China has always been a male emperor, there is only one exception, that is, Wu Zetian during the Tang Dynasty, as the only female emperor in Chinese history, Wu Zetian has also created many world records.
1. The largest number of prime ministers are appointed
In ancient times, the prime minister could be described as a person with great power in his hands, as long as he was responsible for the emperor, he needed to be responsible for the official positions of large and small institutions in the country, and in the official position, he was equivalent to the current prime minister. However, unlike the current prime minister, there were many official positions in the Tang Dynasty called prime minister, and the left and right servants and the governors of the three provinces of Menxia, Shangshu and Zhongshu could be called prime ministers.
It is also for this reason that the Tang Dynasty has more prime ministers than other dynasties, Wu Zetian because she is a female emperor, always feel that she is unknown, suspect that the people around her will overthrow her throne at any time, so she attaches great importance to talent, the selection of talents is also particularly frequent, objectively the influx of talents makes the Tang Dynasty's national strength more and more powerful, but Wu Zetian believes that there are more talents, power is dispersed, and there are fewer people who threaten themselves. Under the idea of Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian promoted 73 prime ministers before and after, you know, Wu Zetian reigned for only 15 years, and promoted 73 prime ministers in 15 years, which means that an average of nearly 5 new prime ministers appear in the temples of the Tang Dynasty every year, which can be described as the world's largest.
Generally speaking, the frequent transfer of personnel will damage the national strength of the dynasty, but because Wu Zetian is diligent in government affairs and has a personal style, many prime ministers work diligently under her management and work diligently for the people, which makes the national strength of the Tang Dynasty more and more powerful.
Second, become emperor at the oldest age
Young to become emperor, generally speaking, that is a good reincarnation, just bumped into the throne, but when he was older, it was very difficult, before Wu Zetian became the first female emperor in Chinese history, the oldest emperor was Liu Bei of the Three Kingdoms, of course, Liu Bei can not be regarded as the actual emperor, because his territory is in Jingzhou, Yizhou two places, with the help of several brothers, Liu Bei finally ascended the throne at the age of 60 and established the Shu Han regime.
In contrast, Wu Zetian's age of ascension to the throne is more worth mentioning. Wu Zetian first became a talented person of Tang Taizong, and then it was difficult to achieve the Zhaoyi of Tang Gaozong, with his own beauty and talent, Wu Zetian began to become the empress and queen of the Tang Dynasty, and finally became the empress, so he went around for decades, until the age of 67, Wu Zetian really became the emperor, from the age of 14 into the palace, Wu Zetian spent 53 years from a cloth to a generation of kings, must be inspiring.
Third, the mausoleum is the largest
Friends who have watched the movie "Di Renjie's Tongtian Empire" starring Andy Lau and Liu Jialing must be impressed by the Babel Tower built for Wu Zetian inside, although this is the plot of the movie, but in history, Wu Zetian's pursuit of pomp and circumstance is very luxurious.
For example, her mausoleum. Because Wu Zetian was nearly old when he ascended the throne, she also made plans for her own posthumous affairs early, plus the national strength of the Tang Dynasty was very strong, and the financial and material resources at that time were very abundant, which also allowed Wu Zetian to have enough money to build a mausoleum for herself.
According to records, the main axis of her mausoleum is 4.9 kilometers long, the north-south wall is 1450 meters long, the east wall is 1582 meters long, and the west wall is 1438 meters long, with a total area of 2.3 million square meters. At the same time, in order to make herself a virtuous monarch after death, Wu Zetian also asked his ministers to accompany him to the burial, not to let them be buried alive, but to build in her mausoleum the ancestral hall of more than sixty important courtiers, such as the dedication hall, the side room, the cloister, the Que Lou and Di Renjie, in order to bring the actual Chang'an City to another world.
4. Most years of use
The era name is an invention of Emperor Wu of Han, he reigned for fifty-five years, the year number is a total of eleven, an average of five years, is the record holder among the emperors of later generations, but Wu Zetian refreshed the record of Emperor Wu of Han, Wu Zetian reigned for only 15 years, she changed a total of seventeen years.
Or back to the movie "Di Renjie's Tongtian Empire", there is a "Tower of Babel", Wu Zetian once used "Long Live Tongtian" as his own era name, and may be due to the natural fickleness of women, Wu Zetian felt unhappy with the previous era number, so after a period of time he would release his own name that sounded good as the year number, such as what Tianzhi, Ruyi, longevity, Extension, Dazu, Chang'an and so on, all of which showed his desire for the throne.
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