Wei Guifei, according to his unearthed epitaph, was chosen as a good family in Qin Gong during the period of Wude, and paid a visit to her on April 1st of the first year of Zhenguan. However, although the epitaph says that Webster was chosen by Qin Gong as a lady, in fact, Webster was not married for the first time. Her first husband was CoCo Lee, the son of Li Zixiong, a general of the Sui Dynasty and a minister of the Ministry of Commerce.
Li Zixiong and Yang Xuangan rebelled together, and both father and son were killed after the defeat. As a family member of a criminal, Webster was accused of entering the palace as a maid-in-waiting. After Tang Gaozu ascended the throne in Chang 'an, Li Shimin became the king of Qin, so it is natural for Webster to serve in Qin Gong as a maid of honor. So the epitaph says that Webster was chosen by a good family, which is obviously a compliment. As for the widely circulated statement in some online articles that the king of Qin fell in love with Webster at first sight on the roadside, it is simply nonsense.
There are even some unreliable online articles that Wei Guifei was in charge of the harem of Emperor Taizong after the death of her eldest grandson. In fact, however, even as an imperial concubine, she has no right to take charge of the harem without the instructions of the emperor. For example, in Tang Gaozu's Wan Guifei, there is a clear record in Li Zhiyun's Biography of Old Tang Dynasty: "My mother is Wan Guifei, obedient by nature, especially valued by my great-grandfather. Everything in the palace is discussed, and princes and princesses are respectful. " It shows that Wan Guifei can have the qualification of "making suggestions" on harem affairs, which is "specially given by the emperor's high-impedance relatives". Without special permission, Wan, even as an imperial concubine, has no right to run the harem. Look at Guo Guifei in Tang Xianzong. "The third minister asked Guo Guifei to be the queen, and Tang Xianzong was jealous of her age. Because the queen was so gorgeous, she was afraid of being proud of herself, so she reported it in the chapter." Although the Guo family only married one imperial concubine, his wife married before he ascended the throne. Because Tang Xianzong was afraid that his romantic courtship would be limited, he refused to make her queen. If you can take charge of the harem as an imperial concubine, then why does Tang Xianzong have to reinvent the wheel?
Besides, it is a great honor for the imperial concubine to be in charge of the harem. It is impossible not to record it in history books. It is clearly recorded in the history books that Zhang Guifei of Chen Houzhu was in charge of the harem, while Mrs Xuanhua and Mrs Ronghua of Emperor Wen of Sui were in charge of the harem. His biography also devoted some time to recording his mother, Pan (Liu's concubine is only a second-rate woman, not a third-rate lady) in charge of the harem. Not only will it be recorded in the history books, but even the unimportant epitaph will boast something to boast about, and it will be written in detail. If Wei Guifei was really in charge of the harem, her epitaph could not have said nothing about it. However, whether browsing biographies or epitaphs, this matter has never been mentioned. It can be seen that Wei Guifei's generation is in charge of the harem, which modern people take for granted.
Yang Guifei is Li Fu's biological mother, and her tomb is unknown. We can only infer the title of Yang Guifei according to the "Wang, the birth of Yang Guifei" recorded in the epitaph of Jingzhou Secretariat. However, during the whole Zhenguan period, Wei Guifei's title has not changed from beginning to end, so Yang's imperial concubine emblem should be posthumously sealed. However, Yang Guifei was a princess in the first year of Zhenguan. As early as the first year of Zhenguan, she should have been named the Fourth Princess together with Wei Guifei, Princess Yin and Princess Yan Xianfei, so she could be made a princess.
In the 13th year of Zhenguan, Li Fu, Yang Guifei's only son, was made King of Zhao, and was adopted by Emperor Taizong, who gave Li the title of King of Qian. Therefore, as far as etiquette is concerned, Li Fu is no longer the son of Emperor Taizong, but the son of the hidden king Li.
Yin's concubine, whose title should be Shu Fei or De Fei, was reduced to Yin's concubine because of her son's rebellion. His father Yin Shishi was executed by Li Yuan for his loyalty to the Sui Dynasty. Yin Hongzhi, the son of Yin Shishi, and others were saved from death because they were young, and Yin Shi was buried as a maid. Perhaps it is because Yin Shishi and Tang Gaozu have a considerable feud, and Yin Shi has become Li Shimin's concubine, so many people like to imagine that there is a sadistic relationship between Li Shimin and Yin Shi, which is hated by their enemies all over the country. But as far as historical facts are concerned, such a statement is obviously unfounded. After all, there are not a few guilty women in the harem. Shangguan Waner was buried by her grandfather Shangguan Yi. As ladies-in-waiting, there are more than a few lucky enough to be masters. After entering the palace, Zhang Jing's empress Wu was favored by Tang Suzong and gave birth to Tang Daizong.
