Wu Zetian , the only female emperor in China, is a woman with lofty ambitions, with fierce means and can kill the enemy silently.
She became emperor at the age of 67, and was decisive in life and work. There were countless people who were killed by her, and some of the rebels were implicated by her. Even Zongsi, surnamed Li, was killed by her, and the country's power was concentrated with her, and no one dared to object.
Wu Zetian can be regarded as a rebellious woman. She changed the name of the country to Zhou by usurping the throne. Therefore, although everyone hated her to the core when she was in power, no one dared to rebel.
Wu family kept saying before Wu Zetian said that after the emperor died, what if he was killed by the emperor's surname Li?
Wu Zetian smiled and said: Don't worry, I won't let you die easily. I only need ten words to deal with the persecution of the Wu family by the emperor surnamed Li.
Wu Zetian and Lu Zhi are called "Lu Wu". One is the first queen in China and the other is the first emperor in China. The methods are equally cruel.
However, Lü's was not good at learning and failed to prepare for the future. During her lifetime, she called for the wind and rain and did whatever she wanted. However, when she died, all the bloodlines of the former Lü's family were washed away, and all her dictatorship and authority that she ruled for eight years were disintegrated.
Wu Zetian took Lu Zhi as the lesson of the past, so she knew very well that the Zongsi of Li who hated her to the core during her lifetime would definitely kill all the Wu clan, especially the emperor. So, before she dies, everything is planned.
In fact, there are countless such situations in history. Once a dynasty is usurped by power or overthrowed, the latter must be eradicated by all the former family.
However, if the previous dynasty did not completely perish, once restored, the latter would die without a place to bury.
Wu Zetian was an female emperor who almost exterminated the Li family. She usurped power and seized the throne. After Li Zhi died, she did not hand over the throne to the Li family. Instead, she was shameless and sat on herself with her 67-year-old body.
What is puzzling is that although there have been earth-shaking changes after her death, Li's evaluation of her was mostly positive. And most importantly, Wu's family was not purged because of Wu Zetian's rebellion, and the powerful Wu family was intact.
Why is this? Could it be that Wu Zetian had any mysterious arrangements after her death, which led to the Emperor Li Li Xian not daring to act rashly?
How exactly did she do it, and why can't Lu Zhi do it?
She actually only used ten words, but this starts with choosing the prince.
Choose the prince
Wu Zetian established Zhou Dynasty , but unfortunately there is no elixir of immortality, otherwise she would have wished she could be the emperor forever, and then recruit three thousand male favorites to serve herself forever.
The reason why the Zhou Dynasty was the Zhou Dynasty was because she read all the history. She found that the Zhou Dynasty lasted for eight hundred years and was the longest dynasty, which was quite auspicious, so she simply shamelessly said that the Wu family was a branch of the Zhou family. The two surnames were one five hundred years ago.
This Zhou family is quite awesome. Wu Zetian’s purpose is to hope that he can last forever and the dynasty can last for the longest time.
She will die after all, and how to choose a successor becomes the most troublesome thing.
The most regrettable thing is that Wu Zetian is a daughter, not a man. Although she has infinite wisdom and ambitions, she is suffering from being unable to find a successor. She is often overwhelmed for her successor. Not only her, but also the ministers in the court and Zongsi, surnamed Li, were also worried.
Because Wu Zetian chose a successor to be no more than an ordinary emperor, she did not choose among her own sons, but also considered the Wu family. She even thought about giving birth to a child with a male lover and then letting the child be the emperor.
Why did she have this idea? Because she was incest and even usurped the throne, she could even kill the Li clan. How could she be worthy of Li Shimin , how could she be worthy of Li Zhi?
favorite Wu Meiniang is not Tang Taizong , but Tang Gaozong Li Zhi. When Wu Meiniang was young, she was in love with Li Zhi in terms of age and temperament. It was Li Zhi who brought her back from the nunnery, otherwise she would not be the emperor.
However, Wu Meiniang did countless things that she was sorry to Li Zhi, such as she did not keep her chastity and hang out with a large number of male lovers. For example, she started a massacre and killed Zong Si of Li.
When Wu Meiniang was truly emperor, she was actually 67 years old. At this age, three-quarters of her body had been buried. She could stretch her legs and die at any time.
So, from the moment she became emperor, her heart has never been peaceful. Although she has also studied the elixir of immortality, she knows that this is impossible, and it is impossible to achieve it in her generation.
Whether to choose the Zongsi of the Li surname or the Wu clan, whether to choose his own son or his nephew, Wu Zetian was as embarrassed as Lu Zhi back then.
For a moment, Wu Meiniang really couldn't make up her mind. The candidate for the prince has always made her worry.
No matter in any era, choosing a successor or choosing a prince is a top priority, because this can block everyone's mouths. Otherwise, if something happens to the emperor, whoever comes to be the emperor will cause chaos in the world.
In order to stabilize the hearts of the ministers of the court and the opposition, Wu Meiniang also wanted to break her head and couldn't decide.
Zong Si of Li was not killed by Wu Zetian, but still retained 10% or 20%, at least Li Xian is not dead yet. The reason why Li Xian did not die was because he was cowardly by nature and did not dare to rebel, so Wu Zetian gave up his guard against him.
But if Wu Zetian did not choose Zongsi of the surname Li, it would definitely be a big fuss. Many ministers loyal to the artifacts of Li Tang would definitely incite rebellion and rebellion. Di Renjie would participate, and Li Xian would definitely be promoted to the emperor.
