Chapter 635 Wu Zhao's childhood, the rise begins
Our Emperor Zetian actually experienced a very miserable life when he was young. Wu Zetian's childhood was quite unrestrained. Her father, Wu Shishi, was originally the Minister of Works in Chang'an Jingcheng, and later transferred to the Sixth Minister of the People. Because he was highly valued by the court, he was often summoned to govern the people in various places, so the whole family often relocated.
Wu Zetian followed her father's footsteps and traveled around half of China. Such an experience broadened her horizons and cultivated her extraordinary courage.
Wu Zetian mainly died in the ninth year of Zhenguan. The warrior died of sadness and illness in Jingzhou, and she cried and died of blood.
In December, Wu Zetian and his family escorted the coffin of the Warriors, traveled thousands of miles to return to their former residence in Bingzhou. Under the supervision of Li Ji, the Great Governor of Bingzhou, the Warriors were buried.
At that time, Wu Zetian was only 12 years old. After that, Wu Zetian's family lived a sad life as an orphan and widowed mother.
Do you know how cruel the brothers of the Wu family are? After the burial of the wushiya, Yang led three daughters to live in the old house of Wushi in Wenshui. The corpse of the wushi was not cold. The two brothers of Yuanqing and Yuanshuang, born to Xiangli, joined hands with their cousins to make things difficult for the Yang family.
They first refused to give Yang the good face, the "stepmother", and were picky everywhere. Later, they often bullied the three sisters Wu Zetian, either beating or scolding them or not giving them food.
Later, the two brothers gathered the Wu clan members to jointly exclude the Yang mother and daughter, and insisted on expelling them from the Wu clan.
When Yang was desperate, she thought of her parents' home. She burned incense in front of her deceased husband's spirit, asked the three sisters Wu Zetian to kneel down and kowtow to her father, and took them resolutely out of the Wu family's gate and came to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty at that time, and still lived a life of living under someone else's roof.
At that time, you didn’t know how miserable Wu Zetian was at that time. He had no money at home, so he made money by washing clothes by a few women. Especially in winter, when washing clothes in the canal, his hands would be frozen and unconscious.
Then someone would come to bully Wu Zetian's family. It was really true that every night, Yang would take the three sisters and cry. They could say that they would be called Tiantian and should not be called Tiandi.
Fortunately, when Wu Zetian was fourteen years old, Li Shimin heard a rumor that a daughter in the Wu family had just grown up and was very beautiful. She was moved and summoned Wu Zetian to the palace.
To be honest, after Li Shimin met Wu Zetian, he also set a record, that was, he was promoted to talent when he first met His Majesty. At that time, Li Shimin and Wu Zetian had not started doing serious business, because Wu Zetian was too young and was indeed quite nervous. Li Shimin was not in a hurry, just hugging Wu Zetian for the next step, but suddenly there was a thunderstorm outside, and a flash of lightning shot into the house.
At this moment, Wu Zetian, who had a weak body, actually hugged Li Shimin. At that time, Wu Zetian didn't think much about it, just wanted to protect the emperor. Li Shimin's country back then was worked hard step by step. He understood the intrigue between people, not to mention in the palace, so he attached great importance to the person who could treat him sincerely.
In this way, Wu Zetian, who was only 14 years old, was favored by Li Shimin and issued an order that night to be named "Talented Man". Talent Man was a neither high nor low level in ancient times, and Li Shimin personally named her "Mei Niang". It can be seen from this that Li Shimin really likes Wu Zetian very much, and Wu Zetian also believes that he can reach the top.
But what Wu Zetian didn't expect was that he had never been promoted since then.
Because Li Shimin is an "old man" after all, during the continuous contact with Wu Zetian, he felt that this woman was not simple because she was too smart. Although Li Shimin liked her intelligence, he was also worried that she would use it astray, which is more important than the beauty or the country. Li Shimin could see this clearly than his son.
So except for Li Shimin who named him a talented person on the first night, Li Shimin did not allow Wu Zetian to rise to the level until his death.
However, because she was able to become an ordinary person on the first night, she also became a legend in the harem at that time, because the speed of her rise was too fast.
Although some people wanted to win this honor later, they did not have the ability to make the emperor make an exception again, so it can be seen that Wu Zetian was definitely not a simple character since he entered the palace.
Of course, during this period, Li Shimin also gave Wu Zetian the opportunity. One day shortly after Wu Zetian entered the palace, Li Shimin, who was good at riding and shooting, suddenly became interested and led a group of concubines out of the palace to walk his horse.
Coincidentally, a powerful BMW named Lion Cong presented to the Western Regions aroused Li Shimin's great interest, but this horse was violent and no one could tame it.
Li Shimin wanted to conquer it, so he asked his followers: "Who can tame it? I have a reward!" I guess everyone knew the power of this horse and kept silent.
At this time, Wu Zetian, who was standing among the crowd, volunteered and said bravely: "Your Majesty, I can tame it!" Li Shimin was shocked after hearing this and asked hurriedly: "Wu Mei, tell me, how can you tame it?"
Wu Zetian calmly replied: "I need three things, one is an iron whip, the second is an iron hammer, and the third is a dagger." Li Shimin was puzzled and asked again: "It is a horse, what do you want these things?"
