Princess Pingyang is the daughter of Li Yuan, whose surname is Li of course. However, her name is not recorded in the official history. The attitude towards women in China's history books has changed to five generations living under one roof. Five generations ago, no matter what kind of women, most of them left their names in the history books. Unless, like the Mao Empress of the former Qin Dynasty, the historical records may be incomplete, leaving no name. But after the Song Dynasty, women's names were no longer publicly recorded in history books. The nobler a woman is, the more so. On the contrary, in history books, the so-called "female thieves" are often called by their first names. Old Tang Shu and New Tang Shu, which recorded Princess Pingyang's deeds, were written in the late Jin Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty, but the name and age of Princess Pingyang were not recorded. Therefore, those who ask future generations to write martial arts novels, such as Huang Yi, have to give her a casual name, Li Xiuning.
Tang Gaozu Liyuan has 19 daughters, and Princess Pingyang ranks third. Of course, these 19 daughters can't all be born to one mother. Princess Pingyang's mother is Li Yuan's ancestral home in Dou Shi. Li's mother is Li Yuanji. Speaking of this Dou Shi, he is also a strange girl.
Dou Shi was born in Jingzhao, Ping Ling, and his father Dou Yi was one of the eight marshals in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. This official name has no corresponding modern official name. During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, eight generals commanded the officers and men of the whole country. The translator can barely translate into an army commander. But in fact, the honor of this official title is greater than the actual power. So it is similar to the marshal who was sealed when this dynasty was established. My mother is Princess Xiangyang, the sister of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Dou Shi was very clever since he was a child and was deeply loved by Emperor Wu. She stayed in the palace and was brought up as a daughter. At that time, there were three spots in the world, and the Northern Zhou Dynasty was the weakest one. In order to get foreign aid, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty married a Turkish princess as a queen. However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very dissatisfied with this political marriage and often asked the Turkish princess to leave an empty room. Dou Shi often persuades his uncle to be more patient. Marriage with Turks can eliminate the threat from the north and deal with Chen in the south and Beiqi in the east.
Soon, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty usurped the throne of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Dou said bitterly, "I hate that I am not a human being and can't clear my uncle's sin." The father was frightened and quickly covered her mouth: "Don't talk nonsense! This is the crime of killing the door! " But Dou Yi thinks that her daughter is not an idle person, and of course she can't get married casually. So when my daughter reached the age of talking about marriage, she came up with a way to get married. Of course, this contest is not like a challenge in martial arts novels. Let's go up and fight. Dou E unjustly drew two peacocks on the gate. People who want to get married must shoot two arrows from a hundred paces away. Whoever shoots a peacock in the eye with two arrows is called a son-in-law. According to the current official records, Li Yuan is a rather mediocre person. But he has no other benefits, but his archery is quite superb. Dozens of people came to take the exam, only Li Yuan shot two arrows.
Dou Shi married Li Yuan and became his wife. Tang yuan's face
As he grew up in court, everyone learned a lot about court politics. Li Yuan raised many horses, and Dou advised him to give them to the emperor who loved horses: "You know, the emperor likes eagles and horses. Now you should give the horse to the emperor instead of keeping it for yourself, or people will be framed. " Tang Gaozu didn't want to give up his horse at first, but before he took it out quickly, Emperor Yang Di really asked him. Dou Shi died at the age of 45. Li Yuan thinks it makes sense to consider his dead wife, so he often sends horses, eagles and dogs to Yang Di. Emperor Yang Di was very happy and soon promoted Tang Gaozu to the rank of general. Li said to the children with tears in his eyes, "If I listen to your mother, I will become such an official."
I just want to explain why a mediocre person like Ethan has such excellent children.
Yang Di is not a standard monarch of subjugation. No famous gentleman in history will lose his literary talent, at least not Li Shimin. These two men were not princes before they came to power. Both of them have a good reputation and made unparalleled contributions. They all came to power through bloody coups. The kung fu before coming on stage is similar. The problem is that the modesty of Emperor Yang Di is not as good as that of Li Shimin, and there are more excesses. This led him to dig the Grand Canal regardless of national strength and then explore in North Korea. As a result, the world was in chaos. I lost my mind in Jiangdu.
In this chaotic situation, Ethan had little chance of winning at first. His territory is far from the Shanxi border, far from the capital Chang 'an and far from Luoyang, the eastern capital. People are not strong enough, above ten thousand people. Every day, we have to face the Turkish attack. Most importantly, his family is in Chang 'an, and he has only one second son, Li Shimin. If he resists, his family will be in immediate danger. However, the temptation of the throne exceeds any emotion. At the instigation of Li Shimin and others, in May of the 13th year of Sui Daye, Tang Gaozu arose.
