According to historical records, Xu Hui was called into the harem of Emperor Taizong because of her famous talent, and was listed as a top five talent. And because of "his own writing, great achievements, gorgeous and elegant words", he was quickly promoted to a master of the three products, and his father Xu Xiaode was also promoted to a top official, from the governor's office under the six products to the history of the Ministry of Rites under the six products. After Jieyu, Xu Huijin was promoted to two products, eight products and nine products, which is her highest title in Zhenguan.
However, although Rong Rong ranks ninth, it is only the penultimate place among the nine places, only one level higher than the last place, which means it is still only one level lower. Think about two years of chastity. Emperor Taizong heard that Ren Jirong's daughter was "stunning" and hired her as Chonghua (that is, Chongyuan). However, compared with Xu Hui, Zheng's background and qualifications are nothing special. Just because of her outstanding appearance, she can become one of the nine wives in one fell swoop. In contrast, Xu Hui was in the harem for twelve years, and she just sat down to the next position step by step with all her talents. No wonder Xu Hui.
As for how close the relationship between Xu Hui and Emperor Taizong can be, we can get a glimpse from Li Zhi and jinyang princess.
As we all know, both Li Zhi and jinyang princess were brought up by Emperor Taizong himself, especially Li Zhi, who was reluctant to let him move out of his bedroom and live in the East Palace until he was made a prince. So, even in the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, Liu Yue begged the Prince to move back to the East Palace, but Emperor Taizong only asked him and Cen Wenben Ma Zhou to "send Japan to the East Palace to talk to the Crown Prince", but never talked about letting Li Zhi move out of the bedroom. It was not until the twentieth year of Zhenguan that Chu Suiliang went to seclusion again that Emperor Taizong let Li Zhi live in the East Palace for half the month.
If Xu Hui can always accompany the king, how could Emperor Taizong be so reluctant to leave Li Zhi, who has grown up and even become a father? What's more, if Xu Hui really had a close relationship with Emperor Taizong to some extent, then when Emperor Taizong was angry, he could slowly defend the ministers, and it was not jinyang princess but Xu Chongrong who benefited the ministers in the DPRK.
Xu Hui's outstanding talent was appreciated by Emperor Taizong, and there seemed to be many interactions with him, but they were basically works for reconciliation or liberation. For example, Feng He Yu Zhi Shan Fu was written by Xu Hui and Xu when they accompanied Emperor Taizong to visit Cuiwei Palace. For another example, when Xu Hui waved the poem "Entering Emperor Taizong", he was faced with the impatient waiting for Emperor Taizong to call her to the audience. Therefore, the essence of the poem "When a daughter starts to smile, she can come" is nothing more than Xu Hui working for liberation.
Speaking of this song "Entering Emperor Taizong", it makes people feel good.
As we all know, there are many concubines who are famous for their literary talent in the harem of past dynasties, such as Zuo Fen, the left imperial concubine of Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty. It's just that Zuo Fen is brilliant but ugly, and Emperor Wu of Jin himself is very lewd, so the historian records Zuo Fen bluntly because he is "ugly and unpleasant".
However, it is such an "ugly" Zuo Fen who, with her own literary talent, is second only to Queen Yang Yan and her favorite concubine Hu Fang, and her treatment is also inferior. Although Emperor Wu of Jin was only a lewd and mediocre emperor, he often visited Zuo Fen himself and took the initiative to go to Zuo Fen's residence. On the other hand, Emperor Taizong's side rarely summoned Xu Chongrong once. Xu Chongrong was only a little late, and Emperor Taizong couldn't help getting angry, so that Xu Chongrong had to use his quick wits and wrote the poem "Entering Emperor Taizong" on the spot, which solved this embarrassing situation.
Let's look at the article "Persuading Taizong to cease fire", which made Xu Hui famous in history. The appearance of this article marks that Xu Hui has reached the peak of her life, because it is not easy to be a concubine from the harem, no matter from the argument of the article or the modification of rhetoric. Therefore, both Old Tang Book and New Tang Book are tirelessly circulated in Xuhui.
In the harem of Emperor Taizong, only the eldest grandson and Xu Hui can boldly remonstrate. However, at this moment, there is a very obvious gap between them. The eloquence of "Grandson Queen" has become parallel and messy in "Xuhui"; The conciseness of the eldest grandson queen evolved into Xu Hui's tirade. Xu Hui, who is in the harem with her eldest grandson, can directly remonstrate like her, but she just chose to talk like Fang. Fang Lingxuan went to the table because he was too ill to see the emperor, so why did Xu Hui choose to go to the table instead of talking to the emperor directly?
