In the history of the harem, there are not many people who have left the good name of the empress dowager, and Liu Xiu's empress Yin Lihua and Zhu Yuanzhang's empress Ma can be counted in this list. However, there was only one person left behind, and that was Li Shimin's eldest grandson, Empress Dowager.
Empress Eldest Grandson in the TV series "Zhenguan Long Song"
Empress Changsun was the daughter of the Sui Dynasty Right Guard general Sun Sheng (shèng) and the sister of the Tang Dynasty chancellor Sun Wuji. Changsun Sheng, whose ancestral home was Luoyang, Henan, served as a general of the Right Xiao Wei in the Sui Dynasty, and at that time had the reputation of killing two birds with one stone, not only for the achievements of the pacifying turks, but also in military diplomacy.
Changsun Sheng had five sons and one daughter, of which the eldest grandson Wuji and the eldest grandson Empress were both born to the Gao clan. When Changsun Sheng was alive, the family was harmonious and happy, and their lives were happy. But with the death of The Eldest Sun Sheng (609), this balance was upset. The eldest grandson Wuji and the eldest grandson empress brother and sister were constantly ostracized and discriminated against because of their outbursts, especially their third brother, The eldest son Anye, who had always looked at them unfavorably, and the eldest grandson Sheng was still restrained when he was there. After the death of the eldest grandson Sheng, the tight curse on the head of the eldest son Anye disappeared, and his true face was gradually revealed. Often insulting the two brothers and sisters, and even punching and kicking each other, the 8-year-old empress eldest grandson was often scared to cry. And the 15-year-old eldest grandson is humiliated, often fights with the eldest grandson Anye, because of his young age, the eldest grandson naturally suffers losses more, and the rest of the family, no one comes forward to dissuade, pull the frame, just watch the joke on the side. In the end, the two brothers and sisters and their mother were finally driven out of the house by the eldest grandson Anye, and the mother Gao Shi had no choice but to take two children back to her mother's house, turn to her brother Gao Shilian, and live a life under the fence, but fortunately Gao Shilian was very kind to the mother and son three, and the degree of eating and wearing was like a family.
The eldest grandson in the TV series "Zhenguan Long Song"
The sun rises and sets, the bucket turns to the stars, and in the blink of an eye, the eldest grandson of the empress is twelve years old, and has reached the age of marriage. Marrying at the age of twelve was a normal thing in the Tang Dynasty, and in the early Tang Dynasty you could marry at the age of twelve, and if you did not marry at the age of eighteen, you would be punished. One day, Gao Shilian said to his sister: "The brother-in-law's three-year mourning period has expired, and it is time to consider the marriage of the little girl." Gao Shi said happily: "Brother Lao bothered, the little girl has a marriage contract before, and you also know this." Previously, the younger daughter's uncle, Changsun Zhao (Changsun Sheng's older brother), persuaded her husband Jun (Changsun Sheng) to marry the Li family, and after thinking about it again, the husband and Li Yuan had privately made a marriage contract, but at that time, the child was still young, and he only waited until he was old enough to complete the marriage. As a result, soon after, the husband died, and the matter was never mentioned again. Alas, now that our mother and son are in my brother's house, I really don't know what to do about it! "Alas! Sister don't worry, this matter is all about my brother. Gao Shilian said in a serious tone: "This Li Shimin is a good friend of unscrupulous, often come to our house, I see that this person has an extraordinary appearance, both culture and martial arts, very comparable, and will certainly have great achievements in the future." The following year (613 AD), Gao Shilian finally facilitated this and married the thirteen-year-old Empress Eldest Sun to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin and the eldest grandson in the TV series "Zhenguan Long Song"
After the marriage, empress eldest grandson returned to her mother's house, and Gao Shilian's little wife saw a large horse tied to the outside of the house of empress dowager, and felt very frightened in her heart, so she told Gao Shilian about it. Gao Shilian was also very confused about this, so he asked someone to make a gua, and the gua elephant showed that Kun Tai had met, saying that it was a great auspicious and beneficial gua, kun gua was in line with the meaning of heaven, like the earth can accommodate all things, the mare is the symbol of kun gua, and the content of this gua is related to people's life on earth. Kun Gua transforms into Tai Gua, which means that heaven and earth are sympathetic and all things are smooth. On the whole, a woman is in a dignified position, in a middle position, and is the image of a queen concubine! Gao Shilian was overjoyed after hearing this, and after his relatives and friends learned of this matter, they had more respect for the eldest grandson.
After Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty, the crown prince Li Jiancheng joined forces with Li Yuanji, the King of Qi, to exclude Li Shimin. As the princess of Qin, the eldest grandson of the clan naturally sided with her husband, and while serving Li Yuan wholeheartedly, she treated Li Yuan's concubines with courtesy and deference in order to win support and eliminate everyone's suspicion of Li Shimin. On the eve of Li Shimin's xuanwumen rebellion, the Changsun clan personally comforted and encouraged the soldiers, distributed weapons and armor to the soldiers, encouraged everyone to actively participate in the battle, heroically killed the enemy, and swore allegiance to Li Shimin, the king of Qin. After that, we are all too familiar with the incident, Li Shimin set up an ambush at Xuanwu Gate, shot his brother Li Jiancheng and his fourth brother Li Yuanji, forced his father Li Yuan to abdicate, and then ascended the throne himself.
