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Chapter 173 The Two Saints Arrive
  The subjects of the Tang Dynasty listened with great interest, especially the common people of the Tang Dynasty during the Wu Zetian period, who were even more emotional.

They didn't expect that Her Majesty the Queen had such a difficult history in the past, and today they learned some royal insider information.

When Her Majesty the Queen was canonized as Queen, they thought Her Majesty Gaozong had the final say. Unexpectedly, there was also a game with the important officials of the imperial court.

There is such a wonderful inside story for Her Majesty's appointment as Queen, so her step-by-step rise from Queen to Emperor must be a hundred times more exciting.

Thinking of this, everyone stared at the anchor, looking forward to more royal secrets from Her Majesty the Queen.

"In 656, after Wu Zetian became queen, Li Zhi appointed Wu Zetian's four-year-old son Li Hong as the crown prince."

"At the same time, Li Zhi also named Wu Zetian's father Situ and his mother Yang as Lady Daiguo."

"In 657, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian moved to Luoyang, making Luoyang their eastern capital."

"In 659, Wu Zetian held a grudge against Changsun Wuji because he refused to support her in matters concerning the establishment of the emperor, and ordered his confidant Xu Jingzong to frame Changsun Wuji for plotting a rebellion."

"Taking this opportunity, Li Zhi issued an edict to remove the official positions and fiefdoms of Changsun Wuji and other ministers, and demoted them from the capital."

"At this point, Li Zhi basically realized the centralization of monarchy, and Wu Zetian also took control of part of the political power."

"The deposing of Wang Liwu dealt a heavy blow to the Guanlong Group, changed the situation of sluggish imperial power since the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and had a very large impact on Chinese history."

After hearing this, Li Shimin felt very uncomfortable.

Changsun Wuji was an important minister whom he respected, but he never expected that he would end up like this.

He didn't believe that Changsun Wuji was brought down by Wu Zetian alone. Without the instruction of her elder brother, how could Wu Zetian alone be able to deal with Changsun Wuji, the founding father of the country.

Changsun Wuji was highly regarded in his court, but when he arrived in Zhinu's court, he was marginalized. He could only be said to be an emperor and a courtier.

However, he also understood the reason why Zhinu insisted on getting rid of his uncle Changsun Wuji. In the final analysis, it was still the struggle between imperial power and prime minister power.

The existence of Changsun Wuji has seriously hindered the child slaves from exercising imperial power, so they had to get rid of the obstacle of his uncle.

However, while he felt sad for Zhinu to get rid of Changsun Wuji, he was also happy that Zhinu could successfully attack the Guanlong Group.

He is worthy of being the son of Li Shimin, with great talent and style.

The powerful Guanlong Group has always been a headache for him, and he has been working hard to suppress the Guanlong Group, but he has not achieved good results.

Unexpectedly, in the end, Hao Daer dealt a heavy blow to the Guanlong Group, which made him quite gratified.

"In 660, Li Zhi suffered from a febrile illness and developed symptoms of dizziness, dizziness, and blurred vision. He was unable to handle state affairs. Wu Zetian began to handle the affairs of the state on his behalf."

"In 661, Wu Zetian proposed to ban women in the world from performing burlesques, and Li Zhi accepted this suggestion."

"In April, Li Zhi wanted to personally go to Goguryeo, but gave up due to the advice of Wu Zetian and other ministers."

When ancient people from all dynasties heard this, they knew something was wrong.

Many people were originally curious about how Wu Zetian seized the throne step by step, but now they all understand.

In the final analysis, it was Tang Gaozong Li Zhi's poor health that gave Wu Zetian the opportunity to covet the throne.

As long as Li Zhi has a healthy body, Wu Zetian will have nothing to worry about.

It can only be said that time is also destiny, and Li Zhi's health problems created an excellent opportunity for Wu Zetian.

Many people couldn't understand Li Zhi's intention to send troops to Goguryeo. Instead of recuperating in the palace, he wanted to go to Goguryeo himself. This was simply because the birthday boy was eating arsenic and was getting impatient.

Li Zhi: I don’t want Meiniang to interfere in government affairs, but my body doesn’t allow it. Apart from Meiniang, I can’t trust anyone else.

Disease problems plagued him and forced him to let go.

In addition to being his queen, Mei Niang is also his most suitable political ally, so he will delegate power to Mei Niang who has outstanding abilities.

The subsequent facts proved that Mei Niang did have the ability to handle government affairs well.

But now that he knew that Mei Niang was ambitious, in order to prevent Wu Mei Niang from becoming Wu Zetian, he could no longer give Mei Niang any power, lest history repeat the same mistakes.

At this point, we can only train the prince in advance so that he can become familiar with political affairs early and be prepared to take over when he dies of illness in the future.

"In 664, Wu Zetian, who acted as an agent of the government, held power. Li Zhi was often restrained by Wu Zetian and felt dissatisfied. The two began to have conflicts."

"Prime Minister Shangguan Yi requested that the emperor be deposed. Li Zhi accepted the suggestion and asked Shangguan Yi to draft the edict for the abolition."

"However, Wu Zetian discovered the matter in time and immediately complained to Li Zhi. She used hard and soft tactics to make Li Zhi give up the idea of ​​deposing the queen."

"Wu Zetian held a grudge against this matter and instigated his confidant Xu Jingzong to frame Shangguan Yi and others for conspiring to betray the imperial court. Shangguan Yi was arrested and imprisoned, and his family property was confiscated."

