The relationship between Wu Zetian and Li Shimin How many times did they sleep together?

How many times have they slept with Wu Zetian and Li Shimin?

Husband and wife

Li Shimin called Wu Zetian Meiniang

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Cai Ren was Wu Zetian’s title when she was serving Li Shimin. She was a concubine with a relatively low status, but she was indeed Li Shimin’s woman.

Later Li Shimin passed away, and Wu Zetian was forced to become a nun. After Li Shimin’s son Li Zhi ascended the throne, he took Wu Zetian back to the palace and conferred the title of Zhaoyi. Later, she was promoted to concubine Chen and then to queen. After Li Zhi’s death, Wu Zetian became The emperor.

Li Shimin was already old when Wu Zetian entered the palace, but Wu Zetian was very scheming and good at pleasing Li Shimin. She was named a talented person and became Li Shimin's concubine.

Later, Li Shimin went to Korea. Wu Cairen hooked up with Prince Li Zhi because Wu Zetian knew that Li Shimin was old and would not have long to live. When Li Shimin died, according to the custom at the time, all concubines like her without sons had to become monks, so she had to find more A powerful backer. This backer is naturally the prince's future emperor.

Sure enough, after Li Shimin died, Wu Zetian was forced to become a monk, but later Li Zhi took her back to the palace. She used a trick to get rid of Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu, and became the queen and finally the emperor

Perhaps you may not understand that this is not ***. In fact, this was very common and normal at that time

The mother of Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty was from the Xianbei ethnic group. The emperor of the Tang Dynasty had a son of Hu descent to succeed him. Father's concubine is very normal in Xianbei, and Li Shimin and Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Dynasty are cousins, but Li Shimin has a concubine who is Yang Guang's daughter. At the same time, he also took the wives of his eldest brother Jiancheng and his younger brother Yuanji as concubines

Didn’t Tang Xuanzong Li Longji also steal his son’s wife Yang Yuhuan to be his wife? This was normal in the Tang Dynasty.

Why is it said that Li Shimin never touched Wu Zetian

There are clear records in both the old and new "Book of Tang" that Wu Zetian was a "Bingzhou Wenshui native", which is now a native of Wenshui County, Shanxi Province. How did she get involved with Guangyuan? It turns out that his father, the warrior Xun, was the governor of Lizhou, which is now Guangyuan, and Wu Zetian was born here.

In fact, in history, in addition to the "Guangyuan theory", there are also "Wenshui theory", "Chang'an theory" and other different theories about Wu Zetian's birthplace, but the Guangyuan story is the richest and most Reliable.

Back then, Wu Zetian’s mother Yang came to Guangyuan with her husband. Guangyuan is a city near mountains and rivers. It is a geomantic treasure land with excellent scenery, and it remains the same today. One day, Yang wanted to see the scenery on the nearby Jialing River, so she took a boat with her husband, the warrior Yu. When the boat arrived at a place called Black Dragon Pond on the outskirts of the city, Yang suddenly felt a slight movement in his lower abdomen, and she became pregnant. She had sex with a black dragon in the pond. This is the legend of Yang's "Jiangtan Pregnancy". .

Another theory is that Yang suddenly fell asleep on the boat. In her dream, the black dragon in the pond crawled onto her body, and the yin and yang intertwined to conceive Wu Zetian. Regardless of whether Yang is awake or asleep, her so-called myth of "pregnancy due to the intercourse of a dragon" is obviously an attachment of Wu Zetian after she became emperor. The implication is that I, Wu Zetian, am a "dragon species", so I am a "dragon species". Divine origin. The real situation may be that looking at the charming infinite scenery on both sides of the strait, the Yang family became sexually attracted to each other, and took her husband Samurai Tong to have an affair with Feng Feng on the boat, and she became pregnant with Wu Zetian.

Although this is just a legend, traces of history can be found in Guangyuan today. Opposite the river bank, there is still a temple called "Huangze Temple", which was built after Wu Zetian became emperor; not far from the river bank, there is a piece of land called "Zetian Dam". More importantly, a unique folk activity emerged in the local area during the Tang Dynasty. On the 23rd of the first lunar month, women swim in the river, which is the "Daughter's Day" in Guangyuan.

