However, when friends who love history mention Wu Zetian, they will almost always think of the most promiscuous, cruel and heartless images of the harem in China history. For example, Wu Zetian strangled her infant daughter to set her up in order to surrender to the queen. Tiger poison does not eat children, and Wu Zetian's dehumanizing behavior for power is doomed to be spurned.
Moreover, after successfully replacing the queen as the new queen, Wu Zetian imitated her predecessor, turning the queen and both of her competitors into men (wisdom). It is no exaggeration to describe the viciousness and cruelty of its means with horror. This inhuman behavior is also a black spot of human nature that Wu Zetian can never understand and accept. In the political struggle, it is normal to have grievances and revenge, and it is understandable and acceptable to even engage in some dirty tricks and intrigues in order to compete for favor, power and fame. However, it seems a bit psychologically distorted to torture an opponent who has no ability to resist by heinous means.
What is a man? Because the scene is too bloody, I won't introduce it in detail. From a straightforward point of view, it is to cut people into bachelors, that is, to cut off all the outstanding parts. Cut off the limbs and put them in an earthenware pot. The peace between the queen and the king did not last long, but Wu Zetian cut off their heads again after their death, thus completely letting go.
So, who did Queen Wang provoke? Wu Zetian was so angry that she wanted to get back at her in such a horrible way? What kind of formation logic is hidden behind Wu Zetian's crazy and abnormal behavior?
0 1. What did Queen Wang do wrong?
Poor people must have something hateful. When a person is treated unfairly, he must learn to think from two aspects, either TA digs a hole and jumps, or TA stupidly jumps into someone else's pit. Wu Zetian can successfully frame and persecute the queen in this way. If the queen is completely unexpected trouble, there is nothing wrong with it, which is hard to convince. After all, flies don't bite seamless eggs. So, what kind of doomed love did Queen Wang plant, which led her to swallow this disastrous result? By the way, you can also see what kind of person Queen Wang is. Is she culpable of punishment or slightly innocent? So we can also see what kind of character Wu Zetian is.
There are many similar old sayings in China, such as "As soon as you enter the gate, it is as deep as the sea" and "The most heartless emperor's house" and so on. You can't believe it all or not. Identity and circumstances are sometimes shackles on us, and our lives are all "dancing in chains". Sometimes, low birth will bring us a lot of troubles, so that we can't see the proper color of life; But sometimes, noble birth will also bring us innocent risks and make us have no right to enjoy the dullness of life. The tragic fate of Queen Wang is largely determined by her birth.
Queen Wang was born in Taiyuan, one of the famous "five surnames and seven looks" in Tang Dynasty. Wang Sizheng, her great-great-grandfather's father, was a general in the Western Wei Dynasty, and the officials were servants of Shangshu. His father, Wang Renyou, was also an official of the Tang Dynasty. And Wang is an old relative of the royal family in the Tang Dynasty. For example, Li Yuan's sister, Princess Tongan, is the aunt of the Queen Mother. Aunt Liu, the Queen Mother of Wei, is a granddaughter. In a word, Queen Wang's family background is not simple, and she is famous for her royal relatives. It belongs to one of the representatives of Guanlong aristocratic military group. It is precisely because of this aristocratic background that the position of Queen Wang was actually appointed by Emperor Taizong and Emperor Taizong.
By the way, don't think that Li Shimin was fashionable in history. In fact, his emperor was not happy at all. He was subjected to the crown dragon aristocrat all his life and was often beaten in the face. For example, during the period of Emperor Taizong, people with "five surnames and seven expectations" disdained the royal Li family and thought that you were the agent we invited to manage the company and disdained marrying the royal family. Li Shimin was very angry, embarrassed and helpless. Finally, he forcibly revised the genealogy of the world, put himself at the top of the "five surnames and seven looks", banned the marriage of "five surnames", and had to be related to our hometown. Think about it. As an emperor, what does it feel like to be despised to the bone? However, Li Shimin is not Yang Guang, and I won't kill anyone who makes me unhappy. When the time is not ripe, he always chooses to accommodate and endure Guan Long's nobles.
