Princess Taiping, the prototype of the princess in the Tang Dynasty's bizarre stories, the power is so overwhelming

has two unnamed characters in the recently popular online drama " Tang Dynasty Strange Stories ", but according to the plot, the princess should be the famous Taiping princess in history, and the prince is the famous Kaiyuan Shengshi The founder of Tang Xuanzong Li Longji. Personally, I think that the drama has restored the complex relationship between Tang Ruizong Li Dan, Princess Taiping, and Li Longji. Based on " New Tang Book ", this article will tell you about the image of Princess Taiping in history books.

The jewel in the palm of the middle-aged female second sage

About 665 AD, Wu Zetian gave birth to a daughter, at this time Wu Zetian was proud, her husband loved and trusted, and her career was flourishing (she assisted Li Zhi in the Feng Chan Ceremony), for this daughter Gaozong and Wu Zetian's special favor, it is afraid that it will melt in the mouth, and it will be scary when placed on the head. The clothing, food, enjoyment, and ostentation are especially special. The name of Princess Taiping is not recorded in history at all, and all historical materials use her title Princess Taiping instead, and her birth year is not clearly recorded, probably between AD 662 and AD 665. This article takes the year 665 AD.

Princess Taiping's happy childhood and teenage life also had twists and turns. When she went to play at her grandmother's house, Mrs. Rongguo, when she was five or six years old, her cousin, Helan Minzhi, suddenly closed the gate of the courtyard where Princess Taiping lived, and the year was closed. The young Princess Taiping was raped, and it is said that she raped Princess Taiping's maids in front of Princess Taiping. Anyway, Princess Taiping was frightened. This incident completely angered Wu Zetian. The furious Wu Zetian was about to kill He Lan Minzhi on the spot, but Mrs. Rongguo, who had an affair with her grandson, stopped her, and Wu Zetian could only endure it temporarily. Later, when Mrs. Rongguo died, Wu Zetian demoted Helan Minzhi to another place. On a dark and windy night for a month, a group of warriors caught up with Helan Minzhi and quickly left. The next morning, others found that Helan Minzhi had committed suicide. Yes, there are also unofficial historians who said that Princess Taiping was leading the team, but Princess Taiping was less than ten years old at the time, so it shouldn't be possible to do this.

At that time, both Chinese and foreigners in the Tang Dynasty knew that Princess Taiping was the heart of Gaozong and Wu Zetian. At that time, the rising Tubo immediately sent messengers to ask Gaozong and Wu Zetian for a marriage. Of course Wu Zetian was reluctant to marry his most precious daughter to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The savage land where birds do not shit suffered, so a Taoist temple was built in the palace, and Princess Taiping was dressed in Taoist clothes, and then she announced that Princess Taiping had become a monk. In this way, the Tibetan messenger was easily dispatched. From one aspect, it can be seen that Wu Zetian also needs to be careful to deal with the powerful Tubo, and does not dare to deal with it like other vassals.

Marrying love

When Princess Taiping was about 15 years old, there was a banquet held by Emperor Gaozong and Wu Zetian, and suddenly a pink girl with a purple robe and jade belt, folded a towel, and Gu Fenli danced on the spot, Gao Zong and Wu Zetian held a banquet. Zong and Wu Zetian saw that this was a little Taiping, and their cute appearance made Gaozong and Wu Zetian laughed, "My dear daughter, you can't be a general, why are you dressed like this?" Princess Taiping lay in Gaozong's arms and said: "Father, you can give this dress to the concubine!"

Gaozong and Empress Wu looked at each other and smiled, knowing that Princess Taiping was interested, they found out that Princess Taiping had a crush on Gaozong's sister Princess Chengyang 's second son Xue Shao is also the cousin of Princess Taiping. In 681 AD, Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu held a grand wedding for a pair of villains. Because the Xue family was too small, they deliberately used the county hall in Wannian County as the wedding hall. It went on and on, the torches held by the family sending the relatives scorched the trees on the roadside, and because the wedding car was too large, a hole was deliberately cut out of the wall of Wannian County and a new door was opened for the wedding car.

