The only empress Wu once said: "Why can a man have three wives and four concubines and hug left and right, but women can't?"Since I am the Son of Heaven, why can't I relieve my boredom?Although she ascended to the throne, it was very difficult to break the shackles of chastity on women in ancient traditional feudal thinking. The empress believes that as an emperor, she should enjoy the three thousand "beauties" of the harem, but it is not easy to achieve this goal.
Regarding the empress's "face", Xue Huaiyi is one of the most well-known male favorites. He was born in the market, was favored by the Wu clan, was named a general, Liang Guogong and other positions, and led the army to defeat the Turks, and contributed a lot to help the Wu clan become emperor. However, his status also made other court figures jealous because of this, and eventually burned down the Ming Hall and Heaven, resulting in him being killed.
Another male favorite, Shen Nanxuan, was an imperial physician, and although he won the favor of the empress, there are not many records of him in history. In the end, the Chang brothers became the empress's male favorites, and she indulged in their toying and was eventually forced to abdicate. Although the empress is over sixty years old, she is very open-minded, and her psychological and physical needs give these male pets the opportunity to be favored. Wu Zetian, who had been strong all his life, finally had to give way to others.
Some blame her ending on an obsession with men, which gave the Zhang brothers an opportunity to deepen her estrangement from the courtiers, which eventually led to a coup d'état. But does she really know nothing about the wishful thinking of male pets?She was in her 70s at the time, and male pets are not only pleasure for her, but also companionship, and there is a more important reason. The most troublesome question after she ascended the throne was: to whom will the throne be passed?
Passed on to his own relatives, the Wu family, or is it still in power for the Li family?Her most trusted courtier, Di Renjie, once persuaded her that her son Li Xian was more reliable, because her son succeeded to the throne, and she still deserved to enjoy the Taimiao. Based on her later performance, she should have listened to it.
She has been balancing the relationship between the Li Tang royal family and the children of the Wu family, this time Li Xian launched a coup d'état, and the children of the Wu family did not resist, it may be that she had arranged in advance to let them not resist in order to protect the Wu family. The Wu family allowed the male favorites Zhang brothers to control the government, which was a big game of chess, rather than being confused by beauty. Her intellect and lust for power made her plan for a long time ago, rather than sit idly by.