In this way, the Queen Mother successfully became the official queen of Li Zhi, Tang Gaozong. But Queen Wang, like many friends who love history, has a misunderstanding about Li Zhi who has been playing the fool and pretending to be sick. This product is not only sophisticated and stubborn, but also courageous. Those friends who say he is weak must know that a truly weak person will never happily hook up with his little mother Wu Zetian when his father is dying, because weak people are always afraid of risks. It is too risky to hook up with key people at this critical moment. It is absolutely difficult for a truly cowardly person to achieve too many breakthrough achievements. What did Li Zhigan do? Koguryo, which my father couldn't beat, was destroyed by him, the imperial examination system that my father couldn't open was spread out by him and Wu Zetian, and the Guanlong nobles that my father couldn't beat were dismembered by him and Wu Zetian ... Cowards dare not try such a big counterattack. Queen Wang thought she had married a spongebob, but far from finding out that Li Zhi was actually a sick tiger.
After Li Zhi acceded to the throne, Wu Zetian was sent to the Thanksgiving Temple as a nun because of the restriction of the ancestral system (the emperor died and all the childless concubines got their possessions as nuns). Wu Zetian entered an empty net, and Li Zhi, who had long been fascinated by it, said that she was lonely, empty and cold. Even during the mourning period, she sneaked out of the palace and went to the Thanksgiving Hall to be very much in love with Wu Zetian. But the constant uncertainty of "will you come tonight" still brings them great trouble. Moreover, Queen Wang gently reminded Li Zhi: "Your Majesty, this family is full of delicacies. Why did you sneak out to eat game? You are the king of a country and have just ascended the throne. If this gets out, what a bad influence! "
Li Zhi also calculate convergence for a period of time. But as an emperor, time and resources are precious, and there can be no gap in work. Queen Wang thinks that even if we use the method of exclusion to infer, our fertile land is about to usher in the hope of a bumper harvest. However, Li Zhi may be out of natural hostility to the nobles in Guanlong, or he may be against arranged marriage, that is, he is not called the queen. The subtext is that I promised my dad to marry you, but it doesn't mean I must love you, so don't think too much. We just need to live together. In order to divert the suffering of lovesickness, Li Zhi turned to Xiao Shufei, who was rich and beautiful, and soon became inseparable.
When the queen saw it, the male and female servants were miserable. Just after breaking the external disaster, there was chaos in the inner courtyard. Why is this mistress so annoying now? The queen lived alone for a long time and she felt very uneasy. A person's heart is very confused, it is easy to think, it is easy to make a faint move. The queen thought and thought, Xiao Shufei's family power was much stronger than Wu Zetian's (Wu Zetian and her mother were bullied by the Wu family and ran away from home), and the little nun chose the lesser of the two evils, and Wu Zetian would rather take advantage of Xiao Shufei, a fox. So, she made an improper move-invited Wu Zetian to the palace to deal with Xiao Shufei.
Silly girl, you are still too young after all. Your identity is actually a double-edged sword. Although Xiao Shufei comes from a noble family, such people pay attention to their diet no matter how greedy they are. Besides, why are you pretending to be her? Your card is much bigger than hers. But people like Wu Zetian, who have no attachments, either don't make moves or make moves. Such people don't have too many restrictions and are driven by desires, which are often bottomless. Do you think that if Wu Zetian is in favor, she will be willing to call you "Sister Wang" sweetly every day? Is this possible? Queen Wang is digging a hole for herself.
Wu Zetian gave full play to her talents as soon as she entered the palace, and soon let Li Zhi return to her arms. Xiao Shufei, a temporary substitute, naturally stepped aside to cool off. It's getting cold in Xiao Shufei, and it's getting cold for the Queen.
