I became emperor in the Tang Dynasty by relying on the palace fighting system

After ascending the throne, Li Zhao attended the banquet and found an excuse to leave.

Li Zhao went out of hiding and chatted with the audience in the live broadcast room: "Okay, now that we have watched the coronation ceremony, let's go watch something else and talk about history."

She first turned the camera to the people of Luoyang: "Let's see how the people react."

The people were discussing: "How could there be an emperor in the world who did not establish the Seven Temples for the Son of Heaven, but established himself as the first ancestor for worship?"

“Why would the saint do this?”

After watching the live broadcast, the audience in the barrage were a little confused.

[Chi Yue who loves eating xiaolongbao]: Huh? What are the people talking about? Is it strange that Emperor Wu did not establish seven temples for the emperor?

Li Zhao snorted: "In the eyes of the ancients, this is indeed very strange. Do you know why Emperor Wu's Wu Zhou died in one lifetime?"

Qingluan tilted her head: "Because Emperor Wu has no suitable successor, he can only pass the throne to Li Xian?"

Li Zhao nodded in affirmation: "Yes, Di Renjie used this excuse to make Emperor Wu pass the throne to Li Xian."

"He said that during the ancestral temple sacrifices, he had only heard of sons worshipping their mothers, but never heard of nephews worshipping their aunts."

"Therefore, Emperor Wu began to waver in his decision to make a member of the Wu family the crown prince."

Qing Luan added, "Then there was the rebellion in Yingzhou. The rebellion was not big at first. Emperor Wu was struggling to his death and wanted to use the rebellion to pave the way for the Wu family and push them to the position of crown prince."

Qing Luan: "Who knew that these guys were so useless? They couldn't even handle the military merits that were fed to them, and they lost the support of the people. Emperor Wu had no choice but to make Li Xian the crown prince."

Li Zhao sighed repeatedly: "The ancients attached great importance to ancestral temple sacrifices and family inheritance. A scholar who studied the history of Emperor Wu's period put forward such a view."

"Emperor Wu was ultimately unable to break through the feudal patriarchal bloodline and the social traditions of Confucian ancestor worship, and handed the ancestral temple over to women."

"This is also the reason why the heroine in my web drama insisted that Emperor Wu establish her as the ancestor priest."

Some viewers in the barrage understood.

[Dan Jin]: That's right. If the ancestral temple is established according to the old patriarchal rules, it is possible that the future empress will fall into the shackles and traps of rites, laws and bloodlines fabricated by the patriarchal society.

Li Zhao asked a question: "Do you know who is the first heir in Emperor Wu's mind?"

There are many different opinions in the barrage.

[Xiao Ling who loves scallion rolls]: Wu family? Or Li Xian?

[Frost Prisoner]: His own son Li Dan, who is honest and looks smart.

[Nuwa of Destiny]: I think it’s Princess Taiping, but Emperor Wu doesn’t seem to have that intention!

[Dan Jin]: I vote for Princess Taiping.

Li Zhao smiled and revealed the answer: "It's Princess Taiping."

"There is a saying in history books that Emperor Wu often said to the outside world: [Peace is like me]."

The New Book of Tang records Princess Taiping, saying that she "had a square forehead and wide chin, was full of schemes, and the Empress Dowager often said she was 'similar to me'".

Qing Luan smiled and said, "Similar to me? Everyone knows what this means."

"Cold fact: the last person who said this was Liu Bang, who wanted to make Zhao Wang Ruyi the crown prince."

Liu Bang had repeatedly said to outsiders, "Ruyi is like me." It is clear what Emperor Wu meant by this sentence.

Li Zhao also said: "Princess Taiping is the first heir arranged by Emperor Wu, and there is another fact that can prove it, which is her second marriage."

"Historically, Princess Taiping married into the Wu family for the second time. Don't say that Emperor Wu let Princess Taiping marry into the Wu family to protect her from being affected by political struggles. The change of imperial power has never had much to do with princesses."

"Besides, with Empress Wu as my mother, who dares to neglect Taiping?"

Li Zhao continued to analyze: "Princess Taiping could not succeed to the throne because in traditional Confucian concepts, she was already a married woman. A wife and mother can manage the household for her husband and son, but sisters and married women cannot manage the household for their fathers and brothers."

Qingluan admired Emperor Wu's move: "Emperor Wu married Princess Taiping back to the Wu family and gave her the surname Wu."

