Wu Zetian is surrounded by many monks. Why does Wu Zetian have a soft spot for monks?

Wu Zetian is surrounded by many monks. Why does Wu Zetian have a soft spot for monks? There is a simple reason. Most ancient emperors had 3000 beautiful women. However, the emperors were not satisfied. It is reported that both the emperor and the princess like to have sex with monks. Why is this? A monk should have a clean heart and no desire, six clean roots, not close to womanhood, and dust. But having an affair with the emperor and the princess is shocking.

Wu Zetian enjoys the world and Toy Boy, but her first Toy Boy was a monk named Xue Huaiyi. Xue Huaiyi, formerly known as Feng Xiaobao, is a plaster vendor in Tongguan County. Later, because he helped people fight in the street, he killed people by mistake. In order to escape the government's arrest, he fled to Luoyang and became a monk in Baima Temple. Besides Shen Ao, it is said that the way in Shen Ao's room is not under Xue Huaiyi, which makes Wu Zetian quite gratified. Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi were both famous handsome men at that time. However, will being handsome win the favor of the next day? Obviously there are exceptions, such as the great poet Song, who is also handsome and burly, and thinks that he is even worse than Wu Zetian in some aspects.

The Great Cloud Sutra tells a story: Jingguang Tiannv once heard the Great Nirvana Sutra in the same-sex lamp Buddha, and then heard the profound meaning of Buddhism in Sakyamuni. The Buddha said to Jingguang Goddess: You will become a bodhisattva, then become a king as a woman, get a quarter of the territory commanded by the wheel king, and then feel at ease. It is said that the predecessor of Jingguang Tiannv is the wife of a king. Wu Zetian ordered the promulgation of the world. Ordered two Beijing to build a Dayun Temple to store the Dayun Sutra, and ordered monks to explain it, so as to raise the status of Buddhism above Taoism.

This story is simply tailored for Wu Zetian, and it is in line with the natural cycle. Wu Zetian was overjoyed and finally found a classic that supported a woman to be an emperor. Later, there was a "Golden Wheel Emperor" in Wu Zetian's honorific title, that is, he regarded himself as the wheel king.

Why does Wu Zetian like monks so much? There is a simple reason. She believes in Buddhism.

According to records, Shi Yang, the mother of Wu Zetian, believed in Buddhism. Wu Zetian was deeply influenced by her mother. Wu Zetian said that she believed in Buddhism since she was a child. Wu Zetian also talked about her feelings and happiness of learning Buddhism many times in her poems. Later, Wu Zetian simply compared herself to the reincarnation of the Buddha, supported the translation of scriptures, built temples and promoted monks, and regarded supporting Buddhism as an important national policy. Wu Zetian had dystocia at the age of 33. At that time, she prayed for Buddha's blessing, and made a wish to convert to the three treasures when giving birth to a child, asking monk Xuanzang to give her son a ring. Xuanzang said that the birth was natural, and he also said that he saw a suzaku parked in Xianqingtang in Chang 'an, the capital. After the baby boy was born, he was really accepted as a disciple by Xuanzang, nicknamed "Buddha King".