Wu Sansi

Wu Sansi

Wu Sansi? On August 7, 707, Wenshui County of Bingzhou (now Wenshui County of Shanxi Province) came into being. In Tang Dynasty, he was the grandson of the Duke of Zhou and the nephew of Empress Wu Zetian.

In his early years, he was exiled because of his father's guilt. When Empress Wu came to power, she was called as a right guard general, moved to the Ministry of rites and supervised the compilation of national history. In 690, after Wu Zetian became emperor, she was granted the title of king of Liang, moved to Sikong and Tongping Zhangshi, and became prime minister. After the restoration of Tang Zhongzong, he was still domineering and domineering.

In the third year of Shenlong (707), Li chongjun, the crown prince, was abolished, which led to the coup d'etat of Jinglong. He died in the army. He was awarded to Taiwei, and his posthumous title was Xuan. After the restoration of Li Dan, Emperor Ruizong of Tang Dynasty abolished his posthumous title, opened his coffin, killed his corpse and destroyed his tomb.

Life of the characters

Flatter the Emperor

Wu Sansi was appointed by Empress Wu because he was the nephew of Empress Wu. He went from general Youwei to minister of war and Ministry of rites, and supervised the compilation of national history. In the first year of Tianshu (690), Empress Wu was called emperor, and the clan of Wu was granted the title of king. Wu Sansi was granted the title of king of Liang, and was granted 1000 family titles. Wu Sansi is domineering and good at flattery. As early as the first year of guangzhai (684), Wu Sansi repeatedly advised Wu Zetian to kill Li Yuanjia, king of Han Dynasty, and Li lingkui, king of Lu Dynasty. In the fourth year of chuigong (688), Wu Sansi conspired with King Han, King Lu, and other Yue kings, Li Zhen and Li Chong, who fought against Wu. They all died and killed all their members, clearing the way for Wu Zetian to become emperor.

Wu Sansi is able to do anything for the sake of profit. Xue Huaiyi, the earliest male pet of Wu Zetian, whose real name is Feng Xiaobao, sells medicine in Luoyang City and is recommended to Wu Zetian by Princess Qianjin. In order to make it easier for him to enter and leave the Forbidden Palace, Wu Zetian shaved him as a monk. In order to improve his status, she changed his surname to Xue, named him Huaiyi, and was of the same family as her husband Xue Shao. Relying on Wu Zetian's favor, Xue Huaiyi often rode on his horse in the street, hurting countless people, and no one dares to manage. Whenever Xue Huaiyi rode out of the palace, Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi would wait beside him. One man held the saddle, the other held the reins, and he kept saying, "master Xue, be careful, master Xue." More submissive than a servant. Later, Xue Huaiyi fell out of favor and was killed. Wu Zetian took Zhang changzong and Zhang Yizhi as her male favorites. As in the past, Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi flattered Zhang brothers in every way. If two Zhang rode, they would fight for saddles and follow behind the horses; if two Zhang rode, they would fight to drive, whip and call Zhang Yizhi Wulang and Zhang Zongchang LIULANG. The purpose of flattering Xue Huaiyi and Zhang brothers is to please Wu Zetian, so they flatter Wu Zetian in all ways.

Please Li Xian

In the first year of the holy calendar (698), Wu Zetian wanted to make Wu Sansi the crown prince and asked the prime ministers for their opinions. Di Renjie said: "I think people all over the world still miss the Tang Dynasty. If there is a prince, it must be the king of Luling." Wu Zetian was furious. Later, Wu Zetian said to di Renjie, "I dreamt that Shuanglu didn't win several sets. What's the reason for that?" Di Renjie replied: "it's because there are no children. It's God's will to warn your majesty. The prince is the foundation of the world. If the foundation moves, the world will be in danger. Who is closer to my aunt or nephew than mother and son? If you are the king of Luling, you can enjoy the ancestral temple. If I think twice, I've never heard of a general who deserves to enjoy the ancestral temple? " Wu Zetian woke up and sent people to Fangzhou to meet Li Xian, the king of Luling.

