Why did Wu Zetian marry Li Shimin without children? Married to Li Zhi but gave birth?

Today I will bring you why there are no children? I hope it will help you.

Speaking of Wu Zetian, everyone must be familiar with her. She is a famous female politician in the Ancient history of China, the founding of the Wu Zhou Dynasty, and the only orthodox emperor in Chinese history. 67 years old, a total of 15 years in office, 82 years old. On such a legendary emperor, there are too many legends, and her two marriage history is a hot topic that people talk about her everyday!

We know that when Wu Zetian was 14 years old, he entered Tang Taizong Li Shimin’s harem and became Taizong’s Wupin talented people, and won the title of "Wu Mei", so the world also called her "Wu Cairen" or "". During the period, Wu Zetian was enshrined as a queen. In the first year of the first yuan, the title "Tianhou" was added, and together with Gaozong, he was called the "Two Saints". Wu Zetian married two fathers and sons of Li Shimin all his life, but when marrying Li Shimin, Wu Zetian did not have a child, but when he married, he gave birth to six children. Why is this?

On this issue, many people say that it is because Li Shimin There are too many concubines in the harem, so there is no time to take care of this Wu Zetian. Since she has never been lucky, then of course she will not have children. But if we look closely, it’s actually not the case. You know, when Wu Zetian entered the palace when she was 14 years old, she was named Wupin talent and given the number "Wu Mei", which is enough to show that she is still quite a bit. Graceful.

Furthermore, when Wu Zetian entered the court at the beginning of the 11th year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin died in the 23rd year of Zhenguan, that is, Wu Zetian spent 11 years in the palace Talented person. Of course, no one has been promoted for such a long time, which also shows that Li Shimin does not love her enough, but it is difficult to believe if he has not been fortunate once in these twelve years. Therefore, in my opinion, this is not the main reason.

So what is the real reason?

The reason is actually very simple, that is, since the 12th year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin has lost his fertility. Why do you say this?

We know that from the end of the 12th year of Zhenguan to the death of Li Shimin in the 23rd year of Zhenguan, in the more than ten years, there were basically no princes or princesses in the palace. . Among them, Li Shimin’s youngest son, “Cao Wang Li Ming”, was born in Zhenguan for eleven years (some say 18 years), in addition, Zhao Wang Li Fu was born in Zhenguan for eight years; and Li Shimin’s youngest daughter, “” was born Yu Zhenguan eight years. In the next ten years, Li Shimin had no other children.

So we can roughly infer from this After Wu Zetian married Li Shimin, it was not that he was not favored. It was mainly because of Li Shimin's own reasons that he had no children.

Of course, these are only inferred from existing historical data.

After Wu Zetian officially married Li Zhi, he was favored and had 2 children and 4 children. And it contains two generations of emperors, namely and. Text source: Interesting history