Why did Li Zhi bury his sister in the "Empress Mausoleum"? After studying the tomb, the expert sighed: It is really disgraceful
The atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty was relatively open, and the princesses of the Tang Dynasty were also different: they dared to participate in the politics of the dynasty, abolished the government left and right, and plotted to become empresses; they dared to beat horses, make a big fuss about their mother-in-law's family, and immediately returned to the palace to file a complaint when they were wronged. All in all, most of the Tang Dynasty princesses had a lot of personality and did a lot of shocking things.
In our impression, the Tang Dynasty minister knew that he had been selected as a donkey horse, and instead of smiling, he cried and mourned. The emergence of this situation, in addition to the fact that the princess did not pay much attention to the three from the four virtues, but also because Emperor Gaozong of Tang li zhi did something that made the ministers very afraid of marrying the princess and returning home.
Li Zhi was born to Emperor Taizong of Tang and Empress Changsun, and was the concubine of Zheng'er Bajing. As we all know, Empress Changsun was the favorite woman of Tang Taizong Li Shimin, so the 3 sons and 4 daughters born to Empress Changsun were all very favored by Tang Taizong. Princess Xincheng, the youngest daughter of Tang Taizong and the sister of Li Zhi's mother, was held in the palm of her hand as soon as she was born, loved by her father and pampered by her brother.
But princess Xincheng actually lived only 29 years old before she died, and after her death, Li Zhi was too sad and ordered her sister to be buried with "empress ceremony", and since then Zhaoling (Li Shimin and Empress Changsun joint burial mausoleum) has a special "queen tomb", in the 90s of the last century, archaeologists excavated the tomb of Princess Xincheng and found that the murals in the tomb of the princess of Xincheng were very strange, and the heads of the maids on it were all deliberately scratched off.
These maids were all buried for the princess of Xincheng. Martyrdom is a very cruel system, Tang Gaozong Li Zhi has always been known for his "leniency and gentleness", why did he behave so strangely in the matter of Princess Xincheng? Things have to start with the marriage of the princess of the new city.
When Princess Xincheng was 9 years old, her brother Li Zhi was made crown prince. When Wei Zheng was seriously ill, Tang Taizong took the crown prince Li Zhi and his daughter Princess Xincheng to visit, and decided to give Princess Xu of Xincheng to Wei Zheng's son. Who knew that after Wei Zheng's death, the Wei family was implicated in the Hou Junji case, and the marriage contract was dissolved.
When Princess Xincheng grew to be 15 years old, Emperor Taizong of Tang carefully selected Empress Changsun's cousin, Empress Changsun. Who knew that before the princess was married, Emperor Taizong died, and according to the etiquette system, the princess had to keep filial piety for three years before she could get married. Li Zhi felt that the time was too long, and decided to let his sister marry after only one year of filial piety, but was fiercely opposed by the chancellor.
Therefore, Princess Xincheng was officially married at the age of 18, and after marriage, she was in harmony with the eldest grandson of the horse, and was very affectionate, and she did not expect that they had only been married for 9 years, and the eldest grandson family was involved in the treason case, and the eldest grandson was exiled by Li Zhi to other places, and under the secret command of Li Zhi, the eldest grandson was "accidentally" violently killed on the way to exile. Princess Xincheng is smart, how can she not know the truth about her husband's death?
She missed her husband, washed her face with tears all day, and didn't even wear makeup. Li Zhi saw his sister like this, so he had to find another marriage for her, and let princess Xincheng marry Wei Zhengju, the son of Wei Qingsi, the duke of Pengcheng County. Unexpectedly, Princess Xincheng still can't forget her ex-husband, and she has the same relationship with Wei Zhengji, and even suffers from a serious illness because she is too melancholy. Li Zhi was anxious when he heard this, and immediately ordered someone to build a temple to pray for the princess's blessing.
The blessing had no effect, and the princess of Xincheng died at the age of only 29. Li Zhi was deeply saddened, and he decided that everything was the fault of The Horse Wei, and that the Horse did not take good care of the princess. Therefore, Li Zhi ordered the execution of the donkey horse and the exile of the whole family, and the historical records record that after the death of princess Xincheng, Li Zhi "wept forever in pain, wept in the face of Dongjin, abolished the dynasty, and had yue Changlun", and ordered his sister to be buried in the Zhaoling Tomb according to the empress's etiquette.
Not only that, Li Zhi also angered the maid of princess Xincheng, believing that their sister's death was also their poor care. He ordered all the maids to be buried and ordered the heads of the maids on the murals to be shaved off. After the tomb of Princess Xincheng was excavated, archaeologists found that the tomb situation accurately corresponded to the historical records, confirming that this was an unjust case created by Li Zhisheng's anger.
It turned out that after that, Li Zhi found that he had wrongly blamed the donkey Wei Zhengzheng and ordered the horse to be buried with the princess. Although Li Zhi "changed his mistakes when he knew he was wrong", this incident still caused a whirlwind of fear of marrying a princess inside and outside the government and the public, and even formed proverbs such as "marrying a woman to get a princess, buying an official palace on the flat land", "the new city died of illness, and the master was humiliated by him". This is also a disgraceful event in the life of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, a case of unjust horse breeding that caused the ministers to fear marrying a princess like a tiger.