Rebirth of the third flower queen

In the 19th year of Wanchang, Rouran soldiers invaded Yumen Pass, and Xiliang defender Jian Yao stood firm to protect the city gate.

Due to the disparity in the strength of the cavalry, in the face of the frequent attacks of the Rouran people, Da Zhou's strategy has always been to resist and not to fight back.

As we all know, infantry fighting cavalry, on the vast grassland, is looking for death, but Xiao Xieyi did not listen to the persuasion, and insisted on the Xuanwu Battalion to attack, but the persuasive persuasion of all the officials was ineffective.The Xuanwu Battalion is the only elite cavalry in the Great Zhou Dynasty, with superb strength, but their number is limited. With Xiliang City as their back, it is no problem to fight against the Rouran people, but it is impossible to actively pursue them. Their number is too small.

Due to Xiao Xieyi's insistence, Dazhou launched a counterattack against Rouran for the first time, and one hundred thousand soldiers left Yumen Pass and returned in a tragic victory.

In this battle, Da Zhou defeated four of the seven major tribes in Rouran. The results were unprecedented, but the price he had to pay was extremely heavy. Of the [-] soldiers who left the customs, only one out of ten came back.

This has also become the most criticized part of Xiao Xiyi's career as an emperor. It's not that Rouran can't fight, but he played too hastily and paid a high price, and the record he obtained was not as expected. After only three years, Rouran So it made a comeback, this is a later story, so I won’t show it for the time being.

Gu Wei's elder brother, Gu Ao, was the leader of the Xuanwu Battalion, and was also killed in this battle, leaving no bones left.

The death of the eldest grandson in battle was a particularly heavy blow to the Gu family. When the bad news came, Gu Ze couldn't afford to fall ill, so he left soon.

Although Gu Ze has been an official for many years, his disciples are all over the world, and his influence in the court is still not to be underestimated. With him gone, the strength of the Gu family has been greatly reduced.Moreover, Gu Junqian and Gu Juncheng wanted Ding You for three years. Although the Empress Dowager was here, Xiao Xieyi never liked Gu's family. After three years, when they came back from filial piety, it would not be difficult to get back together.What's more terrible is that Gu Ao died in battle, Gu Wei entered the palace, and the third generation of the Gu family has no one to show for it.

For the first time in her life, the Empress Dowager regretted it. If she had known today, she would not have insisted on letting Gu Wei enter the palace regardless of the opposition of her younger brother and nephew.Otherwise, the Gu family would not have fallen into such a neglected situation today.

The Empress Dowager was born in the Gu family of Qingyang. Although the Gu family was a rich family and had many famous people in their ancestors, it has declined in recent years. None of the empress dowager's father and brother have been in official positions. Pu Siqing, so when the Empress Dowager entered the palace, her status was not high, she was just a seventh-rank Zhaoxun, and she was not very eye-catching in Emperor Xuanzong's colorful harem.

Mrs. Gu was very lucky. In the third year of entering the palace, she gave birth to the Ninth Prince Si Jin, who was conferred the title of the sixth-rank Zhaoyuan.

Legend has it that Emperor Xuanzong was a man who restrained his wife. When he was still a prince, he killed his first wife and his two successor concubines successively. This does not include the three who were discussing marriage with him but died prematurely before entering the door. Noble girl.

At this point, no one in Shangjing dared to think about Emperor Xuanzong, even if everyone knew that he was the number one candidate for Emperor Shenzong's heir apparent, and if he became his concubine, he would very likely be the mother of the world in the future.

Not only that, but whenever Emperor Shenzong thought about marrying Emperor Xuanzong, a group of people would come to him and cry, pleading for their daughters, nieces, nieces, etc.Although Emperor Shenzong didn't believe in evil, he had no choice but to consider the feelings of all the ministers, concubines, and servants when the bloody facts were in front of him.

