Wu Zetian, as the first and only female emperor in Chinese history, she inherited the rule of Zhenguan and the next Kaiyuan Dynasty, and played a positive role in the development of Tang Dynasty history. The reason why he was able to ascend to the throne of God was that Wu Zetian not only had superior wisdom, but also had a strong acumen and control power in politics.
It was such an empress with a strong wrist and a strong effort to govern, but in her later years, she raised countless faces, and even in her seventies, she was criticized by the Qunchen because Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong killed their own grandsons.
Di Renjie, as Wu Zetian's closest and most trusted courtier, once advised Wu Zetian to "abstain from sex" and focus all his energy on state affairs. And when Wu Zetian showed him two things, Di Renjie was dumbfounded, and he no longer asked about Wu Zetian's private affairs, allowing Wu Zetian to open the harem.
Enter the palace for the second time and ascend to the back seat
According to experts, Wu Zetian's original name may be Wu Yuanhua. At the age of fourteen, the young and charming Wu Zetian was sent to the imperial palace by his father as a talented person of Tang Taizong Li Shimin. Although Li Shimin did not like Wu Zetian, out of his respect for Wu Zetian's father, he still gave her the title of "Wu Mei".
Wu Zetian was born in Wenshui, Shanxi, and her father, Wu Shiyan, supported Li Shimin in laying down the Tang Dynasty and was one of the founding fathers of the Tang Dynasty. However, Wu Zetian's father was originally a businessman, and in a feudal society with a class division of "scholars, peasants, industrialists, and merchants", even though he was later made the governor of Jingzhou by Li Shimin, he was still looked down upon by many readers.
Therefore, after Wu Zetian entered the imperial palace, because he was not favored by Li Shimin, coupled with the influence of his life, he was often criticized for his low status. After Li Shimin's death, the 26-year-old Wu Zetian, as a concubine who was neither favored nor had children, was sent to the Ganye Temple for practice according to the regulations of the Tang Dynasty.
However, the ambitious Wu Zetian was naturally reluctant to spend the rest of his life in the green lantern of the ancient Buddha. As early as before leaving the palace, she secretly communicated with Li Zhi, who succeeded to the throne, and with a song of "Ruyi Niang" that "does not believe in tears, open the box to check the pomegranate skirt", Li Zhi disregarded the opposition of the courtiers and welcomed her back to the palace.
Returning to the harem was only the first step for Wu Zetian, and her next plan was to ascend to the position of empress. As a woman who entered the palace for the second time, it is well known that she was once Li Shimin's concubine. Now that she could return to the imperial palace and be crowned Zhaoyi, it was already a great challenge to the feudal etiquette system, how could she sit in the position of empress?
At that time, Emperor Gaozong of Tang's Li Zhi was dissatisfied with the growing power of the elder ministers such as Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang in the imperial court, and planned to suppress the Guanlong clique by deposing the empress dowager and replacing Wu Zetian, in order to reverse his unfavorable situation. Wu Zetian also firmly seized this opportunity and took the second step in his political career.
Empress years, countless noodles
As Li Zhi's empress, Wu Zetian took over some of the power on behalf of her husband when he was ill and unable to handle state affairs. In this way, Wu Zetian developed his own power in the imperial court step by step, and in the first year of the first century, he was crowned queen of heaven and ruled together with Emperor Li Zhi, and this history was known as the "Second Holy Linchao".
Even Tang Xuanzong Li Zhi once planned to give Wu Zetian a Zen position because of wind vertigo. When Li Zhi died of illness, the crown prince Li Xian took over the emperor's will and became emperor, known as Emperor Zhongzong of Tang. After Li Xian ascended the throne, Wu Zetian also retreated to the second line, and as the empress dowager, he was raised in the palace. Who knew that Li Xian's words made her furious.
In the first year of the reign of Empress Dowager Wei, Li Xian intended to appoint Empress Wei's father Wei Xuanzhen as a servant, but Pei Yan, as chancellor, did not agree with Li Xian's decision and spoke out to prevent it. And Li Xian, angry, actually said, "Even if you give the whole world to Wei Xuanzhen, why can't you?" Such words.
Because of this, Wu Zetian united his ministers to depose Li Xian, demote him to the position of King of Luling, and make Li Dan emperor, with the historical title of Tang Ruizong. After The incident of Li Xian, Wu Zetian did not let go of his grasp of the government after Li Dan succeeded to the throne, and developed a political group with wu as the core.
In the first year of the first year of the zai dynasty, under the petitions of a series of officials, clan relatives, and Taoists, he ascended the Zetianmen Tower, gave Li Danwu the surname, changed Tang to Zhou, and began the career of empress. During his political period, Wu Zetian spared no effort, not only to break the Turks and recover Anxi, but also to create the temple examination and martial arts, and further improve China's examination system.
When he ascended to the throne, Wu Zetian also followed the example of many emperors to open up the harem and raise many heads. In feudal society, women received the baptism of education from three from four virtues from an early age, and Wu Zetian's behavior can be described as a great challenge to the feudal etiquette system, and many ministers also criticized her behavior.
Abdicated and died, and a wordless monument was erected
As a woman, Wu Zetian can sit firmly in Jiangshan, not only relying on tough political skills and excellent leadership skills, she said that her strong character is also an important factor in provoking the burden of Jiangshan. In the face of the opposition of the courtiers, she believed that this was her own private affair and did not care if it did not affect the government.
However, di Renjie, her most trusted and closest minister, also wrote to wu Zetian's male favorites, Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong, after they were in the imperial court, to advise her to restrain her behavior and not to let the situation continue to develop. If he was an ordinary minister, Wu Zetian did not pay attention to his heart, but Di Renjie's words she listened to her heart.
After a descent, Wu Zetian summoned Di Renjie into the imperial study, removed the hair, showed Di Renjie one of his black hairs, and then showed Di Renjie his teeth. Di Renjie saw that Wu Zetian's hair was dark and bright, and her teeth were also very healthy, and he knew that Wu Zetian was not obsessed with beauty.
Wu Zetian also explained to Di Renjie that the reason why she endured the absurd behavior of the face in the imperial court was only to let them share the hatred of Li's descendants for themselves, after all, The Tang was still the dynasty of the Li family. Di Renjie also quickly understood Wu Zetian's painstaking heart and stopped arguing with Wu Zetian over the matter of raising the first noodle.
When Wu Zetian died, the two Zhang brothers were also liquidated by Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, which also achieved Wu Zetian's goal of enduring them. As a famous empress in history, Wu Zetian did not personally write an inscription for his tombstone like many emperors after her death, but left a will to erect a wordless monument.
Wu Zetian knew that what he did would face the comments of future generations, so it was better to leave a wordless monument than to publicize his historical merits. Her open-mindedness and broad-mindedness are also very admirable.
Wu Zetian's life seems to have been exhausted, and he was also exterminated from the ministers who opposed him in the imperial court, and even left behind the name of "cool official politics". But it is undeniable that as a wise king, she played a positive role in the development of the Tang Dynasty, and can be regarded as a generation of Ming monarchs.
Even in the later period of her reign, later generations commented that she was "extravagant and arbitrary, and gradually gave birth to maladministration", and her actions also contained deep meaning. Even if she had many faces, she did not hesitate to be beautiful, and if it were not for the face heads to share the anger of Li's descendants for her, she would not be buried smoothly as the empress of Li Zhi.