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In history, there are many emperors and generals who have passed away with emotion, such as Emperor Yuwen Yong of Zhou Wu and Chai Rong of Zhou Shizong, who are both in their heroic years and are about to achieve great deeds, but they regret to pass away. Compared with the emperor, the early death of many virtuous and promising crown princes also made people who read history sigh, and the typical representative of this was Zhu Biao, the eldest son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the grandfather of the Ming Dynasty, if he did not die early, a group of courtiers would not have died, let alone the Battle of Jingnan, and the title of Emperor Taizongwen was estimated to be his.
Pretending to be Yang Zhao (it's too hard to find a picture)
In fact, the story of Zhu Biao was staged as early as the Sui Dynasty, this only twenty-something crown prince Yang Zhao is Yang Guang's eldest son, he is virtuous and promising, deeply loved by his parents, Zhu Biao is simply a copy of him, if Yang Zhao did not die young, perhaps Yang Guang would not be so anxious, because he knew that he had an heir who could inherit the great cause, some projects and strategies he could leave in the future, and the Sui Dynasty would not die twice. Yang Zhao's reputation as a figure who profoundly influenced the course of history is not obvious, and his early death and the early death of the Sui Dynasty have also left a mystery for future generations, and we may be able to get an answer that is infinitely close to the truth through historical analysis, but it can never be confirmed.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > eldest son of the King of Jin, and both parents are heavenly nobles</h1>
Yang Zhao's origin is very good among the ancient princes, he was born in the fourth year of the Kai Emperor (584) on the fifth day of the first month, the father is the Jin King Yang Guang, the mother is the Jin Princess Xiao Shi, this Xiao Princess was born in Lanling Xiao clan, is a descendant of Emperor LiangWu, his father is the emperor Xiao Jiao, who divided the small regime of Western Liang, in other words, Xiao Shi is also a princess, and it should be noted that Xiao Shi married Yang Guang in the second year of The Kai Emperor, when Western Liang had not yet perished, this is really a story of a princess marrying a prince.
Xiao Shi in the film and television drama
At the age of three, yu Xuanwumen made stone masters, and Gao Zu and the literature later arrived at his place. Gao Zu was suffering from low back pain, and after raising his hand, Zhao Yin avoided it, and so on. Gao Zu sighed, "Heavenly Grower, who reinstated!" "By is the great wonder. - "Biography of the Sons of the Sui Shu ▪ Emperor"
More than a year after the marriage of the two, Xiao gave birth to Yang Guang's eldest son Yang Zhao, who was raised in the palace after birth and received special love from his grandfather and grandmother. When Yang Zhao was three years old, he was playing with the stone lion next to xuanwu gate, and happened to see his grandfather and grandmother passing by, and it just so happened that Yang Jian had a few days of waist pain, so he put his hand on the lonely queen to borrow power, Yang Zhao immediately avoided it, Yang Jian sighed that this child was a "heavenly grower", and asked "Who taught this?" "It's very peculiar.
Yang Zhao's three-year-old understanding of "incivility do not look at" is indeed extraordinary, whether it is because Yang Jian and Dugu Jia luo are the empress or they are their grandparents, Yang Zhao's actions are very mature and knowledgeable, but he was only three years old at the time, even if he did not obey the etiquette, no one would say him, and the comprehension ability of a three-year-old child is also limited, in this regard, it is indeed impossible to look at Yang Zhao from the perspective of an ordinary child.
The Sui Wendi couple in the film and television drama
Later, Yang Zhao grew up a little, Yang Jian once joked that he wanted to marry a daughter-in-law to his grandson, Yang Zhao actually cried directly, Yang Jian saw that ai sun cried, it was also a little strange, quickly asked the reason, Yang Zhao told his grandfather, "I see that the fifth uncle (Yang Yu, the King of Han) can often accompany his grandfather and grandmother before marrying, but after marrying a relative, he will leave the palace, I don't want to leave you and my grandmother, so I cry", Yang Jian listened to what he liked. This must be understandable, which grandfather does not like to hear his grandson talk like this.
When you read this, it is estimated that you will be the same as the author, and there will be such a speculation, will this be taught by Yang Guang and his wife? After all, during the kai emperor's reign, Yang Guang was actually secretly plotting a wife, and having such a good son, naturally he also had to make good use of it. However, after all, this is not like the TV series, Wu Sidao guessed a question, and gave Hongli an opportunity to attract his grandfather's attention. Moreover, Yang Zhao has always been raised in the palace, and Yang Guang and his wife cannot always enter the palace, which is less likely. However, yang Zhao's implicit role in the process of Yi Chu and his wife of Emperor Wen of Sui must not be ignored.
