≮ In the film and television drama, the next step is the difficult process of Wu Zetian's horse taming, and finally tamed this fierce horse and won the favor of Tang Taizong. But in the historical records, there is no follow-up to this matter, and it comes to an abrupt end. Wu Zetian also did not receive any reward.

To tell the truth, Wu Zetian's appearance is very awesome, and he feels like he stands out from the crowd, but it ended in failure. Maybe Wu Zetian's fierceness is not in line with Tang Taizong's appetite, Tang Taizong only likes gentle and lovely women like Empress Changsun and Concubine Xu Xian; Maybe Wu Zetian's remarks were too intense, after all, taming a horse is taming a horse, and if you don't train a horse, you can't move the idea of killing a horse; Maybe......

As for speculation, let's stop here, after all, we have no way of knowing what the ancients thought more than a thousand years ago. What is certain and certain is that although Wu Zetian seized her own opportunity, the result disappointed her.

≡ she tried her best, although she was defeated, Wu Zetian would not be discouraged by this, so she did not move forward, she gathered strength, waited for the opportunity, looked for opportunities, and prepared for the next round of the game. Not? Wrong? The waiting process is the most exhausting. Some people wear down their fighting spirit while waiting, compromise with the ulcers, and go with the flow; And there are still some people who are unwavering and cling to their dreams. Wu Zetian undoubtedly belongs to the latter group of people, and she believes that persistence is victory.

⊥ like this, day after day, year after year, I have survived more than ten spring and autumn seasons. Many concubines have been promoted, but Wu Zetian is still an ordinary talent, and the only thing she is worth showing off is the title of "Wu Mei" given to her by Tang Taizong. This lonely life is incompatible with her dreams. During this time, although she was persevering, she was very frustrated.

▲ She doubted, why did she let herself live so tired?

▲ She was also shaken. Are you destined to have no future?

Still, this skepticism. This vacillation is only a fleeting thought. She firmly believes in her ability to change her destiny.

Everything is a loss and a gain, although Wu Zetian has a hard time this time, she has learned a lot of new things and has made great progress in her knowledge.

Not only did she receive a rigorous court education, but she also learned etiquette, especially poetry and calligraphy, to further improve her cultural literacy. Tang Taizong is a good emperor, he knows people well, and he follows advice. Hard. Under the influence of Tang Taizong, Wu Zetian's experience has increased a lot. In addition, she also saw the inside story of the harem competing for favors and deceit, and gained a lot of experience and lessons from it. "It never stops, holding all the people and things hostage, rolling and rushing. In the blink of an eye, in July of the twenty-second year of Zhenguan (648), the Taibai Star appeared many times during the day, and the Taishi Ling (in charge of the astronomical calendar. Equivalent to the current astrology master) after divination, he came to the conclusion of "Heroine Chang".

At first, Tang Taizong scoffed at this, because he did not believe that any woman would become the king of a country that would replace the Li family. Later, there was a similar saying in a kind of "Secret Record" that circulated among the people, saying that after the third generation of the Tang Dynasty. When there is a heroine, there is a world in the martial arts. After this rumor spread to the palace, Tang Taizong was quite unhappy. Thinking about the conclusion of Taishi's divination's "heroine Chang", he began to take this matter seriously.

It doesn't matter if this rumor is true or not. It doesn't matter whether Taishi's divination is accurate or not, as long as it is something that threatens the Tang Dynasty. It must be dealt with strictly.

Who is ∈, who holds the power of life and death. As soon as he is serious, someone is bound to be unlucky.

Taizong secretly summoned a Taishi Ling named Li Chunfeng to the palace to inquire about relevant matters.

"Heroine Chang, how much credibility is there?"

"The minister watched the sky at night and found that there was a Taibai Jingtian, which means that there is a female protagonist. Jingchen estimated that this woman was a dependant in His Majesty's palace. In less than thirty years, she will replace Her Majesty in charge of the great rivers and mountains, and she will also kill the descendants of the Li Tang royal family. ”…

This is worth it, how can you let a little woman make waves, I, Li Shimin, will never allow such a thing to happen.

Since the rumors are consistent with the celestial phenomena, then we can only kill on a large scale, and it is necessary to prevent problems before they happen.

"Kill, kill all those who are on the border with Wu, and it is better to kill three thousand by mistake than to let one go."

Tang Taizong has already moved to kill, is Wu Zetian's life about to be ended like this?

No, it won't. Li Chunfeng's next persuasion saved Wu Zetian's life, so that there was a later empress. In this way, an inadvertent episode pulled Wu Zetian back from the Ghost Gate.