The twenty-third day of the first lunar month is said to be the birth day of Wu Zetian. This unique folk custom in Guangyuan is similar to the ancient "On March 3rd, Xuanyuan is born." March 3rd is known as "Shangsi Festival" in ancient times, also known as "Daughter's Day". On this day, men and women will go out for outings and meet by the river. Both men and women have the freedom to have sex. Therefore, some scholars call March 3rd the Valentine's Day in ancient China. In my opinion, Women's Day on the 23rd of the first lunar month is also the Valentine's Day in ancient Guangyuan.

This festival is still celebrated every year in Guangyuan, but the time has been changed and is placed on September 1st of the Gregorian calendar every year.

Local friends said that not going to Huangze Temple in Guangyuan is as regretful as not going to the Forbidden City in Beijing or not going to Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing. Accompanied by local friends Luo Yu and Chen Yang, I made a special trip to Huangze Temple. This temple is built on the mountain and has a rich collection of cliff stone sculptures from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. After entering the temple, I found that even though Wu Zetian had been dead for so many years, the incense in Huangze Temple was very strong and there were many tourists.

In the temple, the earliest stone carving of Wu Zetian in China is enshrined, and there are also statues of Wu Zetian’s father, mother, brother, son, daughter, husband and other direct relatives on display. But there is absolutely no trace of Wu Zetian’s first husband, Tang Taizong Li Shimin, here.

In fact, Wu Zetian’s husband Tang Gaozong Li Zhi is now recognized as Wu Zetian’s second-hand husband. Why not display the "love years" between Wu Zetian and Li Shimin in detail so that future generations can understand the historical facts? Is it because the people of Guangyuan don’t want to acknowledge Wu Zetian’s “dirty history”, or that they don’t want to publicize the “unethical love” between Li Shimin, Li Zhi and his son and Wu Zetian?

Chen Yang is the director of the Guangyuan Library. We met because of the Wu Zetian issue. When I was in Guangyuan, I specially asked him to be my "tour guide" to visit Huangze Temple. Mr. Chen has published several books including "Decrypting the Secrets of Wu Zetian" and "Fengming Lizhou? The Love between Wu Zetian and Guangyuan". After reading it, I realized that people in Guangyuan really gave Wu Zetian a lot of face.

Mr. Chen Yang has an interesting point of view, that is, Li Shimin may not have touched Wu Zetian at all. The implication is that there is no sexual relationship between Li Shimin and Wu Zetian. The reason is that Wu Zetian stayed in Li Shimin's harem for 7 years, and there was no record of childbirth or pregnancy. After Li Shimin's death, the new emperor Li Zhi took Wu Zetian, who became a nun, from the Ganye Temple into the harem. Fortunately, he gave birth to his son Li Hong the next year. This is what Li Shimin never touched. ?Wu Zetian’s most direct comment.

This is a long story. After Wu Zetian entered Li Shimin's harem, her official title was "Cai Ren". This position is one of the female officials in the inner palace. She has a lower status among the emperor's concubines, and of course she also has the obligation to be favored.

Among the concubines in the harem, the main responsibility of the "cairen" is to record the food, daily life and sericulture of the concubines, and report their harvest during the year to the emperor. When the emperor went to bed with his favorite woman, the talented man sometimes had to change the emperor's clothes and make daily notes. He even participated in the official activities of the emperor's meeting with ministers in the inner court, and drafted handwritings on the emperor's behalf. It can be said that Cai Ren has the dual identities of emperor, *** and secretary in the harem.

It can be seen that the position of "talented person" does not necessarily have to be beautiful like a fairy, but it must be talented and a talented woman. It requires certain cultural and historical knowledge and cultural level to be qualified. Concubines of other levels only need to be beautiful in appearance, gentle in temperament, chaste and virtuous. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty named Wu Zetian a "talented person", presumably because he admired her intelligence to a large extent rather than her appearance.

Li Shimin is very lustful and has strong sexual function. He had 35 children throughout his life, including 14 dragon sons and 21 dragon girls, but none of them were born to Wu Ze. Wu Zetian entered the harem when she was in her prime, and Li Shimin was also in his prime. Both parties had strong reproductive capabilities. Li Shimin also had a record of giving birth to children later in his life. Wu Zetian spent 7 years by Li Shimin's side, and she was also his personal secretary, but she did not give birth to a boy or a girl. why is that? To a large extent, it shows that in Li Shimin's eyes, "Meiniang" Wu Zetian was not considered a beauty in the harem at that time. Li Shimin simply did not like her, so he was not tempted and had no "sexual interest". He only regarded her as The secretary came to see.