Yong Duo Nei pet, Zhao Xun Yun clan, especially known as 嬖幸, Li Pi Yu Concubine. - "Biography of the Sons of Emperor Wen of Sui ▪"
Yun's in film and television dramas
As mentioned above, Yang Yong's crown princess Yuan Shi is childless, in fact, it is not just a problem of childlessness, it is Yang Yong who does not like this wife at all, his favorite is the second person in the tai womb, Zhaoxun Yunshi, here is a little knowledge point, in the early Sui Dynasty, Zhaoxun is the position of the crown princess in the womb, Liang Di is under Zhaoxun, after Yang Guang took the throne, he hated what Yun Zhaoxun did, so he abolished the position of Zhaoxun, so Liangdi became the second-level position of the princely palace.
Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo were very dissatisfied with their son's love for the concubine, snubing the wife, and even raising the courtesy of the concubine room to the same behavior as the wife, which was one of the important reasons why Yang Jian and his wife later decided to depose Yang Yong.
Not only that, Yang Yong's eldest son was born to Yun Zhaoxun, how could Yang Jian and his wife allow the woman they hated the most to become empress and empress dowager in the future? Compared with Yang Guang's side, with Yang Zhao, such a likable child, the balance in the hearts of the two old men naturally fell to Yang Guang. Of course, the issue of heirs is by no means the only reason for Yang Jian and his wife to depose Yang Yong, but Yang Zhao is indeed a plus for Yang Guang.
In the spring of the tenth year, Yi Wei made Emperor Sun Zhao the king of Henan. - Sui Shuwen ▪ Emperor Ji
Yang Jun in film and television dramas
When Yang Zhao was six years old, he was made the King of Henan by his grandfather, henan county is a big county under the heavens, during the reign of Emperor Wen of Sui, he went to Luoyang (belonging to Henan County) to eat, and was named Henan, which shows the special favor for Yang Zhao. When this child is older, he naturally has to talk about marriage, for this marriage of loving sun, Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo couple are quite important, and they have chosen Cui Shi Hongsheng, the daughter of Cizhou Thorn Shi Cui Hongsheng, who was born in the second room of the Boling Cui clan, as the princess, and Yang Zhao's third uncle Yang Jun, the king of Qin, married Cui's aunt, so Yang Zhao and the third uncle became double relatives.
However, this third uncle and wife aunt is really cruel, because Yang Jun is a good woman, this Princess of Qin actually killed Yang Jun with chronic poison out of jealousy, after the incident, Princess Qin was given to commit suicide, and was affected by Princess Qin, Yang Zhao also had to divorce Cui Shi on the table, and then married Wei Shou, the daughter of Wei Xiaokuanzi of Wei Xiaokuanzi, who was born in Jingzhao Wei, as a princess.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > from the King of Jin to the Crown Prince, following in the footsteps of his father</h1>
Ren Shouchu (仁寿初), the King of Jin, Bai Nei Shi Ling, and the General of the Left Guard. After three years, he was transferred to Yongzhou Pastoral. - "Biography of the Sons of the Sui Shu ▪ Emperor"
Actor Fu Dalong plays Yang Guang
In October of the twentieth year of the reign of Emperor Kai, Yang Jian finally decided to depose Yang Yong as crown prince, and then in November he made Yang Guang crown prince, and announced that he would change his name to Yuan Renshou the following year, and within a few days of the new year, Yang Jian made Yang Zhao the Prince of Jin on the grounds that Yang Guang had succeeded him as crown prince, and held an important position in the imperial court. In the fourth year of the kai emperor, Yang Zhao was transferred to yongzhou pastor, and in these years, Yang Zhao's internal affairs were experienced, and he also won a considerable prestige among the courtiers.
In the first year of Daye, the emperor sent emissaries to be made crown prince. - "Biography of the Sons of the Sui Shu ▪ Emperor"
In the same year that Yang Zhao was transferred to Yongzhou Mu, Yang Jian died at Renshou Palace, Yang Guang was able to take the throne, and then went to Luoyang, so that Yang Zhao stayed in Daxing (Chang'an was called Daxing in the Sui Dynasty), and announced yang Zhao as the crown prince in Luoyang, although Yang Zhao and his father took a completely different path, but the general direction was the same, from the King of Jin to the Crown Prince, so what about Yang Zhao, the crown prince?