Emperor Shenzong did not have a direct son, Emperor Xuanzong was the eldest, and his biological mother was a noble concubine. His personal ability was still outstanding. If he wanted to establish a prince, he would meet the requirements in terms of elder, noble, and virtuous. The reason why Emperor Shenzong did not make an order for so long was because There is only one, Emperor Xuanzong has no children.

This is not to say that Emperor Xuanzong couldn't have children, but that the concubines in his mansion were not born enough, and he didn't want them to give birth to his eldest son.After all, apart from the crown prince, the prince's side concubines and concubines are often born in the common people. The real aristocratic families would not send their daughters to the palace to fight for their future.Emperor Xuanzong could not be established as a prince if he had no son, and he was not qualified to accept a noble side concubine to have a son if he was not a prince. Emperor Shenzong was caught in a dilemma.

After thinking about it again and again, Emperor Shenzong inspected the qualifications of all his sons, and finally made up his mind. He made Emperor Xuanzong the crown prince, and gave him four side concubines in one go. of.

Emperor Shenzong was very good at selecting candidates, and the stomachs of several side concubines were very competitive. After only three years in the door, they gave birth to four sons and five daughters for Emperor Xuanzong. The East Palace became the busiest place in the palace for a while.

Three years later, Emperor Shenzong died and Emperor Xuanzong ascended the throne.There is no one in the middle palace, and it is always not very good-looking. Emperor Xuanzong may feel that he is on the ninth five-year plan and has a dragon spirit to protect him, so he will not restrain his wife anymore. After referring to Qin Tianjian's opinion, he married the queen and entered the palace. .

Compared with the first two concubines, the life of the new empress is relatively hard. After entering the palace, not only is she safe and sound, but she is also pregnant soon. Without the prince, their son, there is no hope.

Not wanting to wait until the queen gave birth, Emperor Xuanzong's property of restraining his wife was revealed, and the queen had dystocia.In the folk, in order to maintain the in-law relationship between the two families, it is possible to give up the mother-in-law to protect the mistress, even if the mistress will not be able to have children in the future, it is not impossible to adopt a son-in-law or adoptive nephew, provided that her natal family is strong enough.There was no such kind of treatment in the palace. The queen's status was absolutely inferior to that of the prince, especially the first prince, who was the most important thing. The imperial physicians saved the fifth prince without consulting the emperor.

Three months later, when the five princes had reached their [-]th birthday, Emperor Xuanzong established the crown prince.He didn't want to restrain his wife anymore, and he didn't want someone to threaten the status of the prince. Emperor Xuanzong didn't marry the queen again, and raised the prince by his side and raised him carefully.

Si Jin, the Ninth Prince born by Gu Zhaoyuan, is a whole round younger than the Prince Si Yi, and poses no threat to his position. On the contrary, the two have a good brotherhood.At that time, Gu Zhaoyuan had no ambitions. She was more than 20 years younger than Emperor Xuanzong. If there is no accident, she would definitely live longer than him. blessing.

However, there were unforeseen circumstances. In the 22nd year of Suihe, the crown prince died unexpectedly. The princes who were concubine saw the opportunity and took action one after another.In his later years, he lost his son, and the one who lost was the crown prince who was raised by himself. Emperor Xuanzong was distraught, but a few concubines kept jumping up and down in front of him, which made him upset.So Emperor Xuanzong made a move, and he would punish whoever jumped high. As for the matter of establishing a reserve, no one dared to mention it in front of him.

In the 25th year of Suihe, Emperor Xuanzong died, and he did not establish a reserve before Daxing.But before he was alive, he had already suppressed all the princes from the eldest prince to the eighth prince, and the rest of the princes were all minors. The oldest one was Gu Zhaoyuan's ninth prince, Si Jin, who was only twelve years old.

Only relying on the advantage of age, it is impossible for the Ninth Prince to ascend the throne smoothly. His greatest reliance is his uncle Gu Ze.

Gu is the younger brother of Gu Zhaoyuan. Tanhua of Suihe in 19 years, first served in the Imperial Academy, and later served as a member of Zhongshushe. He won the trust of Emperor Xuanzong. Trust him too.

