When the emperor comes to modern times, history collapses!

Chapter 132: The granddaughter-in-law ascended the throne and massacred the royal family!

The Qin Shi Huang and his followers were rather strange.

Li Shimin was a ruthless character who killed his brother and imprisoned his father, and launched the Xuanwu Gate Incident to ascend the throne. If he did not like Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian would definitely not have been able to gain much power in Li Shimin's hands.

Without rights, even a dog would dare to bark at you!

Zhu Ming continued:

"After following the emperor for more than ten years, Wu Zetian has always been a talented woman and has no children. Normally, this is the case."

"Li Shimin was seriously ill for a period of time in his later years, so he asked the then Crown Prince Li Zhi to handle government affairs."

"If you don't understand something, you can always come and ask for advice."

"Among the people who were responsible for taking care of Li Shimin at the time was Wu Zetian, and the two met each other, which laid the foundation for Wu Zetian to call Li Yuan grandpa in the future."

The First Emperor was shocked: "So that's how it is. I have to say, this relationship is a bit complicated!"

Yang Guang chuckled: "Old Li, how do you feel? It's such a mess, I can't figure it out anyway, how about you help me sort it out?"

Old Zhu smiled and said, "We come from the back, so we know a little bit. It's actually very easy to calculate."

"From Princess Anding's perspective, there is absolutely no problem in calling Lao Li "brother"!"

"From Li Shimin's perspective, it's fine to call Old Li father."

"From Li Zhi's perspective, there is absolutely no problem in calling Lao Li grandpa."

Li Yuan was filled with black lines on his face.

No wonder Zhu Ming said before that the relationship was a bit complicated.

Wow, now I finally understand why I am called Big Brother.

Suddenly, Li Yuan thought of something: "No, after the emperor's death, the women who have no offspring will be sent to the temple. Wu Zetian should have become a nun."

Zhu Ming continued:

"Just listen to me and you'll know."

There are many versions about how the two met.

Some people say that for the sake of her future, Wu Zetian was willing to sacrifice her beauty, and actively pursued Li Zhi with all kinds of flattery and ingratiation.

Li Zhi was even more attracted by her beauty, and the two of them got together like dry wood and fire.

Some also say that Wu Zetian was beautiful and had a good temperament, and her concerns about the future made people love her. Li Zhi was attracted to Wu Zetian, took the initiative to pursue her, and they were engaged for life!

No one knows the details.

It depends on which version has the market!
But no matter what, Li Shimin died soon after.

According to the regulations at that time, Wu Zetian was Li Shimin's talented woman and had no children, so she had to become a nun in Ganye Temple.

From then on, he could only stay in Ganye Temple, burning incense and praying for Li Shimin until the end of his life!
From this point of view, it is much better than old Zhu.

At least he wasn't buried directly with the deceased!

The First Emperor could not help but say, "Although the Great Qin does not have this Ganye Temple, once the Emperor's women go in, it is basically unlikely for them to come out, right, Li Zhi?"

Yang Guang laughed and said, "Humph, it must be Li Zhi. They are the concubines of the late emperor. It would be disrespectful for others to even approach them, not to mention rescuing them!"

Li Yuan angrily scolded: "You traitorous grandson, why don't you pick anyone else? There are so many people in Ganye Temple, why did you choose Wu Zetian? If you change anyone, there will be no female emperor!"

Lao Zhu smiled and said, "I have to say, it's really nice to know the plot in advance!"

Zhu Ming said:

After entering Ganye Temple, although Wu Zetian was only twenty-five or twenty-six years old, it can be said that she had seen the end of her life.

No one wants to be a widow at a young age.

Wu Zetian contacted Li Zhi, with whom she had an old relationship, and asked Li Zhi to choose Ganye Temple for the anniversary memorial service for Li Shimin.

When the two met again, they were full of affection.

However, Wu Zetian's identity was really embarrassing.

In addition, Li Zhi was the emperor, so it was impossible for him to bring his father's former concubine back to the palace so openly.

And matters concerning the harem require the queen's consent.

Li Zhi came back from Ganye Temple and couldn't find a reason.

But things soon took a turn for the better!

After Li Zhi ascended the throne, a new round of palace fighting began in the harem.

At that time, Queen Wang had not given birth to a child for several years, which was a bit embarrassing.

As a queen without children, the other concubines naturally had some ideas.

Among them, Concubine Xiao Shufei relied on the fact that she gave birth to several children and was favored by Li Zhi.

He didn't take Queen Wang seriously at all.

When Queen Wang heard about the affair between Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, she took the initiative to bring Wu Zetian into the palace to deal with Concubine Xiao Shufei.

For Li Zhi, it was a bit embarrassing to do it himself.

Those ministers alone are enough to criticize me to death.

