Why does Wu Zetian like to rob tombs?
However, this amateur's obsession with this profession is the first in history! Hao, a strategist and prime minister of Wagangzhai, had no peace after his death. It's outrageous to be dragged out of the grave by such a malicious character. So what is the real purpose of her doing this?
Opinions vary. Some people say that she is trying to get back at these people and destroy their geomantic omen, while others say that she is trying to deter those who are dissatisfied with her rule. It is said that when she was young, a fortune teller once said to her parents, "I will be the master of the world in the future" (if you are interested, you can see "Why did Yuan Tiangang turn pale with fear when he saw Wu Zetian as a child?" ? Look what he said! ",which describes in detail the famous fortune-teller Yuan Tiangang's magical prediction of Wu Zetian when he was young, which makes us all feel mysterious and unusual now! It seems that she was destined to be a strong and arrogant woman since she was a child?
When it comes to her, everyone will say that she is a tough woman. Indeed, in the ancient decadent ideological environment where men are superior to women, a woman can only achieve her personal goals by cruel means if she wants to get the fame and interests she wants. If you just keep pleasing men, there is no way to firmly hold power in your own hands. So if she can do it, it means that she is not an ordinary malicious character. Her grave-robbing mode is typical of China ancient grave-robbing, which not only insults the deceased himself, but also drags the dead relatives out of the grave. After death, the clansmen can't avoid such bad luck. They are dragged out of the body and put to death, insulting the body by all kinds of inhuman extreme means, so as to achieve the purpose of punishing others by themselves.
After she came to power, she was opposed by many people, including the grandson of Xu Maogong who rebelled in Yangzhou. How can such a thing be tolerated in her eyes? She stripped him of all his official titles, revoked the mourning clothes and honors enjoyed by his father and grandfather, and took back the imperial surname given to their family. While sending troops to suppress the rebels, she sent troops to dig the ancestral graves of Xu Jingye's family. The history books are very vague about this history, and only a few strokes are drawn. That is, more than 300,000 troops were sent to suppress the rebellion, and the ancestral graves of rebel leaders were dug up as a symbol of punishment. We can imagine that the excavation of Xu Maogong's grave at that time must have been quite tragic. Wu Zetian ordered Xu Maogong's grave buried next to the imperial tomb to be dug up, split the coffin given by the first emperor, and dragged his body from the inside. At this time, it has been fifteen years since his death, although the time is not short. But he lived over 80 years old, and there was little water in his body, and the decomposition of his body was not very serious, just like the man who died a few days ago. Everyone present was surprised that his body was still so well preserved. They reported the situation to Wu Zetian. When Wu Zetian heard about it, she ordered her body to be burned to ashes and resurrected.
In China's traditional concept, the most perfect life is to enjoy splendor before death and be buried after death. Therefore, the ancients also attached great importance to the choice of cemetery. Although Xu Maogong tried his best to invite all kinds of geomantic omen to choose a good cemetery for him, he still could not avoid defeat. From our modern point of view, everything he suffered after his death had nothing to do with the cemetery, but was caused by his grandson's rebellion. At first, he didn't object to making Wu Zetian an afterthought, but he thought that his grandson would rise up and rebel after his death, which would make him restless after his death. At the beginning, the emperor himself couldn't make up his mind. After the establishment, he often summoned them to discuss things. He always refuses to go because of illness. As an outsider, he watched it secretly until he secretly met the emperor and asked him to abandon the views of those old ministers. Take this matter as your own family's business and don't listen to other people's opinions. The emperor made up his mind to make Wu Zetian queen.
Judging from this incident, he not only did not stop Wu Zetian from being the queen, but also secretly helped. And Wu Zetian, just because his grandson rebelled after his death, deprived him of all his honors and was not allowed to be buried. In this way, Wu Zetian is indeed extremely unkind.
Generally speaking, she constantly consolidated her political power with various iron fists. It can be said that using the means of grave robbery to deter people who are against themselves is doing everything they can. From all aspects, she can become a generation queen of China history in the ancient environment where men are superior to women, and not only be loved by the emperor.
There are Japanese records in the historical materials of China's pre-Qin period. At that time, Japan was not called Japan, but Japan. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Japan was not called Japan, but Japan. It is said that Japan sent envoys to the Eastern Han Empire at that time, expressing its willingness to become a vassal state of the Eastern Han Empire. Emperor Han Guangdi agreed to the request of the Japanese envoy. Seeing that Japanese envoys were all short stature, they were named Japan, and the king called them King of Japan. The Japanese envoy lived up to his mission and cheered at once!
The word Japanese has a short meaning in Chinese. This is a neutral derogatory term. Emperor Han Guangdi named Japan with this word, which also expressed his inner contempt and indifference. But the Japanese at that time didn't see it that way, although some of them knew the meaning of Japanese. According to their understanding at that time, they thought that the Japanese had a single side, which expressed that the Eastern Han Empire regarded Japan as one of its own. Isn't it a great honor? Who will struggle with that meaning?
However, with the passage of time, the Japanese tried to learn from China, and this country became stronger and stronger. The Japanese feel that the word "Japan" is not so pleasant to hear, even a little ugly, and it is no longer suitable as a Japanese name. At this time, China has been replaced by the Tang Empire. One year, Japan officially sent envoys to the Tang Empire, hoping to change the name of the country. They all thought of the name, called Japan. At that time, Wu Zetian was in charge of the Datang Empire. At first, Wu Zetian disagreed with Japan's request.
At that time, Wu Zetian was drinking, and the Japanese envoy saw the opportunity, softened his bubble and put in a good word for Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian was a little drunk, too lazy to listen to their noise, and agreed to their request. In this way, Japan finally became Japan. According to historical records, the marquis of Wu called Japan, and the Japanese envoys shouted wildly. That is to say: Wu Hou agreed, and the Japanese envoy cried with joy.
According to "Historical Records of Justice", Japan and Wu Zetian changed to Japan, and the country was in Baijinan, living on the island across the sea. It can be seen that the name of Japan was indeed changed by Wu Zetian. After the name change, Japan got rid of the short word "Japan" and gradually became stronger. In modern times, the powerful Japanese even forgot their former kindness and challenged China! Even now, the Japanese often make small moves, which annoys China.