According to historical records, Xu Hui was called into the harem of Emperor Taizong because of his fame, and was listed as a positive five-product talent. And because of "his own writing, great achievements, gorgeous and elegant words", he was quickly promoted to a master of the three products, and his father Xu Xiaode was also promoted to a top official, from the governor's office under the six products to the history of the Ministry of Rites under the six products. After Jieyu, Xu Hui was promoted to Grade 8 in Nine Articles of Zheng Zheng, which is her highest title in Zhenguan.
However, although Rong Rong ranks ninth, it is only the penultimate place among the nine places, only one level higher than the last place, which means it is still only one level lower. Think about two years of chastity. Emperor Taizong heard that Ren Jirong's daughter was "stunning" and hired her as Chonghua (that is, Chongyuan). However, compared with Xu Hui, Zheng's background and qualifications are nothing special. Just because of his outstanding appearance, he can become one of nine wives in one fell swoop. On the other hand, after twelve years in the harem, Xu Hui only sat down in the next position step by step with all his talents. It is no wonder that Xu Hui thinks for himself.
As for how close the relationship between Xu Hui and Emperor Taizong can be, we can get a glimpse from Li Zhi and jinyang princess.
As we all know, both Li Zhi and jinyang princess were brought up by Emperor Taizong himself, especially Li Zhi, who was reluctant to let him move out of his bedroom and live in the East Palace until he was made a prince. So, even in the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, Liu Yue begged the Prince to move back to the East Palace, but Emperor Taizong only asked him and Cen Wenben Ma Zhou to "send Japan to the East Palace to talk to the Crown Prince", but never talked about letting Li Zhi move out of the bedroom. It was not until the twentieth year of Zhenguan that Chu Suiliang went to the East Palace again that Emperor Taizong asked Li Zhi to come to the East Palace once every half month.
If Xu Hui can stay with the king all the time, how can Emperor Taizong be so reluctant to leave Li Zhi, who has grown up and even become a father? What's more, if Xu Hui really had a close relationship with Emperor Taizong to some extent, then when Emperor Taizong was angry, he could slowly defend the ministers, and it was not jinyang princess but Xu Chongrong who benefited the ministers in the DPRK.
Xu Hui's outstanding talents were appreciated by Emperor Taizong, and there seemed to be a lot of interactions with him, but they were basically works of reconciliation or relief, such as Fu on the Imperial Mountain, which was made by Xu Hui and Xu when they accompanied Emperor Taizong to visit Cuiwei Palace. Another example is Xu Hui's impatience when he wrote the poem "Entering Emperor Taizong". Therefore, the essence of the poem "My daughter laughs when she is called to the throne" is just written by Xu Hui for relief.
Speaking of this song "Entering Emperor Taizong", it makes people feel good.
As we all know, there are many concubines who are famous for their literary talent in the harem of past dynasties, such as Zuo Fen, the left imperial concubine of Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty. It's just that Zuo Fen is brilliant but ugly, and Emperor Wu of Jin himself is very lewd, so the historian records Zuo Fen bluntly because he is "ugly and unpleasant". However, it is such an "ugly" Zuo Fen who, with her own literary talent, is second only to Queen Yang Yan and her favorite concubine Hu Fang, and her treatment is also inferior. Although Emperor Wu of Jin was only a lewd and mediocre emperor, he often visited Zuo Fen himself and took the initiative to go to Zuo Fen's residence. On the other hand, Emperor Taizong's side rarely summoned Xu Chongrong once. Xu Chongrong was only a little late, and Emperor Taizong couldn't help getting angry, so that Xu Chongrong had to use his quick wits and wrote the poem "Entering Emperor Taizong" on the spot, which solved this embarrassing situation.
Let's look at the article "Persuading Taizong to cease fire", which made Xu Hui famous in history. The appearance of this article marks that Xu Hui has reached the peak of her life, because it is not easy to be a concubine from the harem, no matter from the argument of the article or the modification of rhetoric. Therefore, both Old Tang Book and New Tang Book are tirelessly circulated in Xuhui.
In the harem of Emperor Taizong, only the eldest grandson queen and Xu Hui can boldly remonstrate. However, at this moment, there is a very obvious gap between them. The eloquence of the queen's grandson has become parallel and scattered neatly here; The conciseness of the eldest grandson evolved into Xu Hui's tirade. Xu Hui, who took her grandson in the harem, could directly remonstrate with her, but she chose to talk like Fang. Fang Lingxuan went to Taiwan because he was too ill to see the emperor, so why did Xu Hui choose to go to Taiwan instead of talking to the emperor directly?
