Foreword: Yongfeng County, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province is the hometown of Ouyang Xiu, the author as a late student of Ou Gong's hometown, I hope to use the "New Book of Tang" written by Ou Gongxiu to introduce my hometown to everyone, this article is all pictured in Yongfeng County, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province, Ouyang Xiu's hometown.
Wu Zetian is a person whose brain circuits are different from those of ordinary people. Her life was full of riots that were difficult for ordinary people to understand. For example, on the issue of Princess Taiping's marriage, Wu Zetian had the riot operation of "first killing the son-in-law, then killing the niece-in-law, and then forcing his own daughter to marry the nephew".
Princess Taiping was the only living daughter of Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Wu Zetian, and Princess Taiping's first horse, Xue Shao, made Wu Zetian feel very unhappy. Xue Shao was the son of Princess Chengyang, the biological daughter of Emperor Taizong of Tang and Empress Changsun. Emperor Gaozong of Tang liked his nephew Xue Shao very much, so he gave Princess Taiping to Xue Shao.
Wu Zetian was still an empress at that time, and had not yet reached the point where he could cover the sky with one hand. Wu Zetian was very dissatisfied with Xue Shao and wanted to stir up the marriage. Wu Zetian, under the pretext that Xue Shao's sister-in-law was not from a good background, opposed the marriage on the grounds that "my daughter can be a concubine with a village woman." Xue Shao's sister-in-law was from the Lanling Xiao clan and was the niece of The Prime Minister Xiao Yu. Wu Zetian's statement is obviously unreasonable.
Emperor Gaozong of Tang did not listen to Wu Zetian's words and insisted on matching Princess Taiping with Xue Shao. Wu Zetian weighed the pros and cons, knowing that he could not turn his face to Tang Gaozong, so he agreed to this marriage. As soon as Emperor Gaozong of Tang died, Wu Zetian took charge of Qiankun alone. Wu Zetian arrested his son-in-law Xue Shao on the grounds of rebellion. No matter how Princess Taiping pleaded, Wu Zetian refused to let Xue Shao go. Poor Xue's horse was ordered by his mother-in-law to starve to death.
As soon as Xue Ma died, Wu Zetian ordered Princess Taiping to marry Wu Chengsi. In order to increase his weight in the battle for succession, Wu Chengsi also couldn't wait to marry Princess Taiping. Princess Taiping, no matter what, could not look down on the obscene Wu Chengsi. No matter how courteous Wu Chengsi was, Princess Taiping was reluctant to marry him.
Wu Zetian was afraid of forcing his daughter out of three long and two short, so he had to give up Wu Chengsi. Wu Zetian had no choice but to announce to the outside world that Wu Chengsi was ill and cancel the marriage contract between Princess Taiping and Wu Chengsi. Wu Chengsi also had no choice, only that his aunt said that he was sick and admitted that he was sick. As soon as the two nephews sang a harmony, the marriage contract between Princess Taiping and Wu Chengsi was canceled.
Wu Zetian did not die, she had an iron heart to choose a person from her nephew as her son-in-law. By the way, in ancient times, there was a saying that "cousins and cousins, born a pair". Emperor Gaozong of Tang let his daughter marry his nephew, and Wu Zetian let his daughter marry his nephew, which was also in line with the etiquette of the time.
Wu Zetian chose to come and go, and selected his nephew Wu Youji as a donkey. Wu Youji was loyal and honest, he had no skills, just because he had an empress aunt, he was crowned as the King of Qiancheng County, and was also named the Right Guard Zhonglang General. Wu Youji looks okay, not as obscene as Wu Chengsi. Under the threat of her mother, Princess Taiping really had no choice but to reluctantly agree to marry Wu Youji.
The crux of the matter is that Wu Youji is already married. In ancient times, polygamous concubines were practiced, and a man could only have one wife, but could have several concubines. Princess Taiping was an imperial daughter and could not have become a concubine. If Wu Youji wanted to marry Princess Taiping, he had to leave his original mate.
Wu Zetian pretended to summon Wu Youji into the palace to discuss matters, and then sent someone to kill Wu Youji's original partner. Poor Wu Youji's original match, did nothing wrong, just because her husband was favored by Wu Zetian, he was given a three-foot white aya. The degree of Wu Zetian's fierceness can be seen from this.
Wu Zetian first killed his son-in-law and then his niece and daughter-in-law, and finally fulfilled his wish and married his own daughter to his nephew. During Wu Zetian's reign, he let the women of the Wu family marry the Li Tang royal family on a large scale, and let the princesses of the Li family marry the descendants of the Wu family on a large scale. Under Wu Zetian's arrangement, the Li family and the Wu family became relatives who broke bones and connected tendons and became nephews and uncles.
After Wu Zetian's death, the Li Tang imperial family regained control of Qiankun, and the Wu family was not only not purged on a large scale, but also appeared such big figures as Empress Zhenshun Wu (posthumously, who was The Concubine of Tang Xuanzong before her death) and the chancellor Wu Yuanheng, benefiting from the proper arrangements made by Wu Zetian during his lifetime. It can be seen from this that although Wu Zetian is fierce and fierce, he is also far-sighted.