Wu Zetian is the only female emperor in Chinese history, she started from Li Shimin's talent, rose step by step, and finally achieved the throne of the emperor, during her reign, the political and economic development of the Tang Dynasty was very good, including her role in reusing Di Renjie.
Di Renjie, as the best "card" under Wu Zetian, solved a lot of cumbersome things for her, so Wu Zetian trusted him very much, but if Di Renjie's opinion was not too big, Wu Zetian would accept it.
Before Wu Zetian died, lying on the bed, she saw an 80-year-old man come to her, and then suddenly realized and said"Di Renjie deceived me", so what did Di Renjie deceive Wu Zetian?
In Chinese history, Wu Zetian is undoubtedly the most conspicuous woman, and in the social form of male superiority and female inferiority, Wu Zetian can stand out from the crowd It has to be said that it is a great ability.
Wu Zetian himself is extremely intelligent, both civil and military, and was therefore selected as a talented person by Li Shimin, but at this time, Li Shimin no longer had the strength to pamper the harem concubines, and Wu Zetian was naturally unwilling, so he aimed at the crown prince Li Zhi.
Wu Zetian knew that if Li Shimin died, then he would have no room for reversal, but fortunately, she met Li Zhi in the last time she accompanied Li Shimin, and the relationship between the two became better and better, and finally succeeded in making Li Zhi infatuated with her.
After Li Zhi ascended the throne, he soon returned Wu Zetian to the palace from Ganye Temple, and Wu Zetian's status was not high at the beginning, so he went to Queen Wang to help her bring down Concubine Xiao Shu, and later brought down Queen Wang at the cost of his own children, so as to make himself the new queen.
In addition to his actions in the harem, Wu Zetian's own wisdom is also very high, which is one of the reasons why Li Zhi likes her, so Wu Zetian often helps Li Zhi deal with official affairs in the court, and gradually, Wu Zetian's management ability is getting higher and higher.
In 690 A.D., Wu Zetian established himself as the emperor of Wu Zhou, during her reign the economy developed steadily, her rule inherited the "rule of Zhenguan", and the "prosperous era of Kaiyuan", and later generations respected her rule as the legacy of Zhenguan.
Let's talk about Di Renjie.
Di Renjie is a serious imperial examination, at the beginning, he has been an official outside, starting from the grassroots level, he has no deep background, so he has been idle for a long time, until Wu Zetian came to power Di Renjie was reused, and later became Wu Zetian's right-hand man.
Di Renjie is a loyal minister, but his allegiance is not to Wu Zetian but to the Li Tang Dynasty, and it is precisely because of Di Renjie's help that the country can once again return to the hands of the Li family, and there is a prosperous era in the future.
Wu Zetian is not the orthodox Li family after all, so there are many people who oppose her in the court, and Di Renjie came into her eyes at this time.
In the second year after Wu Zetian ascended the throne, Di Renjie was promoted to a local official, but the good times didn't last long, Wu Zetian's trusted cool official Lai Junchen was very jealous of Di Renjie, and used means to get him imprisoned, although he finally saved a life, but he was still demoted to Peng Ze by Wu Zetian.
It wasn't until 6 years later that Wu Zetian discovered the miasma of smoke in the court, and under the recommendation of Prime Minister Lou Shide, Di Renjie entered the court again to worship the prime minister。Di Renjie, who came to Chang'an, quickly rectified the dynasty and made the court clean.
With the consolidation of the court, Di Renjie began his purpose, which was to return the world to the Li Tang Dynasty.
Di Renjie's actions made Wu Zetian trust him very much, and he could also listen to what he said, in the face of Wu Zetian's most troublesome matter of the heir to the throneDi Renjie admonished Wu Zetian and said, Your biological son must be more reliable than your nephew, so I hope Wu Zetian can think about this matter carefully.
When Wu Zetian hesitated, Di Renjie invited the abolished prince Li Xian back, this time the ministers of the court and the central government were all on Di Renjie's side, and even Wu Zetian's male favorites Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong chose Di Renjie.
The two of them knew that Wu Zetian was in his 70s and didn't have much time to shelter the two of them, so they chose Di Renjie very wisely.
In addition to that,Another important thing that Di Renjie did was to recommend Zhang Cambodia, who was also loyal to the Li Tang Dynasty, to Wu Zetian as the new prime minister, as well as Huan Yanfan and Jinghui, as Di Renjie's subordinates, their ambitions are very unified, just for Li Tang to regain control of the world.
Di Renjie's actions are all to make a smooth transition of power, of course Wu Zetian knows his idea, and she also knows that the world will eventually return to the hands of the Li family, from her release of Li Xian, it can be seen that Wu Zetian is slowly changing by Di Renjie, after all, Di Renjie is Wu Zetian's most trusted person. But Di Renjie's death made Wu Zetian feel at a loss, especially since she was old and there was no one in the court who could trust herOnly the two brothers Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Zongchang can make her trust.
The two brothers, Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Zongchang, acted recklessly because of Wu Zetian's favor, and began to frantically provoke the relationship between Wu Zetian and Li XianIn the end, the Gui Li faction could not bear it anymore and launched a coup d'état to regain power.
After Wu Zetian ascended the throne, the choice of the heir was a big problem, although she wanted the Wu family to inherit the throne, but she couldn't stop the mouth, so she postponed the establishment of the crown prince, and let Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Zongchang become their spokesmen to calm the anger of the public.
The day before Wu Zetian died, before she got up, she saw a group of people outside the door breaking into her bedroom bed, and saw an old man about 80 years old coming to herIt turned out to be the minister of the DPRK headed by Prime Minister Zhang Khan Zhi, and he also brought his son Li Xian, seeing such a situation, Wu Zetian understood what was going on in an instant, and at the same time sighed with emotion, "Di Renjie, you lied to me."
As Li Xian's mother, Wu Zetian knew that Li Xian was very cowardly, and he would not dare to come to him without his own call, and now this situation is obviously to force the palace, and then Zhang Cambodia told Wu Zetian that the two brothers Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Zongchang, whom she trusted the most, had been executedNow they hope that Wu Zetian can return the world to the hands of the descendants of the Li family, which is known as the "Shenlong Coup" in history.
In his later years, Wu Zetian especially favored Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Zongchang, and even listened to their slanderous rumors, forcing Li Xian's eldest son, eldest daughter and son-in-law surnamed Wu to death, which made the Li party led by Zhang Cambodia have great doubts about whether Li Xian can successfully ascend the throne, so they started this Shenlong coup.
This day was also the most unbearable day in Wu Zetian's life, a unique female emperor was forced to abdicate in bed, and all this was Di Renjie's masterpiece.
Although all this is Di Renjie's plan, history tells us that it is impossible for Wu Zetian to completely change Li Tang Jiangshan.