【playboy】
Concubines Xu and Mrs. Xu are travel enthusiasts and have traveled all over the country to major scenic spots and historic sites, such as Zhangren Temple, Jinhua Palace, Sanxue Mountain, Qingcheng Mountain, etc. Each trip involves an extremely huge expense.
Under the careful guidance of Concubine Xu, Wang Zongyan soon embarked on the path of extravagance and indulgence, "addicted to drinking and sex games."
After the king established him as the crown prince, he passed by the palace one day. Wang Zongyan was playing football and cockfighting with the princes and brothers, and the noise reached outside the palace. Wang Jian was angry and sad. He pointed at the palace wall and said to the people around him: "Can a guy like this keep the family business? (I fought a hundred battles to establish the foundation. How can this person keep it?)"
After Wang Jian died, no one could restrain Wang Zongyan.
In July of the sixth year of Zhenming (920), Wang Zongyan issued an edict to patrol the north and travel at public expense.
In August, Wang Zongyan officially left for Chengdu, the capital. On the day of departure, Wang Zongyan was wearing golden armor and a beaded hat, holding a spear and a bow and arrow at his waist. The accompanying team stretched for more than a hundred miles with flags fluttering. The people looked at him from a distance and called him "Guankou God", that is, Erlang God. .
Concubines Xu and Mrs. Xu paid a farewell party to Wang Zongyan at Shengxian Bridge, and then accompanied Wang Zongyan to Hanzhou with twenty maids. On the West Lake in Hanzhou, Wang Zongyan and his concubines went boating, played music, and drank and feasted all night long for several days.
In December, Yuzhou leisurely arrived in Lizhou. Lin S'er, the training envoy of Langzhou regiment, respectfully invited the emperor to visit Langzhou. So the royal boats sailed down the river. The luxurious royal fleet was brightly lit, making the river as bright as day at night. The boatmen also wore brocade, and all these expenses were forcibly allocated to the counties along the river.
Local counties and counties can only scrape away all the land and drain the last penny out of people's pockets. People along the river are miserable and complain constantly. Wang Zongyan turned a deaf ear to this, and composed a song "Shui Tiao Yin Han" with great interest, and ordered the actors to rehearse and perform.
In the first month of the following year, Wang Zongyan returned to Chengdu and played there for nearly half a year.
Only one trip was relatively short-lived, because he encountered a supernatural event - the White Fish Tribulation.
It was April of the third year of Longde (923). Wang Zongyan went to Huanhua Creek for a visit. The dragon boat boat stretched for more than ten miles, from Baihua Pond to Wanli Bridge. Luxurious and spectacular. At noon, the sun was shining brightly, but suddenly there were dark clouds, strong winds, heavy rain, and thunder and lightning. A big white fish in the water suddenly rose into the sky, turned into a dragon, and rode away on the clouds. Everyone was horrified, "thousands of people drowned", Wang Zongyan was also greatly frightened, "the emperor was so frightened that he drove his car back to the palace".
But even in the capital Chengdu, it did not prevent Wang Zongyan from being corrupted.
In Chengdu, Wang Zongyan expanded Xuanhua Garden, which included Chongguang Hall, Taiqing Hall, Yanchang Hall, Huizhen Hall, Qinghe Palace, Yingxian Palace, Jiangzhen Pavilion, Penglai Pavilion, Danxia Pavilion, Yishen Pavilion, and Feiluan Pavilion. , Auspicious Beast Gate... "The merits of civil engineering, extreme luxury and ingenuity." It can be seen from the name that it has a local Taoist color. This is a Taixu illusion created by Concubine Xu and Wang Zongyan.
Many of the literary and artistic works of Concubine Xu and Concubine Xu depict the luxurious life of drunkenness and dreaming in Xuanhua Garden. This has also become strong evidence that Concubine Xu has the copyright of "Mrs. Huarui Palace Ci".
Wang Zongyan completely let himself go in this paradise on earth, playing in it and drinking all night long.
