In 665, the top brass of the Tang Dynasty suddenly spread the news that Empress Wu Zetian's sister, Lady Wushun of Korea, had suddenly died.
For the death of Mrs. Korea, many people who know the inside story are actually not surprised. Because this Korean lady, what she had done before, was really outrageous.
As Wu Zetian's sister, Wu Shun, even though he was already married, had an affair with Emperor Li Zhi. And after this, Wu Shun even sent his daughter to the palace and married his uncle!
These two things alone are already incredibly chaotic. But in fact, the real chaos within the martial family is actually far beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and can constantly refresh everyone's three views. The death of South Korean Lady Wu Shun, in a sense, also stems from this chaos.
So, what did The Korean Lady Wu Shun do? Behind these things, what are the hidden secrets?
To clarify these issues, we have to start with the history of the samurai. Otherwise, it would be difficult for us to understand what happened to the samurai behind us.
There is currently a great deal of controversy about the history of the samurai. Although some historical records record that the samurai family has been an official for generations, it has been very prominent since the time of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. However, later historians generally believe that this should be after Wu Zetian ascended the throne, for his own position, he took the initiative to paste gold on the face of the martial family.
At present, historians are more inclined to believe that the martial family was relatively poor in their ancestors, and later gradually started by doing business. However, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties and even the Sui and Tang Dynasties, although merchants had money, their social status was very poor. Therefore, when wu Zetian and his grandfather Wu Hua and his father Wu Shiyan were of this generation, they began to use the strong financial resources of the samurai family to seek a certain political position.
At this time, it was the Sui Dynasty, which coincided with the Sui Emperor's great construction of civil engineering and the construction of Luoyang City, and the wu family happened to be engaged in the timber business. In ancient times, wood was an important building material. If you want to build Luoyang City, you need a lot of wood. Therefore, taking this opportunity, the samurai began to gradually ascend to the throne. Relying on the timber business and being willing to throw money, Wu Hua became the Eastern Capital and was responsible for participating in the construction of Luoyang.
Although the official position of Dong du Cheng is not too high, he can often contact the top magnates. At this time, the samurai seemed to have a bright future.
But it is precisely because of this position that it has buried a major hidden danger for the samurai.
Probably because the samurai were suddenly rich, some of them could not see themselves clearly. Wu Hua's son Wu Shiyan (武士彟), the father of Wu Zetian and Wu Shun, offended Yang Su, a powerful minister of the Sui Dynasty, during this time. As a samurai, in fact, there was no opportunity to contact Yang Su. But it just so happened that in the construction of Luoyang City, Yang Su was the general person in charge, and Wu Hua was just a miscellaneous person under Yang Su's hands.
Yang Su was a truly top-notch courtier, the second most powerful figure in the Sui Dynasty at that time, second only to Emperor Yang Guang. Compared with him, the samurai is at most a little rich, not worth mentioning at all. Therefore, after offending Yang Su, the samurai was soon imprisoned, and the samurai family was about to suffer a catastrophe.
However, just when the wu family was about to be destroyed, another powerful minister of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Xiong, the King of Guan, took the initiative to stand up and speak for the wu family. As for why Yang Xiong spoke for the martial family, there is no clear record in the history books. It may be because the martial family did not hesitate to spend money at that time, or it may be that someone inside the Yang family spoke for the martial family. In short, after Yang Xiong opened his mouth, Yang Su naturally had to give a face. In the end, after the samurai lost a lot of money, the good villain saved his life.
Here I would like to say more, this Yang Xiong, who speaks for the martial family, has a niece Yang Shi. More than twenty years later, this niece Yang Shi married Wu Shiyan, that is, Wu Zetian's mother. Therefore, many historians in later generations speculated that before the samurai committed the crime, he should have had some kind of special relationship with the Yang clan, and perhaps he had reached the point of talking about marriage. Therefore, after the samurai committed the crime, the Yang clan would go to their great uncle Yang Xiong, plus the samurai were willing to throw money, and the samurai saved his life.
