Chapter 111 Dislikes arise

I actually didn't have to look through it to know that Tan Rui was not wrong. Soong Ching Ling must have commented on Wu Zetian like this, but I sneered at her comment about Wu Zetian.

I glanced at the book that Tan Rui handed me and put it in Tan Rui's hand. I pointed to the "wordless stele" and said: Wu Zetian is indeed a politician and a strange woman, but I don't admire her personality and cultivation.I agree with the two points of accepting advice and employing people, but I don’t agree with saying that she is a good wife and a good woman.It just so happens that I pay more attention to her historical facts and know a little about it. I will tell you what I think of her.

In order to usurp the throne and achieve her political ambitions, Wu Zetian, a woman who was willing to do anything to serve two generations of father and son and two generations of kings, which was inappropriate;

In order to seize the position of queen, she strangled her daughter to death with her own hands and blamed the queen, resulting in the deposed Empress.After taking over the position of queen, she cruelly tortured and killed Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu. The cruelty of a man is rare in the world and is unkind;

Li Zhong, the first prince of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, was not born to Wu Zetian, and was bewitched by her and deposed and killed by Emperor Gaozong of Tang.She made her son Li Hong the crown prince, because the crown prince was poisoned to death by her; her second son Li Xian was unwilling to be the puppet of the mother, and was deposed by her mother after being made the crown prince, and was forced to commit suicide.Wu Zetian's other two sons, Li Xian and Li Dan, saw their mother like mice or cats, and had no mother-son affection at all.Even so, the two brothers were still deposed and exiled by Wu Zetian and could only wait for death obediently.Wu Zetian's granddaughter Princess Yongtai was ordered to be executed by her for discussing the first brothers Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong with her husband Wu Yanji and the emperor's brother Li Chongrun.These can be said to be unkind;

In order to consolidate his personal status, Wu Zetian eliminated his dissidents under the banner of the Li Tang court.In order to clear the obstacles to becoming emperor, she killed hundreds of noble relatives of the Tang Dynasty, killing hundreds of noble relatives of the Tang Dynasty, causing disaster to hundreds of ministers, and there were countless below the governors and generals.It made everyone in the Tang Dynasty's royal family feel guilty and everyone's hearts are regretful and angry.Her viciousness and cruelty and ruthlessness made her in power filled with a bloody and terrifying political atmosphere, which was unreasonable;

She appointed cruel officials Lai Junchen, Zhou Xing and others to kill innocent people indiscriminately, and implemented terrorist policies of informing and punishing, and even a famous prime minister Di Renjie was almost slaughtered.She cultivated her party members and established a traitor party group in the court. Especially in the later period of her rule, the court politics became increasingly corrupt, forming a group of new privileged nobles who were condoned and supported by Wu Zetian.From this point of view, she is unrighteous;

Wu Zetian hated her two brothers, so he designed to force the brothers Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang to death.He was jealous of his sister being favored by Emperor Gaozong of Tang, so he forced him to commit suicide, and later poisoned his niece, Mrs. Wei.She killed her relatives indiscriminately and was still criticized thousands of years later, which is unkind;

Wu Zetian is a slut with a strong sexual desire.Shortly after Emperor Gaozong's death, Wu Zetian had his first male favorite, Feng Xiaobao. Because of his willfulness, Feng Xiaobao offended Wu Zetian and was finally killed secretly.The brothers Xue Aocao, Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong rose rapidly and became Wu Zetian's new favorites.In her twilight years, Wu Zetian was plagued by illness and could not go to court for a long time, and her control over the government decreased. She regarded the two Zhang brothers as eyes and ears.The two Zhang brothers gradually intervened in the government affairs, framed the loyal and kind, forced the ministers to launch a coup and forced her to step down, so that the regime could return to the Li Tang Dynasty and the Kaiyuan prosperous era was later.From this point of view, she is not ashamed.

Wu Zetian became a nun and after ascending the throne, he repaired palaces and Buddhist temples to take the opportunity to show off himself.In order to commend herself, she built a large-scale construction in Luoyang and spent 10 billion yuan to build the commendable "Tianshu" which was praised. For this reason, she melted down the 27QQ0 coins circulated and consumed more than a quarter of the country's financial resources at that time.She also ordered the casting of the Jiuzhou bronze tripod and the twelve zodiac signs and placed them in the Tongtian Palace.Some scholars believe that because of Wu Zetian's "image engineering" temples, the people were exhausted and the people were in trouble, and the heyday of the Tang Dynasty was delayed by thirty or fifty years than the Han Dynasty, Ming and Qing dynasties.This shows her arrogance and extravagance;

During Wu Zetian's rule, he lost the four towns of Anxi, which endangered the unity of the country. The Anton Protectorate retreated from Pyongyang to Liaodong twice.The Han officials in the old land of Goguryeo were basically withdrawn, and Silla became increasingly popular, and the Tang Dynasty was no longer able to reach it.Tubo became stronger and stronger, and the Tang Dynasty could only dare not send troops under the pretext of "no good general".Li Jinzhong, the governor of Songmo of Khitan, rebelled again, and Wu Zhou sent troops, but the entire army was wiped out.Then, the Turkic Mochu took advantage of the situation and made the Wu Zhou Dynasty very anxious.I really didn't see any outstanding achievements in her civil and military proficiency.It’s just that he has been pacifying Emperor Taizong of Tang’s “Zhenguan Reign” for a long time, leaving her with a great economic, political foundation and talent reserve. Why should these historical achievements be counted on her?

