In the history of our country, there are many women who are known as the beauty of beauty. Take Chen Shubao's favorite concubine Zhang Lihua as an example. She was sold to the palace as a maid at the age of ten. She was beautiful and loved by Chen Shubao, who was still the prince at the time. Later, he gave birth to his first son. The mother is expensive with her son. After Chen Shubao ascended the throne and became emperor, Zhang Lihua also naturally entered the harem. Zhang Lihua, who wanted to accompany Empress Chen and enjoy the glory and prosperity of her life, never thought that when Chen Chao was destroyed, she would be cast aside as a confidant and be killed by the world!
Speaking of Zhang Lihua’s background, I feel a bit sympathetic. She was in a poor family since she was a child, and her family couldn't even provide for basic food and clothing. In order to feed the family, Zhang Lihua's father and brother relied on weaving straw mats and taking some food rations to the market to barely maintain the family's livelihood. However, the income from selling straw mats is not stable, and the local bullies have to be bullied. Perhaps they are desperate. The Zhang family decided to sell Zhang Lihua, who was only 10 years old, into the palace. Although this will not make the Zhang family rich and wealthy, it can also reduce the burden on the family. In this way, Zhang Lihua became a court lady serving the Liangdi Gong family of Prince Chen Shubao.
After six years of handyman life in the palace, the 16-year-old Zhang Lihua became more and more beautiful, gradually overwhelming a group of palace ladies of the same age. Chen Shubao only took a look in the crowd, and he fell in love with her, and spent the Spring Festival evening with her that night. Zhang Lihua was very lucky. She gave birth to a boy for Chen Shubao in the same year, and her status was also improved qualitatively.
By the way, Zhang Lihua's outstanding appearance is not just casual talk, but a standard beauty! She has picturesque eyebrows and beautiful black hair. Not only is her facial features exquisite, she has a graceful posture, but she is also very considerate. After she saw Chen Shubao's lustful nature,She wouldn't lose her temper to him indiscriminately, and even helped him to bond with the woman whom she was admired for. At the same time, she also maintained a good relationship with the concubines in the harem, which is indeed very rare among the concubines in the harem! With such a good internal helper, it is no wonder that Chen Shubao will make her a noble concubine after he becomes the emperor.
When Chen Shubao was in the position of prince, he actually had the responsibility and sense of responsibility of the emperor’s successor. He took the initiative to perform the duties of the prince, cared about major affairs of the government, made suggestions, sympathized with the people, and advocated light taxation. All kinds of behaviors won praise from the court! But maybe it's overwork, and because of this, it's a root cause. Whenever the old illness recurs and the pain becomes unbearable, he will shut himself in the room. Originally, the queens and concubines were supposed to take care of the emperor, but Chen Shubao ordered that only the imperial concubine Zhang Lihua was allowed to accompany him. It can be seen that Chen Lihua has a high status in his heart.
Chen Shubao loves all aspects of Zhang Lihua. Knowing that she loves to dance, she personally wrote the dance song "Yushu Hou Ting Hua" for her. At the same time, Chen Shubao also recognized Zhang Lihua's ability to participate in and discuss politics. Every time he discussed political affairs with ministers in the court, he would let Zhang Lihua sit by his side to help him remember the details of the proceedings and give suggestions. For Chen Shubao, whose memory is gradually declining due to age, Zhang Lihua is the best "secretary". However, Chen Shubao still indulged her too much, which eventually caused Zhang Lihua's power to be overwhelmed and began to show signs of ruining the government.
The more power one has, the easier it is for people to forget their original intentions. We can all see Chen Shubao's mediocrity after he took office. Indulging in the sensuality of dogs and horses all day, and lingering in the gentle township, he finally ignored the growing Sui army in the north. At that time, the Sui army had a great momentum and was always ready. Only waiting for an order, they were able to go south with the momentum of breaking the bamboo, and took Chen Shubao's nest in one fell swoop. It was not until the Sui army came to the city that Chen Shubao realized that the situation was not good, but it was already too late.Faced with such a dangerous situation, Chen Shubao didn't even think about it, so he dispatched people to pack up the baggage, pulled up his beloved Zhang Lihua, Sun Guibi and others, and prepared to flee for his life.
The escape plan planned in a short period of time was of course full of loopholes. Chen Shubao didn't even listen to the minister's advice and tried to hide in the well. So the result can be imagined, Sui Jun soon discovered the movement in the well. In order to force Chen Shubao out, Sui Jun made a threat, claiming that if Chen Shubao was unwilling to get out of the well, he would throw a big rock into the well. Chen Shubao was frightened, so he surrendered to the Sui army.
After Chen Shubao surrendered, he stayed in the Sui Dynasty as a prisoner as the emperor of the country. Of course, his life was not as good as before. What about Zhang Lihua? It was much worse than Chen Shubao. She was first spotted by Jin Wang and Yang Guang, and she almost became his concubine. Then she was cast aside by the crowd as a beauty that would cause bad luck, and finally became a gangster under the knife of the executioner. Soul, when she died, she was only thirty.
It is said that Zhang Lihua is the beauty of beauty and the scourge of Chen Chao, but shouldn't Chen Shubao be blamed for the destruction of Chen Chao? After he ascended to the throne, he didn't think about making progress, only greedy for pleasure, and in the face of the Sui army's pressure, he first thought of not the future of the people and the country, but only thought of protecting himself, even when the catastrophe was imminent, still thinking about beauty. . Zhang Lihua's fault was based on Chen Shubao's indulgence. From this point of view, wouldn't it be absurd if the destruction of a dynasty is all borne by the beauty of the beauty and the water?
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