However, after this incident, the status of the samurai family plummeted, and the Yang clan naturally could not marry the samurai again. But for more than twenty years after that, the Yang family did not marry anyone, but stayed in their mother's house and ate and prayed to the Buddha.
As for the samurai's side, after the great catastrophe, it should have been a fortunate thing to survive. However, after this disaster, the political status of the samurai family was almost completely lost, and the family property was also smashed into most of it.
In addition, after this incident, Samurai's father, Wu Hua, was also quickly dismissed from his post. Probably because of the rapid fire attacking the heart, it didn't take long for Wu Hua to die. After Wu Hua died, The Samurai took over the Samurai family. Moreover, it should be Wu Hua's last wish before his death, and Wu Shiyan no longer had the luxury of marrying Yang Girl, but could only marry a woman named Xiang Lishi.
Later, The Samurai Clan and this Xiangli clan gave birth to two sons, Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang.
After surviving this catastrophe, samurai became more and more aware that simple wealth did not have much effect, only power and status were real. From this point on, the samurai began to pursue a position of power with all their might. In order to achieve this goal, the samurai even took the initiative to join the army, hoping to become an official by military merit. At that time, when the Sui Emperor was conquest of Goguryeo, the samurai immediately joined the army and became a team leader by throwing money.
But unfortunately, samurai himself is a good hand at business, and fighting is really not good. After two years of mixing in Liaodong, he still got nothing after returning.
After that, the samurai began to change his mind, since he did not have the talent to fight and become an official, it was better to honestly take the road of climbing the magnates.
At the same time that Samurai Changed His mind, one of the most important men in Samurai's life also came to his side. This person was the later Tang Gaozu Li Yuan.
At this time, the Sui Dynasty, because the Sui Emperor forcibly conquered Goguryeo and suffered heavy losses, had reached the brink of collapse, and peasant armies everywhere began to revolt. At this time, Li Yuan, a high-ranking nobleman of the Sui Dynasty, came to Shanxi to take up a post and became the highest official in Shanxi, slapping the military and political power. The wu family was originally from Shanxi, and the ancestral home was in Shanxi. So after Li Yuan came, Samurai Yan befriended Li Yuan for the first time. When Li Yuan first arrived in Shanxi, he lived in the old house of the martial family.
After contact, Samurai Yan quickly discovered that Li Yuan was not a simple person, and he would most likely be able to achieve great things in the future. Therefore, The Samurai Began to fully support Li Yuan, and with the financial resources of the samurai family, supported Li Yuan's cause.
The next thing, everyone is more clear. After Li Yuan arrived in Shanxi, after several years of preparation, he rebelled, then invaded Chang'an all the way, established the Tang Dynasty, and then swept the world and unified China. Before Li Yuan raised an army, the samurai gave Li Yuan a lot of support. Although in the process of unifying the world in the Tang Dynasty, the samurai did not have any military achievements, but this dragon merit was still very important.
After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Wu Shiyan was listed as a 'Taiyuan Yuanmou Hero'. Although the ranking is relatively low, the gold content of this list is still very high. The first person on the list is the later Tang Taizong Li Shimin, and the second is Pei Ning, the first prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. Those who can get on this list have basically received the honor of 'forgive one death', which is commonly known as the gold medal of death. The first few have been given the so-called 'forgiveness of two deaths'.
By this time, The Samurai Had Already become the founding hero of the Tang Dynasty and had a very high status. But after that, samurai was rarely very sober. The samurai knew his own abilities, so he did not take sides in the struggle between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, and honestly became his founding hero. And this sobriety of the samurai also laid the foundation for the glory of the samurai for hundreds of years to come.
However, shortly after Wu Shiyan became the founding hero of the Tang Dynasty, his original wife Xiang Lishi died of illness.
