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Hearing this, Luo Li quickened her pace, squeezed to the front of the crowd, and looked forward.

The night sky was as dark as ink, dotted with stars, and the bright moonlight gently caressed the statue, as if casting a layer of dazzling light on the queen's face.

A queen reigns over the world!

"Sister Man, look, it's the Empress!"

Around the statue of Wu Zetian, many girls were taking photos or watching quietly, but without exception, there was admiration in their eyes.

"Sister Man, why aren't you excited at all?" Luo Li looked back at Li Man and found that her face was very calm, without too many emotional fluctuations.

"What's there to be excited about? I wasn't excited when I saw the statue of Li Shimin," Li Man replied indifferently.

"Okay, you guys study law, but this is the only female emperor in Chinese history, the first female rights advocate, and you are not moved by this?"

"It's not that we who study law are too rational, it's that you who study history are too emotional."

Li Man chuckled and said, "After all, she is an emperor. Since she is an emperor, she must represent the interests of the feudal landlord class. In essence, she is still an exploiter. People like you and me were exploited in ancient times. The exploited people worship the exploiters. Doesn't this sound ironic?"

Wuzhou period.

Wu Zetian looked at the many women in front of her statue, and saw the admiration and smiles on their faces. She couldn't help but feel a warm current in her heart, and she felt sincerely gratified.

Therefore, when she heard Li Man's "treasonous" remarks, she was not angry, but just felt a little surprised. Miss Li, who seemed carefree on weekdays, actually had her own unique insights, which was rare and worth her happiness.

In her opinion, a woman being able to have her own independent thinking and insights is itself a huge progress.

It seems that reading really makes people wise.

Perhaps, it is time to consider setting up some girls' schools so that women in the Tang Dynasty can have the opportunity to receive education.

in reality.

Luo Li listened to Li Man's point of view, but did not take it to heart. Li Man's words could not be said to be wrong, but she did not think she was wrong either.

The two people have different perspectives. At that time, a woman becoming emperor had positive significance for the times.

From a macro perspective, Li Man positioned Wu Zetian as the representative of the exploiting class, which is not wrong. After all, in feudal society, she was indeed at the top of that class.

Just then, several comments popped up on the phone.

[Lü Zhi is not Lü Zhu: Can you tell us more about Wu Zetian's experience? 】

[Tang Dynasty White Moonlight: Didn't Wu Zetian establish a new name for her country? Why is there still a statue of her in the Tang Dynasty's Never-Sleeping City? ]

[My whole family is emperor: Wu, how did Wu Zetian do after she ascended the throne? ]

Seeing these comments, Luo Li couldn't help but smile proudly: "Hey, you guys have asked the right person. Among all the emperors in history, besides the dragon, phoenix and pig, my favorite is the female emperor, so I am relatively familiar with her deeds."

"First of all, if the name is not right, then the words will not flow. It needs to be emphasized here that the empress's real name is not 'Zetian'. This name actually comes from the first two characters of the honorific title 'Zetian the Great Saint Emperor' that she was given after she abdicated in her later years. Before that, she had never used this name."

"There is no clear record of her specific name before she entered the palace. After she became emperor, she gave herself the name 'Wu Zhao'. The character 'Zhao' was invented by her herself, and its meaning is very clear, the sun and the moon are in the sky, which shows how ambitious the empress was."

"As for Wu Meiniang, who is often used in film and television dramas, it is not her real name. When she was a concubine of Emperor Li Shimin, Li Shimin gave her the name 'Mei' because of her outstanding beauty, hence the name 'Mei Niang'."

During the Zhenguan period.

"Bang!" With a crisp shattering sound, the jade bowl in Li Shimin's hand shattered into pieces again.

However, this time, all the civil and military officials in the court lowered their heads and remained silent, as if nothing had happened.

"Become a talented person for me?" There was a hint of disbelief in Li Shimin's voice.

He looked around at everyone in the Tang Dynasty group, hoping that someone could tell him that what he had just heard was not true.

But everyone was trying to avoid looking at him.

"Okay, you heard it right, it's your talented person, your talented person usurped the throne." Empress Changsun couldn't stand it anymore and directly confirmed Li Shimin's guess.

My talented person usurped the throne?

No, no! It's all messed up.

Li Shimin's mind was a little confused. He remembered that a video from five thousand years ago mentioned that after his death, the little guy Li Zhi succeeded to the throne, and Wu Zetian usurped the throne after Li Zhi.

Then the video also showed that Wu Zetian gradually came to power after ascending to the position of queen step by step, but she already had a queen, so even if Guanyinbi had died long ago, it would not be her turn to be queen.

Li Shimin felt his mind was in a mess and he couldn't figure it out.

At this time, Empress Zhangsun added calmly: "I remember your majesty said before that future generations are not allowed to marry women with the surname Wu into the palace. Otherwise, all the kings with the surname Li in the world will attack you together!"

"I don't know if this is true or not."

"Uh..." Li Shimin was speechless for a moment. He didn't expect the boomerang to hit his head so quickly.

He could only smile awkwardly and said, "Of course it counts, but I also said it's my descendants, which definitely doesn't include me."

When saying this, even Li Shimin himself felt a little guilty.

"Tsk tsk..." Empress Changsun just glanced at Li Shimin and didn't say anything else.

……

Tang Dynasty, Hongdao period.

Li Zhi was lying on the hospital bed, feeling somewhat anxious.

I guess Miss Luo will talk about the things he did soon. I don’t know how his father will react when he finds out.

Alas, I wish I had been more resistant to beatings when I was a child or young adult. My father’s horsewhip was notoriously painful.

