Early Tang Dynasty Concubine

Chapter 356 Li Chengqian's Historical Issues [One Big Chapter]

"Your Majesty, I know that you have always been wary of these ten thousand soldiers, but what do you think these ten thousand troops are so incompetent? Kill people? Set fire? Or rebel? The most important thing is him. Right under your nose, these troops are now in my hands.

In fact, you still don’t trust me, and I messed up that army again, how can I put it..." Cheng Churui scratched his hair, then sighed and said: "Let’s put it this way, I want to return the army Return you, but this army is not mine, I know Xiuning's thoughts best, it is absolutely impossible.

You can also find an excuse to kill us. It's very simple. It's so simple that you only need to say a word. As the saying goes, it's easy to do.But I also know that you won't, and you want your good reputation, but also want to achieve your goal, this thing is too difficult!Although Datang revolves around you, there are always exceptions!"

"You said that you have thousands of troops here, and most of my [-] soldiers are working, besides being trained in a mess, why do you worry about such troops, and you don't need to spend money to support them! By the way, if someone has more pawns than me and Xiu, why aren't you worried?"

After Cheng Churui finished speaking, he looked at Li Shimin, Li Shimin looked at Cheng Churui seriously, and finally sighed: "You are right, I am jealous of the [-] soldiers in your hands, and there are also many people who have tens of thousands of soldiers in their hands. I am not afraid of hundreds of thousands of soldiers. That is because there are people from Zhen in those troops, but your subordinates are so loyal that no matter whether it is bribed or threatened, you can't win a single person. Are you afraid of such an army by your side? ?”

It turns out that the root cause is here, and it is true when you think about it. No matter which dynasty or generation, the emperor has his own desire to control. Now that an army of [-] people has escaped his control, he is of course anxious.

"You want to be a filial son, you want to be a king through the ages, the Supreme Emperor is the founding king of the country, you are not easy to violate the will of the country he made when he was in power, right, now you want me to personally Come forward, don't you think too much? I won't do this matter, you can guess if you want.

Let's speak with conscience, as far as your position is concerned, I will say it again, I don't even want it for you. You hold the power of the world, but do you have the freedom?Are you comfortable with me?I have no rights, but I am your brother-in-law, this is my status, as long as I don't commit suicide, you can still ignore me. "

Cheng Churui's shameless words made Li Shimin speechless, but he didn't mention it after knowing that Cheng Churui understood his thoughts, but changed the subject and said: "Okay! This matter ends here, let's talk about another Let's do something." Cheng Churui secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately brought up his let-down again.

"What's the matter?" Cheng Churui asked.

"Look at you, this matter is to ask your opinion to come up with an idea. Recently, I will choose a concubine for the crown prince. Your boy and Chengqian are close. Tell me which family's child is suitable."

what rice?Let me help choose a concubine, or give it to Li Chengqian, but after being surprised, it doesn't matter. Thinking of Cheng Churui, the key is that he didn't know that Cheng Churui would come today, and he just asked everyone he saw, out of habit.

At this time, Cheng Churui couldn't help but think of Li Chengqian's life in history. Speaking of which, Cheng Churui also sympathized with Li Chengqian. A good child was raised into a lunatic. Why?Look at Li Shimin, he dare not say it.

Cheng Churui also said something about Li Chengqian in the past, but when he was bored, he also thought about it. From what he learned in history, and what he saw and experienced now, Cheng Churui knew that it was not accidental that Li Chengqian became a lunatic. but inevitable.

Why do you say that?
Li Chengqian was born in the second year of Tang Wude. He was the eldest son of Li Shimin, who was still King Qin at that time, and his mother was the later eldest grandson empress.Later, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty ascended the throne, and two months after he changed Yuanzhenguan, he made Chengqian the crown prince at the age of eight.The relationship between Taizong and Empress Changsun has been passed down through the ages, and they have placed great hopes on their eldest son.It should be said that Chengqian in the early years did not live up to Taizong's hopes, and he can be described as a template for an excellent prince in all aspects.

