I am Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Zhi, the third emperor of the Tang Dynasty, please don't ignore me and respect me!
Li Zhi was the most overlooked emperor in the history of the Tang Dynasty, because he was sandwiched between Li Shimin and Wu Zetian, and his aura was covered up by his father and wife. Li Shimin is an emperor with great talent, Wu Zetian is an indispensable empress, and the two have a popularity of one meter and eight meters, and Li Zhi simply does not control it.
It's not that Li Zhi is not dazzling, but that his teammates are too strong. During Li Zhi's reign, he destroyed the Western Turks, Baekje, and Goguryeo successively, allowing the Tang Dynasty to reach its peak in terms of territorial area, and under his rule, the Tang Dynasty flourished and the country became rich and the people were strong.
There is no doubt that the Tang Dynasty was a world power and a great power at that time, and many younger brothers came to study in the Tang Dynasty, especially Japan. Japan often sent emissaries to the Tang Dynasty to learn cultural knowledge, and after completing the study, returned to Japan to promote Japan's development.
After Li Zhi succeeded to the throne, in order to show friendly relations, Japan sent emissaries to present two Japanese princesses to Li Zhijin. Men like beautiful women, especially emperors. As an emperor, Li Zhi had three thousand harem beauties, and there was naturally no shortage of women around him, but only Japanese women.
Li Zhi also wanted to change his taste, so he accepted it. That night, Li Zhi pampered the Japanese princess in a hurry. However, the next day, when Li Zhi got up, he saw two women sitting next to the bed without eyebrows, dark teeth, and a miserable face, which frightened Li Zhi, and he thought he had seen a ghost.
Li Zhi shouted and let people quickly put the two unknown creatures into an iron cage. The Japanese emissary learned that Li Zhi had been frightened this morning and hurried into the palace to inquire what was going on.
Li Zhi told the story of the incident, and after the Japanese emissary listened, he said that this was a Japanese custom. After getting married, Japanese women have to hang their eyebrows off, their teeth blackened, and their faces smeared with white powder, which means that she is married.
Li Zhi was enlightened after listening to it, although he also understood, but he did not dare to spoil them anymore, he was afraid after seeing it, afraid of nightmares at night. In this way, the two Japanese princesses were sent back to Japan.
Since then, Li Zhi has a shadow in his heart, and he no longer dares to spoil Japanese women. Japanese black tooth makeup was popular in Japan and was liked by Japanese men, but it was unacceptable in the Tang Dynasty.
Each country has its own customs and culture, and the ancient Chinese foot-binding was very popular and was a kind of beauty, but it was not beautiful in Japan. Cultures are different, so the aesthetics are different!
References: New Book of Tang, Tang Huijiao, General Code, etc