"Hiss…"
Whether it was the reporters at the scene or the audience in the live broadcast room, everyone could not help but gasp when they heard Jiang Yuan's story.
The empress of the Tang Dynasty?
Or Li Shimin's mistress?
In ancient times, the status of women was relatively low.
The women of the royal family and nobles were still fine.
If it was just a woman from an ordinary family, she would be like a concubine after marriage and could be given away at will.
However, Wu Zetian was able to become an empress in such an environment. Clearly, she was quite capable.
Instantly, it aroused the curiosity of everyone present.
However, some people scoffed at this.
Wang Nan, a history professor at Jiangdu University, couldn't help but laugh when he heard Jiang Yuan's words.
"Jiang Yuan, I don't know where you heard this unofficial history from, but you still dare to bring it out. It's just a joke.”
"Although my main research direction is the Ming and Qing Dynasties, I also know that there has never been an empress named Wu Zetian in the history of the Tang Dynasty.”
When Jiang Yuan heard this, he could not help but chuckle.
It was precisely because of the serious historical and cultural faults in this world, coupled with the various wars, that it was difficult to discover the truth of history.
"If it was recorded in the history books and everyone knew about it, then I wouldn't have said anything!”
When the reporters and students heard Jiang Yuan's words, they couldn't help but laugh.
"Hahaha…"
"Please don't use your intelligence to analyze me.”
Wang Nan's face instantly darkened when he heard the mocking laughter from the students around him. He looked at Jiang Yuan angrily.
"Humph! I want to see what you can say!”
Jiang Yuan ignored the old man. He looked at the curious students below the podium and slowly said,
" In the eleventh year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty heard that the daughter of the warrior, Wu, was talented and beautiful, so he brought her into the palace and conferred her the title of a fifth-grade talent. She was given the title of 'Wu Mei,' and later generations falsely called her Wu Mei Niang.”
"In the 17th year of Zhenguan, the Crown Prince Li Chengqian was deposed and the King of Jin, Li Zhi, was made the Crown Prince. After that, while serving Taizong, Wu Cairen and Li Zhi met and developed feelings of love.”
"After that, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, passed away. The martial arts prodigy followed the example of the Tang harem and entered Ganye Temple to shave her hair and become a nun.”
"Until the first year of Yong Hui, when Li Zhi entered Ganye Temple to offer incense on the anniversary of Taizong's death, he met the Wu family again.”
"In the second year of Yong Hui, Li Zhi's mourning period was over, and the Xuanwu family entered the palace again. Before entering the palace, the Wu family was pregnant. After entering the palace, they gave birth to a son, Li Hong, who was conferred the title of second-grade Zhaoyi.”
Jiang Yuan paused for a moment.
In fact, Wu Zetian was able to become an empress in the ancient society where women had a lower status. It could be said that other than luck, she had served two emperors.
More importantly, she was ruthless to her enemies and herself. She was greedy for power and finally became the empress.
After the audience in the live broadcast room heard Jiang Yuan's story, many people sent bullet comments.
"F * ck, is this history? Why do I feel like I'm driving!"
"In that case, Wu Zetian is Li Shimin's woman and then married Li Zhi.”
"It seems that the Tang Dynasty was quite chaotic. For example, Li Er killed his brother and forced his father to do so.”
"Haha…as expected, evil people have their own ways. Li Er took his sister-in-law and was cheated on by his son in the end.”
"The person above, you have evidence. Come with us!”
“……”
On the podium.
Jiang Yuan paused for a moment before continuing.
"The reason why Wu Zetian was able to become the Empress of this generation was not because she relied solely on serving the two emperors. The main reason was that she was vicious enough!”
"Wu Zetian is scheming, ruthless, and involved in literature and history. It was only a month after the eldest daughter was born. After Empress Wang came to see her daughter, she strangled her daughter to death and framed Empress Wang. Li Zhi was angry and sent the Empress to the cold palace. Later, she was secretly killed by Wu Zetian and made her the Empress.”
"In the later period of Tang Gaozong, because Li Zhi was ill, he let Wu Zetian read the memorials and become familiar with government affairs. This also laid the foundation for Wu Zetian to become emperor in the future.”
"After Li Zhi's death, Li Xian succeeded to the throne, but Wu Zetian was unwilling to let this disobedient son become the emperor. Thus, less than half a year after Li Xian succeeded to the throne, he was deposed by Wu Zetian.”
"In the end, Wu Zetian made her weak fourth son, Prince Yu, Li Dan, the emperor. Wu Zetian gradually took control of the imperial power. In order to gain more power, she began to frame the people of the imperial family.”
"During the 15 years of Wu Zetian's reign, he killed the members of the Li Tang Imperial Clan. His children and granddaughters were directly executed by the emperor Wu Zetian because they talked about his favorite Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong!”
When the audience in the live broadcast room heard this, they could not help but exclaim and send bullet comments.
"F * ck, this is the representative of a vicious woman. She killed her own children with her own hands!”
"Just from listening to Teacher Jiang Yuan, I can feel how vicious this person is. However, if he's not vicious, I'm afraid he won't be able to become the emperor!”
“……”
Jiang Yuan continued after he finished talking about Wu Zetian's life.
"Above, we have talked about Wu Zetian's life. Now, let's talk about her evaluation.”
"She reformed the imperial examination, attacked the aristocratic families, appointed the children of the poor, and revitalized the economy and culture internally. She inherited the rule of Zhenguan and the legacy of Kaiyuan.”
"In the early days of his reign, due to his reputation for whistle-blowing, he used cruel officials. By the end of his reign, he had seventy-three prime ministers and lost the four towns of Anxi, causing the Turks to view the Great Tang's borders like tigers.”
"All in all, other than being dissolute and violent during the ruling period, whether it's the economy of the Tang Dynasty, the appointment of the children of the poor, or the abolition of the aristocratic families, it can be considered a model for the subsequent dynasties.”
After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, both the students present and the audience in the live broadcast room felt their scalps go numb.
He had been in power for 15 years and had changed 73 prime ministers. This was faster than changing women.
On average, there were three prime ministers a year.
In just a few hundred words, it described Wu Zetian's brilliant life.
From being in contact with power to being in power.
Everyone could not help but send bullet comments and sigh in the live broadcast room.
"Although it wasn't perfect, it could even be said to be vicious. Even a vicious tiger wouldn't eat its cubs, but to be able to climb to the throne step by step in such a chaotic world is enough to prove Wu Zetian's ability.”
"After listening to Professor Jiang Yuan's lecture, I realized that there was such a female emperor in our history.”
"Yes, thank you, Professor Jiang Yuan, for helping us to spread the knowledge of history. Previously, he talked about the history of the Ming and Qing Dynasties very well, and now he's talking about the history of the Tang Dynasty.”
"I feel that Cixi is nothing compared to Wu Zetian. At least Wu Zetian has been the emperor for more than ten years and has greatly promoted economic and cultural development.“
While everyone was discussing, the bell rang.
"Alright, that's all for today. I'll continue to explain to everyone next time.”
Jiang Yuan said with a smile as he glanced at the excited expressions of most of the students.
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