In AD 1990, the tomb of Wei Guifei, the concubine of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, was excavated in Yeguling, just opposite a ditch east of Li Shimin Mausoleum of Emperor Taizong of Zhaoling Group. After restoration, Wei Guifei's tomb was opened to the public in June of the following year165438+1October.
According to historical records, the actual queens in the late reign of Emperor Taizong were Wei Jue and Zi Ze. He lived to the age of 69 (597-665), that is, he lived 10 years longer than Li Shimin last year. Surprisingly, the teeth unearthed by Wei Guifei are intact. Even today, it is difficult for a woman to do this, let alone an ordinary person-her teeth in her forties and fifties are almost as bad.
In the process of excavation, Wei Guifei's height of nearly 190 cm is even more staggering, and it is conceivable how "mighty" Wei Guifei was when she was young. Compared with modern times, Wei Guifei can play in women's basketball-Yao Ming's wife Ye Li is just 190 cm tall, which is in her prime. If she is 30 years old, I estimate that Wei Guifei is taller than Ye Li. Compared with these two women, it is only for the sake of being more vivid and without any malice. )
Her origins
Such "tall and powerful" lesbians were really rare in ancient times. What kind of family has created such a magnificent figure?
According to historical records, Wei Guifei's hometown is in Jingzhao Ling Du, which is now in the south of Xi, Shaanxi Province.
Wei was a great-grandfather, the leader of the feudal city and the hurricane during the Northern Wei Dynasty.
The next generation is Xu Wei, who served as the commander-in-chief of Wuwei, and later served as general of Youcheng, general of Guo Fu, general of Zhongzheng, general of Youzhou and secretariat of Nanyouzhou.
The next generation, Wei Xiaokuan, the great-grandfather of Wei Guifei, was a famous strategist in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. He was born in 509 and died at the end of 580. He lived 765,438+0 years, which was a long life in ancient times, but he was still able to gallop in the war in the year of his death. Two years before his death, Emperor Yuwen Yong of the Northern Zhou Dynasty died at the age of 36. At the age of twenty, Wei Xiaokuan became a pioneer and went to the battlefield. He is quite good at fighting, and has repeatedly made meritorious military service. In 532 AD, Wei Xiaokuan was appointed as the chief of Xiyang, while Li Shimin's grandmother's father, also Yang Di's grandfather, was appointed as the chief of Xinye. The territory of the two people is quite close, the relationship is good, and the political achievements are beautiful. They were called "Lian Bi" by Jingzhou people, and became a temporary talk. Li Shimin's great-grandfather Li Hu was a senior official of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and one of the eight pillars. Wei Xiaokuan became a pillar country of the Northern Zhou Dynasty in 560, and became Yungong the following year.
At this time, Li Shimin's grandfather CoCo Lee was not dead, and Tang Gaozu was not born.
In June 578, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty died, and in September of the same year, Wei Xiaokuan was promoted to Zhuguo as the commander-in-chief of the March. At this time, Li Yuan's father has passed away, and Li Yuan has inherited the position of Duke of Tang for several years.
Further down, Wei Fei's grandfather named Zong Wei was a general in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. And her old father, Wei Yuan, became the secretariat of the third division of Sui Kaifu and the second state of Chen Shen, attacking lord protector (from Wei Xiaokuan to the title of Sui Dynasty in 560 AD of Northern Zhou Dynasty).
Judging from the prominent family background, Wei Guifei should be regarded as the queen of the family, and her excellent varieties can never be wrong. We can't guess whether she knows martial arts, but since she is 190 tall and her teeth are so healthy after her death, I think she is at least an excellent outdoor athlete. And once such a woman goes out shopping, the return rate will never be lower than 90%. In Li Shimin's harem, it is estimated that he is also the leader of sports activities or events.
How did Wei Guifei and Li Shimin get together?