From the above description, we can hardly say that Queen Wang is a very bad woman. At best, she is just a short-sighted woman who likes to be jealous. Under normal circumstances, this kind of woman will basically not cause any big harm, and it is difficult to cause any big disaster. But first, she was born in the wrong family. She shouldn't have been born in a Guanlong aristocrat who made the Tang Emperor both disgusted and afraid. Second, she chose the wrong opponent. In a place like the harem, there are crows and dances everywhere, and swords and shadows are everywhere. You should choose opponents who have a bottom line and know how to fear. Choosing your opponent by hook or by crook is undoubtedly pushing yourself to the wall. Therefore, Wu Zetian should not be so cruel to her when she comes to power. No grievances, no enemies, even people are good to you. Is it interesting that you beat Reservoir Dogs in the cruelest way? I really don't feel safe. If I kill it normally, I'm done. Why torture others?
02. Why is Wu Zetian so cruel?
This woman, Wu Zetian, we really need to think about it. This is not simple, but also cruel. The point is that she is too capable and courageous. This kind of person, if we meet in life, try to stay as far away as possible. If you really can't get away, lower your head, reach out and honestly say, "After you!"
Wu Zetian is actually a pseudo-aristocrat. His father, Wu Shihuo, sells wood. Because he is good at speculation, he took refuge in Tang Yuan very early. So when the Tang Dynasty was unified, he was also named lord protector and married a royal princess of the Sui Dynasty. But this nouveau riche family is often difficult to last because it has no background. Children and grandchildren are easy to cause trouble, the court is easy to get bored, and colleagues are easy to despise. When Wu Zetian was twelve years old, her father died.
After living quietly in Chang 'an for a period of time, when Wu Zetian was fourteen years old, she happened to meet Li Shimin to choose a concubine. Wu Zetian, who is somewhat beautiful, enthusiastically signed up and was really selected. Before entering the palace, her mother was very worried and burst into tears, because she was born in the royal family and had a deep understanding of the glamorous surface and dirty back of the harem. As a result, fourteen-year-old Wu Zetian said flatly, "Mom, what's wrong with you? I'm going to the palace to wait on the emperor. What a wonderful thing! You are unhappy, but you are crying. Is it interesting? "
After entering the palace, Wu Zetian discovered that life in the palace was wonderful and helpless. She just got a five-product talent, and more importantly, Li Shimin, a bad old man, is not interested in a little girl like her at all. Under normal circumstances, she has no chance to connect to Li Shimin. This can make Wu Zetian panic and can only wait silently.
After waiting for a long time, Wu Zetian finally got the chance to show her face. Li Shimin has a blue horse. Its temper is so wild that no one can tame it. Li Shimin asked the people around him: "If you have a way to tame it, I will reward it!" As a result, Wu Zetian volunteered, and Li Shimin asked her how she was. Wu Zetian replied, "whip it first." If you still don't listen, stick it with an awl. If it is still disobedient, wipe its neck with a dagger! " Li Shimin's eyes revealed a little approval, but she didn't go near Wu Zetian. Because Wu Zetian's iron character can boil his cooled blood, but mature Li Shimin also knows that this kind of woman is terrible.
In this way, Wu Zetian stayed in the palace for twelve years. It was not until Li Shimin was dying that she frantically grasped the last straw. When Li Shimin was dying, Prince Li Zhi often went to the palace to wait on his father. This gave Wu Zetian many opportunities to "meet" with him. Wu Zetian throws a glad eye today and shows a sweet shoulder tomorrow. Where can hot-blooded Li Zhi stand this temptation? Dry wood and fire, every contact, will evaporate a part of water, contact more, the final indulgence will be unstoppable.
In this way, Wu Zetian finally "saved the country by curve" and got on the Li Zhi Express. This is the basic condition for the queen to invite her into the palace. After repelling Xiao Shufei, Wu Zetian quickly targeted the Queen.
However, Wu Zetian also knows very well that the queen's foundation is deep, and sleeping with the emperor alone can't solve the problem. As a result, Wu Zetian began to play her underlying logic, and she was often a little kind to those ladies-in-waiting eunuchs. Those low-ranking palace eunuchs would be grateful if they were treated as individuals at ordinary times. Since Wu Zetian thinks highly of them, they can't take out their brains! So, in the long run, almost all the courtiers in the harem became Wu Zetian's people.
