Chapter 942 Kunimoto No Danger
Today's Cheng Qian made Qin Lang feel disappointed.
Qin Lang noticed the change in Chengqian, and he believed that Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji must have discovered it a long time ago. Why did Prince Shotoku Chengqian change so much? Qin Lang felt that puberty cannot be simply used to determine the conclusion. From the time he became a prince at the age of eight, it was smooth sailing for Chengqian.
After a detailed conversation with Wei Chang, Qin Lang was able to confirm that Cheng Qian's change was not sudden, but changed little by little in the past few years. That Prince Shotoku was no longer just the dissatisfaction of Kong Yingda and other famous teachers of Confucianism in the East Palace. Many of his behaviors were indeed deviant.
If it goes on like this, I'm afraid it will get worse and worse, and even Li Shimin can't control the situation and it will be difficult to deal with it.
Is it possible that history has a so-called inertia?
Chengqian finally changed?
Is he going to become a waste prince in the end?
Qin Lang shook his head, it was hard to accept such a fact, not to mention that he did have a teacher-student friendship with Cheng Qian, even the Qin family's bets on Cheng Qian over the years made Qin Lang unable to bear such a loss.
If Chengqian falls, the Tang court will be in turmoil.
No wonder Li Shimin had previously revealed his dissatisfaction with Cheng Qian in front of his grandson Wuji, Qin Qiong, etc., and said that he lacked tempering, and even loved Li Tai, another direct prince, in the past two years. Is this because Li Shimin is really disappointed in Chengqian and is planning to train another successor, or is he planning to use Li Tai to stimulate Chengqian?
The princes are getting older, but those who can really threaten Li Chengqian's status are the two direct brothers and one concubine brother, Wei Wang Li Tai, Jin Wang Li Zhi, and Wu Wang Li Ke.
Li Tai and Li Zhi were both born to the eldest grandson empress, with the same mother as the crown prince, while Li Ke was born to Concubine Yang, who has also been known as a virtuous king in recent years. In addition, his mother was a princess of the Sui Dynasty, and the Yang family of Hongnong was in the court. The power in the palace is also very strong, even in the harem, there are several Concubines Yang and Concubines Yang.
The concubine Li Shimin chose for Chengqian was the Wugong Su family, the great-granddaughter of Su Wei, the prime minister of the Sui Dynasty, and the daughter of Su Quan, a scholar of the current dynasty.
But the Concubine Wu who was chosen for Li Ke was his cousin, the niece of Concubine Yang. Yang Yu, the father of Concubine Wu Yang, was the son of Yang Shigui, the younger brother of Yang Xiong, king of Sui Guan, and Yang Gongren and Yang Shidao, the prime ministers of the current dynasty, were the sons of Yang Xiong. Therefore, Li Ke's father-in-law was the same grandfather as Yang Gongren and Yang Shidao. cousins.
The Yang family of Hongnong was not only the royal family of the Sui Dynasty, but also the Guanlong clan, who married with other clans. For example, Yang Xiong's concubine Guan Wang was the granddaughter of Changsun Zhi, and his second concubine was the Wang family of Taiyuan. Another example is that Yang Xiong's third daughter married the Yan family, and her daughter entered Li Shimin's palace, and she became Concubine Yan De.
Concubine Yan De and Concubine Yang are actually cousins.
The other daughters married Doulu's family, Li's family, etc. It can be said that the Hongnong Yang family had marriages with almost all famous families.
Li Ke's concubine Wu Yang's family background is even stronger than that of the martial arts Su family. In addition, they are close relatives, which makes Li Ke's relationship with Hongnong Yang's family even closer.
What's more, after Li Shimin married Hongnong Yang as Princess Wu for Li Ke, he also gave him the daughter of Lanling Xiao.
The emperor's harem of the Tang Dynasty had one queen, four concubines and nine concubines, etc., while the prince had the crown prince, prince Liangdi, Liangyuan, Chenghui, Zhaoxun, Fengyi and so on.
As for the prince, under the prince and concubine, there are two children, who are regarded as the fifth rank, and ten concubines, who are regarded as the sixth rank.
