"I want to establish a heir apparent. What does the elder think?"
Wu Zetian was extremely entangled in the matter of establishing a prince.
She had many times thought of passing the throne to her nephew from the Wu family. Otherwise, what would be the point of ascending the throne?
Should he choose the son of the Li family who is connected by blood, or the nephew of the Wu family?
This left the seventy-year-old queen in deep confusion.
"Your Majesty, I believe that since ancient times, there has never been a precedent for a nephew to respect his aunt, and it is only natural for a son to respect his mother!"
During the Wu Zetian era, even though the country's name was changed to Zhou, almost all ministers in the DPRK still maintained their original expectations.
That is to restore Li Tang.
Although no one said it, Wu Zetian could vaguely guess it.
She could not kill all the courtiers who wanted to restore Li Tang, so she had the idea in her heart to pass the throne to her nephew from the Wu family.
But Di Renjie's words made her fall into deep thought.
She knew clearly that Di Renjie's words were asking her to make her own decision, and she also knew that Di Renjie had a preference in his heart. He even went as far as to say it explicitly, asking her to make her son Li Xian the crown prince.
But this is a conspiracy.
Di Renjie was telling himself the essential difference between mother-son relationship and aunt-nephew relationship.
If Wu's nephew is appointed as the heir apparent, he will probably have no sense of presence in history in the future.
Wu Zetian thought of the missing jade seal again.
"Is it God's will that I return this country to the Li family?"
The divine right of kings is the most loyal belief of ancient emperors.
For example, most of the founding emperors basically never thought about building this country into a very large empire in the early stage.
People like Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang both resisted under oppression.
Including Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty, he had a drink and then found himself wearing a yellow robe.
Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty was also forced to rebel.
"Old Book of Tang" writes that Li Yuan was a loyal minister at first, and he had no intention of rebellion.
However, Li Shimin discussed with Liu Wenjing and Pei Ji and got several concubines who had been neglected by Emperor Sui Yang to be given to Li Yuan. After Li Yuan got drunk and had sex, they told Li Yuan the truth and made Li Yuan "criminal", thereby dragging him into rebellion. the way.
Of course, the situation at that time was also the tyranny of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, which caused suffering among the people, and countless wise people thought of rebelling.
Li Yuan was just a legitimate leader who was pushed out by them.
But after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the second and third generations of emperors were thinking about how to pass on the country for a longer time after the world was stabilized.
Wu Zetian hoped that the Wuzhou she established could continue. If it was passed to her son, the name of Li Tang would naturally be restored. Only if it was passed to her nephew could the name of Wuzhou be continued.
But it is really difficult for the Wu clan to reach the level of elegance.
Most of the people above the court were waiting to restore Li Tang.
Wu Zetian felt depressed in her heart. After all, she was a female. If she were a man, why would she worry about Wu Zhou having no successor.
Perhaps this is also the will of heaven.
"Di Qing, what do you think I will leave behind in this life?"
Di Renjie didn't know why the emperor was so emotional. He thought for a while and replied:
"Your Majesty, our country is now vast and populous, and people from all over the world are worshiping. Our people live and work in peace and contentment, and they never close their homes at night. This is all due to your Majesty. Your Majesty's "Twelve Strategies for Governing the Country" are also admired by my veterans!"
If we talk about Di Renjie's prejudice against Wu Zetian, it is most likely except that she was generously favored and some cruelty in her later years.
There is nothing wrong in other aspects. Even as emperor, Wu Zetian was far superior to Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, and even caught up with Taizong Li Shimin.
When Wu Zetian was regent at the same time as Li Zhi and became Queen of Heaven, she proposed the "Twelve Strategies for Governing the Country" and highly praised it. This solved many problems of people's livelihood and social structure. Even Di Renjie admired Wu Zetian.
"Hey~"
In Ziwei Palace, Wu Zetian let out a heavy sigh, as if she had made some kind of decision.
"Recall Li Xian and establish a crown prince!"
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Inside the Qin Museum.
Qin Luo was a little anxious waiting.
It's been 12 hours, and this is the slowest time the system has ever sent a return gift.