As all Tang Yuan's family were taken hostage in Chang 'an, he dared not publicly declare himself king and emperor. He announced that he had led his troops out of his defense zone to meet Emperor Yang Di trapped in Jiangdu. But his marching route is not in Jiangdu in the southeast, but in Chang 'an, the capital city in the west. Even Tang Gaozu himself said it was an ostrich. Of course, more officials stayed in Chang 'an in the Sui Dynasty. Chang 'an immediately ordered the arrest of Li Yuan's family. The arrested list includes Li Yuan's third daughter Princess Pingyang and her husband Chai Shao.
This Chai Shao teacher ranks 14 among the 24 outstanding figures in Lingyange in Tang Dynasty, and is resourceful. He is good at defeating Xue Ju, Liu Wuzhou, Wang and Dou Jiande. Destroy Liang, the last opponent of the Tang Dynasty, and he is still the leader. Li You wrote a poem, "Why don't you take fifty states in Guanshan? If you are a scholar Wan Huhou, please go to Lingyan Pavilion temporarily! " In the thirteenth year of the great cause, Chai Shaoke's poems were not so heroic. Hearing the order to arrest him, he ran away at once. Before running, he said to his wife, "Your father betrayed me and I want to meet him. If we run together, we can't run away. I'm afraid you will be in danger after I leave you. What do you say? " He means that his wife is Li's family, and he is worried that his goal is too big and he has a better chance of running away alone. Princess Pingyang is very clever. Of course she can read the subtext. But her courage is much greater than that of her husband. She immediately said, "Although you go alone, I'm a woman, so I can hide, and then I'll have my own way." So Chai Shao set his mind at to run away alone.
Princess Pingyang said that she was hiding because she was a woman, just to enlarge Chai Shao's mind, but she did have her own plans. After Chai Shao left, Princess Pingyang immediately disguised herself as a self-proclaimed Li Gongzi and went to Li Manor in Jixian County to sell her business, recruiting and openly confronting the imperial court. The world is in chaos. Although Chang 'an is still in the hands of Sui, bandits are rampant in the surrounding counties. The biggest leader is Shang Yang, who comes from the Western Regions and has tens of thousands of people under his command. Princess Pingyang sent her family to drive three BMWs to persuade He Panren to surrender. I don't know what this means. He Panren, who is much stronger than Princess Pingyang, is willing to work for Princess Pingyang. This is very similar to when Mao and Yuan first went to Jinggangshan. Mao of this dynasty is familiar with historical facts. I wonder if he thought about this history at that time.
Princess Pingyang recruited Hehuang people and bandits such as Xiang, Xiang and Qiu Shili near her hometown, and her power was greatly enhanced. During this period, the court sent troops to attack Princess Pingyang. Princess Pingyang not only repelled every attack, but also seized the opportunity to expand the results, and successively captured Yan County, Wugong County, zhouzhi county County and Shiping County. The team has also expanded to more than 70 thousand people. Princess Pingyang accepts robbers who kill people without blinking an eye. Without some real skills, even men can't handle it. In addition, the resources of the troops come from the original system that does not belong to the same genus. Princess Pingyang's organization and command ability is really excellent, because she can turn the assembled rabble into a victorious army in a short time and achieve such great success.
In September 6 17, Li Yuan crossed the Yellow River and entered the customs. At this time, he was very happy to find that Princess Pingyang had laid a large piece of land for him in Guanzhong. He sent Chai Shao to see Princess Pingyang. I wonder if Chai Shao will blush when the husband and wife meet and see their beautiful wife. Next, Princess Pingyang selected more than 65,438+00,000 soldiers to attack Chang 'an on the north bank of Weihe River with Li Shimin. Chai Shao is a subordinate of Li Shimin, in the same column as Princess Pingyang. Husband and wife each receive an army, and each army has its own headquarters. Princess Pingyang's more than ten thousand soldiers are called "female soldiers". 165438+1October 9, captured Chang 'an.
What Princess Pingyang did in Guanzhong was of great significance to the establishment of the Li and Tang Dynasties. As I said before, Ethan is a very mediocre person. Although ambitious, he belongs to people with malicious intentions and no courage. After getting up, I once suffered a little setback and wanted to go back to my hometown in Taiyuan. Thanks to Li Shimin's efforts to persuade, he was able to move forward. He had been fighting Sui before crossing the Yellow River. Later, Li Shimin intended to contain Qu Tutong with a small number of troops and solve the problem directly by the main force. Princess Pingyang will be in danger if she doesn't meet in Guanzhong. If the attack on Chang 'an is unfavorable, Qu Tutong will be cut off by the posterior route, which is really a turtle in a jar.
After the Chang 'an War, Princess Pingyang's deeds can no longer be found in the history books. It was not until six years later, six years after Wu De, that the history books suddenly recorded her death. The money is recorded, mainly because her funeral is different, and she was buried with a military ceremony. Why is this happening? It has long been analyzed that China's history books always look down on women, especially soldiers. Ancient books have been deleted again and again. This may be the reason why Princess Pingyang's deeds disappeared. But according to the clues in various historical records, we can still outline the general situation of these six years.