But with Queen Wang's intervention and Li Zhi's tacit approval, things became easier. Wu Zetian was soon brought into the palace. Not only did she gain Li Zhi's favor, she also became a weapon for Queen Wang to deal with Concubine Xiao Shufei.

With Wu Zetian's help, Concubine Xiao Shufei was quickly defeated.

However, Queen Wang soon discovered that she had let a wolf into the house.

She was no match for Wu Zetian at all, even if she joined forces with Concubine Xiao Shufei, she was still no match for her.

Li Zhi planned to depose Queen Wang and make Wu Zetian the queen.

The First Emperor raised his eyebrows and said, "Is there any need to think about this? Just one sentence will do. Who dares to object?"

Yang Guang said, "Lao Ying, not every emperor is like you, who can make decisions based on his own will. Especially during the Sui and Tang dynasties, the aristocratic families and the emperors shared the world. I could make decisions on small matters before, but I couldn't make decisions on big matters. In order to strike at the Guanlong nobles, I was thinking every day about how to win over the Shandong gentry, the southern gentry, and the small and medium-sized families. Behind the scenes, there was a game of various forces."

"If it weren't for your help and your absolute strength, the resignation of more than 90% of the officials would be enough to end the Great Sui Dynasty. Even if I recruit people, without your support, who dares to come? They will die in various accidents."

"Nowadays, I basically have the final say in the Sui Dynasty, and I can't do whatever I want. If I change the queen, it will be difficult."

"There must have been a game of forces behind Wu Zetian's rise to power."

Li Yuan nodded and said, "My cousin is right, the queen is not like other women in the harem.

It has a considerable political status and cannot be abolished just because you want to.

It seems as simple as deposing the original queen and replacing her with a new one.

In fact, it is still a competition among several forces.

It is estimated that the forces behind Wu Zetian won. Otherwise, even if Li Zhi himself was willing, it would be impossible. The mere words of "marrying a stepmother" could crush Li Zhi to death.

But as long as the supporting forces behind the scenes win, no one will say anything, let alone the almost invisible concubine of the previous emperor, even the imperial concubine.

Aristocratic families focus on interests, not etiquette.

The Tang Dynasty court is now peaceful. During court sessions, ministers argue and fight endlessly, and it seems that the fight will not stop until death.

After the court was dismissed, they gathered together to discuss the rebellion.

You have to assassinate Mr. Potato as well as me. Do you see those guards around? Let me tell you, except for a few generals, most of the guards in the entire imperial city are not from the Sui and Tang dynasties. Once there is a change, those generals will be controlled immediately. "

The First Emperor was shocked: "What? They actually want to assassinate Lord Potato? This is outrageous. Who are they? I will take people to kill them right now!"

The longer the time went on, the more Qin Shi Huang felt the importance of Ming Dynasty.

Whether the Qin Dynasty can develop rapidly and whether its national life can be extended for more than a hundred years all requires the help of Zhu Ming.

Now it has become a reverse scale, whoever touches it will die!

Yang Guang snorted coldly: "Who is it, Old Li, tell me, I will go back and get hundreds of thousands of troops to ask the other party how he wants to die."

Lao Yang's Sui Dynasty has undergone the most changes and gained the most benefits.

Only with Zhu Ming could the aristocratic families be eradicated, and the Sui Dynasty could continue to develop and last for several hundred years.

The statement that he was able to walk sideways in the Sui Dynasty was definitely not an exaggeration. There were many ministers in the court, and Zhu Ming's words might be more effective than those of Lao Yang.

Old Zhu narrowed his eyes slightly, and a murderous aura emerged: "Old Li, bring the list, and it's better to bring the nine clans, and we will help you kill them."

"I like making puppets in my life. What kind of a thousand-year-old family? Let's turn it into a puppet family!"

Li Yuan smiled gently: "Don't worry, we will definitely need your help when we clean them up."

Zhu Ming was deeply moved: "Unconsciously, I have become the group's favorite."

Zhu Ming continued:
In the end, Wu Zetian won the battle, became the queen, and secured her position as Emperor Li Yuan's grandfather!

During this process, Wu Zetian actively won over some court officials, such as Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu, and also gathered a lot of power for herself.

The harem was also completely under his control.

After becoming the queen, Wu Zetian began to take action against those who opposed her establishment as queen.

Li Zhi also wanted to consolidate power.

Both sides have a common enemy.

He began to divide the veteran court officials, and dismissed Zhangsun Wuji, Yu Zhining, Han Yuan, Lai Ji and others from their posts and banished them from the capital.

By now, Li Zhi had basically achieved monarchical centralization.

The "Abolish Wang and Establish Wu" incident dealt a heavy blow to the Guanlong Group. The situation of the decline of imperial power since the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties was changed, which had a great impact on the history of Yanhuang.

