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In June 2013, the ancient city of Xianyang.
The excavation of an ancient tomb has caused a huge sensation in the archaeological community and the people, only because the tomb excavated from the tomb is impressively engraved with nine big characters on the cover - "Tang Dynasty Zhaorong Shangguan Clan Inscription", which has been unanimously determined by experts that this is the tomb of Shangguan Wan'er, a talented daughter of the Tang Dynasty and known as the "Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty".
With the continuous deepening of the archaeological work of the tomb, the history of the bloody rain and the wind and intestines seems to appear before our eyes again, and the legendary Shangguan Wan'er is so close to us. Let us travel through the smoke and clouds of thousands of years of history to relive the colorful and poignant life of Shangguan Wan'er...
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Step into the Moon of the Rocky
The pulse of the great river, driving the horse through the continent.
Magpie flying mountain moon dawn, cicada noise wild cloud autumn.
The dawn is faint, the moon hangs on the western mountain, the magpie birds come out of the forest, the cicadas chirp in the morning wind in early autumn, and the Luoshui water flows endlessly into the distance.
The moonlight is seductive, a beautiful man straddling a white horse is calm, walking slowly along the river, listening to the noise of cicadas and birdsong, like a god floating and dashing.
This is a Tang Dynasty official improvising in the face of such a beautiful scenery on the morning shift. This handsome uncle was Shangguan Yi, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.
Shangguan Yi, as his name suggests, is a high-ranking official Feng Yi handsome. With his "shangguan body" of "qi wrong and charming", he became a royal scholar around Tang Taizong, and became extremely popular, and was even promoted to the position of prime minister in the Gaozong Dynasty.
As the saying goes, a companion is like a companion tiger, often floating in the official field, where is there not a knife? A fortuitous "work mistake" caused the Shangguan family to disappear.
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In order to get rid of the control of the heavy subject clique represented by Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang, Emperor Gaozong of Tang decided to "depose Wang Liwu" and revitalize imperial power.
After getting her wish, she found that Wu Zetian was not a good stubble, and her desire for power greatly exceeded Tang Gaozong's expectations. Coupled with Emperor Gaozong's poor health, Wu Zetian took the opportunity to help Emperor Gaozong handle government affairs and gradually began to take power.
Tang Gaozong was very dissatisfied when he found that his power had been eroded by Wu Zetian a little, but because Wu Zetian was too strong, he was helpless.
In the first year of Lin De (664), someone reported that Wu Zetian had asked Daoist priests to perform the art of victory in the palace, and Emperor Gaozong of Tang was furious and determined to "rise up" once.
He asked Shangguan Yi next to him what to do, and when Shangguan Yi saw that the emperor was so angry, he suggested: "The empress is arbitrary, and what Hai Nei does not do with it, please abolish it." (Zizhi Tongjian)
This was exactly what Emperor Gaozong of Tang was following, and he immediately instructed Shangguan Yi to draft an edict to abolish the Empress. As a master of edict-making, Shangguan Yi immediately raised his pen and splashed ink and began to drag words, which was done.
At this time, a strange scene appeared, Wu Zetian seemed to descend from the sky, suddenly appeared in front of Gaozong, a lion roared through Hedong, and the abandoned edict that had not dried ink was also torn to pieces.
Of course, Wu Zetian could not fall from the sky, and it was her harem intelligence network that played a crucial role. She had already placed eyeliner around Tang Gaozong, and the timely notification of the eyeliner allowed her to avoid the disaster.
In the face of Wu Zetian's fierce momentum, Tang Gaozong's weak character was once again exposed, only to see him tremble and say, "I didn't have this heart at the beginning, and all the officials taught me." ”
Shangguan Yi, who was standing on the sidelines, looked confused, and ten thousand grass and mud horses roared past in his heart...
Everyone knew what would happen if he offended Wu Zetian. Not long after, Shangguan Yi was falsely accused of colluding with the deposed crown prince Li Zhongyi to commit rebellion, and the men of the Shangguan family, including their son Shangguan Tingzhi, were killed and killed, and the female relatives of the family members were enslaved in the court.
