In the history of ancient China, there were many prosperous times when politics were clear and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Among them, the more familiar one belongs to the Tang Dynasty. As we all know, a dynasty can prosper without the hard work of the ruler. The two famous Tang Dynasty rulers we want to talk about are Li Shimin and Wu Zetian.
Li Shimin devoted his life to the Tang Dynasty and created the famous reign of Zhenguan in history. Although Wu Zetian is a female streamer, he is not willing to imprison himself in the harem at all. With her own strength, she established the Wuzhou regime, playing the role of inheriting the Zhenguan at the top and Kaiyuan at the bottom. It is said that such a story once happened between the two. Before dying, Li Shimin asked Wu Zetian: After I leave, what will you do? Wu Zetian was calm and calm, and finally saved himself with 8 words. What 8 words did Wu Zetian say? Let's take a closer look now!
The majestic Li Shimin
Before understanding the last 8 words of Wu Zetian, we might as well talk in detail about Li Shimin, who has a husband and wife relationship with him. Li Shimin was the second son of Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He has been diligent and studious since he was a child, and he knows everything about martial arts. Later, after his father ascended the throne of God, Li Shimin was even named King of Qin.
As the saying goes, "Eat the king's lu, bear the king's worries". Since Li Shimin is on the throne, he naturally does not want to eat in vain. At that time, the Tang Dynasty had just been established, the situation of the dynasty was unstable, and the local border forces were about to move, which could be described as internal and external troubles. Li Shimin believes that external troubles should be resolved first, so that prestige can be established and people's hearts and minds can be stabilized.
After some deliberation, he decided to take the initiative to fight. Li Yuan was relieved to receive Li Shimin's letter of invitation for battle, and did not hesitate to send his son to the army. In this way, Li Shimin led the troops smoothly and set off. On the way to eliminate the deduction, he met countless heroes and good men, and Li Shimin entrusted him with important responsibilities for all the talents that could be created.
In addition, Li Shimin also used the method of platoon formation that he had carefully studied for many years. He made timely adjustments to the enemy's means of warfare and dispatched soldiers. In the end, Li Shimin recovered the remnants of the border forces as he wished, and justifiably helped his father Li Yuan dominate the world. And because of his outstanding military achievements, he was loved by the people and rewarded by the imperial court.
But because everyone around him sang praises to Li Shimin, it didn't take long for him to be ostracized by the crown prince Li Jiancheng. The two brothers often argued in the court, and the conflict intensified. In order to cut the grass and remove the roots, Li Jiancheng decided to take advantage of Li Shimin's entry into the palace from the Xuanwu Gate to report on his duties, and shoot him. However, to his surprise, Li Shimin already knew his scheme well, and paid Chang He, the guard of the Xuanwu Gate, in advance, and was prepared for everything.
In 626 BC, the Xuanwu Gate Rebellion broke out, and Li Shimin beheaded the crown prince and the King of Qi at the Xuanwu Gate. After Li Yuan learned of this, although he was angry, he could not deal with Li Shimin according to the law. After all, after this incident, he now has one son left with Li Shimin, and if he is beheaded, there will be no successor in the Great Tang River.
Helpless, Li Yuan had to give way to Li Shimin. After Li Shimin came to the throne, he was determined to be a good emperor who was diligent and loved the people. In the court, he humbly consulted and acted wisely. Outside the court, he often reviewed the folds day and night, paying attention to every bit of the life of the peasant people. Everyone praised him for his majesty and invincibility.
Wu Zetian saved himself with 8 characters
In the later years of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, a talented man named Wu Zetian appeared in his harem. Although she was born like a sinking fish and a wild goose, she has never been favored by Li Shimin. So why is this the case? All due to Wu Zetian's character and folk rumors. According to relevant historical records, Wu Zetian's personality was cruel and domineering, which made Li Shimin feel deeply uncomfortable.
At that time, a red-maned horse appeared on the hunting ground. This horse is so irritable that even a great general who has experienced hundreds of battles has nothing to do with it. For this reason, Li Shimin also specially ordered that anyone who could tame this horse would be rewarded. At that time, Wu Zetian was bullied in the harem, and in order to be able to get ahead and win the favor of Emperor Taizong, she volunteered to go to the horse farm.
In the end, Wu Zetian did easily subdue the red-maned horse with cruel methods such as iron whips and daggers. But this method unreservedly exposed her cruel nature. Since then, Li Shimin has become even more estranged from Wu Zetian. Not only that, but rumors unfavorable to Wu Zetian also circulated among the people, which made Li Shimin even more jealous.
The content of the rumor is roughly that the Li family's fortunes will be taken by women surnamed Wu in the future. After hearing these contents, Wu Zetian lived a worried life all day. She was afraid that Li Shimin would listen to the rumors and kill herself and the hundreds of martial artists behind her. In order to be able to save her life, she even bought the eunuchs around Li Shimin without hesitation, and used their strength to probe Li Shimin's thoughts everywhere in order to respond to all changes.
However, although Li Shimin was afraid of Wu Zetian because of rumors, he never killed him because of no legitimate reason. Even so, when he was dying, he did not forget to summon Wu Zetian and asked her: What will you do after I leave? Wu Zetian knew that this was Li Shimin's temptation to herself. If you answer a little differently, you will inevitably die without a place to be buried.
After thinking about it, in the end, Wu Zetian replied to Li Shimin with 8 sons, that is, "Green Lantern Ancient Buddha, but the rest of his life". After hearing this, Emperor Taizong of Tang felt that a nun would definitely not have the ability to replace the Tang Dynasty, so he left safely. After Emperor Taizong's death, Wu Zetian was sent to the Buddhist Hall through these 8 words and saved his life.
epilogue
Emperor Taizong of Tang worked hard throughout his life and achieved a brilliant and prosperous era. However, because of the rumors among the people such as the Wu clan female meeting to replace Li Tang Jiangshan, Li Shimin rarely stayed in the harem in his later years, and even did not wait to see the young and beautiful Wu Zetian at that time. He was always afraid that the mountains and rivers he had worked hard to obtain would eventually fall into the hands of a female stream, so he summoned Wu Zetian before he died. And Wu Zetian easily dispelled Tang Taizong's accumulated suspicions with only 8 characters, which shows that his wisdom is extraordinary, no wonder he can really stand out in the court and be called a generation of empresses!
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