Wentang

Chapter 607
In the second decade of the 21st century, there was an upsurge of rehabilitating the ancients on the Internet, and many dishonest and treacherous officials were reinterpreted.

Some vindications do seem reasonable, and some vindications are purely for innovation.

Yue Shan, as a senior keyboard man, naturally also participated in it, but because he wanted to 'rehabilitate' the Taizu, he basically didn't speak much after being banned for several accounts.

But I have been diving to observe other people's posts, and I agree with many of the rehabilitated posts.Among them was Princess Yicheng, a minority historical figure who was rehabilitated.

This woman is very pitiful. She was married to a bad old Turkic Khan when she was a teenager. Two or three years later, her husband died and she was forced to marry her husband's son, and she also married three stepchildren one after another.

But her heart has always been towards the Sui Dynasty, and she has never forgotten her mission to maintain the peace between Turkic and Sui Dynasty.

It's just a pity that the second emperor of the Sui Dynasty was a subjugated king, and her second husband was an ambitious and anti-Sui man. One can imagine how sad her life was in the middle.

Even so, she still maintained the Sui Dynasty carefully.

Shibi Khan surrounded Yang Guang at Yanmen Pass, and it was she who lied about an enemy attack from the north and tricked Shibi Khan away to break the siege of Yanmen.

Although there is no subsequent event in the history books, when you think about it, you will know how angry Shibi Khan will be when he returns home and finds that Princess Yicheng is lying to him because there is no enemy in the north, and how he will punish this poor woman.

However, it is a pity that the Sui Dynasty soon perished and all her efforts were in vain.

But she still didn't give up, she wanted to restore the country.

So he recruited a group of people from the Sui Dynasty who had fled to the grassland, and took back Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao, the grandson of Emperor Sui Yang, from Dou Jiande, and established a small court of the Sui Dynasty on the grassland.

At this time, she had changed her fourth husband, Jieli Khan.She encouraged Jieli to attack the Tang Dynasty, hoping to take the opportunity to restore Sui Dynasty Guozuo.

It's just that Xieli's ability is limited, and the good governance of East Turkistan fell apart, and he himself was captured alive by Datang.As for the poor woman, Princess Yicheng, she was beheaded by Li Jing on the side of the road like a wild dog.

Her life was magnificent, but it was also sad. The saddest thing was that she was portrayed by history books as a treacherous and vicious woman after her death.

Just imagine, if Yang Guang was a promising monarch and died without a second generation in the Sui Dynasty, what would her historical evaluation be like.

For such a woman who has contributed to the Central Plains dynasty and Chinese civilization, Yue Shan respects her very much. She didn't have that opportunity in her previous life, so now that she has crossed over, she naturally wants to help her.

Naturally, it will not help her restore the country, but it is okay for her to have a home after death. The historical evaluation is better.

Today Li Shimin happily summoned everyone to say that Empress Xiao brought the Jade Seal of the Kingdom back to Tang Dynasty. Everyone else was paying attention to Empress Xiao and Yuxi, but only Yue Shan thought of Princess Yicheng.

That's why I talked to Li Shimin alone after the meeting, and also expressed my contempt for the marriage system by the way.

Of course, he is not stupid. The reason why he dares to despise the marriage system in person is because the Tang Dynasty has never had a marriage since the founding of the country.

Li Yuan's historical evaluation is relatively average, but anyone who has known him knows that this person is really pragmatic and doesn't pay much attention to fame.

Take Lingnan as an example, Ningxuan, Tandian and other warlord separatist forces wanted to surrender to the Tang Dynasty on the surface, and paid some gold, silver and jewelry to the Tang Dynasty every year in exchange for the legitimacy of their warlord status.

This is what they did in previous dynasties, and they are familiar with the road.

Those emperors like most all nations to come to the court, and any force can send a few envoys to claim that they admire the prosperity of the heavenly kingdom and voluntarily become vassals, and they can get official titles and dozens of times and hundreds of times of money back.

But Li Yuan broke this common sense, I don't want your tribute, and I won't recognize your legal status.

I don't have the energy to deal with you right now, so you can make as much noise as you want, and when I free up my hands, I will truly subdue you and kneel down.

This is Li Yuan's true thoughts.

There is also the marriage. Li Yuan, the emperor, has been in a situation of melee among the princes and is unable to resist the Turks. He has to pay a large amount of money to the Turks every year in exchange for a short-term peace.

Even so, Xieli still led troops south to invade from time to time.

At this time, some people proposed making peace, and others suggested that long-distance and close-attack can make friends with the Western Turks and jointly fight against Xieli, and proposed a policy of making peace.In this case, Li Yuan did not agree to the marriage.

