The main reason why the Tang Dynasty was very different from other dynasties was that there was a time when women had the final say and men stood on the sidelines. Among them, several of the more famous women were Wu Zetian, Princess Taiping, and there was a female official named Shangguan Wan'er. Recently, it has been reported that Shangguan Wan'er's tomb has been excavated, so what new historical materials have been brought to us? Today we will all talk about this topic together.
Who did Shangguan Wan'er have in the Tang Dynasty?
Shangguan Wan'er was actually a famous person, and her grandfather was shangguan yi, a famous politician of the Tang Dynasty, who was also a loyal royalist. In his early years, he was killed by Wu Zetian because he opposed Wu Zetian's claim to the throne. Later, Shangguan Wan'er was taken in by Wu Zetian and raised in the palace. It can be said that her own feelings for Wu Zetian are quite complicated. Wu Zetian was her enemy and a person who was kind to her, and she couldn't grow so big and couldn't be a female official without Wu Zetian.
Later, Shangguan Wan'er was completely attached to Wu Zetian's wings, and did many things for Wu Zetian and killed many people. In 705, the Ministers of the Tang Dynasty took advantage of Wu Zetian's serious illness and then launched a mutiny. After the unexpected overthrow of Wu Zetian's regime at that time, shangguan Wan'er's status was not affected at all. He even became the highest-ranking official in the palace at that time, responsible for issuing decrees issued by the emperor.
Shangguan Wan'er, who had real power, had a great twist in her heart, watching the frequent attacks on the Li royal family. He also took advantage of empress Wei's ambitions at that time to suppress his political opponents. She is known as one of the most fierce women in the Tang Dynasty. In fact, shangguan wan'er at that time was like a changed person after Wu Zetian's death. On the surface, the female official in the palace was actually a woman with watery Yanghua. In order to achieve his own goals and fornicate with Wu Sansi and others, the evaluation of Shangguan Wan'er in history is not very high!
In 2013, the tomb of Shangguan Wan'er was found in Xi'an, but this is an empty tomb with nothing but some epitaphs of Shangguan Wan'er. The historical materials clearly remember the life and past of Shangguan Wan'er. Later, Shangguan Wan'er was attached to others many times, after Li Chongjun launched a coup d'état and killed Wu Sansi. Shangguan Wan'er completely fell to Empress Wei, and in order to survive, she framed the then crown prince Li Chongjun for rebellion, resulting in the prince's eventual killing.
In the later period, in order to avoid Empress Wei's pursuit, she united with the then Princess Taiping to launch a coup d'état again and overthrow Empress Wei's rule. Unfortunately, Li Longji, the king of Linzi at the time, suddenly joined forces with Princess Taiping to launch a mutiny. Then he entered the palace with his soldiers and horses and supported Li Dan as emperor. In this way, Shangguan Wan'er has lost her own use value. In order to save his life, he went to plead with Li Longji and did not expect to be beheaded on the spot by the young and crazy Li Longji. At the age of 47, he ended his legendary and changeable life.
No matter what kind of evaluation history has made of Shangguan Wan'er, in the political environment at that time, Shangguan Wan'er was able to be able to be at ease and the people who served her died stubble after stubble, and she could still stand firm. This fully shows that this woman is really not simple!