Chapter 58: Black Material 2
[Eight is to occupy the younger brother's wife and forcibly marry the eldest sister-in-law.

The New Book of Tang records: "Emperor Taizong killed his brother, Prince of Qi Yuanji, and took his concubine Yang, who was favored and gave birth to Prince of Cao Ming. After Empress Changsun died, the emperor wanted to make Yang his empress, but Wei Zheng advised against it and the emperor succeeded."

"Zizhi Tongjian" also recorded that Li Shimin wanted to give Yang family a legitimate status, but Wei Zheng advised him against it and he gave up the idea.

Yang's title kept changing with Li Yuanji. She was first a commoner, then the Princess of Hailing, and later the Princess of Chao.

However, before the appearance of the New Book of Tang, no historical book mentioned that Emperor Taizong wanted to make Yang his empress, including the "Wei Zhenggong Jianlu" in the Tang Dynasty, which specifically recorded Wei Zheng's admonitions.

The host personally thinks that it may be because historical records show that Li Shimin's concubine Yang gave birth to Cao Wang Li Ming, and then adopted him to Li Yuanji. Coincidentally, Li Yuanji's first wife also had the surname Yang, so the people of the Song Dynasty thought that Yang was Li Yuanji's wife.

Rumors spread like wildfire.

Similarly, forcing the eldest sister-in-law to marry is nonsense. 】

[The tombstone of Yang's illegitimate daughter unearthed clearly stated that she and her mother had been under house arrest in the small palace.]
[Anyone who has read the Old Book of Tang would not say such a thing.]
[It is mainly because the New Book of Tang will compile this. This has never happened before. Li Shimin theoretically had three concubines with the surname Yang, but none of them was his brother's wife.]
[Li Jiancheng’s legal wife was Zheng Guanyin. There is no mention in the epitaphs and history books that she was taken away by Li Shimin. These are all made up by the Song Dynasty.]
[Heh, Li Shimin is such a scumbag, he liked Concubine Yang but married his eldest grandson.]
[Here we go, here comes another brainwashed person. Whenever the surname Yang is mentioned, Li Er and Chang Sun will be scolded.]
[Some people always think that Li Shimin's true love was the Sui Dynasty princess, Concubine Yang, the mother of Wu Wang Li Ke. How could his love for her not be recorded in history books?]
[If it is not recorded, it will not be discussed. As for her affairs, it is equivalent to knowing nothing, so there is no way to comment on her. This is a kind of protection.]
[Don't be ridiculous. The ancients valued their reputation after death the most. If we want to avoid criticism, we should order the historians to write good things instead of not writing at all.]
[…As long as you are happy.]
[I have no ill will towards Concubine Yang, but many of Concubine Yang's fans always like to establish Er Feng as a duck for the country. They are afraid of Zhang Sun Wuji, so they favor the queen, and therefore choose Li Zhi instead of Li Ke. How outrageous!]
[It’s even more outrageous.]
In a daze, in a daze.

Li Shimin felt his eyes were opened.

Wouldn't it be boring for future generations to keep talking about the same trivial things over and over again?

He killed the children of Yang and Zheng, so no matter how much he loved women, he would not dare to sleep next to them.

As a woman, Empress Changsun thought more: "Erlang, after Tianmu said this, Yang and Zheng will definitely be talked about. I want to send someone to appease them."

Although Tianmu said it was a rumor, there will always be some people with unclean hearts.

Wei Zheng frowned fiercely. What's wrong with the Song Dynasty? Why are they always compiling bad things about the Tang Dynasty?
[Nine is the poor parenting skills, a tragedy for the royal family.]

It must be acknowledged that Li Shimin should indeed take responsibility for the affairs of Crown Prince Li Chengqian and Prince of Wei Li Tai.

The struggle for power between the Li and Tang dynasties was a tragedy, but the struggle for the throne has never stopped for thousands of years, so there is no need to blame it all on Emperor Taizong of Tang.

[Li Jiancheng: My good nephews, come on! I will support you in the underworld!]

[Hahaha, you were so mean earlier.]
The real Li Jiancheng said: You are really rude.

[A large part of the reason why Li Chengqian rebelled was because of the pressure brought by Li Shimin's high-pressure education and his partiality to the King of Wei.]
[He already felt inferior because of his lame leg, and he was remonstrated with by Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Kong Yingda and other ministers every day. He was on the verge of mental collapse and would explode at the slightest spark.]
[He is disabled later in life, has low self-esteem and is sensitive. His father dotes on his younger brother to no end, and he is scolded by his ministers every day. It would be strange if his mentality didn't collapse.]
[Li Shimin is almost the same as today’s pushy parents. They give their children the best educational resources, spend money and energy on them, but they don’t pay attention to their children’s psychological needs.]
[There are so many children committing suicide nowadays. Li Chengqian at that time was no different from these children. It was just that he was the crown prince, so his way of resistance was different.]
[Also, favoring Taichang Le Ren Chengxin and bringing Turks into the palace were both forms of resistance.]
[Rebellious, crazy, no more pretending, let's rebel!]
Don.

Why did Li Shimin cry so much?

