To say why Wu Zetian can become a generation of empresses, in addition to her wisdom and talent in handling the government, then it is her heart is fierce, as a generation of emperors, how can the heart not be cruel in balancing the entire court, she was appreciated by Li Shimin at that time also because she had a different style from other women, Li Shimin had a fierce horse, and said that whoever can subdue it will be rewarded, but Wu Zetian said that I can subdue it with three things, a whip, a hammer, a dagger, first use a whip to smoke him, and then use a hammer to hammer him, After cutting its throat with a dagger, Li Shimin praised her different temperament after listening to it, but he could also see her fierceness, so that the rest of the women in the palace must have been frightened enough, it was such a fierce empress, but on her deathbed, she issued a will, "Rehabilitate Chu Suiliang, who was wronged before", is this person her previous benefactor? But unexpectedly, this person actually had a deep hatred with Wu Zetian, so why should he be rehabilitated?
Wu Zetian stills
Chu Suiliang was born in a bureaucratic family, is also a famous and prestigious family, his father Chu Liang is an official to the scattered horse regular attendant, and many ministers such as Ouyang Que and other people are close relations, personal relations are very good, in Li Shimin's period, Chu Suiliang first joined the army of his armor, but he was very fond of him, so he was reused, in Li Shimin on the issue of the crown prince, he played a key role, at first wanted to establish his 4th son Li Tai as the crown prince, was blinded by his rhetoric, but Li Zhi was more supported by the ministers, the ministers felt that Li Zhi was more popular, And there was a benevolent heart, wanted to recommend him as the crown prince, but no one in the court dared to say, all afraid of offending the emperor, only Chu Suiliang stood up and said that he wanted to make Li Zhi the crown prince, Li Tai's clever words were not suitable for being the crown prince, and Li Shimin only decided to establish Li Zhi after listening.
Then Li Shimin was very willing to listen to his advice, he also often advised and put forward very useful opinions on the issue of governing the country, many ministers such as the eldest grandson Wuji praised him, for a time he was reused by the emperor, and he was very important, giving him successive promotions and positions, achieving the Zhongshu Ling, equivalent to the prime minister. When Li Shimin was critically ill, he was summoned to the palace with his eldest grandson Wujie and appointed them as orphan ministers.
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After Li Shimin's death, Li Zhi ascended the throne, because it was Chu Suiliang who recommended him as the crown prince at the critical moment in order to become the king of a country, naturally thanked him, plus he himself was a person who was the first emperor to be able to reuse him, just when Li Zhi wanted to abolish and establish Wu Zetian as the latter matter, he summoned the ministers around him to listen to their opinions, although the other ministers also opposed but did not make a sound, only Chu Suiliang stood up and said that he could not establish Wu Zhaoyi as the queen, and Empress Wang could not abolish it casually without making a mistake. Successively said the four major reasons for not being able to establish Wu Zhaoyi as the last, completely contrary to the emperor's opinion, the emperor was very angry, but insisted on establishing Wu Zetian as the queen, Chu Suiliang saw the emperor's attitude resolutely, so he took off his official hat, prostrated to the emperor one after another, and the blood on his head was direct, and Wu Zetian on the side was eager to execute him immediately, and his heart had a grudge against him from then on, if the emperor really borrowed from him, then how could the empress dowager in the future, herself Wu Zetian wanted to take power, he did not know whether to live or die against himself, How could he not be hated by Lai Wu Zetian.
Li Shimin stills
In the end, the chancellor Li Ji said a word, this is the emperor's family affair, why too much other people, this sentence awakened the emperor, so he set up Wu Zetian as the queen, because of Chu Suiliang's previous excesses, he demoted his official position to a remote area. After Wu Zetian took power, in order to avenge Xue Hate, he once demoted him to the more remote Aizhou region, and falsely accused him of plotting rebellion, when he was old, went to the poor mountains and remote areas, and eventually died there. However, Wu Zetian felt that he was not relieved enough, so his family was also exiled to Aizhou.
Li Zhi stills
But why did Wu Zetian feel guilty about him when he was dying and rehabilitate him? Xiao Bian believes that Wu Zetian is old, has experienced so many storms, it is indifferent, although she has been fierce all her life, but she is a Ming Jun, who has made a lot of contributions to the country, she is also a person who loves talent, it cannot be denied that Chu Suiliang is indeed a talented person, and he has the reputation of the four great calligraphers of the early Tang Dynasty, although he was strongly opposed to Wu Zetian at that time, but according to the situation at that time, there was no fault, at that time it was the Li family world, everyone can see Wu Zetian's ambitions, if you set her up as a queen, Then she would take power and slowly become her world, and the master of the world would change, so from this point of view, although he was not a person of Wu Zetian, he was a brave loyal subject, and compared to those traitors who had been working all day, Wu Zetian recognized him from the heart.
Statue of Chu Suiliang
Xiao bian believes that Chu Suiliang is a rare loyal subject, and has courage and strategy, if Wu Zetian did not retaliate against him in the future but used him heavily, I think he will definitely advise the emperor and contribute to the country, but unfortunately, a generation of courtiers, but also because of his Geng Zhi harmed him, but he was upright, Xiao bian was extremely impressed.
Reference: New Book of Tang