Wu Zetian began to blow the pillow breeze, and all kinds of remarks about the queen were not good. Even if Li Zhi had doubts, she was confronted with someone, and almost everyone helped Wu Zetian. It can be seen how horrible it is for a person to be isolated! The queen's death is drawing near.
After being suppressed, Queen Wang also thought about suppressing Wu Zetian. But Wu Zetian said that there was no pressure and the emperor liked me. You can't bite me Later, the queen couldn't help but want to woo Wu Zetian and be a pair of happy little sisters, but Wu Zetian only cooperated on the surface and secretly despised me. Today I am the harem, and tomorrow the harem will be mine. Why should I be good sisters with you?
Later, Wu Zetian gave birth to a little princess, and Li Zhi was filled with joy and visited at a fixed point every day. Queen Wang often visits us as a gesture of friendship. After finding out the law of time, Wu Zetian, who became angry from embarrassment, strangled her infant daughter one day when the Queen had just left and Li Zhi was coming, and then framed the Queen. The queen said I didn't, and Li Zhi said I didn't believe it. Angry and early thinking, Li Zhi finally ousted the queen and helped Wu Zetian to the position of queen.
After Wu Zetian came to power, she put the Queen and Xiao Shufei in limbo together. One day, Li Zhi felt sorry for this, so he stopped by to see them. As a result, Wu Zetian knew about it, so she turned the queen and the queen into prostitutes and cut off their heads after their death.
To sum up, Wu Zetian is a demon driven by desire. She has only one belief that all the stones in the way must be removed or even shattered. The unhappiness of her early life further distorted her humanity. Her values are only one thing. The higher she stands, the happier she lives. Her cruelty to the queen is far from hatred, nor is she guilty of her daughter's death. This kind of person's heart is as hard as a stone, and she has no sense of right and wrong and morality. She only has the concept of interest!
03. Is there any mystery in this history?
Friends who read the last article carefully will find that this history is actually very mysterious. Why can a little nun like Wu Zetian successfully bring down a deeply rooted queen? Without Wu Zetian's acquiescence and support, it is impossible. The mystery lies in the emperor Li Zhi's attitude towards the Guanlong nobles behind the queen.
Let's try to discuss the logic behind this from several details! Details determine success or failure, and the truth is hidden in the details.
1. Why has Li Zhi been ignoring the Queen? You know, Queen Wang is a beautiful daughter-in-law made by her father, and Li Zhi has always been a well-known filial baby. Queen Wang was born in a scholarly family, and she was knowledgeable, virtuous and virtuous. Besides, her looks are not much different. Why does Li Zhi feel like a stuffed bun who ignores dogs? All kinds of inexplicable antipathy? Is Li Zhi picky about food? This guy is not picky about food when he is with Xiao Shufei. Is Li Zhi infatuated with Wu Zetian? Later, people also thought about abolishing Wu Zetian. So, there is actually only one reason. Li Zhi naturally hates the queen, not because the queen is bad, but because of her bad identity. The influence of Guanlong nobles has made the imperial power in the early Tang Dynasty feel very uncomfortable. On the surface, they remain calm, but secretly, they are very nervous. Queen Wang is embarrassed. For Li Zhi, she was like an outsider who was arranged to come in, so she was ignored.
