After Wu Zetian became the queen, he began a large-scale purge of political enemies, and Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu died tragically in the wine vat; Chu Suiliang was relegated to Vietnam and died gloomily; Han Ying and Lai Ji were also relegated to a distant place and were not allowed to see each other for the rest of their lives.
Now, among the courtiers that Wu Zetian doesn't like, only the eldest grandson Wuji is still stupidly pestled there, and he is in the high position of Taiwei, so what is the situation of the eldest grandson Wuji at this time?
It can be summed up in two words: danger.
So, why is the eldest grandson Wuji isolated? Let's break it down. First of all, Wu Zetian had already ascended the throne of the empress and held great power, and the eldest grandson Wuji did not expect this change, so his dissatisfaction with Wu Zetian led to him not having a good result.
Secondly, Li Zhi gradually grew his power, and his dissatisfaction with the eldest grandson Wuji gradually increased, especially when he asked the eldest grandson Wuji to support him in establishing Wu Zetian, but he was refused, which deepened the rift between them.
Again, the political allies of the eldest grandson Wuji have encountered difficulties one after another, and there is no one to support him in the DPRK. In the end, his political enemies Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong successively gained power and grasped the real power of Zhongshu Ling, but how could they let go of the eldest grandson Wuji?
Wu Zetian's power was monstrous, which put the eldest grandson Wuji in a dangerous situation. This volcano called power could erupt at any moment and burn him to a suckling pig. However, in the face of this crisis, the eldest grandson Wuji chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb, trying to avoid the disaster by lowering his sense of existence.
But this smart uncle underestimated Wu Zetian's determination to make him never turn over. Wu Zetian, with the assistance of Xu Jingzong, is plotting to find a good reason so that the eldest grandson Wuji will never be able to turn over.
Xu Jingzong sharpened his knife and seized the opportunity of Li Fengjie, a native of Luoyang, to accuse the crown prince Xian Ma Wei Jifang and the superintendent of the imperial history Li Chao to form a party for personal gain and collude with the powerful. Although this case is small, in Xu Jingzong's view, it is a godsend.
He decided to take advantage of this opportunity to wipe out the two unlucky people, Wei Jifang and Li Chao. This is like the rebellion case between Fang Yiai and Princess Gaoyang, and the eldest grandson Wuji also seized the opportunity and involved many irrelevant people.
Therefore, Xu Jingzong believes that this method is not a clever thing, as long as there is a heart, everyone can learn it.
Princess Gaoyang conspired against the case, Wei Jifang and Li Chao were beaten by a board and cried wolf. Xu Jingzong hinted that if they could expose the backstage, that is, the eldest grandson of the country's uncle, Wuji, they could be exempted from responsibility.
However, Wei Jifang was a real person, and he didn't want to frame Uncle Guo, so he chose to commit suicide. However, in the hands of Xu Jingzong, he was even deprived of the right to die. In the end, Wei Jifang was rescued, but he had nowhere to redress his grievances.
This experience made Xu Jingzong realize that it was not easy to get a confession from Wei Jifang. Therefore, he decided to directly blame the crime on the eldest grandson Wuji and set foot on Huangquan Road together.
During the trial of Wei Ji's plan, Xu Jingzong couldn't wait to report to Li Zhi, saying that the eldest grandson Wuji colluded with Wei Jifang and others to rebel, which undoubtedly surprised Li Zhi.
Although Li Zhi is cowardly in his heart, there is no problem with his IQ, he knows that his uncle Changsun Wuji's intelligence and intelligence cannot be stupid enough to lead a few civil officials to rebel. So, what is the method of rebellion?
Could it be that they took a few civil officials and spit in the emperor's face, how much damage could this do? Therefore, Li Zhi did not believe it, and he said to Xu Jingzong that it must be the villain who broke up their relationship, and my uncle was just a little resentful of me, but it did not go to the point of rebellion.
However, Xu Jingzong, who is already in his sixties, firmly believes that the eldest grandson has rebelled, and the evidence is conclusive. This made Li Zhi feel very embarrassed, and he once again showed one of his special skills: crying.
He cried and said, I really didn't expect that there would always be thieves at the door of my relatives, Princess Gaoyang and Fang Yiai have rebelled, and now my uncle is here to make trouble again, I am really ashamed.
Although he cried, it could be inferred from his words that he did not intend to defend his uncle. As the king of a country, if you really want to protect your uncle, it's a matter of words.
In fact, he thought to himself: I have grown up, and it is time for my uncle to retire. Since you don't want to retire voluntarily, then I'll help you and force you to retire.
It turned out that the eldest grandson Wuji was involved in a big case because of something and fell into a desperate situation. He was exiled to Qianzhou, where he had imprisoned the deposed prince Li Chengqian. However, the jokes of fate did not stop.
Li Chengqian is the nephew of the eldest grandson Wuji, and at this time he has passed away, leaving the house to his uncle to live in, which is really providential. I thought that would be the end of it, but it was far from that simple.
A few months later, Li Zhi ordered another investigation into the case, ordering Xu Jingzong and Li Tao to work together. Xu Jingzong sent a cool official Yuan Gongyu to lead a team of men and horses to Qianzhou, and they had only one mission: to ensure that the eldest grandson Wuji could not leave alive.
Yuan Gongyu lived up to expectations and tortured his eldest grandson Wuji to force him to commit suicide. In the end, he returned to the capital with the death report of his eldest grandson Wuji.
As soon as the board was beaten, several people who were dissatisfied with Wu Zetian were naturally not spared. Empress Wang's uncle, Liu Zheng, was executed in Xiangzhou; Han Ying had passed away before the arrival of the tolerance, so the tolerance opened the coffin to confirm his identity, and then returned to Beijing to resume his life.
However, there is one person who has not been dealt with, and he is here to help. Laiji's father was a famous future protector of the Sui Dynasty, so he was sent to Tingzhou in the Western Regions. Soon after, when the Western Turks invaded, Laiji decided to die for his country, took off his armor, wore a single coat and went into battle, and finally died heroically at the age of fifty-three, which was his most dignified death.
With the end of the bloody war against the Western Turks, Wu Zetian's purge finally came to an end. And the defeat of the eldest grandson Wuji, I am afraid that even he did not expect it. Thinking back on this, I can't help but admire one person, and that is the famous eldest grandson empress.
Although she has been dead for many years, she has repeatedly advised her elder brother, the eldest grandson, Wuji, to stay away from the center of power so as not to bring disaster to the family. However, the eldest grandson Wuji did not listen, but was arrogant in the court for several years, and finally ended up in a tragic ending of dying in a foreign country.