Shangguan Wan'er was a very talented woman in history, and her life was a legend of ups and downs. Although he does not have the name of prime minister, he has the actual status of prime minister, which is unique in Chinese history.
Shangguan Wan'er was from Shaanzhou, and her grandfather Shangguan Yi was a famous official in the Taizong era of the Tang Dynasty. He was later killed for disobeying Wu Zetian. Shangguan Wan'er, who was still in her infancy at that time, was banished to the harem along with her mother. The family members of prisoners who were serving crimes were treated with ruthless neglect and abuse. Talents emerge from difficulties. Shangguan Wan'er studied and became literate along with the female officials in the palace. At the age of fourteen, she was personally summoned by Wu Zetian, who praised her Qianyan writings and kept her by his side to serve as some clerical assistant. Gradually, she She participated in writing edicts and participating in memorials. Gradually, she read them first and signed them. As long as Wu Zetian approved a word on it, it would be issued to the world. She became the most powerful woman besides Wu Zetian. , when she was just a 19-year-old girl. When her mother was pregnant with her, she dreamed of a giant scale being sent by a god. Dream tellers said that this meant that Shangguan Wan'er would take over the power to measure world affairs. At that time, her family was the orphan of a sinner, and no one believed it. Unexpectedly, this happened. It came true that for twenty-five years before and after Wu Zetian came to power, Shangguan Wan'er always followed her. It is said that the wound on Shangguan Wan'er's forehead was when she was flirting with Wu Zetian's male favorite Zhang Changzong. Wu Zetian became jealous and struck out with a sword. Cut. Later, Wu Zetian assigned her nephew Wu Sansi to Shangguan Wan'er. Shangguan Wan'er was already thirty-five years old. Shangguan Wan'er's favorite was Li Yi among the kings of the Tang clan, but Li Yi loved Wu Zetian's daughter-in-law. Wu Xuanshuang, Shangguan Wan'er's favorite is Changsun Tai. Changsun Tai's sister happens to be Li Yi's wife. These people are all friends and close friends. What an embarrassing thing and person.
After Tang Zhongzong ascended the throne, the political power was in the hands of Empress Wei. Zhongzong was homeless throughout his life and lived a precarious life. She developed a weak character who was afraid of wolves before and tigers behind. However, her queen, Empress Wei, wanted to imitate her mother-in-law Wu Zetian and colluded with her daughter Princess Anle in an attempt to control Chao Gang. In this political background, Wu Sansi's wife Shangguan Wan'er and Wu Youji's wife Princess Taiping united to fight against Empress Wei and Princess Anle for the interests of the Communist Party. This was a beneficial political alliance, but one man quickly disintegrated it.
This man is Cui Shi, a beautiful young man with an embroidered pillow shape. Because Shangguan Wan'er's husband Wu Sansi has a vulgar nature and spends all day in flowers and plants, the lonely Shangguan Wan'er takes a wisp of her The infatuation was completely pinned on Cui Shi, whom she met by chance. Ever since the romantic incident happened that day while working in the imperial study room, they were inseparable every day. Shangguan Wan'er called Cui Shi into the palace from time to time, but he was attracted by Princess Taiping, who had been in and out of the palace for a long time. Seeing that although Princess Taiping was slightly older in the palace, Xu Niang was still charming even though she was old, and she was born with the romantic character of her mother. When she saw a handsome man like Cui Shiyu, she already had an intention in her heart, so she sent the palace maid to hide it from her. Gong Waner summoned him into the palace. Princess Taiping was very lustful. Although she loved several princes at the same time, she had several private meetings with Cui Shi every day. Shangguan Waner finally noticed the problem. In a fit of anger, he threw himself into Empress Wei's power map, and pulled Wu Sansi over, making great contributions to Empress Wei.
With the addition of Shangguan Wan'er and Wu Sansi, Empress Wei's power increased greatly, completely vacating Tang Zhongzong's authority. Prince Li Chongjun couldn't stand it, so he led his troops into Wu Sansi's mansion and killed him. Wu Sansi and Wu Chongxun father and son. Then he entered the palace confinement, preparing to kill Empress Wei and Shangguan Wan'er again, but Shangguan Wan'er remained calm in the face of danger. He commanded the imperial guards to hold on to the danger, and then sent troops to the palace to protect him and put down the mutiny of the prince. Soon after this incident, Empress Wei and her daughter poisoned Tang Zhongzong, and made King Wen Chongmao the young emperor. Empress Wei's mother Women controlling government affairs is a reappearance of the situation of Wu Zetian and Princess Taiping.
On the one hand, Princess Taiping played tricks with them, on the other hand, she restrained and slowed down the development of their power as a princess, and on the other hand, she secretly helped her nephew Li Longji. Li Long has basically been supported by famous ministers such as Yao Chong and Song Li, and now he has the support of Princess Taiping. A mutiny killed Empress Wei's mother and daughter and Shangguan Wan'er, and he ascended the throne as Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty.
Shangguan Wan'er passed away, but her literary achievements have been handed down. Her poetry creation has washed away the malaise in Jiangzuo, revolutionized the parallel style of the Southern Dynasties, and broke away from the lingering wind of the Six Dynasties. The style of writing changed drastically. Rather than saying that it was Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan who initiated the revival of ancient prose, it would be better to say that Shangguan Wan'er had already drawn a clear blueprint for the literary landscape of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Her poems also had a great inspiration for the brilliant development of Tang poetry. During the Kaiyuan period, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty recalled Shangguan Wan'er's talent and ordered to collect her poems and essays into twenty volumes. Zhang Shuo wrote for her: "Listen with keen sense, explore the micro-mirror, open the volume and accept it, just like hearing it before. In ancient times, there were female historians who recorded merits and deeds, and there were also female ministers who made decisions and made decisions. Zhaorong (Shangguan Wan'er) was beautiful in both dynasties, and she was able to provide all kinds of advice in a day, and everything went as planned. , although she was known as Ban Yuan in the Han Dynasty and Zuo Yu in the Jin Dynasty, the way she wrote was different, but her assistance was different."
Here is a poem she wrote when she visited Lishan Mountain to assist Zheng:
In the Year of the Dragon, you can ride the wind and watch the wind in the Year of the Dragon;
Watch the electrically driven golden horse leaping in the distance, and see the country's frosty plains and jade fields.
The distant Lishan Mountain is covered with clouds, and the imperial tent is open at the edge of the sun;
Every year, I always guard the post, and I enjoy peace for a long time.
This poem expresses her sincere wish to enjoy peace and freedom from bloody scenes of killings every year. However, she has lived in the capital for a long time, especially during the period of Wu Zetian, when she helped Wu Zetian respect the Wu family. Excluding the royal family, the royal family of Li Tang would not let her go easily.