Wu Zetian had four sons, Li Hong, Li Xian, Li Xian, and Li Dan. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoDuring the period of Wu Zetian's system, Li Hong and Li Xian were poisoned and forced to death by Wu Zetian, Li Xian was enthroned as Zhongzong, but it didn't take long for Wu Zetian to be deposed as the king of Luling, and Li Dan was also named Ruizong after Zhongzong, but he lived in another courtyard and never went to the Dragon Court. Soon, Wu Zetian proclaimed himself emperor and changed Tang to Wu Zhou.

In Wu Zetian's later years, Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong became Wu Zetian's male favorites, because Wu Zetian needed these two people in his private life and politics, he connived at them everywhere, so that the Zhang brothers controlled the government and did everything they could, and constantly killed the emperor's relatives and relatives. The upright ministers in the court were very dissatisfied, and listed the charges many times, wanting to put the Zhang brothers to death, but they were all rejected by Wu Zetian.

Seeing that they could not control the Zhang brothers, some ministers resorted to a coup d'état by force. Under the instigation of the minister Zhang Cambodia and others, he contacted a group of important ministers of the court, generals of the Yulin Army and Princess Taiping and other emperor's relatives, and suddenly attacked, taking advantage of Wu Zetian's illness, to attack Wu Zetian's residence, search for the Zhang brothers in the corridor, execute them on the spot, and easily invited Wu Zetian to step down and welcome back Zhongzong. On the third day after the coup, Zhongzong ascended the throne, removed the national title of Wu Zhou, and was still called Tang, and the Tang Dynasty, which had been interrupted for fifteen years, was reinstated.

Tang Zhongzong Li Xian had a difficult time under Wu Zetian, he was first confined to the palace courtyard, then exiled to Fangling, where he was placed under house arrest. In the fifteen years that Wu Zetian was the emperor, the couple was indeed living in fear, because Wu Zetian had killed his two biological sons, and Li Xian was afraid that bad luck would suddenly befall him, so whenever an edict came from the capital, Li Xian was afraid to commit suicide in panic.

At this time, his wife Webster always persuaded him: "The world is full of good and evil, and at most it is death, so why are you so afraid? Why should you rush to commit suicide?" In this way, the husband and wife depended on each other for their lives and spent fifteen or sixteen years of fear together.

When Zhang Cambodia, Huan Yanfan and others staged a coup d'état, welcomed back Zhongzong, and reinstated the name of the Tang Dynasty, Zhongzong of course established Wei as the queen, and crowned his daughter as Princess Anle. Because they suffered a lot and suffered a lot of sins, after becoming emperors, they had to compensate them greatly, so not long after Zhongzong was restored, the signs of his absurd pleasures were revealed.

Soon after the restoration of the Tang Dynasty, border troubles continued, and disasters and famines also occurred one after another. Two years later, a great plague broke out in Shandong, Henan, and Shaanxi, and countless people were infected with the epidemic and died, and the Wu clan forces in the imperial court were still very strong, so the political situation in the Tang Dynasty should be said to be very unstable. In this case, Empress Wei tried his best to encourage Zhongzong to enjoy himself, regardless of national politics.

Empress Wei accompanied Zhongzong to ascend the Xuanwu Gate to watch the special banquet of palace maids, countless palace maids flew like warblers and butterflies, and set up a table of banquets, the momentum was both spectacular and peculiar. After the banquet was over, Empress Wei ordered the palace maids to fight each other, which made Zhongzong dazzled and dizzy, and at this time the people were suffering from hunger and plague.

In the second year of the Lantern Festival, Empress Wei specially ordered the people to put up lanterns and celebrate the Lantern Festival, and she accompanied Zhongzong, with hundreds of officials, wearing civilian clothes, and sharing the joy of peace among the people. Empress Wei intended to follow Wu Zetian's example, and wanted Zhongzong to ignore the government so that he could wait for the opportunity to take power.

Although Wu Zetian died, her Wu clan did not lose power, especially Wu Zetian's nephew Wu Sansi married Zhongzong, and he stood firm. Once, Luo Governor Shi Xue Jichang once said to Zhang Cambodia: "Although the Zhang brothers have been removed, Wu Zetian's power has not been completely eradicated, just like although Empress Lu of the Han Dynasty died, her clans Lu Lu and Lu Chan are still there." If the grass is not removed, it will eventually be revived. ”

Since Wu Sansi's son married Zhongzong's beloved daughter Princess Anle, he had a backer, and soon after Zhongzong was reinstated, Wu Sansi had an affair with Empress Wei, which meant that the father and son married the mother and daughter, and they were even more fearless. It turned out that Empress Wei and Wu Sansi's fornication was facilitated by Shangguan Wan'er's matchmaking.