Prince Ruren is considered a noble concubine, similar to Prince Liang Di and others.
The Xiao family in Lanling was a descendant of Wu Wangru. This Xiao family was also born in a distinguished family, but she was the niece of Prime Minister Xiao Yu, and also the niece of Queen Yang Guangxiao of the Sui Dynasty.
From this aspect, it can be seen that Li Shimin treats Li Ke, a concubine, quite well. His marriage and choice of wives and concubines are all very careful.
The Yang family of Hongnong and the Xiao family of Lanling are both the top famous families in the world, and they were both once royal families.
In contrast, Li Ke's half-brother Li Yin received much worse treatment. As the sixth son of the emperor, Li Yin was even crowned king several years later than the other brothers. It is true that this person has been naughty and mischievous since he was a child, and he became even more unscrupulous when he grew up and left the palace.
Going in and out of the market, restaurants, brothels, competing with others to be jealous, hunting with dogs and hawks, often trampling people's crops, and even beating officials on Chang'an Avenue openly for fighting for road.
Angrily, Li Shimin scolded him that beasts are inferior, saying that even beasts can make them obey people as long as they are properly tamed, and even iron and stone can be useful as long as they are refined properly.
Li Yin was punished several times, grounded, cut off, etc., but Li Yin was as unrepentant as a stubborn stone. Therefore, Li Shimin previously granted Li Ke the title of governor of Nanning Prefecture, the fifth son of the emperor Li You, king of Qi, was appointed governor of Dongning Prefecture, and the fourth son Li Tai was appointed governor of Xining Prefecture.
But when it comes to the sixth son, Li Yin, it's as if it doesn't exist.
Even Li Shimin didn't pay much attention to Li Min's marriage. The fiancée he engaged was neither from five surnames or seven surnames, nor from Guanlong six surnames, nor even from the family of the prime minister in the court.
Comparing the treatment of the two brothers, we can see how good they are to Li Ke.
Li Ke's marriage is even stronger than Li Tai's.
Princess Yan, the concubine of King Li Tai of Wei, also came from a famous family. She is the daughter of Yan Lide, the new minister of the Ministry of Industry. Married to the royal family.
The Yan family is also famous, that is, the Yan family is also a famous family of calligraphy and painting, and even a family of architectural design.
Yan Pi, Yan Liben, Yan Lide and his son are all famous painters, architects and designers.
Yan Lide is currently the Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and he was a master craftsman before. His brother Yan Liben was the one who painted the portraits of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion for Li Shimin. Both brothers were officials in the Qin Palace. Yan Liben was a doctor of the Ministry of Punishment before, and now he is a general as a young prisoner.
During the Zhenguan period, the famous large-scale civil engineering projects in the imperial court were almost all presided over by their brothers. For example, Sikong, the inspector of Qinlang, was responsible for the construction of Xianling, Zhaoling, Daming Palace and other projects. In fact, these two brothers were responsible for the design and construction.
The Yan family is famous for its paintings, crafts, and architecture, and they have been married to the royal family for generations, and they have been dignified for generations. Li Tai, as the second son of the emperor, married the daughter of the Yan family. Ling Xiao's is definitely not as good.
As for the martial arts Su family who was born as the Crown Princess Chengqian, it is obviously lower.
There are more than a dozen sons of Li Shimin, the third prince Wu Wang Li Ke and the fourth prince Wei Wang Li Tai are known as the virtuous kings in the ruling and opposition parties. As for the third son of the emperor, Jin Wang Li Zhi is still relatively young.
Ten years after Prince Shotoku, he has now begun to rebel.
The relationship between Donggong and Taiji Palace is already somewhat tense.
Why didn't Li Shimin choose a princess with five surnames and seven families for Chengqian, or the six surnames of Guanlong? It's not that I can't, but I don't want to.
Many people mistakenly think that the five surnames and seven families are superior, even above the royal family. This is actually wrong, at least at the turn of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the five surnames and seven families were actually very troubled. Five surnames and seven families belong to the gentry, and the gentry are the most influential in the prosperous times of the dynasty, but in troubled times, it is difficult to protect themselves.