After Sari's death, samurai was in his forties, so it was naturally impossible not to marry. Moreover, the status of the samurai at this time was already high enough. Therefore, in 622 AD, the sixth year of Wude of the Tang Dynasty, just when the struggle between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin's brothers was at its most intense, Li Yuan took a rare opportunity to personally marry the samurai. And the object of this marriage is the Yang girl who has been reading the Buddhist scriptures for twenty years.
This year, Samurai Yan was 46 years old and Yang Shi was 44 years old.
Although when the two became relatives, they were not young. But I have to say that the two are still in good health. A year after the two became related, the Yang clan bore a daughter to the samurai and named her Wushun. After another year, the Yang family gave birth to another daughter. This daughter was the later Wu Zetian. After Wu Zetian, the two sons gave birth to another, still daughters. The daughter's name is not recorded in the history books, her name is unknown, and she later married the minister Guo Xiaoshen.
At this time, the martial artists, no matter from which point of view, are successful. As a founding hero, his status is naturally very high. Coupled with the family foundation accumulated by the martial family for many years, the martial family is not short of money, and it can be said that it is very rich. It is a wonderful day to have the right and the rich, to have both children and daughters, and not to participate in political struggles.
Two years after Wu Zetian was born, the famous Xuanwumen Incident broke out in Chang'an. After the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Shimin snatched the throne and ascended the throne as emperor. Although the emperor changed, the identity of the founding hero of the samurai was still unchanged. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he also greatly rewarded the samurai and attracted him a lot. Therefore, the status of the martial family did not waver after Li Shimin ascended the throne.
In the ninth year of Zhenguan, samurai died of illness at the age of 59.
The life of samurai is over. From his life experience, such a life should be considered perfect. However, although the story of the samurai is over, the story of the samurai is only the beginning.
Logically, the samurai have struggled all their lives, leaving a high enough status and enough wealth for the descendants of the samurai family, and the descendants should have a very good life, right? But while leaving behind wealth and status, the samurai had forgotten something else.
Such a thing is called poetry book heirloom.
In a sense, this kind of thing is more important than mere wealth and status. Chinese since ancient times, it is not unreasonable to pay attention to cultivating and reading heirlooms. In the generation of samurai, the samurai family has improved too quickly, which has led to the samurai becoming a typical upstart.
Therefore, after the death of samurai, the samurai family had a serious problem of competing for family property.
The two sons born to Samurai And Lady Hara were, legally speaking, concubines and had the right to inherit. Although Yang shi is also a proper wife, she has no son, and her daughter has no inheritance rights in ancient times. In addition, the nephews of the samurai also coveted the family property. So after that, there was a fierce conflict within the samurai family.
We don't know what happened at the time. There are very few records of this in the history books, but only that the two sons of the samurai and nephews were 'rude' to the Yang clan. But how rude it is, the history books do not say. The Yang clan is also from a rich family, accustomed to power and wealth. For this stinky money of the martial family, it may not really be in the eyes. So soon after, Yang directly returned to Luoyang with his two daughters.
With the status of the Yang family, plus the Yang family has a lot of private money, and the Yang family is not short of money. Therefore, after Yang Returned to Luoyang with his three daughters, his life was actually still going on.
But this incident was undoubtedly a major blow to the young minds of Wu Shun and the Wu Zetian sisters.
In the year of Wu Shiyan's death, Wu Shun, as the elder sister, was only 13 years old, Wu Zetian was only 12 years old, and the younger sister should have just turned ten. You can imagine that three twelve- and thirteen-year-old girls, who had just experienced the grief of losing their father, were thrown out of the house by their brothers! After experiencing this kind of thing, what kind of psychological changes will the two little girls have?
From this time on, both Wu Shun and the Wu Zetian sisters began to hate the men of the Wu family very much. This also laid the groundwork for the tragic end of the samurai man later. At the same time, the feelings of the samurai sisters have become excellent, and their hearts have become extremely deep.
