History books say that Li Shimin accepted advice with an open mind. In fact, Li Shimin had a very irritable character.
Empress Changsun used her influence on her husband to protect the court's virtuous people and correct her husband's mistakes. On the one hand, Empress Changsun appreciated "protecting" Wei Zheng's loyal ministers who dared to speak out, and on the other hand, she constantly reminded Li Shimin to practice benevolent government. With her unique female power, she played a unique role in the patriarchal feudal society, assisting the emperor's husband, which resulted in a favorable political situation in the early Tang Dynasty.
The ruler is wise and the ministers are virtuous, civilized and martial arts are practiced, the spring breeze is harmonious, and they are kind and tolerant.
It can be said that Empress Changsun made great contributions to the "Reign of Zhenguan", an ideal state in the early Tang Dynasty that haunted later generations.
Empress Changsun not only has a high reputation among the people, but is also highly respected by officials.
Hearing that Queen Changsun was seriously ill, not only Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and other important officials in the civil and military affairs of the court came to wait for the news outside the Lizheng Hall, but also Li Daozong and other clan members came.
Even Li Xiaogong, who seldom went out, rarely entered the palace and waited outside the main hall.
Seeing Sun Simiao coming out, Li Chengqian hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Miracle Doctor Sun, how is my mother's condition?"
"I have met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, all the princes, princesses, and lords of the country."
There were too many people, and Sun Simiao couldn't salute one by one.
"Doctor Sun, don't worry about these false gifts now, tell me how the empress is doing?" Cheng Yaojin said.
Changsun Wuji was just about to speak, but was forced by Cheng Yaojin. He stopped talking and looked at Sun Simiao nervously.
Although Changsun's family has been as powerful as it is today, despite his hard work, the greatest contribution is to Empress Changsun.
He has made a lot of achievements, but there are many people who have made more achievements than him.
The only difference is that he and Li Shimin have known each other for a long time, and because Li Shimin likes Empress Changsun, he loves the whole house and crows, and he trusts Changsun Wuji more and more.
Empress Changsun is his sister, and given the importance of Empress Changsun to the family, Changsun Wuji is naturally very concerned about Empress Changsun's condition.
Sun Simiao said: "The queen has an old disease, and I have no choice but to relieve it."
According to his estimation, Empress Changsun fell ill once or twice, and she was probably hopeless.
If ordinary people don't have good rest and recuperation conditions, they may not be able to survive this winter.
Queen Changsun has a distinguished status and has good conditions for recuperation, but no matter how good her recuperation is, it is impossible for her to never have an attack.
According to the current situation, Queen Changsun will only have one or two years at most.
Although Sun Simiao didn't care about political affairs, he was not a novice who didn't understand anything.
Although the queen's life and death are not as important as the emperor's, they cannot be passed on indiscriminately.
Li Chengqian and Li Lizhi, the children of the eldest grandson Queen, trembled when they heard Sun Simiao's words, and their faces were pale and without a trace of blood.
Although Sun Simiao's words were very vague, everyone present was not a fool.
If there was no problem, Sun Simiao would directly say that there was no problem. Since Sun Simiao said this, the problem was very serious.
Everyone was in a very heavy mood. During the Xuanwu Gate Incident, many of them were still a little uneasy. Even Li Shimin was not sure that it would succeed.
However, Empress Changsun showed no fear and encouraged them personally before leaving, saying that women should be respected as men.
Later, after Li Shimin ascended the throne, the relationship between Li Yuan and Li Shimin dropped to a freezing point. It was Empress Changsun who ignored Li Yuan's cold eyes and served her every day, which greatly eased the gap between Li Shimin and his son.
He commanded the harem and was favored by Li Shimin. Not only did he never interfere in political affairs, but he also often admonished Li Shimin.
With all these factors, Empress Changsun can definitely be called a virtuous empress of the previous generation.
Wei Zheng took a deep breath, his expression was lonely and somewhat sad.
In recent years, he often made mistakes and made Li Shimin furious.
If it weren't for Empress Changsun's mediation, she would have been dismissed from office and lost her title long ago.
He understands Li Shimin better than anyone else. He seems to be able to listen to advice and has a broad mind. In fact, he is very irritable and stubborn.
And Queen Changsun is the one who can calm down Li Shimin. If Queen Changsun passes away, who can persuade Li Shimin in the future?
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Although Lin Xuan did not pay special attention to the situation in Chang'an, the news that Queen Changsun was seriously ill had spread throughout Chang'an, how could he not know about it.
