In feudal society thousands of years ago, men had always occupied a dominant position in society. As the leader of a country, the emperor was basically a man. There were only three women in history. , who had the power of life and death in the country, they relied on their intell

Wu Zetian kept a male pet in her seventies. The private life of a generation of empresses was exposed. It turned out that the mystery of Wu Zetian’s longevity was actually related to her nightlife...

In the feudal society thousands of years ago, men has always occupied a dominant position in society, and emperor is the leader of a country. People who can become emperor are basically men. In history, there have only been three women who have controlled the country. They have the power of life and death. They rely on their intelligence and ruthlessness to climb to high positions step by step.

Empress

These three are: Lv Pheasant, Wu Zetian and Empress Dowager Cixi. The final endings of the three people are different, which are all related to what they did during their lifetime. After the death of Lu Pheasant of the Western Han Dynasty , the family power was uprooted by Liu Huan, and the royal family of Nuo Da disappeared in an instant. After the death of Cixi of the Qing Dynasty, people were left with endless Infamy , even 's grave was dug up by others, these two people did not get a good end in the end!

Empress Dowager Cixi

But Wu Zetian is much better than them , Wu Zetian During her reign, the political achievements she made for the country were even more outstanding than many male emperors. Wu Zetian is regarded as the history of China. The first female emperor of the Tang Dynasty, she made a huge contribution to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and she finally abolished the Tang Dynasty and established the Zhou Dynasty.

The " imperial examination " system advocated by Wu Zetian has lasted for thousands of years in China, helping many children from poor families to embark on official careers, and also excavating many useful talents for the imperial court. Wu Zetian was still successful in the end. Return the power to and Li Tang , and end up with a happy death in .

But Wu Zetian did not proclaim herself emperor until she was sixty-nine years old. She has also been controversial in the history of our country, especially Wu Zetian 's private life, which has been criticized by others. Wu Zetian is in her seventies. There are also many young and beautiful male favorites. Everyone thinks that Wu Zetian is just for fun, but in fact Wu Zetian has her own plans.

Wu Zetian and her male favorites

Wu Zetian had four favorite male favorites in her life. The first one was Xue Huaiyi. Xue Huaiyi was Wu Zetian's first male favorite. 's original name was Feng Xiaobao. At that time, After Li Zhi's death, Princess Taiping tried her best to please Wu Zetian in order to express her sympathy for her mother's moral integrity. In fact, it was to protect her self. She then donated Xue Huaiyi's donation to her mother.

Xue Huaiyi himself has no aristocratic blood. He is just a gangster who sells herbal medicine on the street. Although he is just a civilian, he looks handsome and unrestrained, has a tall and mighty figure, and has a generous personality. , with these advantages, he was favored by Wu Zetian .

Wu Zetian and Xue Huaiyi

But Xue HuaiyiAfter all, came from a humble background. He was just a commoner. Matching with the royal family, it somewhat lost the royal face. Later, Princess Taiping thought of a solution. She asked Xue Huaiyi to become a monk. to White Horse Temple , on the surface it is repairing Luoyang White Horse Temple , but it is actually in order to improve Xue Huaiyi's status.

Wu Zetian kept a male pet in her seventies. The private life of a generation of empresses was exposed. It turned out that the mystery of Wu Zetian’s longevity was actually related to her nightlife...

In the feudal society thousands of years ago, men has always occupied a dominant position in society, and emperor is the leader of a country. People who can become emperor are basically men. In history, there have only been three women who have controlled the country. They have the power of life and death. They rely on their intelligence and ruthlessness to climb to high positions step by step.

Empress

These three are: Lv Pheasant, Wu Zetian and Empress Dowager Cixi. The final endings of the three people are different, which are all related to what they did during their lifetime. After the death of Lu Pheasant of the Western Han Dynasty , the family power was uprooted by Liu Huan, and the royal family of Nuo Da disappeared in an instant. After the death of Cixi of the Qing Dynasty, people were left with endless Infamy , even 's grave was dug up by others, these two people did not get a good end in the end!

Empress Dowager Cixi

But Wu Zetian is much better than them , Wu Zetian During her reign, the political achievements she made for the country were even more outstanding than many male emperors. Wu Zetian is regarded as the history of China. The first female emperor of the Tang Dynasty, she made a huge contribution to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and she finally abolished the Tang Dynasty and established the Zhou Dynasty.

The " imperial examination " system advocated by Wu Zetian has lasted for thousands of years in China, helping many children from poor families to embark on official careers, and also excavating many useful talents for the imperial court. Wu Zetian was still successful in the end. Return the power to and Li Tang , and end up with a happy death in .

But Wu Zetian did not proclaim herself emperor until she was sixty-nine years old. She has also been controversial in the history of our country, especially Wu Zetian 's private life, which has been criticized by others. Wu Zetian is in her seventies. There are also many young and beautiful male favorites. Everyone thinks that Wu Zetian is just for fun, but in fact Wu Zetian has her own plans.