As soon as I finished speaking, Tan Rui immediately began to refute to me: Brother He, Wu Zetian is very unbearable in your mouth.Then why do many emperors, Chairman Mao and Soong Ching Ling praise Wu Zetian?Famous scholars such as Guo Moruo and Jian Bozan also want to praise her?There are filming TV series about her one after another, so these people are not fools, idiots or ambitious people with other purposes.

This is not surprising. As the ruler, in order to achieve his personal goals, he must have artificially promoted Wu Zetian and watched some of their behaviors similar to Wu Zetian. Therefore, some shameless literati shook flags and shouted for their masters, such as Guo Moruo, whom Mr. Lu Xun once bluntly commented on Guo Moruo as a "rogue and literati".Historians Lu Simian, Cen Zhongmian, Xiong Deji and others were negative about Wu Zetian, believing that her coming to power was a reversal of history and a complete regression.

As for some film and television literary works, they are taken out of context and wantonly distort historical facts.In order to create some gimmicks and highlights, we should artificially uplift Wu Zetian, tamper with history, and forcibly beautify the shortcomings of the characters into advantages. The most ridiculous thing is to beautify Wu Zetian's filthy harem into a romantic comedy, which is really ridiculous and lamentable.My words left Tan Rui speechless for a moment.Her face turned red, and her mouth opened a few times, but she didn't say anything.

I continued to say angrily: Wu Zetian is a cold, sinister, cruel, selfish, bloody, jealous, abused power and licentious person. He killed his brother and nephew, killed his son and killed his daughter, and had no human nature.In order to achieve her political ambitions, she does everything she can do. She is a woman with extremely despicable qualities. How can such a woman be called a great woman, a good wife, and a good mother?I really don't know if the advantages of your women's kindness, gentleness and virtuousness have been reflected in her.

Tan Rui immediately refuted me: I feel that you are very unfair to Wu Zetian. Your thoughts are the decaying and declining patriarchal thinking and orthodox thinking that have been corrupt and declining for thousands of years, and they are not in line with the trend of the times at all.From your words, I feel that you have a deep personal prejudice against women. I don’t know how much harm you have suffered from women, which has led to your extreme thinking and words and deeds today.

Tan Rui, maybe my evaluation of Wu Zetian is not very objective, but it cannot erase Wu Zetian’s shortcomings because of this. That is a historical basis.I have no prejudice against women. On the contrary, I respect women extremely much. I love my grandmother, mother and sister, care for and love female colleagues, and oppose domestic violence against women.Tan Rui, I know you are a good girl. A woman like Wu Zetian is not worthy of being your idol worship. You should study history knowledge carefully, improve your discernment ability, and know what good people are and what bad people are, so as not to suffer losses and be deceived.My next sentence is pun, implying her boss, Director Zhang.

Tan Rui finally pulled down her face, turned around and said to me: I like Wu Zetian, what does it have to do with you?What do you have to do with me if I suffer a loss? Do I need you to teach me?

I knew that I had said too much, angered Tan Rui, and had nothing to say for a moment, but I was very disgusted by Tan Rui's words that were tempted by women.

Our good relationship came to an abrupt end, and there was a rift in our hearts.I also felt that I was a little confused today and was contradicted by Tan Rui. I felt even more embarrassed and couldn't bear to worry about my face.

We stopped talking to each other and walked around the scenic spots of Qianling Mausoleum, without any intention or interest in visiting the tomb of Princess Yongtai and Prince Yide, and did not have lunch at the scenic spots, so we went home.I used the excuse to go out to buy some souvenirs in the afternoon, so I didn't want to go to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Stele Forest.

It was almost two o'clock in the afternoon when we returned to the hotel. When Tan Rui said goodbye to me, she probably felt that her words were a bit too much, so she took the initiative to invite me to have a meal outside, but I politely declined.

She looked at me and said with an unnatural expression: Brother He, you won’t turn against me because of Wu Zetian, right?When she said this, her eyes were already filled with tears, and she was filled with a proud expression.

I felt a little unbearable, but the fact was already so I had to lower my head and whisper: Why? I am a little... a little rude, please forgive me, I hope you... I hope you don't forget to be in my heart.

The next morning, I bid farewell to the ancient capital Xi'an and took the opportunity to return to Hangzhou.I took a special car assigned by the conference team to Xianyang Airport, and of course the driver was not Tan Rui.When I was taking a bus to leave the Chang'an Yaji Hotel where I was staying, I turned around and looked at the window of the conference team and didn't see Tan Rui.

On the day after returning to Hangzhou, I went to work in the unit and gave Tu Xiaofeng and Yang Yuanqing a lot of Xi'an specialties I brought back. I also gave my assistant Chen Chaohui and other subordinates a few souvenirs from Xi'an.

On the morning of the next day after work, I suddenly received a call from Zhao Jianxin.Zhao Jianxin told me on the phone that the reason why he left Xi'an in a hurry was not that he was in a hurry to return to Nanjing, but that he flew to Shenzhen to meet Chen Ying. He told me the meeting on the phone without reservation.