Shangguan Yi paid the price of his life for his innocence and naivety, not only harming himself, but also harming his family. Daughter-in-law Zheng Shi took her newborn daughter Shangguan Wan'er and fell into the Wanzhang Deep Palace together...
(Ps: Shangguan Wan'er is now a native of Sanmenxia, Henan, whose ancestral home is Tianshui, Gansu. ）
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Since then, Shangguan Wan'er and her mother Zheng Shi, an orphan and widowed mother, have begun a slave life in Yeting for more than 10 years. For Shangguan Wan'er, this can be described as the beginning of hell.
Zheng Xiuyuan is the sister of Zheng Xiuyuan, a young secretary of the Taichang clan, who comes from a famous and prestigious family, knows books and is reasonable, and has a strong and open-minded heart.
Although her identity and status plummeted, from a noble lady dressed in fine clothes to an official maid, she did not give up on herself, and with a good family background, she attached great importance to education and etiquette, and she did not relax her cultivation and education of Shangguan Wan'er for a moment.
At the same time, there is also a school in charge of the education of the palace women, the Museum of Inner Literature. Shangguan Wan'er was fortunate to be able to study here, and since she was a child, she quickly stood out in the Inner Literature Museum and became a little talented girl known to everyone in the court. The Old Book of Tang says of her: "Long and long, with words, and clear practice of officials."
Some birds are destined not to be kept in cages because each of its feathers shines with the radiance of freedom.
Shangguan Wan'er's talent was passed on as a beautiful talk in the court, and eventually attracted the attention of Wu Zetian. When Shangguan Wan'er was 13 years old, she was personally summoned by Wu Zetian and examined on the spot.
Shangguan Wan'erwen did not add a little and waved it, and the meaning of the text was smooth and gorgeous, as if it was a dream, which made Wu Zetian greatly appreciate it, and was named a five-pin talent, and let him be in charge of the palace edicts, then called "Neishe Ren".
Shangguan Wan'er was named Emperor Gaozong of Tang at the age of 13, which is the shocking secret told by the newly unearthed epitaph of Shangguan Wan'er. Originally, everyone only knew that Shangguan Wan'er was Tang Zhongzong's concubine, but they didn't expect that he was still a talented person of Tang Gaozong earlier, and this scene was so similar to Wu Zetian's experience!
Of course, Shangguan Wan'er's title of Emperor Gaozong of Tang was only nominal, not husband and wife.
There are two reasons: First, at this time, Tang Gaozong was terminally ill and had lost his ability to snap. Second, the power of the DPRK and China was all under the control of Wu Zetian, and sealing Shangguan Wan'er as a talented person could only be the meaning of Wu Zetian, and Wu Zetian could not create a "love enemy" for himself.
Sealing Shangguan Wan'er as a talented person of Emperor Gaozong of Tang was a key step for Wu Zetian to pave the way for her, so that Shangguan Wan'er could wash away the reputation of the lowly daughter of the official family and the daughter of a criminal courtier, and could work beside Wu Zetian in a justifiable way.
Seeing this, some people may ask, Wu Zetian used Shangguan Wan'er as his personal secretary, and he was not afraid of Shangguan Wan'er's revenge for killing his father?
Oh, I can only say that you think too much.
First of all, from shangguan wan'er's point of view, when Shangguan Wan'er's grandfather and father were killed, Shangguan Wan'er was just born, and she had no impression of her grandfather and father at all.
And the mother Zheng From the perspective of a mother, of course, she hopes that her daughter can grow up happily and healthily, in order to survive, she cannot sow the seeds of revenge for Shangguan Wan'er, of course, she knows more about the truth that hate is more than hate, only love can stop.
Shangguan Wan'er is in the face of adversity but still looks up at the starry sky, and has love and faith in her heart, which is the best gift given to her by the great mother's love!
From Wu Zetian's point of view, the first is to appreciate Shangguan Wan'er's talent. The second is to accurately grasp the psychology of Shangguan Wan'er, and she is confident that she can influence Shangguan Wan'er and let her use it for herself. The third is to show that you are broad-minded and meritocratic.
It turns out that Shangguan Wan'er was completely conquered by Wu Zetian's ability and wisdom pattern, and eventually became her hardcore fan. The grandfather and father who have no intersection, no feelings, no memory, can only be a title symbol in her life.
