When Li Longji launched a coup d'état, he did not have the heart to kill Shangguan Wan'er. However, when he saw what Shangguan Wan'er had presented, he ordered him to kill him on the spot. After Shangguan Wan'er's death, Li Longji sent someone to collect her works, compile them into a book, and circulate them.
Shangguan Wan'er's life is definitely worthy of ups and downs. During the Wu Zetian period, she leapt from the daughter of a criminal minister to the most favored talented woman, with great power and was known as the "Prime Minister". After Wu Zetian's death, she was incorporated into the harem by Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, first with the title of Jie Yu (婕妤) and then zhaorong (昭容), who was in charge of the commandments and was a favored concubine. When Li Longji launched a coup d'état, because of his excellent political sensitivity, Shangguan Wan'er stood with Princess Taiping early and supported Li Longji's father, Li Dan. It can be said that Li Longji's orders were particularly abrupt, and even the ministers around him felt incomprehensible.
However, from Li Longji's point of view, Shangguan Wan'er had to die, even though he himself admired her talent very much, and even after her death, he sent someone to collect her works and edit them into a book.
So, what did Shangguan Wan'er do to make Li Longji have to kill her?
To explain this matter, we must first talk about Shangguan Wan'er as a person. Shangguan Wan'er was from a famous family, and according to her own account, she was a descendant of Shangguan Jie, the orphan minister of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. (According to the history books, Shangguan Jie was already exterminated by Emperor Zhao of Han because of his rebellion.) ）
However, shangguan wan'er was indeed a famous person, her great-grandfather guan to northern Zhou Youzhou Taishou, great-grandfather was the deputy superintendent of the Sui Dynasty Jiangdu Palace, grandfather Shangguan Yi was the prime minister, and father Shangguan Tingzhi was the governor of dadu.
Unfortunately, Emperor Gaozong of Tang wanted to abolish Wu Zetian and gathered a group of ministers to draft edicts, including her grandfather Shangguan Yi. After Wu Zetian learned of this, Li Zhi cried with a headache and said that it was all the idea of those old ministers, so Wu Zetian beheaded Shangguan Yi with a full door. At that time, Shangguan Wan'er was not yet one year old, and Wu Zetian opened her eyes and let her follow her mother to the Yeting Palace as a slave. Since then, Shangguan Wan'er has changed from a famous girl to a slave.
Fortunately, Shangguan Wan'er's mother, Lady Zheng, was a very remarkable woman.
Instead of complaining about the unfairness of fate, she did her best to raise her daughter, teaching her to read and write and study poetry every year. By the time Shangguan Wan'er was 14 years old, she had become proficient in poetry and song and had become a famous talented woman in the palace. After Wu Zetian heard about it, he specially invited Guan Wan'er into the palace and asked her to write poems. At that time, Wu Zetian wanted to be a female emperor and was thirsty for talents, and Shangguan Wan'er was indeed talented.
Wu Zetian was very happy, and directly dismissed her as a slave and made her a "talented person" of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, who was specifically responsible for writing edicts in the palace.
Of course, Li Zhi was already seriously ill at that time, so Shangguan Wan'er's "talented person" was only a pseudonym. Shangguan Wan'er was indeed a capable person, accompanying Wu Zetian who had killed his entire clan, advancing in a measured manner, being loyal, and soon becoming Wu Zetian's most powerful assistant. Gradually, Wu Zetian began to be inseparable from Shangguan Wan'er, and all the big and small government affairs were entrusted to her to write edicts, and for a while, her power fell to the opposition, and she was known as the "Prime Minister".
How much trust did Wu Zetian have in Shangguan Wan'er? According to the "Secret History of the Crane Control House", Shangguan Wan'er once had a leg with Wu Zetian's male pet, but was later discovered by Wu Zetian and caught in the right place. The two of them were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and prostrated their heads, while Wu Zetian rushed to the crown in anger and directly drew his sword and stabbed at Shangguan Wan'er's forehead, but only pierced a small opening. After that, the matter is over.
Later, in order to cover the scar on her forehead, Shangguan Wan'er stabbed a red plum at the wound, so the red plum makeup became popular and became a representative of the Tang Dynasty makeup. In his later years, Wu Zetian gradually fainted, and Shangguan Wan'er quickly found a good backer for herself- Crown Prince Li Xian. After Li Xian succeeded to the throne, Shangguan Wan'er was given the title of Jie Yu (婕妤), and later as Zhaorong, who was still able to help Li Xian write edicts and was a very favored concubine.
Li Xian was really good to Shangguan Wan'er, and later, Shangguan Wan'er could almost turn her hand over to the clouds and cover her hands for rain, and whoever she wanted to be a minister could be a minister. Not only that, her mother, Lady Zheng, and other relatives lived a very good life, and they also took bribes, sold officials and knighthoods, and did almost anything.
In addition, because Shangguan Wan'er was talented, Tang Zhongzong often organized various poetry meetings, specifically to please Shangguan Wan'er. Of course, objectively speaking, these measures of Shangguan Wan'er have indeed promoted the development of the Tang Dynasty literary circle.
