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The emperor's daughter really doesn't have to worry about getting married?
We have heard the saying since we were children: "The emperor's daughter does not worry about getting married." ”
However, when you actually walk into the corridor of history and open the dusty scrolls, you will find that - hey, it's not that simple!
The married life of the princesses of the Tang Dynasty is like a court drama with ups and downs, full of various reversals and accidents.
If you were a princess of the Tang Dynasty, did you think you could be like a princess in a fairy tale, wearing a gorgeous dress and a glittering crown, and then marry a handsome and dashing prince and live happily ever after?
In that era, the marriage of the princesses was not up to them, and their love and marital freedom were firmly controlled by the "invisible hand" of imperial power.
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The princess's marriage is not just a political show!
When it comes to the marriage of princesses in the Tang Dynasty, it is really a political show! The marriage of princesses is often closely linked to the political interests of the country, and they are like chess pieces, carefully placed in every corner of the chessboard by the emperor's father.
For example, the princess of Qiyang of Tang Xianzong Li Chun, she is the emperor's precious daughter! However, when it is time to get married, the emperor's father finds that it is not so easy to find her a good mother-in-law.
Why? Because those officials and eunuchs of the court and the central government are all very shrewd, and they know that marrying a princess is equivalent to marrying an "ancestor" to go home and provide for them.
Not only do you have to endure the princess's various tempers (after all, people are golden branches and jade leaves, and it is normal to have a little temper), but also always beware of being used by the princess's father (that is, the emperor) to consolidate the imperial power.
Therefore, these officials and eunuchs have found excuses to resign from this family business.
This made the emperor's father anxious! He thought to himself: Is it true that my daughter can't get married?
So, he had to order Prime Minister Li Jifu to choose carefully in the court to see if he could find a "blind" willing to marry his daughter.
As a result, Li Jifu inspected all the children of the eunuchs in the imperial court, and finally found that there was really no one who was willing to be the emperor's son-in-law!
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It's hard to be a horse, who wants to be the hero with the "green hat on the head"?
In this male-dominated society, the role of a colt is really not good!
You think, after marrying the princess, you not only have to endure her various "works" (after all, people are golden branches and jade leaves, and it is normal to have a little "work"), but also be ready to be used by her father (that is, the emperor) to consolidate the imperial power.
This is simply a war without gunpowder!
And, you know, there was a particularly strange rule in the Tang Dynasty: if the princess died, the concubine should be mourned for three years!
In the past three years, you have not only to wear coarse linen clothes and eat vegetarian food (which makes your scalp tingle just to think about), but also have no entertainment (you can't even laugh)!
Therefore, many aspiring men retreated as soon as they heard this regulation. They would rather go to the frontier to fight, shed blood and sweat than be the hero with the "green hat on their head"!
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Who would dare to marry her and go home for the New Year!
In addition to political factors, the princesses of the Tang Dynasty also have a prohibitive "advantage" - that is, they often do not cultivate women's morality and have a bold style!
In that era, women had to abide by the three obedience and four virtues and abide by women's morals. But what?
These princesses all seem to have traveled back from modern times, they not only like to show their heads and interfere in government politics (this is a man's business!), but also like to raise male pets and have affairs (this is simply a provocation to the patriarchal society!).
Do you think, if you were a normal man (of course, "normal" here means the kind of "normal" that conformed to the social values of the time), would you be willing to marry such a woman and go home for the New Year?
I'm afraid you don't even dare to think about it! Because the behavior of these princesses was simply a serious challenge to the morality of the society at that time!
Their behavior not only makes men feel ashamed and angry (after all, men are face-loving creatures), but also makes women feel uneasy and worried (after all, no one wants their husbands to be seduced by other women).
So, in that era, many men would rather fight a bachelor than marry a princess and go home for the New Year! They would rather go to the Qinglou to talk to a girl than go to the palace to find a princess to live!
Because, in that era, the word "princess" became synonymous with "hot potato"!
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The marriage of a princess is a game of thrones!
Seeing this, do you think that the married life of the princesses of the Tang Dynasty is simply like a farce? In fact, this just reflects the social reality and power struggle of that era!
In that era, there was a fierce contest between imperial power and husband's power, male power and women's power! And the princesses, as representatives and symbols of imperial power, naturally became the focus and epitome of this contest!
So, the married life of the princesses of the Tang Dynasty is really a game of thrones! In this game, the princesses are both pawns and players!
Their fate is determined by multiple factors such as imperial power, husband power, and public opinion! But what about it? In this game, there are also some princesses who fight for their fate with their own wisdom and courage!
They have proved with their actions that they must be brave enough to pursue their happiness even in the whirlpool of power!
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The princess's marriage is really joyful and worrying!
After reading the marriage story of the princesses of the Tang Dynasty, do you think it's funny and sad?
In fact, history is always full of all kinds of contradictions and conflicts, and the married life of princesses is only a microcosm of them!
But in any case, we should praise the princesses who dare to pursue their own happiness, because they have proved to us by their actions:
Bravely pursue your own happiness whenever and wherever you are! Even in the shadow of power, you must strive to find your own sunshine!