713, the Supreme Emperor Li Dan showed a sad look on his face: "Sanlang, for the father, this is the only one sister left, let her live." Li Longji decisively refused: "Other things can be discussed, but only the only one is to discuss other things. This matter is not possible."
A few days later, Princess Taiping committed suicide at home. Except for her son Xue Chongjian who was spared from death, all other family members and their followers were killed.
Prince Taiping is the youngest daughter of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi and Wu Zetian , and has been favored by Wu Zetian since childhood. At the age of eight, Princess Taiping became a monk and became a female Taoist priest, praying for her deceased grandmother (Wu Zetian's mother), Yang. The Taoist name was Taiping, and she was later called Princess Taiping.
can be seen. Princess Taiping was also a filial and good girl when she was a child.
Princess Taiping When he was 13 years old, Tubo sent an envoy to propose and named him to marry Princess Taiping. In that era, marriage was a way for the Central Plains dynasty to appease the surrounding ethnic minorities and was also a relatively common method.
Wu Zetian refused to let his daughter marry far away, so he built Taiping Temple and let her become a monk and move in, using this as an excuse to avoid marriage.
A few years later, at a palace banquet, Princess Taiping wore the clothes of a military officer and danced in front of her father and mother. The two asked with a smile: "You are not a military officer, why do you wear this way?" Princess Taiping replied: " Can you give it to the prince-consort? "
Li Zhi and Wu Zetian understood that their daughter wanted to get married. At that time, the princess was 16 years old, and it was time to choose a prince consort for her. Tang Dynasty advocated martial arts, and Princess Taiping used a military officer uniform to express that she wanted a heroic husband.
Princess Taiping in her girlhood was also a woman who dared to pursue her happiness boldly, just like Wu Zetian when she was young.
681, Princess Taiping married the prince-consort chosen by her father and the emperor. He was the nephew of Emperor Gaozong of Tang. Xue Shao was born in a famous family and looked handsome. She was also the favorite of Princess Taiping.
A grand and luxurious wedding. After the marriage, the couple had a good relationship. The two were in love. They had their own children. This was also the happiest time in Princess Taiping's life.
She could have been happy all the time, just because she was Wu Zetian's daughter, and Wu Zetian chose an extraordinary path, and her life was forced to change.
683Li Zhi passed away, and Wu Zetian began to take full control. How could the Li family of Tang Dynasty give up and ruled the Li family by a woman, so they planned to rebel, but ended in failure. Xue Shao's elder brother was also involved in this storm. Princess Taiping's husband Xue Shao was implicated and starved to death in prison. A political storm broke up Princess Taiping's family. At this time, Princess Taiping had just given birth to a child and her son had just finished his month old.
Afterwards, in order to comfort her daughter, Wu Zetian broke the convention that the Tang Dynasty Princess had only 350 households, and promoted her banned household to 1,200 households.
No matter how many rewards can be used, it cannot make up for the trauma that Princess Taiping suffered. Since then she began to have a crazy desire for power. In order to protect Princess Taiping, Wu Zetian married her to her cousin-in-law, Wu Youji, and sentenced Wu Youji's wife to death, so that Princess Taiping became her official wife. This is a purely politically bound marriage, so there is no happiness at all.
Soon after, Tang Ruizong Li Dan abdicated himself and Wu Zetian became emperor. She loves Princess Taiping even more. Out of compensatory mentality, she tries her best to meet her material needs, but she is also taboo. She does not allow Princess Taiping to get involved in the court, and she does not allow her to have real power.
Princess Taiping knows Wu Zetian's defense, and shows a luxurious lifestyle. Wu Youji's personality is weak, so Princess Taiping boldly raises a male pet, and even dedicated her favorite male pet Zhang Changzong to Wu Zetian. But she made friends with ministers in the court and began to slowly extend her political tentacles.
705, Prime Minister Zhang Jianzhi launched a mutiny, killing the two brothers of Zhang Changzong, and Wu Zetian abdicated to the crown prince Li Xian .Because Princess Taiping killed two Zhang Yougong, she was named "Princess Taiping, Zhenguo".
After Li Xian was restored, Princess Taiping gradually walked from behind the scenes to the front stage because of her respect. Because she was resourceful and good at decisive, she was afraid of the chaotic Queen Wei and Princess Anle .
710, Li Xian was poisoned by Empress Wei, and Princess Taiping and Shangguan Wan'er and drafted a will, and made Li Chongmao the crown prince, and Empress Wei and Li Dan jointly assisted the government. However, Empress Wei and her followers undermined Li Dan.
In July, Princess Taiping joined forces with Li Longji to kill Empress Wei and his followers, supporting Li Dan to restore the throne. Princess Taiping was promoted to ten thousand households. Since then, Princess Taiping's power has become more prominent and she often leaves Li Dan to discuss politics.
Li Dan's eldest son Li Chengqi resigned to let the prince, and the third son Li Longji was made the prince.
Li Dan has a weak personality, but the prince Li Longji is brave and brave. Princess Taiping is afraid of Li Longji's wisdom and mightyness, so she wants to change a cowardly and cowardly person to be the prince. She spread rumors in the court that the prince was not the eldest son and should not be made the prince.
Later, Li Dan issued a letter to warn the subjects of the world, and Princess Taiping was restrained.
In 712, Princess Taiping instructed a person who understood astronomy to advise Li Dan: " The emergence of comet marks the removal of the old and the new, and the matter under the command is that the prince should ascend the throne."
originally wanted to provoke the relationship between Li Dan and the prince. , Li Dan said: "Pass the throne to a virtuous person to avoid disaster." Li Dan passed the throne to Li Longji despite Princess Taiping's dissuasion, and retired to the Supreme Emperor himself. Princess Taiping relies on Li Dan's trust to be specialized in the government affairs, and more than half of the officials in the court depend on her. Princess Taiping even publicly proposed to depose Li Longji, but it was terminated due to the opposition of Prime Minister Lu Xiangxian. html In 1713, Princess Taiping planned to poison Li Longji, but the conspiracy was exposed. Li Longji took the initiative to capture all his followers in one fell swoop, and Princess Taiping fled into the mountain temple.
Three days later, Princess Taiping knew that the situation was hopeless, so she returned to the capital and allowed Li Longji to deal with it.
Li Longji saw that Princess Taiping was surrendered, so he wanted to issue an edict to kill him. When the Supreme Emperor Li Dan heard the news, he came and asked him to open the door and give Princess Taiping a way out. However, Li Longji had made up his mind and ordered Princess Taiping to be killed at home despite Li Dan's opposition.
After Princess Taiping's death, Li Dan was disheartened and issued an edict to announce that he would no longer manage the government and let Li Longji take charge of the government.
Princess Taiping's life is tragic. The girl's age is innocent and full of love. The pearl in her parents' hands and the unforgettable love of adulthood are broken by her mother and gradually corrupted by her love.
Although she inherited Wu Zetian's political mind and wanted to repeat her mother's political ambition, unfortunately the times were different. Li Longji's decisive killing ruined her political ambitions, and power was a double-edged sword, and she only tasted the sweetness of power. But he didn't know how to judge the situation, knew how to advance and retreat, and knew how to choose and trade, and eventually he died because of power.
If it were put in the present, Princess Taiping would be a strong woman who understands politics and has a wise mind. However, in the feudal dynasty where patriarchal power was indomitable, it could only end up dying from a bad life, and it was also time and luck...