In this way, it still makes some sense. Li Shimin's harem is indeed filled with beauties. Judging from the beauty and beauty, it is still possible that Li Shimin has never touched Wu Zetian.

Judging from historical data, the most beautiful woman in Li Shimin’s eyes was his sister-in-law? Yang, the concubine of his fourth brother Li Yuanji.

This is how the relationship between Yang and Li Shimin happened. At that time, Li Shimin, who was the king of Qin at the time, killed a pair of brothers, namely the eldest brother, the crown prince Li Jiancheng, and the fourth brother, the king of Qi Li Yuanji, through the "Xuanwumen Incident", and won the throne of emperor, which was quite bloody. After the palace coup, Li Shimin occupied the crown prince and his sister-in-law Dai Ji.

Li Yuanji's wife Yang was finally acquired by Li Shimin.

Yang was originally a dancing prostitute, with beautiful appearance, bright eyes and white teeth, which can be said to be the beauty of the country and very attractive. After Li Yuanji's death, the Yang family went to Changsun's place to talk about their love. Li Shimin soon became confused by his charming sister-in-law, so he ignored other people's gossip and spitting, and incorporated the Yang family into his harem and established her as? Jieyu?, extremely doting.

Another side evidence can also prove that the most beautiful woman in Li Shimin's eyes and the woman he likes most is Yang, not Wu Zetian or anyone else.

After the death of Queen Changsun, Li Shimin actually wanted to make Yang the new queen. If it weren't for Wei Zheng who dared to speak out, this would have happened. At that time, Wei Zheng persuaded Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, you are a wise king who wants to rival Tang Yao and Yu Shun for your merits. How can you make your sister-in-law the queen now? Don't you want to be laughed at in the future?" ?Li Shimin then gave up the idea of ??establishing Yang as his queen, and he did not establish a new queen until his death.

So, Wu Zetian is not the most beautiful woman, nor is she the most talented woman in Li Shimin’s harem.

Chen Yang gave an example in the book. At that time, there was a talented person named Xu Hui who was more talented and beautiful than Wu Zetian. Li Shimin liked her very much. "New Book of Tang: Concubine Xu Xian" (Volume 76), "Concubine Xu Xian of Emperor Taizong", Xu Hui, a native of Great Wall, Huzhou. He was born in May and was able to speak. He was proficient in "The Analects" and "Poetry" at the age of four. He became proficient in literature at the age of eight. After Li Shimin heard about it, he summoned Xu Hui to the palace and made him a talented person. Soon, Xu Hui was promoted to the second-grade "Chongrong", while Wu Zetian was only a "cairen" when Li Shimin died.

And Xu Hui seemed to have true feelings for Li Shimin. After Li Shimin's death, Xu Hui fell ill due to grief and refused to take medicine. Said: The emperor is kind to me. I have to wait for the dogs and horses to sleep in the garden first, which is my ambition. ?Soon, this talented and beautiful woman died in grief at the age of only twenty-four. After her death, she was given the title of "Xianfei" and was buried with Li Shimin in Zhaoling.

It can be seen that Wu Zetian is inferior to Wu Zetian among the women in Li Shimin's harem, whether it is beauty or talent.

By the way, what kind of woman is Wu Zetian? She is a woman with a strong personality and courage. In today's terms, she can be classified as a "strong woman". This can be seen from Wu Zetian's horse training. At that time, Emperor Li Shimin was unable to subdue the Western Region tribute horse Shi Zicong. This horse was violent and no one could control it. Wu Zetian said, "I can control it with only three things: an iron whip, two iron hammers, and three daggers." If he refuses to obey the iron whip, he will hit him with an iron hammer. If he refuses to obey again, he will kill him by cutting his throat with a dagger. ?After hearing this, Li Shizhong couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

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But royal history is often not written for the most beautiful women in the harem. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. When the "strong woman" met the weak and sentimental Li Zhi, Wu Zetian's fate completely changed. It is true that "one yin and one yang" is the way. But how Wu Zetian dealt with Li Zhi was the same as the fact that she and Li Shimin had not had children for seven years. No one has figured it out yet. It is a mystery!