During their reign, they were in power properly and maintained the sustained growth of national strength. However, their final results are quite different. After Lv Hou's death, the Lushi family was liquidated and most of the core members of the Lushi family were killed. After the death of the Wu family, the core members of the Wu family still had power and no trees fell. Why?
Members of two nuclear families, Lu and Wu, eventually.
Lv Jia
In fact, the Lu family is not from.
Before Lv Zhi married Liu Bang, the Lujia family was already an influential family in Pei County and had a good relationship with the county magistrate. Many officials in Pei county went to pay tribute to the Lujia family when they moved to their new house. Liu Bang and Lv Zhi met at the housewarming banquet and finally got married.
Lv Zhi's father Lv Gong gave birth to two sons and three daughters, the eldest son Lv Ze and the second son Lu Shi Zhi. They were all powerful ministers in the early Han Dynasty and the core leaders of the Lushi family. In the ninth year of Emperor Gaozu, Lv Ze died, Wuhou died, Emperor Gaozu died in the third year, Lu died, and Kanghou died. The three daughters are the eldest daughter Lu Chang, the second daughter Lv Zhi and the third daughter Lu Ying. In the eighth year of Emperor Shao of Han Dynasty, Lu Changhe and Lu Ying were killed.
The main members of the third generation of Lu family are from Lu Ze and Lu Shi Zhi. Lv Zeyi pulse, the eldest son Lv Tai died in the second year of Emperor Shao of Han Dynasty. History says that the second son Lu Chan was killed. In the first line of Lu's family, the eldest son Lu was abolished for sin before his death, and the second and third sons Lu Zhong were killed in the eighth year of Emperor Shao of Han Dynasty. Besides Lv Ze and Lu, other collateral members of the Lu family, such as Hou Lusheng, Yu Houlu, Teng Houlu, etc. Although they were named General Hou Bai, they were outstanding for a while, but they were all doomed to be killed.
It can be seen that after Lv Zhi's death, all our core members were killed and we were almost uprooted.
Wu Jia
Compared with the Lu family, the Wu family is the real political upstart.
Wu Hua, the grandfather of Wu Zetian, has five sons, namely Samurai Leng, Samurai Jean, Samurai Yi, Samurai Ji and Samurai Yu. After Wu Zetian reuse Wu family members, most of them are Wuhua people, which will be discussed later. The military commander Yu is Wu Zetian's father, but Wu Zetian's father and her uncle's life span is not long. When Wu Zetian 14 entered the palace, her father had been dead for more than two years.
In Wu Zetian's generation, there are mainly two martial artists, Wu He Wu. They are Wu Zetian's brothers, but Wu Zetian has a very bad impression on them. This is because after Wu Zetian's father died, the two brothers were rude to her stepmother and Wu Zetian's biological mother Yang, leaving an indelible psychological shadow on the young Wu Zetian.
Shi married Xiang Richi, gave birth to, and married Yang, and gave birth to three daughters, namely Yuan's wife Helan (widowed early) and Ji's wife Guo (not shown). After the rest of the soldiers were killed, Yang did not pay enough attention to it and even joined it.
Therefore, when Wu Zetian became the queen, he exiled two idle brothers, Zong Zheng Shao Qing and Shaofu Shao Qing (both from Sipin) to the local area as revenge. However, after all, these two people are the closest people to Wu Zetian, and killing each other among the gentry in the Tang Dynasty is a taboo. It was Wu Zetian who demoted the two men to this place and was made king after their death. Their sons Wu Sansi and Wu were also promoted and reused by Wu Zetian, and the third generation Tian began to enter the power center.
Wu Sansi is Wu's son. As an important member of the marquis of Wu, he is the highest official of the Ministry of Rites. In order to cater to Wu Zetian's attack on Li, he made many speeches and falsely accused many relatives of the Tang Dynasty, and he succeeded many times. Countless families who were killed cleared the way for Wu Zetian's emperor. After Wu Zetian acceded to the throne, she even considered making Wu Sansi a prince. In this regard, Di Renjie persuaded that if he had his own son, he could still enjoy the temple a hundred years later, but if he had his own nephew, he didn't hear that his nephew was going to build a temple for his aunt. The emperor's words awakened Wu Zetian and dismissed the idea of making the descendants of the weapon family princes.
Lizi, who lives a long life, must be matched with the ancestral hall, and his inheritance is endless; If you set up a nephew, you will never hear that the nephew is the son of heaven and attached to the temple.
After the death of Wu Zetian, Tang Zhongzong Li Xian succeeded to the throne. Li Xian is weak. His power is in the hands of Wei Ruyun and his beloved daughter Princess Anle. Wu Sansi and Queen Wei are still the powerful ministers of the DPRK. In the third year of Dragon, Prince Li Zhongjun led troops into Five Blessingg to kill Wu Sansi in order to protect himself. Wu Chongxun and his son committed suicide after defeat. Zhongzong had Li Zhongjun's first coffin sacrificed to Wu Sansi and Wu Chongxun. Tang Zhongzong's younger brother Tang Ruizong, Li Longji's father, succeeded to the throne and married Wu Sansi and his son.