If that were the case, Wu Zetian would at best be a relatively powerful queen.

If he encountered an incompetent and weak emperor, he might slowly come to power.

However, Li Zhi was not an ordinary emperor. Wu Zetian was like a knife in his hand, which he used to achieve his goals. If he succeeded, it would be great. If he failed, he could throw her out at any time to atone for his crime.

Not long after, Li Zhi fell ill and was unable to handle government affairs.

Having just regained power, Li Zhi did not want to raise a few more powerful ministers.

At this time, Wu Zetian was very obedient to Li Zhi. Besides, since she was a woman, she posed no threat to his throne, so Li Zhi asked Wu Zetian to help him handle state affairs.

Wu Zetian was indeed capable and handled government affairs well. She also took the opportunity to build up her own power, promote some officials, and continue to strengthen herself.

Later, Li Zhi felt something was wrong and wanted to depose Wu Zetian, but by then Wu Zetian had grown up.

Here, Li Zhi discussed with Shangguan Yi about deposing Wu Zetian.

As the prime minister, Shangguan Yi drafted the imperial edict, and as long as he stamped it with the imperial seal and took it to the Secretariat, it would take effect.

As a result, the next moment Wu Zetian appeared in front of the two of them.

The two of them were stunned.

This was not an open discussion in the back garden, but a secret place found by the two.

In order to deal with Wu Zetian, we must be on guard against Wu Zetian.

Even so, as soon as he picked up the pen to write, Wu Zetian appeared.

This shows the extent of Wu Zetian's control over the imperial palace at that time.

The First Emperor took a breath and said, "I guess the imperial palace can change its surname."

Yang Guang nodded: "It's incredible that the emperor could be caught in the act of secretly discussing things."

Li Yuan was furious: "The next step is to get rid of Wu Zetian. She is so rampant, why keep her around?"

Old Zhu chuckled and said, "If she is deposed, how can Wu Zetian become the emperor?"

Zhu Ming:

"Wu Zetian came to Li Zhi, crying like a pear blossom in the rain, and I felt pity for her. From the time they met and got to know each other, to defeating Zhangsun Wuji together, she explained the interests and used both kindness and force."

"There was an emperor emeritus in the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan. Li Zhi felt that since the imperial palace was all surnamed Wu, if Wu Zetian was pushed too far, she might join forces with the crown prince to let him also experience the treatment of the emperor emeritus."

"I pushed the blame onto Shangguan Yi, saying that I was fooled by Shangguan Yi. Shangguan Yi was thinking, MMP, it's all over after the Chinese New Year."

Several important officials in the court either resigned and returned home, or could not hide the truth, or were Wu Zetian's men. After all the difficulty in finding Shangguan Yi, he was gone.

From then on, only a layer of paper remained between the two of them.

Every time Li Zhi went to court, Empress Wu would accompany him, and this happened every day for more than ten years, almost without interruption.

In addition, Li Zhi was seriously ill from time to time.

Wu Zetian's voice became more and more important. She took every opportunity to clean up Li Zhi's power and place her own confidants in his place.

In the end, even if Li Zhi wanted to depose him, he couldn't.

The First Emperor said: "I think Shangguan Yi's expression must have been very interesting at that time!"

Yang Guang laughed and said, “I guess even Li Yuan greeted him several times in his heart at that time!”

Old Zhu nodded: "After Shangguan Yi returned and before he was killed, he should have investigated Li Zhi's ancestry and the nine clan relationships, so as to avoid scolding the wrong person!"

Li Yuan cursed: "This coward, he can't even be controlled by a woman, you might as well let Zhangsun Wuji take charge of the government."

Zhu Ming: "After Li Zhi passed away, Crown Prince Li Xian succeeded to the throne."

"Li Xian and Li Zhi were in a similar situation when they became emperors. The previous brothers died or became deposed, and finally it was Li Xian's turn."

"Li Zhi probably knew what level his son was at, so he left a will saying, 'If there are any military or national affairs that cannot be resolved, ask the Empress (Wu Zetian) to handle them.'"

What I mean is, listen to your mother and don't mess around on your own.

I can't beat you, let alone you.

If you are honest and obedient, you will be able to take charge of the family in ten or twenty years.

As a result, after Li Xian ascended the throne, he felt that he could do it.

They thought the emperor was the boss and could do whatever he wanted!
He did not take Wu Zetian seriously at all, and tried hard to win over the hearts of the people and cultivate his own power group.

Wu Zetian had finally gotten to this point, so how could she allow Li Xian to continue like this?

He sent people into the palace to capture Li Xian, deposed Emperor Zhongzong of Tang as King of Luling, and immediately exiled him.

What I mean is that you can retire now and enjoy your old age, but I, as your mother, will still have to worry about the affairs in the palace!
Li Xian was driven out after being emperor for less than two months.

