Why did Wu Zetian die a year after his abdication? A little embarrassed, it is no wonder that historians dare not record it head-on
Zheng Kaiyuan Rule HongzhenGuan, Fangliu Sword Pavilion Light was Lizhou.
As the only female emperor, Wu Zetian's life is legendary and well-paid attention. Originally, she was born into a family of founding heroes, and her father, a samurai, devoted his life to li yuan, and not long after Li Yuan's death, he also sadly followed. Later, Emperor Taizong thanked her father for his loyalty and heard that she was beautiful, so he summoned her into the palace and was named a Wupincai.
From the age of fourteen when she was a teenager, Wu Zetian showed a different side from ordinary people, such as hearing about her being sent to the palace. Her mother wept bitterly, but Wu Zetian said: Seeing that the Son of Heaven is not blessed, what children are sad? However, wisdom is wisdom, but Wu Zetian should be unfavored in Emperor Taizong's harem, because she has not been promoted to the throne for twelve years. There are also few records of favoring in the history books, and one rare story of horse training is still remembered by Wu Zetian himself in his later years.
On the eve of Li Shimin's serious illness, he did not know whether to make plans for his future, and Wu Zetian had feelings for the crown prince Li Zhi. Needless to say, this feeling is really coming at the right time, because according to the regulations, concubines who have no children are going to Ganye Temple as nuns. At that time, Wu Zetian was only 25 years old, and he spent his life in the Ganye Temple, lonely and lonely guarding the green lamp. The relationship with Li Zhi was different, and after Li Shimin's death, Li Zhi became the next emperor.
Of course, it was more difficult for the emperor to take his father's woman into the palace, and it was also Wu Zetian's good luck that he was bumping into the fight between Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shufei. Empress Wang was an empress but childless and spoiled, while Concubine Xiao Shufei, although a concubine, had a special favorite. Xiao Shufei had a favor, and usually did not put Empress Wang in her eyes, and Empress Wang naturally thought about how to crush Xiao Shufei, so she thought of taking advantage of Wu Zetian's situation. As a result, Wu Zetian was too fierce, and he removed both of them from power and became the empress himself.
But this was not the final destination of Wu Zetian, Li Zhi was not in good health, and often could not handle state affairs due to illness. Finding that Wu Zetian had read a lot of books and had quite insights, he asked her to help her handle the government. Even in the second year of the First Yuan Dynasty (675), Li Zhi wanted to give the throne to the empress and make her regent. It was the ministers who stopped her, otherwise Wu Zetian would have become the only female emperor long ago, but she still got her wish later.
In the first year of Tianzhi (690), Wu Zetian was called emperor and the history was called Wu Zhou. In the early stages of her reign, she was clear and judgmental, knew people and made good use of them, and attached importance to the selection of talents. He also created the system of temple examinations, martial arts, and examinations. Except for the wanton killing of people in the Tang Dynasty and people with opposing opinions, there is basically nothing to criticize, but which excellent politician who killed political enemies has not done it? However, in her later years, however, she gradually became extravagant and arbitrary, and began to indulge in pleasure.
Widely selected male pets, Xue Huaiyi, Shen Nanxuan, Zhang Yizhi, Zhang Changzong, etc., are all handsome and physically strong. These male pets not only enjoyed their lives to the extreme, dressed gorgeously, but also tried to interfere in the politics of the dynasty. Mainly because Wu Zetian was already old and could not go to the court from time to time, he relied on male pets. As a result, the dissatisfaction increased, and in the first month of the first year of the Shenlong dynasty (705), the chancellor Zhang Kamzhi and Cui Xuanwei and the ministers Jinghui, Huan Yanfan, and Yuan Shuji launched the Shenlong coup.
After killing two of Wu Zetian's male favorites and asking her to abdicate, Wu Zetian had to give up to the crown prince Li Xian. She moved to Shangyang Palace, but died a year later, according to historians. It should be the excessive pleasure of old age, coupled with old age, seeing male pets being beheaded and being sad. The proud empress could not bear the blow, gradually became depressed, and died a year later. Such a cause of death is indeed a bit embarrassing for a generation of empresses, and it is no wonder that the historical data is also simple.