This is an era of "beauty is justice". The beauty and talent of the little brothers and sisters are always fascinating. In ancient society, beauty was also enviable, but it was also easy to bear the crime of harming the country and the people. Ancient society not only favored concubines, but also the male pets of emperors.
Wu Zetian is the only female emperor in the history of our country. In her early years, she was a talented person of Emperor Taizong of Tang and later became the empress of Emperor Gaozong of Tang. After Li Zhi's death, she gradually took charge of the affairs of the dynasty and eventually became emperor. A woman who dies of her husband in middle age and has to support the whole world alone, and many times it is inevitable that she will be lonely. Women in the Tang Dynasty had a high social status, and as empresses, it was understandable to raise several male pets. So a group of male pets began to cultivate, the most famous are Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong brothers. Just like Zhao Feiyan and Zhao Hede, the two men served on the side of the king.
Zhang Yizhi was born in a noble family, young and beautiful and strong, and met Wu Zetian's criteria for choosing favors. Legend has it that Zhang Yizhi is not only tall, fair-skinned, and exquisite in facial features, but also versatile, able to write and sing songs. Now he is also a proper singer-songwriter, and no matter how old a woman is, she has a girlish heart, so he is soon deeply loved by Wu Zetian. Zhang Yizhi not only received the love of the empress himself, but also recommended his younger brother Zhang Changzong to enter the palace. As soon as Zhang Changzong entered the palace, he was appointed as the Spring Official Attendant and the Duke of Yiguo. The two brothers achieved their goal of success by conquering the empress, and they were in the limelight for a while.
Success is too easy, the two have the support of the empress is simply not good, privately discuss the government to slander the minister, there is nothing to dare to do. Wu Zetian was also old at that time, and it was up to them to come. Later, the Zhang brothers' hands reached out to the government, some people impeached them, and the empress even belittled the impeached officials.
Once, Wu Zetian's grandsons Li Chongrun, Wu Yanji, and Princess Yongtai came to see him. Before leaving, I bumped into the Zhang brothers, and a look of contempt and disdain appeared in my eyes. The Zhang brothers cried a handful of snot and tears in front of Wu Zetian, talking about the sins of the three people. This is also necessary, the heart and liver baby must be covered when he is wronged. The three were immediately executed on charges of "vainly deliberating on the palace.". One is a grandson, one is a granddaughter, and there is a granddaughter-in-law, because the two outsiders were killed by their own grandmother. The affection of the imperial family cannot be discussed in ordinary terms, which shows how much Emperor Wu loves the Zhang brothers.
According to this degree of pampering, the Zhang brothers can be a male pet and enjoy leisure and wealth, and they have to put their hands on the government, which is simply death. Later, the Zhang brothers were killed by Li Xian after the Shenlong coup, ending a legendary and absurd life.