Since the death of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Wu Zetian was dedicated to ascending the throne.
At all costs, there are close relatives, biological mothers, and close friends.
Step by step, she stepped on the back of her relatives and touched the throne of her dreams.
A crazy stone
In 688, 57-year-old Wu Zetian held a white stone in his hand, which was so rare that Li Tangzong's heart turned purple when he saw this, and he immediately gathered in private, intending to rebel.
What is the purpose of this stone? It actually made Li Tangzong's face embarrassed.
In April of the same year, a man named Tang Tongtai presented Wu Zetian with a white stone, which he said was salvaged in Luoshui Lake, with eight large bright red characters printed on it: "Our Lady Linren, Yongchang Emperor."
In ancient China, the most believed in the saying "heaven and man induction", so the officials above the court immediately said that this was a great auspicious zhao in order to pat the horse, and the heavens said that Wuhou Delong was in the matching land.
So Wu Zetian held the stone in his hand, and his heart was very happy, but as far as the current thinking is concerned, salvaging a stone from the lake, and there are eight big characters printed on the stone, is this a bit of a stretch? The ancients didn't seem to be very smart?
In fact, otherwise, they all knew that this matter was fake, but in order to cater to Wu Zetian, they could only pretend.
According to the "Old Book of Tang", this stone was forged by Wu Zetian's nephew Wu Chengsi, who hoped that after Wu Zetian monopolized power, he could also ascend to heaven by blood relation, so he came up with this trick.
At that time, Wu Zetian had just abolished Li Zhe and put Li Dan under house arrest, and the entire court dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, on the one hand, they felt that it was against common sense for women to be pro-government, on the other hand, Wu Zetian's cruelty and decisiveness were seen by the ministers, and everyone was afraid that they would die if they were a little careless.
Wu Zetian also knew in his heart that his position was not stable, so he was ready to make good use of this stone.
First of all, she named the stone "Heavenly Treasure Map" to tell the people of the world that my Wu Zetian's personal presence in the imperial government is the will of heaven, and you cannot violate it.
Later, he added the title of "Virgin God Emperor" to himself, which is equivalent to two buffs stacked and mentioning his status again and again.
Not only that, but also to hold a ceremony in Luoshui, requiring the prefectures of the Assassin History, Li Tang Sect's Office, Foreign Qi and others to arrive on time.
As soon as the edict was issued, the people of Li Tangzong's chamber could no longer sit still.
2. Deliberate rebellion
Since Emperor Gaozong of Tang died of illness, Li Zhe was deposed within 36 days of ascending the throne, Li Dan was placed under house arrest as soon as he ascended the throne, and Pei Yan, as the second-in-command of the dynasty, was installed as a rebel just because he forced the palace.
In this dire situation, the Li Tang Sect was worried all day long.
Now Wu Zetian has raised his title again, giving himself the status of a "god", and his intention to change the dynasty is too obvious.
Therefore, Li Tang Zongmu was very afraid that he would soon become the target of Wu Zetian, so they thought that it was better to fight hard than to sit and wait, even if there was an abyss ahead, they could not lose the courage to save themselves.
So prepare to act immediately and start rebellion!
The first to act were Han King Li Yuanjia and Yue King Li Zhen.
First of all, they wanted to strengthen the hearts of the people, so that the people of the Li and Tang Sect were firm that there was no other way to go except to rebel, so they sent a message to the sect members: Wu Zetian is going to take action, and this time Luoshui holds a ceremony, which is our deadline.
Secondly, there is the forgery of the seal book, which reads: "The God Emperor wants to dump the Li family's social weed and move the country to the Wu clan." "It means that there will be a change of dynasty, and none of the Li family can be left, and then this seal book is passed on to the sect to further stabilize their determination to rebel."
3. The human heart is sinister
Originally, everything went according to plan, but I didn't expect that the rebellion of one person would destroy this chess game.
The whistleblower was Li Yuanjia's nephew Li Li, who, as the core figure of the rebellion, knew all the plans and steps, and he once swore that this would be done.
But unexpectedly, when he really started to act, Li Li was afraid, and he was afraid that after the failure of the rebellion, he would face the situation he faced, and he shuddered.
So he immediately gave Wu Zetian a small report, telling all the things he knew, what to do at what time, who he was, and so on.
At this time, the rebellion plan of the sect was still in the stage of recruiting troops, and Li Li did this, although he had not yet summoned enough manpower, but he could only bite the bullet.
Li Chong led a team of 5,000 people to officially raise troops at this time, but he did not expect that as soon as he arrived in Wushui County, the county commander felt that they were working against the imperial court, unwilling to join the gang, closed the city gates, and did not want to let them go.
Li Chong couldn't help it, because the south wind was blowing at that time, Li Chong wanted to use the wind to ignite a fire and attack the city wall, but he didn't expect that it seemed that the heavens were also working against him, the wind suddenly changed to the north wind, and the wildfire immediately spread to Li Chong's troops, and the army's heart collapsed for a while.
Li Chong had to return to Bozhou, at this time the gatekeeper of Bozhou saw that Li Chong had returned with a light pole commander, so he immediately rushed forward to get his head to receive a reward, just like that, Li Chong was full of ambition, raised his army, but finally lost his life in Bozhou.
IV. Conclusion
It was originally a vigorous uprising of the Li and Tang clansmen, but in the end it quickly collapsed because of a person's whistleblowing, and the time of the uprising did not even exceed a month.
In ancient times, it was a virtue to promote women's talentlessness.
The future of women is established from birth, undoubtedly getting married and having children, and being a good helper in the traditional sense.
There seem to be only two ways for women to have food and clothing for a lifetime: one is to be born into a large family, and the other is to marry into a large family.
It is almost impossible to rely on your own efforts, hold power in your hands, and not depend on anyone.
However, Wu Zetian did not believe in fate, she firmly believed that she could become famous through her own efforts, so she abandoned her children's love and was full of heroic deeds.
Later generations said that she had no compassion, but I still admire her and her courage and ability to survive in desperate situations. #头条创作挑战赛 #