eastern Turks in the fourth year of Zhenguan, Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao also surrendered to Li Tang.
Li Shimin, who married the daughter of Emperor Sui, did not treat them badly.
He successively made Yang Zhengdao a foreign horse attendant and a monk Yi to serve the imperial court, and it was not until the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang that Yang Zhengdao died.
And when he died, the records of the descendants of the Sui Dynasty stopped here.
The deeds of tyrants are condemned by all.
But the tyrant's family, too, have to kill no one left?
It may be cruel from a modern perspective, but at the time, it was a need to consolidate power.
Fortunately, the rulers of the Sui and Tang dynasties belonged to the infighting in the family, and if they had feelings for each other, they could also take care of each other.
Fortunately, the establishment of Li Tang was after a tyrant.
They have to make comparisons to get more support.
Therefore, they must show "benevolence" and "goodness."
Support comes not only from the support of the people, but also from former ministers, former royal families, and former generals.
Even though we see that the Sui Emperor has defeated the foundations of the Sui Dynasty, the rulers of the Tang Dynasty cannot ignore the temptation that comes from the orthodox approval of the previous dynasty.
The intention behind the good name is known to everyone.
Compared with the people who were innocently affected by uninterrupted labor, compared with the peasants who were forcibly conscripted to the frontier to kill the enemy, and compared with the women who were chosen to stand helplessly in front of the Sui Emperor, they were once shrouded in the glory of the royal family.
When the dynasty collapsed, they were left unattended, and it was a matter of great luck to have someone to protect them and get a safe life.
To say sympathy and resentment is actually just to deserve it.
Therefore, the descendants of the former royal family in the shadow on the stage, even if they are seen in this way, are lucky.
To be able to come to the stage unharmed, I believe that they are alive, the greatest yearning at that time.
The Sui and Qin dynasties, as dynasties with similar fates, are often compared.
But compared with the two, it was always the Sui Dynasty that was more fortunate, perhaps to increase the praise for the reputation of the ruler, perhaps to be able to have more support, but the living people still have a happy ending.
After all, at any time, good fortune and misfortune always depend on each other, and there will be no eternal guarantee.
The fact that the descendants of the royal family who have seen away can look at their situation peacefully is the foundation of their survival.
History does not favor anyone, everyone just lives this life and then is recorded.
Open the next history book and read more sorrows and joys.
Bibliography:
Book of Sui
"General Guide to Governance"
History of the North
The Old Book of Tang