We all know that in ancient times, girls married very early, usually at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and at the latest eighteen or nineteen. If you don't get married before the age of 20, it's hard to get married. By the time I was in my 40s, I was already a grandmother. However, in ancient times, there was a woman who married when she was 44 years old, and after marriage gave birth to the only female emperor in history.
And this woman is Wu Zetian's mother Yang Shi, and Wu Zetian can become emperor for no reason. The reason is that she had a very powerful mother, the Yang clan, who was born in the Sui Dynasty, and her father Yang Da was a high-ranking official in the Sui Dynasty. Later, the Sui Dynasty ended, the Tang Dynasty was established, and Yang Da's descendants were also treated well by Li Tang.
Yang Shi has been well educated since childhood, he is very knowledgeable, such a person naturally does not worry about his marriage. However, there is no clear record in history as to why Yang married at the age of 44. Some speculate that she remarried, but there is no evidence that many people believe that yang did not remarry or marry, and there is another theory that the Yang believes in Buddhism and did not marry a samurai until the age of 44.
Due to the reason that Yang was unmarried when he was young, many people thought that Yang was too talented and did not let his eyebrows be shaved, so many men were discouraged. In ancient times, men wanted to find a good wife and mother who could marry and teach their children, not a heroine who was better than himself. In addition, Yang's vision is relatively high. Generally speaking, she didn't look up to men at all, so she became an older leftover woman.
Later, after Li Yuan ascended the throne, he married the Yang clan to a samurai who had made great contributions to the country. After getting married, she had three daughters, the second of whom was the famous Wu Zetian. With such a mother, it is not surprising that Wu Zetian has a wild horse-like personality. Wu Zetian inherited her mother's strong character, so she was able to stand up again and again in desperate situations.
After Wu Zetian became Li Zhi's empress, he named his mother Lady Rongguo, and from then on raised his eyebrows. The samurai also changed their attitude towards her. Because the Yang family is a stepmother and has three daughters and no sons, they do not have a high status in the family. Later, Yang was also lucky and lived to the age of 91.
If Wu Zetian did not have such a mother, perhaps Wu Zetian would marry an ordinary official like other women, teach her husband and children at home, or after Li Shimin died, she would silently accept her fate. How do you see this?