Chinese civilization has a long history, throughout the long history of heroes Haojie is innumerable, but according to the history books, whether it is the emperor or the hero Haojie, most of them are men. Speaking of a woman ascending the throne as an emperor, it is really the only one, and there is only one person, and it is presumably that everyone will not be unfamiliar with it, she is the famous Wu Zetian, the only orthodox female emperor in Chinese history, a politician from the Tang Dynasty to the Wuzhou Period, and the founding monarch of wuzhou. To this day, it is also an idol worshipped by many women, after all, the idea of male superiority and female inferiority in China's feudal society has lasted for a long time.
Wu Zetian's name was Wu Cao, a native of Wenshui, Shanxi, who was born into a family of official eunuchs and entered the royal harem at the age of 14. He was named a martial artist by Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, and because of his beautiful birth and unparalleled charm, he was later given the title of "Wu Mei", and Emperor Taizong, who was at the right age at the time, also loved him. She served at the side of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin for 12 years, and then married Li Zhi of Tang Gaozong when she was 27 years old. Of course, since ancient times, the royal relationship is complicated, and it is difficult for ordinary people to say clearly. According to historical records, in the sixth year of Emperor Gaozong's reign (655), Li Zhi issued an edict and made Wu Zetian empress, when Wu Zetian was 31 years old and honored as Tianhou, and was called "Second Saint" with Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi. After 17 years of deception in the palace, it is not easy for ordinary people to understand how much money to pay for it, and it is not easy for them to perish and be able to ascend to the position of empress.
I have to say that Wu Zetian is definitely a rare strange woman in the world, ranking after the female emperor, and even more vigorously ruling, making great contributions to the economic prosperity of Tang Dynasty society, including many powerful means, including attaching importance to culture, attaching importance to talents, vigorously developing agriculture, consolidating border defense, etc. For a time, the people also lived and worked in peace and contentment, even if those high-ranking ministers in the DPRK, the imperial relatives and nobles did not dare to have a little disrespect for Wu Zetian, and they could do so in that era when men were superior to women. It really refreshed the ancient people's understanding that women cannot be emperors.
Since ancient times, most emperors have been known as the harem three thousand beautiful women, of course, those are all male emperors. As an emperor, how can Wu Zetian show weakness, due to the expansion of desire caused by power factors, Wu Zetian also has a few male favorites, compared with the rumored face of the first three thousand, the author still believes this statement more. Seven passions and six desires are understandable to everyone, not to mention the king of a country, even if she is a woman, then the emperor is supreme. In addition to desire, Wu Zetian's male pet is afraid that it also has other roles, such as political needs, which will not be elaborated too much here.
Later, due to her old age and frequent illness, the 81-year-old empress still could not let go of the power in her hands. He was launched by the chancellor Zhang Kamzhi and others to launch the "Shenlong Revolution" and supported Emperor Zhongzong of Tang to take the throne, forcing him to abdicate. The following year, Wu Zetian died at the shangyang Palace in the ancient god capital of Luoyang at the age of 82, one of the longest-lived emperors in history. For the death of the empress, many people also have different opinions, some people think that the empress died of illness, others also have other ideas, and finally after expert research, they concluded: Wu Zetian lost the power of the DPRK after his abdication, and the people who had been favored around him died, walked, the wall fell down, and finally died in the midst of depression. Such a cause of death is difficult to tell, so the history books are not embarrassed to record. I wonder if you have any different opinions?