In the second year of Wude, the eldest son of Changsun Shi, Princess of Qin, and Li Shimin was born in Chenggan Hall, so it was named Li Chenggan after this hall. However, Chenggan inherited the imperial industry and always led Gankun. Therefore, although this word is the name of the palace, it has great significance when used as a person's name. Therefore, the name "Chenggan" is given to Tang Gaozu as the grandson.
in the third year of Wude, Changsun Shi gave birth to Li Shimin's second son, named Lee Tae. In June of the same year, Li Chenggan and Lee Tae were conferred the titles of King of Hengshan County and King of Yidu County respectively.
In the fourth year of Wude, Changsun Shi gave birth to a daughter named Beauty-but with graces granted by heaven and not to be concealed for Li Shimin. From this name alone, we can imagine Li Shimin's affection for this precious daughter. In the same year, Tang Gaozu made Li Taijin, the king of Yidu County, the King of Wei, and granted him a post-column state, following Li Yuanba. Originally, as the second son of the King of Qin, Lee Tae's title in the future was originally the highest from the county king of Yipin. However, Li Yuan sealed it as the King of Wei (not from the heir of Yipin) and awarded it to the meritorious officer of Shangzhu, which was a great favor to the Li Shimin family.
On July 1th of this year, Tang Gaozu abolished five baht and issued Kaiyuan Tongbao. Tang Gaozu specially allowed Li Shimin to cast three heats of money by himself. According to Zheng Qian, the minister in the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, when Ou Yangxun presented the wax sample, Princess Changsun Shi accidentally left a trace of nails on the wax sample, so after the completion of Kaiyuan Tongbao casting, there was a wisp of "Tao Wen" on it.
In the fifth year of Wude, Li Shimin appointed Changsun Shi's nephew and grandson, Grandson Jiaqing, as his eldest son, Li Chenggan.
in the seventh year of Wude, Tang Gaozu moved Li Chenggan, the king of Hengshan County, to be the king of Zhongshan County. After Li Shimin pacified Wang Shichong, he appointed Lu Deming and Kong Yingda, two Confucian masters, as eighteen bachelors of Qin Wangfu, so that they could teach Li Chenggan Confucian classics. In the same year, Li Shimin appointed Sun Xiang, another nephew of Changsun Shi, the younger brother of Chang Sun Jiaqing, as the meritorious service of Zhongshan Wangfu in Li Chenggan.
Because his wife Changsun Shi was in poor health, Li Shimin thought of his wife's listening to the bell and repairing the temple in Xuanzhong Temple when she passed through Taiyuan, so she went to Xuanzhong Temple to pay a visit to the monk Daochuo, a monk in the temple, and offered a lot of jewels to pray for her.
With the unification of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin spent most of his time in Beijing, and the feud between the Prince Li Jiancheng and the Prince Qin's Mansion deepened because of Gao Zhen's contribution. Changsun Shi gave full play to his advantages as a harem, and often entered the palace to serve Gao-zu and his harem concubines, trying to make up for the bad blood between them.
In the ninth year of Wude, the situation between the Palace of Qin and the East Palace became more and more tense. Changsun Shi and Fang Xuanling "helped each other" and * * * assisted Li Shimin. Finally, Li Shimin had to lead Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Gao Shilian and others to ambush in Xuanwu Gate in order to protect himself. His grandson personally distributed armor for the soldiers and encouraged them, and the soldiers were very grateful. After Li Shimin succeeded in killing Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji in the Xuanwumen Revolution, she was made the Crown Prince by Tang Gaozu, and Changsun Shi was also honored as the Crown Princess.
On August 21st, the 13th day after Emperor Taizong ascended the throne, he made his wife Changsun Shi the queen, and posthumously presented his father-in-law Sun Sheng as Sikong and Duke of Qi. In October, Li Chenggan, the eldest son of Zhongshan County, was appointed Crown Prince.
in the first year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong attacked Changsun Wuji, who was the most meritorious in the Xuanwumen Revolution, and sealed 1,3 households. And because Changsun Wuji and himself were good friends when they were young, and now they are both consorts and heroes, Emperor Taizong paid special attention to him, often let him in and out of his own room, and awarded the important position of Shangshu Right Servant Shooter. On the third day of March, the eldest grandson queen held a silkworm-kissing ceremony.
