In the strange book "Dream of Red Mansions", there is a very special word to describe the powerful Han and Tang dynasties in Chinese history, that is, "dirty Tang and stinky men".
"Stinky Han" specifically refers to the good male style of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and the ancient saying is "the good of Longyang".
It is said that nearly one-third of the emperors of the Han Dynasty had male favorites, including the famous Han Gaozu and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
And the women of the Tang Dynasty may be the most open in history, among them, Wu Zetian's daughter Princess Taiping has contributed to the word "dirty Tang".
It was understandable for her to marry two husbands, but she was unwilling to be lonely and raised a male pet.
It is saidOn one occasion, she summoned several men in the middle of the night, and all of them died the next day, and the cause of death remains a mystery to this day.
No one knows what happened that night.
Princess Taiping is the second daughter of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, because her sister died early, so she is Wu Zetian's only daughter who grew up.
It is saidPrincess Taiping and Wu Zetian look very similar, with a plump body and a face like a bright moon, it is estimated that it belongs to the modern so-called lordosis and backward tilt type of chubby beauty.
In the Tang Dynasty, this was the most standard beauty, so she was extremely favored by Li Zhi and Wu Zetian.
In 679, the Tibetan Khan named him to marry Princess Taiping, and by that time the matter had risen to the diplomatic level.
At this time, you can see the position of Princess Taiping in Wu Zetian's mind:
Because he was reluctant to let Princess Taiping marry and suffer, Wu Zetian asked people to build a Taiping Temple, and announced that Princess Taiping had become a monk and learned Taoism, so he fooled this matter.
Later, Princess Taiping, who had grown into a young girl, had a spring heart, but Wu Zetian and Li Zhi did not choose a horse for her.
ResultsOne day at a family gathering, Princess Taiping made a scene of a woman pretending to be **
She wore a set of military general's costumes and danced a rather masculine dance, which made Wu Zetian and others laugh.
At this time, Wu Zetian asked Princess Taiping dotingly, her good daughter is a dignified princess of a big country, how can she think of pretending to be a military general and wearing **?
Princess Taiping immediately replied obediently and skillfully: Queen Mother, this set of clothes can be worn by the future colt.
Wu Zetian immediately understood, it turned out that his youngest daughter had reached the age of marriage.
So, she was selected among the talents in Beijing, and finally selected Xue Shao of the Xue family of the Fenyin clan in Hedong.
Xue Shao is the nephew of Tang Gaozong, and the Xue family has been "two generations of lords, four generations of marquis", and he was prominent for a while.
In 681, under the auspices of Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian, the two held an unprecedented wedding.
Princess Taiping is definitely in love with Xue Shao, and in just 7 years, she gave birth to 4 children, which is definitely true love.
However, no matter what kind of love it is, it can't help but be destroyed by politics and power.
After the death of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, Wu Zetian set out to proclaim himself emperor and began to reuse the Wu family while cleaning up the Li family's forces.
Unfortunately,The Xue family was a strong ally of the Li family, so Xue Shao could only be falsely accused of participating in the rebellion and was later thrown into prison.
Even if Princess Taiping cried and begged her mother, she couldn't save Ailang's life.
Subsequently, Wu Zetian married Princess Taiping to his nephew Wu Youji.
And this timeWu Zetian, who has become the empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty, is fully employing the Wu clanand want to greatly promote the power and status of women.
And at this time, Wu Zetian also had an idea, that is, the emperor has three palaces, six courtyards and seventy concubines, and as a generation of empresses, there should also be many male favorites, so she began to want to establish her own group of faces.
The prophet of Chunjiang plumbing duck, Princess Taiping, who had already discovered Wu Zetian's thoughts, took active action, she wanted to seize the opportunity and gain greater power.
She recommended a man to Wu Zetian, and this person was Wu Zetian's first official face, Xue Huaiyi.
His original name was Feng Xiaobao, and he was a street seller.
Later, Xue Huaiyi lost Wu Zetian's favor because he was too arrogant, and Princess Taiping immediately jumped out to help Wu Zetian punish Xue Huaiyi.
She asked the nurse Zhang to find a group of strong women, dragged Xue Huaiyi to a corner and strangled him directly.