After the marriage, the young couple was called a honey-mixed oil, and they were very affectionate. In just seven years, the two gave birth to four children. During this time, Princess Taiping has never been arrogant and domineering, and did not openly look for it. Lover, she is devoted to her sweet and happy family.

Love is dead to start a career

In AD 688, the gate of the concubine Xue Shao's house was suddenly smashed, and a team of soldiers rushed in. Without any explanation, the concubine Xue Shao was caught and tied up and taken away. The princess Taiping who was about to give birth was terrified , don't know what happenedWhat is the situation. After inquiring carefully, it turned out that after the death of her father Gaozong Li Zhi, her mother Wu Zetian could no longer suppress her desire to reach the top. Her second brother Li Xian was killed, and the third brother Li Xian was exiled , The fourth brother Li Dan has taken the initiative to ask his mother Wu Zetian to be in power since he became the emperor, and he simply did not even go to court.

After more than ten years of preparation, Wu Zetian has cleared almost all the obstacles before ascending the throne, and he is just a step away. In 688 AD, the Ming Tang, which was built under the auspices of Xue Huaiyi, a male favorite, was finally completed. Wu Zetian called the Li clan kings to Luoyang to observe the ceremony. These princes are very clear in their hearts. If they go, they may not be able to come back. The light ones will be placed under house arrest in Luoyang, and the heavy ones will be thrown into the dumplings. Prepare to give it a go. Led by Taizong's son Li Zhen, the Li clan kings raised their troops one after another. Wu Zetian had already guarded against them and immediately suppressed them. These kings were arrested one by one and bloodshed. In order to eliminate future troubles forever, they gave them a severe trial. As a result, Li Chong contacted Xue Shao's brother Xue Yi before raising his troops. Xue Yi decided to respond to Li Chong in Luoyang. What else is there to say, Xue Yi He was snapped immediately, and Xue Shao, his younger brother, was also thrown into prison. With Wu Zetian's ruthless heart, he completely ignored the pleading of Princess Taiping, who was pregnant with Liujia, and starved Xue Shao to death. Princess Taiping, who was just in her twenties, became a widow at a young age. Her seven years of happy life ended early, and her love died along with her husband Xue Shao.

We can't speculate how much hatred Princess Taiping has for her mother, but she must be extremely afraid of Wu Zetian, who is ruthless. Her life after that was completely controlled by her mother, Wu Zetian, without any resistance.

In order to integrate the two clans of the Wu family and the Li family, Wu Zetian looked for a new marriage partner for Princess Taiping. Wu Zetian chose Wu Chengsi, the best among the children of the Wu family. Wu Chengsi suddenly became seriously ill at that time. Wu Chengsi probably wouldn't be able to survive the medical level of his life, so he re-selected Wu Youji, who was honest and responsible. The only obstacle is that Wu Youji has a wife, Wu Zetian solved this obstacle simply and efficiently, and directly killed Wu Youji to become a widower. Yes, a dead wife and a dead husband were born together, and the two quickly got married and became husband and wife. The couple lived very harmoniously. They never beat, scolded or made trouble. They also gave birth to two sons, one daughter and three children. Of course, it is hard to say whether Wu Youji is a genetic father or not.

Princess Taiping, who had given up on love, began to let go of herself and did not feel wronged at all. Following her mother's appearance, she raised a large number of male pets, including ministers with extraordinary bearing, handsome young heroes, and even a foreign monk. The most outrageous The thing is that many of these male pets share with his mother Wu Zetian and his friend Shangguan Waner at the same time. The most famous one is Lianhua Liulang Zhang Changzong , which he gave to his mother Wu Zetian with good effect.

