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A "Wu Zetian" allows us to reacquaint ourselves with this outstanding representative of women, and her mother, Mrs. Yang, is even more eye-catching. Mrs. Yang is the niece of Yang Xiong, the king of the Sui Dynasty, born in the royal family, with a prominent family background, she has shown superhuman intelligence and lofty ambitions since she was a child.
But who would have thought that this "Bai Fumei" would be thirty out of forty and still waiting to be in the boudoir, which was extremely rare in the social environment at that time. According to Wu Zetian's statement after becoming the queen, it was because his mother, Mrs. Yang, believed in Buddhism and originally held celibacy, but later met her excellent father, Wu Shitong, Mrs. Yang had a discerning eye for heroes, and decided to give up her noble beliefs and commit herself to marriage.
Such a choice is deeply admirable. Madame Yang's education and guidance had a non-negligible impact on Wu Zetian's growth and becoming a generation of empresses. Although there are also doubts that Yang is not the first marriage, in any case, she has become an outstanding woman of her time with her courage and wisdom.
Although there are different theories, none of them can hide the difference of Mrs. Yang. In the context of the relatively open social atmosphere of the Sui and Tang dynasties, Yang's father was open-minded and supportive of his daughter's pursuit of reading, so he hired a full-time tutor for Yang to teach her poetry, calligraphy, etiquette and music.
Coupled with Yang's own diligence and studiousness, her knowledge is not inferior to that of those men who read poetry and books. Yang was born into a royal family and was the daughter of the prime minister, and her political vision, pattern and mind surpassed that of many men.
It can be said that it is precisely because of his mother's extraordinaryness that he has the later Wu Zetian. Perhaps because of Yang's own excellence, she has too high requirements for her marriage partner, and as a result, she is still in her forties and still spends her time in the boudoir.
However, fate is unstoppable, and Yang finally met the "true son" of her life, Wu Shi Tong, on the threshold of old age. Wu Shi Tong is a native of Wenshui County, Shanxi, and comes from a family with a small surname, that is, between the big family and the ordinary people.
Although the ancestor has served as a minor official for several terms, his status is not high, and he has a certain social prestige but it is not too high. He was the youngest of his brothers, and his three older brothers were farmers, but he had great ambitions and did not want to be an unknown man for the rest of his life.
He chose to abandon agriculture and become a businessman, despite his low status. However, he knew the power of money, and made his first pot of gold by doing a timber business, accumulating a large amount of capital.
Then, he set out to change his identity. Because the imperial examination system was just emerging and the mechanism was not perfect, a person from a low background like Wu Shi Tong had no chance to participate in the imperial examination at all.
In addition, Wu Shi Tong is a businessman, he is very good at making money, and he may not be able to study, and the imperial examination is not suitable for him. Therefore, Samurai decided to follow the path of joining the army. At that time, the world was in turmoil, and it was where soldiers came into play, and many nobles in the Sui and Tang dynasties made their fortunes through meritorious service in the army.
The most important thing is that you don't need a family background to join the army, so Samurai Tong went to join the army. According to common sense, people with no background should start as a grassroots soldier in the army, but the samurai Tong was rich, and he used the money to make points, and as soon as he entered the army, he became a small military attaché.
Wu Shi Tong relied on his extraordinary vision to see Li Yuan, and the famous minister of the Qin Dynasty, Lu Buwei, also relied on the vision of a businessman who was good at investment, and saw that Ying Yi had the identity of Lu Xiangguo.
His vision was not wrong, Li Yuan really became the emperor, and Wu Shi Tong was also named the Duke of England. Later, Wu Shitong's wife died, and Li Yuan married Mrs. Yang to him.
Mrs. Yang was born in the royal family of the old dynasty, and Wu Shi Tong was a new upstart in the new dynasty, and the combination of the two can be said to be a strong alliance. It is not surprising that they gave birth to a daughter, Wu Zetian.
Mrs. Yang's wisdom and courage are amazing, she gave birth to three daughters in a row at the age of forty-three, including Wu Zetian. In Chinese history, the birth of big names is often accompanied by bizarre events, and Wu Zetian is no exception.