And if you have a bad feeling towards Yin's daughter, the so-called enemy, you won't canonize Li You, the son of Yin, as king of Yiyang County in the eighth year of Wude, and Li and others will also take this opportunity to denounce it. Therefore, there is a so-called love with the Yin family that the national enemies hate, but this is purely for later generations. Needless to say, Yin's only sentence in the history books was "born with", and not a word was recorded. Even judging from the rebellion of his son Li You, Yin's weight in his heart can be measured.
It is also rebellion. Li You ended up as Shu Ren after being punished, and his biological mother also surrendered. And although Li Chenggan wasted his life for Shu Ren, he saved a life. Such a gap can clearly see whether Yin and Li You have really won a good impression. If Yin really had a so-called vigorous love, then Li You would not die. After all, Yin's only son is Li You, and executing him is tantamount to ruining Yin's dependence for the rest of his life. If Li Shimin has feelings for him, it is better to give him a heavy punishment than to execute him. Yin's only son died overnight, and even if he survived, he died from then on.
According to her epitaph, Yan Defai was elected to Qin Gong in the fourth year of Wude, worshipped the virtuous princess in the first year of Zhenguan, and moved to Feng Defai in the eighteenth year of Zhenguan. Considering Li You's rebellion in the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, the birth mother Yin Lian's seat, and the position of the fourth princess is vacant, it should be promoted strictly. Similarly, this Yanshi did not enter the palace out of any touching love. "Wu De was hired into the backyard of the King of Qin for four years" is clearly stated. In fact, it was Tang Gaozu Tang Gaozu who chose his son's concubine.
It is worth mentioning that Yan's mother and Wu Zetian's mother are cousins, so after Wu Zetian became queen, Yan insisted on attending the funeral for Wu Zetian's mother and wife, but unfortunately died on the way, and Wu Hou had to raise her well. Li Zhen's treatment in Wu Zetian is also very general, but he was blocked by a group of imperial brothers. Moreover, Li Zhen, as the eighth son of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, was only named Prince Taifu, but his rank was lower than that of the tenth son, Li Shen.
When Wu Zetian began to deal with Li Tang's imperial clan, the first one to deal with was the cousin's son. After Wu Zetian killed Li Zhen, the king of Yue, and Li Chong, his eldest son, he ordered that "the capital is paved in the east, and the owl is under the que". Li Zhen's other three sons, either "sit with their fathers and brothers" or "go down to Lingnan to find a pawn", were spared. After Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty acceded to the throne, Li Zhen's Zeng Sun Wen Li was only awarded the title of Shen Guogong, and Wen Li's children and grandchildren were reduced to county magistrate, but Li's sons were numerous, which was an almost unrelated distant branch. As a result, Lin Li is also a disappointing person. As soon as you are "worshipped", you are "looking for a pawn." Yue simply "divide and rule"-I don't know how Tai Fei Yan would feel about her cousin who spent half her life trying to flatter her.
Yang Fei, the biological mother of Li Ke of Wu Wang and Li Kui of Shu, has only one sentence in Old Tang Book, "Only mother, daughter of Yang Di". It can be seen that although Yang Fei is nominally the daughter of Emperor Yang Di, she seems to be of noble birth, but she doesn't even know who her birth mother is, where she ranks and why she was given the title. Yang Fei didn't have the title of princess, which means she didn't get the official knighthood-Emperor Yang Di went to Luoyang after he ascended the throne, and even conferring the crown prince was just an imperial edict to send envoys back to Chang 'an, what's more, she would specially remember to confer a princess who stayed in Chang 'an. It can also be seen that Yang Fei's biological mother is in a low position and unloved, just an ordinary harem.
According to Mr. Cen's statistics, during his fourteen years in office, he spent less than one year in Chang 'an, and most of his time was either on the road or preparing for it. Therefore, if Princess Yang is in favor, she should stay with her elder sister Princess Nanyang and stay away from Chang 'an. But the opposite is true. According to the fact that Li Ke was born in the second year of Wude, Princess Yang should have entered the palace in the first year of Wude. In other words, since she ascended the throne in Chang 'an, Princess Yang has become a member of the Garden after Qin Dynasty. Obviously, this Princess Yang is also her daughter, but she can't get her father's attention and love at all, so she will be forgotten in Chang 'an and accepted by the newly established dynasty.
In addition, Tang Gaozu and Yang Guang's mothers are both solitary or sisters. Queen Dugu is very attentive to Tang Gaozu. The Tang Dynasty established by Li Yuan was at least nominally ceded by Emperor Yangdi. Therefore, Li Yuan left his cousin's daughter in Chang 'an to be his son's concubine. If Tang Gaozu still attaches importance to the former princess who has a certain relationship with him, he should marry her, not a concubine-whether she is a prince or a minister. Even if you are a concubine, you should give it to Prince Li Chengjian, not to Li Shimin, the king of Qin, who seemed to be no longer on the throne. After all, Li was the prince of Wude nine years ago. If nothing unexpected happens, Princess Yang, as Li's concubine, can mix an emperor's concubine with more than five products after the prince ascended the throne, and be a concubine for the prince. At most, she is only a Confucian with five products.
