It is difficult for Emperor Gaozong to speak. He repeatedly mentioned Wuji and said, "No heir is the greatest sin. The queen has no interests. Zhao Yi has a son and now wants to be a queen. Why are you waiting? " Sui Liangdao: "The Queen was born in a noble family. She married the emperor first, so she is not feminine. The first emperor held your majesty's hand without warning and said to the minister,' I am a good son and wife, and I will repay you today.' Your majesty kissed Chengde, and your words are still in my ears. Since then, the queen has never heard of winning, and I am afraid it cannot be abolished. I dare not give in to my will today, because I disobeyed the orders of my late emperor. I want to think twice. I'm ashamed of my holy face, and I'm guilty of a terrible crime. I hope I don't have to be merciful first, so why care about my life? Then he sent someone to the temple and said, "Give it back to your Majesty." . "Also take off the towel kowtow bleeding.
According to historical records, Sun Chang Wuji, Chu Suiliang and others opposed the establishment of Wu Zhaoyi in Tang Gaozong, not because Wu was the talent of the first emperor, but because the queen was the wife personally chosen by Taizong, and the first emperor died. How could she violate it easily?
As for Wu being a talented person before the emperor, we should know that in ancient times, the difference between a wife and a concubine was like a paradise. As early as the Warring States period, it was recorded in the Book of Rites: "The concubines bought together are public property based on their meanness." The law of the Tang Dynasty also clearly stipulates that "concubines can buy and sell", and the property given when concubinage is called "the capital of buying concubines". The difference between wives and concubines is obvious not only among the people, but also in the court. For example, Hu Fang, the favorite concubine of Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, was regarded as the "Queen of Asia", but when her father Hu Fen saw the father of Queen Yang Yan, he could only respectfully say, "My daughter is just a handmaid of your daughter." For example, Wu Huifei, the favorite of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, was treated like a queen in the harem, but a little suggestion under the six products, when referring to Wu Huifei, still dared to point out rudely that "Huifei was originally a towel rack" and told the emperor directly that the woman you love is just a servant who serves you.
Not only is the status of concubines so low in the eyes of the world, but the illegitimate children born to concubines are not even qualified to bury their biological mothers. In the Tang Dynasty, there was a minister named Qiu who followed Emperor Taizong to annihilate the separatist forces such as Xue Ju, Liu Wuzhou, Wang and Dou Jiande, and made great achievements. However, he was impeached by the Ministry of Justice and severely expelled from school because he and his first brother scrambled to bury his father's concubine.
It is precisely because of the low status of concubines that the children born to concubines naturally cannot take the humble biological mother as their mother, but can only address their mother as their mother. Therefore, Tanchun and Jia Huan in A Dream of Red Mansions were written by Jia Zheng's aunt Zhao, so they can only be called the aunt of Zhao's biological mother, while Wang Fu, the biological mother, is the biological mother. Tanchun even bluntly said that Mrs. Wang's brother Wang Ziteng was her uncle and Aunt Zhao's brother was her uncle.
In ancient China, the official residence was distinct, and there was a big gap between them. It's not just the illegitimate children of ordinary people who can't call their biological mothers their mothers, but only their aunts. Even in the royal family, illegitimate princes can only call their biological mothers aunts-no matter how high they are in the harem.
It is recorded in "Scholars of Southern History and Emperor Wudi of Qi" that "Mother Ruan Shuyuan tasted death and asked the monk to be right. Some people also presented lotus flowers to the Buddha, and all the monks filled their stems with copper poppies, so that they would not wither if they wanted to be China people. Zi Mao cried and bowed to the Buddha and said, "If my aunt wins because of this, may the Buddha bless China from extinction." "
"The History of Qijia South" also records: "When I was five years old, the nobles in the area where I was born were sick and miserable. The left and right often stumble and don't eat, saying,' I want to wait for my aunt.' "
According to Nanqi's harem system, the noble is the third lady of the first grade, Shu Yuan is the ninth concubine of the second grade, the noble and Ruan Shuyuan of the district have high grades in the harem, and Xiao Jun and Xiao Zimao are also very filial sons, but just because they are concubines, they can't call their biological mother their mother, only their aunt.
Therefore, the Qing Dynasty concluded in "Appellation Record: Biography of Auntie and Southern History of Qi Clan": "When Wang Jun of Hengyang was five years old, the nobles in his mother's area were sick and sad. He staggered around, refused to eat, and said,' I have to wait on my aunt.' In addition, Ruan Shuyuan, the mother of Prince Jin 'an, was critically ill and offered a lotus flower to the Buddha. Zi Mao bowed to the Buddha in tears and said,' If my aunt wins because of this, may the buddhas keep this flower from withering in the evening. "Case: Nowadays, many people call the concubines of their own daughters" menstruation ",which has a long history.
So which dynasty did the title of mother princess, which often appears in film and television dramas and novels, come from? "Records of Li Mingshi" gives the answer: "Ming system, the emperor ascended the pole, the queen mother or the queen mother respected." Later, Yong Zhengdi of Qing Dynasty also called Princess Kangxi, such as Fei Yi, as the mother princess in the imperial edict. But the name of the mother princess is only written, and when the concubines call their biological mothers face to face, the name of the mother princess still does not exist. Therefore, as long as you are not your husband's wife or your concubine, you are not qualified to be called mother by a child born in October. It is precisely because of this system that violates human nature that no matter the concubines in the flat-headed people's homes or the concubines who are temporarily favored in the palace, as long as they don't sit in the position of their wives, they will never hear their children call themselves their mothers.
Under such a dehumanizing system, illegitimate children cannot be called mothers for their biological mothers and buried for their death. If the illegitimate child is filial, he has deep feelings for his biological mother, which is a great torture for both mother and son; If an illegitimate child is cool thin in temperament and disdains to admit his birth mother, it will do great harm to the birth mother itself.
Even a real prince can't call his mother his mother, let alone the first prince Tang Gaozong. How is Wu Can Cai Lun regarded as his mother's generation? Don't talk about Wu Cairen. Even if Tang Taizong's concubine Webster becomes a toffee, she will pay a visit to Tang Gaozong sooner or later-if the first emperor's concubine can be regarded as the generation of the imperial mother, how can Wei Guifei pay a visit to her "son" sooner or later?