A feudal dynasty, the emperor is respected. From the beginning of the yingzheng to the emperor's ascension to the throne, to Puyi's abdication in the storm, more than 2,000 years have passed, and nearly 500 emperors have appeared, which is the so-called: the emperor is not a family, and the country and mountains take turns to sit. This result made Qin Shi Huang very helpless, after all, in his conception, he was the first emperor, and then there were two, three, and even the ten thousand worlds, but unfortunately, the Great Qin Dynasty died twice, but Zhao Gao, as a conspirator, made a bad start for future generations, because he also wanted to be an emperor. The emperor's position is supreme, everyone yearns for it, so countless people have fought for this position, countless fathers and sons and brothers have turned against each other, and the harem concubines have done everything in order to get the emperor's favor, and the imperial family seems to be "unworthy" to have family affection and love.
Of course, not all harem concubines could and could only rely on the authority of the emperor to stabilize their position, at least not for the second half of Wu Zetian's life, because she became emperor, and when she became the first female emperor in Chinese history, she no longer needed to rely on anyone to stabilize her position. Becoming an emperor also means that she has embarked on the peak of her life, and the harem beauty can show her identity, so Wu Zetian, after she became emperor, there is no "harem", obviously there are also. Because Wu Zetian has 4 male pets that have left their names in history, then the question comes, why did these male pets fail to make Wu Zetian give birth to a prince? Before saying this, let's first look at who the four male pets of Wu Zetian are.
Xue Huaiyi.
Wu Zetian's success was accomplished by stepping on the heads of the two emperors, Tang Taizong Li Shimin brought her into the palace to give her the opportunity to contact Li Zhi, Tang Gaozong Li Zhi loved her even more, and personally sent Li Tang's Jiangshan to Wu Zetian's hands, but fortunately, when Li Zhi was alive, Wu Zetian was still very stable and did not mess up.
However, after Li Zhi's death, After Li Tang's Jiangshan changed his surname to Wu Zhou, Wu Zetian no longer had any scruples, since he was an emperor, he naturally had the appearance of an emperor, so her "harem" naturally could not be empty, and the first "harem beauty" recorded in the history books was called Xue Huaiyi, whose original name was Feng Xiaobao, and was originally just a small cargo lang.
However, this person has a unique personal charm, that is, he is strong and strong, and can speak the Tao, and later he was favored by one of Princess Qianjin's maids, and after that, Princess Qianjin offered Feng Xiaobao to her in order to please Wu Zetian, and since then Feng Xiaobao has begun to soar, in order to hide his eyes and ears, Wu Zetian ordered Feng Xiaobao to become a monk and changed his name to Xue Huaiyi. With the grace of Wu Zetian, Xue Huaiyi also asked Wu Zetian to build the White Horse Temple, and he became the abbot in his own name, and later the Turks invaded the border, and Wu Zetian ordered Xue Huaiyi to go and suppress it, but coincidentally, Xue Huaiyi arrived at the border, and the Turks withdrew, so Xue Huaiyi was greatly rewarded by Wu Zetian and made him a great general of the auxiliary state and the duke of Eguo.
Xue Huaiyi succeeded by walking the "successful" road of Yan Yi that year, but he also failed to escape the same ending as Concubine Yi, Xue Huaiyi began to "do" after he had the power, even Wu Zetian did not pay attention to it, and later a male favorite named Shen Nanmiao slowly took away Wu Zetian's favor, and Xue Huaiyi was eventually killed by Wu Zetian.
Shen Nanmiao.
Shen Nanmiao is a royal doctor, when Wu Zetian's body is ill, he will always appear in time, slowly, Shen Nanmiao's superb medical skills, let Wu Zetian's entire heart melt, coupled with the gradual dislike of Xue Huaiyi, Shen Nanmiao became Wu Zetian's second "harem beauty", of course, at this time Wu Zetian's male favorite may have other people, but it has not been recorded.
Although Shen Nanmiao is a royal doctor, he is very difficult, it is rare that he can cure Wu Zetian's illness, but he cannot resist the destruction of the old man of time, because Shen Nanmiao has entered middle age when he was admitted to the harem by Wu Zetian, it is said that he died in the harem later, and there is also a saying that Wu Zetian has a new male favorite, Shen Nanmiao very consciously quit this absurd "game".
Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi.
Following Shen Nanmiao's appearance of the new favorites called Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi, this is a pair of brothers, Zhang Changzong was able to serve Wu Zetian because of the recommendation of Princess Taiping, because of his good looks, he soon got the favor of Wu Zetian, just so-called, solo music is not as good as public music, and Zhang Changzong quickly recommended his brother Zhang Yizhi to Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian for the "talents" recommended, that is, the comers do not refuse, according to the order, so the two brothers have become Wu Zetian's inseparable left arm, power will make a person bad, the brothers and Xue Huaiyi, like Xue Huaiyi, with Wu Zetian's favor, slowly lost themselves, began to expand extremely.
In the late period of Wu Zetian's reign, these two people acted arbitrarily above the court, not only causing chaos in the government, but also killing the ministers, but Wu Zetian turned a blind eye to this, but when Wu Zetian was seriously ill, the ministers of the court supported Tang Zhongzong Li Xian's restoration and ascension to the throne, known in history as the Shenlong coup, and the brothers of Zhang Changzong, who had brought calamity to the country and the people, were also killed under the corridor of the Jixian Hall.
The reason why Wu Zetian did not give birth to a prince.
As we all know, Wu Zetian and Tang Gaozong Li Zhi had a total of 4 sons and 2 daughters, but why did Wu Zetian not give birth to a prince with male pets, the main reasons are as follows: First of all, Wu Zetian did not want to, although the Tang Dynasty was more open, although Wu Zetian was an emperor, although the male emperor could have three thousand harems, but at that time people's thinking was still very conservative, in the eyes of people at that time, Wu Zetian had male pets was already a very absurd thing, if there were children, wouldn't this make people point to the backbone and scold? Secondly, Wu Zetian's age is too large, Xue Huaiyi, as the first male favorite of Wu Zetian to follow in historical materials, according to research, his birth and death dates are 662-694, and when Xue Huaiyi was just born in 662, Wu Zetian was nearly 40 years old.
In 685 AD, Xue Huaiyi persuaded Wu Zetian to build the White Horse Temple, at this time Wu Zetian had not yet ascended the throne, it should be a few years before this time, Xue Huaiyi entered the palace, which means that when Xue Huaiyi served Wu Zetian, she was nearly 60 years old, and if she wanted to give birth to a prince at such an age, wouldn't she joke with her own life? Finally, Wu Zetian may only be able to experience the feeling of dancing alone after becoming an emperor, male emperors have harems, they must also have harems, perhaps Wu Zetian believes that this can reflect the "dignity" of being an emperor.
Conclusion:
Wu Zetian has 4 male favorites, why didn't they let Wu Zetian give birth to a prince? In fact, this is not important, Wu Zetian, as the first and only female emperor, has been controversial by posterity, and in the feudal society where male power is supreme, Wu Zetian can be said to have created a miracle. Wu Zetian seems to have a clear understanding of what she has done, so when she died, she did not let people engrave her life's deeds on her tombstone, but very "alternatively" erected a wordless stele, which was commented by posterity that this may be the wisdom of Wu Zetian's wordless stele. What do you think about that? References: Old Book of Tang, New Book of Tang, Zizhi Tongjian, etc.