The First Emperor took a deep breath and said, "The Empress Dowager in later generations has such great power that she can depose and enthrone the emperor?"

Yang Guang shook his head: "It's not that the Queen Mother has great power, it's that Wu Zetian has more means. Li Xian is really something, he wanted to run away before his hair even grew fully, and he was slapped away!"

Li Yuan was angry at him for not fighting back: "You don't even know how strong your opponent is, yet you dare to challenge!

If you could stage a Xuanwu Gate Incident and kill your other brothers and sisters, that would be fine, but since you are the only son, your mother would probably have to admit defeat, and the result would be nothing but a waste of time!"

Old Zhu chuckled: "Li Shimin did a great job on this point!"

Zhu Ming:

After deposing Li Xian, Wu Zetian made her youngest son Li Dan the emperor, and she took charge of the government and made decisions on all political affairs.

In fact, he is almost like a puppet emperor.

Imprisoned in the palace.

However, after seeing what happened to Li Xian, Li Dan became much more honest.

Wu Zetian once issued an edict to return power to Li Dan. Li Dan knew that this was a test. If he accepted it, he would probably end up like Li Xian, so he tried his best to refuse!

In short, I will just play in the palace honestly. You can do whatever you want and I will actively cooperate with you.

In 688, Wu Chengsi presented a white stone engraved with the eight characters "The Holy Mother is here to help the world, and the imperial cause will last forever" to Wu Zetian, claiming that it was found in the Luo River.

Wu Zetian was delighted and named the white stone "Treasure Map" (later renamed "Holy Map Granted by Heaven"), and also gave her the title of Holy Mother Divine Emperor.

It was so disrespectful that Li Dan looked at the guards around him and dared not say a word.

He gladly accepted it and went to Luoshui in person to participate in the "Bai Luo Receive the Picture" ceremony.

The Li clan saw how presumptuous Wu Zetian was.

I can't stand it anymore.

Li Chong forged an imperial edict from Li Dan, saying that the Empress Dowager wanted to replace the Li Dynasty and establish the Wu Dynasty.

She notified King Yue Li Zhen, King Ji Li Shen, King Han Li Yuanjia, King Huo Li Yuangui and others, and called on the Li Tang royal family to rise up against Wu Zetian at the same time.

The kings have already agreed on the time to launch the uprising.

The plan was leaked, and Li Chong had no choice but to raise his army ahead of schedule. In the end, only his father Li Zhen responded. The other kings were not fully prepared and hesitated.

The two had a total of several thousand soldiers and were quickly suppressed.

Afterwards, King of Han Li Yuanjia, King of Lu Li Lingkui, King of Huo Li Yuangui, King of Ji Li Shen, King of Jiangdu Li Xu, Duke of Huang Li Zhuan, Duke of Dongguan Li Rong, Princess Changle and others were either forced to commit suicide, beheaded in public, or died in exile.

This time, almost all members of the Li Tang royal family were killed.

When Li Yuan heard this, he started cursing, saying that these were his descendants, including his own sons.

"You are all useless. Now that we have come to an agreement, why don't you attack together? If you keep shrinking back, no one will be left alive in the end!"

Yang Guang laughed: "I guess Li Chong was also cursing at that time. I took off my pants and you turned around and went home!"

The First Emperor shook his head: "I don't know if he will regret it when he is killed. Although I think even if we work together, we are no match for Wu Zetian!"

Old Zhu: "Unity is strength. If our sons start to act together, Zhu Yunwen will have to think twice!"

In 690 AD, the Imperial Censor Fu Youyi led people from Guanzhong to present a petition to the court, asking Wu Zetian to become emperor.

Officials in the imperial court, royal family members, relatives by marriage, representatives from all parties, etc., all urged him to ascend the throne.

Li Dan knew that he could not change anything, so he petitioned his mother to allow him to become emperor and asked for the surname Wu.

On October 690, 10, Wu Zetian officially proclaimed herself emperor and established the Wu Zhou Dynasty.

Li Dan also became Wu Lun from then on.

The First Emperor sighed: "This is the first female emperor!"

Yang Guang sneered: "The country's name has been changed. I didn't expect Wu Zetian to be a founding monarch. I used to think that the reign title of the Tang Dynasty would continue to be used!"

Old Zhu: "I admire you very much for being able to ascend to the throne as a woman, just like I ascended to the throne from a beggar. Looking back, I admire myself!"

Li Yuan didn't know what to say: "I have to say, Li Dan is quite filial. He did a very good job in this regard, much better than Shi Min and Li Zhi!"

Yang Guang chuckled and said, "Old Li, you have to understand clearly that Li Dan has turned from evil to good and has become Wu Lun. You can't make the wrong call!"

(End of this chapter)