Gu Ze has two sons under his knees, the eldest son Gu Junqian, who was Tanhua in the 15th year of Hongxi, and is currently the Minister of the Ministry of Officials of the second rank, and the second son Gu Juncheng, who was Tanhua in the [-]th year of Hongxi, is currently the political envoy of Jiangning, the second rank.

Gu Junqian also has two sons. The eldest son, Gu Ao, was born in a scholarly family, but he wanted to abandon his pen and join the army, which made Gu Junqian very upset. The second son, Gu Wei, was a well-known talent in Beijing, and Gu Junqian had placed high hopes on him since he was a child.

It can be said that the existence of Gu Wei is the main reason why Gu Junqian allowed Gu Ao to join the army. When others talk about the Gu family's three prostitutes, they all sound envious, but Gu Junqian still hopes that Gu Wei can come back as the champion of the Gu family in the future.

Unexpectedly, the empress dowager wanted Gu Wei to enter the palace, but Gu Ze argued with her and retreated in defeat.The empress dowager said, if you can give me a daughter of the Gu family who is of the right age, I will definitely not want Ah Wei. Isn't there no choice?

Gu Junqian doesn't have a daughter, but Gu Juncheng actually has one, but it's a pity that he is a concubine, his status is not enough, and his age is much younger than Xiao Xieyi's. If he insists on entering the palace, he will have to wait for a few years. The Empress Dowager can't wait, so she insists on taking Gu Wei .

Besides the concubine, Gu Juncheng also has a concubine named Gu Zheng.With the meager hope that she might be able to have a son in the future, the second wife of Gu raised Gu Zheng from childhood, and when she was sure that she really couldn't have a son, Gu Zheng had already become a standard playboy, and she couldn't get it back.

Fortunately, Gu's family still has Gu Ao to support the family business, and they don't count on Gu Zheng. He is useless, so he is detained at home so as not to go out and cause trouble.Now that Gu Ao died in battle, with only one daughter under his knees, and Gu Wei was in the palace again, Gu Zheng was no longer shameless, and the future of the Gu family could only rest on his shoulders.

Grandfather passed away, and grandson's filial piety period was one year. As soon as Gu Zheng was born, the empress dowager urged Xiao Xieyi to give him an official position. Gu Wei was seriously ill, so he couldn't persuade him.

As mentioned earlier, Gu Zheng is an ignorant dude, he is good at eating, drinking and having fun, but he is not good at running errands.Especially Gu Junqian and Gu Juncheng are still keeping their filial piety at home, and no one will clean up his mistakes.

During the Hongxi and Wanchang dynasties, the Gu family was majestic and majestic, and they made quite a few enemies. Gu Zheng had only been working in the Ministry of Industry for half a year, but he encountered several troubles.

Xiao Xieyi didn't like the Gu family, because he didn't like their status in the court, and Gu Zheng, who was just a mere Gu Zheng, for the sake of the Empress Dowager, he could bear it.

In the summer of the 19th year of Wanchang, the Xining River broke its embankment, thousands of hectares of fertile land were submerged, tens of thousands of lives were drowned, and hundreds of thousands of people were displaced. In Liangjian area, seven out of ten households died. Once paralyzed.

Xiao Xieyi never expected that he just arranged a idle job for Gu Zheng in the Ministry of Industry, and didn't let him take charge of anything. Why was it finally found out that his fault would bear the brunt of the brunt, and the empress dowager was so angry that she fell ill bed.

Liang Jian was hit hard by the disaster, and all the officials were passionate. Xiao Xieyi could only severely punish Gu Zheng and give the world an explanation.

Gu Junqian and Gu Juncheng were also implicated, and they never returned to the court.

Trapped in the palace, with no successors in the family, Gu Weisheng had nothing to love, and his illness became more and more serious.

In the autumn of the 19th year of Wanchang, the queen and the empress dowager passed away one after another.