Chapter 56 Chapter 56: Tang Taizong’s Lustful Records

In recent years, the emperor dramas on film and television have been very lively. Although some have repeatedly emphasized respect for history, they still cannot escape the cliché of "joking".Take the recent popular TV series "The Reign of Zhenguan" and "The Reign of Zhenguan" as an example, there are many stories that are too beautiful and distort historical facts. Emperor Taizong of Tang was beautified as a perfect holy king. However, the real history is not like a playwright. The description is so beautiful, some things are even beyond people's imagination.

Tang Taizong Li Shimin's literary and martial arts "Zhenguan Zhizhi" is naturally beyond doubt, but some of his bad deeds are clearly written in history, but the darkness of the latter is covered by the light of the former.After Li Shimin killed his elder brother Li Jiancheng and his younger brother Li Yuanji in the Xuanwumen Incident, he immediately killed all their sons, and openly took Yuanji's concubine as his own concubine and occupied his younger brother's wife.In his later years, he gradually tended to be extravagant and corrupt. He not only restored the luxurious palace of Emperor Sui Yang for his own enjoyment, but also superstitiously believed in divination and was obsessed with elixir. He died at the age of fifty-two because of taking the so-called longevity pill.

Here, let's put aside Tang Taizong's arrogance and ignorance for the time being, and specifically talk about his lust. At the beginning of Zhenguan, when all kinds of wastes were waiting to be lifted, Tang Taizong was less in love with female sex. After five years of Zhenguan, the world has tended to be in great order, the desire for pleasure has grown, and beauty contests have appeared from time to time. Therefore, Tang Taizong once recruited There are many beauties, and there are not a few who are favored by them. Eight of them have left their names in the history books. The first one is Concubine Yang. This Concubine Yang is the daughter of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty. The most legendary thing is that she married Li Shimin, the prince of the new dynasty, as the princess of the subjugated country, and this prince of the new dynasty is still her. Cousin (Li Yuan and Yang Guang are cousins).This Concubine Yang should be Li Shimin's first concubine conferred by Jin as Queen of Qin. After the death of Empress Changsun, Li Shimin once wanted to make her a queen, but the officials strongly opposed her because she was the daughter of Emperor Sui Yang, and finally had to give up.A concubine Yang was buried in Zhaoling, but it is not known whether it was this concubine Yang.

The second is Concubine Yin, because Concubine Yin's son Li You was punished for rebellion, so Concubine Yin should have been implicated later, and disappeared. The third is Concubine Wei, who was once Li Shimin's favorite woman.It is said that Concubine Wei has a beautiful appearance and a peerless talent, so she has been favored by Li Shimin for a long time. The most surprising thing is that this Concubine Wei was originally a married woman. Her original husband was Li Min. They had a daughter. Later, Li Min was punished because of Yang Xuangan's rebellion, and Webster was not admitted to the government because of this. At that time, Li Shimin should have been sixteen years old and married his eldest grandson not long ago.God was very kind to them. Webster was not dispatched to any place, and was imprisoned in Luoyang until Li Shimin conquered Luoyang and met her. Li Shimin was shocked when he saw her, so he married her into the Qin Palace and married her. The conclusion of the mandarin alliance.

The fourth is Concubine Yan. There are not many records in history. It seems that it only says that she entered the back court of the Qin Dynasty at the age of 13. She was also outstanding in talent and appearance, and she had two princes. The fifth place is Concubine Yang who made Li Shimin condemned by later generations and married at the risk of the world.Concubine Xiao Yang was originally the concubine of Li Yuanji, king of Qi, and she can be regarded as a descendant of a famous family.The "Amorous History" between Li Shimin and Concubine Yang has also become the favorite of countless novelists. Whether it is the more formal "Romance of Tang History" or the "Romance of the Palace" by the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School, they are all exaggerated, written vigorously, and love-hate .Li Shimin married the Yang family into the East Palace, but no one in the Manchu Dynasty persuaded him. Does this mean that their relationship is already a semi-open secret, or that the ministers know that it is useless to persuade them.To kill a brother is injustice, to intimidate a father is to be unfilial, to slaughter a nephew is to be unkind, to rape a brother-in-law is to be rude, but to Li Shimin, these seem to be trifles.

The sixth place is Xu Hui, who is posthumously named Concubine Xian. It is said that she is a talented woman who can speak in May and poetry at the age of eight. She is respected and favored by Li Shimin because she dares to persuade her. Maybe Li Shimin saw the shadow of the eldest grandson queen in her . The seventh place is Wu Zhao, who not only became the empress, but also named herself Wu Zetian. She is probably the first woman to cuckold Li Shimin.Tang Taizong not only had a keen eye for recruiting talents, but also had a good appreciation of women's sex. The 14-year-old Wu Zetian made him couldn't help admiring: "Beauty is only, beauty is only!" Five products.Then, Emperor Taizong ordered her to serve in bed, and named her "Mei".Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty had always been anointed with rich taste, indulged in female sex, and stagnant poison in his body had accumulated for a long time. Wu Zetian's jade body was as white as a carcass, and her beauty was gorgeous, which finally caused him to suffer from back sores because of lingering on his bed brother.Prince Li Zhi (that is, Tang Gaozong who came to the throne later) often waited on his father who was sick. In this way, Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian often had the opportunity to meet.Tang Taizong was sick for a long time, and Wu Zetian was so hungry and thirsty that he often flirted with Tang Gaozong. The two were similar in age, flirting with each other, and colluded with each other. Tang Taizong, the king of a generation of heroes, was actually cuckolded by his son.

The above are all the beauties around Li Shimin recorded in the history books (except for Empress Changsun). Their brilliance and legend seem to be comparable only to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Judging from this record, it is not wrong to say that Li Shimin is lustful.