After arriving in Luoyang, as the martial sisters grew up day by day. Next, the Yang family needs to consider the lifelong events of their daughter. According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, after the age of fourteen, a woman should marry. If the daughter is delayed until she is in her twenties, she will become a so-called old girl and will be laughed at by everyone. Of course, like Yang's, who only married at the age of forty-four, that is a special case, another matter.
The Yang family himself is married late and knows the problem of late marriage. Therefore, after the three daughters gradually grew up, the Yang family began to worry about the marriage of the three daughters. But fortunately, although the samurai is dead, the Yang family's status is relatively high, and it is not a problem to find a family of equal status to marry a daughter.
After that, Wu Shun, as the elder sister, first married someone, married a young man of the Helan family, Helan Yueshi.
The Helan family is a typical Guanlong family, which has held high positions for generations and has a prominent family. At a young age, Helan Yueshi had already joined the army as the Fa Cao of Li Zhen, the King of Yue, and had a bright future. This family affair is obviously a good family affair. After marrying into the Helan family, Wu Shun gave birth to a son and a daughter, the son was named Helan Minzhi, the daughter's history book did not record her life, and the wild history was rumored to be Helan Minyue.
At the same time that Wu Shun married, Wu Zetian, as his younger sister, also married someone. But Wu Zetian's marriage was a bit special.
In the eleventh year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin drove to Luoyang. During his stay in Luoyang, Li Shimin heard that the Wu family had a daughter who was particularly good-looking, so he directly ordered Wu Zetian to enter the palace and make Wu Zetian a talented person!
The fact that Wu Zetian entered the palace is recorded very simply in the history books, but if we carefully examine it, it is not difficult for us to find that there are obviously many problems hidden behind this matter. First of all, how beautiful is Wu Zetian? Can it reach Li Shimin's ears? Or did someone take the initiative to mention Wu Zetian's name in Li Shimin's ear? If someone mentioned it, who is behind it?
These problems are not recorded in the history books. It is precisely for this reason that many details of Wu Zetian's entry into the palace are very controversial.
One of the biggest controversies was that Li Shimin let Wu Zetian into the palace and made him a talented person. Is this talented person an official position? Or is it a formal concubine position? Because for a long time in ancient times, the female officials and concubines in the palace were a system. The female official in this position of talent, that is, the equivalent of Li Shimin's personal secretary, or maid, also has the obligation to be fortunate. The most curious thing for everyone is that Li Shimin had ever been fortunate to have Wu Zetian before his death? As things stand, this is less likely. Because Wu Zetian served Li Shimin for seven years, he did not have any heirs. And Li Shimin is famous for being able to give birth, and there are dozens of children...
Of course, this question has little impact on the history of the future, so there is no need to say more.
Anyway, in short, for the next ten years, Wu Zetian has been struggling hard in the palace. From a talented person of Wu Zetian, he became a nun of Ganye Temple, then became a concubine of Li Zhi, and finally became an empress of Li Zhi. This process is really too long, we don't talk much here, anyway, the process of this matter, everyone should be clear.
Let's just talk about the Wushun line.
In these more than ten years, Wushun has lived quite well. After all, the status of the Helan family is not low, and her husband Helan Yueshi has a smooth career. Therefore, in the past ten years, Wushun's line basically has nothing to talk about.
Twenty-three years after Zhenguan, the year Li Shimin died, Wu Shun was 27 years old. Two years later, when Wu Zetian entered the palace, Wu Shun was 29 years old. After another year, Wu Zetian gave birth to a son for Li Zhi, the later crown prince Li Hong. This year, Wu Shun was 30 years old.
On Wu Zetian's side, after giving birth to a child for Li Zhi, he became more and more favored and was given the title of Erpin Zhaoyi. From this time on, Wu Zetian had a certain position in the palace. Coupled with the fact that it is more favored, the identity is more special. Therefore, Wu Shun, as wu Zetian's sister, began to have the right to enter the palace to visit Wu Zetian.