Because Princess Taiping Fang Eiguangyi is smart and clever, Wu Zetian thinks that he is very similar to himself, so he will discuss many important things with her, but Wu Zetian is a monster of power, Princess Taiping finally Wu Zhou Although he was deeply involved in government affairs, he was extravagant. Enjoy, but never dare to exceed the scope of responsibility in terms of power.

Princess Taiping handled many private affairs for Wu Zetian, the most famous of which is the Xue Huaiyi incident. Xue Huaiyi was Wu Zetian's first male favorite, and he was nearly 40 years younger than Wu Zetian. He was recommended to Wu Zetian by Jincheng Princess . Later, in preparation for Wu Zetian's ascension to the throne, he made great contributions to the work of disseminating "The Book of Great Clouds" and building Mingtang. She stood out from the crowd and was favored by Wu Zetian. In love, the strong party always likes the new and hates the old. Under the stimulation of the aphrodisiac of power, Wu Zetian has more energy. When he was in his seventies, he had new teeth, and the demand for male pets was also stronger. Under the impact of the pet, Xue Huaiyi's sense of crisis became stronger and stronger. Under the stimulation of jealousy, he began to work non-stop, eager for Wu Zetian to give him a promise, but how could Wu Zetian, who is rich in the world, be nearly forty years younger than him. Xue Huaiyi became more and more tired of Wu Zetian, and Wu Zetian's boredom made Xue Huaiyi feel more in danger, so he acted more ruthlessly, until one day he died. One day in 695 AD, Xue Huaiyi set fire to the Mingtang he supervised and destroyed the building. Although Wu Zetian was calm on the surface, the murderous intent in his eyes was seen by Princess Taiping. So on December 25 of that year, Xue Huaiyi excitedly went to Yaoguang Temple to see Wu Zetian, and just walkedIn a dark alley, Princess Taiping blocked the way. Before Xue Huaiyi could react, more than a dozen strong men appeared behind him. The first male favorite of the Wu Zhou Dynasty died in the hands of Princess Taiping.

Princess Taiping did a lot of similar things for Wu Zetian, most of which were private events, which were rarely circulated. Princess Taiping has become one of the core decision-making levels of the Wu Zhou Dynasty along with Shangguan Wan'er, Zhang Changzong, Zhang Yizhi, etc.

Participated in the coup and reached the pinnacle of power

Wu Zetian is an old man after all. In the last few years of her rule, her energy became increasingly weak, and she began to hand over the affairs of the state to Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi's brothers. Growing suspicion, even the clansmen of the Li and Wu families began to be suspicious. The so-called villain was successful, and the two Zhang Yise came to power. Once they took power, they would show their power even more. They directly aimed at the Li family and the Wu family. , Princess Taiping's famous male pet Gao Jian was also killed by them.

Er Zhang's arrogance made the courtiers, the Li family, and the Wu family feel the crisis, and they were united unprecedentedly. In 705 AD (the first year of Shenlong), on the 22nd day of the first month, Zhang Jianzhi and other five ministers suddenly rushed into the palace with a team of soldiers, and hacked to death Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi's brothers under the help of Shangguan Wan'er. And surrounded the Jixian Temple where Wu Zetian lived, forcing Wu Zetian to admit the two rebellions and give Li Xian the position of Zen.

This coup is called Shenlong coup . After the coup, Li Xian became emperor. The five ministers who took the lead were all named kings. She was named "Princess of Zhenguo Taiping" and Li Dan was named "Prince of Anguo Prime Minister", and both of them were able to run the government. The main players in this coup have all been rewarded very handsomely. Princess Taiping also moved from behind the scenes of the Wu Zhou Dynasty to the front, and began to openly participate in the political competition of the Tang Dynasty.