When you face the sun, the shadows will eventually dissipate.
Shangguan Wan'er, the daughter of this criminal minister and official concubine, through her own efforts, achieved a counterattack in her life in an incredible way, and became a red person around Wu Zetian.
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Although Shangguan Wan'er received Wu Zetian's weight at the age of 13, she did not become Wu Zetian's chief confidential secretary until she was in her 30s.
There are three reasons for this:
First, before Shangguan Wan'er came, Wu Zetian had already established a set of secretarial teams in the inner dynasty that were mainly women, and Shangguan Wan'er could not replace them at once.
Second, the production of edicts is not the same as writing general articles and poems, and it is not enough to have literary style, and it also requires a lot of practical experience.
Third, Shangguan Wan'er was after all a descendant of Shangguan Yi, and Wu Zetian still needed a period of observation to test it.
Shangguan Wan'er, a descendant of a criminal subject, withstood the test after nearly 20 years of hard work and hard work, and was promoted to the chief confidential secretary of Wu Zetian, entered the center of power, and participated in the decision-making of the military state.
"Since the day after the passage, before catching Jinglong, Heng palmed Chenhan. Ask the monarch to conspire and decide more. (Taiping Guangji). Shangguan Wan'er became the de facto "Prime Minister" and had a moment of power.
Shangguan Wan'er, who combines beauty and talent and power, has been working under Wu Zetian for 20 years, from a young and beautiful girl in cardamom to a mature and attractive woman, although her career is booming, but it is still a blank in terms of personal feelings.
Single women in their thirties are now called "old girls", not to mention that in the Tang Dynasty, Shangguan Wan'er was an out-and-out "older leftover woman".
Of course, it is not that Shangguan Wan'er does not want to marry, mainly in the deep palace, there are not many opportunities to meet handsome men, and the most common are some "disabled" people who are beaten by chickens and eggs.
Of course, the main reason is also Wu Zetian, who completely regards Shangguan Wan'er as her "personal belongings" and ignores her emotional life.
Once Wu Zetian met with the prime minister, Shangguan Wan'er was ordered to record it. It may be that this prime minister is too handsome, Shangguan Wan'er can't help but look at him a few times, because of wandering, the conversation record naturally remembers sloppy.
After retreating, Wu Zetian began to rage, and a small knife was directly inserted into Shangguan Wan'er's eyebrows, and the blood flowed, and Shangguan Wan'er was not allowed to pull it out.
Shangguan Wan'er endured the pain and composed a song "Begging to Draw the Knife", begging Wu Zetian to pull out the knife, and Wu Zetian gradually stopped getting angry.
The sun is shining in the imperial court, and the breeze is blowing on the dragon platform.
Distinguish the immediate events, and faintly dream come.
Suddenly, his thoughts scattered, and his spirit shifted to he was terrified.
When the sinner dies, he still begs the dragon to be open.
In order to cover up this scar, Shangguan Wan'er embroidered a red plum at the scar, which made her look more feminine and moving than before, and the women in the palace rushed to follow suit, and the plum blossom makeup led the fashion for a while.
According to expert research, the prime minister who let Shangguan Wan'er be stabbed was called Li Yixiu, who was similar in age to Shangguan Wan'er, and her appearance and talent were both online, and she was a well-known male god, who was in a divorced single at this time. It was normal for Shangguan Wan'er to be "plucked" by him, and wu Zetian was helpless to be jealous and unwilling to become an adult.
Chicken Soup Cloud: God is fair, he can't give all the sunshine and rain to one person. Li Zaiguan has connotations, and it seems to be too perfect.
Oh, unfortunately, the big handsome brother Li Zaixiang was taken in by Wu Zetian's little milk dog and the old mother of the first Zhang Yizhi. Zhang Yizhi's dog was in a position to force Li Zaixiang to marry his mother, and Li Zaixiang actually obeyed under pressure.
Zhang Yizhi's old mother is old and ugly, I will interview on behalf of Tanhua TV: Cough, Li Zaixiang, are you sexually blessed?
