After Wu Zetian succeeded to the throne, she became the female emperor in Chinese history. It can be said that Wu Zetian's life has reached its peak, and the peak will also have times of failure. Later, Zhang Zhanzhi and others launched a "dragon attack", and Wu Zetian left Li Xian. After his reign was completed, Wu Zetian had power as emperor and would not easily lose the throne.
Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian already had great power and became the true controller of the power of the Li Tang family. Eventually, Wu Zetian directly claimed that the emperor had abolished his son Li Xian's throne and established Wu Prefecture. But after this, Wu Zetian's physical condition deteriorated, and she lost her wise judgment of the situation in North Korea. In her last years, Wu Zetian began to favor Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong's brothers, promoting him several times and rewarding the monarch. As Wu Zetian's power grew, the issue of succession to the throne became more and more necessary. The imperial court put forward the idea of supporting the restoration of the Li family. After the Zhang brothers became despicable, they forced the death of Wu Zetian's son Li Xian, which aroused Li Xian's hatred.
When the issue of succession began, Wu Zetian agreed to withdraw Li Xian, and after Li Xian's return, he took the opportunity to launch a riot with the general. Li Xian supported other forces of the Li family to break into Wu Zetian's palace, kill the Zhang brothers, and force Wu Zetian to submit. That's what happened when the Dragon Raid happened. Wu Zetian had no choice but to agree to give way to Li Xian, and Li Tang was restored. So why did it succeed?
First, Wu Zetian decided to hand over power to Li Tang's royal family.
This is important and the root cause of the success of the event. Di Renjie told Wu Zetian that since ancient times, only children and grandchildren have worshipped their mothers and grandmothers, and no nephews have worshipped their aunts. Wu Zetian admitted this statement in his heart. Instead, she was the daughter of the Wu family, after all, in ancient times, she was no longer the Wu family. This was because Wu Zetian agreed to transfer Li Tang's royal family, began to limit the political power of martial arts, and raised the status of his son Prince Li Xian, in order to make the Shenlong Revolution a success.
Second, the right place and the right people
After the official outbreak. At this time, Wu Zetian was older. Even if she wanted to resist, she no longer had power. The Zhang brothers had no ability to protect her, so they could only put Zhang Cangzhi and others in power. This is the wisdom of Zhang Cangzhi and others. When Wu Zetian could not resist, he launched an attack and then got the opportunity.
The incident broke out in Ziwei City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. This is "geography", why do you say that? Since the military forces at that time were already under the control of Zhang Zhanzhi and others, the generals who participated were General Zuo Yulin, Jing Hui, General You Yulin, Tong Yanfan, General Wei Duo of You Yulin, General Zuo Yulin, And Li Xingzong. As a result, Ziwei Cheng had become the seat of the group at that time, and it was easy to succeed. The generals mentioned above, in addition to the royal nobility, also completely suppressed the troops around Wu Zetian. The next soldiers would not continue to launch, which was impossible, at that time, Zhang Kamzhi led the team to Xuanwu Gate, and was stopped by the guards, but when the guards saw the prince, he had to let them go. In addition, the Princess Taiping had already arranged the palace, so this blow could easily succeed.