After Li Xian became emperor, the situation was extremely complicated, with multiple power forces fighting each other, Zhongzong could not control the situation at all, so he introduced the Wu family forces represented by Wu Sansi , his wife Weishi, and his daughter Princess Anle barely managed to stabilize the situation. But Queen Weishi, Princess Anle and the mother and daughter just got a little bit of achievement, they thought they were as wise as Wu Zetian, so they wanted to follow Wu Zetian's path again and poisoned Zhongzong Li Xian before they waited for them After purging other forces, they were hacked to death by Li Longji, and their dreams were broken.

Li Longji is Li Dan's third son and the nephew of Princess Taiping. The genes of Emperor Taizong flow in his veins. Before launching the coup, he simply got on with his aunt, Princess Taiping. Then on July 21, 710, he entered the Imperial Garden Forbidden Garden alone, and found the dormitory of the director of the garden, Zhong Shaojing, and persuaded him to rebel. At first, Zhong Shaojing was reluctant to rebel, but under the persuasion of his wife and the threat of Li Longji, he finally agreed to launch a rebellion. After the coup d'etat, they sent letters to Li Xianfu, Ge Fushun, Chen Xuanli and other confidant officers, and asked them to gather in the forbidden garden. These people, led by Li Longji, ran to the Yulin Camp, where they hacked to death the Queen Weishi. Wei Kua, Wei Bo, Gao Song and others, who were close relatives, then took their heads and recruited the Yulin Army, and then the troops entered the palace in several ways, taking out Wei Shi, Zong Chu Ke , An Le who met on the road. The princess, Wu Yanxiu , Shangguan Wan'er and others all beheaded, and the coup was a success.

But Li Longji's aunt's actions of Princess Taiping opened her eyes. Princess Taiping knew that Li Longji was going to launch a mutiny. After careful consideration, she felt that if the coup d'état succeeded, this daring nephew would become emperor and his political career would end. . So she prepared a yellow robe and sent people to keep an eye on the palace. Li Longji's side had just stabilized, and she immediately rushed to her brother Li Dan's house, and brought Li Dan's confidant ministers to hold the enthronement ceremony for Li Dan. Li Dan tried his best to kill Weishi's party, and then he received the news that his father had become the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Although Li Longji had already killed many people, he could not He beheaded his own father in public, and his father Li Dan was also very good at being a man. Seeing this man was covered in bloodThe son, Li Dan hugged him: "The third child, it's all your credit that Jiangshan Sheji can be stable, and I will not treat you badly." Li Longji's two older brothers were also very sensible, and immediately elected Li Longji as the prince. So Li Longji became the prince of the Tang Dynasty. Although he did not become the emperor, the prince was not a loss. Li Longji could only recognize it by pinching his nose. After the

coup, Li Dan immediately announced that Li Longji and Princess Taiping were the greatest heroes, so Princess Taiping was named 30,000 households, and all three sons were named kings. The 40-year-old Princess Taiping has become one of the three giants of the Tang Dynasty. Whenever the government is in power, there is nothing that Li Dan does not approve of what the Princess Taiping has requested. Even if the Princess Taiping does not go to court, the prime minister also needs to run to the court after the court. The Prime Minister's Office asked the Princess Taiping for instructions and reports, and then went to Li Dan's place to issue it with a seal. Li Dan was like a human-shaped rubber stamp. Of course, without Li Longji's consent, Li Dan did not dare to use the seal, but Li Longji, who was young and had a serious lack of governance experience, also respected his aunt Princess Taiping very much, and also raised his hands in approval of Princess Taiping's decision. This also caused Princess Taiping's power to be overwhelming, and the appointment of personnel was all decided by Princess Taiping. Many low-level officials were even promoted to prime ministers because of Princess Taiping's appreciation. Five of the seven prime ministers came from Princess Taiping's door. In order to curry favor with Princess Taiping, people all over the world flocked to her house like a stream of rare treasures. Her family's farmland gardens are scattered all over the suburbs of Chang'an City. When her family buys or manufactures various treasures, they go as far as Lingbiao and Bashu areas, and there are many people who transport such items for her. Princess Taiping also imitated the pomp of the court in all aspects of daily necessities. There are hundreds of servant girls, thousands of servants, and tens of thousands of horses.