Wei Fei was married once before she married Li Shimin. Her husband is CoCo Lee, the son of Li Zixiong, a general of the Sui Dynasty and a minister of household affairs. It should be said that this is a suitable marriage. Wei Fei was born in 597, and we don't know when she married CoCo Lee. But it can be speculated that Li Zixiong rebelled with Yang Xuangan in 6 13. After the defeat, Li Zixiong and his son were both killed, which is recorded in the history books as "the house without owner". At this time, Wei Fei was only 16 years old. However, based on her 190' s height and family background, it is estimated that it is no longer a problem to have children-conservatively estimated at 1.8 meters, so marrying CoCo Lee should be at the age of 14 and 15 (CoCo Lee and Li Shimin, whose names are really coincidental.
After her husband was killed, she was probably redeemed by her relatives and took her daughter to Luoyang. We can even predict that the great mother was pregnant with a child, so she was saved from death. This daughter, who left her belly, was later named the monarch of Dingxiang and married Zhong.
It took eight years from AD 6 13 to Li Shimin's invasion of Tang Wude (62 1), the eastern capital. I really don't know how this beautiful supermodel spent it. During this time, she grew from a "28-year-old woman" who was a new mother to a mature woman of 24 years old. My daughter and I spent eight years in the peak smoke war, which was how bitter and painful it was for a young woman.
After Luoyang City was besieged, Dou Jiande, the king of Xia, led 654.38+ ten thousand troops to Hulao Pass. Li Shimin did not withdraw, but let Yuanji continue to surround Luoyang. He took only 3,500 troops, wiped out Dou Jiande in Hulao Pass, and then carried Dou Jiande outside Luoyang to surrender to the king. After Luoyang City was breached, Li Shimin and Li Yuanji traveled east to Luoyang City and west to Luoyang City. They burn what they need, take what they need and comfort what they need. This will produce a good reorganization. It is estimated that at this time, Wei Fei and I got married. In addition, after the capture of Luoyang, Li Shimin seems to be preparing for the capture of the Crown Prince alive five years later, such as the political action to win over the cremation, and later developed into a hero who remotely controlled Chang 'an confidant to Luoyang.
We can make some inferences: 1. Du is my grandfather's father-in-law, and has a close relationship with my great-grandfather, Wei Xiaokuan. Second, Wei Xiaokuan and Tang Gaozu are both rare in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and they are both titles of column countries. They were officials of the same dynasty, but they looked up and didn't see them, even though Tang Gaozu was still a child. Wei Xiaokuan's good friend Du is Ethan's grandfather. Thirdly, Li Yuan was a hereditary Tang Guogong in the Sui Dynasty, and Wei Fei's father, Wei Yuancheng, was also a frenzy-a hereditary Yun Guogong. It can be said that the friendship between the two families is not deep, but it is absolutely impossible not to know each other. Besides, Ethan is good at making friends.
Anyway, from the Northern Zhou Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, these powerful people were running around there, killing each other, and it was absolutely impossible not to know each other. Wei Fei is the eldest daughter, with a height of 190. She is absolutely outstanding and easily known by the world. Women's rights in that era were much more civilized than in Ming and Qing dynasties. Wei Fei lived in Luoyang for eight years after her husband's family was killed, and she also lived under the protection of the clan. Wei Yuancheng is the Duke of Yun after all. When in Luoyang, Wang Zhanling, the families of these court dignitaries will not be "removed", otherwise, the king will be in trouble. After the destruction of the King of Qin, it was natural for the garrison to befriend the new regime, and Wei Fei was indeed worthy of Li Shimin.
I really don't know how Wei Fei spent the terrible period of mutiny in the city with his children when Tang Bing surrounded Luoyang. At that time, Luoyang was "ten rooms and nine empty rooms, and the road was paved with hungry bones." It is really a rare talent for Wang Neng to stay for such a long time.
"Zi Jian" records: Tang soldiers surrounded Luoyang, dug trenches and built barriers to defend Luoyang. There is no food in the city, a silk horse is three liters straight, a cloth horse is one liter straight salt, and clothes are scarce, as cheap as dirt. People eat all the grass roots and leaves, and take out the floating mud on the surface and throw the rice crumbs into the cake. They are all sick, swollen and weak, and the dead are leaning on the road. Thirty thousand people moved to Miyagi, not three thousand. Although you are a public official, you have not filled in the chaff, but you are still below. You wear it yourself and often starve to death.
