What kind of person was the eldest grandson of the Tang Dynasty?

Grandson of the Queen (60 1-636) was born in Luoyang, Henan. The ancestor was Tuoba of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and later it was the head of the imperial clan, because it was named the eldest grandson. Prime minister Gao Zuzhi, Feng Yi Wang. Great-grandfather Yu, Pingyuan Gong. Zutong, General Zuo. Father Sheng, the word Ji, dabbled in the history of books, with him, Shi Sui as the right general. Gao's mother is the grandson of King Qinghe in Northern Qi Dynasty and the daughter of King Le 'an.

In the first year of Renshou, the queen's grandson was born in Chang 'an. After nine years of great career (13 years old), she married Li Shimin, the second son of Tang Guogong Li Yuan. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, she was made queen. In June of the tenth year of Zhenguan (636), the eldest grandson of the queen died in Li Zhengtang at the age of 36. In November of the same year, he was buried in Zhaoling. It was called Wende. In August of the first year of Shangyuan, it was renamed as the Queen of Wende Shunsheng.

A loving couple

The peach blossoms in the garden are dazzling to the sun, and the beautiful women in the boudoir are filled with the enthusiasm of spring.

The blooming peach blossom seems to have stolen her rosy cheeks, and the willow branches under the eaves seem to have learned her lithe figure.

She lingered among the flowers, watching butterflies flying and listening to orioles singing in the branches.

Far away in the forest, you don't have to ask. It is famous for its fantastic romance.

This poem is called a spring outing. The person in the poem is a palace princess. When the peach blossoms are in full bloom in spring, she walks through the peach and willow flowers, watching butterflies and listening to warblers. She proudly believes that peach blossom is red because she "stole" her "color" and tender willow "learned" her "waist"; Her conceit is that, needless to say, her famous surname, the whole world knows who she is, because her outstanding affair has spread far and wide and is well known. Needless to say, this is a favored maid-in-waiting bathed in happiness and love. She is so high-spirited, full of ambition and pride!

So who is this princess, and what kind of respect did she get to write such a conspicuous poem?

This palace princess is the famous eldest grandson queen! She is a wise queen, a famous wise queen, but also because of her outstanding name, the world gradually forgets that she is a wise queen and a happy woman, a queen who is loved by 3 thousand!

Let's start with the death of the eldest grandson queen! In June of the tenth year of Zhenguan, the queen's eldest grandson died. According to his wife's last words, Emperor Taizong buried her in Jiuzhang Mountain. After the Queen was buried in the Yuan Palace, Emperor Taizong did two unprecedented things:

He built a shed on the plank road outside the Yuan Palace, and ordered the imperial secretary to live in it and serve the queen like a living person-this kind of example of supporting the dead is extremely rare, almost initiated by Emperor Taizong. It can be seen that in Tang Taizong's heart, the eldest grandson queen is alive forever.

He also set up a hierarchical view in the palace, overlooking Zhaoling all day long. According to historical records, "After the burial of Empress Wende, the emperor mourned, that is, he made a hierarchical view in the garden, in order to hope for Zhaoling, and to attract a total of levy. Levi said, "I am too weak to see it. "The emperor instructed him to say," Is this the disaster of Zhaoling? " The emperor said, "Of course." Zheng said, "I think your majesty is looking forward to this mausoleum. If you show it, I will see it. "The emperor cried and ruined the scenery. I believe that people familiar with history have heard the story of "looking at the tomb and ruining the scenery". This story not only reflects Emperor Taizong's deep-rooted love for his eldest grandson, but also reflects that Emperor Taizong's pursuit of a good wife violates the ethical tradition!

In that era when filial piety came first and "a husband never abandoned his wife", it was only natural that Tang Taizong's thought of loving his wife was ridiculed. In fact, as a feudal emperor, it is impossible for Emperor Taizong not to know this rule, but he did not shy away from it. He looked at Zhaoling and remembered it with his ministers. If you don't love yourself too much, how can you knowingly commit a crime?

