Wu Zetian, everyone is familiar with it. She was the only orthodox female emperor in Chinese history, along with Lü Hou of the Han Dynasty, who was also known as Lü Wu. When she first entered the palace, she was only a four-pin talent of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, and later because she won the favor of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, she was second-class Zhaoyi after entering the palace again, and Concubine Jin Chen was until empress. In 18 years, she completed a great change in identity.
Regarding Wu Zetian, there are two things that are widely criticized by the world: first, in order to overthrow Empress Wang and replace her, she did not hesitate to sacrifice her daughter Princess Anding; second, after Li Zhi's death, she changed Tang to Zhou, and wantonly suppressed and killed Li Tang's family. Both of these events left an extremely bad reputation for Wu Zetian, and for thousands of years, when people mentioned her, they always thought of a vicious face.
In order to pursue his rights, Wu Zetian used his heart to be vicious and sacrificed greatly. Did she regret it? In 1982, Wu Zetian's only surviving cultural relics were discovered in Henan, with 5 characters on it, revealing her true face.
In 1982, a farmer named Qu Xihuai in Dengfeng County, Henan Province, went to Songshan To collect medicine and inadvertently found a golden piece of metal in the rock crevice of The main peak of Songshan Mountain. At first, Qu Xihuai didn't care, he just thought that it was metal, and it might be useful to take it home. After returning home, Qu Xihuai took out a piece of metal while taking a breath, and suddenly found that there seemed to be a lot of handwriting on it.
handwriting? Although Qu Xihuai was not well-informed, he also had much hearsay, and he immediately realized that the metal piece in his hand was probably a historical relic. Unable to figure it out on his own, Qu Xihuai took the metal piece and went to consult the literate old man in the village. After the old people looked at it, although they were not sure what it was, they all said in unison: Qu Xihuai has picked up the treasure! Because that metal is gold.
Soon, the news spread in the village, and it didn't take long to spread throughout the ten miles and eight townships. One day an uninvited guest came to visit Qu Xihuai with the purpose of making it clear that he wanted to buy the metal piece in Qu Xihuai's hand. At first, the uninvited guest bid 1,000 yuan, but Qu Xihuai did not agree, and the highest was 100,000 yuan (100,000 yuan in 1982), and Qu Xihuai still did not agree. In this process, Qu Xihuai also gradually figured out the identity of the uninvited guest, which should be a cultural relics dealer.
The cultural relics dealer had just left on the front foot, and the cultural relics experts came to the door again. After a series of tosses, Qu Xihuai did have the idea of reporting to the relevant departments at that time, and he was very sure that the metal piece in his hand was definitely a historical relic. After the cultural relics experts came to the door, after appraisal, the conclusion reached was consistent with Qu Xihuai's judgment, and the origin of this historical relic was not trivial, and it could be called a national treasure.
After expert interpretation, the text on the metal sheet is: Shangyan, Great Zhou (Guo) Lord Wu Shuo Haole True Dao, Immortal Immortal, Zhongyue Song Mountain Gate, Tou Jin Jian Yi Tong, Beggar Three Officials and Nine Houses, Except For Wu Shuo's Crime. Taiyi Gengzi July Gengzi Seven Days Jiayin, the young envoy Hu Chaojishou again prayed and played.
According to the historical records, the expert explained that the true identity of the metal sheet was the exoneration jin jian delivered at the mountain gate when Wu Zetian visited Song Mountain in 700 AD. At that time, a total of three pieces were delivered, namely Tianguan Jinjian, Diguan Jinjian and Shuiguan Jinjian. What Qu Xihuai picked up was The Heavenly Official Jin Jian. Judging from the records on Jin Jian, Wu Zetian's purpose in delivering Jin Jian was very clear -- to remove Wu Cao's crime.
From the five words of "removing the crime of Wu Cao", we should be able to understand the heart of Wu Zetian, who was 77 years old at the time, and she regretted it and regretted the crimes committed in pursuit of rights. At the same time, these 5 words also restore the original face of Wu Zetian - the pursuit of rights may only be her momentary impulse, or it may be the passivity caused by the environment; after all, the red face is not old before the grace is broken.
It is worth mentioning that after Qu Xihuai handed over Wu Zetian Jinjian to the relevant departments, the relevant departments awarded him a pennant and a 1500 yuan bonus to reward him for his selfless behavior. Although Qu Xihuai lost a lot of money compared to the sky-high price of 100,000 yuan offered by the cultural relics dealer, he was satisfied. Qu Xihuai then used part of the 1500 yuan bonus to build a new house and continue his peasant life.