Empress Changsun’s Female Virtue (Empress Changsun is a clever empress)

In the history of China, there were many famous emperors who were politically enlightened and made the country prosperous. Behind every successful man was a woman, and the woman behind these emperors was the empress. In history, there were many empresses who were particularly famous, some of whom appeared in a bad image in Chinese history, causing chaos in the court and controlling politics. However, there were still many empresses in history who were named after virtue, among whom the most widely circulated was Empress Changsun of Li Shimin. Empress Changsun of Li Shimin has always stood in the long river of history with a virtuous image.
When it comes to Empress Changsun, everyone thinks of her as a good empress. She devoted herself to educating several children and was deeply in love with Li Shimin. She never envied others in the palace and always did her own thing well. Some empresses became jealous because the emperor often favored other concubines and used various schemes to frame them, but Empress Changsun has never done so before, and Li Shimin himself is also very satisfied with her.
In fact, it was not easy for Empress Changsun to achieve this. In history, everyone had mixed opinions, and she only praised without criticizing. The main reason is that Empress Changsun was also very outstanding. In the previous dynasty, when some ministers angered him, Empress Changsun would gently persuade Li Shimin on the side. When dealing with matters in the harem, he always treated every concubine equally, and if some concubines unfortunately passed away and no one took care of their children, Empress Changsun would take these children into her own palace and personally raise them, treating them equally as her own biological children.
Many historians have questioned Empress Changsun, saying that she was not that virtuous. People questioned her mainly because of her relationship with Consort Wei, who was the highest ranking woman in Li Shimin’s harem after Empress Changsun. Consort Wei had married before marrying Li Shimin, and her husband was a general with a high status at the time. However, she later married Li Shimin for various reasons. Li Shimin had not yet ascended to the throne as emperor. After Li Shimin became emperor, she also became a noble concubine. She was young and beautiful, and time did not leave any marks on the face of the beauty. With her own abilities, she The beautiful appearance of Consort Wei is increasingly favored.
She and Li Shimin also had a son, but his son was never appointed to a high official position. People would think that Empress Changsun did some bad things to the Noble Consort and suppressed her and her son in the palace. Later, after Empress Changsun’s death, Empress Wei was able to completely dominate the harem with glory. However, there is no true record in history that Empress Dowager suppressed the Noble Consort. Empress Dowager suppressed the Noble Consort, which was a shameful thing for the Tang Dynasty and may have erased that period of history. But no matter what, it cannot erase Empress Changsun’s image as a virtuous empress. It cannot be said that Empress Changsun was only because of this incident. Becoming bad.