What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Speaking of the scarf does not let the eyebrows, in addition to Mulan, there are many famous women in the history of our country, all of whom are not allowed to shave eyebrows, leaving aside historical factors, such as Empress Ma, the woman of Empress Lü and Zhu Yuanzhang, can be counted, of course, so far in history, the most famous is the only female emperor of China - Wu Zetian.
Wu Zetian was the only female emperor of China. According to historical records, Wu Zetian had 4 sons and 2 daughters in his lifetime, of which 2 sons and 1 daughter died directly at her hands.
They were the eldest daughter, Princess Anding, the eldest son, Li Hong, and the second son, Li Xian. And the reason why Wu Zetian killed his parents was only one, that is, for power.
Sima Guang once recorded in the Zizhi Tongjian that empress Wu Zetian poisoned her own son, Li Hong. However, in the Old Book of Tang in the Five Dynasties period, there is no such record.
So, is it true that Wu Zetian poisoned his parents?
Coincidentally, Wu Zetian's beastly behavior was exposed by an epitaph in Shaanxi, and the historical records were indeed true!
When Princess Anding was born, Wu Zetian was still just a Zhaoyi. In order to overthrow Empress Wang, she smothered her newborn daughter and blamed Empress Wang. And this poisonous plan directly led to the fall of Empress Wang and the ascension of Wu Zetian to the throne.
After the depose of the crown prince Li Zhong, because of Li Hong's temperament, Emperor Gaozong of Tang transferred the original rights to Wu Zetian and slowly gave Li Hong the idea of letting him succeed to the throne.
But in the eyes of Zi Ah Wu Zetian, the mentality of supremacy of power made her jealous of her son.
At the same time, Li Hong and Wu Zetian's political views were also different, and eventually, the contradiction between mother and child deepened.
According to the Zizhi Tongjian, "After the heavens fulfill their aspirations, the prince plays the request, counts the will, and falls out of love with the queen of heaven." ...”
In April of the second year of the First Yuan Dynasty (675), the crown prince Li Hong died suddenly and violently, at the age of 24.
Regarding Li Hong's death, Sima Guang wrote in the Zizhi Tongjian: "Hehai, the crown prince xue in the Hebi Palace. At that time, people thought that the Queen of Heaven was also a dove. ”
In other words, Li Hong was poisoned by Wu Zetian. However, in Sima Guang's view, Li Hong's death is still in doubt, so it is not recorded.
But in fact, in the Tang Dynasty, wu Zetian's killing of his son was already widespread. For example, Li Bi, a famous minister of the Middle Tang Dynasty, once said to Tang Suzong:
"Emperor Gaozong had eight sons, and Emperor Ruizong was the youngest. The four sons born to the Queen of Heaven are the first of their own deeds, so Ruizong is the fourth. Chang Yue honored the emperor, was the crown prince to supervise the country, and Renming was filial piety. After the heavens were facing the dynasty, Nai Killed Xiao Jing, and Li Yong Wang Xian was made the crown prince. ”
But in 1995, Shaanxi discovered a key piece of evidence of Li Hong's unnatural death, the Epitaph of Yan Zhuang.
The owner of the tomb, Yan Zhuang, was the son of Yan Lide, a famous minister of the Tang Dynasty, and served as the prince's family order before his death. More sensitive is the time of Yan Zhuang's death, about five months later than Li Hong.
In the epitaph, there is a passage that has attracted the attention of scholars:
It is not easy to be ignorant of the others, and the blessings are vainly deceived. The accumulation of crusts invaded Russia, entangled in the ant bed and ruined; the floating light was exhausted, and it passed away with the crane version. ”
Among them, "ant bed" refers to the spirit bed, and "crane version" refers to the coffin. In other words, Yan Zhuang died with the "ant bed" and "crane version". The owner of the "ant bed" and "crane version" is likely to refer to Li Hong.
In other words, Li Hong's death caused his family Ling Yan Zhuang to also be implicated, and eventually died with one of them. Therefore, in the eyes of many scholars, this tombstone implies that Li Hong's death was not a normal death. Wu Zetian poisoned and killed his parents, which is the ironclad evidence of history.