This power also became the beginning of the tragedy of the samurai sisters.
For Wu Zetian at this time, Wu Zetian was actually very attached to his sister. On the one hand, at that time, Wu Zetian's situation in the palace was a bit dangerous, and he was in a cruel palace fighting environment. In this environment, Wu Shun, the sister of her, became the only person she could talk to. On the other hand, the two sisters had special experiences when they were young and had relatively good feelings, which also made Wu Zetian have a special sense of attachment to his sister Wu Shun.
However, after Wu Shun entered the palace, the situation changed somewhat.
Wu Shun, this person, is very jealous. In fact, you can compare Wu Zetian, the two sisters have the same experience, so the personality is basically the same. After entering the palace, Wu Shun saw the grandeur of the palace, and when he looked back at his home, he would inevitably feel lost.
As a result, Wu Shun's heart began to gradually breed a certain dissatisfaction.
They are all sisters, why can you marry the emperor and be deeply favored by the emperor? Can I only marry one minister?
Once this thought arises, it can no longer be suppressed. At this time, Wu Shun also began to fantasize that he could join the royal family and enjoy this transcendent treatment. But the problem is that Wu Shun has been married for many years at this time, and the children are quite old. As emperor, Li Zhi was her brother-in-law. The existence of these conditions doomed Wushun to fail to realize his ideals.
However, even so, desire still overwhelmed Wu Shun's mind. So from this time on, Wu Shun began to take the initiative to hook up with Li Zhi. Moreover, according to Noshi rumors, shortly after this, Wushun was pregnant!
When Wu Zetian knew about this, it was estimated that he would collapse. In the Tang Dynasty, it was not unusual for two sisters to marry a husband. But the problem was that Wu Shun was already married at that time, and the children were quite old! This change made Wu Zetian feel deeply betrayed.
At this time, Wu Zetian was launching a sprint towards the empress's throne. Every day when I wake up, I have to think about how to carry out a cruel palace fight. This kind of struggle, once lost, is doomed. At this time, his own sister betrayed herself and hooked up with her own man!
At this time, wu Zetian's complicated mood was really hard to imagine.
However, the fact that Wu Shun was pregnant has always been doubtful in the field of historiography. According to the rumors of the wild history, although Wu Shun was pregnant at the time, because he was already married, this was destined to be a scandal. After this, Wu Shun gave birth to a boy who succeeded Wu Zetian, nominally as the son of Wu Zetian and Li Zhisheng. This son was Li Xian, the second son of Wu Zetian.
When Li Xian was born, it was the time when the struggle between Wu Zetian and the Empress Palace was at its most intense, and it was also the time when Li Zhi was busy fighting with the old ministers for power. Therefore, at this time, Wu Zetian did not think too much about his sister's problem, or Wu Zetian was unwilling to consider this problem. But then, what Wu Shun did was even more bizarre.
Under Wu Shun's arrangement, she married her daughter, Helan Minyue, into the palace and became Li Zhi's concubine! Even if the sister and brother-in-law cheated on each other, in order to compete for favors, they even married their own daughters! This kind of means is already a bit crazy.
At this time, Wu Zetian was estimated to have been completely disappointed in his sister. The sisters, who used to have deep feelings, finally completely parted ways.
However, at this time, Wu Zetian still had no intention of doing anything to Wu Shun. On the one hand, Wu Shun was her own sister; on the other hand, Wu Zetian was busy competing for the empress's throne at this time. Just over a year after Li Xian's birth, Wu Zetian finally succeeded in the palace fight, pulled the original empress Wang Shi off the horse, and became an empress herself.
This incident is called the "Abolition of Wang Liwu" incident in the history books.