Of course, the reason why Princess Taiping's power can reach such a high level is not because of her ability to govern, but because Li Dan is worried that he will not be able to control his son Li Longji, who is full of blood, so he consciously raises Taiping. The status of the princess is balanced by this. But compared to their mother Wu Zetian, they have a serious lack of awareness of the basic force of power. Li Longji is a ruthless man who dares to fight close to the body like Li Shimin . These political struggle methods are almost immune to him. But they didn't realize it.

madly begging for the hammer to get the hammer

may have suddenly gained power to make Princess Taiping more and more floating, maybe it was after negotiating with Li Dan, Princess Taiping actually attacked Li Longji, she collected Li Longji's mistakes every day to Li Dan's When I made a small report, the two people who went back and forth were on the bar. First of all, Princess Taiping was not calm. She even conspired with her cronies to abolish Li Longji's crown prince.

One day in 711 AD, Princess Taiping stopped the prime ministers who had just gotten off work in her luxury car, and forced the prime ministers to agree to abolish the prince. After Princess Taiping talked for a while, Prime Minister Song Jing couldn't listen anymore, and he stood up to Princess Taiping: "Today's Jiangshan Sheji was cut by Prince Li Longji with a knife, and now he has nothing serious wrong, you Just abolish the prince, princess, are you crazy? Stop talking nonsense like this!" Princess Taiping swallowed the rest of the words directly. The most terrifying consequence of this incident was that Princess Taiping placed herself opposite Li Longji, and it was in a state of endless death.

As soon as Princess Taiping left, Prime Minister Song Jing and Yao Yuanzhi turned around and went into the palace to meet Li Dan, "Your Majesty, the endless mutual attacks between Princess Taiping and the Crown Prince are not a long-term solution, it will mess up the country in the long run. Prince Li Longji has made great contributions to the society and is a very qualified heir. King of Song Li Chengqi is His Majesty's eldest son, King of Bin Li Shouli is the eldest grandson of Emperor Gaozong, they are a threat to Li Longji's status and should be released When you go to other places, you should not stay in Chang'an. You should be relieved of the positions of the left and right Yulin generals held by Qi Wang Li Longfan and Xue Wang Li Longye, and they should be appointed as the prince's left and right guards to serve the prince. The most important thing is that Princess Taiping and her husband Wu Youji should be allowed to live in Luoyang, and stop interfering in the government." What Song Jing and Yao Yuanzhi didn't say was, is Li Longji a good killer? Aren't you afraid that he will hack you to death?

Li Dan said: "My first cousin is only one younger sister, Princess Taiping. I really can't bear to let her go to Luoyang. The other kings' arrangements are up to you." In fact, Li Dan alsoBecause he was afraid of his son, he issued an order at the same time: "In the future, all kings and concubines will not be allowed to lead the forbidden army, and those who hold positions now must be transferred to other official positions." Li Longji's military power was cut to prevent him from violently killing people. cannot be revolted. He also fantasized that Princess Taiping could compete with Li Longji, and even held the idea of ​​abolishing Li Longji.

Song Jing let out a long sigh, the transfer of power in the Tang Dynasty will be stained with blood.