Later, Wu Zetian's group of faces continued to expand, and the famous ones in history include Zhang Yizhi, Zhang Changzong, Liu Liangbin, Hou Xiang, Shen Nanxuan, Seng Huifan and others.
Princess Taiping contributed a lot, among which Xue Huaiyi, Zhang Yizhi, Seng Huifan and most others were recommended to Wu Zetian by her.
Princess Taiping probably has no true feelings for her second husband Wu Youji, or she no longer believes in the existence of true feelings, so she is even more dissolute.
On one occasion, Princess Taiping summoned several men during the night.
The servants and maids of the household were required to stay away from her dormitory, and could only go in to serve her until dawn when they were summoned.
But by the next morning, none of the men had come out.
When the princess's subordinates went to clean up the house, they always saw several corpses, and it turned out that the men were all dead, but no one knew the cause of death.
Even the subordinates who collected the corpses were given a gag orderIt was only later that this kind of thing happened a lot, and it gradually came out.
But no matter what happened, outsiders could only imagine it out of thin air, anyway, all the men were dead, but Princess Taiping was still the same.
However, it would be a big mistake to conclude that Princess Taiping is a boring noblewoman who only knows how to be nymphomaniac, raise male pets or have a private husband.
Princess Taiping, who has the inheritance gene of Empress Wu Zetian, is definitely a good hand in politics.
When she saw Xue Shao die in prison and was unable to do anything about it, stimulated by this, Princess Taiping's heart to engage in politics rose.
At this time, she had already deeply realized that without enough power, all the glory and wealth she could enjoy were the moon in the mirror, the sky in the water, and it was easy for a gust of wind to blow without a trace.
So when Wu Zetian married Princess Taiping to the children of the Wu family in order to expand his influence, Princess Taiping also earned tangible benefits for herself.
That is, the number of feudal towns has increased greatly, and the actual sealing has reached 5,000 hu, which is equivalent to about 750,000 kilograms of rice.
This number is very large because:At that time, the average princess was only 300 Hu, and Princess Taiping was more than ten times that of them, even exceeding the Prince's specifications.
According to the current grain price, it may be equivalent to an annual salary of nearly 100 million yuan, and Princess Taiping has properly become a billionaire woman.
At this time, Princess Taiping had a dual identity, not only Wu Zetian's favorite daughter, but also the daughter-in-law of the Wu family.
In order to show that women can hold the same power as men, the first generation of empress Wu Zetian used some female subordinates.
In addition to Shangguan Wan'er, Princess Taiping was also allowed to actively participate in political affairs, and could even conspire with Wu Zetian on state affairs.
YetWithout the innocent Princess Taiping, there is no true love for the queen mother.
At this time, her only thought may be to get enough power and no longer be at the mercy of others.
When Wu Zetian got older and older, the ambitions of Zhang Yizhi, Zhang Changzong and others also became more and more inflated.
They interfered more and more deeply in the affairs of the court, and even dared to kill the sons and daughters of the crown prince, and their actions have seriously endangered the interests of the Li Wu regime.
Later, Erzhang falsely accused Gao Jian, the chief celebrant, causing him to be demoted, because Gao Jian was Princess Taiping's favorite male favorite, which touched Princess Taiping's interests.
In 705, Princess Taiping, her husband Wu Youji, Prime Minister Zhang Cambodia and others used the forbidden army to launch a coup d'état in the eastern capital of Luoyang, killed Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong, and then forced Wu Zetian to abdicate.
After that, they jointly elected Tang Zhongzong to the throne and restored the country name as Tang.
This is the first time that Princess Taiping has shown her skills in **, and has achieved good results. As a result, she was crowned as the "Princess of Zhenguo Taiping", and "the rewards are innumerable".
What's more, her status in the Li Wu group was further elevated, and Princess Taiping felt that she could enjoy her joy quietly.
However, the good times did not last long, Tang Zhongzong Li Xian did not show the due emperor spirit, history called him "ambition is close to Xi, and his heart has no long-term plan", to put it bluntly, he has no idea in his heart.
As a result, it leads**Political affairs are controlled by Empress Wei, known as "Empress Wei's politics".
At this time, Tang Zhongzong had already appointed Li Chongjun as the crown prince, but Empress Wei wanted to regain the glory of Wu Zetian and become a female emperor.
And her daughter Princess An Le also wants to follow Princess Taiping and become a "princess".
