"Old Tang Dynasty Book: Wu You and Biography": "The princess of Taiping, the girl of Gaozong." He was born in heaven and inherited grace. For more than 20 years, there is only a princess in the world, the father is the emperor, the mother is the queen, the husband is the prince, and the son is the county king. Yongchun has been made by the previous dynasty, and the prince has sealed 800 households, up to 1,000 households; The princess surrendered 300 households, and the princess added 50 households. There are 1,200 households in Taiping Shitang Muzhiyi, and the number of households increased to 3,000 at the beginning of the holy calendar. "So today, let's take a look at the Tang Dynasty Wu Zhou period, how much did Wu Zetian love his youngest daughter Princess Taiping?
Princess Taiping, the youngest daughter of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian, and the younger sister of Li Xian of Tang Zhongzong and Li Dan of Tang Ruizong, can be said to be the most prominent princess since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and even the daughter of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan and Tang Taizong cannot be compared. So during the Wu Zhou period of the Tang Dynasty, how much did Wu Zetian love his youngest daughter Princess Taiping?
In the history of the Tang Dynasty, there were 14 princesses and princesses, they were Princess Honghua, Princess Wencheng, Princess Jincheng, Princess Yongle, Princess Gu'an, Princess Yanjun, Princess Donghua, Princess Dongguang, Princess Heyi, Princess Jingle, Princess Yifang, Princess Daningguo, Princess Xiaoningguo, and Princess Chonghui. Although 13 of the 14 princesses were not the emperor's biological daughters, but the daughters of the clan, they were also married and kissed by the emperor himself.
And harmony is an impossible thing for Princess Taiping, because in the fourth year of Tang Gaozong Yifeng, Tubo Zanpu sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty to propose to Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, wanting to marry Princess Taiping, but Wu Zetian didn't want his daughter to marry to Tubo, and it was not good to refuse directly, so he built a Taoist temple to let Princess Taiping become a monk and refuse to be married. After that, Princess Taiping reached the age of 16 and married Xue Shao, the nephew of Li Zhi of Tang Gaozong. Originally, this was a happy thing, but Wu Zetian thought that Xue Shao's sisters-in-law Xiao and Cheng were not noble enough to be worthy of their daughter Princess Taiping, but fortunately, someone persuaded Xiao to be from Lanling Xiao, not lower than the Li Tang royal family.
Not only that, Wu Zetian also thinks that Princess Taiping's appearance and personality are "similar to me", so he often discusses political affairs with her. "The princess is fruitful, the square is broad, and she has many powers, so she thinks that she is like herself, and every time she premeditates, the palace ban is severe, and she does not let it go. "Although Princess Taiping's achievements in the Wu Zhou period eradicated the power of Lai Junchen, you must know that it is Lai Junchen. Lai Junchen, a famous cool official in the Wu and Zhou dynasties of the Tang Dynasty, was very trusted by Wu Zetian during his tenure, and successively served as the servant of the imperial history, the imperial history of Zhongcheng, and the imperial servant. In the hands of him, a cool official, many ministers and the Li Tang clan were killed in vain, and thousands of people were exterminated. In the end, Lai Junchen tried to frame Princess Taiping and was denounced by Wei Sui, and was ordered to be executed by Wu Zetian.
Even in the first year of Shenlong, Princess Taiping participated in the "Shenlong Coup" and killed the two Zhang brothers (the two Zhang refer to Wu Zetian's two male favorites Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi), but she was not hated by Wu Zetian, but was named "Princess Taiping of Zhenguo" after Li Xian ascended the throne. From Wu Zetian was forced to return to Li Xian to Li Xian to ascend the throne as emperor, there was a gap of one day, you must know that Wu Zetian was not incapable of breaking the situation, but she still abdicated, which may also be due to Princess Taiping. "Old Tang Dynasty Book, Biography, Volume One Hundred and Thirty-Three" recorded: "In the first year of Shenlong, Zhang Yi's plan was meritorious, and he was called the princess of Zhenguo Taiping, and the king of the prime minister was added to the king of Anguo, and the first 5,000 households were sealed by food, and the reward was invincible. ”
Zizhi Tongjian" comment: Princess Taiping Shen Min has many power and strategy, and the Empress Wu thinks that she is like herself, so she is fortunate among the sons, and she is quite pre-conspiratorial.