Shangguan Wan'er's "personal affair" has touched the concerns of countless melon-eating masses. Rumors are rife, some say that Shangguan Wan'er and Crown Prince Li Xianlang are in love with concubines, some say that they and Wu Zetian's first Zhang Changzong secretly crossed the autumn moon, and even more outrageously, some people said that Shangguan Wan'er and Prime Minister Di Renjie had a leg...
True to that sentence: Celebrities without gossip are not celebrities.
History records that Shangguan Wan'er had two boyfriends or lovers, one was Wu Sansi and the other was cui xiang.
Of course, Shangguan Wan'er and Wu Sansi's private affair was tacitly approved or even connived at by Wu Zetian. Shangguan Wan'er was regarded by Wu Zetian as a continuation of her political life, and through Shangguan Wan'er, the two families of Li and Wu were united, and the relationship between them was in line with her interests.
Shangguan Wan'er spent a lot of her youth between the cases, and her lovers Wu Sansi, Cui Xiang and others interacted with her for the purpose of valuing more power in her hands, while Shangguan Wan'er hoped to exchange power for a woman's normal emotional life.
But the heights are cold, her status determines that she cannot obtain a true feeling in this way, and the so-called love mixed with the "power" factor will soon deteriorate. Her little lover Cui Xiang was introduced by Wu Sansi, and she also introduced Wu Sansi to Wei Hou, all for the sake of power and survival.
Shangguan Wan'er, who has been caught in the vortex of power all her life, has never enjoyed even one day of real love life. "The momentum is like a friend, and the heart is like a stinky orchid." Where is her "Lian Bi Friend"?
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In 705, the Shenlong coup broke out, Erzhang was killed, Wu Zetian on his sickbed was ousted by Zhang Kamzhi and others, Emperor Zhongzong Li Xian succeeded to the throne, and the Tang Dynasty was restored.
Emperor Zhongzong of Tang lived in the shadow of his mother all his life, especially the deaths of his two brothers Li Hong and Li Xian, which made him tremble with fear.
After ascending the throne as a puppet emperor, because he could not position himself, he sat on the throne for only 55 days, and then he was ousted by his mother Wu Zetian, demoted to the position of King of Luling, and exiled to the south. During the exile in the south, as soon as he heard that there were emissaries in the capital, he subconsciously wanted to commit suicide, always thinking that people had come to kill him.
Because of Di Renjie's advice, Li Xian returned to the capital from exile and was made crown prince, but he was still trembling and trembling, and he was afraid to live forever.
In order to please his mother, reflect the Li Wu family, and consolidate his position, he took the initiative to marry the Wu family, marrying his daughter Princess Anle to Wu Sansi's son Wu Chongxun, while another daughter, Princess Yongtai, became the daughter-in-law of Wu Chengsi.
But it was impossible to prevent it, and the son Li Chongrun and the daughter Princess Yongtai and his wife were only accused of talking about the first two sentences of the grandmother's face, and as a result, the son Li Chongrun and the daughter Princess Yongtai and his wife were forced to commit suicide. Prince Li Xian, naturally, was frightened again.
The Shenlong coup that followed was completely dominated by five ministers, including Zhang Kamzhi, who would not participate in it dead or alive, and no one knew his mother better than him.
On the day of the coup d'état, no matter how much everyone tried to persuade him, he did not want to go, and the coup d'état had to forcibly carry him on horseback to the scene, and he did not say a word during the whole process, feeling that he was unfaithful and filial piety, and he was even more afraid of his mother.
After Emperor Zhongzong ascended the throne, Shangguan Wan'er was worshipped as Erpin Zhaorong, which was apparently arranged by Wu Zetian before his death.
Shangguan Wan'er, as a senior think tank of Wu Zetian, is skilled in government affairs and experienced, and arranging her to Zhongzong's side can not only help Zhongzong, but also find a suitable way out for Shangguan Wan'er, which is the best of both worlds.
This designated marriage has obvious political overtones, and it is difficult to talk about true feelings between Emperor Zhongzong and Shangguan Wan'er. Shangguan Wan'er could even live in a private house outside the palace, rather than having to live in the palace, which could only be a strange phenomenon in the Tang Zhongzong period.
Shangguan Wan'er and Wu Sansi and Cui Xiang's private lovers were all known, how could Tang Zhongzong not know?