In the same year, Chang Sun, the uncle of the eldest grandson queen, was dismissed for taking bribes. However, because Chang Sun was his wife's uncle, Emperor Taizong often ordered someone to give him silk for his expenses. Soon he was retired with the rank of Zong Zhengqing, and he was given the rank of doctor Jin Ziguanglu and the title of Zhengerpin County Duke.
In December, the eldest grandson Anye, the half-brother of the eldest grandson, rebelled against Li Xiaochang, Liu Deyu, Yuan Hongshan and others, and died according to the crime, but the eldest grandson pleaded with her husband in tears: "The crime of Anye is unforgivable. But he kicked my mother and me out of the house in the early years, which is well known all over the world. If I kill my eldest grandson Anye, the world will inevitably think that I am retaliating against my brother with your majesty's love. " So all the other principal criminals were punished, and even several of Li Xiaochang's sons were killed because of sitting together, but the eldest grandson Anye was saved from death.
In the second year of Zhenguan, the eldest grandson opposed her brother Changsun Wuji's taking up an important position, and often said to her husband, "As a former queen, I am extremely honored, and I really don't want my brothers, sons and nephews to be above the court. Lu Jia and Huo Jia's consorts in the Han Dynasty are just lessons from the past. I hope your majesty will never appoint my brother as prime minister. " At first, Emperor Taizong didn't listen to his wife's advice, and insisted on giving high-ranking officials in Changsun Wuji a generous salary. So the grandson queen privately asked her brother to resign from these positions, until Emperor Taizong finally had to promise, and only sealed Changsun Wuji as the virtual title of Kaifu Instrument and the Third Division. The grandson queen was happy.
In May, Li Tai, the King of Wei, changed his title to King Yue. Because Lee Tae was born of the eldest grandson of the queen, he favored the kings. Emperor Taizong ordered him to lead the Yangzhou viceroy and the Yuezhou viceroy from afar, and there were as many as 22 fiefs! It is nearly twice as much as the prince's fief at the same time.
In June, Geng Yin, the eldest grandson, gave birth to her third son, Li Zhi, in Lizheng Hall. Emperor Taizong was overjoyed. He not only gave a big banquet to officials with more than five products, but also ordered anyone born on this day to receive food. It is said that during the "Wash Three Dynasties" three days after Li Zhi's birth, the eldest grandson gave the young son the jade dragon son that her husband got from Jin Yanggong and the scarlet baby full of pearls. Since then, this jade dragon, which is "not a few inches wide, but gentle and exquisite, is not owned by the world", has become the mascot of the Tang Dynasty and has been passed down from generation to generation by emperors.
In the same year, Li Lizhi, the eldest daughter of the eldest grandson, who was only eight years old, was canonized as Princess Changle, with 3, households.
in the first month of the fifth year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong named Li Zhi, the son of the eldest grandson, as the King of Jin. In the same year, Emperor Taizong summoned Yuan Wan, a master, to write Tibetan scriptures for his eldest grandson, the Queen.
In the sixth year of Zhenguan, Princess Changle, who was especially loved by Emperor Taizong and his grandson, was going to get married. Emperor Taizong specially ordered the company to prepare a dowry twice as much as that of princess royal. However, not long ago, Wei Ting, an ancient scholar, criticized the outdated style: "Today's nobles are very rich, and at the beginning of marriage, they may play orchestral instruments to have a great feast; Competing for luxury, regardless of etiquette. ..... If you don't train the righteous side, you will be afraid that this wind will become more and more fan. " As a result, Emperor Taizong actually committed a crime against the wind, and his dowry for his beloved daughter was even much more than that of princess royal, which naturally attracted Wei Zhi's stern stop.
Wei Zhi thought that the dowry was twice as much as that of princess royal, and tried his best to remonstrate it. Emperor Taizong told the eldest grandson about it later, and the eldest grandson sighed, "I know that your majesty valued Wei Zhi, but I don't know the reason. Today, I realized that Wei Zhi was really a minister of the humerus who was beneficial to the country, but Wei Zhi, as a servant, was able to remonstrate it directly. This character is really commendable." So he made a decree to give Wei Zhi 2, yuan and 4 silks, and specifically told him: "I hope that Duke Zheng can always keep this heart of daring to speak out, and say what he thinks is wrong, and don't hold back because of the ceremony of the monarch and the minister."
