What is the relationship between Wu Zetian and Li Zhi?

The relationship between husband and wife, Wu Zetian is Li Zhi's concubine.

Wu Zetian was originally the concubine of Li Shimin, the father of Emperor Taizong Li Zhi. In November of the 11th year of Zhenguan (637), Emperor Taizong came to Luoyang Palace (Wei Zi City) and heard that fourteen-year-old Wu Zetian was "beautiful Rong Zhi", so he called her into the palace, named her a talented person and gave her the title of "Wu Mei".

Wu Zetian didn't get Li Shimin's favor after she entered the palace. She has been a talent for 12 years, and her status has never been improved. However, during Li Shimin's serious illness, Wu Zetian and Prince Li Zhi began to establish feelings.

In the 23rd year of Zhenguan (649), Li Shimin died, and Wu Zetian became a nun with some childless concubines in Ganye Temple in Chang 'an, but she has been alienated from the newly acceded to the throne, Li Zhi, Tang Gaozong.

In May of the first year of Yonghui (650), Li Zhi met Wu Zetian again when he entered Ganye Temple to commemorate the anniversary of Li Shimin's death. The two met and told each other their feelings after breaking up.

The queen, who fell out of favor because she had no children, asked Li Zhi to bring Wu Zetian into the palace in an attempt to attack her rival in love, Xiao Shufei.

In May of the 2nd year of Yonghui (65 1), Li Zhi's mourning period expired and Wu Zetian entered the palace again. Before entering the palace, Wu Zetian was pregnant. After entering the palace, she gave birth to her son Li Hong. In May of the following year (652), Wu Zetian was worshipped as the second-class Zhao Yi. In October of the sixth year of Yonghui (655), he was crowned as the queen.

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1, Li Zhi

Tang Gaozong Li Zhi (2 1, July, 628 -65438, February, 27, 683), with a good word, was born in Longxi, the third emperor of Emperor Taizong (reigned from 649 to 683), the ninth and third sons of Emperor Taizong, and his mother was Wen Deshun's Saint Empress Shi, and his eldest sons were Prince Li Chenggan and Emperor Ji of Emperor Taizong.

In June of the second year of Zhenguan (628), Li Zhi was born in the Li Zhengting Hall of the East Palace. In the fifth year of Zhenguan (63 1), he was named King of Jin. Later, due to the successive abolition of Prince Li Chenggan, the eldest son of Emperor Taizong, and Taitai, the fourth son of Emperor Taizong, Zhenguan was canonized as the Crown Prince in the seventeenth year (643).

In the 23rd year of Zhenguan (649), Emperor Taizong died, and Prince Li Zhi succeeded Tang Gaozong. At the beginning of Tang Gaozong's accession to the throne, he continued to implement the political and economic system formulated by Emperor Taizong, and assisted with Li Ji, Sun Chang Wuji and Chu Suiliang.

Because he is diligent in political affairs, "Fu 'an people have a legacy of chastity, which is called" the rule of eternal emblem "in history". Emperor Gaozong still insisted on his own opinion on the abolition of the queen, excluding the interference of the Yuanlaopai.

In the fifth year of Emperor Xianqing (660), Emperor Gaozong was often dizzy, which affected the handling of government affairs. Wu Zetian took the opportunity to participate in politics. Gaozong was in poor health, and the trend of political power transfer from Gaozong to Wu Zetian gradually formed.

During the reign of Tang Gaozong, Western Turkistan (657), Baekje (660) and Koguryo (668) were destroyed successively. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, the territory of the Tang Dynasty was the largest, starting from the Korean Peninsula in the east, reaching the Aral Sea (Caspian Sea) in the west, reaching Lake Baikal in the north and Mount Heng in Vietnam in the south, which lasted for 32 years.

In the first year of Hongdao (683), Tang Gaozong died at the age of 55 and was buried in Ganling, with the temple name Gaozong. In the eighth year of Tianbao (749), he was promoted to Emperor Sheng Da, and in the thirteenth year of Tianbao (754), he was promoted to Emperor Dahongxiao of Sheng Da.

2. Wu Zetian

Wu Zetian (65438+ 16 February, 624-705), whose real name was Wu zhào, was born in Wenshui, Wenzhou (now Wenshui, Shanxi). The only orthodox female emperor in the history of China (reigned from 690 to 705) is also one of the emperors with the oldest enthronement age (67 years old) and the longest life span (82 years old). Together with Lv Hou, she was called "Lv Wu" in the Han Dynasty.

Wu Zetian is the second daughter of Wu Shihuo, the secretariat of Jingzhou. He entered the harem at the age of fourteen and was a talented person of Emperor Taizong. He was named "Wu Mei". Tang Gaozong was named Zhao Yi, then the queen, and was honored as the "queen of heaven", and was also called "double saint" with Emperor Gaozong. After the death of Emperor Gaozong, he became the empress dowager of Tang Zhongzong and Tang Ruizong.

In the first year of God's Grant (690), Wu Zetian established herself as emperor, changed her country name to Zhou, made Luoyang her capital, and established Wu Zhou. Before and after Wu Zetian's rule, the imperial clan in the Tang Dynasty was massacred, and "cruel official politics" rose.

However, she is "observant and good at judging", with more power and less power, and can use people. Reward agriculture and mulberry, reform official management, attach importance to talent selection, and make talents come forth in large numbers. In his later years, he gradually became extravagant and arbitrary, and gradually degenerated.

In the first year of Shenlong (705), Wu Zetian was seriously ill, and Prime Minister Zhang Jianzhi launched the "Shenlong Revolution" to support the restoration of Tang Zhongzong and forced him to abdicate. After the restoration of the Tang Dynasty, Zhongzong was honored as the "Emperor of Heaven".

In the same year 1 1 month, Wu Zetian died in shangyang palace at the age of 82. In accordance with his last wish, Zhongzong changed his name to "Zetian Tiansheng Queen" and was buried in Ganling as a queen. Later, she became the "Tianshun Saint Queen".

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