Shangguan Wan'er was also in her early forties at this time, and her countenance was gradually declining. And Tang Zhongzong's harem was full of beautiful women, and Zhongzong valued her work ability more, "there is nothing to do with the bell, nothing to do in the summer to welcome the spring."
Of course, this is also related to the idea of "tolerance, openness and sharing" of datang, Wei Hou and Wu Sansi fornicated the harem, and everyone in the world knew about it, and he "didn't know" alone.
There was a common man who really couldn't stand it anymore, and when he wrote to report that Wei Hou and Wu Sansi had an affair, Emperor Zhongzong not only did not pursue the person who had brought him the green hat, but said that the whistleblower rumored that he had confused the public and wanted to kill him. Because of the minister's objections, he had to exile the man, but secretly he sent someone to the exile to kill him.
Tang Zhongzong was such a strange emperor!
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Living in a private house outside the palace created convenient conditions for Shangguan Wan'er to communicate with Wu Sansi and later Cui Xiang, and also gave her the opportunity to sing and communicate with many literati and inkers. Shangguan Wan'er learned to be rich in five cars and was high in eight buckets, winning the unanimous support of the literary circles at that time.
Tang Zhongzong also had great trust and appreciation for his talented concubine, and he would accompany him with him whenever there was a major event.
On the Chongyang Festival, the Reconstruction of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda was completed, and Shangguan Wan'er, as a woman, climbed the pagoda with a large number of famous scribes, and wrote down the "On the Ninth of September, Shangxing Ci'en Temple Climbing Floating Map, And the Group of Ministers on chrysanthemum shoujiu":
Dili Chongyang Festival, Xiangyuan Wan multiplied.
But the evil ones were worshipped, and the cup of suscumi was offered.
The tower is surging in the sky, and the door is waiting for the Buddha to open.
The words of wisdom hang on the sun and the moon, and they look up to Zhaohui.
In the first month of a certain year, the Kunming pond outside Chang'an, weeping willow dipped in blue, the sun reflected the clear ripples, it is the benefit of spring of the year.
Emperor Zhongzong of Tang took his concubines on a tour of Kunming Pond. The emperor was in a good mood and asked the courtiers to compose poems to help entertain. The ministers were all well-educated people, and they all laid out paper and ink, and the attendants quickly collected more than 100 songs.
Emperor Zhongzong ordered Shangguan Wan'er to evaluate these poems, and finally selected a soundtrack to make a royal song.
Shangguan Wan'er strolled up to the Cai Lou, and the courtiers gathered downstairs and looked up. Shangguan Wan'eryu's hand is slim, one by one, and those who are not satisfied throw it away.
A few moments later, one by one, the poems flew down from the air like petals, and they all flew up, and hundreds of officials quickly gathered around to see who immediately picked up and retreated to the side.
In the end, Shangguan Wan'er only had two poems left in her hand, one from Shen Qi and one from Song Zhiqing, and both of them were called "Shen Song" and were known for their gorgeous and beautiful verses.
I saw That Shangguan Wan'er was holding a poem manuscript in one hand, her eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and she looked left and right. After waiting for a long time, Shangguan Wan'er finally nodded and made a decision. With a wave of hand, a piece of paper floated down, and everyone rushed up, it turned out to be a poem of Shen Qi, in other words, the final champion was Song Zhiqing.
The reason given by Shangguan Wan'er is that the last two sentences of Shen Qi's poem are "Wei Chen carved decaying, shame to see Yu Zhangcai", although it is humble, but it also means that "the tone of the words has been exhausted"; the last two sentences of Song Zhiqing's poem are "Do not worry about the end of the bright moon, there is a night pearl coming" There is a kind of arrogance, "Yu Steep Jian Heroic".
For this judgment, hundreds of officials are full of admiration. This poetry contest announced to the whole world Shangguan Wan'er's position as a leader in the literary world.
According to legend, Shangguan Wan'er's mother dreamed of a giant when she was pregnant with Shangguan Wan'er, gave her a large scale, and said, "This son will hold this to weigh the world's corporal", who ever thought that this would be fulfilled.
Shangguan Wan'er can weigh the world, of course, by virtue of her poetic soft power.
