Text/Comrade Guevara
Throughout the ages, there has never been a shortage of believers in the "Ah Q Spirit" in society, and the "Ah Q Spirit" is also the Spiritual Victory Method. This kind of person, in the inability to defeat the opponent through strength, when the opponent bullied and dare not fight back, the heart must be very frustrated, in order to comfort their injured little heart, can only close the door to scold, sarcastic people, with lust to relieve the anxiety and loss in the heart.
From ancient times to the present, there are many people who have used the "can't beat, scold" trick, and the ordinary people have used it the most, and the emperor and general have also tried it repeatedly. For example, Liu Bang scolded Xiang Yu, and Liu Bei also scolded Cao Cao, but basically it didn't play any role. However, there are also successful cases, such as Zhuge Liang who scolded Situ Wang Lang of Wei to death in "Romance".
Zhuge Liang scolded Wang Lang to death
Of course, after all, opening one's mouth and scolding the street seems very vulgar and despicable, so gradually the method of giving bad nicknames and changing evil names to the enemy is derived, and the other party is labeled ugly and smelly, so as to disgust the other party, please yourself, and achieve the purpose of the spiritual victory method. This method has also been tried and tested, for example, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty changed the surname of the traitor Ma Heluo brothers to "Mang", which means Mangfu and Mang; After Wang Mang usurped the throne, he changed the name of the Xiongnu to "Gongnu" and Shan Yu to "good at", which made the other party's boss unhappy, and he also fought with Wang Mang for many years.
This method has been continued by future generations, and carried forward in the Wu Zetian period, with more types of objects, a wider range of people, and more innovative patterns, which can be described as endless, and there are many new ideas. Not only are the living fortunate enough to be "hit", even the dead are not spared, everyone is dead, and they are stigmatized, which is no different from "whipping corpses"!
First of all, to the rival in love. The first hurdle that Wu Zetian needed to cross on the road to imperial power was how to climb to the position of queen, so she naturally had conflicts with Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu. Wu Zetian, who was still Zhaoyi at that time, exhausted all kinds of evil and vicious means to finally get rid of the two rivals, not only let them live in the cold palace, but also cut off the hands and feet of the two and put them in the wine vat, which is called "drunken bones"!
Queen Wang
Not long after, Wang and Xiao were tortured to death, and after their deaths, Wu Zetian still felt angry, so he gave full play to his specialty of changing his notoriety, and changed their surnames to "python" and "owl" respectively, which means python and owl. What is the poison of a woman's heart?
Secondly, to political opponents. Wu Zetian's road to power is full of all kinds of difficulties and obstacles, among which the strongest opposition is the Li Tang clan, after all, the country belongs to the Li family, what qualifications do you have to come and watch from a woman with a foreign surname? For this reason, Wu Zetian's countermeasure is very simple, it is one word: kill! During the reign of Wu Zetian, the descendants of Tang Gaozu and Tang Taizong were almost killed, which was very miserable and terrifying.
Li Zhen, the king of Yue
Not only that, after Wu Zetian killed these princes and princes, he also changed their ugly surnames, such as Li Zhen, the king of Yue, Li Chong's father and son, who were cut down after their deaths and changed their surnames to "虺". "Yu" is an ugly-looking dragon, some say it is a lizard, in short, it is very difficult to hear.
Thirdly, to loved ones. As long as it is against her, Wu Zetian adheres to the principle of "people block killing, and Buddha blocks killing Buddha" without discrimination, and truly does not recognize the six relatives and is ruthless. For example, she has two half-brothers Wu Yuanshuang and Wu Yuanqing, as well as three cousins Wu Huailiang, Wu Weiliang, and Wu Huaiyun, and these five have a very bad relationship with Wu Zetian, and even say that they are very bad.
Wu Yuanshuang brothers
Wu Zetian became the queen and wanted to improve the relationship with his brothers, so he gave them a big official as usual. However, these people are too ignorant of lifting, and they think that they can also sit in this position with the merits of their father or uncle Wu Shitong, so they often don't throw the face of the old sister. Wu Zetian chose naked revenge, except for Wu Huailiang, a short-lived ghost, Wu Yuanshuang and Wu Yuanqing were exiled to Annam (present-day northern Viet Nam) and died, Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun were killed, and after their deaths changed their surname to "Viper", which means pit viper.
Fourth, external enemies. Wu Zetian tasted the sweetness in the work of stigmatizing his rivals, political enemies, and relatives, so he transplanted his "successful experience" to foreign enemies, and played a lot of tricks. For example, the Khitan leaders Sun Wanrong and Li Quanzhong could not bear the bullying of Zhao Wenhui, the governor of Yingzhou, so they rebelled and defeated the straw bag generals sent by Wu Zetian several times in succession. Wu Zetian was angry and helpless, so he could only sacrifice the "Spiritual Victory Method" again, and changed the names of Sun Wanrong and Li Quanzhong to "Sun Wanjia" and "Li Quanzhi", which made people squirt! In the end, it was the Turkic Khan who silently cleaned up the situation and settled the two.
Sip
Mo Si settled Sun and Li, so he asked Wu Zetian to marry the princess, and after being refused, he angrily raised troops to invade the south and captured many prefectures and counties in Hebei. Wu Zetian was angry and helpless again, and once again sacrificed the "Spiritual Victory Method" and changed the name of Mo Si to "Chop Sip". Because Mo Si's elder brother Gu Dulu had also invaded the Central Plains, he was also renamed "Bu Dulu" by Wu Zetian. Therefore, it can be said that the Mo Si brothers have also been stigmatized by Wu Zetian, which can be regarded as a strange news.
After Wu Zetian came to power, all the people who were renamed and surnamed by her were changed back by her son Tang Zhongzong, Wu Zetian was busy, after all, it was just a fun time...