Wu Meiniang, who was humiliated in the deep palace, paid a painful price in pursuit of power. With her talent and intelligence, she rose all the way and eventually became the empress Wu Zetian.
However, the process of her ascension to the throne was full of cruelty and unscrupulous means, and even her own daughter dared to strangle to death, showing an unparalleled degree of viciousness. Her actions have made many male emperors in history ashamed of themselves.
Although Wu Zetian did anything to get to the top, in the Tang Dynasty and even in the history of our country, she was considered an excellent and good emperor who worried about the country and the people.
During her reign, she devoted herself to the development of education, the promotion of Confucianism, the establishment of schools, the reform of agriculture, the improvement of production technology, and the reduction of taxes, which greatly improved the living standards of the people, and was deeply loved by the people.
Although Wu Zetian was framed by conspiracy during her reign, she was very strict with the ministers and relatives of the DPRK and China, and once she found anything unusual, she would be executed mercilessly, regardless of the distance of the relationship, only depending on the right and wrong in front of her.
However, Wu Zetian is not distrustful of everyone. When she ascended to the throne, a fellow named Di Renjie passed the imperial examination and entered the official career, his identity was innocent, he was an honest official, and he was deeply loved by Wu Zetian, and became her most trusted person.
Under Wu Zetian's favor, Di Renjie soon became the most important right and left hand in her period, and in addition to her, Di Renjie was one of the people who got the most power.
Although Di Renjie's most important position in his life is only three grades, his power can be said to be monopolistic to the government and the opposition.
Wu Zetian's country is stable, and it is inseparable from Di Renjie's assistance. Their collaboration is hailed"Zhenguan legacy", the prosperity of the world stems from their similar age, as well as Wu Zetian's respect and trust for Di Renjie.
However, before Wu Zetian died, an old man in his 80s came to her window and made her realize that Di Renjie had been"Lie"of her. In order to ascend to the throne, Wu Zetian did not hesitate to use his daughter to overthrow the queen, and was promoted from a concubine to a queen, and was deeply favored by Li Zhi.
She used various means to figure it out under Li Zhi's nose"Big play", let the simple Wu Meiniang disappear, leaving only Wu Zetian, who is in the camp step by step. Li Zhi was bewitched by Wu Zetian's charm, and began to neglect the government and handed over the power of the Tang Dynasty to one"Female streamers"and is even more fond of Wu Zetian.
Eventually, Wu Zetian became an important adviser to Li Zhi to deal with the affairs of the court. However, this seemingly perfect cooperation made Wu Zetian have doubts in his heart.
Li Zhi was so captivated by Wu Zetian's charm that he could not listen to the objections of his courtiers. In 680, Li Zhi died suddenly at the age of 23. After Li Zhi's death, Wu Zetian used his status as the empress dowager to interfere in court politics more freely.
Li Zhe, who was still a teenager at the time, could only become a tool for Wu Zetian to achieve his political goals.
Wu Zetian launched a careful plan in the harem and gradually replaced the palace guard ministers, causing a crisis inside and outside the court. Many ministers loyal to the Tang Li clan have **, and the resistance is very high.
Wu Zetian was deep in the palace, and she had already been in her mind, and she expected that she needed someone who was loyal and could quickly help her establish great achievements and stabilize her power. So, she met Di Renjie, a fellow villager with her, who passed the imperial examination and became an official.
Di Renjie's ability is undoubted, and his honest and honest character is even more favored by Wu Zetian.
Di Renjie: Wu Zetian's most trusted "traitor" in his life Di Renjie, a man who helped Wu Zetian consolidate her power and achieve the prosperity of "Zhenguan Legacy" when she needed it most, was regarded by Wu Zetian as the most trusted person.
However, it wasn't until she was dying that the arrival of an 80-year-old man made her know that the person she trusted most in her life was actually the biggest "traitor". After the Shenlong coup, Wu Zetian was heartbroken.
With the help of Di Renjie, she consolidated her power and recommended Zhang Cambodia, Zhang Yizhi, Zhang Changzong and others to her, and although she was suspicious of these Li Tang former ministers, she still kept them by her side.
At the beginning, it may have been just an observation, but later these ministers worked hard by Wu Zetian's side, and with the filter of "Di Renjie", Wu Zetian regarded them as confidants.
However, Di Renjie had long believed that Wu Zetian was not the orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty, and that it could only be the Li Dynasty that ruled the Tang Dynasty. Although he did not harm the female emperor Wu Zetian, he had already begun to plan to return the Tang Dynasty to the hands of the Li family again, instead of Wu Zetian's reigning Wu Zhou.
As Di Renjie's layout continues to deepen, more and more people are involved. Under Di Renjie's sowing discord, Wu Zetian gradually moved towards the path of self-destruction, not only abolished his confidants' ministers, but even began to kill members of the imperial family.
However, the empress's behavior is irreparable, and Di Renjie's layout is bound to be activated. By 702, Wu Zetian was 72 years old, and her throne had become veritable"Alone", all the cronies have been designed by Di Renjie to disappear, and even the people recommended by Di Renjie himself to Wu Zetian have begun to sow discord with her.
It turned out that he lied to me, he wanted me to let go and let Li Xian take over. ”