1. Why Wu Zetian was able to enter the palace. The reason why Wu Zetian was able to enter the palace at the age of 14 was not because of how beautiful she was, but because of the specific historical environment of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In short, it was the result of the pow

1. Why Wu Zetian was able to enter the palace

The reason why Wu Zetian was able to enter the palace at the age of 14 was not because of how beautiful she was, but because of the specific historical environment of the Sui and Tang Dynasties . In short, it was the powerful creation of the powerful gentry. .

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty , this guy, lost because he was too anxious. Not only did he want to overthrow these big families, but he also wanted to eliminate the threat of Goguryeo , etc., but he played too hard and died!

For example, the first person to rebel against the Sui Dynasty was called Yang Xuangan. He was born in the Hongnong Yang family, and was the same family as Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. The subsequent Wagang Laobaozi, Li Mi, was a descendant of Li Bi, one of the Eight Pillar Kingdoms. As for Li Yuan, he is also a descendant of Li Hu, one of the Eight Pillar Kingdoms...

Look at this relationship, the meat will rot in the pot after being beaten. It is nothing more than the powerful nobles at that time who reached a consensus: Sui Yang Emperor, you dare to betray us, then we will punish you on behalf of the moon!

And Li Shimin After he ascended the throne, many things that Emperor Sui Yang wanted to do back then were half accomplished or failed to be accomplished. For example, the imperial examination system and the heavy use of Shandong's powerful people all had an impact on the powerful gentry.

It's just that Li Shimin was very sober and realistic, and guided Emperor Sui Yang across the river all the way, walking steadily step by step.

Therefore, Wu Zetian entered the palace because under this specific historical environment, Li Tang 's eldest brother was just to provide benefits to the powerful nobles. That is, each other's interests are tied together. For example, the queens of Li Zhi and Li Longji are both from Taiyuan Wang family !

But The interesting thing about Tang Dynasty is that these two serious kings and queens were all killed by the man named Wu. One is Wu Zetian, and the other is Wu Zetian’s niece Wu Huifei ! It should be noted that during Li Longji's period, Wu Zetian claimed to be emperor because "Yin Jian is not far away", and he actually dared to marry a girl from the Wu family.

Are you surprised? Is it surprising? So what is the situation of Wu Zetian's family that can get such benefits? This starts from the founding of Li Tang.

2, Yuan Tiangang , Wu Zetian and Li Shimin

After Li Yuan became emperor, a preliminary version of the "List of 17 Founding Meritorious Persons of Li and Tang Dynasty" was produced. The first one was Li Shimin, and the second was Li Yuan's good friend. Buddy Pei Ji ... Li Shimin's " Lingyan Pavilion 24 Hero" is obviously an upgraded version, and it is covered for this version!

Wu Zetian's father warrior Yu was on the list, ranking thirteenth. Wu Zetian's mother was born in the Yang family of Hongnong. She was one of the 17 heroes of the founding of the Li and Tang Dynasties, and she also belonged to the noble family of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Therefore, history books say that when Wu Zetian was a child, her father passed away and she suffered a lot with her mother. This is purely hypocritical! As for the record that Yuan Tiangang gave her a fortune teller after Wu Zetian was born, the author is also skeptical.

Because Yuan Tiangang was too busy, he even met Xiao Meiniang when she was a child, worked on "Pushing Back Picture" with Li Chunfeng, and discussed "Pigs Climbing Trees" (Zhu Wen) and other issues with Li Shimin... The author is very happy Strange, why did Yuan Tiangang ignore the most outstanding figure in the Sui and Tang Dynasties: Where is Li Shimin?

After reading the history books, I realized that when Li Shimin was four years old, a mysterious Taoist priest suddenly came to the family and said to Li Yuan: "Your second son, the posture of a dragon and a phoenix, the appearance of the sun, whoever is 20 years old, will definitely save the world and save the people.." "

Li Yuan was shocked. After he came to his senses, he went to look for the Taoist priest, but there was no trace of him, as if he had never appeared. This is exactly like a god descending to earth.

So the author understood it in an instant. After fussing for a long time, Yuan Tiangang was still not at a high level, so he could only read faces for Xiao Meiniang, Wu Zetian and others.

Of course the above are just jokes. Yuan Fang said it best: there must be something fishy about this matter! After all, the reason why Wu Zetian was so colorful is simply because she went through twists and turns and became the only empress in history, which is awesome.

But the question is, why did Wu Zetian, who was so awesome, return the world to Li Tang in the end? This is actually the key reason.Do you think Wu Zetian wanted to do this? Not at all!

3. Struggle to keep the Queen

In the twenty years since Wu Zetian founded the country and Wu Zhou , and during the twenty years she was the Queen, there have never been many people who resisted her. The first one is Pei Yan . In 608 AD, Pei Yan was promoted to prime minister by Li Zhi and Wu Zetian. It was with Pei Yan's cooperation that the Tang prince Li Xiancai was deposed.

