Character introduction: Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in China, VS Xiao Taihou in Liao, is a powerful person.
I don't want to dwell on their lives in this article. As long as we know a little about Wu Zetian and Xiao Taihou, they are both women in power. Although they are separated by hundreds of years, they are both iron ladies and have many similarities.
First, both of them used to be harem women, the favorite concubines of the emperor, and also gave birth to sons for the emperor.
Wu Zetian is the concubine of Emperor Taizong. Later, when Emperor Taizong died, she entered the Taoist temple. However, during this period, she met Gaozong and was taken away by the emperor, becoming the last aristocrat to be promoted. Originally, she was not a queen, but after years of painstaking efforts, she finally became the only female emperor in China in history, which is also one of the unrepeatable legends.
Compared with Wu Zetian, Xiao Taihou is relatively simple, that is, she married her husband very early. Later, when her husband became emperor, he became queen mother. Finally, her husband died young, and she became a powerful person.
It can be seen that their real power comes from their husbands' dedication and departure.
Second: They all made certain contributions to the dynasty, belonging to those who had made contributions to the powerful.
Both Wu Zetian and Xiao Taihou, under their governance, once put the Tang Dynasty and Liao State on the right track, laying the foundation for the later prosperous times. History is just, which is a great contribution to them.
Third, their private lives are concerned and discussed, and many stories and legends are circulated among the people.
In ancient times, men were superior to women. When women are in power, they are bound to encounter many objections. Therefore, we can see that there was a legend of "Xue Gang's anti-Tang" in the era of Wu Zetian, and Xiao Taihou was also poisoned by his sister. Of course, in addition to these, as the "female emperor" in the palace, there will be some YY stories and remarks among the people, but those are all works processed by literati.
In real history, they did record that they were merciless to their sisters in order to consolidate their rule and their lives. Although they are essentially the same, they have their own reasons.
Of course, there are some historical stories involved here. Let's take a look at Wu Zetian's reasons first.
It is said that Wu Zetian had a younger sister who was later named Mrs. Koryo. This Korean lady married a man named Helan Yueshi in her early years, but Helan Yueshi is the most difficult to lose weight. It wasn't long before she got the box lunch in advance, so Miss Han was helpless and started the widowed mode.
At that time, her relationship with Wu Zetian was still very good, and Wu Zetian faced many problems at that time. I am pregnant. In desperation, Wu Zetian asked her sister to enter the palace to help herself.
But this Korean lady is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and her outstanding appearance and the charm of middle-aged women attracted the emperor. Tang Gaozong and she will soon be together. Although she is Wu Zetian's sister, who wouldn't want to do this in front of the son of heaven? What's more, Mrs. Han organized a group to challenge her sister and recommended her daughter Helan (Mrs.) to Tang High School. For a time, both mother and daughter were loved by Emperor Gaozong and were very popular in the palace. However, Wu Zetian is a person who can even sacrifice her daughter. How can she let them enjoy success? Therefore, soon Wu Zetian's sister and wife Wei suddenly died of poisoning. How did she die? It's not written in the history book. The emperor also doubted Wu Zetian, but without evidence, it would go away.
See here, everyone will know that if she is a sister, she is Wu Meiniang, if she is an opponent, she is Wu Zetian.
After Wu Zetian, let's take a look at Xiao Taihou's reasons.
Xiao Taihou doesn't have as many twists and turns as Wu Zetian. She was able to enter the palace, mainly her father. She has found several daughters to marry different heirs. Anyway, it was elected, and her son-in-law was the son of heaven. But the problem comes from the imperial power struggle since ancient times, the most ruthless royal family. Xiao Taihou's husband is very kind to Xiao Taihou, and once let him participate in the ruling, a bit like Wu Zetian, but the husband is too kind to his younger brother and always soft-hearted. Xiao Taihou's second sister's husband often rebelled, failed every time, was arrested many times, and was finally released. For the last time, Xiao Taihou didn't want to, just arrested him and clicked. Who knows?
Her second sister blamed her for this and wanted to take the opportunity to eat something to poison her and avenge her husband. Who knows her sister caught on, of course, she was executed on the spot, so we saw Xiao Taihou, and she was forced to be cruel to her sister.
The last sentence:
Essentially, Xiao Taihou and Wu Zetian killed their relatives in order to consolidate their rights. However, as one of the few strong women in history, their contributions should not be obliterated in any case. They not only created an era of their own. They have also become role models for women in China. They are not only one of the outstanding women in the long history, although they had no choice but to deal with their sisters in order to consolidate the imperial power, they did provide a stable environment for the people at that time to live and work in peace and contentment. At this point, they went down in history.
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