On the one hand, her poems inherit the legacy of her grandfather Shangguan Yi, with gorgeous words and charms, on the other hand, she carries forward and expands the Shangguan body, blending the delicate side of women's emotions into it, and the feelings are full of emotions and far-reaching; at the same time, there is also a "proud" side in the creation of some poems that should be produced.
At that time, high society and literati and inkers competed to follow suit. Shangguan Wan'er can be said to have influenced the literary style of an era.
One of her "Three Poems dedicated to the Xinfeng Hot Spring Palace", with "Dragon as a Horse" and "Jade As a Field" to set off the magnificent momentum of the Holy Car's travel, is the embodiment of her "arrogance".
In the third winter month of the Dragon Year, wan multiplied by the wind out of the Bachuan River.
Look at the electric leaping dragon as a horse, and look back at the frost original jade as a field.
Unfortunately, most of Shangguan Wan'er's poems have not been handed down for various reasons. At present, there are only more than 30 poems, all of which are beautifully written and gorgeous. For example, her masterpiece "Color book complaint":
Kanoshita-dong garden's first, I thought-you-go.
The dew incense was cold, and the moon fell on the screen.
Want to play Jiangnan qu, covet the Jibei Book.
There is no other intention in the book, but I have been away for a long time.
The whole poem is deep and open, natural and sincere, neat and tidy, full of affection, and implicitly writes a woman's lament for her husband in a gentle and poignant way.
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In the literary world, Shangguan Wan'er became increasingly famous. At the imperial court, Shangguan Wan'er was in charge of the Xiuwenguan, and she suggested that Emperor Zhongzong recruit talents and scholars from all over the world, increase the number of personnel in the Xiuwenguan, and cultivate a large number of talents for the country.
"To the point of seeking glory, yuxing rhetoric." The state has good scholars, and the courtiers who do not learn from the west. For twenty years, the wild has been spared, and this power has also been. (Records of the Jinglong Wenguan).
Under the leadership of Shangguan Wan'er, the Tang literary circle was thriving, and the talents were also "swept away" by her, which was all her credit.
After Emperor Gaozong of Tang's reign, the emperor's side was specially responsible for the production of the edict called the North Gate Scholar, which was generally undertaken by many people.
However, in the period of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, the "Preface to the Hanlin Chronicle" states: "Shangguan Zhaoyi is in charge of his affairs alone" Shangguan Wan'er and a female stream "alone in charge of his affairs", one person to many people, "one day ten thousand opportunities". Grandfather Shangguan Yi did not do what she did.
Shangguan Wan'er's fame and status reached its peak during the reign of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang. It's just that the official arena is like a battlefield, full of twists and turns, and honor and disgrace and reputation are not success or failure in a moment. A lurking crisis is creeping up on her...
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When the Shenlong coup d'état occurred, the five ministers led by Zhang Kamzhi had disagreements on how to deal with Wu Sansi, and missed the opportunity to kill Wu Sansi in one fell swoop and eliminate evil and impurity. After the terrified Wu Sansi defected to Wei at the recommendation of Shangguan Wan'er, he soon hooked up with Wei Hou and secretly hooked up with Wei Hou.
Shangguan Wan'er, Tang Zhongzong, Wei Hou, and Wu Sansi formed a strange network of relationships, intertwined with love and power, and constantly rationalized and chaotic.
Shangguan Wan'er's participation in it is regrettable, but people can't help themselves in the jianghu, in order to maintain their status and even their lives, she can only go with the flow and desperately struggle...
Wu Sansi, who escaped the disaster of the Great Difficulty, calculated that the "Five Kings" such as Zhang Kamzhi, who had originally supported the restoration of Emperor Zhongzong, were framed and exiled to the barbaric land of smoke. Soon they died in exile or were tortured and killed on the penal road.
Here we have to mention another lover of Shangguan Wan'er, Cui Xiang. Cui Xiang was originally a member of the "Five Kings" side, and was placed next to Wu Sansi to monitor Wu Sansi.
However, Cui Xiang found that Wu Sansi was becoming increasingly favored, so he turned to Wu Sansi and offered advice to kill the "Five Kings". In the end, Cui Xiang was credited with eradicating the "Five Kings", and the official worshiped Zhongshu Ling and the prime minister.
