Emperor Zhongzong of Tang himself was emperor, his father was Emperor Gaozong of Tang, his younger brother was Emperor Li Dan of Emperor Ruizong of Tang, his son was Emperor Li Chongmao of Emperor Tang Shao, his nephew was Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Li Longji, and more importantly, his mother was also Emperor Wu Zetian of the Holy Spirit of Emperor Wu Zetian.
So history gave him a very glorious name: the Six Emperor Maru.
As we all know, Datang is a great era of opening up. When Li Shimin, the second head of the Tang Dynasty, was old, he adopted a fourteen-year-old beautiful woman known as "Wu Mei" as a talented person (a name for concubines).
Fourteen years old, still a young girl, if this matter were changed to the present, it would be a felony. His old man had to go to jail for a few years.
After Lao Li's death, his son Xiao Li Tang Gaozong Li Zhi not only inherited his Lao Tzu's Jiangshan, but also inherited his Lao Tzu's woman Wu Meiniang.
Wu Zetian, who had experienced two emperors, overwhelmed Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Li Zhi. In Li Zhi's later years, Wu Zetian was already able to "bow the curtain and listen to the government" with his husband Li Zhi.
After Li Zhi's death, his son, Emperor Taizong of Tang's grandson, the innovative emperor Deng Li Xian, finally stepped onto the stage of history, known as Emperor Zhongzong of Tang.
Li Xian was only the third son of Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Wu Zetian, and the emperor's throne could not have been his turn. But his two brothers, Li Hong and Li Xian, were both killed by Wu Zetian. Tiger poison has not yet eaten children, but Wu Zetian has killed three children in a row, as the modern Peking Opera "Sha Jiabang" sings: "This woman is not simple."
As the saying goes, good things are always more grinding, Li Xian only served as emperor for two months, his ass was not hot, he was rushed by his mother Wu Zetian to Hubei Fangshan Shennongjia to become a "wild man", replaced by his fourth brother Tang Ruizong Li Dan.
This Li Dan also did not sit on the imperial throne for a long time, and Wu Zetian officially left his son and established himself as emperor, which also laid the foundation for the creation of Li Xian's "Six Emperor Pills".
Wu Zetian gradually grew old in the midst of controversy, and Li Xian was remembered by his mother Wu Zetian. When his mother sent him to summon him back when the prince's team reached Shennongjia, Li Xian, thinking that his mother had sent him to kill him, was so frightened that he almost hanged himself.
Fortunately, he did not commit suicide, otherwise, the great project of the Liuwei Dihuang Pill would be abandoned halfway. Thanks to the efforts of Tang loyalists, Li Xian ascended to the throne for the second time and was still called Emperor Zhongzong of Tang.
Tang Zhongzong Li Xian, because the Liuwei Dihuang Pill had not yet been successfully studied, had no tonic to eat, and his personality and body were relatively weak, and he was poisoned by his wife and daughter who had been in the Shennongjia Mountains (really what kind of mother-in-law has what kind of daughter-in-law).
His son Li Chongjun succeeded to the throne after his father was poisoned, provoking his father's unfinished business and continuing the research of the six emperor pills.
Unfortunately, Li Chongjun's cousins, his fourth uncle Li Dan, the son of Li Dan of tang Ruizong, and his daughter Princess Taiping, after killing their third aunt, li chongjun's mother, pulled the orphan Li Chongjun from the throne.
Li Dan, like his third brother, ascended to the throne for the second time, still called Tang Ruizong. Then it was logical that Li Dan was "actively" abdicated in his later years, Li Longji succeeded to the throne, known in history as Emperor Ming of Tang or Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, and the prosperous era of Kaiyuan came.
As the nephew of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Li Xian, Li Longji finally refined into the "Six Emperor Pills". At this point, the Six Flavor Yellow Pill, Oh, it is the six Emperor Pills, which embodies the hard work and sweat of the four generations of Li Xianjia's family, that has come to a successful end.
The most difficult and successful part of the creation of the Six Emperor Pills should be the innovation point of Tang Zhongzong's old mother Wu Zetian. Emperor Zhongzong of Tang was able to make achievements on the road of innovation, and more than half of the military merit medal should go to his very unusual old mother Wu Zetian.
Wu Zetian had four sons: Li Hong, Li Xian, Li Xian, and Li Dan.
After ascending the throne, Li Zhong, the eldest son of the tenth year old, was made crown prince. However, after Wu Zetian became empress, Li Zhong was deposed and later executed.
Subsequently, Li Hong and Li Xian were successively made crown princes, but both were deposed and killed because they did not get the favor of Wu Zetian. In the first year of Emperor Gaozong's reign (680 AD), he grew up mediocre and cowardly, weak and ambitious, and was often scolded in front of Wu Zetian, and Li Xian, who was the third oldest, was made crown prince in the helplessness of sorting.
Li Xian's concubine Zhao Shi (赵氏), who was implicated by others, was imprisoned by Wu Zetian and died. Therefore, the concubine Wei Shi, who had a heart and a mind, was made a crown princess.
Li Xian listened to Wei's advice, and not only obeyed his father and mother, but also respected the Wu family. Although Wu Zetian was not satisfied with his son's cowardice, he was also reassured because he did not seize power and did not overstep his position. Therefore, Li Xian was the crown prince for three years, and sure enough, he was safe and sound.
After Li Xian became emperor, he suddenly fainted, thinking that he was the supreme heavenly son with unlimited power, and completely forgot that there was an iron-blooded old lady behind him.
Emperor Wu Zetian made the women compatriots raise their eyebrows. It's just that some small people also use their influences, pretending to be frowning, but not only did they not confuse sentient beings, but they made people feel disgusted. Empress Wei was one of many women who were hot-headed and didn't know who they were.