Legend has it that Mrs. Yang once played by the river, and a golden dragon jumped out of the water to play around her, and Yang became pregnant, and gave birth to a daughter who was Wu Zetian. Mrs. Yang is proficient in poetry and books, and her daughter's education is not confined to female celebrities, but focuses on cultivating her literary and critical thinking skills.
At the age of five, Wu Zetian was able to write poems, and at the age of nine, he was able to quote scriptures and tell stories. When Wu Zetian was very young, Yuan Tiangang, a famous physiognomist in the Tang Dynasty, met her and predicted that she would become the lord of the world.
Perhaps it was because of the encouragement of this prophecy that the Yang family resolutely decided to send the fourteen-year-old Wu Zetian to the palace after the death of Wu Shi Tong. This is not accidental, but out of practical necessity.
The four Yang's mother and daughter were ostracized by the two sons of the samurai Tong, and the life of the mother and daughter was not satisfactory. In this case, the Yang family used his connections to send the fourteen-year-old Wu Zetian to the side of Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and became his talent.
Therefore, Wu Zetian's entry into the palace is not accidental, she has a mission to change her identity and status quo. When she found that Li Shimin could not meet her needs, she used her father's inherited knowledge of people and her mother's educational background to target the crown prince Li Zhi.
Yang's wisdom and decisiveness played a key role in Wu Zetian's journey to becoming the Empress of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi. Although Wu Zetian and Li Zhi could not convince Wu Zetian's uncle, the eldest grandson Wuji, the Yang family resolutely stepped forward.
She first pleaded with the eldest grandson Wuji with Wu Zetian's wisdom and virtue, but the eldest grandson Wuji pretended to be confused and did not mention the suggestion of changing the queen. The Yang family was the county lord of the former dynasty, and Tang Gaozu Li Yuan had to give three points of courtesy, and she directly angered the eldest grandson Wuji and the civil and military officials.
Although this confrontation failed to achieve its goal, the power of Wu Zetian's mother and daughter has already been seen by everyone. After Wu Zetian became the queen, she gave her two half-brothers official positions according to the custom, but the Yang family hated them deeply, so she ran to Wu Zetian, and Wu Zetian's mother immediately adopted Yang's suggestion, showing her superb wisdom.
Wu Zetian said to Li Zhi that after becoming the queen, he could not promote his mother's family to prevent his relatives from becoming bigger, which is called "being humble and selfless, and suppressing his relatives". Li Zhi was very happy to hear this, and felt that she understood the righteousness.
So, Tang Gaozong issued an edict to demote the Wu brothers to the local level. Wu Zetian can be described as "killing two birds with one stone" and "killing two birds with one stone", which not only avenged his revenge for being angry back then, but also established his fair and selfless image.
Wu Zetian's becoming emperor can be said to be inseparable from her mother's support and assistance, and at many important joints in her life, Mrs. Yang helped her give advice and communicate with her inside and outside.
If Mrs. Yang's story is limited to what we said above, she is still just an ordinary woman with different minds and knowledge, and her "strangeness" lies in the fact that she still fornicated with her own grandson in her eighties!
Isn't this a disgrace to his daughter who is a queen? What's even more "strange" is that it was Wu Zetian himself who broke this earth-shattering news! Mrs. Yang's grandson, that is, the son of Wu Zetian's sister Mrs. Han Helan Minzhi, is handsome and chic, and he is also very frivolous and romantic.
When Wu Zetian's sons died one after another, she began to look for a new successor. Among the many children and nephews, she chose her nephew Helan Minzhi. Although Helan Minzhi has no real talent and learning, he dares to go against Wu Zetian, and even the quasi-princess and the palace maid of Princess Taiping who have not passed through the door.
Although Wu Zetian hated this to the core, her mother, Mrs. Yang, has always protected Helan Minzhi. However, after Mrs. Yang's death, Helan Minzhi's behavior became even more outrageous, and he was even accused of having an affair with his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Yang.
Wu Zetian chose to make the incident public as a way to stop the spread of rumors. Although the veracity of this incident remains to be studied, it is certain that Wu Zetian's personality and the influence of her mother, Madame Yang, had a profound impact on her political career.