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Although Wu Zetian was a female emperor, she did not have a biological child with the surname Wu, although she had descendants, she was not biological, and her own sons and daughters were all surnamed Li and belonged to the Li Tang royal family, so when she chose an heir, she was very distressed.
On the one hand, the selection of people is a problem, on the other hand, there is also a problem of whether to return the government to Li Tang, Princess Taiping and Wu Zetian are very similar, the same is also very means, and than his two brothers, are even more powerful, but why did Wu Zetian not choose to pass the throne to Princess Taiping?
First of all, everyone should know that when Wu Zetian chose the heir, there were several choices, one was Wu Sansi, one was Li Xian, one was Li Dan, and the last was Princess Taiping.
Wu Sansi ranked first, because Wu Zetian had worked hard for a long time to establish the Wuzhou Dynasty, and she definitely wanted to continue this dynasty, so at the beginning, she thought of Wu Sansi and looked forward to this person as her successor, this nephew of her own.
During the reign of Wu Zetian, she took good care of the people of the wu family, but in her later years, the empress, who trusted Di Renjie and Zhang Kamzhi, often consulted with Di Ge, and on the issue of heirs, Di Renjie also knew that the empress's favorite thing was Wu Sansi, but he did not think so.
Di Renjie always advised Wu Zetian, after all, Wu Sansi was a nephew, and there was no aunt's tablet in the nephew's zongmiao, but Li Xian and others were different, after all, Li Xian was his own son, and no matter what he said after succeeding to the throne, he had to respectfully enshrine his own mother in the zongmiao temple.
Although Wu Zetian wanted to pass the throne to the Wu family, she also had to consider the situation and consider the problems after her death, so why didn't she pass it on to Princess Taiping?
Although Princess Taiping is Wu Zetian's favorite child, Princess Taiping has several deficiencies, first of all, princess Taiping's child, because the princess is married twice, so the child has a surname of Xue, a surname of Wu, and the surname of Xue, and once opposed Wu Zetian.
If Princess Taiping became emperor, she also passed the throne to these two people, and then passed on to outsiders, and the identity of Princess Taiping was the sister of Li Xian and others, and she was still a lot worse in politics and seniority, so Wu Zetian did not pass the throne to her daughter.
Although Wu Zetian is a strong woman, she does not think that feminism is supreme, Li Xian is also a talented emperor, in the empress's later years, support Li Xian and others, has cultivated a group of officials who support Li Xian, belong to the people's desire, after all, it is his own son, and finally helpless, Wu Zetian chose to return to Li Tang.