Among the hundred family names, the surname "Wu" ranks 250th, and under the surname "Wu", the most famous is still the only female emperor in China, Wu Zetian.
When you think of Wu Zetian, what is the first thing that comes to mind?
In fact, to summarize Wu Zetian, the landmark events mainly include: First, obsessed with power, unable to extricate themselves, meeting God to kill God, meeting Buddha and killing Buddha.
The second is to hold Tang Gaozong Li Zhi in the palm of her hand, and the third is to indulge in male color, and many men surround her.
As far as the third point is concerned, it is not that no one dissuaded her.
In particular, Di Renjie once pointed out that this would bring disaster to the dynasty.
Di Renjie is also a well-known figure, and it is said that when facing Di Renjie's dissuasion, Wu Zetian only showed him an item, which left Di Renjie speechless.
So, what exactly is an item?
What kind of ability did Wu Zetian have to finally ascend to the position of female emperor?
Let's get closer to Wu Zetian and take a look at her path to success.
The Empress's ascendancy
Wu Zetian, like everyone, entered the palace through the draft, and her fate is the same as that of all show girls.
When she first entered the palace, she was a very ordinary little girl. During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang and Li Shimin, Wu Zetian was only a talented person.
You know, Li Shimin is much older than Wu Zetian. In modern times, no father will marry his daughter to Li Shimin, who is like a father.
However, Li Shimin is the emperor, and no one dares to question this huge age difference.
Not only that, Wu Zetian was actually not the most favored during Li Shimin's reign.
Because he was not favored, his status was not high enough, and he would be favored by Li Zhi later, which made Li Shimin's identity change subtly.
And Wu Zetian's identity also changed because of Li Zhi's empress Wang Empress.
Originally, Empress Wang wanted to let Wu Zetian enter the palace to balance a concubine who was very favored at that time, but she did not expect to do the stupidest thing in her life.
Instead, Li Zhi favored Wu Zetian, and Wu Zetian's status began at this time.
Her first move was to be the queen, so she killed the little princess with her own hands, and then planted this crime on the queen and successfully made her queen.
At this time, Wu Zetian's ambition had not yet been shown. After becoming an empress, she was a qualified benefactor.
So, why did you later ascend the throne as king?
In fact, it can be said that the step-by-step development of things has changed her mentality.
Historically, Wu Zetian's four children became emperors, but his mother was too powerful to compete with them.
Not to mention a child, even Li Zhi was very jealous of Wu Zetian later, hoping that there would be a minister to check and balance it.
It's a pity that Wu Zetian's iron-fisted means, looking at that time, no one was her opponent.
After Wu Zetian ascended the throne, it can be divided into two reigns.
In the early period of his reign, the country was thriving, and although the rulers were ruthless, Wu Zetian's contribution was indeed not small.
The Empress's "Three Palaces and Six Courtyards"
In the later years of his reign, Wu Zetian, perhaps satisfied with his political achievements, began to indulge in pleasure.
It was at this time that she began to enjoy the unique pleasure of the emperor, and there was more than one man around her.
It can also be said that it can be compared to the "three palaces and six courts", and there are too many records in history to be unspeakable.
Let's take stock together, the "insiders" around Wu Zetian, Ming Chongjian is the first person Wu Zetian fancy.
Because he had treated Li Shimin, he was favored by Wu Zetian at that time and often dated Wu Zetian.
It's a pity that Ming Chongjian only lived to be in his 30s, and the cause of death was ominous.
It is rumored that it may have been because he had a previous feud with the crown prince Li Xian and was killed by Li Xian.
This point should also make some sense, and it may also be a little tricky from the fact that Wu Zetian gave Li Xian to death after he ascended the throne.
The second place is Feng Xiaobao.
This man can be said to be a very legendary figure, why do you say that?
Because he used to be the favorite of Princess Taiping, Feng Xiaobao was young and strong, which made Wu Zetian very happy, and inevitably pampered Princess Taiping even more.
Later, in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, Wu Zetian staged a trick of changing his face.
Since then, Feng Xiaobao's name has been changed to Xue's surname Huaiyi, which is favored by the two people, and it can be seen that his means are not simple.
It is impossible for any emperor to favor alone, in fact, if Xue Huaiyi is safely by Wu Zetian's side, he should not end up with a bad end.
Who would have thought that he thought that Wu Zetian should always and only pamper him, not only arrogant, greedy for money and lustful, but also tried to provoke Wu Zetian's rights.
The existence of such a person, with Wu Zetian's iron-fisted means, how could he let him go?
The final outcome is a tragedy that can be foreseen for a long time.
After Xue Huaiyi died, Wu Zetian took a fancy to Shen Nanxuan again, this person was unusual.
Excellent health care skills often make Wu Zetian feel that he has returned to his 18-year-old youth, so he also loves Shen Nanxuan very much.
Even, in order to retain Wu Zetian's heart, he can always live this kind of life.
Shen Nanxuan also tried some new drugs, and eventually his body could not eat and die suddenly.
The departure of these people made Wu Zetian sleepless for a long time, and looking at herself in the mirror, she often felt old.
So they will find more young handsome guys, but they can't meet Wu Zetian's requirements, and Wu Zetian always feels dissatisfied.
In the end, it was Princess Taiping who came out and once again sacrificed her "lover" Zhang brothers to her mother.
These two people can be said to have the highest status among the people.
Wu Zetian not only loved them very much, but also ordered them to be in charge of the power of "choosing concubines", and outsiders had to be respectful after seeing the two, and did not dare to make a second attempt.
Even if she heard someone speak ill of them, Wu Zetian would order them to be killed, including her relatives.
In short, the Zhang brothers and Wu Zetian can be described as doing everything evil and playing tricks.
Di Renjie, as an adviser at that time, boldly and bluntly advised that Wu Zetian should not be overly addicted to men.
Although, at that time, Wu Zetian was already 76 years old, and he was still doing such a shameful thing.
But Wu Zetian faced Di Renjie, but he seemed very calm, did not say more, but opened his mouth for Di Renjie to see, and Di Renjie was speechless after reading it.
It turned out that Wu Zetian, who was already an advanced age, actually had new teeth in his mouth.
The ancients believed that when old people grow new teeth, future generations will be eaten back, or bad things will happen.
And now Wu Zetian has actually grown new teeth, which can't help but make people shudder.
At this time, Di Renjie didn't want to say more.
In addition to these "insiders", there are also some who are not registered and cannot be carefully calculated at all.
It can only be said that Wu Zetian is in his personal life, and it is indeed excessively absurd here.