When he knew that Sun Simiao had entered the palace, Lin Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.
Sun Simiao is so famous in history and is respected as the King of Medicine. Even if asthma cannot be cured, it should be no problem to relieve it.
Moreover, according to history, Empress Changsun died only in the tenth year of Zhenguan. Not to mention the measures I mentioned that alleviated her condition, it was only six years since Zhenguan, so she should be fine this time.
Although he thought so, Lin Xuan was still a little worried.
The 'butterfly effect' cannot be underestimated. Although his time traveling through time should have a good impact on Queen Changsun, who can say that everything is light?
According to the trajectory of history, it is true that Empress Changsun died in the tenth year of Zhenguan, but if a person's life trajectory changes a little, the entire trajectory of the person will deviate.
Who knows if Queen Changsun will die early?
It's not that he has deep feelings for his eldest grandson, but Queen Changsun is Li Lizhi's mother after all. If Queen Changsun dies, Li Lizhi will definitely be very sad. And Li Lizhi also suffers from qi disease, will it cause qi disease?
In addition, Lin Xuan understood the importance of Queen Changsun very well.
If there is any biggest flaw in Tang Taizong's nearly perfect "Reign of Zhenguan", the biggest flaw is the battle for the right to inherit the throne between the crown prince Li Chengqian and the king of Wei Li Tai in the late Zhenguan period. It was during Zhenguan that Prince Li Chengqian's status was shaken.
Ten years after the death of Empress Changsun, this is not a coincidence.
When Li Shimin was in his prime and Li Chengqian came of age, a lot of conflicts would definitely break out between father and son. Without the lubricant of Queen Changsun, no one could reconcile the conflicts between father and son.
Due to the intensification of conflicts, Li Chengqian's position was shaken, and the pressure brought by Li Tai forced Li Chengqian to eventually embark on the path of rebellion.
Many people know that Li Chengqian loved a male favorite named Chengxin very much. Li Shimin was furious and killed Chengxin. It was also because of this that Li Shimin was very disappointed with Li Chengqian.
And Li Chengqian also resented Li Shimin because Li Shimin killed his favorite Yin Xin, and finally rebelled.
But in fact, is this really the case?
Nowadays, many people find homosexuality unacceptable.
Many people have heard the idiom "Long Yang is good", but when did this idiom come from, few people pay attention to it.
This idiom comes from "Warring States Policy Wei Ce", which means that during the Warring States Period, homosexuality had already appeared.
Although it was not accepted in ancient times to have a male pet, it was not uncommon.
Li Chengqian is not a fool. If it were really taboo to have a male pet, how would he keep one? No one would dare to give it to him.
Therefore, it can be seen that having a male favorite was nothing at all at that time.
So why did Li Shimin want to kill Ruang Xin?
This has to be said about the way Li Shimin educated Li Chengqian.
Li Shimin attached great importance to Li Chengqian's education and hired many famous teachers for him.
And those teachers, when teaching Li Chengqian, completely followed the requirements of the ancient sage.
According to historical records, in 640 AD (the fourteenth year of Zhenguan), Li Chengqian could not build a house, so Yu Zhining criticized him for being too luxurious; Li Chengqian was having fun with eunuchs, and Yu Zhining criticized him again, even comparing him to Qin.
II. In contrast, Kong Yingda was even more fierce. As soon as he felt that Li Chengqian did something wrong, he would immediately remonstrate with Yan Zhijian. The prince's wet nurse, Mrs. Sui'an, once advised Kong Yingda that the prince was too old to always be in front of him.
Faced with pain and criticism, Kong Yingda said that I had "no hatred to die" for doing this, and the result was that "the remonstrances were too much, and Cheng Qian could not accept them." As for Zhang Xuansu, he remonstrated all the time, and his words were so urgent that he wished Li Chengqian could immediately
If you listen to him, you can even imagine the outcome.
When Li Shimin heard this, he would not care about the reasons and directly reprimanded Li Chengqian.
At that time, Li Chengqian was just a rebellious young man. He was often scolded like this. How could he listen to it?
Together with Yu Zhining and Kong Yingda, the three of them are almost as sparse as Shang, and each one's words are more fierce than the other, and each word is sharper than the other.
Li Shimin was naturally even more disappointed with Li Chengqian. When he learned that Li Chengqian was infatuated with Cheng Xin, Li Shimin directly killed Cheng Xin.
Li Shimin killed Wong Xin not because Li Chengqian had a male favorite.
This kind of behavior is similar to later generations of parents throwing away game consoles because their children are obsessed with playing games.