Wu Zetian is the first and only orthodox female emperor in the history of our country, throughout the history of our country, how many women can sit in the position of Wu Zetian, even if there are women with great power, but except for Wu Zetian, no one dares to ascend the throne as an emperor and become the second orthodox female emperor.
Wu Zetian was the second daughter of Wu Shiyan, the governor of Jingzhou, who entered the palace at the age of 14 and was given the title of "Wu Mei" for Tang Taizong, who was 27 years older than Wu Zetian, and Wu Zetian showed his means at a very young age.
According to the Zizhi Tongjian, "Emperor Taizong had a famous master, Zi Qi, and a fat and incompetent regulator. Wu Zetian (Wu Zetian) was a palace maid, and said to Emperor Taizong: "Concubines can make it, but they must have three things, one iron whip, two iron rafters, and three daggers." If the iron whip disobeys, he will be struck with a rafter, and if he does not obey, his throat will be cut off with a dagger. ’”
During Tang Taizong's illness, Wu Zetian began to think about the situation she would face, she naturally did not want to follow Tang Taizong at a young age, nor would she be a nun in the temple for a lifetime, so Wu Zetian and the crown prince Li Zhi were reconciled, Zhenguan twenty-three (649), Tang Taizong died, Wu Zetian went to Chang'an Ganye Temple, Li Zhi ascended the throne as emperor, for Tang Gaozong.
Li Zhi would be concerned about Wu Zetian, which also showed that Wu Zetian had superiority, but Tang Gaozong also had a favored concubine Xiao Shufei at that time, and Empress Wang fell out of favor because she had no children, so she took the initiative to ask Li Zhi to include Wu Zetian in the palace, and Wu Zetian who entered the palace again did not have a high status, but Wu Zetian knew how to tolerate it, and through step by step, he sat on the empress's seat.
However, Wu Zetian did not stop at the empress, first with Tang Gaozong's second holy dynasty, after the death of Tang Gaozong, Wu Zetian gradually seized power from the hands of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, and gradually stepped onto the emperor's throne, Wu Zetian was able to become emperor, on the one hand, because of her means, on the other hand, her longevity, and survived Tang Taizong and Tang Gaozong.
In the first month of the first year of shenlong (705), Wu Zetian was already 82 years old, at that time it was quite long-lived, and her physical condition was not as good as before, during Wu Zetian's illness, the prime minister Zhang Kamzhi, Cui Xuanwei and others launched a coup d'état, Wu Zetian thus abdicated while he was alive, Li Xian was emperor again, and the legend of Wu Zetian ended here, but her deeds were passed down through the ages.
However, 1200 years after Wu Zetian's death, that is, 32 years ago, a Shandong woman wanted to emulate Wu Zetian and actually "called herself emperor"! This person is not Chao Zhengkun, a native of Anqiu, Shandong, a very famous local witch, in the late last century, some remote places are still very superstitious, chao Zhengkun's right to speak is also quite high.
Through this situation, many witches have been very satisfied, both trusted by the villagers, and do not worry about food and clothing, but Chao Zhengkun inadvertently learned about Wu Zetian's deeds, and wanted to become a figure like Wu Zetian, in 1986 Chao Zhengkun established a "Great Saint Dynasty" in the local area.
Because the local people respect Chao Zhengkun very much, there are still many people who cater to Chao Zhengkun, but Chao Zhengkun is not Wu Zetian, she just established her own "harem", and specifically looked for boys, and named 4 men as concubines. Two years later, Chao Zhengkun also conspired to enter Beijing, so this "Great Saint Dynasty" was exposed and finally suppressed by the county people's government.
Chao Zhengkun was also killed because of this, as we all know, since the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1912, the history of China's feudal dynasty has been painted with history, but some blind people have "ascended the throne and become emperors" in the ravine, which is also laughable and generous.