Wu Zetian: "But it was precisely from that moment that I really lost everything, family, children and affection, nothing." Some are just betrayal, flattery, and constant labor. ”
Di Renjie: "But you have won the world"
Wu Zetian: "You are wrong, all I get is the enemy... ”
This is the heartfelt words of Empress Wu Zetian to the famous minister Di Renjie and the only two, when she was very young, she was also like Di Guolao, Ming Ming Wu Zetian had such a big world, and was the only female emperor in Chinese history, why did she say that only "enemies" could be obtained?
Later, when I grew up, I found through reading the history books that around Wu Zetian, friends and relatives who should have had deep feelings and close relationships were all alienated from Wu Zetian for the sake of power and interests, and even wanted to put him to death.
Since she was a teenager, she was forced to be elected to the palace as a concubine, although she comforted her family with "this is a good thing", but in the deep palace for more than ten years, presumably in a place where there was no one, she shed a lot of tears.
After Li Shimin's death, he was sent to the Ganye Temple according to the palace rules, and should have been a green lantern ancient Buddha for a lifetime.
It was not easy to win the favor of the new emperor Li Zhi, and returned to the harem after going through hardships and dangers, and the former dynasty had to face the difficulties of the eldest son Wujie, Chu Suiliang, and other important ministers; the harem had to face the sinister calculations of Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shufei; Wu Zetian, who was only in his early thirties, took a slightly wrong step, that is, faced with crushed bones.
So, in order to survive, for the sake of her newborn children, she had to be vicious.
There are even rumors that in order to overthrow Empress Wang, she had to strangle her own daughter Princess Anding to death.
After all the hardships, she became an empress.
His sister Lady Korea and niece Helan Shi seduced their "brother-in-law" Li Zhi behind their backs, and even caused Wu Zetian and Prince Zhanghuai's mother and son to turn against their niece Helan Shi and even want to kill their own aunt.
The so-called elder brother Wu Yuanqing Wu Yuanshuang was even more insulting to their mother and daughter when Wu Zetian was young.
The more power she gained, the more criticism from the previous dynasty, and even her two favorite sons, Li Hong and Li Xian, became "stumbling blocks" on her way to power.
The former was brutally strangled to death.
When he became empress dowager, he degraded the third son, Li Xian, and killed his son, his own grandson; he always suspected that he had a bad heart.
The fourth son, Li Dan, has always been afraid of this mother. Her favorite daughter, Princess Taiping, has always coveted her power.
The number of descendants of political enemies who died at her hands, and even her own relatives, is innumerable
In the end, he was really a loner.
Although in history, many people think that Wu Zetian was a very great stateswoman and female emperor, who made many contributions to the country and the people, some people said that she excluded dissidents and was too cold-blooded and cruel.
However, without her "fierceness", There really would be no female emperor in China. As she said on her self-proclaimed wordless monument: "Yes and no merit, let future generations comment on it."