Wu Zetian and her male favorites

Wu Zetian had four favorite male favorites in her life. The first one was Xue Huaiyi. Xue Huaiyi was Wu Zetian's first male favorite. 's original name was Feng Xiaobao. At that time, After Li Zhi's death, Princess Taiping tried her best to please Wu Zetian in order to express her sympathy for her mother's moral integrity. In fact, it was to protect her self. She then donated Xue Huaiyi's donation to her mother.

Xue Huaiyi himself has no aristocratic blood. He is just a gangster who sells herbal medicine on the street. Although he is just a civilian, he looks handsome and unrestrained, has a tall and mighty figure, and has a generous personality. , with these advantages, he was favored by Wu Zetian .

Wu Zetian and Xue Huaiyi

But Xue HuaiyiAfter all, came from a humble background. He was just a commoner. Matching with the royal family, it somewhat lost the royal face. Later, Princess Taiping thought of a solution. She asked Xue Huaiyi to become a monk. to White Horse Temple , on the surface it is repairing Luoyang White Horse Temple , but it is actually in order to improve Xue Huaiyi's status.

Xue Huaiyi became a monk

Wu Zetian even personally changed Feng Xiaobao's name to Xue Huaiyi. The emperor gave the name, which can be regarded as an honor and favor , but once a person is favored and has money and power, he begins to become He used his power to bully others and became arrogant and domineering. This behavior of Xue Huaiyi aroused the disgust of Wu Zetian, and gradually he no longer favored him.

Wu Zetian

The second one is Shen Nanqiu. Shen Nanqiu is Wu Zetian's imperial physician. He treats people gently., and can easily see Wu Zetian's thoughts, and is very concerned about Wu Zetian, She inquires about warmth and greets you well. Wu ZetianAlthough she is old, she is a woman after all. Over and over again, she likes Shen Nanqiu a little bit.

But Shen Nanqiu's character is a bit too cautious, Wu Zetian doesn't like it very much. The most important thing is that Shen Nanqiu is weak. This is not what Wu Zetian wants! But Shen Nanqiu's existence does help Wu Zetian maintains the body and plays a great role in Wu Zetian longevity .

Wu Zetian and Shen Nanqiu

Later, when Shen Nanqiu was treating Wu Zetian, he did not cure Wu Zetian, and finally died suddenly in the palace.

Shen Nanqiu

After Shen Nanqiu's death, Wu Zetian's harem suddenly became cold and . The mother was unhappy, and the daughter was naturally extremely anxious. , Princess Taiping searched everywhere to find young and beautiful Zhang Changzong, a who is good at singing and dancing, recommended to his mother.

Zhang Changzong

Zhang Changzong lived up to expectations, and soon got the favor of Wu Zetian. This Zhang Changzong was not only good-looking, but also had a smart mind. After he was favored, he was determined to do something great. In order to strengthen his own In order to gain strength, he gave his brother Zhang Yizhi to Wu Zetian.

Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi

At that time, Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi were both young men in their twenties. Both of them were personable and had extraordinary looks. Usually at night, the two Zhangs would often accompany Wu Zetian to read the book, chat with her and make her happy. With the company of the two brothers, Wu Zetian's old age life has a lot more happiness, and she is in a good mood, and naturally she will live longer.

The two Zhang brothers

At first Wu Zetian and the private life of the two brothers were still a bit secretive. There was no publicity. brought them to the palace, and the palace people were not allowed to mention . Later Wu Zetian directly used the excuse that they were writing books in the palace, and gave them an identity that they could freely come and go in the harem.

Writing in the Palace

During the half a year they spent with Wu Zetian, the two Zhang brothers were deeply loved by Wu Zetian. The two of them successively served as Wei Shaoqing, Zhang Eunuch and Feng Huan. The prince, Wu Zetian also gave them countless houses, houses, treasures and silks. It can be said that they have everything they want.

Wu Zetian and the Zhang brothers

But again, becomes bad when you have money. Since became favored, the Zhang brothers became authoritarian and domineering. All the officials in the court were very jealous of them. He was dissatisfied, but because of Wu Zetian's favor, he didn't dare to speak out. Later, when Wu Zetian was in his later years, the Zhang brothers had already taken charge of some political power.

The officials of the imperial court

The prince Li Xian expressed dissatisfaction with them, and privately discussed the private lives of the Zhang brothers and his mother with the officials. When Zhang Yizhi found out, he ran to complain to Wu Zetian . He was already very old. 's Wu Zetian, still did not allow others to point fingers at her own life. She severely punished Li Xian and killed her granddaughter and grandson.

was punished

Later in the first year of Shenlong , Wu Zetian fell ill and died. Minister Cui Xuan, Zhang Jianzhi and others supported Li Xian's reset, and Wu Zetian this big tree's protection , Zhang Yizhi The two brothers Zhang Changzong are like duckweeds in the water. According to Taiping Guangji records, two people were beheaded in Yingxian Temple , and their bodies were also publicly thrown on the street .

Zhang Changzong

Wu Zetian's male favorites did not end well in the end. The reason is not only that Wu Zetian overly pampered their , which made them proud, but also that although she was the empress at that time Wu Zetian is in power, but in people's deep-rooted ideological concepts, they are still not optimistic about women taking power.

