Regarding the only orthodox female emperor in history, Wu Zetian, I believe that readers will have some understanding, and they are even more curious about the empress's "three palaces and six courtyards". There are some records of Wu Zetian's male favorites in the Old Book of Tang, among which the more famous ones such as Xue Huaiyi, Shen Nanxuan, Zhang Yizhi, Zhang Changzong and others are handsome and strong. In addition, there are many people who love the empress and hope to get her favor, and one of the more famous ones is our protagonist today, Song Zhiqing.
Song Zhiwen's job is to be a poet, who has joined the army and entered the career, and his life has two ups and three downs, which is extremely wonderful. Song Zhiwen was born in the first year of Emperor Gaozong's reign (656), and his family was not rich and noble, but he was not poor, and his father Song Lingwen was a general of Zuo Xiaowei lang during the reign of Emperor Gaozong.
The second year of the First Yuan Dynasty (676
According to ancient records, Song Zhiqing did not enter the dynasty as an official at this time, but returned to his hometown.
After returning to his hometown, Song Zhiqing lived a reclusive life of seeing Nanshan leisurely, and during this time, he also met with the well-known signed poet Luo Binwang (this character who later rebelled against Wu Zetian). At this point, the image of Song Zhiqing seems to be a talented and quite windy Tang Dynasty poet, and then the image of Song Zhiqing gradually becomes more complicated.
In the first year of Tianzhi (691), Song Zhiwen was summoned into the palace by Wu Zetian as a celebrity, and Yang Jiong was summoned to the Zhinei Literature Museum, and suddenly, Song Zhiqing changed from a hermit living in the grassy side of the mountain to a court courtier who was honored with the title of Golden Maiden. For this change, Song Zhiqing believed that this was the grace of the Ming Lord's knowledge, and after Wu Zetian became emperor, he extensively selected talents, so that Song Zhiqing had a head start.
This concept is reflected in many of his later poems, such as "Shaobing Yang Xuyi, Met the Grace of the Lord" in "Reminiscence of the Old Residence of Luhun on Mount Yi", "Yu Ben Yan Perch, Leisurely Mu Yujing" in "Entering the Jizhou River".
Song Zhiqing's mastery of court poetry was very skilled, and he was deeply favored by Empress Wu, and Song Zhiqing's "love" for Wu Zetian was also produced during this period.
It is said that Song Zhiqing is very confident in his appearance, believes that his appearance is not inferior to that of the Zhang family brothers, and is very eager for Wu Zetian's identity as a "male favorite". In order to achieve this goal, Song Zhiqing also used love poems to express his thoughts to Wu Zetian, which is also the main proof of Song Zhiqing's idea.
"The Ming River is unsurpassable, and I wish to take advantage of the chalk to ask for help." More will weaver girl branch stone, but also visit Chengdu to sell people. When a song full of infinite enthusiasm was sent to Wu Zetian's desk, Song Zhiqing's love was ruthlessly rejected by Wu Zetian, for the simple reason that Song Zhiqing suffered from severe bad breath.
After being rejected by Wu Zetian, Song Zhiqing was not discouraged, and instead went to pat the horse ass of Wu Zetian's favorite Zhang brothers, and it is said that he also mentioned a urinal pot for the Zhang brothers.
At that time, the Zhang brothers were really powerful and fell to the opposition, and even in the later years of Wu Zetian, Zhang Yizhi would exercise some functions and powers for Wu Zetian, and all the civil and military officials were jealous of him. In order to seduce Zhang Yizhi, Song Zhiqing wrote a large number of explicit love poems for him, and did not hesitate to get up early every day to pour a night pot for Zhang Yizhi, which was widely spread in the capital at that time, and the scholars felt that they had lost face.
According to Zhang Changzong, Zhang Yizhi not only had a clever tongue in front of Wu Zetian, but also secretly made an aphrodisiac, and Empress Wu also liked Zhang Yizhi to spit out "Youlan" when he spoke. In order to imitate Zhang Yizhi, Song Zhiqing often contained "chicken tongue incense", which is quite similar to today's chewing gum to cover up bad breath.
In the first year of Shenlong (705), the crown prince Li Xian, the chancellor Zhang Kamzhi, Cui Xuanwei and other ministers launched a mutiny in Luoyang, forcing Wu Zetian to abdicate and restore the Tang Dynasty, and Wu Zetian died that year. After Emperor Zhongzong Li Xian succeeded to the throne, Zhang Yizhi was directly executed, and Song Zhiqi was demoted to Taki Prefecture (泷州, in Luoding County, Guangdong) to join the army because of his involvement with Zhang Yizhi.
The environment in Takizhou was harsh, and Song Zhiwen was accustomed to a superior life and could not adapt to the conditions of the distribution area, so he secretly returned to Luoyang the following spring. After returning to Luoyang, Song Zhiqing hid in the home of his friend Zhang Zhongzhi, and instead of being grateful to this friend who had helped him in times of danger, Song Zhiqing sent his nephew to send a letter to Wu Sansi after hearing zhang Zhongzhi's plan to fight Wu Sansi, betraying the friend who helped him. Subsequently, due to the merits of the whistleblower, Song Zhiwen re-entered the career path and ushered in the second peak of his life.
As the courtiers were lined up with friends, Song Zhiqing was once again "implicated", and because Song Zhiqing was attached to Princess Anle and was hated by Princess Taiping, Princess Taiping exposed her bribery when she was aware of the tribute, and Emperor Zhongzong demoted him to Yue Prefecture (越州, in present-day Shaoxing, Zhejiang) as a long history.
Jingyun first year (710
In June, Li Longji and Princess Taiping murdered Princess Wei Hou and Princess Anle, and Song Zhiqing was once again implicated, "Yue Prefecture Governor Shi Song's question, Rao Prefecture's thorn Shi Ran Zuyong, sitting stuffed with Wei and Wu, all liuling tables." Two years later, When Emperor Xuanzong ascended the throne, Song Zhiwen was given death, and a generation of literati thus ended his life of "two ups and three downs".