There are many outstanding women in the past dynasties, such as: Lü Yan, Empress Xiao, etc., but they did not call the emperor after all, but Wu Zetian called the emperor, she is the first female emperor in Chinese history, can be described as no ancient person, no one after, only this one, I have to sigh Wu Zetian's charm and means, it is really the first strange woman in the ages. In addition to being called emperor, Wu Zetian also changed the name of the Tang Dynasty to "Zhou", which was called Wu Zhou in history, which meant that he established a dynasty.
In 690, Wu Zetian complied with the will of the people, established himself as emperor, changed the name of the country to Great Zhou, and emperor Li Dan also took the initiative to ask for the surname of Wu. At this time, Wu Zetian was already 66 years old, and died of illness in Shangyang Palace after fifteen years in power, in fact, before her death, Zhang Kamzhi, Cui Xuanhui, Jinghui, Huan Yanfan, and Yuan Shuji launched a coup d'état together, forcing Wu Zetian to give way to the crown prince Li Xian, these five people were the five marquises of Tang Zhongzong during his reign, and as early as when Wu Zetian ascended the throne, Yuan Tiangang calculated a gua for her, and this gua he said was "If you want to overthrow Wu Zhou, there are only 5 monkeys."
Once, Di Renjie met Yuan Tiangang, who knew that Yuan Tiangang was good at calculation, so he asked, "Who can overthrow Wu Zetian, who can revive the Tang Dynasty?" Waiting for the words, Yuan Tiangang was very scared when he heard it, and did not dare to say more, because at that time Wu Zetiancha was tight, if this matter was leaked, it must be a capital offense, but Di Renjie asked tightly, Yuan Tiangang had no way, he drew five monkeys on the paper, Di Renjie let Yuan Tiangang explain, but Yuan Tiangang just didn't say it, afraid of leaking the heavenly opportunity or something, and finally Di Renjie could only helplessly go, and he didn't know the meaning of it, and later this story has been rumored in the folk.
Yuan Tiangang, the first feng shui master of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote a very famous prophecy book "Push Back Map", the prophecies in it are very accurate, completely calculating the major things that will happen in the future, which is really very magical. In 705, Wu Zetian was critically ill, and the ministers saw the opportunity to force Wu Zetian to abdicate.
This is also the "Shenlong Coup" in history, the planners of this coup are Zhang Chen, Huan Yanfan, Wang Jinghui, Cui Xuanwei, and Yuan Shuji. The five monkeys that Yuan Tiangang said at that time were these five people, why did they obviously say that they were monkeys, because these five people were all marquises, so they were described as five monkeys. It was also these five people who forced Wu Zetian to abdicate, and supported Li Xian's ascension to the throne, restoring Li Tangjiang, wu Zetian was emperor for a total of 15 years, and Yuan Tiangang's prediction came true. However, I have to say that Wu Zetian's life is really full of magical colors.