So why did Wu Zetian forbid people to kill and eat meat? In fact, this is because Wu Zetian wants to control the people with Buddhism as a weapon. Shortly after Wu Zetian took office, the political situation was unstable. In order to consolidate his power, he began to admire Buddhism. As we know, Buddhism has "five precepts", that is, "don't kill, don't steal, don't commit fornication, don't lie and don't drink". Wu Zetian changed the first commandment "don't kill" into "don't kill".

Of course, Wu Zetian's practice was supported by Buddhists, but it suffered the people. It is true that Buddhist disciples can "not kill", but it is simply unrealistic to ask the people not to slaughter livestock or catch shrimp! It is forbidden to slaughter livestock and fish and shrimp, which means that people have no meat at all. A person may not eat meat for two or even ten days a day, but it will be quite difficult not to eat meat for half a year or even a year.

So, what is the effect of Wu Zetian's "no slaughter order"?

In fact, the "slaughter prohibition order" was implemented well at first, but it will not work after a long time. Not to mention that the people did not implement it, even a group of officials secretly broke the ban and began to eat meat.

Since then, Wu Zetian also sent Mr. Lou, the Prime Minister, to inspect. As a result, officials entertained Mr. Lou with a pot of fish. Mr. Lou's face turned black on the spot and asked, "How did this fish come from?" The official said, "The wolf killed the fish, not us. Adults can eat! "Mr. Lou laughed at this and didn't blame the officials.

Later, Wu Zetian knew that the "ban on slaughter" was difficult to achieve, so she gradually relaxed.