As the only female emperor under the rule of feudalism, Wu Zetian won the world from the Li Tang royal family step by step, leaving an extremely strong mark in history.
After her death, her son Li Xian ascended the throne, because Wu Zetian said ten words before his death, let go of the martial artists who sought power and usurped the throne, what are these ten words?
Wu Zetian himself was born in a high-ranking family, his father was the founding hero of the Tang Dynasty, and at the age of fourteen, Wu Zetian entered the palace and became the concubine of Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and was awarded the title of martial artist.
Wu Zetian, who had just entered the palace, was favored by Li Shimin. But later, Li Chunfeng's prophecy of "Zhou Xing in the Wu Dynasty, the heroine Chang" made Li Shimin have to guard against it, and it was already a grace that he didn't ask for her life immediately.
Wu Zetian, who fell out of favor, met Li Zhi, the two attracted each other, and gradually fell in love, in this lonely harem, the two warmed each other, Wu Zetian also really felt love, and they had the courage to carry Li Shimin behind their backs to come together.
By the time Li Shimin was seriously ill, Wu Zetian had been in the harem for twelve years, but his position had always been a small talent. When Li Shimin, who was suspicious by nature, wanted to let Wu Zetian accompany him to the funeral, so as to eliminate the possibility of the prophecy coming true.
Wu Zetian was naturally reluctant to accompany the funeral at a young age, and in the face of Li Shimin's temptation, she resolutely expressed her attitude that she would guard the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha for the rest of her life. When Li Shimin saw her like this, he also let her go.
After the death of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi succeeded to the throne. It was impossible for Wu Zetian to stay in the palace directly, so he could only go to Ganye Temple to cut her hair and become a nun, but Li Zhi promised that he would definitely take her back to the palace.
At the time of Ganye Temple, the relationship between Wu Zetian and Li Zhi was still not broken, and the two even had children.
As soon as the filial piety period passed, Li Zhi couldn't wait any longer, and despite the opposition of the courtiers, he resolutely welcomed Wu Zetian back to the palace, named Wu Zhaoyi, and gave birth to a son soon after. After returning to the palace, Wu Zetian realized the preciousness of his status even more deeply.
Now she is just a little Zhaoyi, although she has Li Zhi's favor, it is far from enough. Only with higher power can her future be more secure. Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu, these are all obstacles in front of Wu Zetian.
After returning to the palace, Li Zhi favored her, Concubine Xiao Shu fell out of favor, and she had a son by her side, and her position was already stable. Now in front of him, there is only one king and queen who is above ten thousand people.
She looked at her daughter, who had just been born and was sleeping peacefully. Wu Zetian finally made up his mind and strangled his newborn daughter with his own hands.
When his beloved daughter died, Wu Zetian cried to Li Zhi, "Queen Wang came to visit just now. Blamed the death of his daughter to Queen Wang, who was just here to tease the child, Li Zhi was extremely sad, resentful of Queen Wang, and had the idea of abolishing Wang Liwu.
The distrust of the emperor is the beginning of the fall of the empress of a country. In the face of trumped-up charges, Queen Wang was speechless. Wu Zetian is determined, no one will doubt her, so he will set up this plan.
Wu Zetian took advantage of his daughter's life to finally remove the biggest obstacle on his way to the center of power. She finally got her wish and became the queen under one person.
Wu Zetian, who became the queen, showed his skills not only in the harem, but also in the previous dynasty. The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, which has become an empty word for her. Because she was trusted by Li Zhi, she helped Li Zhi take care of the government affairs of the previous dynasty and began to move towards the center of power.
So how did she block the mouth of Youyou and climb to the top step by step under the patriarchal society?
The most important of these is the help of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi. Li Zhi was seriously ill, and he was already powerless about the government, and he handed over many matters in government affairs to Wu Zetian to take care of.
Wu Zetian's specialization made Li Zhi very dissatisfied. Shangguan Yi took advantage of Li Zhi's dissatisfaction and hurriedly wrote a letter to remind Li Zhi that the demon queen was in chaos, and Li Zhi really moved his mind to abolish the queen.
Although there have been obvious contradictions between the two, Wu Zetian has been taking care of Li Zhi during the period when he was seriously ill, and he really can't fake it, and Li Zhi's love for Wu Zetian is also real.
The more Wu Zetian tried his best for Li Zhi, the more ruthless Li Zhi became. How disturbing the government is, he knows best that during the period of his illness, Wu Zetian must have worked hard, and now Wu Zetian has to hear the news of the abolition, and he is even more distressed when he sheds tears in front of him.
And now like this, he has nothing to do, and there is nothing wrong with it, after thinking about it, Li Zhi not only did not curb Wu Zetian's ambitions, but gave her more power and was able to directly participate in court politics.
In the second year of the Shangyuan Dynasty, Li Zhi, who was seriously ill, did not want to be bothered by political affairs and wanted to abdicate, but his first reaction was not to pass the throne to his son, but to Empress Wu. This shocked the courtiers and resolutely blocked it, and forced Li Zhi to pass the throne to his son Li Xian.