Every time I watch Hulao Pass's "The King of Qin Broken the Array", I invariably admire the martial arts and courage of this ancient emperor:
Will be five hundred, more than twenty miles out of Wu Jian East, Jian De camp. , Cheng Zhijie, Qin three people, across the road, only four people keep pace. The world said to Wei Chijingde, "I hold a bow and arrow, and all people follow me, even if there are a million people!" He said, "It is the best policy for a thief to see me pay back the money." Go to Li San, Jiande Camp, and meet the Jiande Ranger, thinking that the scouts are also. Everyone shouted: "I am the king of Qin." Draw a bow and shoot an arrow, killing one of them. The Germans were frightened, and five or six thousand rode them one by one; The follower is salty, and everyone in the world says, "Your brother goes forward, and I and Jingde are the temple." So he followed Xu Xing, and when the pursuer approached, he drew his bow and shot, killing one person. The pursuer stopped in fear and came back. If this happens again and again, they will be killed every time they come. Shimin shot several people before and after, and Jingdezhen killed ten people. The pursuers dare not force them again. People in the world wandered around a little, but they were lured into an ambush, accumulated in the world and so on. Break it, cut it to more than 300 levels, and return it to its young soldiers Yin Qiu and Shi Zan.
Li Shimin took 500 elite cavalry, and let several generals lie in ambush on the side of the road at various points separately. Finally, only four riders followed him. Tell Wei Chijingde: I use an arrow, you use an arrow, even if a million soldiers come! After being discovered, Dou Jiande sent five or six thousand people to follow him in the dark. Li Shimin, however, was fearless. He bent his bow and shot an arrow before he died. The pursuer looked dumbfounded and ran back. Finally, Li Shimin led five or six thousand soldiers to ambush and have a big fight, beheaded more than 300 people and arrested other valiant soldiers, such as Yin Qiu and Shi Zan. Think about it, even if the ambush plan is excellent, it takes enough courage and discretion to camp out five or six thousand people with five hundred people, and Li Shimin himself only brought four people as bait. From this World War I, we can also see Li See's force and archery. Later, in the Xuanwumen incident, his first arrow hit his eldest brother Li, who was ten years older than him. This was the success of the first level. )
At this time, how old is Li Shimin? 22 years old!
The 22-year-old King of Qin was outnumbered, and all the heroes in the world-Wang He and Dou Jiande-were older than him. How generous!
Speaking of which, I can't help but mention another wife, Yang, Li Yuanji's concubine, the king of the nest. After the success of the Xuanwu Gate incident, Yuan Zhen's descendants were not spared, but Yuan Zhen's wife was brought into the palace "naturally", and Yang's cousin, the daughter of the emperor, was already in the harem. After the death of his eldest grandson Wusu, he tried to make Yuanji's wife Yang the queen, but was immediately stopped. In addition, Wei Fei's cousin is also a woman in Li Shimin's harem-Webster's Zhao Rong (from this point of view, the political significance of marrying Wei Fei after entering Luo is very strong, after all, Webster's is a famous family in the Sui Dynasty). Combining Wei Fei and Shi Yang, Li Tang's view of marriage was indeed more enlightened than that of later generations.
When talking about the majestic height of Wei Fei, we can easily think of the "diversity" of her two husbands. CoCo Lee, the ex-husband, can't prove it, but it shouldn't be a big problem to grow up after closing the door, otherwise "that thing" will be in trouble, probably just like child abuse. Li Shimin was the emperor of all dynasties. At the age of 65,438+06, he was recruited to fight against the Turks and made outstanding contributions. At the age of 65,438+07, he was able to act as the mastermind and father against Tang Qian, who was founded in the Sui Dynasty for 300 years. His body and mind definitely belong to a well-known military commander of the precocious generation, and he is also the bloodline after national integration. He has been practicing martial arts since childhood and is rich in nutrition. Obviously, it is not surprising to grow to a height of 1.92 meters. In addition, if your figure is average, only 1.7 meters, you are like a child in front of Wei Guifei. . . But, of course, Emperor Taizong should not be as tall as Yao Ming, otherwise, it is difficult to find a war horse that he can ride all over the world-an ordinary war horse is just like riding a puppy.
