"Wing Wu Zetian · Part I": Upside down and dare to be bold, will the moth eyebrows be far away from the hall? The empty monument was speechless to meet the residual photo, and Ren Er was busy on the paper.
China has practiced a feudal system for thousands of years, and in the history of these thousands of years of feudalism, the rulers have been mostly men, but there are exceptions. There was such a famous female emperor in China, and she was Wu Zetian. Of China's hundreds of emperors, only Wu Zetian was a woman. In ancient times, it was a patriarchal society, and it was definitely very difficult for a woman to become the holder of the highest power in Wu Zetian. Then, while she has the power, she also has a contradiction with the Li family, which is supposed to be the holder of power. Why did Wu Zetian return the throne to the Li family before he died? Because she discovered a secret.
Nor is it soft on children
Wu Zetian and Emperor Gaozong of Tang Li Zhi, the four princes they raised together. According to the etiquette, these four princes were eligible to inherit the Li family's Jiangshan. If Wu Zetian wanted to become emperor, he would definitely have conflicts and conflicts with his own children, because it was very difficult to seize power from his own son, Li Hong was the first child of Wu Zetian and Tang Gaozong, and in the first year of Xianqing, according to the etiquette system, he was crown prince. In fact, the evaluation of Li Hong in the history books is very good, saying that Li Hong is both filial piety and sympathetic to the people. Tang Gaozong also liked Li Hong very much, but it was a pity that it was such a person who pinned the hopes of many people that died suddenly at the age of 23
Some historians believe that Li Hong's death may have been due to frailty and illness. However, in the view of the compilers of some ancient history books, Li Hong did not die of infirmity, he was poisoned by Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian was Li Hong's mother, and whether the claim that his mother poisoned her was true or false, the views in the history books are not necessarily true. History books are also manipulated by some political ideas, so we must not listen to all the things recorded in the history books, but must have rational analysis and based on the considerations of that era.
In the later years of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, he was frail and sickly, so Wu Zetian helped with government affairs. At that time, Emperor Gaozong of Tang had the idea of wanting Li Hong to inherit the throne, because he felt that he was frail and sickly, and it was also a good thing for the country to let the young prince inherit earlier. But at that time, Wu Zetian could be said to be monopolizing power, and for her, if Li Hong succeeded to the throne, it would mean that she had lost the rights she wanted, and she and Li Hong had disputes over the matter of the crown princess before. Therefore, some history books or some people analyze that it is these contradictions that make Wu Zetian poison Li Hong.
After the death of crown prince Li Hong, Wu Zetian and Li Xian, the second son of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, were made the new crown prince according to the etiquette. Li Xian has been very intelligent since he was a child, and Tang Gaozong also loved him very much, and he was recognized by everyone through his performance when he was supervising the country. For Wu Zetian, Li Xian also became an obstacle on the road to her rights. Later, Wu Zetian, believing that Li Xian was plotting rebellion, reduced him to a commoner and exiled him to Aba Prefecture. For Wu Zetian, although Li Xian no longer has the identity of an imperial family, he is still a hidden danger. Later, Wu Zetian sent people to force Li Xian to commit suicide. Li Xian was arguably the most talented of her many children, but she was forced to die by her mother.
Li Xian, the third child of Wu Zetian and Emperor Gaozong of Tang, was crowned emperor according to the etiquette and successfully ascended the throne. Li Xian was the famous Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, but Li Xian himself had no talent, let alone please his mother, and he became the emperor for three months before being deposed by Wu Zetian. Later, Wu Zetian's fourth son Li Dan ascended the throne, Li Dan was Tang Ruizong, Li Dan was not the real emperor, Li Dan was a puppet emperor. Wu Zetian was responsible for managing all the affairs of the DPRK and China, and Li Dan could only live in the other halls. Later, Wu Zetian established Zhou Wu, and Li Dan ceased to be emperor, was demoted to imperial heir, and imprisoned in the palace.
In his later years, he returned the throne to the Li family
For Wu Zetian, whether it was his own children or others, it was not as important as the power. She wants to be the first person to make history, she wants to be a female emperor. Wu Zetian thus became the only female emperor in Chinese history who was truly registered, but Wu Zetian also bore the insults of the ages because of some of his deeds, and some people thought that Wu Zetian was a vicious person. Wu Zetian worked hard to get the throne, so why did he return his throne to the Li family later? Because Wu Zetian discovered a secret.
Wu Zetian began to consider the issue of inheritance after her later years, and she had two choices, the first of which was to give her own jiangshan to her mother's family, that is to say, she would choose a person with the surname Wu to inherit her throne. These two choices are to return Jiangshan to the Li family. Wu Zetian hesitated, so he discussed the matter with Di Renjie, a minister he trusted very much, and di Renjie could not directly express his position on the matter of the crown prince, but only said cryptically: Since ancient times, he has only seen his son worship his mother, and he has never seen his nephew believe in incense to his aunt.
Di Renjie's words also awakened Wu Zetian, and she thought carefully and discovered the secret of this sentence. He found that, in terms of blood relations, no matter what, the son was closer than the nephew. Although she is the emperor, the people of the world believe that this is actually the Li family's Jiangshan, but it is only the wife of the Li family who sits. If the throne was passed to the Wu family, it might cause chaos in the world, and from some secular points of view at that time, in fact, she Wu Zetian was already considered to be the Li family. After Wu Zetian figured it out, he ordered Li Xian to be made crown prince, and later Li Xian was reinstated in the first year of shenlong, honoring Wu Zetian as the Emperor Of Zetian.
epilogue
If we do not read these remarks in the history books about how Wu Zetian obtained power, and just look at some of the political affairs that Wu Zetian did during his reign, we will find that in fact, Wu Zetian was a very talented emperor. We should not look at her in terms of gender, but in terms of merit and merit, whether she is competent as an emperor. Wu Zetian became the only female emperor in history, which is actually a manifestation of the awakening of ancient women's consciousness.
Reference: Wing Wu Zetian I