If you are upside down and dare to be bold, will the moth's eyebrows be far away? The empty monument was speechless to meet the residual photo, and Ren Er was busy on the paper.
Wu Zetian is the only female emperor in china's history, and in the feudal society where men are respected, this is undoubtedly a breakthrough feat.
But Wu Zetian's journey was not easy, from the talent of Li Shimin of Tang Taizong at the beginning to the empress of Li Zhi of Tang Gaozong, this road was very hard.
There are many evaluations of Wu Zetian in the world, but the most interesting thing is the word "face head", Wu Zetian was almost old when he was called emperor, but at this time she still had to find a "face head" to enter the palace to serve, why is this?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > first entered the court, such as walking on thin ice</h1>
In 624, Wu Zetian was born, and her father was the governor of Jingzhou, Wu Shiyan . Originally, the samurai was originally engaged in the timber business, and in the last years of the Sui Dynasty and the great chaos in the world, Li Yuan, the emperor of Tang Gaozu, stayed in the samurai family many times and became acquainted.
Later, when Li Yuan raised an army in Taiyuan, the martial family once funded money, grain and clothing, and the merits said that the big was not big, not the small, not the small. Therefore, when the Tang Dynasty was established, The Samurai Was awarded the title of Duke of Yingguo for his past merits, and his official was made the Governor of Jingzhou.
After the death of The Samurai, because Wu Zetian was a Shu chu and her mother was not welcomed, the two ran away from home and came to live in Chang'an.
After arriving in Chang'an, Tang Taizong heard that the fourteen-year-old Wu Zetian "Rong Zhimei", coupled with some factors of his father, summoned him to the imperial palace, sealed the five pin talents, and gave him the title of "Wu Mei".
Since then, Wu Zetian began to approach the center of imperial power, and also began his nearly 70 years of palace life, and the legend began.
In the imperial palace, the love life of Wu Zetian and Tang Taizong is not recorded in detail in history. However, Wu Zetian had been a talented person in the palace for twelve years, and his status had never been improved, which showed that he was not favored by Li Shimin.
In the later years of his life, Li Shimin suffered from a very serious illness, and during the period of caring for Li Shimin, Wu Zetian and the crown prince Li Zhi met and established a relationship, which also laid the groundwork for the later story.
After Li Shimin's death, because Wu Zetian had no heirs, according to the regulations of the Tang Dynasty, she needed to enter the Ganye Temple, cut her hair and become a nun, and live this life.
However, as mentioned above, because the fates of Wu Zetian and Li Zhi intersected, his future is not a dark one.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" > re-enter the palace, and the second holy pilgrimage</h1>
After Wu Zetian entered the Ganye Temple as a nun, her life was different from that of other concubines, and after three years at the Ganye Temple, Wu Zetian always kept in touch with Li Zhi.
Because of this affection, coupled with Empress Wang's political needs (she needed to suppress the favored Concubine Xiao shufei at that time), Li Zhi successfully included Wu Zetian in the harem.
After Wu Zetian entered the palace, she was very favored by Li Zhi, and after experiencing the Ganye Temple incident, Wu Zetian's personality underwent a great change, and she began to have an extreme desire for power.
Later, with the favor of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, she began the life of seizing power in the harem. A few years later, Wu Zetian defeated Consort Xiao shufei and Empress Wang, became the lord of the harem, and became empress.
Perhaps fate was also favoring Wu Zetian, and soon after she became empress, Emperor Gaozong of Tang had a seizure with Li Zhifeng and could not handle the government, so Wu Zetian began to enter the center of power.
All in all, for various reasons, even if Emperor Gaozong of Tang were to take charge of the government again, there would inevitably be Wu Zetian hanging behind him, forming a situation of the Second Saint Coming to the Dynasty.
In 683, Li Zhi died. Before his death, Li Zhi also issued a will: "If there are those who cannot be adjudicated on major military affairs, it is up to Wu Zetian to decide."
This decision also triggered a major event in the future, Wu Zetian first deposed Li Xian for various reasons, and instead installed his fourth son Li Dan as emperor, and the power basically fell into the hands of Wu Zetian.
Subsequently, he began to massacre the figures of Li Tangzong's family on a large scale, and consolidated his own power. Looking back at the years when Wu Zetian was in power, although she was cruel to the Li Tang imperial family, I have to say that she was also a good emperor.
During his reign, he constantly selected talents and promoted new people, and the prosperity he created was not much worse than that of Tang Taizong Li Shimin. However, although Wu Zetian has meritorious achievements, there are also some things that make people complain, that is, the things that she raises her face.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="15" > empress years, accompanied by the prime minister</h1>
Wu Zetian was already 66 years old when she became empress, but at such an age, why did she still have to raise a noodle head? According to the records of some books, it can be roughly summarized as the following three reasons.
One is physiological needs, according to normal physiological conditions, women at the age of "66" basically have no physiological needs.
However, according to some records of ye shi, once Di Renjie went to advise Wu Zetian about the head of the face. After the meeting, Wu Zetian didn't say anything, just let Di Renjie look at his teeth and hair.
It turned out that the nearly 70-year-old Wu Zetian still had red lips, white teeth, black hair and green hair, which showed that his physiological condition was very good. After seeing this situation, Di Renjie left without saying anything, perhaps he also understood some of the reasoning.
The second is psychological needs, Wu Zetian is not purely for physiological purposes, more or less there will be some psychological needs.
China's ancient emperors basically had three palaces and six courtyards, in Wu Zetian's view, she is also a generation of empresses, and the harem configuration should also have its own corresponding pomp.
From this point of view, Wu Zetian insists on raising a noodle head, and we can understand that he also needs a noodle head to support himself.
The third is political necessity, which is not obvious in Wu Zetian's administration, and the effect is highlighted after his abdication.
Wu Zetian once had two heads, namely the famous Zhang Zongchang brothers, and the two of them relied on Wu Zetian's deterrent power not even to pay attention to the people of Li Tangzong and the Wu family.
Once, someone in the Li family reported Zhang Zongchang's brothers to Wu Zetian, and as a result, Wu Zetian not only did not deal with Zhang Zongchang's brothers, but killed the informants.
Since then, no one in the capital has dared to provoke the Zhang Zongchang brothers, and interestingly, in order to deal with the Zhang Zongchang brothers, li Tangzong and the people of the martial family have formed an alliance.
After Wu Zetian's death, Li Xian ascended the throne as emperor, and at this time some people suggested that the Wu family should be killed, but Li Xian refused, because the two families had been allies.
Judging from the ending, Wu Zetian's support for the zhang zongchang brothers is no different from "killing" and "bringing misfortune to the east", it seems to be looking for a way out for the future martial family, and she has indeed succeeded. Perhaps, after many years, the Wu family knew that she was well-intentioned!
Looking back on Wu Zetian's life, it can really be described as dangerous and wonderful, and for this woman who dared to overthrow the Li Tang royal family, her thoughts and means are very rare in history.
Many people blame Wu Zetian's success on Tang Gaozong's favor, but in fact, Wu Zetian's own political talent, outstanding talent, and perseverance are also inevitable conditions for her success.
Even today, these three things are essential for entrepreneurs.