Among all the sentient beings in history, only they are the most likely to be recorded in the history of youth. They have the highest career, status, and audience. In this sense, the emperor will be a historical success. Of course, this "success" does not have a positive or negative significance, from a personal point of view, Qin Ju and Zhao Gao are also successful, but they have negative factors for the country and the nation.
This trend, which has been recorded in history, has gradually become the biggest feature with the establishment of "male power". However, this does not mean that women will not become successful. Among women, the group that is most likely to enter history is the concubines.
If the broadest way for men to succeed in ancient times is to enter the official field, and it is difficult for women to succeed, the broadest road is to marry a good husband.
Therefore, people say: men are afraid of choosing the wrong line, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man!
(1) Wu Zetian's illustrious family
Wu Zetian was not the only female emperor in Chinese history. But we usually call "Wu Zetian the only female emperor in Chinese history", but this does not mean that people who are engaged in history do not understand history. The reason is simple, because except for the empress Wu Zetian, other female emperors who dressed as men, or female emperors in peasant uprisings, or female emperors who served for a day or two, had little impact on history. Wu Zetian, on the other hand, is different!
Wu Zetian was born in 624 and died in 705, aged 81 and 66 when he ascended the throne. Known as the oldest emperor and the longest-lived man.
She was not the daughter of an ordinary family, and his father, the Samurai family, was originally a business family and very rich. Later, Li Yuan stayed in Taiyuan, and Samurai Yan became good friends with him. Later, he became an important supporter of Li Yuan's rebellion. After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, he served as an important position such as Shangshu of the Ministry of Works and the Governor of Jingzhou, and was enfeoffed as the Duke of Yingguo.
Without this family background, Wu Zetian would not have been able to enter the palace. Then, after entering the palace, Wu Zetian's power was weak, and the samurai died at the age of 11. The Wu clan, led by the second brother Wu Yuanshuang, was very bad for the Wu Zetian sisters and their mother, so they belonged to the weakness of the absolute weakness in the palace.
In this case, how did Wu Zetian succeed? Mainly rely on two points, her strong character that is more men than men, and the most advantageous weapon as a weak woman - seducing male successes.
(2) The road to hegemony between Lion And Wu Zetian
For Wu Zetian's personal character evaluation, I think that "martial talents tame lions" is very appropriate. The Zizhi Tongjian says that Emperor Taizong had a group of horsemen named Shi Zixiao, which were difficult to tame. Wu Zetian entered the palace at the age of 14, that is, in 638, and happened to accompany Li Shimin to see the horse and lamented who could tame this horse?
Wu Zetian said at that time, "Concubines can, you can just give me an iron whip and an iron dagger." First whipped with an iron whip, then smashed with an iron rafter, and finally killed with a dagger to cut its throat.
It can be said that Wu Zetian is a cruel man!
Wu Zetian must be a fierce, vicious and domineering woman, otherwise, she would not be able to become an emperor. Wu Zetian directly killed his second son Li Xian and two grandsons; he killed a daughter on suspicion; and he controversially killed his eldest son Li Hong. You say it's not cruel and not poisonous!
There is a saying: Mercy does not control the soldiers, and righteousness does not control wealth.
In short, Wu Zetian had six children, four of whom had killed two, imprisoned one, and exiled one; two daughters, killed one, and loved one.
Of course, Wu Zetian was not only cruel to his own children, but also to the Li clan, and also to her two brothers.
No way, women must be more "decisive" than the men around them if they want to succeed, otherwise, others will bully you more and more.
Wu Zetian's success was simple: to seize the emperor's favor , the iron-blooded ruler and high-ranking official Houlu! In the end, wu Zetian really had to have the ability to deal with administrative affairs and the ability to distinguish between loyal and adulterous, which was the same as the male emperors!
Then, in the 12 years that Wu Zetian followed Li Shimin, because of her personality, she did not get Li Shimin's love, but instead was a kind of strict defense. In the end, he relied on the ability of a weak woman to capture Li Zhi. Thus, the use of "hearts" that are more fierce than men has gradually embarked on the road to success.