Wu Zetian and Erzhang
Wu Zetian's most famous male favorite is still the Zhang Changzong brothers.
In 697, after the recommendation of Princess Taiping, Fang was in his early twenties, and the beautiful and young Zhang Changzong entered the palace.
Zhang Changzong and Xue Huaiyi were different, from a noble origin, and his grandfather Zhang Xingcheng was the prime minister during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, so he knew the rhythm and was very literate.
Not long after entering the palace, Zhang Changzong was favored by Wu Zetian.
Zhang Changzong also recommended his brother Zhang Yizhi to Wu Zetian, and Wu Zetian immediately summoned him and liked him.
The Old Book of Tang contains Zhang Yizhi's "white and beautiful appearance, good music lyrics".
Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi look very similar, and their appearance is more beautiful than that of their brother.
The two brothers are particularly upside down, embellished, dressed up, and tried their best to make people cute.
It was really a pair of jade people, and they were extremely good at talking, and the whole thing fascinated Wu Zetian.
At this time, the Zhang brothers were only in their early 20s, and Wu Zetian was already 74 years old.
This picture, a little dare not think.
Two sheets
On the day he summoned Zhang Changzong, Wu Zetian appointed him as the general of Yunli and assumed the post of general of Zuo Qianniu Zhonglang. A few days later, Zhang Changzong was promoted to The Silver Qing Guanglu Doctor from Sanpin, and later to the Right Scattered Rider Changshi of Zheng Sanpin.
Zhang Yizhi came, and immediately made Him The Si Wei Shaoqing from Sipin, and gave him a residence with five hundred pieces of silk, and a large number of maids and maids, camels, cattle and horses for his use.
These two brothers are promoted faster than they are on a rocket.
In this way, the Zhang family brothers entered the palace for less than half a month, and the power shocked the world.
The brothers of the martial family, led by Wu Zetian's nephew Wu Sansi, rushed to the door, courted Bajie, and personally led a horse and handed a whip for him, calling Zhang Yizhi "Wulang" and Zhang Changzong "Liulang".
Whenever Wu Zetian feasted and gathered, Zhang Yizhi, Zhang Changzong, and the wu family brothers waited together.
Wu Zetian was very envious of the legendary Prince Ji Jin of Zhou Ling, that is, Prince Qiao, who was said to be good at blowing pipes, and later became an immortal, riding a white crane.
Wu Zetian's nephew Wu Sansi was a super spirit, so he said to his aunt, Liu Lang is so beautiful, he is beyond the ordinary world, he must be the reincarnation of Prince Qiao. "
Wu Zetian was very happy to hear his nephew's words, so he asked Zhang Changzong to put on a feather coat, blow a hole pipe, ride on a fake crane, and fly back and forth in the courtyard, as if the immortals rode a crane to ascend to heaven.
This side is flying, and the attendants and literati over there are taking this as the title, rushing to chant praise.
In order to give the Zhang brothers the reputation of being in the inner temple and the harem, Wu Zetian ordered Zhang Changzong to write articles in the palace, and took Twenty-six people, including Li Zhao, Zhang Shuo, Song Zhiqing, Fu Jiamo, and Xu Yanbo, to write the "Three Teachings of Zhuying".
Soon, Wu Zetian appointed Zhang Changzong as the secretary of the ministry and Zhang Yizhi as the supervisor of Lintai, and his power became more prominent.
Prince Joe
Wu Zetian's third son, Crown Prince Li Xian, and fourth son, Li Dan the Prince of Xiang, requested that Zhang Changzong be made king.
Wu Zetian disagreed, and instead made him the Chunguan Shilang (春官侍郎), making him the Duke of Yiguo and Zhang Yizhi the Duke of Hengguo.
Why did the martial brothers and the Li brothers compete to shoot the two brothers of the Zhang family?
Because they all hoped that the Zhang brothers could blow the pillow side wind for themselves, Li Xian, Li Dan, hoped that his mother would pass the throne to his son and keep the Li family, and Wu Sansi and others hoped that their aunt would pass the throne to the Wu family.
During the eight years spent with Wu Zetian, Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong were deeply favored by Wu Zetian, and the dictatorship was chaotic, and the hundred officials of the imperial court were all afraid of it.
Li Xian's eldest son Li Chongrun, daughter Li Xianhui, and son-in-law Wu Yanji privately discussed Zhang Yizhi's brothers, and erzhang knew about it and told Wu Zetian about it, and Wu Zetian was furious when he heard this, and ordered the execution of the three men.
For the sake of the Zhang family brothers, he did not hesitate to kill his own grandson, granddaughter, and nephew, and Wu Zetian was really inhuman.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and in the first year of Shenlong (705), the 82-year-old Wu Zetian was seriously ill, and the ministers Cui Xuan and Zhang Kamzhi launched a coup d'état, leading Yu Linbing to welcome The third son of Zetian Li Xian (Emperor Zhongzong of Tang) to the throne, and invited Wu Zetian on the sick bed to the emperor's throne.
During the coup d'état, the brothers Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi were murdered, and their bodies were publicly beheaded in The South bridge of Tianjin.
There are still several poems by Zhang Changzong that can be seen in his talent, of which "You Shi Shu Shan" is the most outstanding: "Looking back at the east of Weiqiao, remote pity for the spring color." The green silk is delicate in the sunset, and the spring breeze is stirred. ”
And Zhang Yizhi's poem is also quite meaningful: "Qianzhang pine and lotus cross the green curtain, and a hill of mountains and rivers is a singing harp." "Under the sunset rock in the mountains, the incense blows down the flowers deeply."
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