"Wing Wu Zetian" once said: "After being able to help Han tonggao, he can use two sheets of self-help." As the first feudal empress, Wu Zetian's life experience is legendary and prominent, and his words and deeds subvert the world's cognition.
In the context of China's ancient feudal society, men had a higher status, while women would become the objects of neglect and rejection by the world, and then endure the oppression of the external environment. However, empress Wu Zetian's ascension to the throne created a historical miracle and injected fresh blood into the development of Chinese culture.
When it comes to Empress Wu Zetian, later generations have mixed praise and criticism, and in addition to political research, many people are also very interested in Wu Zetian's private life. According to some sources, after Wu Zetian first spoiled the monk's male pet, he would actually tremble with excitement. On this issue, there are also many questions about it. Who is this monk's favorite? Why did Wu Zetian have such a special performance after pampering the monk?
As early as during Li Shimin's reign, Wu Zetian had already entered the harem, but during this time, she was only a talented person in Li Shimin's harem, and did not have a higher status.
However, for Wu Zetian, she was not willing to accept such a fate, and in the days that followed, Wu Zetian also began to secretly associate with Li Zhi, the son of Li Shimin.
After Li Shimin's death, Li Zhi ascended to the throne, based on his previous feelings for Wu Zetian, no matter how the ministers objected, Li Zhi always insisted on including Wu Zetian in the harem, and in the days that followed, Wu Zetian also became the most favored concubine of Li Zhi.
For Li Zhi, his trust in Wu Zetian reached an extremely high level.
When Li Zhi was physically ill and unable to handle the government, he would always hand over the power to Wu Zetian
。 In the long run, Wu Zetian's power in the dynasty grew, and her ambitions also swelled.
When Wu Zetian officially ascended the throne as empress, her sphere of influence was further expanded, and when Li Zhi died, Wu Zetian's path to becoming emperor became more and more smooth.
Although in the previous development process of China, there has never been a situation in which women claim to be emperors, Wu Zetian has become a person who has created history and successfully ascended to the emperor's throne.
For Wu Zetian, in addition to political power, she also hopes to be like a male emperor, form a harem, and recruit male pets to serve herself.
In the relevant historical records, it is recorded that Wu Zetian had a total of four male favorites, of which the first to become the male favorite of Wu Zetian was the monk Xue Huaiyi.
Xue Huaiyi's real name was Feng Xiaobao, and he was not originally a monk in the temple, but a small trader in Luoyang City.
In the beginning, Xue Huaiyi was the lover of the maid under Princess Qianjin, and at that time,
Princess Qianjin saw that Xue Huaiyi was tall and good-looking, so she dedicated it to Wu Zetian, who had been widowed for many years.
When Wu Zetian saw Xue Huaiyi, he was deeply attracted to him
In order to hide his eyes and ears, Wu Zetian ordered Xue Huaiyi to cut his hair and become a monk, and elected him to be the abbot of the White Horse Temple.
According to folklore, after the first favor of Xue Huaiyi, Wu Zetian trembled with excitement, and based on this question, there were many speculations from later generations.
After analyzing the many political measures taken by relevant historians during Wu Zetian's reign, it is found that the reason why Wu Zetian trembled with excitement after the first favor of Xue Huaiyi was also due to a very realistic reason.
As we all know, within the scope of the court at that time, many ministers had a very big prejudice against Wu Zetian, which also made Wu Zetian's road to power have many obstacles.
In order to distract the ministers, Wu Zetian killed Xue Huaiyi.
After having the guarantee of Wu Zetian, xue huaiyi, who had a flamboyant personality, had no one in his eyes and became the object of exclusion by many ministers, in this case, Xue Huaiyi would become the focus of attention of the ministers, and they naturally did not have much energy to oppose Wu Zetian's rule.
In Wu Zetian's view, if she could not control the situation in the court in the future, she could push Xue Huaiyi out to punish him, so as to calm the anger of the people, which was one of the most important plans in her power.
For Wu Zetian, when this plan was implemented, her political development path became bright, and for this reason, Wu Zetian would tremble with excitement after pampering Xue Huaiyi. visible
What she was excited about was not the happiness that Xue Huaiyi brought to her, but the plan to control the court through Xue Huaiyi.
In the days that followed, Xue Huaiyi became more and more arrogant, and he naturally became the target of people above the court, and it can be said that the end of Xue Huaiyi's killing was also within the scope of Wu Zetian's expectations.
epilogue
After understanding this experience of Wu Zetian, it will be found that although on the surface, Wu Zetian's recruitment of male pets is only to satisfy physical desires, in fact, behind the recruitment of male pets, there are also many unique political ideas. It can be seen that it is no coincidence that Wu Zetian can become an empress of a generation, and compared with ordinary women, Wu Zetian also has a lot of wisdom that is unimaginable to ordinary people.
From this story, we can feel that when analyzing historical figures, we should do a comprehensive analysis and avoid understanding them from a one-sided point of view. After a comprehensive understanding of history, we will also recognize a more real historical development and then draw corresponding lessons from history.
Reference: Zizhi Tongjian