After the death of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, his wife Wu Zetian began a wild ride. Beheading ministers, deposing emperors, intimidating princes, and in short, the entire central court fell into the oppression of blood and fire, and finally exchanged for the rise of a female emperor.
We should admire Wu Zetian's success, but her methods are inevitably a little chilling. Perhaps because it is too difficult for a woman to become an emperor, Wu Zetian's methods are quite extreme. And what is even more intolerable is that Wu Zetian did not stop after becoming emperor, and actually started to make a face.
The wind evaluation of this matter in history was extremely bad, and almost all the merits of Wu Zetian were erased. In fact, Wu Zetian herself was also a very intelligent politician, and she was already 66 years old when she became emperor, so the question is, why did Wu Zetian still care about feathers so much and do such a ridiculous thing at such a high age? In fact, there is also her deep meaning behind it.
As recorded in the history books, Wu Zetian encountered too many obstacles in the process of seizing power in his lifetime, and those who hindered him were very powerful groups. For example, when Wu Zetian attacked the empress's position, she was blocked in front of the eldest grandson Wuji and guanlong nobles. Immediately after she wanted to bow the curtain to listen to the government, in front of her was the crown prince Li Xian, as well as Manchu Wenwu.
Later, she finally beat all those opponents down and wanted to become emperor. As a result, she faced almost all the rebellious nobles, especially Xu Jingye's rebellion that year, which almost turned the Tang Dynasty upside down.
Therefore, when we freeze history to the moment when Wu Zetian is called emperor, we will sincerely feel a kind of difficulty, Wu Zetian has been walking high in the tightrope, a little carelessness is doomed, she can become the emperor is very, very rare.
Logically, Wu Zetian's next performance should be to honestly take the right path, win more people's recognition for her, and create a more ambitious cause. However, at this time, Wu Zetian was still not like this, even though she was 66 years old, she still challenged the bottom line of everyone.
The history books record that the faces offered by Princess Taiping and others accepted by Wu Zetian were not only absurd to them in the harem, but also let these faces stand in the foreground. Among them, the most famous are naturally xue huaiyi and Zhang Zongchang brothers.
First of all, look at Xue Huaiyi, this person can be described as arrogant and heavenly, only Wu Zetian was in his eyes, and he did not even look up to the prime minister in his eyes, and it is said that he once let the prime minister kneel down, and as a result, he was beaten up. Even, Xue Huaiyi still had his nostrils facing the sky, and a torch burned the Ming Hall, which caused serious economic damage to the Tang Dynasty and made Wu Zetian's wind evaluation extremely poor.
Xue Huaiyi was still like this, and the Zhang brothers who appeared next were even more excessive, they were not only as arrogant as Xue Huaiyi, but also had the audacity to take over the sky, and the two controlled the government. Among them, the most typical record is that these people not only played with officials in applause, but even dared to insult Wu Zetian's family at will.
Therefore, after Wu Zetian became emperor, these male pets she cultivated were basically bastards, stirring up the imperial court into a miasma of smoke and making Wu Zetian, the emperor, look extremely faint.
As mentioned above, Emperor Wu Zetian's position was originally walking on a tightrope in the air, which was not sloppy at all, so she was not worried at all about these male pets he raised so unsightly?
Also, in general, a woman is menopausal by the time she is 60 years old. So the question is, Wu Zetian's age is close to 70 years old, why is she still interested in these people? For this reason, many scholars believe that the past historical home is suspected of smearing.
It can be said that in combination with the above content, Wu Zetian's recruitment of male pets is really not in line with her own political interests and physiological needs, why is this?
There are some clues recorded in history, and perhaps we really can't accuse Wu Zetian of absurdity.
First of all, Wu Zetian is not an ordinary woman, in the historical records, Wu Zetian actually glowed with a second spring at the age of 60, which is not the second spring in the literal sense, but the real second spring, she not only grew new teeth, but also grew new hair.
It was really a physiological miracle, and it was even possible that Wu Zetian had eaten some kind of legendary old medicine, or that power had stimulated her body. All in all, in the canonical records, her body and normal women may be the same, and there is also a need.
Of course, this is only a very small aspect, because for Wu Zetian, desire and career cannot be compared at all, and Wu Zetian will never delay the king's hegemony because of lust.
However, these faces can really solve some of her problems
title. According to historical records, Wu Zetian was always accused by others when she was emperor, believing that she did not look like a human king. Therefore, Wu Zetian tried to make himself look like a normal emperor as much as possible, including the three palaces and six courtyards owned by the emperor.
Although this may seem absurd, it is as Wu Zetian said. Men can have three palaces and six courtyards, why can't women? Wu Zetian wanted to prove to everyone that men and women were equal, that women could also be emperors, and that those who were rory could shut up.
Therefore, we do not rule out that Wu Zetian may use an extreme means to justify the female emperor.
Of course, in addition to this, Wu Zetian had some other calculations, which should not have been realized until he was in his later years. The reason why it was suddenly enlightened was because Wu Zetian had always been very confident before, so she was not afraid of any enemies at all, but she gradually realized that sooner or later she would die, so the older she got, the more likely these people were to fight back against her. And once she falls, then those behind her may die without a place to die.
If you have seen the Ming Dynasty 1566, you should understand this. You can refer to the elderly Jiajing Emperor and the fierce eunuch Chen Hong, who did not like this eunuch at all, but used him heavily and let him beat the minister. In fact, she wanted to use her viciousness to suppress these dishonest ministers and avoid being restrained in her later years.
Wu Zetian used these faces to let them suppress the ministers outside, in fact, it was not ruled out that she would operate in the dark and stabilize her own situation, after all, she had already had some experiences that she did not remember.
Moreover, in addition to stabilizing the situation, these people can also attract hatred to the greatest extent. If one day Wu Zetian falls, then these heads of face will inevitably be liquidated, but because these heads are arrogant, and even arrogant to the point of oppressing the martial family, this makes Wu Zetian's descendants behave less hatefully when they are liquidated.
The end of history is really like this, after Wu Zetian was elevated, the Zhang brothers were immediately killed, on the contrary, Wu Sansi and others are still at large, and I have to admire Wu Zetian's operation.
Therefore, a small face-to-face incident, we can see Wu Zetian's layers of calculations, perhaps, this is the real empress, not an old woman who is crazy.