Tournament in history: the story of the contest between Li Yuan and Empress Dowager Dou!

Marriage is very common in the history of China's novels, such as Mu, and Jin's novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes. Tournament is brave, but there are many challenges in classical novels, such as Yan Qing's beating in Water Margin. Romance in Yang Jiajiang is a historical competition to attract relatives.

Li Shimin's father Tang Gaozu was good at martial arts when he was young. Romantic. At that time, the daughter of Dou, one of the most powerful people, had to choose a leisure career. Miss Dou is different: most people are not only beautiful, but also familiar with sage books, such as The Story of the Shrew. Please remember that Mr. Dou didn't know Ethan at that time. Choosing a son-in-law is based on martial arts, especially recruiting the radish of Li Yuan, who is not an emperor.

Prime Minister Dou, in order to recruit heroes, ancient heroes didn't communicate with you in a friendly way, so you will die if you sign the life and death documents. The law also protects you. For example, in the Water Margin, Yan Qing is just an anti-thief. If he has legal status, he is a hero. Even modern Huo Yuanjia was not arrested for killing people in the ring. But this contest is too bloody and violent. I think it is good to have a family style, not the style of Dou family. In order to marry someone, even killing a few people is not the style of Dou family.

Dou Jia's design is very clever. He found a painter and drew a peacock. Embroidered on a one-meter-high cloth. Just teaching archery. Archery is also a kind of contest, which can compete and hurt. There are many masters, most of whom are excellent marksmanship. But Tang Gaozu is full of confidence in himself. I saw its front legs arched and retreated into the bay. Bow with your left hand and shoot with your right hand. Two arms are called strength. The arrow flies like a shuttle. Straight to the bull's-eye-peacock's eyes. Everyone applauded when they saw it. Tang Gaozu became not only a legendary emperor, but also an emperor who fought for marriage in history.

To understand the history of being an official in the harem, we should start with Queen Dou, the mother of Emperor Taizong and the mother-in-law of his eldest grandson.

Empress Dou, also known as Empress Tai Mu, is generally considered to be the queen. But strictly speaking, she didn't really serve as the queen. She died three years before Li Yuan's uprising against the Sui Dynasty. The place where he died is recorded in the history books as Zhuozhou, and the specific place is now Doudian, Fangshan District, Beijing. At that time, it was under the jurisdiction of Zhuo Jun, and the two places were very close.

Her birthplace is Jingzhao Shiping (now Xingping County, Shaanxi Province). Her father, Dou Yi, was a Fu family in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. After entering the Sui Dynasty, he became the general manager of Dingzhou, Shen Feng Wu Gong.

Dou family is a Xianbei aristocrat. Many people think that the Dou family is after Dou Wu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it is not. It should be Xianbei's surname. Dou's mother was Yu, the sister of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and was named princess royal in Xiangyang. The Dou family is a veritable royal family.

At the end of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Dou E wronged her daughter Miss Dou in Chang 'an, the capital. This means that whoever can climb this high school will become a relative of the country. As soon as the news spread, the nobles, princes and grandchildren inside and outside the city hoped to marry Miss Dou Fu.

However, Dou E chose her son-in-law in a strange way. He doesn't ask about property, because the Dou family has a lot of gold, silver and jewels, and the emperor and the old nobles have whatever they want, and they are not short of money. Second, not picky about appearance and tolerance. The way to recruit relatives is also very special. Put a curtain in the garden and draw two peacocks on the curtain. All suitors at home, regardless of age, beauty and ugliness, must bow and shoot arrows from a hundred paces away. Whoever can shoot a peacock becomes the hope of Miss Dou's son-in-law. The shooter read dozens of books, but none of them agreed. Gaozu finally made a move, each punched his own eye, and then returned it to the emperor. (Old Tang Book)

It is said that as soon as the Dou family's method of recruiting relatives was announced, Yingjie from all directions came to the door to try the arrow. It used to be said that there was a good girl at home and the matchmaker stepped on the threshold. During this time, people who went to Dou's house to recruit relatives also stepped on the threshold, and some people shot peacocks. However, Dou Yi shook his head. As a result, the children of princes and nobles were disappointed. After a few days, the door of Doufu grew cold.

It seems strange to say that Shawn Dou only sent two arrows to each contestant, saying that he would shoot the peacock, but he didn't say where to shoot the peacock, which was considered as meeting the requirements. I want dozens of people to compete, for fear that a sharpshooter will hit Peacock Ridge and Crown. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there were many sharpshooters. Later, Sun Sheng, the daughter-in-law of Tang gaozu and the father of his eldest grandson, was a hero who killed two birds with one stone. In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, there were many marksmen. So it makes people suspicious. I'm afraid Miss Dou took a fancy to Tang Gaozu, so even if Tang Gaozu is actually the second and third, she will rise to the first place. That is to say, more than ten people are eligible to be husbands, but Dou Shi took a fancy to Tang Gaozu, and The Secret Behind explained that he needed to have his eyes taken.

Miss Dou's wedding contest must have been planned and mobilized in advance, or at least announced. Otherwise, where did you get dozens of shooters? It means that others are just accompanying the target.

In the male-centered society, the competition of recruiting relatives creates an acceptable occasion for the woman to choose the man actively, and gives both parents an opportunity to step down and make a compromise between the marital autonomy of both men and women and the arrangement of their parents. With the help of the contest ceremony, the woman's limited free choice is rationalized under certain risks. It also shows women's strong personality and challenges to mainstream culture, and it is also a unique aesthetic expression of women with chivalrous feelings and brave spirit, which breaks through the shackles of traditional bondage to women in a certain sense. This form of marriage only exists in military dynasties or countries.

But after a long time, they were not shot. Mrs princess royal in Xiangyang began to blame her husband. Why did she play this trick? Instead of picking a son-in-law, she was laughed at. At this time, Dou E-mei was at a loss, but she pretended to be calm, smoothed three locks of beard and comforted the princess with a smile: Madam, why worry? Our daughter has a strange appearance and extraordinary wisdom. There must be a strange person to match. Madam, have you forgotten what the late emperor said?

It turns out that when Miss Dou was born, her long hair hung down her shoulders. When she was three years old, her hair was long enough to mop the floor, which surprised everyone. When I was four or five years old, I was good at writing, knowledgeable and smart. The little girl is not only smart and beautiful, but also has a strong memory. Reading biographies such as Women's Commandments and Lienv is unforgettable. When her uncle, Emperor Yuwen Yong of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, heard about it, he took her to the palace to raise her and often accompanied her around. At an early age, she was very concerned about politics and had her own unique views.

At that time, there were * * *, Beiqi, Zhou Bei and Turks in northern China.