Cheng Qian is his eldest son and he has high hopes for him. He never thought that one day the relationship between father and son would come to this point.

Lame, disabled, collapsed, crazy.

Cheng Qian is smart, kind and filial. He never thought that these words would appear in his description. How could this happen?

We knew before that brothers were killing each other and father and son were estranged, but we didn't expect that Cheng Qian would be driven crazy in the future, and Empress Changsun's anger disease suddenly relapsed.

"Guanyin maid!" Li Shimin supported her and shouted, "Go find the imperial physician!"

"Mother..." Li Chengqian and Li Tai hurried to her side.

Chang Sun comforted her gently: "It's okay, it will be fine in a while."

She was just a little sad.

The mentioned remonstrants such as Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Kong Yingda, etc.: ...Are they so terrible?

Qin.

Psychological needs? The first emperor found it very fresh.

As mentioned earlier, Fusu’s ending didn’t seem to be good, so what were his psychological needs?
Ying Zheng glanced at him sideways and thought Fusu looked quite normal.

Fusu had no idea what his father was thinking. He frowned slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Chinese.

Liu Che held little Liu Ju in his arms, with complicated thoughts.

I wonder what will be the future of this child?

Bright.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, "Emperor Taizong was wise throughout his life, but he failed to balance the relationship between his eldest son and his second son."

He won’t, his position will only be taken by Crown Prince Zhu Biao, and the rest of the little bastards can forget about it.

[Ten is the stupidity and feudal superstition in the later period.]

Compared with his early years, Emperor Taizong of Tang's later years were definitely not wise, he loved beauty and was busy with construction projects, which was also true. As for feudal superstition, Li Shimin was somewhat flexible in his superstition.

In his early years, he also ridiculed the Qin Emperor and Han Emperor Wu for their obsession with alchemy and their pursuit of elixirs, which shows that he felt that immortals were illusory.

But in the fifth year of Zhenguan, Li Chengqian fell ill, so he asked a Taoist priest to pray for him; in the seventh year of Zhenguan, Li Chengqian fell ill again, so he asked an Indian monk to pray for him; in the tenth year of Zhenguan, Empress Zhangsun was seriously ill, so he rebuilt an abandoned Taoist temple to pray for him.

In his later years, Li Shimin was seriously ill and could only place his hope on elixirs.

Compared with the Qin Emperor and Han Emperor, Li Shimin's superstition is a kind of sustenance. 】

[In conclusion, Zheng Ge and Zhu Zhu are the easiest to deceive, and they always succeed.]
[Li Shimin was a little confused in his later years and could no longer listen to much advice.]
[Why can’t Li Longji learn more from his great grandfather? He who deserves to die must die!]
[The same reason applies to Emperor Wu of Han. He lived too long and nearly dragged the Han Dynasty into the abyss.]
[Tsk, it’s better now. In the past, if you wanted to live a good life, you had to rely on the virtue of the ruler above you. If you got a tyrant ruler, you would be doomed.]
[Thank you, our predecessors!!!]
It seems that life in later generations should be very good, and these ancestors should be the ones who founded the country.

Chinese.

Tianmu finally told the good news that he would live a long life!
Unfortunately, it was followed by a sentence "almost dragged the big man into the abyss", which made me happy but also a little worried.

Seeing that "almost dragged the Han Dynasty into the abyss", Liu Qi's fatherly smile disappeared instantly after he knew that Liu Che would later become Emperor Wu, and he kicked him on the butt. The young King of Jiaodong was very unconvinced. What did Liu Che do have to do with him?
[We have already discussed some of the points that were criticized about Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin.

After all, the host is not from that era, and many things he says are just his own opinions, which are not completely correct. Just listen for fun. 】

[According to the standards of these haters, there has never been a good emperor in history.]
[Three amazing theories on the Internet: "Sui was stronger than Tang", "Yang Guang was a wise ruler", and "Li Jiancheng's accession to the throne was definitely no worse than Li Shimin's".]
[The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. Li Shimin won because he was the winner, so he could be smeared at will.]
[…As for the previous ones, don’t be too hateful. You don’t believe what is clearly recorded in history books, but just like to imagine what is uncertain.]
[He may not be a good man, but he is definitely a good emperor.]
[It’s enough if the Zhenguan Reign is real, but the Tang Dynasty at that time was known overseas and its reputation spread far and wide.]
[The standard for the emperors before Li Shimin was Emperor Wen of Han, and the standard for the emperors after Li Shimin was Emperor Taizong of Tang.]
Ying Zheng didn't care about such personal moral issues, the emperor didn't need such things.

Liu Bang laughed and said, "Wen" is a beautiful posthumous title. There was an Emperor Wu before him. The Han Dynasty was lucky.

Li Shimin was still a mortal after all, and he cared about the evaluation after his death. Knowing that future generations still recognized him, he put his heart at ease.

Li Zhi was still a little dissatisfied. In his heart, Ye Ye was the best.

