"Empress Wu built no fewer than 10 luxurious palaces around Luoyang, all of which were built according to the standards of the Chang'an Palace. The people of Luoyang could not bear the heavy corvee, and as many as hundreds of thousands fled. The rich treasury accumulated by Emperor Taizong and Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Empress Wu in She squandered half of it during her reign. She relied on the strong foundation and money in the early stage of the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, if she ran out of money, another extortionate expropriation would be the same Di Renjie who said what do you think of Yuanfang? Ten more people would not be able to save the Tang Dynasty. She built palaces in Luoyang and surrounding areas, which consumed more than half of the national treasury. The people in the surrounding areas had to work again and again, and many of them fled. She also sealed Mount Tai and Songshan, which was a waste of money. In terms of spending money, she can only compete with Empress Wu. When it comes to character, Wang The old stories about the Queen and Concubine Xiao Shu, "Old Book of Tang", "New Book of Tang" and "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" said that Empress Wu personally strangled her infant daughter to death and put the blame on them. After they were relegated to the cold palace, they Because of a conversation with Gaozong who was passing by, Empress Wu made her into a human pig and put her in a wine vat to marinate."
"Empress Wu killed three of her biological sons in total. Gaozong's son Li Zhongci died, Li Shangjin hanged himself, and Li Sujie was strangled. Her biological son Li Hong was knowledgeable, close to ministers, well-educated, and filial to his parents. He was appointed prince by Gaozong because of He was poisoned to death by Empress Wu, his biological mother, after he spoke justice to the minister who was unjustly killed. Of course, you can also regard it as a young and healthy person, and then suddenly died suddenly like Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty. That's okay too. As for Li Xian? It's not that he was poisoned by Empress Wu, so I can leave it aside for the time being, but the tragic situation of Li Xian after Li Hong died and succeeded him as crown prince. I can talk about Li Xian's scolding by Empress Wu. Li Xian has such a deep hatred, His Highness should have his own answer, so I won't say more. Empress Wu said that Li Xian was disobedient and unfilial, so I was very curious. A person who was afraid of Empress Wu was scared to death. Corporal Li Xian, with a gentle personality, was praised by everyone. How could he be disobedient and unfilial? Besides, why could Empress Wu give birth to so many disobedient and unfilial sons? Tiger poison does not eat its children, but when Empress Wu kills someone, it doesn’t matter whether it is her own son or not. She would kill her grandson and great-grandson without fail. Even if she did not die, she would still live like a pig or a dog. She was not even as good as a servant. As for the clan, they would not leave any chickens or dogs alive. Li Wei, Li Mi, Li Zhen, Li Jun, Li Jue, Li Dan, Li Jing, Li Ying, Li Zhao, Li Zhi, Li Chang, Li Ran, Li Xun, Li Ce, Li Yue, Li An, Li Xuan, Li Ying, Li Zhiye. The list is still very long, If His Royal Highness wants to hear it, I can continue talking."
Ye Feng looked at the confused second prince Ying Hao and smiled lightly: "But please remember, Your Highness, these are not a bunch of names, but a group of living people with royal blood. And their families and relatives suffered as a result. The sufferings of the Li family are all because of their rebellion. The Li family's own rebellion was totally deserved. All those who blocked the way for Empress Wu to ascend the throne should die. Those who are not blocking the road should be killed even if they suspect that you are blocking the road. It is definitely not because their surname is Li and they have the qualifications to be emperor. Therefore, the things Empress Wu did must have been forced by other women. Cruelty and bloodthirsty have nothing to do with it. Empress Wu must have been a pure and innocent white lotus, and she must have been forced to become black by the bad women in the harem. As for why there were so many women in the harem, Empress Wu was the only one who was forced She has become a pervert. It must be because Empress Wu is self-respecting and self-loving. She is completely different from those coquettish bitches in the harem who are used to palace fights! Self-respecting and self-loving people have no right to be bullied and can only start a dark counterattack in order to protect themselves."
"As for Empress Wu's concubines Xue Huaiyi, Shen Nanmiao, Zhang Changzong, and Zhang Yizhi, they not only had fun with Empress Wu, an old woman in her sixties or seventies, but also confused the harem. The concubines were so rampant that they wanted to harm anyone. Zhou Xing came to Junchen to frame him. Innocent, ministers were killed innocently, and almost no one was killed later, and all the ideas were blamed on the Wu family. But one advantage of Empress Wu is that she is not merciless when killing her male favorites, and she is ruthless."
"I have said a lot, so let me briefly summarize in the end: Empress Wu Zetian is cruel and unkind. She is unparalleled in lewdness, sly-hearted, inhumane, adept at power, extravagant and wasteful, greedy for pleasure, diplomatically incompetent, militarily incompetent, and uninterested in governing the country. These are all It’s a sure thing in countless historical documents.”
"Your Highness, do you know what life was like for the common people at the time of Empress Wu? No history book would dare to call Empress Wu the prosperous Tang Dynasty. It was directly classified into the Early Tang Dynasty. Moreover, Wu Zetian was from the Zhou Dynasty and was known as the Holy Emperor. Referred to as the God Emperor. Her only relationship with the Tang Dynasty is that she made the Tang Dynasty miserable. In my opinion, Empress Wu can be regarded as the turning point of the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline. As for Li Sanlang's return to glory, the fifty years of the Tang Dynasty were the root of many disasters. It has been buried since the time of Empress Wu. Things like Empress Wu and the God-Emperor can basically be directly classified into those things like Jie and Zhou."
"Zhao Kuangyin said: Zetian, a female ruler, although the punishment was in vain, she did not kill Di Renjie in the end, so she was able to enjoy the country, and this is a good thing. It is also a good thing that she recovered a little bit from her mental illness in her later years and did not kill Di Renjie, otherwise She’s already finished.”
"As for what Wang Euzhi said about her: ghosts and gods are not tolerated, and subjects share the common resentment. It can be considered a very fair evaluation."
At this time, Ren Xiaojin, who was sitting next to Ye Feng, quietly stepped on Ye Feng. Ye Feng felt the pain but remained calm, "Of course there are many outstanding women in history, such as Queen Ma of the Western Han Dynasty, Queen Yin of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Queen Changsun of the Tang Dynasty. , Empress Ma and Empress Xiaoren Xu of the Ming Dynasty are all very remarkable women, and I respect those people very much."
"Of course, I'm not saying that women don't have the ability to govern the country. Although Queen Lu is also cruel, she does have two brushes to govern the country. Of course, it doesn't mean that women are not suitable to be emperors, like Queen Victoria, Catherine II, and William in the West. Minna, Lizabeth Petrovna, Maria Theresa, Elizabeth I, Mary Stuart, Isabel I, etc. are all empresses with beauty and talent."
"I just want to say that Wu Zetian is not suitable to be an emperor. Just like the current Empress of Qin, Wu Zetian has the external favorable conditions to become a wise emperor, but she does not have the virtues and talents of a wise emperor. Today, Her Majesty the Queen has the virtues and talents of a wise emperor, but does not She has the means to develop external favorable conditions for herself to become a Mingjun, so she is not suitable to be an emperor. The fact that these drunken people in the audience are still alive is ironclad proof that she is not suitable to be an emperor. And Your Highness, you have the means to achieve external favorable conditions and a Mingjun. You have great talents, but you don’t have the virtues of a wise king, but the Queen hopes you have it, and I hope so too.”
At this moment, Ye Feng suddenly smiled and toasted a glass of wine to the second prince Ying Hao, "I don't know, is His Highness satisfied with the way an adult like me expresses his attitude?"