According to historical records, Prince Chengqian was "intelligent in nature", "specially sensitive", "grand and majestic, benevolent, filial and pure", and was deeply loved by Emperor Taizong.Tang Taizong also spared no effort in cultivating the prince, and successively selected many very powerful gentlemen for him, such as Li Gang, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and other famous officials in the early Tang Dynasty, all of whom had been teachers of the prince.It can be seen from the literature records that the prince also respected these teachers very much in the early years.For example, Li Gang was over seventy years old when he served as Chengqian's teacher in the early years of Zhenguan. The listener forgets to be tired....Every time he speaks, he speaks generously and has an unstoppable ambition. The prince is not without respect." After Li Gang passed away in the fifth year of Zhenguan, Chengqian personally erected a monument to commemorate him.

In addition, Taizong also paid great attention to the cultivation of Chengqian's ability to govern. At the age of 12, Chengqian was asked to hear a lawsuit in Shangshu Province, and he was also allowed to try to handle some government affairs.In the 9th year of Zhenguan, the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan passed away. During the funeral, Tang Taizong entrusted Chengqian with political affairs, and Chengqian handled it well.From then on, as long as Taizong went out, he began to order the prince to stay and supervise the country.

However, starting from the 10th year of Zhenguan, Cheng Qian, who had always been a model for the crown prince, seemed to have changed suddenly, and more and more negative records about Cheng Qian began to appear in the literature.These records are not only negative, but also full of absurdity, as if a good baby of the royal family turned into a crazy lunatic overnight.Just list a few things for everyone to see.

One thing is the more famous homosexual incident of Chengqian.At that time, Chengqian's uncle Han Wang Li Yuanchang gave him a Taichang Le man, who was very charming. Shi Zai Chengqian "fortunately Tai Chang Le Tong is satisfied, and he sleeps with him", and he likes it very much.Although it is not uncommon to have sex among the ancient royal families and nobles, it is not something that can be put on the table, especially when Chengqian already had a princess at that time.Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was naturally very annoyed and stabbed Xinxin to death. Chengqian therefore "mourned Xinxin endlessly. In the place, he wandered and shed tears. He still raised a tomb in the palace and buried it, and presented an official tree stele as a condolence, and even excused his illness for several months and did not go to court...

Another thing is that Cheng Qian's character began to become very surly, which has many manifestations.For example, Cheng Qian, who had great respect for his masters in the early years, could no longer listen to the opinions of the masters at this time.Even when his teacher Zhang Xuansu bluntly violated the advice, Chengqian became angry and tried to send someone to assassinate Zhang Xuansu.For another example, Chengqian often imitated the behavior of the Turkic people in the East Palace, imagining himself as a Turkic Khan on the grassland. In the palace, he "braided sheep and fur while shepherding sheep, made five wolf-headed banners and flags, and set up a dome hut, where the prince lived by himself." Gather the sheep and cook them, draw the saber and cut the meat to eat."What's more, Chengqian once said to people: "I am the son of heaven, and I should indulge my desires. I will kill those who advise me, and I will kill 500 people." This is already an image of a crazy tyrant.

The last one is Chengqian's rebellion.In the 17th year of Zhenguan (643), Chengqian felt that his position as the crown prince was threatened because Taizong loved his third brother Li Tai, so he raised troops to force the palace when he failed to assassinate Li Tai.The result was of course suppressed, Chengqian was deposed as a commoner, and many ministers involved in the incident were also killed by Taizong.

There are many theories about Chengqian's rebellion and the sudden change in his character during his 17-year career as a prince, but they mainly focus on several aspects, including Chengqian himself who did not seek to make progress, the instigation of treacherous officials behind him, Tang Taizong, etc. The impact of the Xuanwumen Incident, etc.Of course, there are some reasons for this, but we think there are more reasons why a good prince turned into a hysterical lunatic in the end.

Chengqian has changed from a model prince to a lunatic who finally rebelled. This transformation should be said to be a process of gradually producing psychological abnormalities under continuous high pressure.Tang Taizong's love for Li Tai can only be said to be a trigger point leading to the final result, not the main reason.