After this incident, Wu Zetian knew that if he wanted to ascend the throne in the future, these pedantic courtiers would inevitably be a big obstacle to him. After that, she began to gather a large number of literati, cultivate her own power, and gradually send these people into the court.
Although the throne was not given to Wu Zetian, Li Zhi left a testament, and if Li Xian ascended the throne, he would obey Wu Zetian's decision if he encountered a major event that could not be adjudicated.
It was this edict that gave Wu Zetian supreme power, and she was in charge of the dynasty and monopolized power.
Mother and son are separated, Li Xian is very dissatisfied with his mother's control of the government and wants to take power from his mother. But Wu Zetian deposed his throne on the grounds that he was weak and incompetent, and put her best controlled son Li Dan on the throne.
This child is just a puppet that Wu Zetian helped to the front of the stage in order to temporarily block Youyou's mouth, she gave orders in the name of Li Dan, and completely controlled the entire Li Tang Dynasty.
Since then, Wu Zetian has implemented many useful policies and has been praised for his "Zhenguan legacy". Her wisdom and resourcefulness made more and more ministers willingly submit to her.
At this time, she is only one step away from the throne, and the last obstacle is the other Li clan relatives. In this matter, she was too ruthless, and ordered all these people to be killed, completely clearing the last obstacle.
Wu Zetian, who is already 67 years old, finally became a treasure, changed his country name to Zhou, and fulfilled his life's long-cherished wish. But at this time, she is close to her prime, and the heir to the throne needs to think about it early.
This made it difficult for Wu Zetian, she created Wu Zhou and opened up the country surnamed Wu. But his children are all surnamed Li, and they have half of Li Tang's royal blood, as long as they pass on the throne to their children, they will inevitably restore Li Tang's rule.
Whether to choose the person who will take the throne from among her own children, or from her nephew, Wu Zetian made a difficulty, what kind of decision did she make in the end, and what kind of plan did she make?
After learning that Wu Zetian had the intention of passing the throne to his nephew, the court exploded.
Wu Zetian was able to ascend the throne smoothly, largely because her children were all of Li Tang blood, and the courtiers took it for granted that after Wu Zetian's funeral, the country would be returned to the hands of the Li Tang royal family.
Seeing that Wu Zenaïve was thinking about changing the dynasty, not only the courtiers loyal to the Li family couldn't sit still, but the forces of the martial family were even more unbearable, and the intention of fighting for power and taking the throne was obvious.
When Wu Zetian was in trouble for the heir, her favorite minister Di Renjie gave his own advice, which made Wu Zetian make up his mind.
He told Wu Zetian, "Since ancient times, the Son of Heaven has sacrificed to his parents, and he has never worshiped his aunt. ”
This sentence woke up Wu Zetian, if she passed the throne to her nephew, although she inherited the martial arts family, but the person on the throne will inevitably worship her parents, and it has nothing to do with herself, then she didn't even have a person to worship incense for herself after her death, how could she watch herself end up so miserably.
After thinking about it, she still decided to pass on the throne to her son Li Xian. In the early years, Li Xian's throne was taken by his mother, and since then he has a grudge against Wu Zetian.
The mother and son were separated, even if Li Xian was renamed the crown prince, Wu Zetian still did not give up taking power. But after all, Emperor Wu was old, and he was unable to exert his strength, and the important ministers in the court were afraid of regeneration, so they launched a mutiny, forced Emperor Wu to abdicate, and supported the crown prince Li Xian to ascend the throne.
Emperor Wu had more than enough heart but insufficient strength, and he was lingering on the sickbed and unable to fight, so he complied with their wishes and planned to abdicate.
Although Li Xian has a grudge against Wu Zetian, after all, he is a mother and son, and seeing that his biological mother is getting old and is already at the end of her strong crossbow, she has a little pity.
In Wu Zetian's last days, the relationship with Li Xian continued to ease. Of course, Wu Zetian also has the element of exploitation, if she dies, the martial arts family who once had the intention of fighting for the throne will inevitably be implicated, and the easing of relations with Li Xian at this time is only good for her.
But relying on this meager mother-son affection alone is obviously not enough, she left a cross last words before she died, so as to save the entire martial family, "Go to the emperor and call the great saint queen of the sky."
She figured it out, there was no need to worry about her throne, but to be buried with Li Zhi as Empress Li Zhi.
First, he saved himself, and after his death, he would not be exhumed by Li Tang's descendants because he had seized the throne and whipped his body, and secondly, the martial arts family only had a queen, and there was no emperor, so naturally there would be no charge of rebellion.
Even at this time, she was still planning to leave a way back for the samurai family, but the status of the samurai family plummeted from the royal family, and everyone was dissatisfied, and they still wanted to take power above the court, but in the end they ended up miserable.
Throughout Wu Zetian's life, she has been planning vertically and horizontally, resourceful, with the talent of the Son of Heaven, and ruthless, monopolizing power, and seeing through the emperor's technique, but in terms of imperial power, she is a well-deserved emperor.
Later generations have mixed reviews of her, but in any case, it cannot change the fact that she is a unique existence in this long history, and it shines for a while, and it is difficult for future generations to reproduce.