Even the construction of Yuhua Palace, which Xu Hui highlighted in her letter, actually started in July of the 21st year of Zhenguan. In April of the twenty-second year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong issued an imperial edict, reflecting the need to be more frugal, but Xu Hui was neither too early nor too late. It happened that he had to wait until Emperor Taizong wrote a letter of introspection before he wrote a letter of remonstration-if Xu Hui was only trying to persuade the emperor to save money and frivolous taxes, why didn't he remonstrate when Emperor Taizong wanted to build the Yuhua Palace?
Therefore, when Xu Hui made this move, it made people feel that she was trying to show her talents in order to win the attention and reward of Emperor Taizong, and it was quite artificial for Xu Hui to carefully choose to write to the emperor at such an opportunity.
However, as an emperor who was good at coachable, Emperor Taizong was tolerant no matter what the purpose of his courtiers was. Therefore, in the face of Xu Chongrong's performance, Emperor Taizong did not hesitate to express his appreciation and reward, but then he continued to play with the Crown Prince Li Zhi and the civil and military officials in Yuhua Palace without any influence, and even personally wrote an inscription in Yuhua Palace with great interest, which made everyone respond.
And Xu Hui remonstrated with such a straightforward and deliberate style, which made people more aware of the restraint and formality that only belongs to the monarch and subjects. This just shows that Xu Hui still failed to really get close to Emperor Taizong, let alone naturally and intimately integrate into his life. It is precisely because of this that many of Tang Taizong's poems in his later years reveal the sadness of autumn. If Xu really understands loneliness, she can't help but feel gratified by her literary talent and clever mind, but there is no comfort in his poems.
Emperor Taizong died in the twenty-third year of Zhenguan. As a childless concubine, Xu Hui was sent to Chongsheng Palace as usual to become a monk. Since then, "the mountain palace has been closed for a long time, and the body has not been ordered to die", and things die like things. However, this life of guarding the mausoleum is too heavy for Xu Hui, a talented woman in her prime of life, so more than a year passed, and Xu Hui refused to take medicine after she was seriously ill, leaving "dogs and horses must be put in the garden first"-after serving your humble wishes such as the mausoleum temple before offering the dogs and horses she used, she died.
Although it has been more than a year since the death of Emperor Taizong, and Xu Hui did not choose to go on a hunger strike immediately after the death of Emperor Taizong, but gradually waited until she was seriously ill before taking medicine, Tang Gaozong Li Zhi still praised Xu Hui's move, not only posthumously honoring her as one of the four concubines, but also allowing her to be buried with Zhaoling Stone Chamber.
Not only that, Xu Hui's family is thriving. Xu Hui's father, Xu Xiaode, ushered in the biggest leap-forward promotion in his life. In the fourth grade, Li Zhi promoted Zhou Guo to Grade 6 in order to be a secretariat. After his death in office, Li Zhi also "ordered the officials to be clever and not add anything, and gave Fu Cheng back to the capital". Xu Hui's younger brother, Xu Jiyong, was also appointed as the attendant of Lixian, while Xu Hui's younger sister, Xu, was recruited into the palace by Li Zhao because of her outstanding talent, and was named as a master by the right way method.
Looking at Xu Hui's situation in Emperor Taizong's harem, we can draw the conclusion that Xu Hui, who is outstanding in literary talent and has many deeds, naturally has a more sense of existence than other concubines in Emperor Taizong's harem who are recorded for having children. However, even though Wu Huifei, who doesn't spoil the harem, has the same courtesy as Queen Yang Guifei and is lucky enough to have a special room, Xu Hui's "popularity" is still very limited.
After all, Xu Hui has been in the harem of Emperor Taizong for more than ten years, and the highest title is only an inferior concubine. In addition to Xu Xiaode, Xu Jia was promoted to a first-class official because of her daughter's outstanding literary talent, and there was no benefit of Xu Hui entering the palace. It was not until more than a year after the death of Emperor Taizong that Xu Hui died in Chongsheng Palace that the treatment of Xu Hui and the Xu family was greatly improved.
Therefore, it goes without saying that Xu Hui can have any influence on Emperor Taizong, because through Xu Hui's biographies and poems, we have not seen any influence on Emperor Taizong's thoughts or decisions. Even in April of the 22nd year of Zhenguan, Xu Huigang remonstrated with Emperor Taizong to cherish the people's strength and be thrifty. Two months later, Emperor Taizong personally wrote a letter to build the Great Ji 'an Hall for his wife and grandson, which was appraised as a "magnificent wheel" by Tang Xuanzang. This magnificent Gyangji occupies half of the entire Jinchang Square, with a total of more than 10 courtyards and 1897 houses. Very luxurious, completely contrary to the frugal spirit emphasized by Xu Hui in his lectures. So how can it be said that it has a great impact?