But if you don’t choose, the longer the time, it will cause everyone to panic and the savages to be uneasy.
So, in the end, Wu Zetian did not wait for Li Xian to rebel and took the initiative to choose Li Xian as the crown prince.
But even if Wu Zetian chose Li Xian as the crown prince, wouldn’t Zong Si of Li take revenge? Wu Zetian was still worried because neither the prince nor the princess, Wu Zetian used to treat the surname Li as a human.
Di Renjie is loyal to the Wu clan but is even more loyal to the Li clan
Wu Zetian chose Li Xian as the crown prince. There is no doubt that Di Renjie played a key role in it. Once, he said to Wu Zetian: "If you do not make Zong Si of Li the crown prince, then who will worship you after you die? Is it your son or your nephew? Do you want to pass the throne to your nephew, rather than to pass the throne to your son? Whoever is less or more serious, you should clearly distinguish it. Your son does not belong only to Emperor Gaozong, but also to yours."
When Wu Zetian heard this, he suddenly realized that it was Di Renjie who woke her up. Di Renjie deserves to be an old fox and is very scheming.
Wu Zetian originally did not want to choose Li Xian to inherit the throne because Li Xian was weak and incompetent, and only liked to indulge in wine and sex, without the ambition of an emperor. But Wu Zetian still chose Li Xian because Li Xian's hatred with Wu's clan was not that deep. He was once accused of being not involved in the vortex of Li and Wu's clans.
After Wu Zetian chose Li Xian, the hearts of the ministers in the court finally settled down, and the hatred of Li's family towards Wu also decreased slightly.
. Wu Zetian knew that she was already seventy, and the deadline might be approaching. Because life is seventy years old, she asked the imperial doctor to study medicines for strengthening the body. On the other hand, she has been matching the Wu family and the Li family, and even thought of such a marriage.
In fact, Wu Zetian had decided to return the power to Li after his death for a long time before his death, so he often invited Zongsi, a surnamed Li, to drink and eat meat, and asked Wu to toast Li.
However, it is said that every time Wu family toast Li, Li family is nervous and wants to kill him quickly.
Wu Zetian watched everyone laugh and make a fuss at the banquet. She just pretended to be in front of her. Because she was in power, both families had to slap her.
Each of the Wu family is afraid that the emperor will die, and the emperor surnamed Li will target the Wu family.
Wu Zetian felt it made sense and was always afraid that after he returned to power under the Li surname, the Emperor Li would start a massacre of the Wu clan.
So, before she died, she thought of her last move and left a last word: go to Emperor , and call him the Great Sage Empress Zetian.
The sentence was later written into her last words, and a stele without words was erected, which means that the love, hate and love between her and Li cannot be expressed in words.
Wu Zetian's death
Wu Zetian's words mean very clearly, that is, after she dies, she should not be buried with the emperor's etiquette, nor should she mourn the name of the emperor, but instead choose to be united with Emperor Gaozong of Tang as the queen.
Wu Zetian made this move, and her motives were very complicated. First of all, she was Li Zhi's wife, but she went against Li Zhi's intentions and usurped power and seized the throne. Secondly, she started a massacre of the descendants of the Li family, which made her face facing Li Zhi in the nine springs.
The reason why Wu Zetian chose to be in the same place with Li Zhi was actually just to leave a name for herself. Just as she gave the throne to Li Xian, she had to do it.
Wu Zetian is a superstitious person and will be afraid that she will not be able to live after death. She is afraid that she will be whipped by Zongsi of Li after death, so she chose to bury her with Emperor Gaozong of Tang. If she was buried separately, she would probably reappear before the bones were cold. When it comes to being buried with Emperor Gaozong of Tang, no one dares to open Emperor Gaozong of Tang.
Qianling is not only extremely solid in construction, but even more solid in Li Zhi is an emperor, and no one dares to let Li Zhi reappear.
Wu Zetian also has weaknesses. She is actually a person who fears ghosts and gods. Because of this, she often had nightmares during her lifetime and asked a mage to exorcise ghosts, and even was plotted against by her daughter because she was afraid of ghosts.
Wu Zetian is old, and the closer he is to death, the more murderous intent in his heart decreases. He has long lost the decisive behavior and cruelty he was when he was young. Because she felt that only by being compassionate in her heart would not go to hell after she died and would have the face to meet Li Zhi.
Wu Zetian is a smart person. She learned from Lu Zhi as a guide and settled the Wu family for a long time.
Wu Zetian himself has done things to insult other people's bodies, such as the founding emperor Xu Maogong who was dug out and whipped the body.
Therefore, Wu Zetian's arrangements before his death were not only for the sake of the descendants of the Wu family, but also for her own sake.
"Give up the emperor's name and call him the Great Sage Empress Zetian."
All Wu Zetian's thoughts were condensed in this last words, which made Zong Si of Li put down his butcher's knife and no longer kill Wu Zetian's clan members.
Alexander said it well: "As powerful as me, I will be empty-handed after death."
Indeed, if you die, you will be gone. No one will know where you will go after death. Anyone will have a fear of the unknown. Because of fear, I feel compassion. Many strong people are not sharp before they die, but return to ordinary people, and the same is true for Wu Zetian.
But Wu Zetian was able to handle things after death so well, but it was something that only a wise person could do, and Lu Zhi did not do it.
Therefore, Wu Zetian's family was not destroyed, but was a manifestation of her wisdom. She is worthy of being the only female emperor in China.