Although I don't know what he thinks, it is indeed different from the emperors of the previous dynasties.

Since Li Shimin ascended the throne, many people have proposed using the kinship policy to divide and win over the various tribes of the Eastern Turks, and even many tribes such as Xue Yantuo and the Western Turks offered to make peace, but he rejected them.

That is to say, Datang has never made a marriage so far, so Yue Shan expressed his contempt for making a marriage on the spot, and Li Shimin would not be angry even if he disagreed with his point of view.

There is another advantage in expressing your attitude now. If anyone mentions marriage again in the future, Yue Shan will be able to stand up and oppose it openly, and Li Shimin will not blame him for it.

As for whether there will be such a thing as a marriage in the future, there will definitely be.

Originally, Li Shimin agreed to get married several times under pressure in history, but later he found opportunities to regret the marriage. The first marriage made in the Tang Dynasty was when the famous Princess Wencheng entered Tubo.

The wise and mighty Emperor Taizong did this, so the future emperors can naturally do it confidently, so there were at least [-] marriage experiences in the Tang Dynasty.

This is still recorded in the official history, and I don’t know how many things are not recorded in the history books.

What, you said that a marriage is a big event and must have historical records?

Everyone thought so at the beginning, until later generations of polar bears unearthed an ancient city in the style of the Tang Dynasty in their own territory. According to the unearthed relics, it is speculated that a large-scale force lived here during the Tang Dynasty.

And this tribe had a marriage relationship with the Tang Dynasty, so the style of the city is all Tang style, and there are many living utensils of the Tang Dynasty.

But looking through the history of the world, there is no record about this city and this tribe.There is no record of this marriage in China, whether it is official history or unofficial history.

So boldly speculate that there should be more marriages that have been covered up by history and unknown to the world.

Some things cannot be pioneered. Once a precedent is established, it will be used as a routine method by future generations, even if this strategy is useless at all.

Marriage is useless, but because it has been practiced for hundreds of years, it has been regarded as the standard by many dynasties.

Yue Shan's attitude is very clear, with a kiss like an egg, whoever proposes a marriage will let him be his wife.

But he couldn't guarantee whether Li Shimin would be pressured to agree to the marriage in this life, and it would be too late for him to stand up against it on that day.

So he has to express his attitude in advance, and he will dare to fight with anyone who dares to propose a marriage in the future.

To put it more harshly, he even wanted to abolish the marriage system in the Tang Dynasty even if he wanted no glory and wealth.

The Ming Dynasty did not have a relationship with the country, but it continued for more than 200 years.Although Yue Shan is not a bright blow, it must be admitted that the Ming Dynasty has proved with practical actions that there is no such thing as a marriage.

It is precisely because of the example of the Ming Dynasty that he dared to deny the kinship system so affirmatively.

Closer to home.

Li Shimin and his son had been angered by the Turks, and naturally hated Princess Yicheng who had been encouraging the Turks to go south. It was very difficult for Li Shimin to collect her body.

Yue Shan is also trying his best to try, if it works, if it doesn't work, it will be temporarily shelved.After waiting for decades, I was writing a miscellaneous book such as the biography of Princess Yicheng to help her correct her name and express her heart.

Now he is the leader of the literary world decades after the founder of the new school. By then, his words will still carry a lot of weight. It shouldn't be a problem to change the reputation for a woman.

But now it seems that his rhetoric has successfully moved Li Shimin.

Think about it carefully, compared with the co-lord of the world and the achievements comparable to Qin Huang and Han Wu, what is the aftermath of a mere woman?What's more, he was the final winner.

I really forgave her for showing that he, the emperor, has a big heart.What's more, the Supreme Emperor is involved, which is worthy of Li Shimin's raising his hand.

Of course, Yue Shan's own influence also occupies a large proportion of this.

If it were someone else, even if Changsun Wuji were to be the lobbyist, it would be useless even if he talked about it, Li Shimin would not only refuse to agree, but would also suspect that he had ulterior motives.

That is Yue Shan, who has a clean foundation and is closely related to the Li family. He always made some amazing remarks before, but those seemingly unreliable methods can always achieve amazing results.

The impression he left was that he did not follow the usual path, and now he suddenly stood up to complain for Princess Yicheng. Li Shimin would not doubt his loyalty, but would consider the feasibility of his words.

In fact, a lot of things depend on how you think about it. If you think it’s serious, it’s a big deal, and if you think it doesn’t matter, that’s the case.

This is the case with Princess Yicheng.

