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Wu Zetian is a legendary woman, she is the only orthodox female emperor in China's 5,000-year history, and she is also the oldest (67 years old) emperor on the throne, and she has lived for 82 years! Speaking of conscience, Wu Zetian was a good and good emperor, and during her reign she was socially stable and economically prosperous; she also improved and developed the imperial examination system, and promoted and reused talents in an eclectic manner. Therefore, historians believe that during the Wuzhou Period, the Shangqi Zhenguan was prosperous, and the next Washi yuan was prosperous.
However, everything is good and bad, such as Wu Zetian's raising of male pets in his later years has been criticized a lot by posterity. In addition, Wu Zetian also appointed cool officials to crack down on corrupt officials, as well as vigorously suppressed members of the Li royal family, and promoted people who reused the martial family, thus consolidating his imperial power. These are all stains on Wu Zetian, and they are also the reasons why some people deny Wu Zetian. Although Wu Zetian was beautiful for a while, he could not escape aging and death, so Wu Zetian began to think about who to appoint as his successor in his old age! But at this time, Wu Zetian felt very confused, she did not know whether to make her son a prince, or to set up a martial family as a prince?
Because Wu Zetian only had two brothers, namely Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang, both of whom had only one son, namely Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi, and both of them were very favored by Wu Zetian at that time, and they were all trying to seek the position of prince! If Wu Zetian chose someone from the wu family to succeed to the throne, he could only choose from these two people. Wu Zetian's surviving sons are only the third son Li Xian and the fourth son Li Dan, both of whom had been emperors and were deposed by Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian thought: He had deposed these two sons and made them crown princes, and he always felt wrong in his heart! Moreover, in Wu Zetian's heart, he was more inclined to establish Wu Sansi as the prince of the Wu family, but he could not make up his mind!
So Wu Zetian asked the chancellor Di Renjie for help, Di Renjie was the most famous civil servant in the Wu Zhou period, he was upright, sick and evil, and repeatedly bluntly advised Wu Zetian, and Corrected a lot of Wu Zetian's maladministration! On the issue of establishing the crown prince this time, Di Renjie helped Wu Zetian a lot! Wu Zetian told Di Renjie that he didn't know whether to make a son or a nephew the crown prince! Di Renjie replied, "Which kind of relationship between an aunt and nephew and a mother and son is more intimate?" Your Majesty has made your own son the crown prince, then after you have died, you can still have your own ancestral temple and enjoy the offerings of the descendants of the ten thousand generations; if you make Wu Sansi and others the prince, Sansi is your nephew, and the subject has never heard that after your nephew becomes the son of heaven, he will worship his aunt in the temple. ”
Wu Zetian listened to Di Renjie's words, inhaled a cool breath, and almost made a big mistake. Who should be made the crown prince, Wu Zetian also had the answer in his heart! Di Renjie's words to Wu Zetian were really to the point, speaking of the pain in Wu Zetian's heart, and Wu Zetian couldn't ignore it if he wanted to. At the same time, it can also be seen from this incident that Wu Zetian is a rational and good at receiving advice, otherwise she would not have become an outstanding emperor in ancient China! Friends, what do you think of the female emperor Wu Zetian? Welcome to leave a message interactive!