What is the relationship between Wei Guifei and Li Shimin?
Judging from the date of birth and death, Wei Guifei is two years older than Li Shimin, and even better in physical fitness than Li Shimin (Li Shimin lived only fifty years, while Wei Guifei lived sixty-nine).
Before Li Shimin became emperor, Wei Fei gave birth to a daughter in Wude for seven years, that is, in 624 AD, three years after Luoyang, the eastern capital, was destroyed. At this time, Feiwei was 27 years old and Li Shimin was 25 years old. Two years later, he ascended the throne and became a prince. He is a Zen master. When this daughter 17 was added as Princess Linchuan (Zhenguan 15, AD 64 1), she turned to Zhou Daowu. In the early years of Emperor Taizong's Li Zhi, Li Zhi named her princess royal (4 years older than Li Zhi).
Later, she gave birth to a gifted scholar to Li Shimin-Ji Wang Li Shen, the first 10 son of Li Shimin, and before him was the emperor Li Zhi, so I estimate that he is at most one or two years younger. This gentleman is clever and studious, but he is an honest man. After Wu mm acceded to the throne, he killed Li's clan, and Li Zhen, the king of Lao Ba Yue, advised him to fight against Wu mm together. He just didn't want to, but he didn't report Lao Ba. But even so, Wu mm later released him.
At this time, the son of emperor Taizong 14 was left:
Cheng Gan died in Guizhou after being abolished.
Lao Li Kuan died young.
Lao San was wronged by Sun Chang Wuji for treason.
Lee Tae, the fourth son, was placed under house arrest and died at the age of 35.
When he was young, Li You was killed by his father because he played with gangsters and rebelled every day.
Li Cheng, an old six, was banished to Shu Ren and died in Bazhou because he was sitting with his mother's eldest brother Li Ke.
Li Yun, the king of Chiang Kai-shek, plays every day. When Emperor Gaozong was falsely accused of rebellion, he was afraid of committing suicide.
The eleventh old man, Li Xiao, died five years after being appointed Queen.
Li Fu, an old twelve, has a good life, but his ability is average.
Lao fourteen colluded with Xiao Li in his later years and was forced to commit suicide (presumably with Xiao Li's suggestion and consent).
It's really a son, not a father ... once again, I sigh for Li Ke, a "gifted scholar and beautiful woman, Chinese and foreign" ...
After the death of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, Wei Guifei was named the imperial concubine of Ji State by Li Zhi according to traditional etiquette, and moved to San Francisco with her son Shen Li, king of Ji. During the Linde period, Wei Guifei and Yan Fei accompanied the emperor to meditate in Mount Tai. Unfortunately, in the second year of Linde (AD 665), he died of illness on September 28th and died in Luoyang, where he met Li Shimin. She died at the age of 69 and was buried with Zhaoling the following year1February. Among many tombs buried with Zhaoling, the one with the highest specification is the one closest to Zhaoling, which shows her position in the harem and Li Shimin's heart.
Epitaph of Wei Guifei was written by a writer in the early Tang Dynasty. After writing, this guy died in the same year and lived for 84 years. On the tombstone, there is no mention of the marriage between Wei Fei and CoCo Lee, only that she was "chosen as a good family". Wei Fei's character is like this: natural and simple, natural and dignified. ..... worry, be diligent and considerate. ..... Spring pepper is singing, and the witch's lotus is taken away; Autumn is full of articles, covered with Shu River brocade. "……
Anyway, there are many flattering words written on the tombstone. However, Wei Fei's talent is absolutely inescapable: in 13 years after the death of her eldest grandson, Wei Fei did not really become a queen, but because the imperial concubine was the most respected of all concubines, she completely acted as a queen. It is conceivable that this woman with a height of 190, good health and good sports is in charge of the emperor's family affairs in the harem ... Although it is possible to value her "power and prestige can curb other women", if she has no strong feelings for her, Xiao Li's classmates can't go against their wishes ... Imagine further that Li Shimin's old mother was before Tang Gaozu ascended the throne.