What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Tang Ming Emperor Li Longji accompanied him throughout his life. In the first half of his life, he worked hard to push the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty to the peak; in the second half of his life, he indulged in love, laying the foundation for the transformation of the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline. Shangguan Wan'er was also a controversial historical figure. A rare female politician in ancient China, leading the trend of Tang poetry. But as a courtier, he had no loyalty to speak of, and not only did he change hands several times and ask for glory, but he also confused the palace. Nevertheless, we have to admire Shangguan Wan'er's unique vision. Since Wu Zetian, the Tang Dynasty has undergone several major reshuffles, but unfortunately Li Longji finally killed her. So why did Li Longji kill her?
When Shangguan Wan'er was still in her infancy, shangguan yi, who was in a high position, and her father, Shangguan Tingzhi, were killed for drafting an edict of abolition for Emperor Gaozong of Tang, offending Wu Zetian, and Shangguan Wan'er was also enslaved in the court. Wu Zetian was Shangguan Wan'er's enemy, but Wu Zetian was also Shangguan Wan'er's benefactor. After Wu Zetian's personal examination, there was a shortage of female officials who wrote edicts around her, and she was in charge of the palace commandments. Shangguan Wan'er was born beautiful and talented. After Emperor Zhongzong of Tang succeeded to the throne, he named her Zhaorong, and her birth mother, Zheng Shi, also made Lady Peiguo.
Li Xian's life was difficult and his personality was relatively weak, and Empress Wei was also bent on learning from Wu Zetian, so she tried her best to control the government with the help of her daughter. During this period, the forces in the DPRK and China were complex, and after Wu Zetian's death, the wu family's power had not yet died, and Shangguan Wan'er had an affair with Wu Sansi in order to keep her position, and he also killed many ministers with the help of the empress, and his power was tilted for a while. For this reason, Shangguan Wan'er often admired the Wu family, and this also laid the foundation for her death.
In order to protect herself, Wan Er personally took out the original secret edict and proved that she did not help Wei Shi usurp Tang. However, Li Longji has made up his mind to cut the grass and remove the roots, and there will be no hidden dangers left. Li Longji was worried that if she spared Wan'er, she would become attached to Princess Taiping and bring greater trouble. In this way, Wan Er died tragically under Li Longji's knife, and Xiang Yu died.
No matter how he tried to push himself away, he could not escape this kind of political quick-killing behavior, this woman had any talent, so Shangguan Wan'er had to make real sacrifices to lose his life, this was no way to do it, he would undoubtedly die. No regime allows anyone who knows too much of the inside story to survive, and any political situation that changes would rather kill a thousand than spare one, as any monarch knows. Therefore, even if Shangguan Wan'er has great political skills, it is difficult for him to die.