"I'm afraid this is not good, and the destiny of heaven cannot be violated. As the saying goes, the king never dies. Since Heaven has sent this man down, it will protect her. Indiscriminate killing will only harm many innocent people, and God will blame it. Besides, the man is already an adult, and he will be old after thirty years. The elderly are more kind-hearted, and may not kill the children and grandchildren of His Majesty. If Her Majesty kills her, and God gives birth to a new person, then this person will be in the prime of life thirty years later, and he may be ruthless, and he may be ruthless in killing His Majesty's descendants, so His Majesty should not kill her. ”

Since the will of heaven is like this, Tang Taizong had no choice but to give up, but he had a precautionary heart, and since then he has fallen into a problem, as long as he hears something related to "martial arts", he feels that there is a problem in his heart. No, some people have become unjustly killed because of this.

This unlucky man is called Li Junxian, he is a native of Wu'an, Zhaozhou (now Wu'an City, Hebei), a member of the Xuanwu Gate, the position is General Zuo Wuwei, the title is the Duke of Wulian County, and he is a hero of the Tang Dynasty.

I know that Xuanwu Gate is the north gate of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty, guarding the emperor's residence, and the location is extremely important, so its guards are very brave, and Li Junxian's kung fu is naturally quite good.

It is said that a companion is like a tiger, and a casual detail often ends a person's life. This is true, Li Junxian just said a word casually, and as a result, he died.

One day, Tang Taizong's interest was very high, and he decided to invite the military generals to open a banquet in the palace, and everyone was happy together. Since it was the boss who invited a treat, everyone drank it with their bellies open. When the wine was hot, in order to liven up the atmosphere, Taizong asked each to say their nicknames to make everyone happy.

Some of these nicknames are elegant, some are popular, and I won't mention them here. There is only one person's nickname, which not only makes everyone hold their stomachs and laugh non-stop. It also attracted great attention from Tang Taizong.

This is Li Junxian's nickname - Five Niangzi.

A tall general with a big cow and a beard actually called the name of a little woman like Wu Niangzi, and his father wanted to give birth to a girl at that time. That's why you got such a nickname? It's hilarious, too.

Just as everyone was laughing, Tang Taizong's face became gloomy. Because he remembered the prophecy of the "heroine Martial King" again. How could this military general have such a nickname? Is he the one who wants to rebel?

If you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves, because being worried about thieves often makes you unguardable, and if you are worried about the emperor with murderous intentions, then you are in danger.

As a result, it didn't take long for Tang Taizong to find an excuse and kill Li Junxian. In Tang Taizong's heart, he still didn't believe that women would take Li Tang's world, and now he killed Li Junxian. He felt that the world should be too peaceful. Therefore, Wu Zetian escaped because of this.

The story is wonderful, but how much is the authenticity? In my opinion, this is just a story fabricated by historians later in response to Wu Zetian's election as emperor, and it is not credible at all. Not to mention anything else, just looking at Tang Taizong, when he learned that the Wu clan would seize Li Tang's Jiangshan Sheji, would he resign himself to fate because of Li Chunfeng's remarks? This is too underestimating Tang Taizong. You know, his throne came from the Xuanwu Gate. He is definitely not a man who resigns himself to fate. …

Looking at Wu Zetian again, she entered the palace as a talented person from the eleventh year of Zhenguan to the twenty-third year of Zhenguan (649), and twelve years have passed. He has grown from a 14-year-old girl to a 26-year-old mature young woman.

People have changed, but positions have not changed, which she cannot tolerate. No matter what method you get. She's going to change that. Because there are not many decades for man to waste, especially for women. It can't afford to be desolate.

In Tang Taizong's later years, his suspicions became more and more serious. Some ministers lost their lives as a result. According to historical records, in the twentieth year of Zhenguan (646), Prime Minister Zhang Liang was killed by Taizong for the crime of rebellion because of "five hundred righteous children". In the last years of Zhenguan, Tang Taizong's health is getting worse and worse, and I am afraid that he will not be able to survive many days.

In case Tang Taizong leaves the West, what should he do? The political struggle in the court was very cruel, and Wu Zetian was no longer an innocent and childish little girl, and she began to worry about her future.

Just when Wu Zetian was sad, a person caught her attention, and he was the crown prince Li Zhi. It is natural to be enthusiastic about the future emperor. During the days when he took turns with other concubines to serve Tang Taizong, who was sick, Wu Zetiantong and Li Zhi, who often came to visit Tang Taizong, slowly got acquainted. This is a good thing, it is precisely because of the appearance of Li Zhi that Wu Zetian's life trajectory has gradually changed.

