Princess Taiping is the youngest daughter of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian. Although she is not very good-looking, she is "rich and generous", but she is naturally smart and can get along with everyone, so she is deeply loved by her parents and brothers. Especially Wu Zetian dotes on her. Because in Wu Hou's view, only this little girl is a replica of herself, both in appearance and personality. She even often talks about politics in secret with her daughter, agreeing that she must keep it a secret. Then, how can such a darling, a behind-the-scenes reserve cadre, be willing to let her become a monk? Speaking of which, it's really a bit tricky.
Take Princess Taiping as an example. It was after the death of his grandmother that the marquis of Wu skillfully made the eight-year-old princess become a monk in order to pray for the deceased. The name Taiping came from this, and this is her road number.
It's time for a friend to say, what does this monk have to do with praying for his ancestors? In principle, it doesn't matter much. However, this practice was very popular in the Tang Dynasty. People in power often talk about the dead, often using "filial piety" as an excuse. In fact, they want to seek their own personal interests or achieve some political goals. Like later Tang Xuanzong, this trick was also used. In order to get a beautiful daughter-in-law, in the name of praying for his mother Dou Defai, he made Yang a monk and named her "Taizhen". But before long, he took the "Chinese food on the plate" for himself.
So becoming a monk is just a form of hiding people's eyes and ears. It is not difficult to see from the word "Taiping" of the little princess. First of all, Mr. and Mrs. Li Zhi hope that God can bless the Tang Dynasty with a peaceful and prosperous life, and they will no longer be tortured by the "glorious" tradition of the Tang Dynasty-brothers eat each other and kill each other. Moreover, more importantly, they can live a stable and worry-free life. Secondly, they certainly hope that their favorite little daughter can grow up safely. They firmly believe that only Taoism, a place that everyone believes and fears, can give their daughter better protection and give her a talisman of peace and harmony.
Then, the former is naturally a kind of spiritual sustenance and comfort for them, while the latter is a political strategy that will bring great harm to their daughter in order to avoid the mutual harm of their compatriots. Princess Taiping is nominally a monk, but in fact she has been living in the palace and never left her parents' sight. In this way, Princess Taiping has a dual identity and two receiving units at a young age. In a few words, she is a princess in a kind coat.
Let's see her becoming a monk for the second time. At that time, in order to ease the tension caused by the war, Tubo sent messengers to Chang 'an to propose marriage. Because before this, they had long heard that the youngest daughter of Emperor Gaozong was very popular and had great political wisdom, so they named Princess Taiping as a concubine. Now there is a problem for Wu Zetian. That is her darling. How can you have the heart to let your daughter get married? But then again, transnational marriage is a political issue, which is directly related to the vital interests of the Tang Dynasty. The purpose of proposing marriage is to hold hands and make up. Don't Tubo people have to come all the way to Chang 'an to marry a woman with a wide chin, huh? Therefore, this invisibly raises the problem to a higher level. Whoever refuses marriage will refuse peace.
Helpless, Wuhou had to wear new shoes and take the old road, and decided to send his daughter to the Taoist temple again. But this time, be decent, not too fake. So he ordered to mobilize a lot of manpower and material resources, and took the time to build a Taoist temple-Taiping Temple. Well, one side is waiting for defecation, and the other side is in a hurry to dig the toilet. But in any case, when Tubo came, Princess Taiping had already entered the "jar" and officially became a monk. No matter how brutal you Tubo is, you can't force others to be careless monks in the world of mortals, can you In this way, Wuhou skillfully used the princess to become a monk and skillfully handed Tubo over to the political unspoken rules.
Moonlight thinks it is false to become a monk twice, but it is true to pray for your family, avoid the world and kiss. Besides, the princess herself has no intention of becoming a monk at all, but it is not a word to go through the motions when necessary and return to the original.