Wu Zetian was over 76 years old, and he also spent time with 2 beautiful men, and only found his cleverness after 8 years
Wu Zetian's position in history is a very special existence, because she is the first and only female emperor in the history of our country, the legendary life has made many people admire, since she became a female emperor has attracted a lot of controversy and criticism, but it is undeniable that a woman becoming an emperor is enough to see that she is a very good woman herself. She entered the palace at the age of 14, and from that moment on, she was destined to have an extraordinary life. Wu Zetian's birth is also very high, born in the family of the founding heroes, from a young age received a very good education, but also by a certain degree of political influence, coupled with her very smart since childhood, but also laid the foundation for future governance of the country. Her extraordinary beauty and intelligence were also favored by Tang Taizong, but because of her unusual courage, Li Shimin was always wary of her.
After Li Shimin's death, as a concubine who had never given birth to a child, she was going to ganye temple to become a monk. As long as you are excellent, you will shine everywhere, although she fell into the Ganye Temple as a nun, but Li Zhi always remembered her, although in terms of identity Wu Zetian is Li Zhi's stepmother, but the age difference between the two people is not very large, and the two have a good feeling for each other, so soon after Li Zhi became emperor, he took her back to the palace and pampered her.
From soft girl to woman
For Wu Zetian to be taken back to the palace by the emperor, many ministers opposed it, but the emperor insisted on going his own way, and Wu Zetian finally succeeded in returning to the palace and began her legendary life. Li Zhi was very fond of her, coupled with her excellent political talent, which was of great help to Li Zhi, who had just become emperor but the throne was unstable, Li Zhi trusted her more and more, and began to let her frequent contact with the government, which also gave her a platform to make progress and show her ambitions. Especially after becoming empress, her outstanding political talents were vividly displayed, not only to widely administer benevolent government, to help the emperor govern the government, but also to put forward many policies conducive to the development of people's livelihood, and her reputation in the people was getting better and better, which also made her more and more powerful in the imperial court, and later even with the emperor was called the second saint.
From the nun in the Ganye Temple to the queen in the palace, she has undergone a change of birth, and the reason why she has such an achievement is inseparable from her step-by-step calculation. She knew that as a woman, as deep as ever, it was useless to rely on beauty and the emperor's favor alone, and if she wanted to gain a foothold in the palace, she needed a certain means to survive. Therefore, she began to become strong, and the former Zhishu Dali, dignified and elegant Wu Zetian completely changed, became scheming, and did not hesitate to use any means for the sake of power, becoming more and more fierce. The reason why she has been favored by Li Zhi for a long time, in addition to her beautiful appearance, is also because she has a strong heart, which makes Li Zhi, who is invincible in the high place, also feel a sense of security, the two people are not only a couple with good feelings, but also partners who fight side by side in politics.
Husband and wife's allies, and good and powerful
Although Li Zhi became emperor, the imperial throne was not stable, in addition to her own lack of outstanding political talent, her personality was too cowardly, and more importantly, there were powerful ministers such as the eldest grandson Wujie and Chu Suiliang in the imperial court, who had been restraining her rights. Later, Li Zhi wanted to make Wu Zetian empress, on the one hand, because she really liked Wu Zetian, and on the other hand, she wanted to establish her own majesty as the Son of Heaven, but it was strongly opposed by these ministers, and to a certain extent, the relationship between Li Zhi and Wu Zetian was strengthened. Wu Zetian became more and more powerful, doing things vigorously, saying that there was no difference in the imperial court, she liked this form and style more and more, which made her feel greatly satisfied, and from then on her ambitions swelled, after Li Zhi's death, she grasped great power, began to sweep away her henchmen, promote her own confidants, quickly quelled civil unrest, and later deposed the emperor, and became the first female emperor in history.
At that time, after all, it was the environment of male superiority and female inferiority, and women became emperors, which made many men unconvinced, so this practice also attracted a lot of controversy. In particular, Wu Zetian's later life was also attacked and criticized, for example, her change of male pet also made her late and insecure, and Shengming's life was also vilified. Among her male favorites, the most favored are Zhang Zongchang and Zhang Yizhi, the two brothers, the emperor's favor, let the two begin to swell, from a simple male pet, after contact with political rights to become pampered and proud, and so on after the high authority, a new force was formed in the imperial court at that time, in fact, the reason why they came to this step and got so many rights was also out of Wu Zetian's acquiescence.
Is it lustful, or is it some other political intent?
When Wu Zetian was 76 years old, he still spent days and nights with male pets, was it really because of lust? It took 8 years to know her cleverness, worthy of a generation of empresses. As an emperor of a generation, Wu Zetian's actions all have certain intentions, and her approach is also relatively clever. We can put ourselves in Wu Zetian's shoes and consider that she also faced some concerns in her later years, especially on the issue of heirs, which has always made her hesitate. If the throne is passed to his son Li Xian, it is equivalent to returning power to the Li family, then the Zhou Wu regime he built, as well as the Wu family behind him, will be subject to a series of retaliations, and even be exterminated. After all, in the process of ascending to the throne, they have killed many people of the royal family, although in the eyes of the present, these people are very loyal to themselves, but once they hold power, they are bound to retaliate against themselves and the forces behind them.
However, if the throne was passed on to his nephew Wu Sansi, it would definitely cause chaos in the imperial court, and as his immediate family, Li Xian, Li Rui, and Princess Taiping would definitely be cut down and eradicated. In order to compete for power, the forces on both sides will definitely break the net, resulting in chaos in the imperial court and the people's livelihood. Therefore, the question of the heir made her very headache, and in desperation, she thought of a way to re-establish a force to tie up the Li clan and the Wu clan. At first, Wu Zetian also wanted to use the method of marriage to ease the contradictions between the two sides, but the power struggle could not be contained with emotion, and this method was not advisable. Therefore, Wu Zetian began to spoil the Zhang brothers, acquiescing to their struggle for power and profit, and finally using these two people to kill people who threatened her, which also made Li Wu feel threatened and eased the relationship between the two sides.
In 705, the Zhang brothers were killed and Li Xian ascended to the throne, and in addition to Wu Zetian's support, Wu Sansi also acquiesced, and the two sides also reached agreement in this regard. After all, in the eyes of both sides, Li Xian's becoming emperor is the best choice, and such an ending is the best. Although Wu Zetian loved the male pet, 8 years of spending days and drinking, let her bear the name, but to a certain extent eased the conflict between Li Wu, the deep intention is admirable. In the view of some scholars, Wu Zetian has been politically ups and downs all his life, and he is very familiar with the struggle for power and understands the key points in it, so he has laid out such a big situation.