Chapter 39 1. Find the best in human nature

After Wu Zetian abdicated and died, the court officials held a working meeting, mainly to study Wu Zetian's legal system - to find a way to connect the new emperor Zhongzong Li Xian with Gaozong Lizhi before Wu Zetian. To make it more thorough, I want to figure out what is the Great Zhou Empire established by Wu Zetian, is it a usurpation of power? In theory, it should be a usurpation of power - it is obvious that Wu Zetian took the imperial power of the Li family, so what doubts there are? But the problem is, if Wu Zetian is usurping power, then the current emperor, Zhongzong Li Xian, is Wu Zetian's son, then Li Xian should also be a family member of a traitor, he should be knocked down to the ground, and then step on 10,000 feet, so that this guy will live forever Don't turn over - but now that he has become the emperor, these ten thousand feet can't be trampled on.

If you recognize the legitimacy of Zhongzong Li Xian's regime, you have to recognize Wu Zetian-this is nothing to do. Therefore, when we read history, we must not be fooled by historians. Historians affirm the existence value of imperial power, which leads to their one-sidedness in judging historical figures.The heinous people in the history books may be virtuous and upright gentlemen, but the famous ministers and veterans in history may be the real despicable villains. Therefore, when we study, we must not be fooled by the established conclusions, and we must put aside the non-existent historical standard-historical contribution.

Since people cannot be judged by "historical contribution", which standard should we choose? It's very simple, everyone has no historical contribution anyway, since we want to read history, we can only look at it from the specific performance of each historical figure. A notorious historical figure, the reason why he was notorious all over the world is probably because his human nature conflicted with the cruelty of the imperial power.As for a person who has been famous for thousands of years, it is very likely that he just strengthened the imperial power and poisoned the people even more ruthlessly.So when we look at a person, we look at his specific performance in history. If he is kind and sincere, no matter how his performance makes historians dislike him, then he is still a good person worthy of our emulation.

In the final analysis, what we are looking for in history is the eternal shining point of human nature, the true and goodness of human nature, even if this kind of goodness is not tolerated by the harsh imperial power, even if this kind of goodness hurts the parties themselves.But only this kind of kindness is the only way for the Chinese people to get out of the fog of thousands of years of history. The above comments are about the fifth emperor of the Tang Empire: Zhongzong Li Xian. So, Li Xian is a kind person? Whether he is a good man or a bad man, let us see and then talk.