The date of birth and name of Queen Wang are unknown. Her father is a descendant of the King of the Secretariat of Liangzhou in the Southern Dynasties. She can be said to be a strange girl in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. After being accepted as a princess by Li Longji, she actively participated in the palace coup and managed the harem in the complicated court political situation, which made important contributions to the emergence of the Yuan Dynasty and showed great wisdom.
0 1 Follow Li Longji to participate in the palace coup and help stabilize the political situation. After the end of Wu Zetian's rule through the Dragon Coup, the Li and Tang Dynasties were still in a state of political turmoil and chaos. After the restoration, Emperor Zhongzong was still a "master of ignorance and darkness", unwilling to forge ahead, huddled with Wei Hou and various martial arts forces, and eventually died.
After the collapse of Zhongzong, Wei Hou expressed his desire to rebel with the encouragement of his followers. In the autumn of life and death in the Tang Dynasty, Li Longji joined forces with Princess Taiping to launch a coup, which destroyed the Wei Hou Group in one fell swoop and acceded to the throne with Zong Rui. Queen Wang played an important role in this coup, which was "quite premeditated and beneficial to the great cause".
In the subsequent "congenital coup", the history books did not clearly record whether the Queen was directly involved, but ignored one detail: the relationship between the Queen and Zong Rui.
If we say that Li Tang's forces are highly consistent against the Webster Group; Then in the "congenital coup", the forces of all parties are much more complicated. Especially the relationship between Zong Rui, Xuanzong and Princess Taiping is very complicated. At this time, although the queen is the first of the six palaces, how to deal with the relationship with the powerful Emperor Taizong and his concubines is very important, and even directly related to the future of Xuanzong.
At that time, Emperor Taizong was able to occupy a big position, and the role of the eldest grandson "filial piety, respect for the princess, and trying to bridge the gap in order to save the domestic help" was crucial.
From this point of view, in the process of Xuanzong becoming a truly powerful emperor, the role of Queen Wang was particularly subtle. She must manage the harem and deal with the relationship with Zong Rui concubines. At the same time, she must cherish Zong Rui, master his words and deeds, and strive for Zong Rui to support her husband Xuanzong as much as possible.
Later, the fact that Zong Rui didn't know about the "congenital coup" showed that Xuanzong and Queen Wang kept his secret very well. The queen seldom participates in court coups. In this respect, Queen Wang is very similar to the eldest grandson of Emperor Taizong. They all took an active part in the military coup, helped their husbands seize the throne, and helped the Li and Tang dynasties tide over the crisis, which is a great contribution of Li Tang. The success of these coups, which Queen Wang participated in, ended the turbulent situation of Li and Tang dynasties for decades.
Queen Wang's outstanding harem management "Mr. and Mrs. Li Ben" poem "The first is a concubine, and the reason for the chaos is the rise and fall". It can be seen that empresses play an important role in the rise and fall of the whole dynasty, among which the queen plays the most important role, so the queen's management of the harem is also an important part of the orderly operation of imperial politics.
Xuanzong began to set things right after he ascended the throne, trying to revive the Li and Tang dynasties, and one of the most important supports was the queen's management of the harem.
The harem in the Tang Dynasty has been in chaos after three generations: Wu Hou, Zhong Zong and Zong Rui. During the Wu and Zhou dynasties, the harem did not know what it was; The harem was smoky in the middle school period; Zong Rui's harem was an unowned palace. During the 30 years from the collapse of Emperor Gaozong to the accession of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the usurpation of the Tang Dynasty by Wuhou and the chaos of the Tang Dynasty by Wei Hou occurred successively, indicating that the management of the harem in the Tang Dynasty was quite weak.
Although the history books don't record how the Queen Wang reorganized and managed the harem, it can be inferred from the background of Xuanzong's comprehensive reform of the country that Xuanzong and the Queen Wang must resolutely reorganize the harem and strictly reshape the once disorderly rules and regulations.
Queen Wang set an example in restoring and rectifying the queen's etiquette, such as kissing silkworms. According to the Book of the New Tang Dynasty, "In the first month of the first year of Kaiyuan, Xin Si, the queen kissed the silkworm." Moreover, the so-called "the son of heaven listens to the male teacher and then listens to the female teacher"; The son of heaven governs Yang Dao, and then governs Yin De; The son of heaven listens to external treatment, and then listens to internal duties. "Xuanzong should establish the image of a wise king and a son of peace. How can he allow his harem to have problems?
If Xuanzong and Queen Wang reorganized the harem in order to rebuild the Tang Dynasty in the early period of Xuanzong, how to manage the harem will become very cumbersome and laborious as time goes by. During the reign of the queen, the management of the harem was more difficult than that of the previous emperors, especially the relationship between concubines was quite subtle.
Although the Queen Wang is a queen, she is "virtuous and helpful at home, and restrained at the outside", but the cruel reality of childlessness is her fatal weakness. Li Congli, the eldest son of Liu Huafei, should have no children, and the other sons are concubines, so the eldest son should be reserved for storage, but Xuanzong only made the second son Li Ying a prince.
The so-called mother is expensive, and Zhao's son was made a prince. Besides, he himself was favored by Xuanzong, so it is not difficult to speculate on her influence in the harem. As for Liu Huafei, her birth, illness, death and illness every year are unknown, so let's not say it for the time being. As for her, she is Wu's stepmother, and her harem power cannot be underestimated.
Even though the harem was so complicated, it was stable during the reign of the queen. There was no contact between empresses and courtiers, which effectively cut off the possibility of harem intervention. For the internal affairs of the harem, Queen Wang is also "well known", which shows that Queen Wang has been in charge of the harem for more than ten years.
According to the "tombstone inscription of Princess Heli", "With the assistance of the emperor, he was actually in charge of Yin religion. Talent selection in August, beauty recruitment. Give a gift of cocoon, and write a poem to repair Han Zhuo. From this historical data, we can also draw the conclusion that Queen Wang's management of the harem is fruitful.
But when it comes to the rule of Kaiyuan, later generations often focus on Xuanzong and his prime minister. The so-called "the prosperity of Kaiyuan, the assistance it provides, all get talents", but it ignores the contribution of Queen Wang to the rule of Kaiyuan.
No matter in the political revolution of the Tang Dynasty, save the Tang Dynasty from falling into the hands of Wei Hou. In the process of assisting Xuanzong to ascend to the throne and exterminating Princess Taiping Group, the Queen played an important role. Even in the harem management in the early period of Xuanzong, the queen of the king was well-known. However, the queen was eventually abolished and the ending was embarrassing.