Wang Zongyan ordered the former residence of Tang Daoxi on the top of Qingcheng Mountain to be converted into Taiqing Palace, which contained a statue of Prince Jin. Prince Jin, also called Prince Jin, was the crown prince of King Ling of Zhou. His original name was Ji Jin. He was talented and a qualified successor to Zhou Dynasty. Unfortunately, he died young and failed to become the emperor. Later, his son Zong Jing changed his surname to " "Wang" became the origin of the surname "Wang". Therefore, Wang Zongyan regarded Prince Jin as the ancestor of the Wang family.
Prince Jin enjoys a high status in Taoism. It is said that he likes to play the sheng, and the sound is like the sound of the phoenix, like a fairyland. Later, it was said that he attained enlightenment and ascended to heaven, leaving behind the legend of "the prince ascended to immortality". And his image of "controlling the crane, blowing the sheng and attracting the phoenix" also greatly influenced Taoist music, clothing, and cultivation methods.
Wang Zijin's influence on Taoism is multifaceted, and his influence on Chinese culture is also extremely profound. Many literary and artistic works show his deeds or images. Taoism gave him a title of honor, and emperors of all dynasties also gave him honorary titles, and temples and titles were built for him in various places.
Wu Zetian decreed that the prince be promoted to the title of "Prince Shengxian", changed the temple to "Prince Shengxian Temple", and wrote the inscription himself.
Of course, Wang Zongyan could not lag behind. He built the Taiqing Palace for his old man, gave him the temple title of "Holy Ancestor", and the title of "Zhidao Yuchen Emperor". From then on, Prince Jin had the reputation of "Yuchen Emperor". So when you see the words "Jade Emperor", don't mistake it for "Jade Emperor". This is the exam question left to us by Comrade Wang Zongyan.
At this point, we can’t see the absurdity of Wang Zongyan in building a temple for the statue of Wang Zongyan, but Wang Zongyan will not let us down: he also built statues of Wang Jian and Wang Zongyan to stand beside Wang Zongyan... The living and the dead are juxtaposed. This is The biggest taboo.
In the main hall, statues of the founder of Taoism - "Emperor Taishang Xuanyuan" Li Er, and other emperors of the Tang Dynasty are enshrined.
After the project was completed, Wang Zongyan went to the grandest and most solemn ceremony to cut the ribbon and pay homage in person.
In Wang Zongyan's view, his operation was to declare the legitimacy of the regime and emphasize the integrity of the roots. This Taiqing Palace has also become a designated diplomatic attraction in the former Shu. When Li Yan, the special envoy of the Later Tang Dynasty, visited the former Shu, Wang Zongyan warmly invited Li Yan to accompany him on the visit and explained to him with great interest, "Look, this is the palace of Emperor Yuchen , this one next to me is my dad, look at that one – it’s me!”
People in Shu thought this was an ominous sign. Wang Zongyan's visit to the emperors of the Tang Dynasty was a sign that the former Shu would be included in the later Tang Dynasty. After visiting, some tourists also said that this was "invoking the soul of the Tang Dynasty", which was very unlucky. .
After Li Yan completed his tour and returned to the Later Tang Dynasty, he described in detail what he saw and heard, and strongly urged Li Cunxu to attack Shu. Li Cunxu really sent troops to destroy Qianshu. This will be discussed in detail later.
Wang Zongyan can be called a professional player. He has many inventions, such as the invention of the "Meteor Chariot". According to historical records, the Meteor Chariot "has twenty wheels to lead the horse." A twenty-wheel carriage is simply a mobile vehicle. 's palace;
He also invented the moving splendid court, which required people to hold up expensive splendid stadiums as barriers, and they had to move as he moved. The emperor had no foul balls, and sometimes he would "go to the market without knowing it";
There is also a silk rockery. Wang Zongyan used precious silk to tie up the rockery. There are also pavilions and pavilions on the rockery. Various gold and silver kitchen utensils are placed in the pavilions. The royal chef cooked various delicacies for Wang Zongyan on the spot. Wang Zongyan called it As a "face-to-face cook", the silk rockery and pavilions were damaged by wind and rain, and Wang Zongyan immediately ordered a new set to be made. At that time, cloth and satin were the same currency as copper coins, and silk was used to make rockeries and pavilions. Wang Zongyan's strength explained Throw money, burn money;
Wang Zongyan feasted and had fun on this "Zeng Mountain" and often stayed away from the mountain for more than ten days, which shows its scale. A canal was dug in front of the mountain, leading directly to the harem. Wang Zongyan returned by boat at night and ordered more than a thousand palace maids to stand on both sides of the river with candles, illuminating the water as bright as day.