Shangguan Wan'er is the granddaughter of Shangguan Yi, when Wu Zetian was in power, Prime Minister Shangguan Yi persuaded Gaozong to abolish the queen Wu Zetian, but was detected by Wu Zetian's secret agents, Wu Zetian sent someone to falsely accuse Shangguan Yi of rebellion, killed Shangguan Yi's father and son, and did not bring his wife and daughter into the court as slaves. Shangguan Wan'er received a good education in the court, she was very smart and beautiful, and she was very literate, good at reciting poems, and was loved by Wu Sansi.

When Wu Zetian was in power, Wu Sansi was often on duty in the palace, and Shangguan Wan'er had an affair with Wu Sansi. After Tang Zhongzong was reinstated, Shangguan Wan'er was immediately summoned to Zhaorong, and was in charge of the emperor's order, and was deeply favored. After Zhongzong became the emperor, his life became more and more flamboyant, and he favored more and more palace maids, so he couldn't take care of Empress Wei, and Empress Wei couldn't bear the loneliness, so he found Shangguan Wan'er to find a way, and after Shangguan Wan'er matched, the two started to do a good job.

These things are almost known to everyone in the palace, but they are just hiding from Zhongzong, Empress Wei and Shangguan Wan'er have also said good things for Wu Sansi in front of Zhongzong many times, praising him for having both ability and political integrity, so Wu Sansi was worshiped by Zhongzong as the prime minister.

The power of the Wu clan was revived, and Empress Wei also stepped up her collusion with the Wu clan, hoping that one day she could ascend to the throne with the help of the Wu clan's power. Seeing that Zhongzong was mediocre and corrupt, and that the government was in danger, the upright ministers of the court and the central government were in danger, they recommended Zhang Khan to play Zhongzong in front of him, and demanded that Wu Sansi be eliminated in order to strengthen the power of the Li Tang clan, and other officials also made similar requests. Zhongzong did not listen, and told Wei Hou about these things, and Wei Hou then told Wu Sansi, who immediately retaliated and demoted Zhang Cambodia from the imperial court, causing him to die in Xiangzhou, and other upright officials were also degraded one by one.

Empress Wei's daughter, Wu Sansi's daughter-in-law Princess Anle was extremely arrogant and lawless, under the connivance of Zhongzong and Empress Wei, she had no royal law, repeatedly insulted ministers, embezzled and accepted bribes, lived extremely arrogant and lascivious, and repeatedly asked Zhongzong for land and lakes. Even more excessive, she even forced Zhongzong to appoint her as the crown princess. This precious princess, like her mother, is a power maniac and a careerist, but she is also clever and untalented, and her ruin is destined.

In the court at that time, it was really lively, Shangguan Wan'er was a genius pen, Empress Wei was a natural shrew, the two of them fornicated with Wu Sansi, Wu Sansi was treacherous and treacherous, holding authority, plus a princess Anle who was clamoring to be the princess all day long, it was really civil and military, and there were no surprises in life, dan, purity, and ugliness, and a dignified Li Tang court was used as a stage, Tang Zhongzong seemed to be deaf and blind, and he ignored it, and a storm inevitably occurred.

Princess An Le conspired with her father-in-law Wu Sansi to abolish the crown prince and make herself the crown princess, although this is a whimsical idea like child's play, but in the Tang Dynasty, there is no guarantee that there is no possibility of realization. The crown prince Li Chongjun felt a great threat and fear, and he wanted to strike first and capture Empress Wei and Princess An Le.

The crown prince and Li Duozuo, the general of the Zuo Yulin Army, Li Sichong, Li Chengquan, Duguwei and others, under the pretense of the emperor's order, led 300 cavalry of the Yulin Army, rushed into Wu Sansi's house, killed Wu Sansi and Wu Chongxun and more than 10 of their relatives, and then entered from Suzhangmen, trying to kill Empress Wei, Princess Anle and Shangguan Wan'er in one fell swoop.

At that time, the night banquet of Zhongzong had just ended, and when he heard that the prince was in turmoil, he hurriedly came to Xuanwu Gate with Empress Wei, Princess Anle and Shangguan Wan'er, and urgently ordered Liu Jingren, the general of the right Yulin Army, to lead more than 100 horsemen to escort the guard, and hurriedly announced an order to pardon all those who followed the incident. As soon as everyone heard that the prince was an edict and heard the emperor's pardon order, they abandoned and surrendered, and in the end, only three or two people were left to flee with the prince. Later, he fled to Huxian County, present-day Shaanxi, and while resting in the forest, the prince was killed by his entourage.

After quelling the prince's rebellion, Empress Wei's power became more rampant, her ambitions became clearer and clearer, and public opinion in the court was in an uproar. Princess Anle's new husband Wu Xiuji also actively participated in the matter, plus Zong Chuke, several people were embarrassed, which made everyone in the court look sideways.