What's more, according to the fact that she died in March of the second year of Yining (6 18) and Li Ke was born in the second year of Wude (6 19), it is obvious that Princess Yang was pregnant during her filial piety, and even her biological father could not be filial for 27 months. Thus, the so-called "daughter of the Emperor Yang Di" is a kind of existence in the eyes of the Li Tang Dynasty, not to mention what kind of courtesy she can get. If Princess Yang is still a nobleman, how can she be sent away at will, and even have no chance to keep a filial piety for her father?
It is normal for Yang Fei to be treated like this. Since ancient times, the status of the king of national subjugation has existed, let alone the princess of national subjugation. Think about the miserable appearance of the six countries' "concubines, princes and grandchildren, going out of the downstairs hall and coming to Qin" after being destroyed by Qin. Think of the sisters in Chen Houzhu after the demise of the Chen Dynasty. Princess Lechang was awarded Su Yang as his concubine, Mrs Xuanhua was buried in the Sui Dynasty, and one was awarded He Rebi. Think about Song Huizong's daughter, Zhu Ji, who is also a princess, but what life she lived with the rulers. We can see that these conquered princesses are just trophies in the eyes of the new dynasty.
Look at her title in the harem. During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the titles of the four ladies were in the order of Gui Shu and De Xian, and the titles of Wei Guifei were very clear. Another Yang Guifei, who gave birth to thirteen emperors Li Fu, was named Qiu, Qiu, Qiu, Qiu, Qiu, so it is probably Shu Fei. Yan Defai was promoted from a virtuous princess to a virtuous princess because Li You, the son of Yin Defai, was punished for rebellion and Yin Defai was demoted to a concubine. And A Zheng Xianfei, should be promoted after Yan Xianfei was promoted to De Fei. Therefore, it is very likely that Yang Fei did not have the status of a concubine before his death, and was named as a "concubine" after his death, which improved his rank.
Zheng Xianfei, although listed among the four concubines, was found in the funeral table of Zhaoling in Tang Dynasty because she had no children: "The name of Zhaoling's funeral ... Zheng Xianfei laughed because her tomb is unknown, so we can't know more about this virtuous princess. Yan has been a virtuous princess from the first year of Zhenguan to the seventeenth year, so this Zheng should be promoted after Yan was promoted to Ren Xian Princess in the eighteenth year.
Compared with other concubines in Tang Taizong's harem, Xu Xianfei has at most a record of "there are people in life", but Xu Hui can leave more deeds in the Book of Old Tang with his outstanding literary talent, which shows that Xu Hui's talent is no less than that of his contemporaries. And Xu Hui, because of her outstanding talent since childhood, was as famous as Juicy Zuo and the Soong sisters, and even known to the emperor, so she was called into the harem.
According to historical records, after entering the palace, Xu Hui was promoted from a talented person with right five products to an outstanding person with right three products, and finally ranked eighth among nine wives with right two products. It can be seen that Xu Hui, who has a high literary attainments, is still very appreciated by Emperor Taizong. His father, Xu Xiaode, was promoted from the supervisor under the six products to the foreign minister of the six products ceremony department because of his daughter's brilliant performance.
Judging from the deeds recorded in the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty, Xu Huizhi's ability to write articles and comment on ancient and modern times was quite appreciated by Emperor Taizong, and "admonishing Emperor Taizong to stop fighting" was even more about political affairs-this is also the following: Zuo Gui's Ode to the Emperor Wu, Han's Ode to Song Xiaowu's Revival, and Shen's Several admonitions. After all, although Xu Hui's articles were greatly appreciated by Emperor Taizong, they were richly rewarded. However, Tang Taizong did not make any adjustment or change in policy because of Xu Hui's suggestion, whether it was the move to levy Liao or the construction of Yuhua Palace.
After the death of Emperor Taizong, Xu Hui was buried with all his heart. Tang Gaozong appreciated this move very much, and posthumously gave her a letter as a virtuous princess, and was buried with her in the stone room of Zhaoling. The Xu family also flourished, and his father Xu Xiaode ushered in the biggest leap-forward promotion in his life. He was promoted by Tang Gaozong from the five products of the Ministry of Water to the four products of the secretariat of Zhou State, and even passed the sixth grade. When he died in office, Tang Gaozong also "ordered the official to be smart, without adding anything, giving Fu Cheng and issuing money." Xu Hui's younger brother, Xu Jiyong, was also appointed as the squire of Lixian County, Pei Wang, and Xu Hui's younger sister was also called into the palace by Tang Gaozong as an Jieyu because of "there is also a literary phenomenon" and "the world is like a Korean half-life".