Wu Zetian ascended the throne with her present situation and ability, and ruled China like an iron bucket for decades. Shangguan Waner, 14 years old, began to work as a "secretary" for Wu Zetian. From the age of 19, she drafted important documents such as "imperial edicts", and she read the memorials of all officials first, adding her opinions. As long as Wu Zetian approves a word on it, it will be promulgated and become the most powerful woman in the DPRK except Wu Zetian. She followed Wu Da for 27 years, which had a great influence on Wu personally and Wu's ethnic policy. She is the Prime Minister of the Queen.
Shangguan Waner is a native of Shanxian County, Shaanxi Province, and the granddaughter of Tang Gaozong Prime Minister Shangguan Yi. In the first year of Linde (AD 664), Shangguan Yi was killed by the marquis of Wu for drafting the imperial edict to abolish Wu Zetian for the Emperor Gaozong, and his family was lost. Shangguan Waner and her mother Zheng, who were still in infancy, were driven into Yefu Palace to be maids. Wan'er grew up in the narrow blue sky of the Night Pavilion Palace.
Our mother, Zheng Shisanniang, is Taichang's sister, and her mother is her first teacher. Wan'er is a slave, but everyone, including Wu Shi, is well aware of Shangguan Yi's unjust imprisonment and "turns a blind eye". The court sent the intelligent and enlightened Wan'er to the literature museum of the harem to study. Wan'er is "gifted and good at writing". The eunuch teacher in the Palace Museum likes her very much and values her very much.
Taking the development of Wu Zetian as an example, the court teacher told about the greatness and extraordinary of Wu Zetian, which made the young Wan'er admire infinitely.
Wan'er told the story of Wu Zetian to her mother, and Mrs. Zheng shed tears. Wan'er didn't know his life experience, so he pinned his dream on the enemy and "recognized the thief as his father". She doesn't want to break her daughter's dream. She knows that the growth of Wan'er needs the support of dreams. She can't let her daughter bear a grudge against Wuhou. Once she knows and bears a grudge, her life is in jeopardy. She only secretly shed tears by herself.
Wan'er grew up and became charming and gorgeous, beautiful and light, with a smile and a unique expression. In addition, he was born smart and beautiful. He read it once and wrote a thousand words with extraordinary literary talent. Because of the teacher's recommendation, at the age of 14, she was finally summoned by Empress Wu. Wu Zetian put forward a proposition on the spot and asked him to write according to the topic. Shangguan Waner's calligraphy is exquisite and elegant, and her calligraphy is like a hairpin. Wu Zetian saw the great joy and immediately ordered him to be exempted from his handmaiden status and put him in charge of the imperial edict of the palace. Since then, most of the letters patent written by Wu Zetian came from Shangguan Waner.
Wan'er walked into the palace from the metallurgical palace and followed the great and extraordinary queen ever since. Therefore, Wan'er's emotions are closely linked with politics and power.
Some people say that Shangguan Waner was born as a "female prime minister". Legend has it that when Shangguan Waner's mother, Zheng Sanniang, was pregnant, she dreamed that someone had given her a big scale. The dream interpreter said, "When you have a precious son, you have the power in the world." There are similar records in Biography of Empresses and Biography of Shangguan Zhao Rong. The Book of the New Tang Dynasty also recorded a detail: When thirteen Niang of Zheng was pregnant, she dreamed that the giant was holding a big weight and said, "You can weigh the world with this weight."
Of course, there were genius factors in Wan'er's growth, but it was Wu Zetian who really created Wan'er, who gave him a golden opportunity. She is gold, and Wu Zetian made her shine. She went from being an orphan to weighing the world, and her growth came from talent, environment and even more from Wu Zetian.
For Wu Zetian, she is contradictory. This contradiction has been with her all her life. Wu Zetian is her "father-killer" and is destined to hate her; Wu Zetian is also her "godmother", the only noble queen around her who is worthy of emulation, and the one who truly understands, appreciates and likes her.
She became the "secretary" of Wu Zetian at the age of 14, and almost grew up with her ministers. The beautiful and lovely Wan'er has been loved by Li Xian, Li Xian and Li Dan successively, but for Wan'er, politics is always greater than love, and love serves politics. Youth and beauty have become the bait of Wan'er politics. In her later years, her relationship with Wu Sansi, Cui Zhuo and Zhongzong was far from love. She is no longer attached to that relationship that can be called true love. It was just an impulse.
The queen began her glorious imperial career. In fact, Wan'er started her career as a "female prime minister", but she was still the maid of Wu Zetian. The Queen is 62 years old and Wan'er is 26 years old. Harmonious and even beautiful relationship between monarch and minister has experienced twists and turns because of a Toy Boy who fell out of favor. Wan'er was disfigured by tattooing his face.
Originally, Toy Boy and Xue Huaiyi of Wu Zetian were both rejected by the Lord. Xue Huaiyi was deeply disappointed by his lovelorn love. One day, he wanted to see the Queen along the secret passage in the palace, but Wan'er refused to tell him, and shut the door on the "king in bed" who fell out of favor. In a rage, Xue Huaiyi burned down the hall he had built for the Queen. Wu Zetian learned that Wan'er forced Xue Huaiyi to set fire, and the result was "not only to punish him, but also to cherish his talents, so he had to be killed", and he was furious. In the future, Shangguan Waner served meticulously and catered to Qu Yi, which won the favor of Wu Zetian. Since the first year of the holy calendar, he has been allowed to handle the list of thoughts and participate in government affairs, and his power is growing day by day.