Persuaded by Wei Zhi, the concept of hierarchy was finally dismantled. However, Emperor Taizong's yearning for his beloved wife became more and more turbulent and uncontrollable. As for him, in his reply to the minister, he publicly told the minister about his grief after the death of his spouse-"Over the years, the disaster has been extremely serious, and there has been a lack of good companions, with little poison and sadness." Where there is life, there is sorrow, and the time sequence moves repeatedly, which is shocking. Since I was born, I have been in a trance, forgetting to eat and eat at night. "It can really be described as' one word, one blood and one tear', which makes people feel sorry after reading it.

It was also because of his yearning for the queen that Emperor Taizong did something unique-raising his eldest daughter jinyang princess and his youngest son Li Zhi. Why do you want to keep them around and raise them yourself? "Don Yao Hui" recorded that "the youngest son of the Jin Wang Wende Empress, after the collapse, Taizong was pitiful and refused to become a monk." At the same time, it can also be verified in jinyang princess Biography of the New Tang Dynasty. Emperor Taizong's intention to raise his youngest son and daughter in person is already obvious-because he loves his mother, he raises his son alone and misses his mother to comfort himself by suppressing his empty mind. However, this kind of comfort can only be achieved by raising a glass to relieve anxiety, and because of this mood of Emperor Taizong, even after the death of his eldest grandson, the harem was childless for many years.

In Zhenguan 14, Lee Tae, the second son of the eldest grandson, competed with his brother for the position of Prince. In order to please his father, the prince built a large-scale construction project in Luoyang, and built an yique Buddhist shrine to pursue happiness for his mother. At this time, the queen's eldest grandson has been dead for more than five years. Imagine that when Emperor Yang Di sought an official position, he openly bribed his father's favorite wife, Mrs. Ji Xuanhua, regardless of his mother's presence, while Li Taimou's official position carried out his mother who had died for many years to please his father. This fully shows how infatuated Li Shimin is with his beloved wife. Not only did no one take a sip of herbal tea, but her children were also cared for by their father's deep love for their mother behind her. The son's attitude towards his mother could even affect the love of Emperor Taizong.

Even in the late Zhenguan period, Xu Hui, a talented woman in the south of the Yangtze River, was gradually favored by the king, and Li Shimin had to keep Li Zhi, who had become a prince, with him. So the ministers wrote twice in Zhenguan 18 and Zhenguan 20 years, asking the emperor to let the prince return to the East Palace. Finally, the two sides compromised. Prince Li Zhi 15 stayed in the East Palace, and 15 stayed in the father! As the minister said in the throne, "Father and son can't love each other", it is precisely because Li Zhi can freely enter and leave the Inner Palace that his love affair with Wu Zetian was derived, which brought great disaster to the imperial clan of the Tang Dynasty.

Perhaps Li Zhi was aware of his father's deep yearning for his mother. In the 22nd year of Zhenguan, he built a grand Jionji to commemorate his mother (Jionji is very big, with * * * 0/3 courtyards, 897 houses, Yun Ge Temple, a comprehensive building and a complex hall, which is extremely luxurious. In today's words, this is a project that wastes people and money. Without the support and acquiescence of the emperor, the prince has no ability and courage to do so.

Empress Grandson was not a Buddhist before her death. According to historical records, when she was seriously ill, Prince Li Chenggan asked to do Buddhism and pray for her, but the queen flatly refused. She probably never dreamed that she would make such a great contribution to Buddhism!