Such a situation made Li Chongjun really unable to imagine what the outcome would be, so he launched a coup d'état, but unfortunately it did not succeed, and ended up in defeat and killing.
After that, the only one who could threaten Empress Wei and Princess Anle was Princess Taiping.
And soThey kept plotting to get rid of Princess Taiping, but fortunately, she saved the day.
In 710, Empress Wei, who felt that the time was ripe, brazenly poisoned and killed Tang Zhongzong, and then established Li Chongmao, the king of Wen, as emperor.
Subsequently, Empress Wei and Princess An Le conspired again to kill the confidant Princess Taiping and King Li Dan, preparing to "follow the story of Empress Wu" and become the second empress.
At this time, the situation was quite unfavorable for Princess Taiping, and several of her political circles kept studying and judging countermeasures, and at this time, Li Longji, the third son of King Xiang, also decided to raise troops to save his father and himself.
He sent someone to contact his aunt, Princess Taiping, and the two hit it off and formed an alliance.
After careful preparation, a coup d'état was staged in June 710, killing Empress Wei, Princess An Le, and their henchmen in one fell swoop.
Subsequently byPrincess Taiping came forward as an aunt and asked the young emperor Li Chongmao to abdicate on the grounds that "the country is in turmoil, and it is advisable to establish a long monarch".
After finishing speaking, she directly stepped forward to "raise the young master" from the emperor's throne, and supported Li Dan as Emperor Tang Rui with Li Longji and others, and her strength can be seen.
Because of the merit of support, Princess Taiping was sealed again, "10,000 households in front of the pass".
This is the first time since the founding of the Tang Dynasty that such a high seal has been given, and her three sons have been named county kings.
At this time, Princess Taiping opened the palace as a princess, and the power shook the world, "at that time, there were seven prime ministers, and five went out of the princess's door."
Moreover, Tang Ruizong has great respect for this sister, and when discussing military affairs, he will always ask the ministers to ask Princess Taiping's opinion first.
As long as it is Princess Taiping's opinion, Tang Ruizong has nothing to disobey and not practice.
In addition to the prime minister, other **, Princess Taiping said that whoever is allowed to go up, who can go up, who wants to go down, who has to go down.
At this time, Princess Taiping reached the pinnacle of her lifelong political career.
Princess Taiping's life is so magnificent, she can be described as a typical Bai Fumei in her youth, and in middle age, she has a strong position of strength, so that many men are in wait.
And she herself is even better at using her own resources to make good connections among the ministers of the court, and to make eye contact with those who are interested.
So much so that Prime Minister Cui Xiang, Zhongshu Sheren Lu Guangzang, Si Licheng Gao Jian, Seng Huifan and others all became her guests.
Cui Xiang was born out of the Boling Cui clan at that time, not only with outstanding talent, but also with handsome appearance and beautiful demeanor, and was known as "Meiziyi".
He was a young man and became prime minister at the age of thirty-eight.
Before hitching a ride with Princess Taiping,Cui Xiang also had a personal affair with Empress Wei and Shangguan Wan'er, it can be seen that he has always been favored by many court ladies.
It's a pity that during that chaotic period of the Tang Dynasty, Cui Xiang, who was obviously talented, finally ended up eating with his face.
Lu Zangyong came from Fan Yang Lu and was proficient in metaphysics, so he was respected by many scholars.
He had an excellent relationship with everyone in the literary world at that timeTogether with Chen Ziang, Du Xianyan, Song Zhiwen, Sima Chengzhen and other nine people, they are known as the "Ten Friends of Fangwai".
It may be that Lu Zangyong's personality is a little soft, so although he was already a servant of the Ministry during the Tang Zhongzong period, he was still excluded by the powerful.
When Princess Taiping handed over the olive branch, he decisively chose Princess Taiping as a backer and began his journey of success.
Qianhuangmen Shilang, and Zhaowenguan bachelor, Shilang of the Ministry of Transfer, Shangshu Youcheng. ”
Lu Zang used the influence and appeal of literary leaders to recruit many talents for Princess Taiping, and became a reliable and satisfactory senior counselor of Princess Taiping.
There is also a Hu monk Huifan, who is not only Wu Zetian's male favorite, but also the male girlfriend of Princess Taiping.
