In Chinese history, princesses, as the daughters of emperors, were born with an inevitable connection with politics, but in a patriarchal society, women could not really influence the country, more through their marriage, and princesses were often a means for the emperor to win over his courtiers and use marriage to improve relations.
But there are also some princesses, who are not willing to be pawns all their lives, want to control their own destiny, they have begun to become more active in the political arena, and some people have really done this, that is, the Princess Taiping of the Tang Dynasty, she is also a famous female politician in history.
Princess Taiping was a delicate daughter of heaven, and her mother was the famous Wu Zetian, but earlier Princess Taiping did seem more ordinary, except for being favored by her parents, she was not involved in politics.
Until Princess Taiping's husband was killed by her mother, she also underwent a huge transformation, although she soon had a second husband, but Princess Taiping's mind was no longer on the family, and she began to get involved in politics.
But Wu Zetian also saw that her daughter had extraordinary political talents, her heart was not very comfortable, Princess Taiping did not dare to do anything, she could only find a way to please her mother, she actually had to emulate her mother everywhere, even in private life, she and her mother had raised a lot of male pets, and even she recommended her male pet to her mother, that is, the famous Erzhang brothers.
With the favor of Wu Zetian, Princess Taiping continued to develop her own power in secret, she began to like to participate in the government more and more, in the Shenlong coup, Princess Taiping also made great efforts for Li Xian's restoration, and she also got the title of Princess Taiping of Zhenguo.
Li Xian was very grateful to her, and continued to increase the power of Princess Taiping in the middle of the dynasty, she supported many officials in the court, and later Princess Taiping assisted Li Dan, successfully eliminated Wei Hou's party, and also helped Li Dan ascend to the throne, which made her more powerful in the court.
At that time, the Tang Dynasty, although the nominal emperor was Li Dan, in fact the power was in the hands of Princess Taiping and Li Longji, big things and small things in the dprk, Li Dan always asked Princess Taiping first, and then asked his son Li Longji, a large and small official in the country, Princess Taiping could be appointed or dismissed at will, although she was only a princess, but her power was already very similar to that of the emperor.
Princess Taiping was indeed very political, and she could stand in the right place in several coups, but Princess Taiping despised Li Longji, and at first she did not think that this boy could bring any threat to herself, but she did not expect that Li Longji seized the opportunity to seize the opportunity to master the forbidden army to launch a coup and successfully eliminate the power of Princess Taiping, so that Xuanzong completely grasped power.
Princess Taiping's life was indeed very exciting, it was really a big ups and downs, she was incredibly close to becoming the second empress, but she was still a little worse.
Compared with her mother, Princess Taiping's political skills were indeed somewhat immature, and Empress Wu once supported a powerful hanmen bureaucratic force, and Princess Taiping did not have this. In addition, Princess Taiping was very hesitant to deal with it when she realized that Li Longji was a threat, which also gave Li Longji the opportunity to act first, and was overturned by Li Longji in an advantageous situation, and when Wu Hou attacked political enemies, she was clean and neat, and never gave the other side the opportunity to fight back.
Of course, Princess Taiping also has some concerns in her heart, she has supported two brothers to ascend the throne, and she participated in politics as a princess, which is not convenient in many aspects, such as the mastery of the forbidden army, it is somewhat weak, and her ability to recognize and employ people is even worse.
Empress Wu was a good villain who promoted a large number of outstanding officials, but Princess Taiping herself lived a luxurious and corrupt life, and most of the officials appointed were mediocre people, the style was not good, and it was useless at the critical time, if she really became the emperor, maybe the world of the Tang Dynasty would have problems, after experiencing her affairs, the emperors of the past strengthened the management of the princesses, and then it was difficult for the princess to have any power to participate in politics, and people like Princess Taiping completely became history.