After Emperor Zhongzong of Tang was restored to the throne, Empress Wei actively plotted to seize power and made various moves. For his wife's various requirements, Tang Zhongzong also did not hesitate.
First, Empress Fengwei's father became king, raising her stature; Before going to the court, he handled the affairs of the dynasty with Emperor Zhongzong; The three sealed the various Wei and made them in charge of the military and government of the Beijing Division. And the most important thing is to unite the Wu party.
At that time, there were two factions in the dynasty, one was the Wu faction representing the Wu Zetian era, and the prominent representative was Wu Sansi; The second is the reformers led by Zhang Kamzhi and Jinghui. The two factions are incompatible. Empress Wei looked ahead and chose Wu Sansi as her ally.
As a reformist Zhang Kamzhi and others, have a relatively upright conduct, the key is for government affairs, is the hardcore Li Tang faction, think that women can not interfere in politics, all go cool, when Wu Zetian was so bombed down, how can he still join forces with Empress Wei.
Although Wu Sansi had hoped to become a prince in the Zetian Dynasty and was a person with an emperor's dream, now that Wu Zetian had abdicated, Wu Sansi no longer had the most powerful backstage and no great righteousness to be an emperor.
The successful revolution of Zhang Kamzhi and others also greatly weakened the strength of the Wu faction throughout the country. In Empress Wei's view, Wu Sansi was just a fierce tiger without teeth, not enough to be afraid, and relatively difficult for a dead-headed reader.
But if the two were just a simple political alliance, they would even have an adulterous affair, and it would be blatant, and the courtiers would know it. And objectively pimping Empress Wei was Tang Zhongzong.
At the beginning, Princess Anle, the daughter of Emperor Zhongzong and Empress Wei, married Wu Zongxun, the son of Wu Sansi, and Princess Anle certainly did not want her husband's family to fall for her own benefit, and Empress Wei also knew that although the Wu clan was down, the skinny camel was bigger than Ma, and there were still many resources to squeeze.
Just how to pass the barrier of Tang Zhongzong? As a former political enemy, Wu Sansi assassinated Tang Zhongzong many times, wanting to put him to death and then quickly. It was too difficult to get these two people to get along. But because of the help of another woman, the Wanli Glacier also melted in an instant.
This woman is Shangguan Wan'er. This woman is also a figure of the storm, saying that it is a demon, and it is also possible to say that it is a talented woman.
When Wu Zetian killed Shangguan Yi, but Shangguan Wan'er became one of Wu Zetian's most trusted people, what kind of cruel heart this woman should have, in order to be able to get along with her father's killer and enemy every day with a smile.
After Emperor Zhongzong of Tang ascended the throne, he became more fond of Shangguan Wan'er, and made her a concubine, leaving Wan'er to be responsible for drafting edicts and taking charge of palace affairs.
Why did the Tang Palace Secret History indulge Empress Wei to steal
Shangguan Wan'er and Wu Sansi had an affair, so they recommended Wu Sansi to Empress Wei, and personally took Wu Sansi to intercede with Emperor Zhongzong. As a result, Wu Sansi was re-active in the political arena of the Zhongzong Dynasty.
Shangguan Wan'er did this for lovers? No.
It can even be guessed that Shangguan Wan'er and Wu Sansi do not have any true feelings, she is just looking at Wu Sansi's power.
Shangguan Wan'er has no relatives, a single woman, how can she survive in the political battlefield surrounded by wolves? It can only be used to fight with force to seek balance.
At this time, Wu Sansi and Empress Wei were still monarchs and vassals, allies. But because of one thing, the relationship between the two has undergone a qualitative change.
One day and play double land, please see. Tang Zhongzong let Wu Sansi replace him, and he helped the two people to chip on the side. The two of you came and went, from time to time there was some physical contact, plus Wu Sansi could speak the Tao, eyebrows came and went, and there was some special meaning between the two of them.
In the Zizhi Tongjian, it is recorded: "Think twice and communicate with houtong. This word is not simple, the general understanding is "so", "just", but carefully tasted, even people feel that the person who promoted the adultery between the two is Tang Zhongzong, otherwise how can the word "Sui" be used to express causality?
Of course, there is another reason, how can a man and a woman show absolute trust and intimacy? The best, easiest, most important way is to have a relationship.
Therefore, it was also natural for Empress Wei and Wu to think twice about adultery.
So why would Tang Zhongzong be like this? No man can tolerate his wife having an affair, let alone the king of a country.
It turned out that when Tang Zhongzong was still a prince, Empress Hewei was relegated to Fangling, living in fear every day, not knowing when he would be assassinated, being given death, and sometimes thinking too badly, he wanted to simply die.
At this time, Empress Wei would persuade Emperor Zhongzong, saying that blessings and misfortunes are not fixed, and people will always die, so why be so anxious? It was precisely because of Empress Wei's persuasion that Emperor Zhongzong overcame the fear of death again and again and returned to Kyoshi alive.
At that time, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang privately swore to Empress Wei that if I could see the light of day again in the future, I would let you do whatever you wanted, without any restrictions. It was the two husbands and wives who had this same hardship, this special friendship, and this oath of Emperor Zhongzong, and Emperor Zhongzong of Tang tolerated Empress Wei's obedient behavior of Emperor Zhongzong.
We can see from Zhongzong's words and deeds that this man is cowardly by nature, far less strong than Empress Wei's desire to win, and without fighting spirit and desire, it is difficult to survive in this tiger and wolf world.
Therefore, a few years later, Empress Wei colluded and the pro-Wei forces in the dprk poisoned Tang Zhongzong, supported the so-called Young Emperor to ascend the throne, and proclaimed herself empress dowager, and began to dream of being called emperor.