The legendary love story between Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei is almost a household name in our country. Chinese historical literati wrote many famous works on this theme, Bai Juyi's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" is an example. Indeed, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty had "three thousand beauties in his harem, and three thousand people favored him". His mutual attachment and dedicated love with Concubine Yang were unique among emperors and empresses in Chinese history. In the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan (737), after the death of Concubine Wu Hui, the favored concubine of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Xuanzong was depressed and depressed all day long. Among the thousands of people in the harem, no one liked him. Gao Lishi, the most considerate person, knew the Lord's intentions well, so he went to the outer palace to look for her. In Prince Shou's Mansion, he saw Princess Yang Yuhuan's beautiful appearance, unparalleled in the world, and immediately reported it to Xuanzong. In October of the twenty-eighth year of Kaiyuan, Xuanzong sent someone to take Yang Yuhuan to Lintong Hot Spring Palace. As expected at first sight, she is indeed beautiful, good at singing and dancing, extremely intelligent, and especially good at flattering people. Xuanzong suddenly became worried. He no longer cared about his father-in-law marrying his daughter-in-law, and the etiquette, justice and shame no longer existed. He first converted Yang Yuhuan into a female Taoist priest, gave her the title "Taizhen", and brought her into the harem for her use. At that time, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty was 56 years old and Yang Yuhuan was just 22 years old. Tang Xuanzong's marriage to Princess Yang Yuhuan, the longevity princess, is undoubtedly a scandal in the eyes of today's people, in which a father seizes his son and his wife. However, it is easy for an emperor who rules the world to possess everything he loves. It's just that the emperor also has to flaunt "benevolence, justice and morality", so he has to avoid suspicion to some extent. So it took 5 years, in August of the fourth year of Tianbao (745), before Yang Taizhen was canonized as a noble concubine. From then on, Xuanzong left all the other concubines in the harem aside and guarded Concubine Yang every day, inseparable. He took the concubine with him to all official banquets and court ceremonies. In order to please Concubine Yang, Xuanzong had as many as 700 craftsmen making brocades for the concubine. He also opened a hot spring bath for her in the Huaqing Pool in Lishan Mountain. The imperial concubine was born in Sichuan and loved to eat lychees. In order to please the imperial concubine, Xuanzong did not hesitate to mobilize troops every summer to send people from Fuzhou, Sichuan, thousands of miles away, to deliver them day and night on stage horses. When they were transported to Chang'an, the color and taste remained unchanged. In short, since he got Yang Guifei, all the love in Xuanzong's heart has been taken up by the imperial concubine. Just as "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" says: "There is no leisure for serving banquets, and spring outings are all night long; the golden house is made up to be a charming one, and the jade tower is drunk after the banquet. Like spring." The reason why Xuanzong was so obsessed with the imperial concubine was certainly because of the imperial concubine's beauty. But more importantly, I'm afraid there is a like-minded affinity. Xuanzong was a talented man who was obsessed with music. He was proficient in music and had extremely high attainments. The imperial concubine is not only good at singing and dancing, but also has a special talent for understanding music. This was obviously an important factor in her becoming a confidant of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty in his later years. When Xuanzong summoned the concubine for the first time in the Hot Spring Palace, he played his favorite piece "Neon Clothes and Feather Clothes". Concubine Yang seemed to have an innate feeling and immediately danced like a fairy, with great beauty, which made Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty very happy. After that, Xuanzong often asked his concubines to dance the "Nude Clothes and Feather Clothes Song", and he also played the drums himself and accompanied the dance. It can be said that the most common form of Xuanzong and his concubines having fun together was singing, dancing and music. However, Tang Xuanzong was an emperor after all. He could monopolize Concubine Yang, but he would not let Concubine Yang monopolize himself. However, the imperial concubine is not deeply involved in the world, and if she becomes jealous for a moment, it is inevitable that there will be discord. Twice, the old emperor became angry and immediately drove her back to her parents' home for disobedience. But Xuanzong's true love was no longer the imperial concubine, so he summoned the imperial concubine back every time. When the imperial concubine was banished from the palace for the second time, she cried like a man in tears. Xuanzong also didn't want to drink tea or eat, and he was frowning all day long. Gao Lishi saw through Xuanzong's thoughts, so he asked for the royal meal and the imperial concubine to apologize. When the imperial concubine saw Gao Lishi coming, she sadly cut off a lock of black silk and asked Gao Lishi to offer it as a sign of "loyalty". Xuanzong saw things and thought about love, so the two reunited again. From then on, Xuanzong and his concubine fell in love so deeply that they became even more inseparable. According to legend, one year in the Changsheng Hall of Huaqing Palace, it was the Qiqiao Festival on July 7th. Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei avoided everyone and looked up at the two stars of Cowherd and Weaver Girl. They both knelt down and swore an oath: "It is difficult to live a long life, but I hope we will live happily ever after." We will be husband and wife forever! After this life, there will be another life!" The poet Bai Juyi wrote an eternal poem for the appointment between Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei: "I wish to be a winged bird in heaven, and a branch on earth. . "Indeed, this kind of relationship between Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Concubine Yang was rare among emperors and empresses of the past dynasties. Any marriage between a feudal emperor and a feudal emperor must bear the mark of feudal politics. As Yang Yuhuan became favored, Concubine Yang's brother was granted the title of marquis and prime minister, and the three sisters were also granted the title of Lady of the State. They were powerful and superior to the emperor. In particular, Yang Guozhong, Yang Guifei's cousin, was promoted to prime minister. He held more than 40 positions and took charge of the government. He did all kinds of evil.
The world of the Tang Dynasty has become the paradise of the Yang family. This created a situation of political corruption in the Tang Dynasty, which led to the disaster of the foreign relatives and the tragic ending of Concubine Yang. In November of the 14th year of Tianbao (755), An Lushan, the governor of Bianzhen, and Shi Siming, the infantry general, led 150,000 troops and marched directly into Chang'an in the name of crusade against Yang Guozhong. The "Anshi Rebellion" finally broke out. When the news came, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was horrified, so he and Yang Guozhong took the concubines, sisters, some of the princes, grandsons, attendants and ministers to quietly open the North Palace Gate and headed west straight to Shu County (today's Sichuan). When they arrived at Ximawei Station in Xingping, Shaanxi Province, the imperial guards accompanying them suddenly mutinied. They first killed Yang Guozhong, then surrounded the post house where Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was staying, demanding that Xuanzong hand over his imperial concubine. At this time, Tang Xuanzong, who had lost his mind and had no master, thought of the more than ten years of love between him and the imperial concubine, and had made a life-and-death oath of love, so how could he be willing to hand over the imperial concubine! However, facing these soldiers with their swords and guns unsheathed, Xuanzong knew that the situation was over and he could no longer save his beloved concubine. However, he could not bear to let the imperial concubine be brutally slaughtered by the scholars. After he and the imperial concubine held each other's arms and cried, he gave the imperial concubine three feet of white silk and asked Gao Lishi to take her away and hang her on a pear tree in front of a Buddhist temple. At that time, the imperial concubine was only 38 years old. Regarding the death of the imperial concubine, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was extremely sad. "The king hid his face and could not save her. Looking back, blood and tears flowed down." After that, Tang Xuanzong was depressed all day long, whether on the way to escape or in Chengdu for more than a year, and missed his imperial concubine Yang Yuhuan affectionately. After Chang'an was restored, Xuanzong returned to the capital. He was moved by every scene, and still missed the imperial concubine deeply. He even asked someone to draw a portrait of the imperial concubine and hang it in the palace, looking at it day and night. Little did he know that this "until death do us part" love was completely buried in the political tragedy he caused. At this time, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was full of regrets. Finally, on April 5, the first year of Baoying (762), he died of depression due to his lingering affection for the imperial concubine. As it is said in "Song of Everlasting Sorrow": "As time goes by, this hatred will last forever." In the late Tang Dynasty, Xuanzong's doting on Yang Guifei caused a corrupt political situation, which led to another foreign relative in Chinese history who brought disaster to the country and should be punished. However, the sincere and dedicated love story between Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei has become a legend through the ages, and has won widespread sympathy from people later. This is understandable. Poignant