Next, let's take a brief look at Crown Prince Li Zhi.

Tang Taizong had 14 sons, Li Zhi ranked ninth, and his nickname was "Pheasant Slave". From the perspective of the eldest grandson, he is the third son. In front of him, in addition to Taizong's eldest son Li Chengqian, there are also four sons Li Tai, all of whom are sibling brothers born to the same mother. In the tradition of the ancient system of succession to the throne, the eldest son had a special advantage. According to common sense, he has no hope of becoming a prince in his life. turned out to be unexpectedly the crown prince, why is this?

In the first year of Zhenguan, Tang Taizong had just become emperor, and he appointed Li Chengqian, the eldest son of the 8-year-old grandson, as the crown prince. Because Li Chengqian was smart and clever when he was young, he was loved by everyone and had great potential.

At the beginning, Li Chengqian was active and motivated, able to understand the general situation, and was praised by Taizong and the ministers of the imperial court. But when he grew up, he didn't study well, he was contaminated with a lot of bad habits, and he became a problem teenager with "all five poisons", and his life became more and more absurd and decadent. Looking at his son who was not angry, Tang Taizong was very angry, and the consequences were very strict.

According to the principle of inheritance, if the eldest son is not good, it should be the turn of the second son. As a result, Tang Taizong began to favor the fourth son, that is, the second son born to the eldest grandson, and the younger brother of Cheng Qian, Wei Wangtai.

Li Tai was born with dignity and liked to read, and in order to cater to his father's taste, he also organized some literary scholars to write a book called "Gu Di Zhi". This is a large-scale work on geography, also called "Wei Wang Taikun Yuanlu", "Zhenguan Diji", "Zhenguan Dizhi", "Wei Wang Diji", "Guandi Xiang" and so on. The main text of the book is 550 volumes, and the preface is 5 volumes. According to the division of the Governor's Mansion and the establishment of prefectures and counties at that time, it collected the geographical chronicles of the scriptures, sought the old news of the past, and detailed the history of the construction of each political region, as well as the mountains and rivers, products, historic sites, customs, people, stories, etc., which were mostly cited in the works of the Tang and Song dynasties, and it is regrettable that this book was scattered after the Southern Song Dynasty.

To be able to edit such a huge book. It shows that Li Tai, the king of Wei, has extraordinary vision, and he can be called the kind of person who has the motherland in mind and looks at the world. It is the material to make the emperor. Tang Taizong treated Li Tai, the king of Wei, differently and wanted to abolish Prince Li Chengqian. Renamed Li Tai as the crown prince.

Li Tai, the king of Wei, was arrogant and ambitious, and on the one hand, he tried every means to replace the eldest brother of the crown prince, but on the other hand, he did not know how to restrain, which caused dissatisfaction among the ministers of the imperial court. Looking at the crown prince Li Chengqian again, he felt his father's coldness towards him, and felt that his position was already in jeopardy. In order to protect his vested interests, he secretly contacted his frustrated uncle Li Yuanchang and minister Hou Junji and others to plot a coup d'état. As a result, the matter was revealed and he was arrested. …

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We know that Tang Taizong became emperor by dishonorable means. Now that he is still dead, the two sons have begun a struggle for the succession to the throne, and this bad sign must be stopped.

Tang Taizong wanted to abolish Li Chengqian and replace Li Tai, but this was tantamount to telling his sons that the throne could be competed for, and there would be bloodshed in the court in the future. I'm already old, maybe one day I will run out of gas with my legs kicked. Stability was the most important thing, so he had no choice but to depose Li Chengqian and Li Tai.

According to the order of succession, it is the turn of the third son, Li Zhi. The sixteen-year-old boy became the crown prince by surprise.

Li Zhi was filial to his parents, friendly to his brothers, and smart and sensual, and became a Taiping Emperor. It shouldn't be a big problem. But history played a big joke with Li Shimin, Li Zhi was a weak man among his sons, so weak that he did not dare to compete with his brothers for the throne. But the throne fell on his shoulders. As we all know, being weak is very taboo to be an emperor. Li Shimin didn't want history to play a joke on him. He couldn't afford to make such a joke either. So, since he has chosen this child to be his successor. Then you have to work on him a little more.