Lang Qi, a native of Dingzhou, said: "Empress Wei and Zong Chuke will be rebelled. ”

As a result, he was beaten to death by Zhongzong's stick, and Yan Qinrong, who joined the army of Xuzhou Division, was not afraid of death, and resolutely wrote to him: "The queen is chaotic and evil, interfering in national affairs, and the clan is strong; ”

Zhongzong summoned him to the court and questioned him face to face, Yan Qinrong spoke generously and without fear, saying that Zhongzong was speechless, so he had to let him go out of the court, who knew that he had not yet walked out of the court, Empress Wei pretended to be the emperor's order, and asked Zong Chuke to lead people to catch him and fall on the stone in the hall, causing him to break his neck and die.

Seeing this scene, Zhongzong didn't even ask, but just showed an unhappy look on his face. Empress Wei, Zong Chuke and others were not angry when they saw Zhongzong, and they were afraid that Zhongzong would be punished, so they wanted to kill Zhongzong immediately. Empress Wei sent Princess Anle to offer food cakes to Zhongzong, and the cakes were mixed with poison, and after Zhongzong ate them, he died of poison.

Zhongzong died violently, and the deployment of Empress Wei was not completed, if the mourning was carried out at this time, it would definitely cause great chaos in the imperial court, and it was very likely that someone would raise troops, and Empress Wei and his gang would be killed, so Empress Wei's top priority was not to mourn, and then summon his cronies into the palace to discuss countermeasures.

Empress Wei let her elder brother Wei Wen be responsible for commanding all the troops, and ordered Wei Jie, Wei Hao, Wei Qi, Wei Bo and others of the Wei clan to lead the army respectively, patrol the six streets, defend the palace, and then transferred 50,000 cronies from all over the world to garrison the capital, waiting for everything to be arranged properly, and then mourning Zhongzong.

At the time of the funeral, the edict of Zhongzong was announced, and Empress Wei himself listened to the government. Three days later, the young and ignorant crown prince Li Chongmao ascended the throne in front of Zhongzong Ling, and honored Empress Wei as the empress dowager, and the empress dowager was regent in the court. It's a pity that Empress Wei's ambition is ten times greater than Wu Zetian's, but her ability is not even one-tenth of Wu Zetian's.

Li Longji, the third son of Li Dan, the younger brother of Zhongzong Li Xian, was good at taoguang and obscurity in the face of adversity, and escaped Wu Zetian's harsh persecution of the Li Tang clan, and even during Zhongzong's reign, he was very cautious. In fact, he has read poetry and books since he was a child, is intelligent, and has a heroic personality and great ambitions.

Usually, he seems to be obsessed with the sound of dogs and horses, and he pays attention to the movements of the court everywhere. When the news of Zhongzong's sudden death and Empress Wei's reign came, he felt that his opportunity had come. He sent someone to contact Princess Taiping and obtained an internal response, so he led his troops to attack Chang'an from the fiefdom, and together with Princess Taiping's son Xue Chongjian and the generals of the Yulin Army, he led 10,000 cavalry to break through the Xuanwu Gate and rushed to the Taiji Palace.

Empress Wei was ignorant of this change, and when she heard the shouts of killing outside, she hurriedly escaped from the bed, and she didn't even have time to put on her coat, and as soon as she left the room, she was killed by the rebels. Princess Anle was drawing her eyebrows, and before she could turn around, she was cut in two by the soldiers, and since then she has really entered the land of Anle.

Shangguan Wan'er was very scheming, she heard that something had happened, so she hurriedly wrote an edict to let Li Longji's father, Prime Minister Li Dan, ascend the throne, hid it in her sleeve, and led the palace maids to greet Li Longji, hoping to avoid death.

After Li Longji saw the edict, he said to the left and right: "This banshee is adulterous and desecrates the palace, how can she forgive it, if you don't punish it today, you will regret it." ”

Immediately ordered Shangguan Wan'er to be beheaded left and right, in fact, Shangguan Wan'er was innocent, she served others with her talents, and did not do anything bad, and all the inappropriate things were done because she had to do it. She is a very talented female poet, and there are 32 of her poems preserved in "All Tang Poems", and there is a collection of poems and essays.

After Li Longji pacified the rebellion of Empress Wei, he killed the Wei clan and even swept away the Wu clan, and since then, the Tang Dynasty has returned to the hands of the Li clan. Li Longji's father, Li Dan, ascended the throne and was still called Ruizong, and Li Longji was made the crown prince. In the following years, Princess Taiping has always wanted to be the empress, and the power is very large, after a fierce struggle, Princess Taiping's rebellion was leaked, Li Longji forced her into the temple, made her commit suicide, and finally stabilized Li Tang Jiangshan, under the rule of Li Longji, the world of the Tang Dynasty finally came.