Zhu Biao, played by actor He Shengming
There were two famous crown princes in later generations, the first was Zhu Biao, the eldest son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, and his three most significant characteristics were that he was generous and had outstanding abilities and died young, and the other was zhu Gaozi, who was the eldest son of Emperor Ming Taizong Zhu Di, and his remarkable characteristics were fat, generous, and capable, and Yang Zhao alone covered these two characteristics.
Sexual humility, harsh words, not anger. There are people who have deep resentments to blame, but the cloud is "big is not". There are not many food, and the drapery is extremely frugal. Whoever has an old parent will ask him if he is safe or not, and he will be blessed in his old age. His benevolence is so. - "Biography of the Sons of the Sui Shu ▪ Emperor"
The same as the eldest son, Yang Zhao and the great uncle Yang Yong are not the same, Yang Zhao is a collection of thousands of favors in one, not only from childhood to get the love of his grandparents, parents are also very fond of him, Yang Guang is more high hopes for him, and several years of experience let Yang Zhao handle state affairs handily, both inside and outside the government and the public are full of praise for this crown prince, just imagine, if Yang Zhao did not die young, maybe Yang Guang would not be so anxious, Yang Zhao will also find a way to advise his father, and his benevolence and ability to deal with things, It is inevitable that he will be able to maintain the balance of the government during the years of Daye, and Yang Guang will naturally not have so many omissions in strategy and the situation.
Actress Liu Xiaoqing plays Empress Xiao
Voxel fertilizer, due to labor disease. The Emperor ordered the witches to look at it, yun: "The king of Fangling is the only one." "Not much. - "Biography of the Sons of the Sui Shu ▪ Emperor"
Since it comes to the untimely death, we have to say that Yang Zhao has another characteristic, that is, "fat", how Yang Zhao died, and it is really no exaggeration to say that he died fat. In the second year of Daye, Yang Zhao went to Luoyang to make a pilgrimage to Yang Guang, and Yang Zhao, who had not met his parents for more than a year, was very happy, and Yang Guang and Empress Xiao were of course very happy, but according to Yang Guang's arrangement, he hoped that his son would stay in Daxing, so after a few months, he asked Yang Zhao to return to the west quickly.
Yang Zhao wanted to accompany his parents again, so he asked his father for advice, Yang Guang did not agree, he got up and knelt down and then got up and bowed again, so several times back and forth, so that Yang Zhao, who was already fat, was breathless, and even caused illness. The tai doctors could do nothing about it, Yang Guang could only use the dead horse as a living horse doctor, and found a witch to divinate, the witch said that it was the dead Fang Ling King (Yang Yong) who was doing it, Yang Guangguang was surprised, and then Yang Zhao really "returned to the west", and it was "the yellow crane is gone forever, and the white clouds are empty for a thousand years." Yang Zhao was only 23 years old when he died.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > suddenly passed away, leaving a thousand-year mystery for the world</h1>
Yang Zhao's death was a political earthquake for the Sui Dynasty, the two empresses were grief-stricken, and yang Guang was also very remorseful at this time, not that he wanted to accompany himself and the empress in Luoyang, this was not a big deal, how could he be so stubborn?
Yang Yong in film and television dramas
However, people could not be resurrected from the dead, Yang Guang issued an edict posthumously honoring Yang Zhao as the prince of Yuande, and built a mausoleum for his son, and only a month later, he made all three young grandsons princes, which was an extremely solemn etiquette, thinking that Yang Jian and his wife liked Yang Zhao so much that they did not make him a prince until Yang Guang was made crown prince, which showed that Yang Guang loved Yang Zhao, not only that, because he hated Yang Yong for "doing evil", he began to deal with Yang Yong's heirs severely, killing and degrading.
However, because of Yang Zhao's death, an important problem was placed in front of Yang Guang, that is, the problem of Li Chu. Yang Guang's heirs were not prosperous, and when Yang Zhao died, there was only one brother-in-law of Yang Huan, the King of Qi, the third brother died early, and the younger brother Yang Gao was born in the second year of Daye, the specific time is unknown. Yang Zhao had three sons, the eldest son Yang You the Prince of Yan, the second son Yang Tong the Prince of Yue, and the third son, Yang You, the Prince of Yue. And these five people were candidates for the heir of the Great Sui. Because Yang Guang did not determine the heir until his death, this problem has become a question for eternity.
"Map of The Emperors of past dynasties" Yang Guang
In ancient China, there was a patriarchal system, which was based on the order of concubines, honor, and inferiority, and the order of elders and children, which roughly solved the problem of inheritance in ancient times, and its criteria were "there is a concubine, no concubine and a long", "such as no heirs, brothers and brothers". In ancient times, the son born of the right wife was a concubine, and this right wife included the original match and the step-house, if the right wife had no children, it was necessary to choose the longest of the sons, and if there was no heir, it was to be selected from the younger brother, thus forming a very strict inheritance order.