In order to make Li Zhi mature and become a qualified prince, Tang Taizong spent a lot of effort on him. Whenever he looked at the court, he often ordered to be on the side, to observe and decide on the government, or to order the senators, so that Li Zhi could learn the experience of governing the country in the actual exercise. In daily life, Tang Taizong often taught him to be diligent in government and love the people from diet and daily life. In addition, in his later years, Tang Taizong personally wrote twelve articles of "Emperor Fan" and gave it to Li Zhi, asking him to clarify the emperor's way of self-cultivation to govern the country, safety and prosperity.

Tang Taizong has put a lot of effort into Li Zhi, and whether he can afford the Tang Dynasty depends on the creation of this child.

In March of the twentieth year of Zhenguan (646), after Tang Taizong led a large army to return to Chang'an in Goryeo, his body was weak and needed to recuperate, and the government affairs were temporarily represented by the prince. However, in Taizong's later years, the crown prince Li Zhi's main job was to take care of his father's body.

In order to better fulfill his filial piety, Li Zhi lived in a courtyard next to the dormitory of Tang Taizong to accompany his father. Since then, Wu Zetian, who also serves his father, has come into his eyes.

Generally speaking, introverts are delicate and sensitive, especially to the opposite sex, perhaps Li Zhi is such a person. At first, he wasn't at all interested in what his father was forcing him to do; Soon he was enchanted and eagerly wanted to go to his father. This is not because he has a keen interest in governing the country, but because of a woman, a woman by his father's side.

Li Zhi had only heard of beauties such as Xi Shi and Wang Zhaojun before, but he felt that this was the idle nonsense of boring people, but since he saw his father's maid, he really believed that there were really beauties in the world, and the beauty in his mind was Wu Zetian.

There is a kind of love called love at first sight, and there is another kind of love called long-term love, no matter which one it is, anyway, Li Zhi has a love for Wu Zetian, and he can't extricate himself.

"Tang Hui Yao" recorded: "When I was in the East Palace, I was happy because I was served." This historical material shows that when Li Zhi was the prince, he established a relationship with Wu Zetian because he served the sick Tang Taizong. The word "Yue" in it is enough to show that Li Zhi is hopelessly in love with Wu Zetian.

This sounds a bit thunderous, because Li Zhi and Wu Zetian are the relationship between the concubine and the concubine, and the son falls in love with the concubine. If someone finds out, the consequences are unimaginable. But Li Zhi couldn't care so much, and before his father's sickbed, he established a relationship with his mother-in-law, who was four years older than him. He regarded the etiquette as if he had turned a deaf ear, and tried to take the Wu clan for himself, and he did not hesitate to sacrifice it. That's the power of love, enough to drive people crazy.

In fact, there are few women around Li Zhi, so why does he just like Wu Zetian and is willing to risk the world's disapproval? …

Let's start with his character. We know that Li Zhi is a good guy, but he has a weak personality and lacks a strong side. "Old Tang Book" records: Tang Taizong once said to the eldest grandson Wuji: "The public advised me to set up a pheasant slave, the pheasant slave is benevolent and cowardly, and there is nothing to worry about the sect and society, what can I do?" (Pheasant slave is Li Zhi's nickname) "benevolence" is used on the emperor and the crown prince, which means that he is kind-hearted, but he is a little timid, and to put it bluntly, he is cowardly. The huge Li Tang Jiangshan needs to have enough courage to manage. Therefore, Li Zhi needs a glorious lighthouse to guide him and grasp the unknown future of life. In addition to Wu Zetian's beauty, her robustness, composure, alertness, strength, and independence deeply attracted Li Zhi, which just made up for Li Zhi's shortcomings in this regard.

In addition, among the many maidservants, Wu Zetian's intelligence is very accessible. In order to have a better future, she used this time to show her charm, so that Li Zhi was deeply trapped and couldn't extricate herself.

Also, men not only desire to conquer, but also need to be conquered deep down. The same is true of Li Zhi, in the depths of his soul, he needs a conqueror, someone who will take responsibility for him, think for him.

Wu Zetian not only dared to tame the fierce horse, but also stole a man's heart with ease. When Li Zhi met Wu Zetian, he was destined to be an inescapable catastrophe.

Women are eager for love, and they all want to be intoxicated in love and feel the flowers of happiness in life. But love is an unattainable luxury for women in the deep palace, and from the day they step into the palace gate, their love is dead.

For Wu Zetian, her strong heart and ambition are undoubtedly her admiration for Tang Taizong. Can such a strong woman move her feelings from the strongman Tang Taizong to the cowardly Li Zhi? We can't answer this question, but what is certain is that Wu Zetian needs Li Zhi. (To be continued......)

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