"The royal family of Wu Zhou was the Wu clan. Princess Taiping has both Li Tang blood and is the daughter-in-law of the Wu clan. So can she replicate Wu Zetian's success and become the empress as the daughter-in-law of the Wu clan and a relative of the Li Tang clan?"

There was a lot of surprise in the barrage.

[Chi Yue who loves eating xiaolongbao]: What a novel angle! Now that I put it that way, it really makes sense!

[Xiao Ling who loves scallion rolls]: The traditional Confucian clan system does not recognize the right of a married woman to run the household in her parents' home, so Emperor Wu made the married Princess Taiping the daughter-in-law of the Wu family and let her take over his own position!

[Qian Ruikang]: Using magic to defeat magic, awesome!

Li Zhao shook his head and sighed again: "It's a pity that Princess Taiping is too afraid of her mother. Emperor Wu is determined to train her to be a princess and often discusses political affairs with her."

The original text of "Zizhi Tongjian" is as follows: Princess Taiping was calm, sensitive and resourceful. Empress Wu thought she was similar to herself, so she favored her among all the princesses... However, she was still afraid of Empress Wu's severity and did not dare to seek power.

Qingluan also sighed: "But the Princess Taiping in history was afraid of her mother and pretended to be obsessed with making money and building a house. Emperor Wu's training was fruitless, so he had to find another candidate for the crown prince."

The biography of Princess Taiping in the Old Book of Tang clearly states: Zetian thought that she was similar to herself and always planned things against her… The princess was also afraid and tried to examine herself, but she adorned her residence.

The audience in the barrage didn’t know what to say.

[History Kid]: Alas, Princess Taiping was still not mature enough at that time.

Qingluan added: "Emperor Wu wants to make Taiping the crown prince. There is another important evidence, Shangguan Wan'er."

Li Zhao said: "Everyone knows that Shangguan Wan'er is the confidant of Emperor Wu and is known as the female prime minister."

"For a long time in history, people believed that Shangguan Wan'er was a member of Empress Wei and Princess Anle, and had a bad relationship with Princess Taiping, so she was killed and liquidated by Li Longji during the Tanglong coup."

"But the tomb of Shangguan Wan'er was discovered in Xi'an, and the results completely overturned the historical community's understanding."

"Emperor Zhongzong of Tang wanted to make Princess Anle the crown princess, but Shangguan Wan'er threatened to commit suicide. After her death, it was Princess Taiping who vindicated her and wrote her epitaph. This explained many questions."

Li Zhao said slowly: "Shangguan Wan'er is actually the helper that Emperor Wu left for Princess Taiping. Moreover, when Emperor Wu was in power, they had a close contact and a very good relationship."

Li Zhao: "According to Empress Wu's temper, she would never give her confidant to someone else, unless that person is the heir she favors."

"Many emperors did this, assigning their trusted aides to their successors."

"During the Tanglong coup, Li Longji insisted on killing Shangguan Wan'er in order to cut off Princess Taiping's support. After all, Shangguan Wan'er had made a lot of efforts in the Tanglong coup. It would be difficult for Li Longji to feel at ease if Princess Taiping had such a minister to help her."

Qingluan said: "This is also the reason why Princess Taiping and Li Longji fought to the death. Li Longji was so vicious and cunning that he killed Shangguan Wan'er, so how could he let her go?"

Qingluan: "Li Longji killed Princess Anle and Princess Taiping for a simple reason, because they were all competitors for his throne!"

The audience was filled with emotion in the barrage.

[Frost Prisoner]: Ah, I didn’t expect history to have such secrets.

[Dan Jin]: But it’s good now. The princess will also have the right of inheritance in the future.

Li Zhao continued talking for a while before bidding farewell to the audience: "Okay, my dears, that's all for today. See you next time!"

She closed the live broadcast room and attended the morning court with Wu Zhao the next day.

Now that Yu Dou Xuanzun is the Crown Princess of the Eastern Palace, it is natural for her to share the government affairs.

The first thing Wu Zhao did when she came to court was to issue an edict:

"From now on, the Crown Princess will be the regent. Together with me, we will be called the Two Saints and rule the country together."

As soon as the imperial edict was issued, tens of thousands of colorful fireworks suddenly exploded on the palace fighting system panel.

【ding dong——】

[Congratulations to the host for achieving the ending achievement - Two Saints Arrive!!]

【Bonus Points】

Millions of points!!!

Li Zhao, got the ending achievement of the palace fighting system again! !

Li Zhao was just feeling happy when he immediately received some unhappy news from below.

"Reporting to the two saints, the Eastern Turks have rebelled again. Please mobilize the troops as soon as possible."