It is said that there are Wu Zetian's drunken bones, and Lü Hou's people are yan, although we can't be sure whether they are true or false, but Wu Zetian's merits do not need to be questioned.
The world has mixed opinions about her, probably mainly because of her reign of terror. After the establishment of the Confucianism of Exaltation during the Han Dynasty, under the influence of traditional Confucianism, the ideas of male superiority over female inferiority, and women's need for three from four virtues can be said to be deeply rooted in feudal society. If nothing else, just as a woman can become an emperor, we should not hesitate to praise. Of course, we can't look at the problem lightly, but we will only discuss the question of why Wu Zetian became cruel.
In ancient times, there were three migrations of Mengmu, which shows that a person's growth time has a very important relationship for a person's future development and character development.
Wu Zetian's mother, Yang Shi, had three daughters, and Wu Zetian ranked second. His mother, Yang Shi, was born into a famous family, was a high-ranking official of the Sui Dynasty, and was also a prominent family in the capital during the Tang Dynasty. His father, Wu Shiyan, was only a businessman with a low social status, and after Li Yuan raised an army, he strengthened Li Yuan and has been following him, although he has not made any great contributions, but he can also be regarded as the elder hero of the Li family dynasty. However, this did not change his low family birth, when the rich and noble families attached great importance to blood, and even did not intermarry with the royal Li family because the Li family was mixed with fresh and humble blood. The strong strength of the powerful family was also deeply remembered by Wu Zetian. Therefore, although the samurai had the glory and wealth of being a hero, they were not accepted by the real aristocratic giants. High society stimulated her desire for power, and her humble birth alienated her from the real magnates, resulting in a strong desire for power.
After the death of Wu Zetian's father, Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang (born of the original match of Wu Shiyan), were very bad to their mother and daughter, often bullying and insulting. Such a growth environment also made Wu Zetian feel insecure and full of resentment. In the twelfth year of Emperor Taizong of Tang 's reign ( 638 ) , Wu Zetian entered the harem. Wu Zetian took the most important step in his life.
After entering the palace, Wu Zetian was made a talented person and given the name "Wu Mei", which is known to everyone as Wu Mei Niang. The royal palace is the world's largest vanity fair, and if you want to survive in it, you need to be more calculated.
In the twenty-third year of Zhenguan (649), Li Shimin died, and Wu Zetian, as a woman of Emperor Taizong, needed to go to Ganye Temple to become a nun to show that he would cut off the red dust and defend the emperor. If it were not for the early feelings with Li Zhi, perhaps the history of the Tang Dynasty would have been rewritten. In May of the second year of Yonghui (651), Wu Zetian re-entered the palace. Because of Li Zhi's favor and the plot of Wu Zetian himself, he eventually became the most powerful female empress in the world.
Later, Li Zhi's body began to have problems, and Wu Zetian often helped with political affairs, and in the folk, there began to be a saying that the Second Saint Linchao was born. As a result, Wu Zetian's ambitions became even greater, and he felt that the throne was not so far away. Finally, in 690 AD, Wu Zetian established himself as emperor, changed Tang to Zhou, and set the capital at Luoyang. In 705, Wu Zetian died and erected a wordless monument for himself. A generation of legendary female emperors has come to an end.