First of all, after Princess Pingyang conquered Chang 'an, she will definitely continue to lead the army to fight for the Tang Dynasty. Although Tang Gaozu conquered Chang 'an, he roughly controlled half of Guanzhong. He was surrounded by the enemy. After conquering Chang 'an, Tang Gaozu immediately faced Xue Ju, who owns land in Longxi, and Gui Li, who owns land in Liangzhou. In July of the first year of Tang Wude, Xue Ju sent troops to defeat Tang Jun in shallow water. By February 2002, Gui Li captured five counties in Hexi, and Li Yuan successfully solved the problems in Guanzhong and the west. Liu Wuzhou breathed a sigh of relief, copied Tang Gaozu's back road and captured Tang Gaozu's lair in Shaanxi. Tang Gaozu ordered Li Shimin to crusade. It took Li Shimin nearly two years to defeat Liu Wuzhou and recapture Shaanxi. To lay the foundation is to destroy the king. In this battle, Tang Jun attacked the city and seized the village, killing Dou Jiande who came to save the king. Chai Shao took part in all these battles. It is out of character to say that Princess Pingyang is living a happy life in Chang 'an at the moment. As an outstanding general, she will definitely participate in these decisive battles that determine the fate of the Tang Dynasty. After the fall of Dou Jiande, the rest of the army pushed Liu Heita as the main force. In July of the fourth year of Wude, Zhang Nan went to war with the Tang Dynasty, and Xu Yuanlang and Gao Kai Island also sent troops to participate in the war. They joined the Turks in the north and returned to their old place in Dou Jiande in less than half a year. Princess Pingyang's main task at this time is to defend the Li family's stronghold in Shanxi. She is stationed in Niangziguan.
Niangziguan is located at the west exit of Jingxing Mountain on the west side of Taihang Mountain. It is located on Mianshan Mountain in the northeast of Pingding County, Shanxi Province, bordering Hebei Province, and is the throat of entering and leaving Shanxi. Princess Pingyang led tens of thousands of "female soldiers" stationed here, so it was originally named "Weizeguan" and later renamed "Niangziguan". Jingxing is the shortest route from Jinzhong to Jizhong, and it is also the only way to destroy Zhao in the late Han Dynasty. Shanxi is the barrier between the Central Plains and Guanzhong, but without Shanxi, the Central Plains and Guanzhong will be unstable. Princess Pingyang led an army to Niangziguan to stop the enemy from entering Shanxi from Jingxing.
Princess Pingyang did not stay here until she defeated Liu Wuzhou and retaken Shanxi. So Princess Pingyang did not enter Niangziguan until Wu Decai four years ago. What was she doing before? War, of course. Not a day goes by without fighting. How could Yuan let Princess Pingyang, who had been idle for more than three years, suddenly put into use again?
The reason why Princess Pingyang finally died is not recorded in the history books. Li Shimin was born in 599 AD. In 6 17 AD, when Li Yuan sent troops, he was 18 years old, 28 years old, about 17 years old, and Li Yuanji was about 16 years old. If Princess Pingyang is Li Shimin's sister, she should be at least 16 years old. No matter how young you are, you can't rob your father's territory in Guanzhong. But 16 is impossible. Unless she and Li Yuanji are twins, few people can have a child every year for three years. So she may be Li's sister or Li's sister. Ethan should be between 20 and 26 when he joins the army. In this way, by 623, her age should be between 26 and 32. If she was Li Shimin's sister, she was only 22 when she died. Although ancient people didn't live long. But to die at this age, a powerful military commander is unlikely to get sick. Combined with the military burial when she died, we can boldly guess whether she died in battle or died of serious injuries after returning to Chang 'an.
There are two possibilities for her death. One possibility is that he died in the battle with the Turks. At that time, there was civil strife in China, and Beiyang warlords, including Li Yuan, formed an alliance with the Turks. Attack the enemy with Turks. Turks do not attach importance to the alliance and often invade. Shanxi is an area frequently invaded by Turks. Another possibility is to die in the battle to destroy Liu Heita. 165438+2062 10 In June, Li Yuan sent Li to attack Liu Heita, and the two sides won. It was not completely defeated until February 25, 65438. Princess Pingyang's wife is stationed in the front line, and she will definitely lead the army to war. So there is a great possibility of death in this battle. If he dies at this time, it will take him half a month to transport the body back to Chang 'an. As a princess, the preparations for the funeral took nearly half a month. Then there is a coincidence in time.
There were many strong women in the Tang Dynasty, especially princesses. Princess Pingyang became popular first, followed by Princess Taiping and Princess Anle. But in terms of talent and merit, they are not as good as Princess Pingyang.