Feng Shui Story Video of Selling Tofu
Wu Zetian's legendary experience need not be repeated, because too many literary works and film and television dramas have analyzed and presented her from many directions.
In fact, her father Wu Shihuo is also a boy with many stories.
Wu Shihuo was born in an ordinary merchant family during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Although his family wealth is not recorded in historical materials, according to his experience in selling tofu in various villages, it should be a relatively ordinary small merchant family.
Perhaps the profit from selling tofu is too thin, so Wu Shihuo switched careers and started a timber business with fellow villager Xu Wenbao.
Facts have proved that wisdom can change fate.
The timber business was in full swing, and it became a famous local businessman and completed the promotion of the Wu family.
If Wu Shihuo became a businessman safely, she might have a chance to become "Ma Yun" in the Tang Dynasty, but his daughter Wu Zetian will never enter the court and walk into the most brilliant glory in her life.
Because, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the concept of "gate valve" was extremely serious. Under the social criterion of "emphasizing agriculture and restraining commerce", businessmen become the bottom of "scholars, peasants and businessmen", and they are deprived of the right to participate in politics. The most direct manifestation is that "businessmen are not allowed to enter scholars"
Wu Shihuo is not an ordinary businessman. Different from ordinary businessmen, he is a well-read man with a well-read stomach and full of political ambitions.
According to Yuan Gui, Wu Shihuo "is only sensitive in detail, with few major issues. It's long and profound. Every time I read something about loyalty to the Lord, I have to study it three times and try to be generous and famous. "
With the ambition of Lingyun, I want to bring my family from "businessmen" to "gentry" and pave a bright future for myself and future generations. This road is difficult to walk, and there is little hope.
But Wu Shihuo has been waiting for his chance.
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang Di Yang Guang led the empire into a dead end. Heroes in the world rose up and wars raged. Gone with the times is the stage for heroes.
Among many heroes, Wu Shihuo had a good eye for pearls and chose Li Yuan.
When Tang Gaozu served as the ambassador to Taiyuan and comforted Hedong in Taiyuan County, Wu Shihuo, who was "deep-pocketed and easy to make friends", took the initiative to establish contact with him, leaving Tang Gaozu to rest at his home and treat him warmly.
He showed his "sincerity" and "enthusiasm" and finally moved Ethan as he wished. The bridge of friendship between two people was quietly built.
With this friendship, Wu Shihuo was appointed as an "army officer" by Li Yuan in 6 17.
In this way, Wu Shihuo entered the official career.
Aware of the changes in the overall situation of the world, he actively advised Li Yuan to make contributions against Sui Dynasty, and from time to time presented Fu Rui, the Warring States Policy, to Li Yuan.
Although Tang Gaozu also had the determination to revolt, he felt that the time was not ripe and did not immediately revolt. Li Yuan told Wu Shihuo that if one day he won the world, he would like to "get rich" with Wu Shihuo.
Soon, when the time was right, Tang Gaozu decided to arise and secretly began to recruit.
With the future full of unknowns, Wu Shihuo resolutely dedicated all his property to Tang Gaozu, which is the military capital.
At the same time, he also secretly recruited with Tang Gaozu's confidants Sun Shunde, Jin Yangling, Liu Wenjing, Liu Hongji and others. This incident was soon discovered by Tian Deping, a soldier who joined the army.
Tian Deping was loyal to the Sui Dynasty. After learning about the change of Li Yuan, he wanted to tell Wang Wei who stayed in Taiyuan to report Li Yuan's behavior to Yang Di in Yangzhou.
At the critical moment, he said, "What can Wei and Junya do if you want to catch soldiers and learn from the Tang Palace?"
Under his persuasion, Tian Deping gave up the idea of informing Wang Wei. However, Wu Shihuo did not dare to treat it lightly, and told Tang Gaozu about it in secret, so that he could be prepared.
Wu Shihuo's efforts were not in vain, and he was deeply trusted by Tang Gaozu.
When Li Yuan formally started his army in Taiyuan, he was appointed as a general's doctor and a corps commander, Si Armored, to join the army.
In the process of fighting Tang Gaozu, Wu Shihuo was promoted as the founding father of Shouyang County, and later he was named Doctor Guanglu.
In 6 18, Li Yuan founded the Tang Dynasty and became the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty Empire. When rewarding people's work, Wu Shihuo was listed as one of the "heroes who saved themselves from death" because of his work of "participating in the uprising for the first time" and won the honor for a period of time.
According to historical records, in 620 AD, Wu Shihuo "Wu De was appointed as the minister of the Ministry of Industry, sentenced to six ministers, and granted 800 households. Scholars are honest and thrifty, and stop at the first step. Although they are special, they will not accept their words. Before and after three concessions, Chen laughed
Subsequently, Wu Shihuo was appointed as an important post of the palace guard-cleaning up the right wing of the school and staying there. During his tenure, his son and wife died unfortunately, but he still fulfilled his duties and never left his job.
Deeply moved, Li Yuan praised him, saying, "To die for our country, to compare the sky with the sky".
In order to comfort Wu Shihuo who lost his wife, Li Yuan betrothed the daughter of Yang Da, a former aristocrat, to him, and ordered Princess Guiyang to marry him. The wedding was held for him at the expense of the state treasury.
This is Yang, the mother of Wu Zetian. Many TV dramas about Wu Zetian have more or less presented Yang. When she was ashamed to marry the Wu family, I'm afraid she didn't expect that her ordinary life would leave a distinct footprint in history because of her daughter's radiance.
In 627 AD, Wu Shihuo transferred from the central government to the local government and went to Yangzhou as a place with a long history. During his term of office, "land reclamation was a punishment, and he sang for months."
As can be seen from this record, Wu Shihuo's administrative ability is excellent.
In the first year of Zhenguan, Wu Shihuo was awarded by Emperor Taizong and Li Shimin for his meritorious deeds in counterinsurgency.
In the sixth year of Zhenguan, 55-year-old Wu Shihuo was appointed as the secretariat of Jingzhou. Here, he vigorously promoted benevolent policies, built water conservancy projects and punished traitors, and achieved remarkable results.
Wu Shihuo was born in business, but he was able to seize the opportunity to change his destiny and enter the political arena. In addition to his outstanding mind and wisdom, the opportunity given by the times is also a crucial link.
He caught it and succeeded.