There are different opinions about the age gap between Li Zhi and Wu Zetian in Tang Gaozong. Some people say that Wu Zetian is seven years older than Li Zhi, while others say that she is four years older. However, in any case, there is one fact that cannot be avoided, that is, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian belong to a veritable sister-in-law relationship.
Li Zhi and stills of Wu Zetian
Liu Che, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, who is known as the first emperor in history, once married his cousin Chen Ajiao, who was four years older than himself, as a queen. However, with the passage of time, flowers as beautiful as flowers often can't stand the test of time, so Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty moved to Wei Zifu, Li Furen, Zhao Gou Yi and other harem beauties.
However, Wu Zetian sat firmly as the Empress of Emperor Gaozong for more than 2 years, and later became an unprecedented female emperor with her strong political skills, which is unique in the history of China.
As early as when Emperor Taizong was alive, 14-year-old Wu Zetian was called into the palace and was awarded a talent. Since then, she has not been promoted for twelve years. To put it more clearly, her identity at that time was that she was a secretary and bedmate of bandu, the son of heaven. However, at that time, Wu Zetian, who was far-sighted, had already begun to display her feminine charm, and she took advantage of the situation to captivate the next generation of successors in Jiangshan, Li Tang-Li Zhi, a gentle Jin king.
After the death of Emperor Taizong, Wu Zetian went out of the palace with a bunch of ladies-in-waiting to be a nun at Ganye Temple. At this time, Emperor Gaozong, who was distressed by the struggle between the Queen and Xiao Shufei at the beginning of his accession to the throne, came to Ganye Temple to pray, and met his beloved Wu Meiniang, who was overjoyed and immediately asked her to serve her.
Later, Li Zhi visited Ganye Temple many times to favor Wu Zetian, leaving Queen Wang and Xiao Shufei behind. Soon after, Wu Zetian, who was pregnant, was finally taken back to the palace by the Queen, who was eager to bring down Xiao Shufei, and was named as the second-class Zhao Yi. So far, she favored the crown harem and quickly defeated the two jealous women, the Queen and Xiao Shufei. Who was the emperor after Li Zhi?
Who was the successor of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi? This issue caused a fierce political struggle as early as the beginning of Emperor Gaozong's accession to the throne.
Empress Wu Zetian's stills
At that time, the Queen Wang hoped that Gao Zong would make his adopted son, Jong Li, Chen Wang, who was born to the maid-in-waiting Liu, a prince, while Xiao Shufei strongly encouraged Gao Zong to make his son Li Sujie, Yong Wang, a prince. In the endless struggle between these two women, Emperor Gaozong was so annoyed that he often went to Ganye Temple to have a tryst with his beloved Wu Zetian, which soon made Wu Zetian pregnant with a dragon seed. After Wu Zetian returned to the palace, she quickly brought down the two arch-rivals, Queen Wang and Xiao Shufei, and successfully ascended the back seat. Emperor Gaozong then abolished Jong Li's position as the Prince and made Li Hong, the eldest son of Wu Hou, the Prince.
Li Hong, like his father, is kind-hearted. He sympathizes with Xiao Shufei's two daughters, Princess Yiyang and Princess Xuancheng, and urges his mother to find a good home for his two half-sisters. At this time, Wu Zetian was offended, so she betrothed two princesses to a bodyguard and planned to change the crown prince. Two years later, Li Hong died suddenly, and Emperor Gaozong was helpless, and changed Li Xian, the second son of Wu Zetian, to be a prince. Unexpectedly, five years later, Li Xian rebelled, and Emperor Gaozong was disappointed, and he abolished it as Shu Ren, and was finally forced to death by Wu Hou.
in December of Yongchun's second year, Li Zhi held a funeral. Wu Hou abolished the emperor and soon put his third son, Li Xian, on the throne. After Tang Zhongzong Li Xian ascended the throne, he was greedy for pleasure and neglected national politics. He openly threatened to give the Li family the world to Queen Wei. After hearing this, Wu Zetian flew into a rage and immediately abolished Li Xian's mercy, demoted him to Luling King and drove him out of Chang 'an. After Li Xian's gloomy departure, Li Dan, a newly-ascended treasure in Tang Ruizong, was afraid of the power of Wu Zetian. After a few days, the emperor offered to abdicate the throne and asked his mother to be in power. Wu Zetian, who had worked hard for many years, naturally would not refuse. A few days later, amid the greetings from hundreds of officials, Empress Wu Zetian, an unprecedented generation in the history of China, finally reached the peak of her life. Li Zhi's biological mother
Li Zhi's biological mother in Tang Gaozong is Changsun Shi, the wife of Emperor Taizong. Empress Grandson is a famous virtuous queen in history. She was originally the daughter of Guan Men, the younger sister of Changsun Wuji, the prime minister of Tang Dynasty, and also the beloved woman of Emperor Taizong all her life.
stills of the eldest grandson queen
There are many folk legends about the eldest grandson queen. According to legend, when she became a woman at the beginning of thirteen, it was the time of disputes among the heroes in the late Sui Dynasty. Tang Guogong and Li Yuan had great prestige, so heroes from all over the world came to defect. At this time, Li Shimin, the young king of Qin, attracted many people of insight with his excellent personal ability and powerful political skills, including Qin Shubao, Cheng Yaojin and other contemporary heroes.
