In the TV series "Wind Rises in Luoyang", there is a woman who is called "Huan Xiang" by Yuehua Junzun, who is deeply trusted by the saints, whose status is comparable to that of the prime minister, and who really controls the administrative power of the dynasty.
This woman is Yang Huan.
Yang Huan is a small character in "The Wind Rises in Luoyang". The reason why it is small is because she has few appearances in the play, not many scenes, and is not a key figure to promote the development of the main plot.
However, although this role of Yang Huan is small, it has an extraordinary reputation. Her prototype is Shangguan Wan'er, a talented female poet who has both beauty and talent in history, and who coexists with praise and criticism.
Shangguan Wan'er was a native of Shangyi, Longxi (present-day Tianshui, Gansu), born in Shaan County, Shaanxi (present-day Shaanxi County, Henan). Her grandfather was Shangguan Yi, the chancellor of the Tang Dynasty, and her father's name was Shangguan Tingzhi (上官庭芝), and the official zuo Qianniu (左千牛), was a subordinate official of the imperial palace during the reign of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Li Xian, during his reign as king of the domain.
In the first year of Lin De (664), Shangguan Yi and Shangguan Tingzhi were framed to death for their involvement in the deposing of Wu Hou.
Shangguan Wan'er, who was still in her infancy, was also convicted of this and was sent to the court as a slave along with her mother Zheng Shi.
Ye Ting was the place where the concubines of ancient emperors lived. Shangguan Wan'er and her mother, as the family members of the criminal officials, were assigned to the court, and their status was naturally not very high, but they were just the most inferior slaves.
Shangguan Wan'er grew up slowly in this environment, and since childhood, she has developed a character trait of being quick and clever and good at pleasing.
Shangguan Wan'er's grandfather and father are famous for their talents and learning, and in ancient times, marriage and matching pay attention to the door to the household, so as to infer that her mother Zheng shi should also be out of the scholarly Xiang Mendi, the origin of family learning, too ordinary people.
Under the teachings of her mother, she was brilliant and exported into chapters. Not only can she sing poetry, but also has a considerable ability to administer, and everyone in the palace says that she is a veritable "talented woman"
Wu Zetian, who was already a queen of heaven at that time, heard of her reputation, summoned her to come, and personally tested her knowledge.
In this examination, Shangguan Wan'er showed maturity and calmness beyond her age and unbridled talent. She did not add any points, and in one fell swoop, she quickly wrote a splendid article.
Wu Zetian was overjoyed to see this, and immediately dismissed her slave status and crowned her as a talented person.
Cai ren is located in the fifth rank of the Tang Dynasty concubines, and the rank is Zheng Wupin, which is a good starting point for girls who have just entered the harem.
From then on, Shangguan Wan'er was theoretically married to Emperor Gaozong of Tang and became one of his many wives.
However, in view of Wu Zetian's strength and authority in the harem, it was impossible for shangguan Wan'er's talent to have any real conjugal relationship with the emperor.
Shangguan Wan'er's real duty was to be Wu Zetian's assistant and in charge of the drafting and implementation of the edicts in the palace.
Wu Zetian was proclaimed empress dowager, and Shangguan Wan'er was more trusted, and almost all the edicts and edicts issued by the court were drafted and implemented by her.
In the first year of Tongtian (696), Wu Zetian let Shangguan Wan'er participate in the handling of government affairs, and many major matters of life and death were decided by her.
Suddenly, Shangguan Wan'er's power was monstrous and hot, and she became the de facto prime minister.
At that time, the real prime minister of the DPRK was not as trusted by Wu Zetian as Shangguan Wan'er, and as for the authority, it was even more needless to say.
In this way, Shangguan Wan'er has been accompanying and assisting Wu Zetian for twenty-seven years.
Although they also made mistakes during this period and were sentenced to the punishment of face wearing by Wu Zetian, on the whole, their getting along and cooperating was relatively harmonious.