Later, he watched the wind make the rudder betray Li Longji and fell under the pomegranate skirt of the Taiping Princess. After the coup d'état, he was given death in exile by Tang Xuanzong, and ended up with a sad end that could not be ended well.
After the five chief heroes of the Restoration of Li Tang were falsely killed, Wu Sansi's power was in full swing, and HeHou Wei and Princess Anle accelerated the pace of usurpation of power, and the spearhead was directed at the crown prince Li Chongjun.
The crown prince Li Chongjun was not born to Wei Hou, and Wei Hou's gang did not pay attention to him at all, not only deliberately belittling him in various edicts, but even calling him a "slave" in front of him many times. Li Chongjun was young and full of blood and flesh, and of course he could not tolerate bullying by the martial artists, Wei Hou and others.
Wei Hou's gang also conspired to depose the crown prince and wanted to make Princess Anle the crown princess. This made the crown prince Li Chongjun completely erupt, and in the first year of Emperor Jinglong of Tang Zhongzong (707), the crown prince Li Chongjun launched a coup d'état, first killing Wu Sansi and Wu Chongxun's father and son, and then attacking the palace with troops.
At this moment, Shangguan Wan'er, who had been in the deep palace for more than 30 years and had also experienced the Shenlong coup, was keenly aware that she was in great danger. Because of her close relationship with Wu Sansi and Wei Hou, the prince also hated him, so she must be on the prince's blacklist.
The situation was in crisis, and Shangguan Wan'er quickly ran to the emperor's residence, slapped the door of the emperor's palace and shouted loudly: "Look at his intention to suo Wan'er first, the second empress, and then everyone." (Zizhi Tongjian)
Due to Shangguan Wan'er's timely briefing and correct advice, the coup d'état launched by Crown Prince Li Chongjun was thwarted.
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The Li Chongjun incident gave Shangguan Wan'er a great shock in her heart, and she began to reflect on what she had done. She originally only cared about fulfilling Wu Zetian's last wishes, safeguarding the interests of the martial family, and doing a good job of communication between the martial family and the Li family, so that the two families of Li Wu would be at peace.
It's just that things have far deviated from her original vision. Her protection of the Wu family is mixed with personal feelings for Wu Sansi, whose power has swelled and once again threatened the Li family's regime.
Empress Wei did not know that heaven and earth were eager to become the second wu zetian, which brought unpredictable dangers to Shangguan Wan'er, who was deep in the center of the power vortex.
Painfully, Shangguan Wan'er began to maintain a certain distance from Empress Wei and Princess Anle, and gradually separated from them. "Since the heart is attached to the imperial chamber, Princess Yu Anle has a friend party." (Zizhi Tongjian).
It's just that the trees want to be quiet and the wind is not stopping. After the Li Chongjun incident, Tang politics entered a new dark period.
After Experiencing such a fright, Wei Hou and Princess Anle experienced such a fright, and instead of relenting, they intensified their efforts: on the one hand, they betrayed their officials and cultivated and installed loyalists; on the other hand, they stepped up the pace of seizing power, and they also wanted to emulate Wu Zetian and establish another women's dynasty.
And Tang Zhongzong became the last obstacle on their way to power. Power makes people crazy, power makes people perish.
In June 710, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang was killed by Empress Wei and his daughter Princess Anle at the age of 55.
No zuo no die！
The chest is big and brainless, and the heart is thinner than the sky and the fate is thinner than paper. Losing the shade of Tang Zhongzong's big tree, Wei Hou and Princess Anle, the mother and daughter of the two goods, are as ridiculous as clowns. They jump up and down, seemingly in power, but they are not far from death.
Shangguan Wan'er has been immersed in the official field for more than 30 years, and Wei Hou's party is obsessed with death, she is like a fire, of course, she does not want to be buried with them. After the Li Chongjun incident, she and Wei Hou's party accelerated their separation, and resolutely wrote a letter to oppose Princess Li Anle as the imperial consort.
Now that Emperor Zhongzong of Tang has been killed, it means that the death knell of Wei Hou's party is about to ring.
