To unravel the truth, we have to start from the excavation of Shangguan Wan'er's tomb, after the tomb was opened, the strange scene inside stunned archaeologists, and then conducted a series of studies on Shangguan Wan'er.
In September 2013, archaeologists found a royal-level high-level tomb in Xi'an's Xianxi New Area, and there was an epitaph in a prominent position in the burial chamber, which was written in seal: Tang Dynasty Zhaorong Shangguan Clan Inscription, yes, this is the famous Shangguan Wan'er Tomb!
However, the next strange scene made the archaeologists drop their jaws in shock and wonder!
Because in this tomb, there is nothing, only 4 niches, a few clay figurines, and the epitaph were found, the others were empty, and more importantly, looking through the entire tomb, I couldn't find Shangguan Wan'er's coffin!
This is strange, shangguan wan'er is who is xu, the prime minister, the figure of power and opposition, her tomb, how can there be a lot of precious funerary goods? This is good, not only did not see the funeral goods, not even the coffin, it is really weird!
But the next excavation revealed a surprising scene, the tomb has been artificially destroyed! Not the kind of tomb robbery, but the kind of deliberate destruction organized!
Who has such a deep hatred with Guan Wan'er and wants to dig a grave to vent his anger? At that time, Shangguan Wan'er was not only in power and opposition, but also as an imperial concubine, this was a royal tomb, and who was it, who had such a boldness?
Since the tomb was destroyed and the history books did not record it, the experts decided to look for clues from the epitaph of Shangguan Wan'er!
This epitaph is divided into two parts, the first half mainly writes about the origin of the Shangguan family and the situation of the Shangguan family, which is similar to the historical record, and in the second half, it records 2 unheard of stories!
The first: Shangguan Wan'er was 13 years old and was named a talented person of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, and was Li Zhi's little wife! Anyone who has read the history books knows that Shangguan Wan'er was named Zhaorong (little wife) by Emperor Zhongzong Li Xian at the age of 42, and she was 13 years old and did Li Xian's father's little wife, which is really unheard of!
The second: After Shangguan Wan'er was killed, it was Princess Taiping who paid for her to do the aftermath, and this is the focus of unlocking the truth!
Why did Princess Taiping give Shangguan Wan'er an aftermath? Because she was in Wei Hou's party power and the Taiping Princess TaoGuang was raising obscurity, she secretly befriended the Taiping Princess, and when she talked about this, she had to say Shangguan Wan'er's political motives.
Shangguan Wan'er's political strategy
After Wu Zetian was overthrown, Li Xian succeeded to the throne for Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Li Xian's eldest wife Empress Wei and his daughter Princess Anle admired Wu Zetian very much, and they also wanted to be emperor, and Princess Anle even joined forces with Wei Hou several times to ask Li Xian to make Princess Anle "Imperial Princess".
However, they were all beaten back by Shangguan Wan'er's several times, and Wei Hou's party, seeing that there was no drama, simply poisoned Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Li Xian, and then appointed Wei Hou's mother's family to control the palace and army, and supported a minor emperor to ascend the throne as a puppet.
Their purpose was very simple, they wanted to gradually become emperors themselves by hanging down the curtain and listening to the government like Wu Zetian, at this time Shangguan Wan'er felt that something was wrong, which would destroy the original power structure in the court and be unfavorable to themselves.
Therefore, she secretly contacted Princess Taiping and opposed Wei Hou's control of the imperial court, proposing that multiple ministers and Empress Wei should jointly assist the government, because this would once again balance the power, and there would be people in the imperial court who would contain Wei Hou and not be the only one.
Therefore, after consulting with Princess Taiping, she drafted an edict stating that several auxiliary ministers would assist the new emperor together with Empress Wei, and That Tang Xuanzong Li Longji and his father Li Dan would be one of the auxiliary chancellors.
However, later this edict was not adopted by Wei Hou and was tampered with, and the edict that was actually issued did not allow Li Dan to come out as an auxiliary minister.
Soon after, Tang Xuanzong Li Longji and Princess Taiping launched a military coup, Wei Hou, Princess Anle, Wu Sansi and others were all killed, and when the soldiers went to capture Shangguan Wan'er, she took out the manuscript of the edict and handed it to Li Longji, who wanted to convey a meaning: I have long been united with Princess Taiping, and I am with you!
However, after Li Longji saw it, after several considerations, he still decided to kill her!
Within a few years, Li Longji and Princess Taiping competed for power, Li Longji won the coup d'état, and Princess Taiping was killed!
Seeing this, there are a total of 2 questions that need to be answered, one is why did Li Longji kill Shangguan Wan'er? Second, who destroyed Shangguan Wan'er's tomb?
Now we can answer the second question, who destroyed Shangguan Wan'er's tomb? The answer is Li Longji, because Shangguan Wan'er is a member of Princess Taiping's gang and is a member of the same party, and Li Longji is victorious in the struggle for power with Princess Taiping.
As the saying goes, the winner is the king and the loser is the Kou, and the power obtained by Li Longji is legitimate, then the Princess Taiping must belong to the chaotic party and must be eradicated, and Shangguan Wan'er and princess Taiping's gang were also affected after the defeat of the Taiping Princess.
It should be that Li Longji thought that she was a party of Princess Taiping, so he sent someone to dig up the grave and destroy the body!
Next, answer the second question: Why did Li Longji insist on killing Shangguan Wan'er? There are two reasons, and both are reasons to kill!
1. Shangguan Wan'er lacks loyalty, and she has the potential of wall grass.
Let's look at Shangguan Wan'er's political resume, when Wu Zetian was there, she was a red person in front of Wu Zetian, the power fell to the opposition, after Wu Zetian stepped down, it is reasonable to say that she should be counted by the counterattack, but she was also associated with Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Li Xian, and was also enfeoffed, as if the power was tilted to the opposition, her status also rose, when Wei Hou was in power, although she opposed Wei Hou in individual matters, she actually had an unclear relationship with Wei Hou, otherwise Wei Hou would have cleaned her up earlier, and when Li Longji and Princess Taiping launched a coup, she was with Princess Taiping again .......。
After reading this resume, have you found that Shangguan Wan'er actually said a bad word, that is, the same as the wall grass, and it is a very smart, very politically minded wall head grass.
If such a person cannot be used by me, once she goes to the side of her political enemies, she will inevitably become a headache opponent, even if Shangguan Wan'er has defected to Li Longji, such an opportunistic figure, no one can guarantee that she will not secretly unite with her opponent in the future.
Instead of letting the tiger return to the mountain, it is better to kill it to avoid the trouble!
2. Li Longji's strategic vision determined that Shangguan Wan'er would die.
As a top politician, often looking far away, taking one step to see the next ten steps, Shangguan Wan'er is the princess of Taiping, Li Longji is very clear about the personality of his princess aunt, sooner or later they will tear their faces and fight a battle.
Shangguan Wan'er is a political veteran, talented, with extraordinary political talent, such a figure if not killed, in the future she and Princess Taiping united against herself, which is extremely dangerous, so killing her is equivalent to weakening the strength of Princess Taiping.
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