First of all, the overall political environment in the early Tang Dynasty was a state of great pressure. It can be said that the sense of crisis was a common psychology in the early Tang Dynasty.When it comes to Tang Taizong, we often mention the rule of Zhenguan, but this is the middle and late period of Zhenguan.In the early days of Zhenguan, from the king to the courtiers, everyone was still in the stage of starting a business, and it was a normal psychology to have an uncertain future.And a very important point is that from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty, the world has been in turmoil for four or five hundred years.What the monarchs and ministers in the early Tang Dynasty saw was that every dynasty in the previous hundreds of years had a lifespan of only a few decades. What would happen to their own Tang Dynasty?In fact, no one knows.Driven by this entrepreneurial sense of crisis, many behaviors of people will appear eager.This kind of psychology can explain many phenomena in the court of the early Tang Dynasty, such as why there were so many courtiers who outspokenly violated advice in the early Tang Dynasty, and Tang Taizong was famous for accepting advice?If you think of them as an aggressive entrepreneurial team, it might be easy to understand.

Secondly, such a mentality accompanied by passion, anxiety and sense of crisis, of course, also affected Tang Taizong's education strategy for Chengqian.It can be seen from the literature that Tang Taizong successively chose nearly 10 masters and scholars as teachers for Chengqian.These people were the ones who could point Taizong's nose and bluntly admonish him in the court, and they would naturally be even less polite in front of Chengqian.We can see from the literature that some people's so-called persuasion to the prince is really very ugly. For example, Zhang Xuansu, who Chengqian tried to kill, once said to Chengqian: "If you say filial piety, then Que Shishan asks you to stand up." If you speak respectfully, you will go against your father's benevolent precepts; if you seek rumors, you will not learn the truth of the ancient good way; if you look at your actions, you will be punished by karma." This is really useless scolding.Chengqian might be able to accept such criticism when he was still young, but when he was seventeen or eighteen years old, it was the time of adolescent rebellion, so it was normal for him not to listen to it, right?

Thirdly, Tang Taizong's monarchs and officials treated Chengqian, in fact, there has always been a kind of misplacement, that is, they regard Chengqian as Taizong himself.From ancient times to the present, from a large country to a small enterprise, the entrepreneurial king and the successful man are different in ability and character.Different people have different abilities to withstand stress, but no matter what, they all need a channel to vent.Usually, the family, wife is the best choice for this role.Don't you see that Tang Taizong, who is famous for accepting advice, is not as good as before after the death of Empress Changsun in the tenth year of Zhenguan?Tang Taizong succeeded in hundreds of battles, killing his brother and forcing his father to become emperor. This can only be done with a strong psychological endurance.He still needs a channel to vent, let alone Cheng Qian who has been under heavy pressure since he was a teenager?From this point of view, it is understandable why Chengqian is so obsessed with that woman, Xinxin.

Finally, there is another reason. There may be no direct evidence, but from Cheng Qian's point of view, it may not be impossible.That is, before Chengqian, from Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty to Emperor Gaozu of Tang Dynasty, the heirs to the throne initially established by these three dynasties failed to succeed to the throne due to various reasons.Especially how his own father came to the throne, Chengqian knows best.Such a "fate" of the crown prince may have put a lot of pressure on Chengqian.

Tang Taizong's prince Li Chengqian, from an excellent template of the crown prince, finally turned into a rebellious lunatic.In this process, the main reason is that there was a problem with the education policy of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty to the prince.Considering the final outcome of Tang Taizong's children, it is not too much to say that he is "good at planning the country, but weak at managing the family".Of course, family management in ancient society was more the responsibility of women. From this perspective, the early death of Empress Changsun may also have an important impact on the growth of these children.

From today's perspective, during the growth of Prince Chengqian, his father Tang Taizong was like an overly pushy patriarch.How similar is this to the popular educational methods of "tiger mother wolf dad"?If any of your readers are parents, I hope Chengqian's experience can give you some inspiration.When it comes to educating children, of course there must be the necessary pressure, but communication is the most important thing, blindly pushing will only backfire in the end.

To sum it up, Li Shimin's education is problematic, and the Empress Changsun died when she shouldn't have died. Everyone has given too much to a child's growth, making a child unable to bear this kind of pressure at all. That last situation.

Another reason is that someone is behind the scenes. This is what Cheng Churui has been paying attention to all the time, and now he has confirmed some things. Of course, these things will not be written in history.

(End of this chapter)