"Princess Taiping and Shangguan Wan'er Grass Legacy" ("Zizhi Tongjian"), after communicating and deliberating with Princess Taiping, Shangguan Wan'er drafted a testament in the tone of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, proposing to let Li Dan, the King of Xiang, assist the government, first, to fight for a little rights and interests for the Li family, and second, to leave a way back for himself.
Although the edict was rejected by Wei Hou's party on the grounds that "her sister-in-law did not ask questions", Shangguan Wan'er left a heart eye - she kept the draft of the edict as evidence of a break with Wei Hou's party, perhaps she thought it was her "life preserver".
In June of the first year of Tang Long 's reign (July 710), Li Longji and Princess Taiping launched the Tang Long Coup, killing Princess Wei Hou and Princess Anle and completely destroying the Wei clique.
Facing the critical juncture of life and death again, Shangguan Wan'er did not panic a little, and lined up to greet Li Longji with candles. She took out the draft of the will she had left behind, hoping to impress Li Longji and prove that she was not in the same group as Empress Wei and Princess Anle.
Only this time she miscalculated, Li Longji destroyed the flowers with his hot hands, "and Wei Shuren was defeated, and Wan'er was also beheaded under her banner" A generation of talented women, the prime minister of the turban, Shangguan Wan'er, was thus killed. "Since ancient times, beautiful people are like famous generals, and they are not allowed to see white heads in the world", how can it not make people sigh!
Why did Li Longji have to kill Shangguan Wan'er?
First, serve the crowd. Shangguan Wan'er and Wei Hou's party were very close to everyone. Although Shangguan Wan'er has been separated from Wei Hou's party, and there are still edicts as evidence, the outside public opinion does not know that in the eyes of everyone, you are Wei Hou's party.
Second, put an end to the situation in which women are in power. Li Longji is an orthodox and misogynistic woman in power. Shangguan Wan'er experienced the periods of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Wu Zetian, and Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, and participated in the decision-making of many major events, known as the "Prime Minister of the Towel", which is a symbol of the woman's power.
Third, Li Longji has long regarded Princess Taiping as her greatest enemy, and the current alliance is only a temporary measure, and sooner or later there will be a "fire merger" between them. Shangguan Wan'er has become the most important think tank around Princess Taiping, and in order to weaken her opponents, Shangguan Wan'er is doomed.
Unlike Wei Hou and Princess Anle, who were casually thrown into the grave after their deaths, Shangguan Wan'er was buried in a high profile, which was obviously the result of the struggle between Princess Taiping and Li Longji, and the person you wrongfully killed me was your fault, which was Princess Taiping expressing strong dissatisfaction to Li Longji.
The archaeological excavation of Shangguan Wan'er's tomb has revealed a surprising secret: Shangguan Wan'er's tomb has been destroyed by large-scale officials, and the only person who can issue such an order can be Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, which is a continuation of the struggle between the two sides.
In the final analysis, Shangguan Wan'er's death was a victim of political struggle.
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Shangguan Wan'er has been trapped in the vortex of power all her life, power has pushed her to the peak of her life, and power has ruthlessly swallowed her up.
She was lonely, she had been practicing in loneliness all her life, she was strong in forbearance, but compared with that era, what did you get from your so-called "strength"? Politics is a black hole for everyone, and it will eventually engulf everything you have.
As one of the four talented women in ancient China, Shangguan Wan'er hoped that she could stay away from political right and wrong, and was just a quiet and pure poet.
Like Li Qingzhao, he reads and pours tea with his husband, or like Zhuo Wenjun, he is like Sima Xiang when he sells wine, raises a case and sings a woman with his husband, and there is no lack of love and love, so good!
Unfortunately, she lived in that delicate era after Wu Zetian; unfortunately, fate pushed her to Vanity Fair. She can't talk about any major mistakes, she is trapped in the vortex of power, whether she struggles or struggles, it is her instinctive reaction, it is all a product of that era.
Whether you admire her or hate her, you have to admit that she left the brightest colors in that ever-changing era with her talent and wisdom, and her life is a brilliant and lamentable history.
She is like a red plum in the deep palace, lonely blooming, blood rain and wind make her want to add red, blood rain and fishy wind make her drift away...
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Reference: "Shangguan Wan'er, The Prime Minister of the Towel", written by Yu Gengzhe
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