From the above analysis, it can be seen that Shangguan Wan'er is a very intelligent woman, who also has excellent political sensitivity, and at the same time, she also knows people's hearts very well.
Moreover, because of Li Xian's excessive favor for Shangguan Wan'er, Shangguan Wan'er's power was almost unlimited. Unfortunately, Li Xian's life was too short. In 710, li xian, 55, died suddenly of illness. This time, Shangguan Wan'er also showed excellent sensitivity and made preparations early. Together with Princess Taiping, she helped her deal with the empress at that time, and together they forged the will.
According to the empress's meaning, Li Chongmao, the Prince of Wen, was made crown prince, but Shangguan Wan'er thought and added Li Dan to it, which was the meaning of Princess Taiping. Of course, this edict was opposed by the empress, and there has been no news since. However, in Shangguan Wan'er's heart, this testament at least proves that she and the Li Tang Dynasty are one heart.
After Li Longji launched a coup d'état, he eliminated the Empress's henchmen and claimed to be the Empress's poisoned Emperor Xiandi. After that, Li Longji rushed to kill all the way in the palace, the empress was beheaded, and Shangguan Wan'er's residence was also surrounded. In the midst of the crisis, Shangguan Wan'er was not afraid, on the contrary, she changed into the most gorgeous clothes, handed the edict to the head of the army, and asked him to hand it over to Li Longji.
Perhaps, Shangguan Wan'er was the last attempt in despair, or maybe she was overconfident. However, Shangguan Wan'er did not expect that after seeing the edict, Li Longji, without saying a word, directly ordered Shangguan Wan'er to be beheaded and displayed to the public, and declared that she had three major crimes: misconduct, confusing the emperor, and defiling the harem. At the time of her execution, Shangguan Wan'er was only 46 years old, but she had already experienced several lifetimes of ordinary people.
Ye Shi said that Li Longji killed Shangguan Wan'er because she was his first woman and an enlightenment teacher, but later, shangguan Wan'er was with many people, and Li Long loved and hated her, and eventually killed the killer. Of course, the history of the wild is not credible. Although Shangguan Wan'er is really not very particular about the affairs of men and women. However, Li Longji should not care about wearing a green hat, after all, Yang Guifei was once his daughter-in-law.
Li Longji should have appreciated Shangguan Wan'er more than he hated her, and because of this, after the execution of Shangguan Wan'er, he also sent someone to collect her poems, compile them into a book, and circulate them. Shangguan Wan'er is really talented, and there are 32 capitals in the Quan Tang Poems that she wrote.
Then, why did Li Longji see the edict and kill Shangguan Wan'er?
I think there may be several reasons:
First, Li Long basically had ambitions, and it just so happened that Shangguan Wan'er was in the way. At the time of the coup, Princess Taiping's power was far superior to Li Longji's, but Li Longji was not a person who was willing to be a puppet, so he must have had an idea to deal with Princess Taiping. And Shangguan Wan'er's surrender was not for Li Longji, but for Princess Taiping.
Originally, Li Longji may not have killed Shangguan Wan'er, but when Shangguan Wan'er sent a wonderful opportunity to his eyes, he also killed it by hand, so as not to cause trouble raising tigers. Later, Princess Taiping was also raided by Li Longji.
Second, Shangguan Wan'er was overconfident.
Shangguan Wan'er may have been too confident, so during the coup d'état, she chose to open the door generously instead of sneaking to Princess Taiping. In fact, after her death, Princess Taiping was particularly sad, and since then she has hated Li Longji, and even tried to pull Li Longji from the position of prince many times. At that time, as long as Shangguan Wan'er was a little cautious and stayed with Princess Taiping, I was afraid that she would be able to avoid death.
Third, Li Longji is killing chickens and monkeys.
Before Li Longji, there were actually women in the Tang Dynasty, especially after Wu Zetian's dictatorship. But Li Longji was ambitious, he had long wanted to end such a situation, and it just so happened that Shangguan Wan'er's power was very large, so Li Longji must kill Shangguan Wan'er to express his determination. In order to kill Shangguan Wan'er, Li Longji could not even ignore his father's intercession, only because he had a greater plot.
Fourth, Shangguan Wan'er is a threat.
Still that sentence, Li Longji did not kill Shangguan Wan'er, it was really only between his thoughts. Shangguan Wan'er is very talented, and it is indeed worth appreciating, but in the same way, she is left and right, there is no certain loyalty to the source, and she has changed hands three times, which is a hidden danger in the future for Li Longji. Instead of raising tigers for trouble, it is better to start first.
Of course, we can't aspire to the loyalty of Shangguan Wan'er, after all, those who have been exterminated from their homes since childhood have slowly grown up relying on the favor of the people around them, and nature will not learn what is called faith. To be alive is her faith. Interests are her position. This is the tragedy of Shangguan Wan'er, but it is also the inevitability caused by the environment in which she grew up.