The incident of deposing Wang Liwu had a great impact on the history of the Tang Dynasty. Today, however, we will not talk about the political impact of this matter, but only the impact of this matter on the samurai. After Wu Zetian was made empress, according to the rules of the time, all the people in the martial family were canonized. Whether it was the brothers that Wu Zetian hated, or Wu Shun himself, they were all sealed in a big way.
Wu Zetian's two older brothers, Wu Yuanqing, were given the title of Zongzheng Shaoqing, Wu Yuanshuang was made Shaofu Shaojian, and Wu Shun was given the title of Lady of Korea. The rest of the Martial Family also had their own seals.
The fact that the Wu family was added to the rank of knight really could not be transferred by Wu Zetian's will. Because according to the rules of the time, it should be done, and Wu Zetian couldn't do it if he wanted to. However, the ascension of the Wu family's chicken dog to heaven also made Wu Zetian more and more angry.
When you bullied me, you just bullied me, and now because of my existence, you are added to the rank of knight?
Where is there such a truth under the heavens?
And that sister, seeing that she had struggled for many years and was not easy to get favored in the palace, began to hook up with her own man? In order to gain favor, he even sent his daughter to the palace without a face?
Such a martial artist is really a mess!
Although there were many dissatisfactions with the martial family, Wu Zetian at this time still did not have the energy to solve this problem. In addition to the little bit of family affection that remained, which made her unable to do anything, the most important thing was that Wu Zetian didn't have time to take care of this matter at this time. Although she became empress, the power of the old minister party in the court at that time was still strong. The most urgent thing for Wu Zetian to do at this time was to fight side by side with Li Zhi and try his best to suppress the Lao Chen Party.
Therefore, after the Wu family was sealed, Wu Zetian only deposed those brothers far away and kicked them to the edge of the sky. As for her sister Wu Shun, because of her special relationship with Li Zhi, Wu Zetian could not move for the time being, and could only resign herself to it, at most, depriving Wu Shun of his right to enter the palace.
It was not until four years later, as the Lao Chen Party completely lost power, that Wu Zetian secretly instructed the ministers to falsely accuse several key members of the Lao Chen Party of plotting rebellion, and finally completely exterminated these enemies. At this point, the old minister party disappeared, Li Zhi tightened his grip on imperial power, and Wu Zetian and the Cold Gate Official Party behind her finally became the most important force in the court.
Only then could Wu Zetian finally begin to consider the problem of the martial family.
But at this time, Wu Zetian found that the situation was already much more complicated than she thought. On Wu Shun's side, although under the pressure of Wu Zetian, he rarely entered the palace. But her daughter, Wu Zetian's niece, Helan Minyue, was already legitimately married to Li Zhi. Helan Minyue looked very good- and was quite favored after entering the palace. Moreover, as Helan Minyue stayed in the palace longer and longer, he even began to have the idea of competing for the position of empress.
At this point, Wu Zetian couldn't bear it at all.
If it is, the chaos of the martial family is only a matter of morality, and Wu Zetian can still achieve blindness. However, the existence of Helan Minyue brought enough pressure to Wu Zetian and threatened Wu Zetian's core interests. By this time, the so-called family affection has no meaning, and the two sides have become enemies.
In Wu Zetian's view, the martial family at this time was in urgent need of a purge.
Dirty hands can be washed with water. The heart, then it can only be completely washed away from this world.
However, how to solve the Wu family is also a difficult matter. After all, the Wu family is Wu Zetian's mother's family, and Wu Zetian is not easy to do. In addition, the Wu family had always been guarding against her, so in the next few years, Wu Zetian had never found an opportunity. But at the same time, during these years, because Li Zhi suffered from a serious headache, Wu Zetian began to extend his hand to the court and began to gradually control the government.
After several years, Wu Zetian finally found an opportunity.
A few years later, around 665 AD, Wu Zetian quietly poisoned Wu Shun and killed his own sister. For this matter, the history books record it quite vaguely, so we don't know when Wu Zetian actually took the hand and when Wu Shun died.