It is ranked as the eldest son, the eldest grandson, the eldest son of the concubine, the eldest son of the concubine, the eldest brother or the longest of the brothers, the eldest grandson of the eldest grandson, the eldest brother or the longest of the brothers. Therefore, from the perspective of the patriarchal system, the succession order of the five descendants of Yang Guang was Yang You (born to The Crown Princess Wei), the second son of Yang You (born to Empress Xiao), the second son of Yang Gao (born to Empress Xiao), the son of Zhao (born to Xiao Concubine), the grandson of Yang You (born to Liu Liangdi), the son of Shu Changsun Yan (born to Liu Liangdi), and the second grandson of Yang Tong (born to Xiao Liu Liangdi).
Yang You in film and television dramas
In ancient times, there were eight times when the prince died early (the prince had a son and a brother), and the emperor had to choose another heir, five of which, the emperor at that time chose to establish grandchildren according to the patriarchal order, and three times chose to establish sons, it seems that there are more people who choose to abide by the patriarchal system, according to the patriarchal system, the most important thing to establish is Yang You, the eldest grandson of the eldest grandson.
He is quite arrogant, close to a villain, and his deeds are many outlaws. - "Biography of the Sons of the Sui Shu ▪ Emperor"
Yang Guang is a power controller, to be honest, he wants to set up whoever he wants, and there will be almost no resistance, so speculating on how Yang Guang will choose depends more on Yang Guang's love for these five people. When Yang Zhao had just died, Yang Guang directly assigned more than 20,000 subordinates of the princely palace to Yang Huan, the king of Qi, with the intention of establishing a prince, but the king of Qi later became a dog and a horse, harassed the people, had a very bad reputation among the courtiers, and even had an adulterous affair with his married sister-in-law, and then cursed the three nephews, Yang Guang was very disappointed and angry with him, even if Yang Guang chose Lizi, it was likely that he would never choose him.
Xiao Concubine and Yang Gao in film and television dramas
On the other hand, Yang Gao, the youngest son of Shu, Yang Guang was very fond of him, and at the age of six, he was crowned the King of Zhao, and he took him with him everywhere he went, and Yang Gao, a child who was smart, clever, and benevolent, in addition to not being a fat man, was simply a copy of Yang Zhao, so if he was a lizi, he was much more likely than Yang Zhao.
Yan Wang, Zi Ren'an, Min Hui Mei Ziyi. Emperor Jue was beloved by his grandsons and often left and right. Good reading, especially Confucianism, not created, like an adult. - "Biography of the Sons of the Sui Shu ▪ Emperor"
Among the three grandchildren, Yang Guang's favorite is the eldest grandson Yang Qian, although he is out of the woods, but his temperament is very similar to Yang Zhao, handsome and smart, such a grandson, which grandfather does not love. When Yang Guang went to Jiangdu for the third time, among Yang Zhao's several children, Yang Qi was the only one who was taken with him, Yang Tong and Yang You were guarding Luoyang and Daxing respectively, and from this strategic arrangement, Yang Guang's attention to Yang Zhao's family was self-evident.
From this point of view, if Yang Guang chooses Lizi, Yang Gao is the most likely, and if LiSun is Yang Gao, it is more likely, but Yang Guang did not expect that everything had become empty, and these children and grandchildren he brought with him were killed with him, even if the analysis was reasonable, it could not be confirmed after all.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Weiluan said:</h1>
The Book of Sui, edited by the Tang Dynasty, has this evaluation of Yang Zhao: "Prince Yuande is elegant and respectful, has the weight of a monarch, and the year is not eternal, mourning!" From the perspective of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Zhao's death greatly affected the direction of history, and the early death of Zhu Biao in later generations was not the same? So there's really nothing new under the sun.
Yang Zhao's early death is not only his personal tragedy, but also the tragedy of Yang Guang and the entire Sui Dynasty, and like Zhu Biao in later generations, his early death also makes people have a lot of associations, if how, if how, unfortunately history does not have ifs. Everyone looks at things from different angles, some people will think that this is the retribution of Yang Guang's framing of his brother, some people will think that this is a harbinger of the sui dynasty's fate is not long, some people will think that this is just a coincidence of historical development, in fact, history is like this, meandering forward under countless seemingly coincidental things, behind these coincidences there is also the truth of the development of things, and this kind of exploration may be the joy of history.