On the thirteenth day after Li Shimin ascended the throne, he was crowned empress by the twenty-six-year-old Eldest Sun. As an empress, she still maintains a simple and frugal style of life, and she will resolutely stop the extravagance and wasteful behavior of the harem, even her own son. Once, when Crown Prince Li Chengqian's nursing mother applied for the addition of some daily necessities to the Eastern Palace, Empress Eldest Sun said angrily: "What the prince lacks most now is moral conduct and fame, what is the use of adding these things?" ”
Prince Li Chengqian in the TV series "Zhenguan Long Song"
For her third brother, Changsun Anye, Empress Eldest Sun not only did not retaliate against him, but instead ignored her previous suspicions, repaid her grievances with virtue, treated Changsun Anye kindly, and promoted him to an official. In the first year of Zhenguan (627), the eldest son Anye should be executed for his participation in the rebellion of Li Xiaochang and others, the king of Nghe An. However, Empress Eldest Sun remembered her old feelings, and knelt down and prostrated her head to plead with Emperor Taizong: "The sins committed by my brother Changsun Anye will not be unjustified ten times. But he used to be bad to me, and everyone in the world knows that now that you are going to execute him, people will definitely say that I am a personal vendetta, which will not only affect my reputation, but also affect you! Later, Changsun Anye was exempted from the death penalty and was given the prefecture of Xī (present-day Yuexi County, Xichang, Sichuan).
Empress Eldest Sun loved to read history books, and she was well aware of the consequences of the harem and foreign relatives interfering in politics, so she tried her best to avoid herself and her family from participating in politics and interfering in politics. Once, when Emperor Taizong encountered problems in major state affairs and wanted to hear his wife's opinions, Empress Eldest Sun resigned: "If the hens are all chirping in the morning, this family will be very poor, and I am a woman and a Taoist family, and it is not good to express opinions on state affairs." Taizong repeatedly asked her opinion, but she remained silent and ignored it. On another occasion, Emperor Taizong planned to reuse Empress Eldest Sun's elder brother Changsun Wuji to govern the country, and Empress Eldest Sun felt that this was very bad when she found out, and said to Emperor Taizong: "I have now stayed in the imperial palace, and I am already extremely honorable, and I really do not want my relatives to take over the power of the imperial court anymore." The Lü Hou and Huo Guang families of the Han Dynasty are the lessons of the past. Emperor Taizong did not listen, and appointed the eldest son Wuji as a servant of Shangshu, equivalent to the current premier of the State Council. She secretly asked her elder brother Eldest Sun Wuji to resign from the government, and Emperor Taizong really had no choice but to agree to Eldest Sun Wujie's request.
Li Shimin in the TV series "Zhenguan Long Song"
Later, Empress Eldest Sun and Emperor Taizong were recuperating in Baoji Jiucheng Palace and became seriously ill, at this time Chai Shao reported urgently, Emperor Taizong hurriedly put on his armor and got up to understand the situation, Empress Eldest Sun dragged the illness to follow Emperor Taizong, and the person in charge of the palace persuaded: "Your current situation should not be accompanied." Empress Eldest Sun said, "The emperor was greatly shocked by this, how can I enjoy myself here alone?" After that, Empress Eldest Sun's illness became more and more serious, and the crown prince Li Chengqian wanted to pray for her mother's blessing and avoid disaster through amnesty and guangdu layman's monastic practice. Empress Eldest Sun said to her son: "The death and life of man have their own arrangements in heaven, and no human being can change it. If doing good deeds and accumulating virtue can prolong my life, then I have never done evil in my life, how can it be effective, so what else can I pray for? In addition, amnesty is such a major state affair, Buddhism and Taoism are different religions, these are things that the emperor does not do, how can I disturb the state laws and regulations because I am sick. The crown prince was not dead hearted, and did not dare to tell Emperor Taizong about this, so he went to consult Fang Xuanling, and Fang Xuanling knew about it and played this matter to Emperor Taizong, who praised Empress Dowager Changsun.
Xianyang, Shaanxi, Liquan County, Tang Taizong Li Shimin Zhao Mausoleum.
On her deathbed, Empress Changsun said goodbye to Emperor Taizong, when Fang Xuanling was dismissed from his post for being punished and unemployed at home. Empress Eldest Sun said: Fang Xuanling has followed you for many years, participated in many secret and surprising plans, nothing is too big, don't abandon him. My family has been entrusted with the emperor's kindness, and if there is nothing to do, if the character is not good, and it is easy to cause trouble, please do not give them any power, just arrange an idle post in the imperial court. I don't have any big deeds in this life, don't bury me thickly after death, I just hope to use the mountain as a grave, without a coffin, and bury my commonly used daily necessities. In short, if you can save, you can save. In addition, His Majesty should listen more to the opinions of loyal subjects and less to those that stir up dissension. It is necessary to reduce patrols, hunting, construction and other things. After saying this, Empress Eldest Sun died at the age of thirty-six, with the title empress Wende, and was buried in Tang Zhaoling.
"Spring Journey"
Empress Don Wende
The peach blossoms in the Upper Garden are bright and the concubines of Lan Yuyan are in love with spring.
Inoue Shin-momo steals her face, and the eaves are light.
Flowers come to see dancing butterflies, and trees grow and listen to warblers.
Why should Lin Xia borrow from afar, the outstanding style is famous in the past.