Wu is the son of Wu and one of the most important figures among the princes of Wu. His life direction is basically the same as that of his cousin Wu Sansi. He spent most of his life flattering Wu Zetian, eliminating dissidents and obstacles for her. But his ability is obviously much worse than Wu Sansi's. When I was prime minister for more than ten years, I basically revolved around my aunt. He didn't achieve anything, nor did he speculate like Wu Sansi. In addition, Wu's inheritance psychology is very fragile. After learning that Wu Zetian was determined to make Li Xian the Crown Prince, his dream was shattered and he was very angry.
In addition to the immediate nephew Wu Sansi, many nephews are highly valued, such as Wu's, Wu's, Wu Youyi, Wu Youzhi and Wu's. Most of these people are talented and mediocre, and they went to the court through the relationship of Wu Zetian. After the death of Wu Zetian, there was no immediate liquidation.
However, it should be pointed out that although Wu Zetian did not immediately liquidate the members of the Wu family after her death, Wu Sansi and Wu were annihilated after the Li Longji extermination group came to power, and the rest of the members could not escape the fate of liquidation.
2. The coup after the death of Lv Hou and Wuhou.
Zhulu mutiny
Before she died, Queen Lu specially summoned Lu Chan and others to warn them that Lu was king, which violated the rule that no Liu was king set by Gaozu, and the ministers were very dissatisfied. After my death, the emperor was still young. I'm afraid ministers will take the opportunity to pick on Lu. You must unify the imperial army and strictly abide by the court. Don't leave a serious place at the funeral to avoid being controlled by others. In addition, the military power in the south and the north was given to Lu Chan and Lv Lu respectively. I hope they can save lives. However, Lv Hou's official calculation finally failed.
After Lv Hou's death, Lu Chan and Lv Lu planned to launch a mutiny, but he was afraid of ministers such as Frequency and Baby, so he dared not do so. In the Liu family, Zhu married his daughter Liu Zhang. When he learned that Lu was going to mutiny, he immediately informed his younger brother Xiang of Qi, and sent troops to cooperate with Liu's vassals to preempt him.
At that time, Lu Chan was already the prime minister. Hearing that the King of Qi had already started fighting, he ordered Guan Ying to lead an army to conquer, but Guan Ying and others had already invested in Liu. When he led the army to promote Yang, he consulted with his men and joined forces with the king of Qi. When Lu started to get confused, he killed Lu together. Lu Chan is still in the dark about all this, waiting for the start of Guan Ying's war with the King of Qi.
Lv Lu is more naive. Fooled by Zhou Houshang and his son Li Ji, he untied the seal of the general and gave the military power of the Northern Army to Qiu zhou bo, thinking that he could become a rich man.
Lu Chan didn't know that Lu Lu badminton had left the northern army and there was no news of the baby-feeding, so he led the army into Weiyang Palace and prepared to make trouble. However, when he walked to the door, he couldn't go in. He lingered outside the hall until his soldiers became a joke at night. At this time, Zhu and Liu Zhang came to Weiyang Palace with 1000 troops assigned to him by frequency and immediately attacked Lu Chan. Lu Chan's cronies were on the verge of collapse and immediately dispersed. Lu Chan ran to the toilet in a panic and was killed by the soldiers who came after him. The Lubing rebellion was pacified.
Dragon coup
The dragon coup directly led to Wu Zetian's abdication, which was also located in the Li family.
On the 22nd day of the first month in the Year of the Loong, Zhang Jianzhi, assistant minister of Fengge, Cui Xuanwei, assistant minister of Luantai, general Jing Hui of Zuo Yulin, general Huan of You Yulin, and Yuan, the official in charge of punishment, contacted general Li Duozuo of You Yulin and general Li Xingzong of Zuo Yulin. He led the imperial army to kill Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong on the grounds of rebellion of Wu Zetian, Toy Boy, Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong, and then surrounded the Palace of Eternal Life, forcing Wu Zetian to abdicate.
The next day, Wu Zetian appointed Prince Li Xian as the supervisor. On the third day, Zen gave in. On the fourth day, Li Xian officially reset. On the fourth day of February, the country was restored to the Tang Dynasty, and the court of Wu and Zhou Dynasty ended. Because of regime change, it is also called revolution.
Why do Lu and Wu have different endings?
Having prepared so much, I finally talked about this topic. Why do Lu and Wu have different endings? In fact, the main reason is that the dragon coup was not aimed at martial artists, but at Wu Zetian.
After the Dragon Coup, Prince Li Xian succeeded to the throne. Although he is an emperor, the affairs of state are in the hands of Empress Wei. As early as when Wu Zetian announced Li Xian as the Prince, Wu Sansi made his own plan, trying to please and curry favor with the Li Xian family. Then he let his son, Wu Chongxun, marry Princess Anle, and consolidated his relationship with the Wei Queen Group through marriage, allowing Wu Sansi to continue to hold his power. Under the protection of Wu Sansan, the Wu family experienced the prosperity of Jardine Oil.
It was not until Li Longji pacified the Wei Hou Group that Li Caizhen came out of the shadow of Wu Zetian and regained power. It's time for the Wu family to liquidate. It's not that we didn't report it, but it hasn't arrived yet.