Why did Empress Wu Zetian kill her relatives after taking power?

If Wu Zetian is extremely insidious and cruel, I agree with this. Wu Zetian was good at using politics to avenge herself and was cruel, not only to the outside world, but also to her relatives. Some of Wu Zetian's brothers were killed by herself. According to old Tang books, her two brothers, her cousins, were named Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun. She lied to her and killed them all. Wu Zetian first sent someone to poison Mrs. Wei. Why poison Mrs. Wei? Because Mrs. Wei had an affair with Li Zhi, Wu Zetian didn't like it, so she poisoned her to death.

After poisoning Mrs. Wei, Wu Zetian blamed it on his two cousins, Wu Weiliang and Wu Huaiyun, rather than saying that they poisoned her. So the two cousins ??were beheaded. To say that these two are cousins ??is okay if they are not too close. But two of them were her half-brothers, descended from the same father. These two people are Wu and Wu, they are both Wu Zetian's half-brothers. After Wu Zetian gained power, not only did these two people receive no benefits, but they also ended badly.

After Wu Zetian seized power, Wu Yuanqing was exiled to Longzhou. Where is Longzhou? In a remote place in Guangxi. Wu died soon after arriving in Longzhou. Because of the long distance and the hot and humid weather in Guangxi, many outsiders will get malaria when they arrive. He had diarrhea for ten and a half days and died. At that time, medicine was not yet developed, so if you got malaria, you were basically helpless and you would die!

Wu was also exiled. Where is the exile? Exiled to a distant place,——. Now we are called Sanya. At that time, Sanya was really a foreign land, a land of barbarians, entering the wasteland, it was really like a bird's nest! Wu also died when he arrived in Sanya. Probably because the climate is not suitable or something like that. Or maybe I get sick along the way and basically die within a few days of arriving.

Although these two people were not directly beheaded by Wu Zetian, she killed them deliberately. She knew that being exiled to these remote places would involve a long journey and a narrow escape from death. She also exiled his two brothers and sentenced them to death.

There is also a relative, the wife of Wu Zetian's cousin, named Shan. I don't know how to offend her. Wu Zetian was a good slave in the palace, and her treatment was much worse than that of ordinary palace maids. She had to do the most tiring, dirty and painful work every day, and she also beat people's backs with thorns. Therefore, Shanshi's back is covered with blood and erosion every day, and there is no good piece of meat. He died soon after. It might be because of the infection in the summer, or it might be that it hurts so much that it hurts to death. Anyway, he was tortured to death.

However, in our impression, Wu Zetian seems to be very kind to her people. Wu Sansi and Wu's sons were entrusted with important responsibilities by her. So we can't help but ask, why did Wu Zetian kill these relatives? Why are you so nice to your nephews Wu Sansi and Wu? History books only say that her brothers and sisters were disrespectful to Wu Zetian's biological mother.

Wu Meiniang’s biological mother was a concubine, and her father died early. After her death, the concubine had no backer. This was the fate of concubines in ancient times. Once a husband dies, he is no longer liked. The family property will not be distributed to the concubine, let alone the children in the concubine's room. It will usually be distributed to the eldest son, and the family property will not be distributed to the concubine. After the backer fell, these brothers who inherited the family business were not very kind to Wu Meiniang's biological mother. Wu Meiniang has seen this since she was a child and has buried her hatred. So when she grew up and gained power, she killed her relatives step by step. Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi, the nephews, did not feel sorry for Wu Zetian's biological mother. It seems that Wu Zetian's goal of revenge is very clear.

However, Wu Zetian's heart was quite vicious. If you want to put aside other people's words, although it is not good for my biological mother and there will be a lot of resentment, after all, we are also family members and there is no need to kill each other! Just don't do it for him once you get the power. There's really no need to kill each other. It can be seen that this woman's resentment is so strong that she still holds it against her even after many years.