According to scholars' textual research in "Quan Tang Wen · Dai Crown Prince's Table of Food", it is believed that Princess Taiping is named Li Lingyue. There was originally an older sister on Princess Taiping, but Wu Zetian strangled her to death by playing tricks, and blamed the queen at the time. Thus, Princess Taiping became the only daughter of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, the princess among the princesses, and was extremely favored.
During the Taizong Period of the Tang Dynasty, Princess Wencheng opened a long marriage to Tubo, setting a precedent for "harmony". At the age of marriage, Tubo asked Princess Taiping to marry. Wu Zetian had to respond that the princess is a Taoist priest and will not marry. For this reason, he also built a Taoist temple and recruited a few Taoist priests as a "matching", which was just perfunctory. It can be seen that Tang Gaozong and his wife love this daughter very much.
A few years later, Tang Gaozong and his wife neglected the dazzling daughter. Until Princess Taiping wore the dress of a military attache, she told her parents obliquely that she was looking for a consort. Tang Gaozong's choice for his baby daughter is Xue Shao, the youngest son of Princess Chengyang. In order to show their style, the Xue family borrowed the local county government office as a wedding hall; the motorcade that Tang Gaozong bought for his daughter was so large that it had to push the county wall over.
But Wu Zetian was unwilling to betroth his daughter to the Xue family because of Gaozong. After marriage, Princess Taiping also played the role of a good wife and mother, giving birth to two men and two women for her husband. After Gaozong's death, Xue Shao, who was not a member of the political arena, somehow got involved in a conspiracy case and starved to death in prison.
Without Gaozong, Wu Zetian became the "first sister" of Datang, and soon became a cousin Wu Youcum for his daughter Zhang Luo, as the new son-in-law. Historical records: Shen Jinhehou, Yu Shiwuyu . It means that good sir, don't contradict the anger. Although Wu Youji had a wife at that time, it was not a problem. Wu Zetian killed his cousin and niece and made "place" for his daughter.
The history book records Princess Taiping " Princess is rich, has a lot of money, and has more power, so God thinks that she is like her...". The first and last sentence means that Princess Taiping has a big face and a square forehead (can it be beautiful?). The second sentence refers to the death of Xue Shao as a watershed, and then the appearance. Before she could clean up her feelings for Xue Shao, she was forced by her mother to marry another man. Princess Taiping seemed to have opened up "Hui" and became keen on participating in politics and fighting for the commanding heights of power. No wonder Wu Zetian believed it Similar.
Iconic event one: Xue Huaiyi died completely
This Xue Huaiyi, formerly named Feng Xiaobao, was originally just a selling Dali pills under the bridge. After Gaozong's death, Princess Taiping knew that her mother had entered the "year of tiger and wolf", so she recommended Feng Xiaobao to the palace and became Wu Zetian's favorite. In order to cover up, Feng Xiaobao changed his name to Xue Huaiyi and claimed to be Xue Shao's nephew.
Xue Huaiyi, who fell out of favor later, promoted the secrets of the palace, which greatly damaged Wu Zetian's image; secondly, relying on Wu Zetian's favor at the time, Xue Shao was very angry. Princess Taiping, who is not what she used to be, decided to preside over "fairness." Deceived Xue Huaiyi into the palace, ambushed dozens of "aunts", swarmed and beat him to death.
Iconic event two: the death of Zhang Yi’s brother
Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong brothers were grandsons of Zhang Xingcheng, the prime minister of Gaozong dynasty, and recommended to his mother by Princess Taiping Male pet. Relying on Wu Zetian's favor, coupled with the fact that the two brothers are from well-known families and have strong political activities, they have become very arrogant and domineering.
According to the "Old Tang Book", when Zhongzong was still the prince, his eldest son Li Chongrun privately discussed two monopolies. After the incident, Li Chongrun and Wu Yanji, the eldest son of Wu Chengsi, were executed together. In addition, the new lover of Princess Taiping Gao Jian, the director of rituals, also framed and died for the Zhang brothers.
In 705 AD, Wu Zetian was over eighty years old. He had no ears and could not understand clearly. Allowing the Zhang brothers to fool around, seriously threatened the interests of the Li and Wu groups. For this reason, the Taiping Princess and her wife joined the prime minister to use the Forbidden Army to stage a coup in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and kill the Zhang brothers.
Iconic thingsCase 3: Killing the mother and daughter of Queen Wei
was also out of princess Taiping’s dissatisfaction with her mother. After the Zhang brothers died, Wu Zetian was forced to "abdicate" and was restored by his brother Zhongzong. As a result, Princess Taiping was even more dignified. There was a saying that the seven prime ministers "five out of the master's door", meaning that five of the seven prime ministers were Princess Taiping; there was also a time when Datang’s annual tax was 20%. Return Princess Taiping to splurge.
However, Zhongzong’s elder brother is a coward, not the queen’s opponent. Empress Wei used Wu Zetian as an example to poison Zhongzong and set up Li Chongmao as the little emperor. Wei Wei, who thought he was "opening up", further wanted to get rid of the prime minister Li Dan and the powerful Princess Taiping. With limited strength, Li Dan's third son, Li Longji, decided to join forces with his aunt to save his father. The two sides hit it off instantly. In 710 AD, they launched a coup d'etat, killing Queen Wei and the mother and daughter of Princess Anle, and succeeded to the throne by Emperor Li Dan, who was Tang Ruizong.
When everything was calm, Princess Taiping, who was very similar to Wu Zetian, became restless, began to have strategies, actively prepared forces, formed a party for private interests, and tried to seize power. Princess Taiping was very dissatisfied with Ruizong making Li Longji the prince, and even planned to change Ruizong's prince. Because Li Longji was too capable and courageous, and he had military power at hand. For this reason, Princess Taiping not only arranged eyes and ears in the East Palace, but also interfered with Li Longji's government affairs.
The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, Rui Zong can only be in the middle to reconcile, and Li Longji also deeply feels that he is not full of wings and has not had a head-on with his aunt, and slowly accumulates strength. In 712 AD, Ruizong passed the throne to Li Longji, and it was Tang Xuanzong. At this moment, Princess Taiping couldn't sit still, and felt that in time, Xuanzong would inevitably take the knife on herself. Instead of sitting and waiting for death, it was better to preemptively.
Princess Taiping first instructed the palace people to poison Xuanzong's diet, but failed, and decided to raise troops the following year. Xuanzong knew everything about it. After discovering the day when his aunt had raised his army, Li Longji launched an attack in advance and ordered the Yulin army to take the Taiping princess party Yu Li Ci, Xiao Zhizhong and others in one fell swoop. Finally, he forced his aunt to commit suicide at home.
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