In March, Emperor Taizong and his grandson went to Jiucheng Palace to spend the summer. In April, when the husband and wife were walking, they found that there was a piece of land in the west of Danxiao Hall that was slightly wet, so they used a walking stick to guide it, and immediately spring water gushed out, and then it was surrounded by a stone sill and extended into a canal. And because the spring water came from the west of Danxiao Hall, Emperor Taizong held a banquet in Danxiao Hall to invite your ministers, and gave them silks. Written by Wei Zhi and written by Ou Yangxun, The Inscription of Liquan in Jiucheng Palace narrates the interesting story that Emperor Taizong discovered Liquan while walking with his grandson.
A few months later, the little princess born to the eldest grandson was full moon, and Emperor Taizong was very happy, and a big banquet was held in Danxiao Hall. In September Bingshen, Prince Li Chenggan came to Jiucheng Palace to appear before him. When Emperor Taizong was happy, he gave a big banquet to the officials of the East Palace, and gave them silks.
On the first day of October, Emperor Taizong and his eldest grandson returned to Chang 'an from Jiucheng Palace. Emperor Taizong personally served Emperor Li Yuan and presented food and clothing with his eldest grandson until late at night. Emperor Taizong wanted to send the emperor's father back in person, but the emperor refused to agree and asked Prince Li Chenggan to send him on his behalf.
In the seventh year of Zhenguan, after more than one year's preparation, the eldest grandson of the Queen married Princess Changle, the daughter of Emperor Taizong, and Xu was none other than Changsun Wuji's eldest son, the future Zhao Guogong, and now the eldest son of Emperor Taizong. In the same year, Li Zhiyao, the youngest son of the eldest grandson queen, took the post of governor of Bingzhou, so where is Bingzhou?
According to historical records, Bingzhou is Taiyuan House, which means that Li Zhi got the fief of Taiyuan. Anyone who knows something about the Tang Dynasty will know that in the Tang Dynasty, Taiyuan was the capital of the north, and it was completely detached in politics, military affairs and economy. Because Taiyuan is not only the northern town of the Central Plains Dynasty, but also the land of Longxing in Li Tang! However, Emperor Taizong airily gave Li Zhi the title of King Jin, and gave him Taiyuan, which has such a unique position. This shows that Emperor Taizong's love for this little son born to his wife is evident.
In the same year, Lee Tae, the King of Yue, was also awarded the positions of General Zuo Wuhou and Pastoral Yong Zhou, while he was in charge of the viceroy of Yanzhou and the viceroy of Xia Shengbei. While other princes of the same age had gone to the fief to take office, Lee Tae not only stayed with his parents, but even ordered him to move into the Wude Hall.
In March of the eighth year of Zhenguan, Emperor Li Yuan gave a grand banquet to the Western Turkic envoys in the Hall of Two Instruments. Emperor Taizong and his eldest grandson personally presented meals and clothes, all of which were rare and precious. The eldest grandson personally combed Tang Gaozu's hair, crowned him, and sighed with emotion: "The supreme age is old, and his hair is all white." Everyone is sad and weeping, and the family is like ordinary people.
Geng Chen, the eldest grandson and Emperor Taizong were lucky to be in Jiucheng Palace together. One night, Chai Shao came in a hurry to report that there was a sudden change, and Emperor Taizong had to put on his armor and leave. Although the eldest grandson, who was sleeping in the same bed, was ill, she insisted on going together. The imperial secretary stopped her one after another, but the eldest grandson said, "Your majesty is so shocked, how can I rest at ease?"
In March of the ninth year of Zhenguan, the eldest grandson of the Queen held a silkworm-kissing ceremony. In the same year, the eldest grandson of the Queen was unwell, and Emperor Taizong was worried and invited the eminent monks such as Master Tanzang and Master Fachang to enter the palace to pray for his wife's precepts. Later, Master Tanzang died in Huichang Temple, and both the eldest grandson and Prince Li Chenggan sent people to mourn for him. Emperor Taizong also buried Master Tanzang in a letter. Master Fachang was honored to be the seat of the Kongguan Temple at the behest of Emperor Taizong because he was ordained by the Queen.