Ten minutes left, we're here.
[Wu Zetian’s specialties have been sent back, please check the host]
call!
At the last moment, the system's prompt tone finally came, and Qin Luo breathed a sigh of relief.
He was originally worried that the system would be unreliable.
It's closing time now, already 8 o'clock in the evening, the museum is empty, he is the only one here.
"Fuck!"
After Qin Luo found a seat and saw clearly the specialties Wu Zetian sent back, he immediately lost his composure.
Imperial jade seal?
Look at the words above again, you are destined to live long and prosperous life.
This was not the source of shock to him, because all the jade seals were engraved with these words.
What really shocked him was the words available at the bottom.
There are six lines of text, namely "the treasure of the great sage emperor", "the treasure of the great sage emperor", "the treasure of the great ming emperor", "the treasure of the great sage emperor Mingshun" and "the treasure of the great sage emperor Mingshun" The Emperor's Treasure".
"Is this Wu Zetian's jade seal?"
He originally thought it would be a jade seal from the Tang Dynasty, which was already precious enough.
But now I see that it is not the jade seal of the Tang Dynasty, but the jade seal of Wu Zhou.
When Wu Zetian officially proclaimed himself emperor in 690, he issued an edict to change the country's name to "Zhou" and "make a new seal made of white jade, weighing six kilograms."
This jade seal is also called "Zhou Zhang!"
Zhou Zhang is the heaviest, largest, most gorgeous and unique jade seal in Chinese history.
In 1958, the Qianling Mausoleum, Wu Zetian's ancient tomb, was blown up by several farmers with explosive stones in the north of today's Qian County, Xianyang, Shaanxi Province.
But until now, except for some preliminary peripheral excavations, Qianling Mausoleum has not been truly excavated.
On the one hand, the technical conditions at the time did not allow the completion of excavations of this scale. On the other hand, the top state officials at the time prevented the excavation from continuing after learning the news.
So to this day, Qianling Mausoleum has not been excavated.
Qin Luo was extremely shocked.
Isn't Wu Zetian's jade seal in the Qianling Mausoleum?
In other words, Wu Zetian had two jade seals?
You know, there are only one and a half pieces of cultural relics handed down from Wu Zetian in the world.
One of them is the Golden Slips of Wu Zetian. This cultural relic is said to have been discovered on May 21, 1982 by a farmer named Qu Xihuai in a stone crevice on the north side of Junji Peak in Songshan Mountain, Dengfeng.
At that time, Qu Xihuai was still a little brother. On May 21, he was bored, so he went to the mountain to roll stones with his friends, and accidentally discovered the gold slips in the crevices of the stones.
After discovering the gold slip, he thought it was just a piece of yellow paper discarded by others for wrapping snacks because he was young. After further research, he found that it was not a piece of paper but a piece of copper. Later, he was found by the villagers Some cultural people saw it and said it might be a cultural relic.
The news spread quickly, and then cultural relic dealers came to the village to find him, and even offered a sky-high price of 50,000 yuan to buy the gold slips.
Facing the temptation, the little brother hesitated. At night, he fell asleep and had nightmares, all of which were blood-stained scenes. Thinking this was an ominous sign, he did not agree to the cultural relics dealer.
Later, when the local government learned of the news, he donated the gold slips to the country. As a result, he received a bonus of 1,500 yuan and built a new hospital for himself. (It cost 1,500 yuan to build a new courtyard, so you can imagine how much temptation the 50,000 yuan offered to Qu Xihuai at that time was, but he resisted, otherwise the gold slip would have ended up somewhere else.)
After that, the national treasure gold slips were transferred to the Henan Museum, and we had the opportunity to view them.
There is also half a piece. It is said that in Cave No. 17 of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, a small seal script "Diamond Sutra" handwritten by Wu Zetian was unearthed. However, this "Diamond Sutra" was later stolen to France, and there is some controversy. .
It was true that hand-copied scriptures were popular in the Tang Dynasty at that time, but some people said that this "Diamond Sutra" was copied by Wu Zetian by others and was not Wu Zetian's own handwriting.