Before Li Zhi's death, he designated Pei Yan as the sole and important minister. This result made Wu Zetian very happy, because she always believed that Pei Yan was hers. Sure enough, Pei Yan then cooperated with Wu Zetian to abolish Li Xian, so Li Dan ascended the throne. But unexpectedly, when Wu Zetian first showed signs of wanting to be the queen, Pei Yan was the first to object.

He raised Empress Lu and taught Wu Zetian. But Wu Zetian refused to listen, and Pei Yan became anxious. He was worried that his troops would take down Wu Zetian when she went out. It was Wu Zetian's fate that should not be cut off. It rained continuously for days, Wu Zetian did not go out, and the assassination plan failed.

While Pei Yan was lamenting, Li Ji's son Xu Jingye raised the banner of Qingjun. Wu Zetian realized: After a long period of trouble, these people appeared to be loyal to me, but in fact they were all loyal to Li Tang. So they killed King of Han Li Yuanjia and King of Lu Li Lingkui.

Pei Yan dissuaded: It’s not that anyone wants to rebel, but that the emperor has grown up, and you should return the power to the emperor and enjoy your old age in peace. In this way, the world will be at peace. Wu Zetian was furious and Pei Yan was thrown into prison. This stirred up a hornet's nest. Prime Minister Liu Jingxian, Guo Daiju, Hu Yuanfan, General Cheng Wuting and others wrote letters one after another.

Wu Zetian waved her hand and captured them all. At the critical moment, Xu Jingye had a wrong idea. He wanted to stand on his own feet, which led to the original uprising against Wu Zetian turning sour and ultimately failing. Now that there is no threat of war outside, Wu Zetian lets go and carries out a general purge in the court...

Lai Junchen and others appear on stage, making the Tang Dynasty "" Everyone in the dynasty is in danger, and no one dares to talk to each other. The road to "". It was under this circumstance that Wu Zetian overthrew the Tang Dynasty and ascended the throne as empress. From this, her battle to defend the Queen began.

Prime Ministers Cen Changqian, Ge Fuyuan, and Minister of Rites Ouyang Tong, etc., because they opposed Wu Chengsi being the crown prince, "Since ancient times, the emperor has never had an heir with a different surname". Wu Zetian ordered that dozens of people, including their sons, be killed.

Although Li Zhaode suppressed Wu Chengsi, he was framed by Lai Junchen and killed by Wu Zetian. At this moment, Wu Sansi saw hope and asked to be the prince. He thought that no one would stand in the way of this wave of heads falling, but unexpectedly, a more ruthless person stood up.

4. I didn’t realize until I was about to die

Who is the more ruthless person? It is Di Renjie .

He said: " There is no one other than King of Luling (Li Xian). Emperor Wen (Li Shimin) weathered the wind and rain, and personally braved the dangers to determine the descendants of the world. The Tai Emperor (Li Zhi) entrusted His Majesty with his two sons. Your Majesty Now we want to move to another clan. Isn't it God's will? Who is the aunt and the nephew? Those who are in the temple are also . "

What he said made Wu Zetian roll his eyes and said: "This is a family matter, don't mess with it!"

Di Renjie shook his head: "The king calls the four seas his home. Who is not a concubine? How can I not do His Majesty’s family business? The king is the head of state, and the ministers are members of the same body. Kuang Chen is ready to be prime minister. How can he not predict the reincarnation? When Li Zhi made Wu Zetian the queen, Li Ji once said : This is the emperor’s family matter, why do you ask others! One sentence made Wu Zetian the queen. Now, Wu Zetian used Li Ji's words as a shield, but Di Renjie easily broke through the defense!

From this, Wu Zetian realized that even though I was killing Li Tang's descendants and ministers loyal to Li Tang, people still kept coming out to oppose me. Di Renjie, in particular, can be called my blue-faced confidant, and he also has the same attitude! God's will, accept it.

Therefore, it was precisely because of the opposition of successive waves of prime ministers and ministers from Pei Yan to Di Renjie that Wu Zetian finally established Li Xian as the crown prince and decided to return power to Li Tang a hundred years later. From then on, Wu Zetian began to enjoy the beautiful sunset life. Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong were favored and ran rampant in the government and the public.

But after all, Wu Zetian was not an old fool, and she understood that for major affairs such as government affairs, she could not do without Di Renjie and others. So when Di Renjie retired from old age and returned to his hometown, he asked Di Renjie to recommend a prime minister to him.

Di Renjie recommended Jingzhou Long History Zhang Jianzhi without saying anything. As a result, it was Zhang Jianzhi who launched the Shenlong coup more than two months after becoming prime minister and put the 82-year-old Wu Zetian under house arrest.

It was only at this moment that Wu Zetian understood: It seems that all the descendants of Li Tang were killed by me unjustly! It turns out that the most terrifying person is my confidant Di Renjie. He recommended Zhang Jianzhi to be the prime minister. He was obviously trying to dig a hole for me, but I foolishly thought that as long as Li Tang returned the throne, nothing would happen. there is none left.

11 months later, Wu Zetian died, and she understood everything just before she died...