In fact, the eldest grandson's contribution to Buddhism is far more than these two:

During the Zhenguan period, Emperor Taizong took his eldest grandson by surprise and went north to Taiyuan to pray for the queen's illness in Xuanzhong Temple. He once gave alms to "many treasures" and rebuilt temples. ("Emperor Taizong was very lucky in Beijing, and Empress Wende didn't care. She crossed Lanruo and paid a courtesy visit to the Zen master Chuo Gong. Then she realized the treasure of the public and offered her wishes. " -"Ode to the Statue of Iron Mile"

In April of the tenth year of Zhenguan, due to the long illness of his eldest grandson, Emperor Taizong ordered the restoration of dilapidated temples in the countryside as a merit. (Because the Empress failed to get a good doctor for a long time, she restored the abandoned temple and built 392 Buddhist temples in the world, which is more auspicious and beautiful than the seven pagodas and still exists in name only. -"Tang Wen Supplement". Volume 50 ")

Empress Grandson once said: "Buddhism and other countries teach old people to do nothing!" Emperor Taizong did nothing on earth, but he also did something to bring his beloved wife back from the dead. See Old Tang Book. Biography of Queen Wende

In fact, looking through historical records, there are many things that Emperor Taizong did and did not do for the eldest grandson queen and her family children:

For example, in the early years of Zhenguan, Sun Anye, the grandson's half-brother, participated in the rebellion and was punished according to law. But because of Sun Tzu's intercession, Emperor Taizong was spared the death penalty. Such a man who has committed a great crime of rebellion can finally worship the minister of war and seal Xue Guogong. (Brother rebelled, according to general logic, the queen should kneel at this moment for fear that she would be implicated, but instead of worrying about her situation, the eldest grandson asked the emperor for leniency. What kind of love did she get to be so confident? )

Emperor Taizong was a man who was extremely strict with officials. A minister suspected people of taking bribes simply because his family came out to sell jewelry after his death. However, when the eldest grandson's uncle was dismissed for corruption, Emperor Taizong often gave him a lot of silk because he was the queen's uncle, and later re-appointed him as an official.

When Princess Changle, the eldest daughter of the Queen, came out, Taizong bluntly said to the minister, "Princess Changle was born to the Queen, and both the Queen and I love her. I will come out today, and I want to increase my courtesy. " Princess Changle died in Zhenguan in 17. Her tomb does not conform to the norm that there is only one stone gate between the princess's tomb and the princess's tomb. Instead, there are three stone gates as an exception. This is the only example of the tomb buried with the tomb excavated in Zhaoling, and it has also become a tomb with similar specifications.

As for Emperor Taizong's affection for the young Jinyang Queen, the princess and the three sons born to the queen, or the queen's brother Sun Chang Wuji, it is even more difficult to say, there are too many books!

In fact, for thousands of years, Emperor Taizong and his eldest grandson have been recognized as loving couples by both the government and the people. Until the last decade, for some unknown reason, perhaps it was because the eldest grandson did not take advantage of Emperor Taizong's love, or perhaps it was the curiosity of boring gossip and grandstanding psychology, which led a group of capable people to turn loving couples into bad karma spouses, making Emperor Taizong favored and even spoiled passers-by in history books.

They choose to turn a blind eye, pretending that they can't see a lot of favored deeds of the grandson of unofficial history, the official history, or distorting these deeds into a show or even posing as an "objective" gesture written by the winner against his will; On the other hand, to describe Li Shimin's harem as Li Shimin's favorite, there is no record except the birth of XXX, and YY's story is either gorgeous or noble but cannot be justified. Even for YY, he tried to graft the stories of two or three or more characters onto one person. What's more, he took the history book of Emperor Taizong's daily service to his father, "In August of the second year of Zhenguan, the emperor took no military affairs and looked after the Nishinomiya every day" as evidence to prove that a concubine was favored and made a big joke that Emperor Taizong visited the Nishinomiya every day.

Perhaps, some people will say, who knows what happened a thousand years ago, only he knows who Tang Taizong loved. However, these people don't believe in the clanking records left by historical witnesses thousands of years ago, but only believe in the complicated and earth-shattering love story of Emperor Taizong witnessed by people with "profound understanding" and keen eyes thousands of years later, which they call "Datang momentum". If this is the "Great Tang Dynasty", it would be a pity that Taizong did not have this momentum. He is vulgar and outdated, and only loves his wife. Although he is the son of heaven with three palaces and six courtyards, his true love is only his wife.