Wang Zongyan liked to burn incense at first, and all kinds of precious spices (such as Chen Tan, Lan Lan and Musk) were burned 24 hours a day in the palace. Over time, Wang Zongyan got bored, so the palace switched to burning soap locust to dispel the previous fragrance...
In short, Wang Zongyan always spared no effort and had a lot of imagination when it came to spending money.
There is a saying that wine and sex do not separate families, and Wang Zongyan also drifted away on the road of lust.
Wang Zongyan ascended the throne in June. In October, he issued an edict to select beauties from all over the world and "selected twenty girls from good families to prepare for the harem." In November, his father Wang Jian was buried. Enriching the harem is more urgent than burying one's father.
The reason why Wang Zongyan was able to be unscrupulous and immoral was inseparable from his mother, Concubine Xu. In ancient times, the role of "mother" played a decisive role in family education, because at that time, men were the masters of the outside world and women were the masters of the house, and the burden of educating children was basically completed by the mother. It has become a model of good family education.
Let's take Li Cunxu as an example. Li Cunxu was also lustful and debauched, but he basically only dared to let himself go after the death of his mother, the Queen Mother Cao. The Queen Mother Cao was relatively strict in disciplining Li Cunxu, and often "teached him", which was very difficult for him. He has a sense of imagery, grabbing his ears and scolding him, and sometimes he actually slaps him.
When Li Cunxu contradicted Zhang Chengye, he was whipped and beaten by Empress Dowager Cao. Li Cunxu was in great awe of Empress Dowager Cao, so when he heard that "The Empress Dowager invited you to drink tea", he was so frightened that he almost knelt down to Zhang Chengye, poured the wine himself, drank four cups in a row, and asked Zhang Chengye to help him intercede with the Empress Dowager.
Looking at Wang Zongyan's mother, not only did she not stop or correct him, but she took the initiative to lead him astray.
Once, Wang Zongyan went back to his grandmother's house to visit, and he immediately fell in love with his cousin, his uncle's daughter and the granddaughter of his grandfather Xu Geng. Unexpectedly, after not seeing each other for a few years, my cousin would grow up to be so beautiful and beautiful. However, due to the blood relationship, it is really difficult to express the dirty thoughts in my heart.
My mother, Concubine Xu, is considerate and considerate. Don't let the rich water go to other people's fields, give it to my son. So he brought his niece back to the palace and betrothed her to Wang Zongyan, first as Jieyu and later as concubine Yuan.
It would be too harsh to say that the emperor married his own cousin. So Wang Zongyan announced to the outside world that she was the granddaughter of Wei Zhaodu, and the historical records also recorded her as "Fei Wei Yuan". Wei Yuanfei’s father, Mr. Xu.
Wang Zongyan's wife is Gao. When the king established Wang Zongyan as the crown prince, he married the daughter of Gao Zhiyan, Minister of War, and made him the crown princess. After Wang Zongyan came to the throne, he was made the queen. This was a typical political marriage. Empress Gao was well-educated and sensible, but inferior to her beauty. She was snubbed by Wang Zongyan, a beauty-minded person. Especially after Wang Zongyan married his cousin, he became even more alienated from Empress Gao. Later, she simply said that she had no heirs. Scrap it and send it back to your parents’ home.
The influence of the deposed queen is far worse than that of the deposed prince. Empress Gao was deposed and returned to her natal family. Gao Zhiyan was so frightened that he fainted and fell to the ground. After regaining consciousness, he committed suicide (died on a hunger strike).
