In the heyday of our country, it was extremely prosperous and prosperous. In this prosperous Tang Dynasty, there was first Li Shimin's Qingming politics, then Wu Zetian's Zhenguan relics and the Kaiyuan prosperous era. At that time, Datang's economic culture not only affected its own country, but also had an impact on the social culture of Japan, the West and even Europe. In this dynasty of wealth and strength, there was also a strange woman. This strange woman is the only empress in Chinese history that everyone must know, Wu Zetian.
The historical Wu Zetian, also known as Wu Xie, was born in a family of eunuchs who followed Li Shimin and had a stunning beauty. She was also the only female emperor in Chinese history to be recognized by later generations, and also established wuzhou.
Wu Zetian was only fourteen years old when he first entered the palace, and was directly named a talented person by Li Shimin. Later, due to the prediction of the "heroine Wu Clan" proposed by Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng, it was snubbed and did not get much favor. Empty and beautiful, it does not occupy a place in the harem. In the Cold Palace, she had been a talented person for twelve years.
Until Li Shimin was seriously ill, he also put forward an inexplicable sentence to her that was related to her life. Wu Zetian, who knew Li Shimin's deep meaning, only replied with eight words, and it was these eight words that saved her own life. Wu Zetian's emotional experience was also reversed from then on, which was also the beginning of her empress's fate. What kind of story is there in this legendary woman?
Heroine Wu Shi
Wu Zetian was born with the posture of falling into the city and the country. After being known by Li Shimin, he was summoned to the palace and given the title of a talented person. However, when Wu Zetian wanted to occupy a place in the harem by virtue of her beauty and talent, suddenly Li Chunfeng's prophecy of changing the fate of the Tang Dynasty caused her to be completely ignored by Li Shimin's side. She has been spending more than ten years in the Cold Palace, and her title has always been a talented person, without any promotion. But Wu Zetian did not complain about the world, and she always waited for the opportunity to show her talent.
By chance, Li Shimin, emperor Taizong of Tang, got a horse that was difficult to tame. Wu Zetian seized the opportunity, and she offered to tame the horse. She said she had no other requirements, and that she had to subdue the horse with three tools. If whipping made of steel does not work, hit it with a hammer made of iron, and if it cannot be subdued with it, slit its throat with a knife.
Horses are meant to be ridden by men, and if they can't be subdued, what's the use of wanting them?. Li Shimin listened and found that she did have the courage to have a little talent, but at the same time, Li Shimin was also more afraid of the prophecy coming true, which made Wu Zetian completely lose favor around Li Shimin.
Faithless
Wu Zetian's first relationship did not get what she wanted, and she had been living a miserable life in the deep palace. She didn't get the pampering she wanted. At the same time, during Li Shimin's illness, Wu Zetian had a male and female relationship with his son Li Zhi. Because the two are of the same age and prosperous, the two people know each other and cherish each other. Perhaps this is the fate of a generation of empresses, two people destined to disregard the etiquette and produce a male and female love, and fall in love behind unknown backs.
There are many people who believe that the reason why Wu Zetian married Li Zhi was for Li Zhi's supreme power. But if you think about it, in the ancient era of male superiority and female inferiority, when a woman was in her twenties, she would not have the ambition to become a female emperor at all. From this point of view, Wu Zetian and Li Zhi really had sincere feelings. At the same time, Emperor Gaozong of Tang also took Wu Zetian back during the period when Wu Zetian was cutting his hair as a nun, and could not resist the day and night thoughts of Wu Zetian. Not only was he taken back to the palace, but he was also accepted as his concubine, and finally Wu Zetian became the empress of Emperor Gaozong of Tang.
A generation of female emperors
Also because of Wu Zetian's strong personality and the favor of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, she would not end the rest of her life. She's not as emotional and indecisive as other women. If she has lost it, she will definitely get it again. In this way, Wu Zetian slowly returned to the center of power, and step by step became the lord of the harem.
However, she was not willing to commit herself to the harem, and gradually her power expanded to the court. No matter how much Tang Taizong was wary of the Wu clan, it still did not change the fate of the "heroine Wu Clan". The Tang Dynasty was finally acquired by Wu Zetian. Li Shimin did not slaughter the Wu clan in the first place, perhaps because he was afraid of too much sin karma, or because he did not believe that his Tang Dynasty would fall into the hands of a woman.
Li Shimin did not kill Wu Zetian, perhaps in the face of such a beautiful person and an unfounded prophecy, he could not kill the killer. In short, Wu Zetian escaped the disaster and became the female emperor who was destined.
At the time of Tang Taizong's death, he did not think of killing Wu Zetian before he died. He tangled and asked the martial artist, "After I leave, what are you going to do?" Faced with such a problem, the martial arts people know in their hearts that this problem will be related to their own life and death. She just told Li Shimin eight words. This sentence is "Green Lantern Ancient Buddha, but a lifetime" Because of her answer, he dispelled the doubt that the Wucai people would usurp power and become emperor, so he did not execute her.
After Li Shimin's death, Wu Zetian also fulfilled his promise and gave up everything to become a nun and went to The Ganye Temple. But at this time, she had already exchanged feelings with the new emperor Tang Gaozong, and her feelings were very strong. Even if she became a monk, she would write love poems to Emperor Gaozong of Tang to send lovesickness.
Tang Gaozong also took her back from the temple because he was unforgettable to her. Due to Wu Zetian's ambitions in the harem, she would not spend the rest of her life. Therefore, step by step, she moved closer to power, became the favorite concubine of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, then the empress, and finally fulfilled the prophecy of the heroine Wu Shi, becoming the only female emperor in Chinese history.
epilogue:
Wu Zetian's life has ups and downs, and his emotional experience is also bumpy. From the ordinary concubine of the humble emperor to the female emperor above the ten thousand people, her life has glory and ups and downs. In terms of politics, she also had the outstanding talent of the emperor, perfecting the examination system and allowing civilians to enter the official field. Good at discovering talents, employing people to maintain talents, good at discovery.
On the basis of the Original Datang, she also created the Zhenguan Legacy. He has been at the helm of Datang for nearly thirty years. Maybe she herself can't evaluate her own merits, so she will leave a wordless monument for posterity to comment.