With Wu Zetian's shrewd and cool personality, Shangguan Wan'er can maintain this good relationship with her for a long time, which also shows her smooth and sophisticated experience in the world and her excellent ability in interpersonal communication.
This sleek sophistication and extraordinary ability is also reflected in her relationship with other forces in the DPRK and China.
Shangguan Wan'er repeatedly facilitated the marginalized Li Zhi and Li Dan brothers at that time, and while winning gratitude and respect, she also established a good relationship with them.
She also had a fairly good relationship with Wu Zetian's beloved daughter, Princess Taiping, and was a good girlfriend who didn't talk about anything.
In addition, Shangguan Wan'er also had a scandal with Wu Zetian's nephew Wu Sansi and his favorite ministers Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Zongchang, although this may be a misunderstanding of the history books by later generations.
In the Old Book of Tang, the "tong" is used to record the relationship between them, and this "tong" does not necessarily refer to the private feelings of men and women, but also means the communication between the inner palace and the foreign ministers in more contexts.
Shangguan Wan'er's long-sleeved and good dancing, two-sided approach to the source, undoubtedly brought her more support and resources, so that she was in an invincible position in the tricky and changeable Tang Dynasty.
Unfortunately, this kind of communication method of selling everywhere does not please all people.
Some people are born your enemy, and no matter what you do, the results are the same. For Shangguan Wan'er, Li Dan's son Li Longji is one of her natural enemies.
Although Li Longji is obedient on the outside, he is an absolute machismo in his heart.
He could not tolerate a woman holding the highest power in the country and calling the shots there.
He hated all female rulers, even if they were his own grandmother, his aunt or his aunt, and the result was the same.
More importantly, Li Longji has an unusual enthusiasm and greed for power.
He would not hesitate to kill anyone who stood in his way to the top of power and anyone who tried to pull him down from the top of power, even if that person was the person closest to him.
And this is also the most fundamental reason why Shangguan Wan'er later ended up in a tragic end. Of course, this is not mentioned after a while.
In the first year of shenlong, with the secret support of the Li clan, including Li Longji's father and son, Zhang Kamzhi and others launched a mutiny to force Wu Zetian to abdicate and support Li Xian to return to the throne.
Based on the good relationship that Shangguan Wan'er had previously established with Li Xian, she was re-accepted by Li Xian. Li Xian, like his father, put Shangguan Wan'er into his harem and crowned her as Zhaorong.
Zhaorong's rank in the harem was Zheng Erpin (正二品), second only to the Fourth Concubine and Zhaoyi, and was one of the most senior empresses during the Tang Dynasty.
In this way, Shangguan Wan'er became nominally a member of Li Xian's harem wives.
Of course, this arrangement is still the same as her first marriage, and the symbolism is far greater than the reality. Although she was once ice muscle, beautiful and gorgeous, she was a gentle and elegant beauty.
But in any case, she was already forty-five years old at the time, and Fang hua was dead.
At this point, Shangguan Wan'er also became the second woman in the Tang Dynasty to marry two generations of emperors after Wu Zetian!
At this point, the woman in the TV series "Wind Rises Luoyang" who is called Huan Xiang by Yuehua Junzun is called Yang Huan.
Her historical prototype is the famous talented female poet Shangguan Wan'er.
In history, Shangguan Wan'er assisted Wu Zetian for twenty-seven years and married two generations of Tang emperors.
Because of her outstanding talent, she was once trusted by the empress and was the most powerful woman under Wu Zetian.
Unfortunately, although Shangguan Wan'er is good at dancing with long sleeves in interpersonal communication, she cannot please all people.
For Shangguan Wan'er, there is a person who is born her enemy, and this person is Li Longji.
Although she continued to show favor to him and to favor him from time to time, she could not eliminate his hostility.
In the future, Li Longji will eventually become her nightmare.
Maybe that's her fate! (To be continued)
References: "Epitaph and Preface of the Shangguan Clan of the Tang Dynasty", "Jinglong Wenguan Record", "New Book of Tang", "Old Book of Tang", "Zizhi Tongjian", etc
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