"From then on, when Li Zhi handled government affairs, Wu Zetian would listen behind the scenes and all political affairs were decided by her."

Wu Zetian: His Majesty Gaozong was too ruthless and wanted to burn bridges across rivers. Fortunately, I was alert and stabilized the situation.

At that time, Li Zhi was seriously ill, and the burden of governing the government fell on her shoulders. She is a weak woman, and she has spent a lot of effort in handling political affairs.

What’s the purpose? Isn’t it for the stability of the Tang Dynasty?

But in the end, she worked hard at night to handle all political affairs, but Gaozong wanted to depose her from the post. Not to mention how chilling she was at that time.

She never had any treasonous thoughts at that time, she just wanted to help Emperor Gaozong handle the government affairs wholeheartedly.

But her fierce loyalty was rewarded by Emperor Gaozong's burning of bridges.

Fortunately, she was able to keep Emperor Gaozong under control and was finally able to realize the coming of the Second Saint.

"In 665, due to the prosperity of the country during Li Zhi's reign, Wu Zetian actively persuaded him to grant Zen to Mount Tai."

"According to the custom, the emperor should sacrifice first, and then the ministers."

"But Wu Zetian believed that the ceremony of enshrining Zen was a ceremony to worship the land, and it should be enjoyed by the Queen Mother to show her respect for the Queen Mother."

"Therefore, she volunteered to serve as Yaxian to honor the Queen Mother, and Li Zhi agreed to her request."

"In October of the same year, Li Zhi led hundreds of civil and military officials and entourage from Luoyang, the eastern capital, to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen. Wu Zetian and his wives, both domestic and foreign, accompanied him."

When the anchor talked about this, ancient people from all dynasties felt familiar.

Previously, Tianmu had played the six emperors who were enshrined in Mount Tai, and one of them was Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, the video also mentioned that Wu Zetian accompanied Li Zhi to Mount Tai for the Zen ceremony. At that time, everyone was still curious about how a woman could participate in the ceremony to worship the heaven.

Now everyone understands that Wu Zetian went there in the name of filial piety to the Queen Mother. No wonder Li Zhi agreed.

"In 666, Wu Zetian gave hundreds of officials promotions and titles to win people's hearts, making them grateful to her."

"In May of the same year, Mrs. Wei was favored by Li Zhi, which aroused Wu Zetian's hatred."

"When Li Zhi considered making Mrs. Wei a court lady, Wu Zetian was worried that it would threaten her position, so she decided to get rid of Mrs. Wei."

"At the same time, cousins ​​Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun, who had treated Wu Zetian badly when they were children, returned to Chang'an and donated food to Li Zhi."

"Wu Zetian took the opportunity to put poison into the meat sauce, and Mrs. Wei Guo died suddenly after eating it."

"In order to cover up the truth, Wu Zetian blamed Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun and had them executed."

Zhao Kuangyin: If Wu Zetian had not become the emperor, she would have killed even her own niece at will, and would have taken the opportunity to execute her two cousins.

Not only Zhao Kuangyin was so emotional, but other ancient people from various dynasties were also secretly speechless.

If a woman is ruthless, she can disown all her relatives and even kill her relatives.

This really corresponds to the saying that those who want to achieve great things must be ruthless and ruthless, which is vividly reflected in Wu Zetian.

Wu Zetian: I don’t want to be like this, but I have no choice. If they insist on going against me, then I can only help them and send them to see the Buddha together.

With her as her backer, her niece originally had a bright future, but she insisted on committing suicide and came to steal her man. In the end, she died of poison. I can only say that she deserved it, and she can't blame anyone.

She has worked so hard to get to this point, how could she allow others to threaten her status?
  "In 673, Li Zhi's condition worsened, and Wu Zetian took the opportunity to take over more power."

"In 674, Li Zhi was proclaimed emperor, Wu Zetian was proclaimed empress of heaven, the Yuan Dynasty was changed to Shangyuan, and the world was granted amnesty."

"In December, Wu Zetian proposed twelve things, which were all adopted by Li Zhi and issued an edict for implementation."

"During Wu Zetian's reign, her religious policies were mainly focused on respecting Buddhism."

"In 675, the wind disease that Li Zhi suffered from became more and more serious and he was unable to govern, so he discussed with the ministers and prepared to let Wu Zetian regent. However, due to the advice of Prime Minister Hao Chujun, this was temporarily shelved."

"When Wu Zetian learned about it, he summoned a large number of literati, called Beimen scholars, to compile a large number of books. He often secretly allowed these literati to participate in court affairs in order to reduce the power of the prime minister."

At this point, ancient people from all dynasties basically knew that Wu Zetian had completely controlled the political power.

There was no way, Li Zhi's illness became more and more serious, which gave Wu Zetian an excellent opportunity to monopolize power.

However, while everyone lamented Wu Zetian's monopoly on power, they were also worried about Prime Minister Hao Chujun.

According to the previous example, any minister who offends Wu Zetian will not end well, and the final ending of Prime Minister Hao Chujun may not be good either.

Looking back now, Wu Zetian doesn't know when she started to have the idea of ​​becoming emperor.

But she knew one thing. During the Second Saint's reign, she was deeply obsessed with the taste of power.

She would never forget the feeling of sitting in the court, ruling the world, and being able to control the fate of others.

Perhaps from that time on, she unconsciously planted the seed of becoming a queen in her heart.

(End of this chapter)