It can be considered that she is a remnant of the previous dynasty and bewitching foreigners to invade the south is a heinous crime that is unforgivable.Thinking about it from another angle, it's just a former princess who has died, so what if she raises her hand and lets her go?
Under Yue Shan's lobbying, Li Shimin's thoughts naturally favored the latter.

The news that Empress Xiao of the former dynasty returned to the Tang Dynasty with the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom quickly spread throughout the capital and became the hottest topic in an instant.Although there is everything to say, most people are happy for the court.

Ending the troubled times and defeating the Turks to capture Xieli alive, the Tang Dynasty has shown a flourishing atmosphere.As the saying goes, people in troubled times are not as good as peaceful dogs. Everyone hopes that the Tang Dynasty will last forever, and the people can live in peace for a few more years.

Now that even Chuan Guo Yuxi has returned, doesn't it just mean that Tang Guozuo has been recognized by the heavens?
With the eager anticipation of everyone, Empress Xiao and his party arrived at the bank of the Weishui River on the night of the 29th of the twelfth lunar month.

Everyone was not in a hurry to enter the city, but everyone was stationed along the river to rest.

In a relatively large tent, a young man looked worriedly at the gray-haired old woman in her 60s and said, "Grandmother, what do you think the saint will do to us?"

The young man was Yang Zhengdao who had been the puppet Sui king in Turkic for more than ten years, and the old woman was Empress Xiao.The term mother-in-law has been a colloquial term for grandmother for a long time, and grandmother is grandma...

Hearing her grandson's words, Empress Xiao smiled and comforted her: "Don't worry, this saint is not a stingy person. What's more, we took the jade seal and returned to Tang voluntarily. He will only reward us heavily, otherwise people in the world will poke our spines. "

Yang Zhengdao calmed down a bit: "Then I'm relieved. My mother-in-law and I have been running around in fear all these years and couldn't find a moment of peace. Now I just want to live a peaceful life and take good care of my mother-in-law. I don't expect him to give me any rewards. I'm content with a little bit of letting me plow freely."

Empress Xiao looked at him kindly, and said with a smile: "Hehe...you are a good boy without ambitions, this is what I am most satisfied with you, and it is also the reason why I am willing to return to Tang. Don't worry, your dream will come true this time. It will definitely come true.”

The grandparents and grandchildren chatted in the middle of the night before falling asleep.

Early the next morning, wearing a new dress, he set foot on the Weihe Bridge and headed towards Chang'an City.

Li Shimin also sent four ministers ten miles out of the city to meet him, and Xiao Yu was naturally among them.

He hasn't had a good night's sleep since he knew his sister returned to Tang. He has two heavy dark circles under his eyes, but he looks very excited and not sleepy at all.

Last night, he wished he could go to the Weishui River to meet relatives, but he had to restrain himself because of the king's order, but he didn't sleep all night.Early this morning, I found Chen Shuda, Gao Shilian and others to go out of the city to pick them up.

Now that I finally saw the frame of Empress Xiao, I couldn't help but rushed towards it, hugged the wheel and cried bitterly: "My poor sister, I finally see you. Woooooo..."

Empress Xiao who was sitting in the carriage knew who it was when she heard the voice, she couldn't help but jumped off the carriage frame and hugged Xiao Yu and cried bitterly: "Brother, brother, sister thought I would never see you again gone."

Yang Zhengdao also got off the frame, watching this scene also couldn't help but burst into tears.

The others also looked at them quietly, no one came up to disturb them, and some emotional ones even shed tears silently.

Although Chen Shuda and Gao Shilian were not sentimental people, they were elderly people after all, and they knew Empress Xiao themselves.Seeing each other again at this time has changed, and it is inevitable that it will be a little sad.

After a while, it was Empress Xiao who was the first to control her emotions, helped Xiao Yu up and said, "Don't cry, this time I will come back and I will never leave again. From now on, we will be able to see each other often."

"Yes, our siblings will never be separated again." Xiao Yu said, wiping away tears.

"By the way, this is my grandson Yang Zhengdao. Zhengdao is coming to meet your uncle." Empress Xiao introduced.

"Grandson Yang Zhengdao met uncle." Yang Zhengdao hurried up to greet him.

"Okay, okay, when I saw you for the last time, you were still an ignorant kid, and you became so big in a blink of an eye. Okay, okay, this time I will live in Datang with peace of mind when I come back this time." Xiao Yu said kindly.

How can he not hear his voice-over Queen Xiao and Yang Zhengdao, and his hanging heart is relieved immediately.

At this time, Gao Shilian and Chen Shuda also came forward to pay respects, and after the greetings, the group went straight to Yong'an Palace.

At this time, a grand banquet was being prepared in Yong'an Palace, and even the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan was invited out.

(End of this chapter)