Princess Taiping was furious when she heard that Song Jing and Yao Yuanzhi dared to make her own, and ran to Li Longji's house and yelled at them. Li Longji greeted her with a smile and took the initiative to apologize to Princess Taiping. She also offered to punish Song Jing and Yao Yuanzhi and release them. . In fact, Princess Taiping didn't know that it was useless to speak ruthlessly to the real powerhouse. After this incident, the two attacked more intensely. In the second year of

, which is 712 AD, a strange astronomical phenomenon occurred. Comet came to , so Princess Taiping played a ruthless game. She found a magic stick and said to Li Dan: "The appearance of a comet marks the appearance of a comet. Now that the old will be removed and the new will be replaced, and the throne and the stars in the heart have changed, and the main thing is that the crown prince should be enthroned." Li Dan understood that Princess Taiping was forcing him to kill Li Longji. , but repeatedly weighed that he did not dare to confront Li Longji head-on, so he came up with a way to get the best of both worlds. Princess Taiping saw that stealing chickens would not be a loss of rice, so she immediately took her partisans to stop it, but Li Dan had already made up his mind, Li Longji became emperor, and Li Dan became the emperor. But the power has not been handed over, Li Longji's emperor is just an empty emperor. When

arrived here, Princess Taiping was about to physically destroy Li Longji, but she even put her own people in the main troops of the capital, such as the Yulin Army. Almost all the power in the imperial court is in the hands of Princess Taiping. Five of the seven prime ministers belong to the Princess Taiping faction. In the imperial court, while Li Longji organized people to carry it to death, he quietly asked his servant Wang Mao Zhong to secretly summon the dead. One day in 713 AD, Li Longji asked Wang Maozhong how many people he had summoned, Wang Maozhong said three hundred, and Li Longji said enough, so he brought his cronies, Taipu Shaoqing Li Lingwen, Wang Shouyi , and internal servant Gao Lishi . Yi Li Shoude and more than a dozen cronies, as well as Wang Maozhong's 300 horse-riding dead men, suddenly rushed to the gate of Qianhua, beheading Chang Yuankai and Li Ci, the left and right generals of Princess Taiping's faction, and then Li Longji summoned all of them. The Yulin Army asked them whether they would like to follow themselves or Princess Taiping. Everyone in the Yulin Army expressed their willingness to obey the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, and then Li Longji non-stop sent people to lead troops to hack and kill Princess Taiping's trusted Sanqi regular servant Jia. Yingfu, Zhongshusheren Li You, Prime Minister Cen Xi, Xiao Zhizhong , etc. Li Longji's coup was successful.

Princess Taiping heard that her nephew was using a knife, and she persuaded Li Longji, who was covered in blood, and ran directly to , Zhongnanshan, , and hid, but Princess Taiping, who was used to being pampered, couldn't bear to escape in the wild, and it was only three days He took the initiative to return to Chang'an and surrendered himself. Li Dan quickly pleaded with Li Longji, hoping to save Princess Taiping from dying. Li Longji coldly refused, and then sent someone to strangle Princess Taiping at home with a rope. Also executed were his three sons and dozens of his main henchmen. Princess Taiping's son Xue Chongjian was beaten for repeatedly admonishing his mother Princess Taiping not to oppose Li Longji, so he was exceptionally exempted from the death penalty. Li Longji gave him the surname Li and allowed him to stay in his original position. He also ordered that all the property of Princess Taiping be confiscated and confiscated. When she raided her home, she found that the property in the princess's house was piled up like a mountain, and the treasures and games were comparable to the royal treasury. It hasn't been collected for a few years. Princess Taiping's favorite husband, Hu Seng Huifan, also owns hundreds of thousands of yuan.

Princess Taiping's life is pathetic. Under her mother's lewd power, she chose to go with the flow. Although Wu Zetian said that Princess Taiping was like himself, Princess Taiping did not have the talent of an emperor like Wu Zetian, especially in terms of using a knife. Because of blood relationship, he entered the core of power, the prime minister went out to court more, and the six armies gave him command, despised everything, and ran rampant. But she seriously lacked the experience and ability to fight against desperadoes like Li Longji. She never knew that the cornerstone of power was always built on the cornerstone of force, and force was not only an official position, but also represented the courage to fight hand-to-hand at critical times. cut people. Although she can press Li Longji to fight in terms of political struggle, in Li Longji's three hundred slavesIn front of her, her mighty power is nothing but a mirror. Eventually died.