After Wu Shun's death, Wu Zetian did not spare Wu Shun's children.
Because of the special relationship between Wu Shun and Li Zhi, Wu Shun's husband, Helan Yueshi, had been dead for many years. When Helan Yueshi died is not recorded in the history books. It is possible that he died before Wu Shun entered the palace, so Wu Shun would hook up with Li Zhi. It is also possible that after Wu Shun entered the palace, he had an affair with Li Zhi and was killed by Wu Shun or Li Zhi's black hand. No matter what the possibility, anyway, at this time, Helan Yueshi was dead, and only his son Helan Minzhi and Helan Minyue, who married Li Zhi, were left.
In 666, Wu Zetian found another opportunity. In this year, Li Zhi sealed Mount Taishan, and Wu Zetian accompanied Li Zhi to carry out Zen sealing. Since it is a Zen, officials from all over the world naturally have to come to participate. Naturally, the brothers of the samurai family also wanted to come.
Prior to this, Wu Zetian's two half-brothers, Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang, had already been killed by Wu Zetian. Wu Yuanqing was released to Guangxi, and the local water and soil were not satisfied, and eventually fell ill and died. Wu Yuanshuang was an official, because he made a small mistake, he was kicked by Wu Zetian to Sanya, Hainan, and finally died of illness.
In addition to these two brothers, several cousins who used to bully Wu Zetian, that is, the nephews of The Samurai, were still alive at this time. In the process of sealing Zen this time, they all came to the side of Mount Tai.
These martial arts men, at this time, can be said to be extremely afraid of Wu Zetian. Although they were also members of the Wu family, it was obvious that Wu Zetian only had ill feelings towards them and only wanted them to die. Among them, Wu Zetian hated her cousins the most, Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun.
In order to clean up these Martial Families, Wu Zetian then set up a bureau.
First of all, Wu Zetian asked the martial brothers to bring some local specialties and give them a chance to show friendship. The samurai brothers naturally obeyed the orders, and thought that Wu Zetian wanted to reconcile with them, so they sent special food into the palace. However, after this, Wu Zetian sent all this food to Helan Minyue. After that, Wu Zetian directly ordered people to poison Helan Minyue, and then married the martial brothers, falsely accusing them of poisoning Helan Minyue.
In the end, the samurai brothers were killed and Helan Minyue was poisoned.
At this point, almost most of the generation of the Wu family died at the hands of Wu Zetian.
By the way, Wu Shun's only remaining son, Helan Minzhi, later survived for several years under the protection of his grandmother Yang Shi. He Lan Minzhi was originally a very talented young man, but in the end he was forced to go mad by this twisted relationship, and even raped Wu Zetian's daughter-in-law who had not passed through the door, hoping to take revenge on the Wu family. After the death of his grandmother Yang Shi, Helan Minzhi lost his protection and was soon killed by Wu Zetian.
I have to say that the story of the samurai is really too messy and too dirty. Born in such a martial family, to some extent, Wu Zetian is actually a very poor woman.
This is probably the reason why Wu Zetian could later kill and even attack his own son. Because in her life, she really did not feel any warmth of affection.
But if we carefully review the entire history of the samurai family, we can actually think about where the original source of the series of problems of the samurai family is.
Perhaps, the source of all problems lies in the year of the samurai's death.
In that year, the samurai died, leaving their descendants with unimaginable wealth and status, but not the corresponding wisdom and tutoring, which is the root cause of the samurai's later chaos.
Perhaps, when the samurai died, there was no family property and title left, and there would be no later dispute over the family property. After that, there will be no series of tragedies of the samurai.
The story of the samurai family tells us that what parents should be left to the younger generations, in fact, we should really think about it. In the case of samurai, it only left the wealth and status of the younger generations, but did not leave them enough wisdom. In this case, wealth and status will only become the source of misfortune for future generations.
Since ancient times, China has paid attention to cultivating and reading heirlooms, which is not without reason.