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In the Tang Dynasty, there were several strong women whose names were thunderous, that is, Wu Zetian, Princess Taiping, Shangguan Wan'er, and of course, Princess Wei Hou and Princess Anle. Wu Zetian needless to say, the first and only female emperor in Chinese history, Princess Taiping is the daughter of Wu Zetian, the ambition is also very large, the ability is not bad, but want to emulate the old mother Wu Zetian, also want to become the emperor, but unfortunately before there is time to think, she was killed for participating in the rebellion.
Shangguan Wan'er was cultivated by Wu Zetian, although there was a feud between them (because Wu Zetian killed Shangguan Wan'er's family, and in the end only Wan'er and Wan'er's mother were sent to the palace as maids). However, Shangguan Wan'er's ability was good, and after being valued by Wu Zetian, Shangguan Wan'er stepped into a higher position step by step, almost one person below ten thousand people, known as "The Prime Minister", although there is no name for the Prime Minister, but has the right to be the Prime Minister.
Shangguan Wan'er , compound surname Shangguan , small character Wan'er, also known as Shangguan Zhaorong, Shaanzhou Shaanxi people, ancestral home of Longxi Shangyi, Tang Dynasty female official, poet, imperial concubine. After his grandfather Shangguan Yi was killed, he was sent to the inner court with his mother Zheng Shi as a maid. At the age of fourteen, because of his wisdom and good writing, he was used by Wu Zetian and was in charge of the palace for many years, and he was known as the "Prime Minister". During the reign of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, he was given the title of Zhaorong, more powerful, and had a prominent position in the political and literary circles, and from then on, as an imperial concubine, he was in charge of the internal court and the foreign dynasty's government decrees. He once proposed to expand the library and add more bachelors, during which he presided over the elegance and evaluated the poetry of the world on behalf of the imperial court, and for a time the poets collected many of his doors, and the Quan Tang Poetry received thirty-two of his posthumous poems. In 710, Li Longji, the king of Linzi, raised an army to launch a coup d'état in Tanglong, and was killed at the same time as Wei Hou.
Originally, Shangguan Wan'er was the granddaughter of Shangguan Yi, a heavy minister of the imperial court, and was born with a noble status, Miss Qianjin, but her grandfather Shangguan Yi impeached Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian as "two saints" at that time, which offended Wu Zetian and led to the disaster of killing, and her granddaughter and daughter-in-law were also relegated to the court and became slaves (specialized in serving people), until she grew to fourteen years old, Li Zhi's health at this time was also getting worse and worse, Shangguan Wan'er looked very symbolic and intelligent, It is very pleasing to people, and after being discovered by Wu Zetian by chance, he took it with him.
Wu Zetian was afraid that Li Zhi would not be able to take care of li zhi because he often had to deal with political affairs, so he gave Shangguan Wan'er to Li Zhi, which did not serve Li Zhi for several years until the emperor died. In recent years, he has also become one of Li Zhi's concubines. After Li Zhi's death, Wu Zetian admired Shangguan Wan'er's talent, and he also needed a powerful helper, no woman could compare with Shangguan Wan'er, so he took her with him again, helped himself to advise and write a commandment, and finally became his right arm.
In order to cover the tattoo on her forehead (it is said that Wu Zetian broke her adulterous affair with Wu Sansi and stabbed her with a knife), Shangguan Wan'er invented a plum blossom makeup, that is, a makeup method that was cut into a plum blossom shape with gold and silver foil and pasted on the forehead, and later created a curly bun of the character "Shangguan Bun". Shangguan Wan'er's unique and trendy makeup outfits soon became the popular vane of datang.
Shangguan Wan'er looks very beautiful, and it is precisely because such a posture is mixed in the palace like a fish. Shangguan Wan'er had a very happy time with Cui Xiang, but later Princess Taiping discovered Cui Xiang's existence. A man like Cui Xiang would naturally be favored by Princess Taiping. Shangguan Wan'er knew that she could not fight for Princess Taiping, so she could only endure the pain of handing over Cui Xiang to her. Don't think that Shangguan Wan'er's story is over. After Cui Xiang, Shangguan Wan'er sought out other male pets, and in order to satisfy her own selfish desires, she even had an affair with Wu Zetian's male pets.
In fact, Shangguan Wan'er gradually turned from hatred to admiration for Wu Zetian, and was impressed by her ingenuity and superhuman energy. In particular, Wu Zetian's wide placement of Zhao Scholars made Shangguan Wan'er even more admired.
In February of the first year of the reign of Emperor Wu Zetian, Emperor Wu Zetian deposed Emperor Zhongzong as the King of Luling and became emperor himself. Sima Xu Jingye of Yangzhou led a crowd of 100,000 people to fight against Wu Zetian, and Luo Binwang, one of the "Four Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty" at that time, wrote "For Xu Jingye to Discuss Wu Shuo". Wan Er got it from the hands of the palace people, and because of the literary brilliance, Wan Er loved it. In the conversation with Wu Zetian, Wan Er said that she should love and care for talents, and Wu Zetian asked her to read out wu shuo. Shangguan Wan'er did not know what it meant, and hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty, but Wu Zetian insisted on reading it, and after reading it, asked: "Who made such a literary style?"
Seeing that Wu Zetian was not only not angry, but applauded Luo Binwang's article, Shangguan Wan'er immediately asked not to kill Luo Binwang' intentions, and also advised Wu Zetian to re-examine, revitalize the poetry society, and encourage the literati to write, and Wu Zetian agreed to Shangguan Wan'er's suggestion. For a time, a number of poetry prodigies such as Luo Binwang, Wang Bo, Yang Jiong, and Du Zhenyan were protected and passed down, which caused later poets such as Li Bai, Du Fu, and Bai Juyi to emerge.
The late Tang Dynasty literary scholar Lü Wen once wrote a "Song of Shangguan Zhaorong Shulou": "Han Jia Jie Yu Tang Zhaorong, Gong poetry can endow thousands of years of the same." Self-proclaimed talent is naïve, and does not obey the husband to win the woman. "Disobeying the husband and winning the woman" is an evaluation of Shangguan Wan'er's talent and character.
When Li Longji tried to turn the tide and get rid of Wei Shi and others who hindered his unification, Shangguan Wan'er was also in danger, but she still used her wisdom to show that she was willing to help Li Longji, but her performance instead gave Li Longji a wake-up call, and if she did not kill her, it would never be stable.
She has all the power and appearance, or died in a pool of blood, is too smart, too good at calculating for herself, too aware of the changes in front of her, too unaware of satisfaction in her personality, but on the other hand, if she is like an ordinary woman, married and has children, then people will not know what Shangguan Wan'er is!