Wu Zetian's understanding of the world is a reliable talent.
Wu Zetian was born in the early Tang Dynasty, a rich and prominent official family. Her prominent power and luxurious life nourished her infinite desire for power. However, the gentry's family style prevailed in the early Tang Dynasty, and she was born in cloth and humble origins, which made her despised by the secular and unwilling to bury her.
This special situation and experience strongly stimulated Wu Zetian when she was young, and cultivated her desire to pursue and seize the highest power arrogantly, to achieve obedience, and to ruthlessly retaliate against all unscrupulous means.
This is particularly prominent in a series of political struggles after she entered politics, and even called herself an orphan in the south, which became an uneven achievement in her life. Moral, personality and psychological roots. Then Tian was smart, quick-witted, expressive and courageous from an early age.
Deeply impressed by her talent, her father taught her to read and write to familiarize her with the world. Shi Zi, when he was thirteen or fourteen years old, had read widely, memorized them thoroughly, and laid a certain foundation for poetry and songs, and his calligraphy was excellent and his words were outstanding. In the 11th year of Zhenguan (637), 14-year-old Wu was chosen as a "gifted scholar" because of his handsome appearance.
After entering the palace, Emperor Taizong was named "Mei Niang". After knowing Li Zhi. In the 23rd year of Zhenguan (649), Emperor Taizong died, and Tian and all his concubines were sent to Chang 'an Ganye Temple to have a haircut for Ni. Li Zhi, the ninth son of Emperor Taizong, acceded to the throne.
Among Chinese emperors, men accounted for an absolute proportion, and Wu Zetian was the only empress with clear records in history. There are too many legends about this female emperor. She served not only Taizong, but also his son. In addition, to make matters worse, she was able to gradually become the ruler of the Tang Dynasty from a small talent and master the political affairs of the Tang Dynasty for decades.
But there is one thing that people who look up the history later are very concerned about, that is, after Wu Zetian and Emperor Taizong got married, they did not have children with Emperor Taizong in the thirteen years after their marriage. In other words, the royal couple who have been married for thirteen years have no children. However, when Wu Zetian became the concubine of Emperor Gaozong, she gave birth to six children intermittently. So, what is the reason behind this?
We know from well-documented history books that Wu Zetian was elected to the palace at the age of fourteen, when Taizong was thirty-nine. Emperor Taizong was 52 when he died, and she was only 27. The emperor was in his prime, and his concubine was young and gorgeous. From the age point of view, neither of them will have the problem of infertility. Then, why has Wu Zetian never had children of her own? Whose problem is it? Let's look at it separately.
The first is Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong:
Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, was a lecher, just like the emperors of past dynasties. He not only has a beautiful and dignified eldest grandson queen and three thousand harems, but also the daughter of former emperor Yang Di and a foreign Turkish princess are in his pocket. Therefore, he was considered to have more children among the ancient emperors. He had fifteen concubines in his life, and they had thirty-six children, including fifteen princes and twenty-one princesses. Judging from the number of children, there is absolutely no problem with the fertility rate in Li Shimin.
Look at wu zetian again:
Although she had no children with Emperor Taizong, she later gave birth to Li Hong, Li Xian, Li Xian (later Tang Zhongzong) and two princesses-Princess Anding and Princess Taiping. From this point of view, she served Taizong at a younger age and obviously had no fertility problems. So, the reason why these two people have no children is probably because Li Shimin didn't have a crush on her at that time, that is to say, Wu Zetian was not loved at all.
I'm afraid I didn't remember a young talent named Wu in the harem at that time. There are three main reasons for this:
First of all, Wu Zetian's rank has not changed.
In the harem of the ancient emperor, all concubines were graded. Generally speaking, concubines who enter the palace later have a lower rank, but if they can get the favor of the emperor, her rank will definitely rise.
Wu Zetian entered the palace at fourteen. At that time, she was rated as five talents. When Emperor Taizong died, she was still a talented woman. We can see from here that when Li Shimin was alive, she didn't get the favor of the emperor at all. Besides, when Emperor Taizong was alive, his concubines not only had beautiful and moving Yang Jieyu, but also had brilliant Xu Hui. In addition to these two beauties, there are also daughters of former emperors in the harem, such as Yang Fei, Yin Fei, Yan Fei, Wei Fei and Wang Shi.
In this harem, Wu Cairen has neither the beauty nor the talent of the former. Of course, she will not enter the eyes of the saints. Among all the beautiful women, she is very ordinary and unremarkable. However, in many current film and television works, Taizong and Mei Niang are very affectionate, and even regard Wu Zetian as Taizong's favorite concubine, which obviously does not conform to historical facts. In the play, Wu Zetian was loved by Li Shimin of Emperor Taizong from the beginning, became a thorn in Wei Guifei's side, and aroused the hatred and frame-up of her good sister Xu Hui. But the real situation of history is just the opposite of the description of TV series.
Second, Wu Zetian and Li Zhi had an affair long ago.
Now many people, including courtiers at that time, don't understand why Li Zhiyi ascended the throne, so they want to take Wu Cairen back to the palace from a nun, make her a concubine, and finally make her a harem queen.
The reason is that these two people had an affair when Taizong was alive.
According to historical records, Emperor Taizong ordered Wu Zetian to wait on the prince in the palace and take care of his life. At that time, Wu Zetian, who was in the flower season, and the young and romantic Li Zhi would naturally get along with each other day by day.
I'm afraid they have secretly had mutual affection for each other for a long time, but they have not been discovered by Taizong and others. If such a thing had been put on other favored concubines, I'm afraid it would have been revealed long ago, but it was because Wu Zetian was not favored, no one paid attention to her, and the emperor did not pay attention to her, so it was unknown.
Of course, Wu Zetian herself felt that the road ahead was slim. I'm afraid she would be a small role all her life, so she took the initiative to have an affair with Li Zhi. Compared with Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian is not favored. I think if a sister wants to attract uncle's attention and successfully marry the "rich second generation", then don't be a woman. If you become a woman, you can only attract adolescent boys and catch a "rich second generation".
Thirdly, Emperor Taizong rarely recorded it in the history books of dynasties.
During the reign of Emperor Taizong, Wu Zetian recorded very little in historical materials, or it can be said that it did not appear at all. In addition, according to the records of Emperor Taizong's harem, Li Shimin seldom turned to the title of Wu Zetian. The chances of being loved by the emperor are very small, and the chances of getting pregnant are also very small. It is normal not to have children.
After Li Zhi came to power, Wu Zetian, with mature feminine charm, successfully attracted the attention of Emperor Gaozong and became the most beloved concubine for a time. It is precisely because of this that Wu Zetian was able to give birth to six children.
Some netizens also replied: Wu Zetian became a generation of queens, which is an act of god. The wise one was reminded by Yuan Tiangang and Li that after three generations of the Tang Dynasty, the female ruler did not kill Wu Zetian, but asked her to wait on the prince. Whether this is God's will or Li Shimin's confusion in order to obey God's will is really a mystery to future generations.