From the execution of Cui Hao in the Northern Wei Dynasty to the exile of Cui Junchuo, the Duke of Dongjun by Yang Guang, there have been examples of attacking these so-called top gentry in all dynasties, and they were very ruthless. The gentry catastrophe.
Not to mention that Hou Jing's chaos back then almost wiped out the famous gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. What king Xie Gu Lu Zhu Zhang has been depressed ever since.
So when Li Yuan was only the prefect of Xingyang in the Sui Dynasty, he was able to marry the daughter of the Zheng family in Xingyang for his son Li Jiancheng, and his sister also married into the Taiyuan Wang family in Hedong.
After the Li family took over the world, when Li Shimin was only the king of Qin, in addition to the Changsun family, Hongnong Yang family, Qinghe Cui family, Xingyang Zheng family, Taiyuan Wang family, and Yin family, Yan's, Webster's and so on.
After Li Shimin became the emperor, almost all the so-called five surnames and seven surnames and the six surnames of Guanlong had women in the palace.
So as long as Li Shimin opened his mouth and said that he would marry a girl with five surnames for the prince, there would be no problem, and even the various families could fight over each other.
The time when the five surnames and seven sects were really the most powerful in the Tang Dynasty was not at the beginning of the founding of the country, but in the middle Tang or even the middle and late Tang. The era of these top gentry clansmen, this is also the peak period of the gentry clansmen.
Especially after the Anshi Rebellion, the life of the Li family of the royal family has long been in decline, and it is very difficult. The emperor of the Li family in Chang'an sometimes cannot guarantee food, and rebellions happen from time to time. Therefore, at that time, the five surnames The Qi family already looked down on the royal family somewhat.
If the emperor said that he wanted to marry his daughter to seven families with five surnames, the children of the five surnames would flee Chang'an as if they were in danger, and they would not marry him.
Firstly, at that time, the reputation of Li Tang princesses had long been discredited by such famous princesses as Princess Taiping, Gaoyang, etc., and secondly, they became consorts of the Li family. really.
The Five Surnames and Seven Families are themselves famous gentry families. Academically, they have family background and strong financial resources. Therefore, in the middle and late Tang Dynasty when the imperial examinations were flourishing, the Five Surnames and Seven Families almost occupied a monopoly position in the imperial examinations. At that time, the prime minister, It's almost like taking turns in these few of them.
What Lanling, Xiaoqinghe, Cui Xingyang, Zheng Taiyuan, Wang Fanyanglu, etc., each family has produced 20 or 30 prime ministers, of course they are qualified enough to be arrogant.
But at this time in the Tang Dynasty, the five surnames and seven families do not have this capital. To put it bluntly, the five surnames and seven families are more famous at this time, but in fact they are not as powerful as the six surnames of Guanlong. The five surnames haven't even really entered the political center, and the prime ministers haven't mixed into one, so why dare to despise the royal family?
Li Shimin just didn't want to marry a woman with five surnames for Chengqian, it's not that he couldn't.
The political status of the five surnames and seven families is not high at this time, and Li Shimin also deliberately suppressed them, and occasionally comforted them with a sweet date, in order to stabilize the regime.
After all, the Li family was born in the Guanlong Group, Guanzhong is the standard, and Li Shimin is relying on the help of the Shandong military upstart group to fight the world. Of course, the Guanlong Group and the military upstarts are the first. Let them go everywhere?
Another thing, Li Shimin is also very scrupulous about the five surnames and seven families. After all, these are noble clans for hundreds of years. He doesn't want the prince's wives to be too powerful, and he is afraid that in the future there will be a dictatorship of foreign relatives like the Eastern Han Dynasty. With the same consideration, Li Shimin didn't choose Chengqian's general's daughter as the crown princess, but finally chose the Wugong Su family, who was also the prime minister's family, and also a first-class noble family in Guanlong.
The reputation is enough, the family style is good, and the people are good, so there are no other worries.
It's just that Prince Chengqian didn't seem to understand his father's good intentions, and it happened that he hated the Su family very much, so this good marriage that Li Shimin carefully considered and chose became the introduction of the gap between father and son.