In 695 AD, Wu Zetian ascended the throne for five years, and entrusted her nephews Wu Sansi and Shangguan Waner to study the history of the Zhou Dynasty and praised them greatly. With his intelligence and knowledge, Wan'er provided a lot of help to Wu Sansi in the process of compiling history, which made Wu Sansi feel grateful and had deep feelings for this puzzling woman. Wan'er is keenly aware that the influence of the Wu family has developed rapidly because of the Queen, and it is getting bigger and bigger, which is overwhelming. She found a sense of security in Wu Sansi. Later, Wu Zetian rationed Wu Sansi to Shangguan Waner, who was 35 years old.
Later, after the restoration of Zhongzong, he came to power. At this point, Wan'er didn't know what feelings and shame were. She catered to all the men who liked and needed her, and restored her close relationship with Zhongzong. She used the excellent control ability she learned from her godmother Wu Zetian to become a friend of Zhongzong in trouble, and also gained a "future" in this effort. Instead of being abandoned by "once every emperor and courtier", she became a "tumbler". Zhongzong sealed Waner, sealed Waner's mother, Mrs. Zheng, and asked her to specialize in drafting letters.
Wan'er became the "leader" of the Oh Group. After the death of Wu Zetian, with the help of Wan'er and Wei Hou, Wu Sansi became an ordinary person and a veritable prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. Princess Taiping's husband, Wu, also went to worship Stuart, which was also the third official. In addition to Qiu, there are two seats occupied in the three public schools, and they are all power positions.
In fact, by this time, Zhongzong had been shelved by royal women. These two women are with Wei.
Wan'er is fighting for its power everywhere. She constantly suggested that Wei Hou improve women's social and political status, paving the way for Wei Hou to become queen in the future. Wan'er ignited Wei Ruyun's hegemonic ambition. Wan'er also constantly demanded to improve the status of the princesses, which not only pleased the Queen Wei, but also won the hearts of the princesses. Wan'er persuaded Princess Anle that she could inherit the throne. Although there are two princes, neither of them is from Wei Housheng, which provides great possibility for Princess Anle of Wei Housheng to become the wife of the emperor.
With Wan'er's help, the strong women in the palace each wooed a group of courtiers and formed their own power. She also belittled and rejected Prince Li Zhongjun with ulterior motives, elected the Wu family headed by Wu Sansi, and successfully created a public opinion in the court demanding the abolition of the Prince. The young prince couldn't stand it any longer. In July 707, Li Zhongjun and Zuo Yujun's general Li Duozuo, etc. , sent more than 300 people to the imperial army, raided Wu Sansi's palace that night and killed Wu Sansi and his son Wu Chongxun. At that time, Wan'er was in the hall of Zhongzong, accompanied by Queen Wei and Princess Anle. When Zhongzong and Webster saw this, they were furious and refused to hand over Wan'er at the request of the Prince. Zhongzong took Wan'er and his wife and daughter to Xuanwu Gate in a hurry to avoid the enemy. He first sent Liu, a general who started from the right feather, and quickly dispatched two thousand feather Bing Lin to the front of Taiji Hall, never leaving home. When the rebels came to Xuanwu Gate, he surrendered to the rebels loudly at the door according to Wan'er's instructions. The rebel Yulin army defected on the spot and killed the prince.
Since then, Shangguan Waner often persuaded Zhongzong to set up a large number of bachelors in the Zhaowen Museum, widely called the ministers of Ci studies in the current dynasty, hosted banquets for many times, and sang poems. Shangguan Waner replaced Zhongzong, Wei Hou and Princess Anle at the same time every time, and made several beautiful poems, which were mostly sung by people at that time. For the poems written by ministers, Zhong Zong ordered Shangguan Waner to comment, and the first prize was often awarded to Jin Jue, which was extremely valuable. As a result, inside and outside the imperial court, poetry and fu became a common practice. Zhongzong also sent people to carve ornaments in Shangguan Waner's residence, often leading ministers to feast. At that time, the palace was forbidden and spacious, allowing palace officials to enter and leave at will. Shangguan Waner and some palace officials bought luxury houses outside the palace, often fooling around with some dude, and some people got high positions. Cui Shu, assistant minister of Zhongshu, was taken for granted after having an affair with Shangguan Waner in the outhouse. Soon, when Cui Kun presided over the civil service election, he was often violated. He was impeached by Li Shang and demoted as a foreign Sima. However, Shangguan Waner and Princess Anle applied and were reinstated.
Princess Taiping pretended to be a snake with them. On the one hand, they contained and slowed down their power development as a generation of princess; on the other hand, they secretly helped her nephew Li Longji. With the help of celebrities such as Yao Chong and Song Li, Li Longji has grown stronger and stronger, and now she has the support of Princess Taiping. In the fourth year of Tang Jinglong (AD 7 10), Li Longji (later Xuanzong) staged a coup to punish Wei Ruyun and his followers, and both Shangguan Waner and Wei Hou were beheaded. Shangguan Waner is only 46 years old. At the beginning of Kaiyuan (AD 7 13), Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty praised her articles, ordered people to collect the works of Shangguan Waner, compiled 20 volumes, and asked the Grand Duke of Yan (Yue) to preface her articles. In the preface, it is said that Shangguan Waner is "the voice of elegance, flowing in the leaves", and his character is highly praised.
Although Shangguan Waner once enjoyed all the splendor, she still had to gasp at the emperor, queen and princess, and still had to cater to them. I'm afraid only she knows the joys and sorrows. With her talent, wisdom and superb political skills, she maintained a difficult "balance" in the power field. This is what many men and women can't do. But she still didn't escape bad luck and became a victim of the struggle for imperial power.