As the only female emperor in Chinese history, Wu Zetian's life can be said to be very exciting. She began as the daughter of a fallen nobleman, and her father died at a young age. After being elected to the palace, she was also not favored by Tang Taizong, and she had no heirs and could only become a nun after Tang Taizong's death.
Between the peaks and loops, he met Li Zhi, who had always been secretly in love with himself, returned to the palace as a favorite concubine, and finally stepped forward step by step to the empress and the emperor's throne.
Every emperor basically has Xiangrui in the history books, and Wu Zetian is no exception, but after Xiang Xiangrui, something happened, but everyone said that it was a sign of great evil, what happened?
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Since ancient times, it seems that people who can become emperors will have something different. Either the body is related to others, or it is a heavenly auspicious rui.
For example, Jin Wengong, one of the Five Powers of spring and autumn, is different, and he has a heavy pupil. Each eyeball has two pupils, which sound good is the image of the emperor, and the bad sound is actually a body deformity. On the way to escape, Jin Wengong Zhong'er was also spied on by the curious Cao Gonggong, and the angry Zhong'er destroyed Cao Guo after taking power.
There are also many people who descend from heaven, such as Yang Guang, the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, who is said to have carried Xiangrui when he was born: "There is a red light in the sky, and the palace is very frightened, and it is the time when the cattle and horses are singing." There is also Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty, who also "had two dragon plays outside the door of the museum and went away in three days." ”
In fact, this kind of auspicious rui is more made up by the emperor at the behest of people, which can successfully whitewash the disgraceful throne that he has come from. Let everyone believe that God gave me this position.
As the only female emperor in history, Wu Zetian naturally wanted to frantically create "Xiangrui" to prove the legitimacy of his throne, and actually did similar things when he was an empress, and later in order to become an emperor, he needed "the will of heaven". The people around her saw the empress's thoughts, so one or two of them began to look for "XiangRui".
The first to discover Xiangrui was Wu Zetian's nephew Wu Chengsi, who instructed Tang Tongtai, a native of Yongzhou, to present a huge snow-white stone stele to Wu Zetian, only to see a few large characters on it: "Our Lady of The Prophet, The Yongchang Emperor."
He claimed that this boulder was found in the low tide of Luoshui, but in fact, this stone was heseled out of his own words, and then the purple stone was ground into powder, and then mixed with herbs, and filled it in, looking as if the word grew out of the stone.
Wu Zetian was really happy, and she named this stone Baotu and collected it preciously.
The people below also began to stir when they saw this situation, and all kinds of strange auspicious rui also began to appear.
Once, a person presented a stone that was white on the outside and red on the inside, and when he saw it left and right, he was puzzled and asked what was the difference between this stone and what it was. The man replied slowly and logically, "With his pure heart." "That is to say, this stone is very faithful.
After listening to this explanation, the minister Li Dezhao could not sit still, and asked with a sneer: "Why, the other stones are not centered, do you want to rebel?" ”
Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard it, and this person who dedicated Xiangrui also felt that his face couldn't hang on and quickly left. Wu Zetian knew about this matter, although he was reluctant to be xiangrui, he still respected the upright minister, and the jianghu slowly returned to normal.
Not only ordinary people, but also the ministers excavated Xiangrui one by one, and one spring suddenly the temperature dropped and it snowed, and the minister Su Wei said that this was Xiangrui and celebrated Wu Zetian.
However, the palace attendant Yushi Wang asked for a salute: "Now that the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, the grass and trees are thriving, and the weather has suddenly become cold, and heavy snow has fallen, causing a disaster that is so serious that how can we open our mouths and say that it is auspicious!" The pilgrims are all flattering spirits. Wu Zetian was a little embarrassed by this matter, and he did not end it.
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In fact, in the history of that time, in addition to these artificial auspiciousness, there was a strange phenomenon in the history books.
The New Book of Tang records that "Langzhou hens turned into males" and "Songzhou hens turned into males". This is recorded during the death of Li Zhi and the reign of Wu Zetian as emperor.
This sudden appearance of the record is confusing, but a glance at the historical situation at that time gives you a glimpse of the meaning of these two sentences.
At that time, Wu Zetian's idea of wanting to be emperor was clearly revealed, and Li Tangzong's office was naturally opposed, but Wu Zetian already had great power in his hands, although Bozhou assassinated Shi Langya Wang Xingbing, Yue Wang Li Zhen raised troops in Yuzhou in response, but the two were not politically appealing and prepared enough, and they were quickly suppressed, and the families of both men were liquidated.
This is not the end, the nobles of the Li Tang Dynasty such as the King of Han, the King of Lu, and the Duke of Huangguo committed suicide one after another, and their families were basically killed, so far, there was no one who could stop Wu Zetian from claiming the title of emperor.
It was during this time that the New Book of Tang recorded this strange event.
The Tang Dynasty people's understanding of some scientific knowledge is still very simple, and the way they judge is that the hen stops laying eggs, or the hen crows like a rooster, which is a sign that the hen becomes a rooster.
In fact, this sentence is a secret record, and the Book of Shang once said: "The ancients had a word, and the chicken had no morning." The phrase "the morning of the chicken, only the family's rope" is explained in the vernacular that the hen will never stop laying eggs, and if the hen stops laying eggs and starts to crow, it is a sign of the family's destruction.
This sentence is also used in the court, which is used to reflect the dynasty controlled by the harem, and the politics of the woman controlling the court will bring disaster to the country.
In history, not only in the New Book of Tang, but also in the late Shang Dynasty, when king Wu was cutting the silk, the soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty used muji sichen to map the king to confuse the king to improve the morale of the soldiers.
Therefore, it is not known whether this incident is really a strange event, but more that the scholars are implicitly opposed to the rule of Wu Zetian, believing that it is better for the country to return to the Li Tang Dynasty.
Wu Zetian naturally knew the truth of this, and after taking power, he began to appoint cool officials to calm his tongue, although the tongue was easy to calm, but people's thoughts really could not be forbidden, after Wu Zetian's health was not good, Li Tang's old ministers broke out a dragon coup d'état, and returned the Wuzhou Dynasty to the Li Tang Dynasty again.
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In the middle and late period of Wu Zetian's reign, everyone also found that this empress actually had political talent, and although there were also people who opposed her, they could not become a climate sporadically in the later period, and they could not use these auspicious rui in the middle and late stages of her reign.
As long as the people are put in mind, to ensure the lives of the people, to govern a country well, you will certainly be able to gain the approval of others, Wu Zetian erected a wordless monument after her death, the meaning of which is: her life, let future generations comment. At this time, Wu Zetian truly looked down on life and gained the respect of the world.