In order to help her husband win a good popularity, Changsun Shi always goes to the battlefield to encourage the generals ahead and boost the morale of the three armies. Every time a local official offers gold and silver in private, she will not accept it, or she will distribute the property to the poor people to help the victims. As a miss official, Changsun Shi was so sympathetic to the people's feelings, which was naturally impressed by the people who suffered from tyranny at the end of Sui Dynasty.
after the change of Xuanwu gate, Li Shimin proclaimed himself emperor. Among that minister of the previous dynasty, one prime minister, Wei Zhi, who was famous for his outspoken advice, often advised Li Shimin to put the country and all the people in the world first, and not to be tired of playing with things.
once again, Wei Zhi remonstrated with the king that he should not build large-scale buildings, wasting people's money and leaving the palace, otherwise it would be no different from Emperor Yangdi's tyrant. Emperor Taizong was furious at once, claiming to "kill that hillbilly."
When the eldest grandson learned the inside story, she quickly put on her royal clothes and bowed down to Emperor Taizong to congratulate him, saying that Wei Zheng dared to speak frankly because the king was a wise king, and the wise king was assisted by a wise minister, just like a mirror dressed in the right clothes, which should be precious and important. How can he kill people rashly? Taizong immediately woke up and was ashamed. Since then, I have been more diligent, open-minded, and coachable has cherished and respected Wei Zhi more and more. Li Zhi Calligraphy
Li Zhi is the ninth son of Li Shimin of Emperor Taizong, and also the prince of his eldest grandson. After Emperor Taizong's continuous rebellion, he was disheartened, so he made Li Zhi, who was kind-hearted, the prince, later Tang Gaozong. Perhaps few people know now that Tang Gaozong is an elegant son of heaven who loves poetry and calligraphy, especially calligraphy. During his thirty-four years as an emperor, calligraphy was probably his greatest hobby.
Li Zhi stills
Li Zhi, Tang Gaozong, was weak and incompetent when he was young, and lacked the courage to make war decisions. Therefore, it was difficult to make achievements in major affairs of state affairs, which led to Changsun Wuji and other ministers controlling state affairs, relying on the old to sell the old, and playing politics for a long time. This phenomenon continued until Wu Zetian became a queen and assisted Gaozong to be in power.
Although Li Zhi was deficient in governing the country, he benefited from the personal teaching of Emperor Taizong. He was well-read in poetry and literature since childhood, and he was highly accomplished in calligraphy and literature. He was recognized as a talented person at that time.
According to historical records, Tang Gaozong Li Zhiyou is good at ICBC, and his brushwork is graceful and wonderful, which has his own uniqueness. In addition, he is also able to apply cursive script, official script, regular script, flying white script and other brushwork freely, which is no less than that of famous artists. Looking at Tang Gaozong's handwriting handed down from later generations, it is not difficult to find that his calligraphy is vigorous and heroic, his handwriting is round and handsome, and his visual effect is very beautiful. Compared with his father's handwriting of Emperor Taizong, it is not too much, so it is highly praised by the world. There are countless excellent calligraphy works handed down in the world by Tang Gaozong. Among them, such wonderful calligraphy works as Ode to the Great Tang Dynasty, Ten Thousand Years Palace Inscription, Six Notes on the History of Shang Dynasty, Jiugan Post, Previous Post and Lonely Los Angeles Post can all be called the representative works of emperors. Empress Li Zhi
Tang Gaozong and Li Zhi have successively established two empresses, one is the well-known Empress Wu Zetian, and the other is the original match of Emperor Taizong, the daughter-in-law appointed by Emperor Taizong before his death, and the niece Wang.
Queen Wang's stills
Since the marriage between Queen Wang and Li Zhi was arranged by the elders, Li Zhi's affection for her was very weak from the beginning, and Wang's failure to give birth to children made Li Zhi dislike her even more, and then he pampered Xiao, who was good at singing and dancing.
In the twenty-third year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong died, and all the childless ladies in the harem were sent to Ganye Temple to become nuns, including Wu Zetian, whom Li Zhi admired very much when Emperor Taizong was alive.
At that time, Queen Wang was racking her brains to try to bring down Xiao Shufei, a "fox", and thought about it, but she thought of taking back Wu Cairen, the old love of Emperor Gaozong, and they worked together to rectify Xiao Shufei's broken idea.
A few years later, Wu Zetian, who was favored and pregnant by Emperor Gaozong in Ganye Temple, was taken back to the palace by the Queen Wang amid the opposition from the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and was named Zhao Yi, thus winning the favor of Emperor Gaozong. At this point, Xiao Shufei, who was once arrogant, really fell out of favor.
Empress Wang is complacent about her "brilliant plan", but she soon found that Wu Zetian, who was respectful to her at first, gradually monopolized the favor of Emperor Gaozong. She tried her best to bring down Xiao Shufei, but she was about to lose her position as queen. So, Wu Shi threatened herself more than Xiao Shi. The Queen Wang, who suddenly woke up, hurried to unite Xiao Shufei against Wu Zetian at the moment, but it was too late.
Not long after, Wu Zetian's newly born daughter died unexpectedly in the palace. Wu Zetian pointed to the Queen Wang to visit in front of Emperor Gaozong and murdered the princess. Emperor Gaozong was furious, so he deposed the queen as Shu Ren, and together with Xiao Shufei who cursed Wu Zhaoyi many times, he deposed and imprisoned. Wu Zetian poisoned the two women who threatened her the most in the harem, and finally became the queen of Emperor Gaozong.