In the first year of the Dragon (705), Zhang Cambodian and others launched the Dragon coup, killed two Zhang, forced Wu Zetian to abdicate, helped Li Xian ascend the throne, and restored the Tang Dynasty. Wu Sansi started all by Wu Zetian. After Wu Zetian lost her throne, Wu Sansi not only did not lose power, but was even more favored because he became Li Xian's in laws. Li Xian was deposed by Empress Wu Zetian and demoted to Luling king. When he was escorted to Fangzhou for house arrest, his wife empress Wei gave birth to a daughter on the way. Because he was in a difficult situation and didn't even have a cloth to wrap the baby, Li Xian had to take off the clothes he was wearing and named Li Yao'er. Li Xian and his wife feel that their children's lives are miserable, so they love them very much and regard them as the apple of their eye. When Hou Baoer was 16 years old, Wu Zetian married Wu chongxun, Wu Sansi's son. After the restoration of Li Xian, bao'er was granted the title of Princess Anle, and Wu chongxun became the son-in-law. Wu Sansi and Li Xian were originally cousins, but later they became children's families. In addition, Li Xian was fatuous and forgot all about Wu Sansi's past, which soon made Wu Sansi a regular guest of the imperial palace.

Touch Waner

Shangguan Wan'er is Shangguan Yi's granddaughter. She was killed because of Shangguan Yi's crime. She was punished as a slave in the palace with her mother. Shangguan Wan'er is smart, full of poetry and books, reading classics and history, quick in thinking and outstanding in talent. Because he had lived in the palace for a long time, he had been influenced by many things, and he was also familiar with political affairs. Wu Zetian deeply appreciated her and often asked her to participate in the discussion of some political affairs and draft some government documents, just like a private secretary. After Wu Zetian's death, Li Xian hired her as a concubine and granted her the title of Jieyu, who was in charge of drafting imperial edicts. Shangguan Wan'er has a lot of literary talent and a romantic life. As early as Wu Zetian, she had an ambiguous relationship with Zhang changzong. Now she has a romantic life with Wu Sansi. Li Xian has not banned empress Wei all the time, and empress Wei is ambitious, so he always wants to be Empress Wu Zetian's second. Whenever Li Xian sat in court, she would accompany him and listen to the government behind the curtain. Because of Li Xian's weakness and incompetence, empress Wei was in charge of the government.

In order to curry favor with empress Wei and consolidate her power, Wan'er introduces Wu Sansi to empress Wei to make them collude. The filthy behavior among Wu Sansi, Wan'er and empress Wei was almost unknown to everyone in the palace. Li Xian was the only one who was blinded. He had already worn two green hats on his head. He didn't know about it. He also regarded Wu Sansi as a confidant and confidant. If Wu Sansi doesn't go to the palace for three days, Li Xian will accompany empress Wei and make a private visit to Wu Sansi's home. Weishi and Wu Sansi teased and joked. Li Xianshi thought it was common for them to drink and have sex with each other, but he didn't think it was common. He even accompanied them to have sex with each other.