(Tang-Xzhi: Yeah, you are the most powerful in Zhinu’s heart.)
[I can testify that Li Zhi was definitely a father-obsessed person. Li Shimin's original posthumous title was Emperor Wen, but Li Zhi felt that this did not highlight the power of his father, so Li Shimin became the "Great Saint of Civil and Military Affairs, Great Guangxiao" Emperor.]
[It's so fancy. Didn't Li Zhi find it hard to pronounce when he added it?]

(Tang-Xzhi: Is there? I think it’s great.)
[Li Shimin treated all of Empress Changsun's children very well. He did not kill Li Chengqian when he rebelled, and did not do anything to Li Tai when he fought for the throne. Other dynasties would have been doomed.]
[That’s right, when Princess Changle Li Lizhi was getting married, Li Shimin wanted to give more, but was persuaded by Wei Zheng to go back. However, during the reigns of Emperor Gaozong and even Emperor Xuanzong, some people wrote articles alluding to the grandness of Princess Changle’s wedding.]
[A son is as noble as his mother.]
[The letters these two father and son wrote were extremely corny, with things like "Yibu wants to die but I don't know how to get him back", so disgusting.]
[There is a view that fatherly love can only be stimulated to the maximum extent when a father is involved in the process of raising a child. Li Zhi was raised by Li Shimin himself, so naturally his fatherly love was overflowing.]
[Yes, the sunk costs are too high, so it’s definitely different.]
Still saying this?

Many women under the sky were moved. Most men in the world are the same. When they are in a good mood, they will play with their children. When they are in a bad mood, they want to stay away from their children. It shows that they are not cultivating their emotions enough.

Whether it was a time and space with Li Zhi or not, Li Shimin didn't think there was any problem. How could it be annoying when he told the truth to his child?

Many princes and princesses were envious, thinking that the emperor was such a good father.

[Haha, be filial when you should be filial, be unfilial when you should be unfilial, what kind of weak daddy's boy dares to get together with his little mother when his father is sick but still alive? The taboos in this regard still depend on the CP of Jiuwu.]
[To be more precise, we haven't gotten together yet, we just have feelings for each other.]
[Li Zhi is really good at this, he is very courageous.]
(Han-××: He is so bold.)
Many ancient people were greatly shocked. This was the emperor's woman. Li Zhi was really brave.

Tang Chu and his group were stunned.

Li Shimin, who did not yet have a son named Li Zhi, changed his expression and looked at Empress Changsun. Both of them had surprise and shock in their eyes.

My future son, you will really give your parents surprises.

In the time and space where Li Zhi already existed, Li Shimin raised his hand and pinched the cheek of the baby who could not speak yet. What a good son he was. Empress Changsun pretended not to see it, and she was also surprised.

[Episode 2 - Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin ends here. The host of the next episode will not be revealed yet. You can guess. See you next time.]

The sky curtain was temporarily closed, and people from all dynasties began to sort out the known information.

Qin.

Li Si was worthy of being Ying Zheng's right-hand man, and he immediately handed over the bamboo slips with the records.

Paper, electoral system...there are a series of things that need to be clarified.

The map that appeared during the period was only a part of it, it would be better if it was more specific.

Ying Zheng knew that the more things Tianmu explained, the more comprehensive the information he would get, and the better it would be for the future of Daqin.

Late Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang exclaimed: "Emperor Taizong of Tang was so good at fighting, yet he was posthumously named Emperor Wen. You can imagine how outstanding his civil administration must have been."

Cao Cao also admired Li Shimin, but he was more attracted by the generals and counselors under Li Shimin.

Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and others also praised him. I wonder if the sky curtain will reveal something about their future?

隋。

Yang Jian is now in a bad mood when he sees his sons, especially Prince of Jin Yang Guang, they are all useless.

He had mixed feelings about the Li family, but he knew very well that he couldn't deal with them easily.

Given the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, it is conceivable that there must be people in the court who are against the Sui Dynasty. Once he takes action against the Li family, the court officials will be terrified and the people will panic.

So tricky.

Fortunately, Li Shimin should still be a child at this time, otherwise it would be even more troublesome.

Don.

Li Shimin was the busiest person. The sky had roughly revealed the future way of governing the country of the Tang Dynasty. He and a group of civil and military officials decided to copy it.

After Empress Changsun went to comfort Yang and Zheng, she returned to the palace with the two children.

Princess Changle Li Lizhi pinched the cheek of one of her younger brothers in dissatisfaction, thinking that they would be unfilial in the future.

Li Chengqian's eyes turned red and he felt very guilty.

Li Tai was a little dissatisfied, so he left his sister and brother and went to find A Niang.

Empress Changsun wanted to explain it to them in detail, but looking at the two children's appearance, she still spoke gently and soothingly: "Gao Ming, Qing Que, you are brothers, and you have the same blood in your body..."

宋。

Zhao Kuangyin felt a little ashamed. He mentioned the Song Dynasty twice and said that the Song Dynasty was not good. He had a bad feeling.

Zhao Ji and others just treated the sky curtain as a form of entertainment. They would listen to it if they were interested and throw it aside if they were not.

yuan.

As a great hero, Kublai Khan understood Han culture and naturally admired Emperor Taizong of Tang.

He picked up a large bowl of wine and poured it on the ground, "Cheers to Emperor Taizong."

(End of this chapter)