Wu Zetian, female emperor of the Great Unification Dynasty in Chinese history. Guo Moruo had a very high evaluation of the female emperor, believing that Wu Zetian's Wu Zhou period continued the prosperity of Li Tang, and although the female emperor was in power, he did not go downhill, which was the credit of Wu Zetian, calling it "the government kaiyuan, the rule of hongzhenguan." ”
Wu Zetian did have the means to govern the world, on the one hand, he used cool officials to eliminate dissidents, and on the other hand, he vigorously used talents, so that the prosperous Tang Dynasty did not go downhill because of the change of power. One of the most famous people he reused was Di Renjie.
Di Renjie and Zhang Kamzhi
Di Renjie's ability is very great, it is said that gold will shine sooner or later, and sure enough, Di Renjie glowed during the Wu Zetian period and became Wu Zetian's most trusted humerus minister. Di Renjie also lived up to Wu Zetian's promotion and reuse, he assisted Wu Zetian in orderly governance of the country, and also recommended many talents for Wu Zetian. However, among these talents recommended by Di Renjie, several of them were involved in the Shenlong coup, and when I looked back, when Di Renjie recommended them, it was not known whether they already had a premeditated plan.
However, Zhang Kamzhi was absolutely not false that he was single-handedly promoted, and Yao Chongzhi also exerted force from it, which eventually made the elderly Zhang Kamzhi come to a "plum open twice" in his later years and became the prime minister.
Zhang Kamzhi's resume is not very shining, after many years of zhongjinshi, he was a county clerk, but in his 60s he was madly recommended by Di Renjie, even so, Zhang Kamzhi was not reused when he was transferred to the capital, and it was Di Renjie who recommended it again, and Zhang Kamzhi began to be reused by Wu Zetian, this situation is actually said to be Di Renjie's hard praise, and Wu Zetian reluctantly accepted.
So, a person in his 60s, why did Di Renjie recommend him so much? Does Zhang Kam Really have any talent in heaven and earth? It is unlikely, because he has been in the army for so many years and has not done anything decent. Therefore, Di Renjie's greatest possibility of recommending Zhang Kamzhi is to support his own forces.
Since it is a support force, why should it support an elderly Zhang Kamzhi? Is it bad to support a protégé of your own? There may be only one answer, that is, Zhang Kamzhi is old, can hide his eyes and ears, and is convenient to hide above the court, so that others can reduce their guard against him, lie dormant for many years, and finally push Wu Zetian off the altar in one fell swoop.
Zhang Kamzhi is a dark chess piece that Di Renjie laid around Wu Zetian many years ago!
Zhang Kam's calculation did not count the ending at the beginning
During the Wu Zetian period, the power above her court was roughly divided into three aspects, one was Wu Zetian's male favorite Tiantuan combination, Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi, these two relied on Wu Zetian's favor, the power was monstrous, and for a time became a presence that no one could provoke. One is the power of Wu Zetian's mother's family, temporarily called the Wu clique headed by Wu Sansi, with the status of Wu Zetian, the strength of the Wu clan is also very strong, worthy of the name of the royal family. There is also a force, that is, the small group of prime ministers, this side of the force above the court huddled together for warmth, sandwiched between Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi's Zhang clique and wu clique, typically in the gap to survive, this side of the force, when Wu Zetian was dying of old age, led by Zhang Kamzhi.
Finally, in 705, the Five Kings clique led by Zhang Kamzhi suddenly launched a coup d'état that had been accumulating strength since the time of Di Renjie, from "planning for a long time" to "thunder strike", and successfully drove Wu Zetian off the altar. After ending Wu Zhou, Li Tangjiangshan was renewed, and Tang Zhongzong was pushed to the peak of power again. Although this coup was easy at this time, it was extremely dangerous during the period, after all, Wu Zetian's rule for so many years was deeply rooted, and the Zhang brothers were powerful, and this coup, in addition to Zhang Kamzhi's own power, also relied on the power of the Li family, which successfully took down the Zhang brothers and changed the world to Li again.
The victory of the Five Kings Group made Zhang Kamzhi let down his vigilance a little, and after watching Li Xian ascend the throne, Zhang Kamzhi believed that the overall situation had been decided, and this time the merit of "Helping Emperor Fu ascend the throne" was enough to make his family prominent.
However, Zhang Kamzhi miscalculated, Li Xian was only accompanied by his wife and daughter on the day of his death, so after Li Xian became emperor again, he was extremely fond of his wife and daughter, and wanted to repay the debt he owed them for so many years. It just so happens that Li Xian's daughter-in-law is not a fuel-saving lamp, her ambition is beyond everyone's imagination, and she wants to be the second "Wu Zetian".
She wanted to complete this idea, and in front of her was a "five-king group", which became a stumbling block to her ambitions, so she found Wu Sansi, who had preserved her strength in this coup. Wu Sansi, who represented the interests of the Wu clique, learned of Empress Wei's idea, and of course he wanted to support it, which was a great opportunity for them to turn around, so they began to conspire to set off a bloody storm again.
For Wu Sansi, Zhang Kamzhi also thought about cutting the grass and removing the roots, but he needed time to accumulate strength, and at the same time "eat" the Zhang brothers and the Wu clique, he Zhang Kamzhi did not have such a big power, he needed to wait. He also held out a glimmer of hope, hoping that after Li Xian ascended the throne, the Li family would come forward to uproot Wu Sansi, but he did not expect that Li Xian chose to "hurt his wife".
Under such circumstances, Zhang Kamzhi pulled Wu Zetian off the horse for about a year, and the Five Kings Group represented by him was uprooted by Wei Hou and Wu Shi. In the face of such an earth-shaking turn, looking at the mess in front of him, Zhang Kamzhi passed away in grief.
I don't know if this Zhang Cambodia ever regretted it, regretted helping Li Xian, and asked for his own life. Zhang Kamzhi, who was originally reused by Wu Zetian, finally ended up in such a situation, and it may be more accurate to describe it as "lifting a stone and dropping it on his own feet"!