Killing courtiers

The ugly voice in the palace was heard outside, and all the listeners shook their heads and sighed. In particular, Wu Sansi committed many evils in the past. When Wu Zetian removed the throne, she was not severely punished, but now it is getting worse. People all hate her. Wang Tongjiao, who has always had a sense of justice, is the son-in-law of Princess Ding'an, Li Xian's daughter (not born to empress Wei). He is very loyal to Li Xian. Wang Tongjiao couldn't bear to see Wu Sansi's promiscuity in the harem, taking Li Xian and endangering the country, so he contacted Zhang Zhongzhi, Zu Yanqing, Zhou Jing and others, and secretly summoned the strong men to prepare to rob Wu Sansi and kill him. Song Zhiwen, a poet, was exiled to Lingnan and absconded back to Luoyang after Zhang Zongchang brothers were killed. Wang Tongjiao pitied that he was a poet. Although his character was not high, there was no big fault. He was implicated in the disaster, so he took song Zhiwen to his home. From this, song Zhiwen learned about Wang Tongjiao's plan to murder Wu Sansi. Although song Zhiwen suffered a setback in his life, he did not change his bad nature. In order to atone for his meritorious service, he did not hesitate to avenge his kindness by ordering his nephew song Tan to secretly tell Wu Sansi. Wu Sansi ordered Li Zhen, song Zhiwen's nephew, to write to Li Xian, falsely accusing Wang Tongjiao and others of "supporting troops to the palace and deposing the queen after the murder of Wu Sansi". Li Xian had always been fatuous and could not distinguish right from wrong, so he ordered Wang Tongjiao and Zhang Zhongzhi to be arrested and sentenced to death. At the time of his execution, Wang Tongjiao was free spirited, unchanging and awe inspiring. Zhang Zhongzhi was unyielding when he was interrogated, and his arms were broken. Together with Wang Tongjiao, Zhou Jing heard that he was trying to vent his feelings. He ran to Bigan temple and said to people, "Bigan, the ancient loyal minister, knows my loyalty to Zhou Jing. Think twice and empress Wei's promiscuity will harm the country and will soon be beheaded and abandoned. You can hang my head on the gate and see that their bodies and heads are separated and lifted out of the gate. " He killed himself. Song Zhiwen has been meritorious in denouncing. Wu Sansi rewarded him with a gauze hat.

After Wu Sansi killed Wang Tongjiao, he became more ferocious, and he would kill more people. Zhang Cambodian Zhi and Jing Hui, who supported Li Xian's restoration and restored the title of Tang Dynasty, were once persuaded to kill Wu Sansi, saying: "if you go to grass, you will be reborn." But they said, "the big deal has been decided. He is like meat on the chopping board. What can he do. It's been killed a lot. There's no need to increase it. " Liu youqiu, the captain of Chaoyi, also advised Huan yanfan and Jing Hui to kill Wu Sansi, saying, "Wu Sansi is still here. I'm afraid you won't be buried in the future. If we don't start early, it will be too late to regret in the future. " Neither of them complied. After Wu Sansi and empress Wei colluded with each other, Zhang Cambodian and others felt that it was a threat. Fang repeatedly advised Li Xian to kill Wu Sansi. How could Li Xian have the heart to kill her father-in-law. Even if Li Xian wanted to kill, and the real power was in empress Wei's hands, Li Xian could not be the master. Of course, it was impossible to listen to Zhang Cambodian and others' advice. Zhang Cambodian advised Li Xian to think twice about killing Wu, but it was impossible to do so. He wanted to restrain his power, so he wrote to Li Xian, saying: "when empress dowager comes to power, Li's clan will be killed.". Now, thanks to the spirit of heaven and earth, your majesty has been restored, and the Wu's children still retain the title of king and rank among the most important officials. As in the past, this is not what we want to see. I hope to lower their official rank to satisfy the wishes of people all over the world. " Zhang Cambodian wanted to evoke Li Xian's unfortunate memories in the past to remove Wu's influence. Li Xian has long forgotten the past and is only content with the status quo, so he is indifferent and still does not listen. Zhang Cambodian and others couldn't, so they had to sigh and indignation, or point to bleeding, and said with self pity: "the reason why they didn't kill Zhuwu in the past was that they hoped the emperor would kill Zhuwu with the prestige of emperor Zhang. This is the case today. The situation has gone. I don't know what to do. "

be overweeningly ambitious

Wu Sansi had political ambitions. When Wu Zetian was in power, she wanted to be made the crown prince. After she colluded with empress Wei, empress Wei was even more ambitious

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