……

"Wu Meiniang, forget it, let's just call her Wu Zetian, it's easier to pronounce. Wu Zetian's father was the Duke of Yingguo of the Tang Dynasty, Wu Shigui. When Wu Zetian was young, he asked Yuan Tiangang to read her fortune. The New Book of Tang records that Wu Zetian had 'dragon pupils and phoenix neck, a very noble appearance'."

"At that time, Wu Zetian was dressed as a boy, so Yuan Tiangang said with regret, 'If she was a girl, she would be the emperor.' There is a similar record in the Old Book of Tang, which reads, 'If she was a girl, it is really hard to predict. She would be the ruler of the world in the future.'"

"Of course, when the New and Old Books of Tang were compiled, it was already some time after the Wu Zetian period, so we don't know whether Yuan Tiangang said this or not."

During Wu's birthday, Wu Zetian smiled faintly when she heard this.

This statement is quite interesting, and I asked someone to add it to the daily records.

"Later, when Wu Zetian was 14 years old, Erfeng heard from somewhere that she was 'beautiful', so she summoned her into the palace, made her a fifth-rank talent, and gave her the title 'Wu Mei'."

At this point, Luo Li coughed twice: "Ahem, as for the gossip that everyone likes to hear after entering the palace, there are not many records in the official history. There is only one thing that Wu Zetian recalled in her later years when she trained horses for Er Feng."

The ancients couldn't help but complain collectively: "Who likes to listen to gossip? I can tell from your expression that you must have done a lot of research to listen to gossip!"

"The Zizhi Tongjian records that Erfeng had a famous horse named Shizicong, which was fat and willful and no one could tame it. Wu Zetian was serving by Li Shimin at the time and told him that she could tame it, but she needed three things: an iron whip, an iron stick, and a dagger."

"Li Shimin asked her how to tame it with these three methods. She said to whip it with an iron whip first. If it still doesn't obey, hit its big head with an iron rod. If it still doesn't obey, cut its throat with a dagger. Erfeng was a little embarrassed after hearing this. She praised it and said 'You are awesome' before leaving."

"It's obvious that Li Shimin doesn't like this kind of wild girlfriend, otherwise Wu Zetian wouldn't have been a talented person for twelve years, but her status and rewards never improved."

Han Dynasty.

When Lu Zhi heard this story, her eyes lit up.

She is worthy of being the woman who will ascend to the throne in the future. This ruthless and decisive character is like her!

Liu Bang, who was standing aside, was so worried that his hair was about to fall out.

He had a bad feeling that after listening to Miss Luo's story, Lu Zhi would become even more terrifying.

……

Qin Dynasty.

Ying Zheng frowned, an unhappy expression on his face.

Like Li Shimin, he also didn't like women who were too strong. The bad things his mother Zhao Ji did in the past left him with a deep psychological trauma.

As a result, he is now very wary of women in the harem taking power, otherwise he would not have not yet appointed a queen.

……

reality.

Luo Li continued: "Although Er Feng doesn't like Wu Zetian very much, which has led to Wu Zetian's status not being improved, the strong will not complain about the environment."

"When Li Shimin was seriously ill, Wu Zetian did not sit and wait for death, but instead seized the opportunity and established a relationship with the then Crown Prince Li Zhi, thus providing herself with an insurance policy in advance."

"For Li Zhi, who lost his mother at a young age, Wu Zetian, a wild girlfriend who was a few years older than him, was very much to his liking, and the two soon got together secretly."

"After Li Shimin passed away, according to the rules of the time, Wu Zetian entered Ganye Temple with some concubines without children and became nuns. But she did not break off contact with Li Zhi in the temple. The two often met in the temple. As time went by, with Li Zhi's unremitting efforts, Wu Zetian became pregnant."

"Queen Wang soon found out about this. At the time, Queen Wang had no children, so she was not favored. She took the initiative to ask Li Zhi to take Wu Zetian into the palace to strike at her archenemy, Concubine Xiao Shufei. I remember this plot in the TV series The Empress of China that I watched when I was a child."

"The following plot is basically the plot of Concubine Xi returning to the palace after turning evil in The Legend of Zhen Huan. It is obvious that the plot of The Legend of Zhen Huan draws on this period of history."

Tang Dynasty, Zhenguan period.

"Evil creature! Evil creature!" Li Shimin's roar echoed in the hall.

Your own son married your own talent?

How absurd! How absurd!

Li Shimin felt an unprecedented rage surge in his heart. He kicked over the table and walked towards the harem angrily. He was going to beat that rebellious son to death today to prevent him from bringing shame upon himself in the future and thinking about his father's woman!

"Your Majesty! You..." Wei Zheng felt something was wrong when he saw this and hurried forward to dissuade him.

"Get out! Don't think that I really don't dare to kill you!" Li Shimin shouted loudly, his anger like a storm, sweeping the entire palace.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Please spare Zhier. He is only three years old now. What can he understand? You can't punish him now based on his future behavior!" Empress Changsun hurriedly pulled Li Chengqian to kneel on the ground and pleaded for Li Zhi.

When the ministers saw that the queen and the crown prince had both knelt, they also knelt on the ground quickly, but they all lowered their heads and said nothing.

In this situation, they really didn't dare to speak carelessly, otherwise they would just wait to be eliminated by the Nine Clans.

"So what if he doesn't understand anything? I'm taking precautions to prevent him from doing such beastly things in the future, breaking the rites and laws, and disrupting social order!" Li Shimin's attitude was firm, without any wavering.

At this time, an old man walked into the hall and said as he walked, "Erlang, are you trying to force Guanyin to death?"