Did Li Zhi really not see Wu Zetian’s ambition? Below, the History Encyclopedia editor will bring you a detailed article introduction.
The reason why Wu Meiniang had the opportunity to take power was that Li Zhi gave her the chance. It was Li Zhi who brought her back from the Gan Ye Temple. Li Zhi should have love for Wu Meiniang. So, what about Wu Meiniang?
The palace walls were deep and deep, “and Wu Meiniang lived alone in the lonely palace for several years. Gradually, Wu Meiniang grew from a naive young man to an outstanding woman. She learned horse training and calligraphy, hoping that Emperor Taizong would change his mind, but she did not follow her wishes. Wu Meiniang no longer looked forward to it. She learned from falling out of favor that “those who serve the king with talent are long, while those who serve the king with beauty are short.” By chance, Li Zhi, who was still a prince, met Wu Zetian. He was deeply attracted by Wu Zetian’s heroic image, and the two became “pleased”, which is now love at first sight. Wu Zetian, for the sake of her own future, took the initiative to pursue the Crown Prince, turning the shallow “pleasure” into a deep mutual affection.
After the death of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Wu Meiniang had no children and had to shave her hair to become a nun at the Gan Ye Temple. During her time at the temple, she wrote a poem called “Ruyi Niang”.
Watching Zhu Chengbi’s thoughts flow one after another, haggard and scattered as a memory of the lord.
Tears streaming down my face, I opened the box and inspected the pomegranate skirt.
The Liaodong Campaign in the late Tang Dynasty led to a crisis in the “Zhenguan Governance”. In the fourth year of Yonghui (653 AD) after Li Zhi ascended the throne, a peasant uprising led by Chen Shuozhen broke out in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, and class contradictions became acute again. Upon his official accession to the throne, Li Zhihe ordered the cessation of the Liaodong Campaign and the achievements of various civil engineers. At the beginning of his reign, he changed the three-day rule of Emperor Taizong of Tang to one day rule, and diligently governed the country.
After ascending to the throne, Li Ji, Changsun Wuji, and Chu Suiliang, former ministers of Emperor Taizong, were highly valued. The emperor and his ministers followed the rules and regulations of Emperor Taizong, carrying out the laws and regulations of the reign of Emperor Taizong, with a strong legacy of the Zhenguan rule. In September of the second year of Yonghui, it was ordered to return the occupied farmland and houses to the people.
Li Zhi had a clear understanding of people. Many wise officials around him, such as General Xin Mao, Lu Chengqing, Xu Guishi, Du Zhenglun, Xue Yuanchao, Wei Siqian, Dai Zhi, Zhang Wengui, Wei Yuanzhong, etc., were personally promoted by himself. Among them, Wei Siqian was once attacked by Chu Suiliang, and Du Zhenglun was neglected by Emperor Taizong of Tang.