Tang Zhongzong was extremely close to Hui Fan, and once gave him the official positions of Yinqing Guanglu Doctor and Shangyong County PrinceAnd he can also enter and leave the palace.
And Empress Wei also hooked up with him, and later at the end of Tang Zhongzong, Hui Fan turned around and attached himself to Princess Taiping, and then helped Princess Taiping develop the power of oblique feudal officials and participated in the planning of major political events.
Princess Taiping was also very interesting to him, and asked him for the title of the master of the Holy Temple, "Add three products, and seal the prince." ”
These are all characters who can leave a mark in the history books, and more young and majestic men can only end up being collected the next morning.
Such an unscrupulous behavior as Princess Taiping, of course, will be criticized by ascetics in later generations, because it is against human morality.
However, what makes people even more shocked is that this kind of aristocratic wife raising a private husband and a commoner woman recommending a pillow is common in the Tang Dynasty society, and Princess Taiping is definitely not an exception.
Concubine Yi De and Zhang Jieyu red apricots came out of the wall, but in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, a wave of spring water was blown.
After Tang Taizong's daughter Princess Hepu married and left her love, she fell in love with a monk and Taoist, and first had an affair with Master Xuanzang's apprentice debate monk, but the result was a lot of uproar, and finally the debate monk lost his head.
However, she didn't stop, and secretly crossed Chen Cang with the monk Zhixuan, Huihong, Taoist Li Huang and others, which made Tang Taizong's face very unsightly. If these female ladies of the Tang Dynasty were just greedy for the love of men and women, then Wu Zetian's "going out of the wall" made huge political gains.
As Li Shimin's concubine, she finally succeeded in marrying Li Shimin's sonbecame the empress, and then set aside her husband and became a female emperor herself.
After that, she openly summoned handsome young men to the palace to sleep, interpreting the so-called "feminism" to the extreme.
However, Empress Wei of Tang Zhongzong took this "out of the wall" to the extreme, and did not avoid her emperor husband in the palace at all.
She also had an affair with Ma Qinke, who understands medicine, Yang Qing, who can cook, and others, of course, the original words are "fortunate to be in the back".
During this period, Tang Zhongzong's daughter Princess An Le had an affair with her husband's cousin Wu Yanxiu when her ex-husband Wu Chongxun was alive.
Tang Suzong's daughter, Princess Gao Guo, took the initiative to seduce Xiao Ding, Wei Ke, Li Wan, Li Sheng, etc.
Tang Shunzong's daughter, Princess Xiangyang, followed Wu Zetian and Empress Weiopenly raised Xue Shu, Xue Hun, Li Yuanben and others.
In the Tang Dynasty, ordinary women eloped and fornicated, which has also become a social custom.
There was a literati named Li Zhangwu who stayed in a private house in Huazhou, but he fell in love with the owner's daughter-in-law and secretly tasted the forbidden fruit. **10,000 Fans Incentive Plan Weiyang businessman's wife Meng Shi chanted poetry at home, and a young man took the initiative to enter the door after hearing it, and said to Meng that life was too short, and it was better to have fun in time, so Meng Shi had a private agreement with him without saying a word.
The daughter of Zhao Yu of Changshan traveled alone to Lin Xue one day, and saw that the officer in brocade clothes was very heroic, so she said: If I get this husband, I will have no regrets in death.
The officer replied: Is it okay to be your temporary husband?
Zhao immediately said that it was absolutely okay, so the two waved goodbye after the acacia in the forest, just as the so-called wave of the sleeves did not take away a trace of clouds.
In the Tang Dynasty, there were a number of famous amorous female crowns, and three female Taoist priests named Song Zhenren fell in love with the 24-year-old Li Shangyin and had a skin-to-skin relationship with him.
Yu Xuanji and Wen Tingyun, Li Ying, etc. have had the joy of fish and water, and Li Ye, Yan Bojun, Zhu Fang, etc. have also had the joy of clouds and rain.
Of course, these literary giants of the time also left many poems because of this, in order to remember and praise the joy brought to them by the amorous female crown.
It can be seen from thisRed apricot out of the wall has become a popular trend in the Tang Dynasty
"Out of the wall" involves from court ladies, princesses to official eunuchs, young ladies and ordinary poor women, female Taoists, including all levels of female society.
The name of "Dirty Tang" is really well deserved.