In various film and television works now, in order to highlight Wu Zetian, her husband Tang Gaozong Li Zhi is often portrayed as much as possible in the direction of cowardice and weakness, while the historical Gaozong Li Zhi is not so dishy at all, so only promises.
Tang Gaozong was a very special emperor of the Tang Dynasty, during his reign the Tang Dynasty reached the largest territory and was strong, but most of his achievements were stolen by his father and wife, and even many people thought that Li Zhi was a puppet in the hands of Wu Zetian.
Benevolence is benevolent, but not dimwitted Li Zhi is the child of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin and Empress Eldest Sun, known for his filial piety from an early age, and his eldest brother Li Chengqian is completely two-way people, and such a character has also become an important reason for Li Shimin to choose Li Zhi as the crown prince after Li Chengqian was deposed.
What happened later was indeed what Li Shimin had hoped at the beginning.
When Li Taiyonghui, the King of Wei, died three years later, Li Zhi mourned and gave his brother the highest standards.
But as far as temperament is concerned, Li Zhi is indeed relatively gentle and benevolent, if he can open a side, he usually will not give a fierce hand, but this does not mean that he is completely a woman's benevolent soft bone, because he is very clear in front of the great right and wrong.
During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, the Tang Dynasty was strong and prosperous, known as the rule of Zhenguan, and during the reign of Emperor Gaozong, he also created a prosperous period, and his territory reached the largest in the early period of his reign, and later became known as the "Rule of Yonghui".
In Gaozong, there were also many advantages of Taizong, such as his diligence and humility.
When Emperor Taizong was only a great dynasty in three days, Emperor Gaozong changed it to one dynasty a day, and various systems such as the imperial examination were further improved.
During Li Zhi's reign, all aspects of the Tang Dynasty continued to progress, the population grew and agriculture developed, and the lives of the people were quite stable, although it was a shoucheng king, But Emperor Gaozong still managed the Tang Dynasty very well.
Entrusting the government to his wife was mainly because of his poor health, tang Gaozong wanted to appoint Wu Zetian as empress, deposing the original empress wang and Concubine Xiao Shu, and after Wu Zetian became empress, he constantly participated in the disposition of the imperial government.
Not only did he intervene in politics, Wu Zetian also changed from empress to queen of heaven, reaching the point of sitting on an equal footing with Emperor Gaozong.
When Wu Zetian touched the court, Emperor Gaozong rarely came forward to make a decision, and many people thought that Emperor Gaozong was afraid that Wu Zetian would be controlled by him.
But in fact, Emperor Gaozong first allowed Wu Zetian to participate in the government, on the one hand, because Wu Zetian could help himself, on the other hand, because Emperor Gaozong was not in good health and had the problem of dizziness, and it was really difficult to deal with the government alone.
After Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang, and other members of the Guanlong clique were eliminated by Li Zhi, Li Zhi's health problems occurred, and Wu Zetian began to get involved in the affairs of the former dynasty, but her main handling was basically the affairs of foreign relatives and harems.
For a long time, even if Emperor Gaozong was not in good health, he personally managed the appointment of the prime minister and the major affairs of the military state.
Not only that, Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu, who were deliberately cultivated by Empress Wu, were later deposed and suppressed by Li Zhi and cleared out of the court.
During Emperor Gaozong's lifetime, Empress Wu only participated in the affairs of the dynasty, and the real real power was still in the hands of Emperor Gaozong, and many people who were obviously opposed to Empress Wu were appointed as Zai, such as Zhao Renben, Dai Zhide, Yang Hongwu and others, which is the best proof.
The turmoil after the abolition reflected the relationship between the empress dowager, Gaozong Linde in the first year, because of the instigation of Wang Fusheng and others, saying that Wu Zetian was performing the art of victory in the palace, and Emperor Gaozong, who was furious, wrote an edict on the abolition of the empress, preparing to officially issue the edict the next day.
However, When Empress Wu learned of this, she ran to Emperor Gaozong and cried and made trouble, and in the end the matter did not succeed.
Although the deposed queen did not succeed, Shangguan Yi, the chancellor of Emperor Gaozong, and others were given a rebuke by Wu Zetian.
Although Emperor Gaozong's attempt to abolish the empress dowager failed, this also reflected that Gaozong was definitely not a person who was casually in the hands of Empress Wu, and since he had this heart and this power and responsibility, it meant that the real real power was still in his hands, not the empress dowager.
In the aftermath of the abolition, Wu Zetian knew that Emperor Gaozong wanted to depose her, and immediately ran to cry, if she really played with Emperor Gaozong, there was no need to do this at all, and she could just tear up the edict.
Emperor Gaozong wanted to make Wu Zetian regent, but the courtiers objected and gave up, and Wu Zetian could only retaliate secretly.
Later, Emperor Gaozong even openly compiled the Internal Training and the Outer QiXun to beat Wu Zetian, and he was not afraid of his wife at all.
On the whole, during the Tang Gaozong period, due to physical and other reasons, Wu Zetian had the opportunity to intervene in politics, but the real power was always in the hands of Gaozong and was not lost, and Gaozong was never a puppet or puppet in the hands of Empress Wu.
In fact, there are still many prejudices against Emperor Gaozong in later generations, and the biggest misunderstanding is that people think that Emperor Gaozong deposed his wife because he liked Wu Zetian, and then it was difficult to grasp Wu Zetian and became a vain king.
But in fact, Emperor Gaozong was a very scheming person, and behind the abolition of Wang Liwu, there was a more complicated struggle between the court and the court.
As an emperor, Emperor Gaozong was still relatively outstanding, and the Tang Dynasty was still very well managed by him.
When Emperor Gaozong was alive, Wu Zetian never dared to trespass, and interfering in politics was always within the scope given by Emperor Gaozong, and all Wu Zetian could do was to influence Emperor Gaozong, and he could not control Emperor Gaozong at all, which was far from the later Qing Dynasty Cixi and Guangxu.