Wu Zetian entered the palace in his early years because he first gave Li Shimin a "talented person", so why did she love Li Shimin, a man who was so much older than her? In fact, in addition to the desire for power, in fact, Chen Yinke once commented on eight words: "Love needs, Oedipal complex".
Love needs. First of all, Emperor Taizong was a sturdy and beautiful man, and in his early years some people praised him as "the posture of the dragon and phoenix, the watch of the heavens and the sun"; after he became an adult, he was "heavenly and heroic", "intelligent and courageous, and had a good understanding of people", "had the ambition to be a safe world, leaned over the corporal, scattered wealth and made friends, and salty to his heart", and the management of the army was also "solemn and solemn", which made people "amazed". Such teenage heroes are often the object of female favor. In the previous chapter, it is mentioned that Wu Zetian had a good impression of Emperor Taizong before entering the palace, and it is very likely that she had already regarded Emperor Taizong as an object of worship at that time. After Wu Zetian entered the palace, he saw the true face of Emperor Taizong. At that time, Emperor Taizong was thirty-nine years old, in his prime, and exuded the charm of a mature man.
This kind of mature and charming middle-aged man is quite lethal to a simple girl who has just opened her heart. At this time, Wu Zetian was in adolescence and was full of beautiful fantasies about love. The masculine emperor should be the perfect object for her to pin her love fantasies on. Moreover, power is the catalyst for lust. In the harem, Emperor Taizong was the unifying embodiment of monarchy, power, and divine power, and naturally had the right to all concubines' husbands. The fate of the Martial Talents was also in the hands of this emperor. Finally, the proportion of men and women in the palace was seriously imbalanced, and only One male was Taizong, and the concubines could imagine their attention to him. The vast majority of concubines have long-term emotional repression, and in addition to the psychology of pursuing glory and wealth in the emotional expectations and favor-seeking behaviors of Emperor Taizong, of course, there is also the psychology of longing for the love of men and women. Wu Zetian was no exception. As mentioned above, Wu Zetian was inherited by his mother and had strong lust. These twelve years were the time when her lust was at its peak. Although after entering the palace, she found that Taizong was not her husband.
With a paternal complex, Wu Zetian had fatherly fantasies about Emperor Taizong. Taizong is indeed a good father, and is the ideal object for the young girl's father-in-law complex. Emperor Taizong was kind to his children and loved them well, and in addition to strict discipline for his children, he did not forget to show mercy to his subordinates. Take, for example, the three sons born to Empress Eldest Sun. The eldest son, Li Chengqian, was "intelligent in nature, and Emperor Taizong loved him very much", and although he had "foot diseases" and many obedient behaviors, Emperor Taizong still made him crown prince in accordance with the principle of establishing a concubine. After Li Chengqian indulged in sound. Emperor Taizong "was furious, and waited to be killed, and even sat on the dead, and let the prince even go." Emperor Taizong's actions, though somewhat harsh, did not depose him as crown prince. In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan (643), Li Chengqian was accused of plotting rebellion, which was a mortal sin. Emperor Taizong severely dealt with the participants, but only deposed Li Chengqian as a shuren and then left him in the Right Leading Palace to finish the work. The second son, Li Tai," was "less good at belonging to the literature", and Emperor Taizong favored him unusually, "with Tai Haoshi's love for literature, he specially ordered the house to set up a literature museum, and let himself summon a bachelor", "the month was given to more than the prince", and "he also ordered Tai to live in the Wude Hall; He almost made him crown prince.
The youngest son, Li Zhi, has a personality of "benevolence", "benevolence", "doubtful trial, leniency and filial piety". When Empress Eldest Sun died, he was only nine years old, and Emperor Taizong "repeatedly comforted" him, personally raised him, and "deeply favored him", and after he was made crown prince, Emperor Taizong attached great importance to his education, and whenever he looked at the dynasty, he often ordered him to be on the side, and he watched the decision of the government, or ordered the senators, and when he encountered things, he was instructed, and when he saw his food, he knew: Ru Zhi Zhi Was difficult, and there was often a meal. To solve the frontier problems and the hidden dangers of the court for him, Emperor Taizong disregarded the elderly conquest of Goryeo and Xue Yantuo, and disposed of a group of unruly old ministers for him. Emperor Taizong was also very concerned about the issue of his marriage and children, "not to let his descendants be born in a lowly ear", but to "save the good family daughter Yishi Donggong", and chose the Noble, beautiful and dignified Taiyuan Wang clan as the crown princess. Later, Li Chengqian and Li Tai's second son competed for the throne, and Emperor Taizong speculated that the contradiction between the two sons was very deep, and if one of them succeeded to the throne in the future, the other would inevitably be killed, so "the first measures to put the King of Jin, to get a safe ear." Emperor Taizong was so distressed by the relationship between his sons that he "threw himself into bed" in front of the chancellor and "drew his sword to stab himself" again. It is highly likely that the martial artists who were serving on the side had seen these scenes.
When she saw Taizong caring for and teaching her children, she couldn't help but think of her own family. Obviously, in educating his children and balancing family relations, Emperor Taizong was much more attentive and wise than his father. The martial artists inevitably developed a longing for Taizong and gradually regarded him as the second "spiritual father". She left home at a young age and was not allowed to see her relatives, and it was very likely that she had a daughter's fatherly expectation of Emperor Taizong. However, the martial artist full of expectations will eventually face a cold fact: Taizong is not her father after all, and her father-in-law feelings are doomed to fall short.