In the final episode of the TV series "The Wind Rises in Luoyang", the remnants of the Spring and Autumn Road were swept away and handed over to the Dali Temple for trial. The evil deeds of the black hand behind the scenes and the mastermind Wu Yu were exposed and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The saint Shun Tian ying people announced the opening of the warehouse to release grain, which dissolved the grain shortage in the divine capital. She also pardoned the people of the bad wells and moved them all to LuoyangFang wells for proper placement.
This made the people rejoice and rejoice, and all of them thanked the saints for their kindness. After the storm, Shendu has returned to its former prosperity and hilarity, and the plot of "Wind Rises Luoyang" has progressed to this point, which can also be regarded as a relatively happy ending.
Seeing this, some viewers who do not know much about history may have questions, is this wise and decisive heroine emperor in the play, who is called a saint, really have someone in history? What about her final outcome?
The prototype of the saint in the play "Wind Rises Luoyang" is actually not controversial, because in ancient times, there has only been one female emperor in all of China.
She was the first and only female emperor in Chinese history, Wu Zetian.
During the period of her reign, the peasants were prosperous, the officials ruled clearly, the people rested and recuperated, and the country's strength was also thriving, and she was a rare wise and wise prince in history.
However, in the historical period of the play, Wu Zetian is over eighty years old and his energy is declining. The contradictions between the forces supporting the Li And Tang clan and the foreign relatives of the Wu clan in the DPRK and China have intensified day by day, and the conflicts have tended to be white-hot.
In order to appease the Li clan, Wu Zetian promoted many able sages loyal to Li Tang on the recommendation of the chancellor Di Renjie, hoping to reconcile the contradictions between the two factions.
But what she never expected was that it was these able sages who eventually buried her Wuzhou Dynasty.
In the first year of shenlong (705 AD), Wu Zetian fell ill, and she stayed in the palace all day, serving only zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong's brothers, and did not want to see any ministers.
Zhang Kamzhi and other ministers suspected that Zhang Yizhi's brothers would take the opportunity to cause trouble, and together with Li Xian, the crown prince, launched the so-called "Divine Dragon Revolution" in history.
Liu Su, a Tang dynasty, recorded the detailed process of this event in the book "New Language of the Tang Dynasty":
On the twenty-third day of the first month of the first year of the Divine Dragon, Zhang Kamzhi, together with Cui Xuanwei, Huan Yanfan, Jinghui, Li Zhan, Yuan Shuji, and others, led the forbidden army to revolt.
When the rebel army reached Xuanwu Gate, Zhang Kam sent Wang Tongjiao and Li Zhanxian to the Eastern Palace to ask the crown prince Li Xian to participate. Wang and Li repeatedly persuaded, but Li Xian hesitated, hesitated, and refused to agree.
He shirked and said, "Zhang Yizhi's brother is fierce and rebellious, and should be destroyed!" It's just that now that the saint's body is not safe, it is afraid that it is wrong to bother her old man's house. It is better to find another time and plan again! ”
He was hesitant and cowardly from an early age, and this kind of thing, which had to take the greatest risk, naturally refused to take the lead and do it.
Wang Tongjiao saw that the persuasion was ineffective, so he simply helped him directly onto the horse, beat the horse and ran wildly, and went straight to Xuanwu Gate. When the rebellious sergeant saw the arrival of the prince, his morale was greatly boosted, and he slammed open the palace door and broke into the palace.
When they arrived at the Yingxian Temple, they met Zhang Yizhi's brothers, and the rebels rushed up and slashed them down the stairs. Subsequently, Zhang Kamzhi and others surrounded the prince to the Wu Zetian Palace.
Wu Zetian was unwell and was lying on the bed with his eyes closed. Hearing the noise and screaming, it was already known that the situation was not good. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the prince had already come down to the bed surrounded by all the courtiers.
After all, Wu Zetian was an empress of a generation, and although she was in danger, she did not see any panic at all.
She looked at the prince and said calmly, "It was you who came!" Now that the children (referring to Zhang Yizhi's brothers) have been ambushed, you go back to the East Palace! ”
Crown Prince Li Xian was at a loss, his mouth was fragmented, and he did not know what to say, which seemed particularly embarrassing. Huan Yanfan rushed forward and replied, "Where can the prince go back now?" When the Emperor (referring to Emperor Gaozong of Tang) entrusted his beloved son to His Majesty, now the crown prince has been living in the Eastern Palace for a long time, and he is old, but His Majesty has been slow to return to the government. ”
"Now the ministers have killed and rebelled with the kindness of Emperor Taizong and Taizu, and the soldiers have quelled the rebellion without bloodshed, all because the world has long been in the heart of the Li royal family."
"Your Majesty please obey the will of Heaven and spread it to your beloved son as soon as possible, then the country will continue to be endless, and it is also the luck of the people of the world!"
Wu Zetian bowed his head and said nothing, turned his eyes to see Li Zhan, and then said, "Did you kill Zhang Yizhi's brother?" I don't expect you to do such a thing! ”
Li Zhan was the son of Li Yifu, and Wu Zetian had a lot of grace for Li Yifu and regarded him as a confidant, so there would be such a statement.
In fact, at that time, the general situation had already been determined, and no matter what Wu Zetian said, he could not change the outcome of the incident, and could only retreat into the Shangyang Palace under the escort of Li Zhan. The next day, she issued an edict officially passed on to the crown prince Li Xian.
Fortunately, although Li Xian was mediocre and incompetent in the political theory of the DPRK, he was a good person in life.
He claimed the title of empress, not only did not consider Wu Zetian's harshness and coercion against him during his reign, but also paid great respect to her. Therefore, Wu Zetian's life after abdication was not difficult.
There are still aftermaths of this. It turned out that Wu Zetian was usually good at grooming, although she was nearly old, but even those close to her could not feel her old state.
After Wu Zetian moved into the Shangyang Palace, once when Li Xian went to see her, when he entered the door, he saw his mother's face like dead ash, described as withered, and the decaying atmosphere spread all over his body.
Li Xian, a kind man, could not help but be greatly alarmed when he saw this situation, and rushed forward to comfort him. Wu Zetian wept and said to him, "I took you back from Fangling, and I was going to pass the throne to you!" But these people who hate Zhang Kamzhi, for their own glory and wealth, have made me fall to this point! ”
Li Xian was already ashamed of forcing his mother to abdicate, and it was even more shameful to see her say this. He cried in front of his mother, and a wisp of hatred for Zhang Kamzhi and others unexpectedly rose in his heart.
This may also be the original source of the tragic experience that Zhang Kamzhi and the other five people later endured, which is not to be mentioned later!
In the time that followed, although Wu Zetian had no food and clothing, his mood was very depressed, so he lived like a year in torment.
On November 26 of the first year of shenlong (705 AD), Wu Zetian died of illness at the Xianju Hall of Shangyang Palace at the age of eighty-two.
In the last ten months of her life, Empress Wu Zetian suffered betrayal by her trusted ministers and forced by her own son.
She was intelligent and resourceful, and often boasted of being shrewd and strong, but who knew that she was planted in the hands of this mediocre and incompetent son, and it is difficult to say that it was not a fateful arrangement.
The so-called time is also the situation, the fate is also lucky, but that's it!
References: "New Book of Tang", "Old Book of Tang", "Zizhi Tongjian", "Those Things of the Tang Dynasty", etc
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