Therefore, in the court, there are still many people who do not recognize the empress. They are not optimistic about the empress, and naturally they are not optimistic about the people around the empress. This also shows some of Wu Zetian 's intelligence. Wu Zetianfavoured male favorite not only for enjoyment, Wu Zetian became emperor only at the age of sixty-nine, and went through many difficulties before he sat on the throne.

Wu Zetian

Wu Zetian She also knew that there were still many people in the government who were not optimistic about her. In order to maintain the court and balance the power of the two major families of , the Li family and the Wu family, she reused the two Zhang brothers. Wu Zetian actually has few people whom she can trust, and these Zhang brothers are both smart and talented, and they are also their own people around them, so Wu Zetian slowly cultivates them, and first makes them do Officials , and gradually handed over some power of the imperial court to them.

The Zhang brothers

With the support of Wu Zetian, the power in the court became more and more powerful, and a new force was formed, Wu Zetian also used their power, He came to to weaken the power of Li and Wu , so as to easily control the government. However, because the two Zhang brothers were too arrogant in the court, aroused dissatisfaction among the people. Prince Li Xian then conspired to murder the two Zhangs who were under the dictatorship of Wu Zetian . As a result, their eyeliner who arranged for Li Xian knew about it, so the two went to complain to Wu Zetian.

Zhang Yizhi

Wu Zetian learned about Prince Li Xian's conspiracy and ordered all three conspirators to be executed. Among these three people, there were her own grandchildren . Wu Zetian was ruthless and ruthless in order to protect herself. Of power, 's own closest relative would kill at will. It has to be said that Wu Zetian was a ruthless person.

Wu Zetian

In the court dispute, in order to maintain the overall situation she had laid out, she chose to kill her closest relatives and save her two male favoritesAs a generation of empress, Wu Zetian’s first consideration was His own rights and status , The Zhang brothers are his pawns in the court. Conspirating to kill the Zhang brothers is conspiring to seize his own power , so whether he is his grandson or granddaughter, has no regard for power at all. It’s worth mentioning !

Wu Zetian

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The officials of the imperial court

The prince Li Xian expressed dissatisfaction with them, and privately discussed the private lives of the Zhang brothers and his mother with the officials. When Zhang Yizhi found out, he ran to complain to Wu Zetian . He was already very old. 's Wu Zetian, still did not allow others to point fingers at her own life. She severely punished Li Xian and killed her granddaughter and grandson.

was punished

Later in the first year of Shenlong , Wu Zetian fell ill and died. Minister Cui Xuan, Zhang Jianzhi and others supported Li Xian's reset, and Wu Zetian this big tree's protection , Zhang Yizhi The two brothers Zhang Changzong are like duckweeds in the water. According to Taiping Guangji records, two people were beheaded in Yingxian Temple , and their bodies were also publicly thrown on the street .

Zhang Changzong

Wu Zetian's male favorites did not end well in the end. The reason is not only that Wu Zetian overly pampered their , which made them proud, but also that although she was the empress at that time Wu Zetian is in power, but in people's deep-rooted ideological concepts, they are still not optimistic about women taking power.

Therefore, in the court, there are still many people who do not recognize the empress. They are not optimistic about the empress, and naturally they are not optimistic about the people around the empress. This also shows some of Wu Zetian 's intelligence. Wu Zetianfavoured male favorite not only for enjoyment, Wu Zetian became emperor only at the age of sixty-nine, and went through many difficulties before he sat on the throne.

Wu Zetian

Wu Zetian She also knew that there were still many people in the government who were not optimistic about her. In order to maintain the court and balance the power of the two major families of , the Li family and the Wu family, she reused the two Zhang brothers. Wu Zetian actually has few people whom she can trust, and these Zhang brothers are both smart and talented, and they are also their own people around them, so Wu Zetian slowly cultivates them, and first makes them do Officials , and gradually handed over some power of the imperial court to them.

The Zhang brothers

With the support of Wu Zetian, the power in the court became more and more powerful, and a new force was formed, Wu Zetian also used their power, He came to to weaken the power of Li and Wu , so as to easily control the government. However, because the two Zhang brothers were too arrogant in the court, aroused dissatisfaction among the people. Prince Li Xian then conspired to murder the two Zhangs who were under the dictatorship of Wu Zetian . As a result, their eyeliner who arranged for Li Xian knew about it, so the two went to complain to Wu Zetian.

Zhang Yizhi

Wu Zetian learned about Prince Li Xian's conspiracy and ordered all three conspirators to be executed. Among these three people, there were her own grandchildren . Wu Zetian was ruthless and ruthless in order to protect herself. Of power, 's own closest relative would kill at will. It has to be said that Wu Zetian was a ruthless person.

Wu Zetian

In the court dispute, in order to maintain the overall situation she had laid out, she chose to kill her closest relatives and save her two male favoritesAs a generation of empress, Wu Zetian’s first consideration was His own rights and status , The Zhang brothers are his pawns in the court. Conspirating to kill the Zhang brothers is conspiring to seize his own power , so whether he is his grandson or granddaughter, has no regard for power at all. It’s worth mentioning !

Wu Zetian

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