Even the building of Yuhua Palace mentioned by Xu Hui in the book was actually built by Emperor Taizong as early as July of the 21st year of Zhenguan. In April of the 22nd year of Zhenguan, an imperial edict was issued, reflecting that it was more frugal. However, Xu Hui did not get up early and get up late, so he had to wait until Emperor Taizong wrote a letter to reflect, and then wrote down an admonition. If Xu Hui was only trying to persuade the emperor to save manpower, why didn't Emperor Taizong protest when he wanted to build Yuhua Palace? But wait until Emperor Taizong began to reflect on himself before following suit?
Therefore, when Xu Hui made this move, it made people feel that she was trying to show her talents in order to win the attention and reward of Emperor Taizong, and it was quite artificial for Xu Hui to carefully choose to write to the emperor at such an opportunity.
As for Emperor Taizong's reaction to Xu Chongrong's play, he expressed his appreciation and reward without stint, but then Emperor Taizong continued to play in Yuhua Palace with Crown Prince Li Zhi and civil officials, which had no influence at all, and even personally wrote an inscription in Yuhua Palace with great interest, which made everyone respond.
And Xu Hui's remonstrance through such a blunt and deliberate letter way makes people more aware of a kind of restraint and formality. This just shows that Xu Hui still failed to really get close to Emperor Taizong, let alone naturally and intimately integrate into his life.
It is precisely because of this that many of Tang Taizong's poems in his later years reveal the sadness of autumn. If Xu really understands loneliness, she can't help but feel gratified by her literary talent and clever mind, but there is no comfort in his poems.
In the twenty-third year of Zhenguan, Taizong died. As a childless concubine, Xu Hui was sent to Chongsheng Palace as a nun. Since then, "the mountain palace has been closed for a long time, and this body will not die." Things die like things. However, this life of guarding the mausoleum is too heavy for Xu Hui, a talented woman in her prime of life. So after more than a year, Xu Hui refused to take medicine after she was seriously ill, leaving "dogs and horses must be put in the garden first"-after serving your majesty's mausoleum temple before offering the dogs and horses she used, she died.
Although it has been more than a year since the death of Emperor Taizong, Xu Hui did not choose to go on a hunger strike immediately after the death of Emperor Taizong, but gradually waited until he was seriously ill before taking medicine. Li Zhi and Tang Gaozong regarded Xu Hui's actions as martyrdom and praised them. She was not only posthumously awarded as one of the four concubines, but also allowed to be buried with the stone chamber of Zhaoling.
Not only that, Xu Hui's family is thriving. Xu Hui's father Xu Xiaode even ushered in the biggest leap-forward promotion in his life. He was promoted to level 6 by Li Zhi in order to be a secretariat, and when he died in office, Li Zhi also "ordered officials to be clever, without adding objects, and gave them to Fu Cheng and returned to the capital". Xu Hui's younger brother Yong was also appointed as his attendant, and Xu Hui's younger sister Xu was called into the palace by Li Zhizhao because of her outstanding talent, and was named the leader of the right path An Jieyu.
Looking at Xu Hui's situation in Emperor Taizong's harem, we can draw the conclusion that Xu Hui, who is outstanding in literary talent and has many deeds, naturally has a more sense of existence than other concubines in Emperor Taizong's harem who are recorded for having children. However, even if Wu Huifei, who doesn't spoil the harem, has the same courtesy as Queen Yang Guifei, and DuGuGuifei is lucky enough to have a special room, Xuhui's "popularity" is still very limited.
After all, Xu Hui has been in the harem of Emperor Taizong for more than ten years, and the highest title is only an inferior concubine. The Xu family, except Xu Xiaode, was promoted to a first-class official because of her daughter's outstanding literary talent, and did not benefit from Xu Hui's entry into the palace. It was not until more than a year after the death of Emperor Taizong that Xu Hui died in Chongsheng Palace that the treatment of Xu Hui and the Xu family was greatly improved.
Therefore, it goes without saying that Xu Hui can have any influence on Emperor Taizong, because through Xu Hui's biographies and poems, we have not seen any influence on Emperor Taizong's thoughts or decisions. Even in April of the 22nd year of Zhenguan, Xu Huigang remonstrated with Emperor Taizong to cherish the people's resources and be thrifty. Two months later, Emperor Taizong personally wrote a letter to build the Great Ji 'an Hall for his wife and grandson, which was rated as "gorgeous wheels and ancient charm" by Tang Xuanzang. This magnificent Gyangji is so large that it even occupies half of the entire Jinchang Square, with a total of more than 10 courtyards and 1897 houses. The Buddhist temples in Yun Ge are very luxurious, which is completely contrary to the frugal spirit emphasized by Xu Hui in her lecture-how can it be said that it has a great influence?