Wu Zetian said confidently and courageously: "Isn't it very violent? I will first whip it with an iron whip. If it doesn't accept it, I will hit its head with an iron hammer. If it doesn't accept it, I will stab it in the throat with a dagger. Can it still be violent?"
When Li Shimin heard this, he was stunned and then sneered: "You are amazing, I'm convinced you!" That means: You are too fierce, this is not the idea of a little woman!
There is no doubt that Wu Zetian's idea finally stopped. Because Lion Chain is a BMW and Li Shimin is a horse lover, how could he let Wu Zetian train his horse like this?
Wu Zetian originally wanted to show off in front of Li Shimin and show his super girl nature, but she didn't expect that she would backfire and make Li Shimin feel that she was cruel and rude and was definitely not a good person, so she became more wary of her and thus did not value it or get close to her.
In fact, Wu Zetian came up with such an idea with roots.
First, her father, Wu Shiteng, was a horse general. Under his influence, Wu Zetian received riding and shooting training since childhood, so naturally mastered some methods of horse training.
Second, Li Shimin is an emperor. Wu Zetian admires him so much. After entering the palace, he imitates him everywhere. He must be good at riding and shooting skills.
Third, Li Shimin issued an order to tame the lion test, which provided Wu Zetian with an opportunity to express herself. Of course, she had to use this opportunity to express herself.
Unfortunately, Wu Zetian was not well-versed in the world, was not familiar with human nature and hearts, and did not understand Li Shimin's personality and preferences, so he expressed himself recklessly, which ended up being a missed future. It was really not worth the loss.
Later, Li Shimin favored Xu Hui. Xu Hui became a talented person with Wu Zetian and was two years younger than Wu Zetian. She was very similar to Wu Zetian, and she was diligent in studying and working hard, and she kept writing. As a result, her knowledge grew rapidly, her literary talent became more beautiful, and she was deeply loved by Li Shimin.
Moreover, Xu Hui also possessed the excellent moral character of Empress Changsun: gentle, virtuous, kind and kind, and caring for the world. When Xu Hui entered the palace, the Tang Dynasty was already highly prosperous, which were all Li Shimin's great achievements.
Looking back on the past, he was a little arrogant and even began to waste money and carry out some government image projects. Xu Hui, who cares about the people of the world, couldn't stand it, so he advised Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, our country is still in the early stage of construction and development. As a national leader, you must maintain a style of hard work, be humble and cautious, and be cautious in arrogance and impetuous..."
Li Shimin is worthy of being a wise king of a generation. He praised Xu Hui's loyal advice and quickly promoted Xu Hui to Jieyu. From a fifth-rank talent to a third-rank concubine, Xu Hui took two big steps, but Wu Zetian was still in place. To be honest, Wu Zetian could still tolerate this time. After all, some people are lucky, so Wu Zetian is still waiting for the opportunity.
After Xu Hui was promoted, she continued to care about the world and advised Li Shimin to work hard and avoid being arrogant and impetuous. Li Shimin even felt that she was a rare virtuous supporter and promoted her to Chongrong. Chongrong was one of the nine concubines and was ranked second in the official position.
At this time, Wu Zetian was really a little messy. More importantly, Wu Zetian, who had been a talented person in the palace for eight years, began to be scared. She was afraid that she would die in the palace as old as before. This fear made Wu Zetian sometimes unable to sleep all night.
Because she has hatred and a heartfelt hatred, she wants to take revenge, and she cannot let those people live happily. Who is this person? Wu Zetian's five brothers, namely Yuanqing, Wu Yuanshuang, Wu Huailiang, Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun... Among them, Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang are the half-brothers of Wu Meiniang, while Wu Huailiang, Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun are the sons of Wu Meiniang's father's brother. These five people have done something indescribable to Wu Zetian.
No one knows what they did to Wu Zetian, but after Wu Zetian took power, they died strangely:
First, Wu Yuanqing was exiled to a place called Longzhou in the southwest of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which was scared to death.
Then Wu Yuanshuang, who was exiled to Sanya, Hainan (far far enough) and died.
Next was Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun, the two unlucky guys. History books say that Wu Meiniang shot two birds and killed two birds with one stone. Because Li Zhi fell in love with Wu Meiniang's sister, Mrs. Han, the daughter of Mrs. Wei, Wu Meiniang put poison in the meat sauce and asked Mrs. Wei to eat it. As a result, Mrs. Wei died. Wu Meiniang defined the murderer as her cousin Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun. So these two brothers were executed, and their surnames were changed to Via... It means that these brothers were more poisonous than viagra.
The matter is not over yet. Wu Meiniang's father's brother's family actually gave birth to three sons. In addition to Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun who were killed by Wu Meiniang, there is also an elder brother Wu Huailiang.
But Wu Huailiang had already died, and it would not be possible to die... Wu Meiniang captured Wu Huailiang's wife Shanshi into the palace as a slave, and used thorns to slap this widowed woman who had died of her husband every day, tearing Shanshi's back to pieces, revealing bones. Shanshi was wailing and wailing in great pain.
Wu Zetian had hatred, unforgettable hatred, so she didn't want to stay in the palace in such a daze for the rest of her life. At this time, Wu Zetian had a chance. She saw Li Zhi, a little guy who was once obsessed with him, so Wu Zetian finally waved away his confusion and began her crazy journey.
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Chapter completed!