During the ten years of Zhenguan, with the serious illness of her eldest grandson, Li Chenggan was very worried about her mother's illness, and wanted to grant an amnesty to pray for her mother, but the eldest grandson refused without hesitation, saying, "There is no way to change life and death. Besides, pardoning prisoners is a national event, and advocating Buddhism is something your majesty does not do. How can you mess up the laws of the world because of my humble woman? " Cheng Gan then told Fang Xuanling about it. Emperor Taizong and the ministers in the DPRK were very emotional. Ministers asked for an amnesty, but the eldest grandson of the Queen resolutely refused the amnesty.
Although Emperor Taizong could not bear to disobey his wife's wishes and did not grant amnesty to the world, he found another way and thought of praying for his beloved wife in other ways.
In April, Emperor Taizong wrote a letter saying, "The Empress has been in vain for a long time, but she hasn't healed it well. To restore the abandoned temple, she will build 392 Buddhist courtyards in the world with good fortune and good landscape, which is better than those with seven pagodas, and she will still be famous." Emperor Taizong ordered the overhaul of 392 abandoned temples in the world, hoping that the Buddha could bless his wife's early recovery. Xiuding Temple in Xiangzhou and Shanji Temple in Yizhou were all restored as a result. Wang Bo, one of the famous four outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty, personally wrote the article "Shanji Temple Monument in Deyang County, Yizhou" and it has been passed down to this day. Obviously, advocating Buddhism is something he didn't do, but in order to take back his wife's life from death, Emperor Taizong still did it for.
However, although Emperor Taizong tried his best to take back his beloved wife's life from death, it didn't work out. At the end of June this year, the eldest grandson left her husband who had been with her since childhood, Prince Li Chenggan and Wang Wei Lee Tae, her newly retired daughter, Princess Changle, and four younger children, and died at the Legislative Hall of Chang 'an Taiji Palace at the age of 36.
The eldest grandson died in the prime of her life, leaving her husband and children with endless sorrow. Emperor Taizong was deeply saddened by the death of his wife, and so were all the princes and princesses, especially Li Zhi, the king of Jin. His mourning touched the people around him, and Emperor Taizong was also very distressed, so he made a move that attracted the attention of the world: he personally raised a pair of sons and daughters of the eldest grandson, Li Zhi and jinyang princess, the king of Jin, and became the first emperor in China history to raise the prince and the only emperor to raise the princess himself!
Imagine how many princes and princesses China had in the last 5, years, and how many of them had the honor of being raised by the emperor's father? However, the children of the eldest grandson did not enjoy such an honor because of their mother's cold tea. This is really a shocking move of Emperor Taizong's temperament!
In September, Ding You, the eldest grandson of the Queen, will bury Zhaoling. For this reason, Yu Shinan wrote an essay on the Mourning of Empress Wende, and it is a long story to mention the word "Wende" of posthumous title, the eldest grandson of the Queen.
Empresses had posthumous title from the Eastern Han Dynasty, but until the Sui Dynasty, all empresses had only single posthumous death, not multiple posthumous death, only the historians combined their posthumous title with the emperor's posthumous title to make it easier to distinguish them. For example, when Tang Gaozu acceded to the throne, the Queen who chased Dou was called "Mu Queen", and after Tang Gaozu's death, posthumous title was called "Tai Mu Queen". However, after her death, the eldest grandson was directly reinstated as "Wen De" by Emperor Taizong.
according to the etiquette of the spring and autumn period, single posthumous death is right, and double posthumous death is not right. in the eyes of the ancients, only when single posthumous death is not enough to express the good moral character of the deceased, will complex posthumous death be used. Therefore, posthumous death is extremely rare. Before the death of Empress Grandson in Zhenguan for ten years, only Liu Gan, a martyr who was loyal to the monarch, was given posthumous death by Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, and no one else had posthumous death.
The two posthumous title's "Wen De" of the eldest grandson are both beautiful, especially the word "Wen". Tang people think that "Wen" is the best posthumous title, and "there is nothing better for beauty". Even in the beauty, no posthumous title can be better than Wen. It can be seen that in Tang Taizong's mind, only "virtue" is not enough to show his wife's beauty, and only when posthumous title, the most respected in the Tang Dynasty, is added can the eldest grandson's virtue be shown.
In November, Geng Yin, the eldest grandson, buried Zhaoling, and Emperor Taizong personally wrote an inscription for his wife, especially mentioning.