2. Why did Li Zhi "choose" Wu Zetian? Generally speaking, there are infighting among the concubines in the harem, but the queen is generally not allowed to move. This is the rule. If you want to break the inherent rules, you must use unruly people. Wu Zetian is such a person, this is a woman who is afraid of herself. Moreover, he has a political mind and no family is involved in the "innocent life." This kind of person is used to attack, that is, a crisp and refreshing. Facts have proved that Li Zhi's choice is correct. Wu Zetian finally helped him tear down the class barriers of Guanlong nobles. With the support of imperial power and Shandong Group, it was gradually disintegrated by Wu Zetian. The most typical symbol is the death of Sun Chang, the first hero of Lingyange. This is both Li Shimin's brother-in-law and Li Shimin's good brother. He is both Li Zhi's uncle and Li Zhi's hero. Because he opposed the titles of Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian and Li Zhi forced him to commit suicide and shut down the dragon. (But people are not as good as heaven, and Wu Zetian also took the opportunity to cultivate a large number of his own confidants. Li Zhi can't touch her anymore. )
3. Is it really necessary for Wu Zetian to kill the queen? On the surface, Queen Wang not only has no hatred for Wu Zetian, but also has benefits to some extent. Why did Wu Zetian kill the queen at all costs? This also seems that Wu Zetian is too small-minded and means too poisonous, right? Wu Zetian is poisonous, but things are far from simple. For example, Queen Wang once turned to the court for help before realizing that she was going to be abolished. Therefore, when Li Zhi proposed to abolish the king, he was strongly opposed by the ministers of the DPRK, and Mowgli, Yu Shinan and other ministers earnestly talked about various reasons. Anyway, Li Zhi himself didn't know how to end it, so he had to forget about it. It can be seen that the queen of the king is actually a flag inserted by the nobles of Guanlong in the harem. Replacing her and tearing up this flag completely are two meanings. Therefore, from a political point of view, it is necessary for Wu Zetian to kill the queen. However, on the other hand, Wu Zetian's methods are a bit too vicious after all. Even your newborn daughter can be used as a tool to fight for power and profit, which is inhuman.
At the end of the day, this period of history is actually the horn of imperial power to counterattack Guanlong Group, and Wu Zetian is the most suitable Depth Charge. Under the rampage of Wu Zetian, Guanlong Group, a political behemoth, was accidentally shattered by impact.
It can be seen that Wu Zetian is indeed an excellent politician. She helped the Tang Dynasty, which was a headache at that time, break free and usher in real freedom. You know, Guan Long was an aristocrat for hundreds of years, even Li Shimin was helpless, and Wu Zetian's biting and determination were not comparable to those of ordinary people.
Of course, in this period of history, there is also a key helper-Shandong Military Industry Group. They will not be arranged to play because of the venue problem. A little introduction, when Empress Wu Zetian was established and Li Zhi Empress Wu Zetian and Guanlong Group were deadlocked, Li Ji, the representative of Shandong Group, was the emperor's family affair, and courtiers had no right to interfere! Give a stupid game.
In a word, behind this history is actually a complicated political struggle. What we see is only the ruthlessness of Wu Zetian, but we ignore the hands and feet of Emperor Datang.
04, a little sigh with emotion
Just as Wu Zetian set up a tablet without words for herself after her death, it is really difficult for us to describe Wu Zetian with an inherent impression. She made great contributions to history, but also caused great damage to morality. She is devoid of humanity, but she can achieve great things. She is crazy and paranoid, but she can be kind to others. ...
Once a person enters a crazy state, he can do anything. Wu Zetian obviously went to an extreme in the pursuit of power. Such people can no longer judge her with common sense. Nowadays, people often say, "Let's try to turn bicycles into motorcycles", but this is really childish compared with Wu Zetian. The most frightening thing is that a person is malicious and his six relatives deny him.
Of course, there are also some social reasons for the formation of Wu Zetian's character, such as unfair treatment when she was a child; For example, in the environment, there is not much choice. But in any case, as people in our real life, we must keep a kind heart and retaliate by complaining, which is often a road of self-destruction.
Fortunately, history is history after all, darkness and light have all become the past, and the tomorrow we see is full of better hopes. Instead of angrily condemning or even cursing what Wu Zetian did, we might as well calm down and reflect and learn from it. What kind of people should we be? How to deal with the beauty, ugliness, good and evil in life? How to make yourself a person with a clear conscience and fearless dreams? Perhaps this is the significance of our thinking about history.