Preface
Pei Yan, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, was executed by Wu Zetian for writing the word "green goose", and in the face of many courtiers who were full of doubts, Wu Zetian said lightly: Take these two words apart and read them.
After dismantling and understanding the two words according to the method of the empress Wu Zetian, the civil and military officials instantly understood why Wu Zetian wanted to die because of the word "green goose" regardless of his past face.
Through Pei Yan's death, they also understood that this empress did not understand anything, on the contrary, Wu Zetian's methods and intelligence were not inferior to anyone present.
Through this matter, Wu Zetian also successfully deterred those who were dissatisfied with her inside and outside the court, so that they did not dare to have two hearts about themselves.
What is the meaning of the word "green goose"? What did Pei Yan do to write the word "green goose" and cause him to be executed by Wu Zetian?
The imperial court empress ascended the throne
Speaking of Wu Zetian, there may be few people who don't know her name, after all, as the first empress of the ages, Wu Zetian's prestige can be said to be famous through the ages.
Although today's film and television novels have added a lot of emotional colors to Wu Zetian, the truth is far from the case, even though Wu Zetian has seven emotions and six desires, but on the road to becoming the emperor, he also shows his decisiveness.
Wu Zetian was born handsome since he was a child, so when he grew up, when he participated in the palace audition, he easily defeated a group of women and obtained a valuable place to enter the palace.
But somehow, after Wu Zetian entered the palace, strange things often happened around her, so that the emperor Li Shimin was unwilling to favor her.
This situation has lasted for more than ten years without any progress, if Wu Zetian does not do anything before Li Shimin's death, then she may be sent to the temple to shave her hair after Li Shimin's death.
Accustomed to enjoying the glory and wealth in the palace, she was suddenly sent to the temple to become a monk, this is not what Wu Zetian wants, she understands what she must do for her future life.
Although Li Shimin did not want to favor Wu Zetian, his heir Li Zhi did not think so, and when he went to greet Li Shimin, Li Zhi found Wu Zetian who was serving Li Shimin by the side.
Wu Zetian's beautiful appearance instantly attracted Li Zhi's attention, and Li Zhi often met with Wu Zetian in private after that.
Until Li Shimin died and Li Zhi inherited the throne, Wu Zetian temporarily broke off contact with Li Zhi because he was sent to the temple for Qing cultivation, but a year later, the two met again in Ganye Temple and continued their relationship.
At that time, Wu Zetian no longer wanted to take half a step out of the palace, and she also deeply understood that what she wanted was glory, wealth and supreme power.
Wu Zetian, who entered the palace for the second time, used her clever means to defeat the queen in a short time, and then she herself ascended to the throne of the queen.
Wu Zetian, who became the queen, was still not satisfied in her heart, and she quietly glanced at the court, hoping that she could one day become the lord of a country.
What she didn't expect was that this wish really came true after Li Zhi's death, and Wu Zetian's success was actually traceable, after all, during Li Zhi's reign, Wu Zetian had already gathered a group of courtiers through various means.
In addition, Li Zhi's edict said that major national affairs can only be issued and implemented through the hands of Wu Zetian.
After Li Zhi's death, Li Xian successfully ascended the throne, Wu Zetian's original plan was to train Li Xian to be a puppet emperor who obeyed his orders, but Li Xian was unwilling to live under others, which moved Wu Zetian's interests.
So Wu Zetian and Pei Yan, the prime minister of the dynasty, began to prepare for the abolition of Li Xian, and Pei Yan and Wu Zetian were still on the same front at that time.
But after the two worked together to abolish Li Xian, Pei Yan incurred Wu Zetian's hatred because he stood on the wrong team.
The word "green goose" shows rebellious intentions
Originally, when Pei Yan assisted Wu Zetian to abolish Li Xian together, Wu Zetian thought that Pei Yan was with him, but it wasn't until some things happened later that Wu Zetian understood that Pei Yan just wanted to support the Tang Dynasty.
After abolishing Li Xian and re-establishing Li Dan as emperor, Wu Zetian was already in charge of the actual power at this time, because Li Dan was easier to control, and he was obedient to what Wu Zetian said.
When she got the power of the imperial court, her selfishness prompted Wu Zetian to build seven temples for her clan to comfort her ancestors.
However, this approach is undoubtedly provoking the dynasty, so many ministers are against Wu Zetian's approach, and at this time, people on both sides are waiting for Prime Minister Pei Yan to speak.
As the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, Pei Yan was naturally unwilling to support Wu Zetian's approach, and at the same time he was unwilling to provoke Wu Zetian, so he compromised and said that it was better to build five seats.
It was this compromise decision that made Wu Zetian understand that Pei Yan didn't really want to side with him, and it also paved the way for Wu Zetian to kill him later.
Seeing that the vast majority of people in the court were against her, this made Wu Zetian's face ugly, and in the future, she gave them some punishment one by one for disobeying her ministers.
Under Wu Zetian's rule, the Tang Dynasty seemed to be gradually turning in the other direction, which once again caused the dissatisfaction of many ministers.
A group of courtiers led by Xu Jingye began to plan a rebellion against Wu Zetian behind their backs, trying to force Wu Zetian to hand over the power in his hands through force suppression.
At this time, Pei Yan was quite polite to Wu Zetian, because he had also persuaded Wu Zetian to hand over power to Li Dan, the emperor of the dynasty, but Wu Zetian had won the throne so easily, how could he easily give it up?
So the matter was also over, but when Xu Jingye and others rebelled, they also invited Pei Yan to join in the action to overthrow Wu Zetian's regime.
In order to restore the Tang Dynasty and curb Wu Zetian's power, Pei Yan agreed without hesitation, and replied to Xu Jingye with a letter on the same day.
Although the envelope had been transported out of the city in a rather secret way, it was still stopped and seized by Wu Zetian's men, and when the letter was delivered to Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian was furious.
immediately ordered his subordinates to pull out the prime minister Pei Yan and behead the public, the reason was that Pei Yan only had the word "green goose" in his letter, no matter how Pei Yan explained, Wu Zetian didn't listen at all, and wanted to kill Pei Yan.
In the face of this sudden situation, all the officials in the DPRK and China were puzzled and pleaded for Pei Yan one after another, but Wu Zetian couldn't stand Wu Zetian's tough attitude and rejected everyone's request.
After Wu Zetian's anger was extinguished a little, she began to explain to the ministers why she wanted to kill Pei Yan, and she said to the courtiers, you take apart the word "green goose" and read it to see if Pei Yan has the intention of rebellion.
The word "green goose" refers to "December" and "I am with myself" respectively, which is that Pei Yan wants to tell Xu Jingye that he will do it again in December, and he will meet him in the city at that time.
In this way, Prime Minister Pei Yan's charges were confirmed, and then he was pushed out to behead the public, Pei Yan lost his life because of the word "green goose", and Wu Zetian also shocked the Manchu Dynasty again because of this incident.
Since then, Wu Zetian has completely taken power and successfully established his own Wu Zhou Dynasty, Wu Zetian can have such an achievement, which is inseparable from his own mind and courage.
It is precisely because of Wu Zetian's wisdom that the first empress in the history of the mainland was created, which is really amazing.