Wu Zetian was the only female emperor in ancient China and a household name. She took over Li Tang Jiangshan with extraordinary wisdom and political boldness, and changed the name of the country to "Zhou", she succeeded to the throne and worked hard to rule in everything herself, her imperial achievements can be described as inheriting the world of Zhenguan under Tang Taizong Li Shimin, and pushing it to another height, but also laying the foundation for the kaiyuan prosperity of later generations, as an emperor, she is indeed competent.
However, what has always been criticized by the world is precisely because she became the emperor as a daughter, and it is true that she can become the emperor because she stole the Jiangshan that Li Room had worked so hard to build, and also poisoned her own flesh and bones, which is also a black spot in her life that can never be erased. And future generations seem to be more willing to amplify her black spots and obliterate her extraordinary political wisdom. Just as the world prefers to describe Qin Shi Huang as a tyrant, this seems to be a common disease of mankind.
In 705, Wu Zetian suddenly fell ill, and the chancellor Zhang Kamzhi took the opportunity to launch a mutiny, supporting the restoration of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, forcing Wu Zetian to abdicate, known in history as the "Shenlong Coup". Thereafter, Emperor Zhongzong restored the name of the country to Tang. But in November of that year, the 82-year-old Wu Zetian suddenly collapsed. This is less than a year before his abdication, what is the hidden meaning of this? Even the emperor was reluctant to let the historian record the real reason for Wu Zetian's death? Why?
People who like to read this history know that Wu Zetian liked to raise male pets in his later years, and the most popular of them was the Zhang brothers, and the Zhang brothers also used Wu Zetian's favor to be uninhabited and mischievous in the eyes of the DPRK, which made many ministers look in their eyes, but they all remembered the hatred in their hearts, and one day the Wu clan fell and then settled the account after the autumn.
It turned out that just when Zhang Kamzhi launched the mutiny, he incidentally solved the male favorite Zhang brothers who had been blowing the wind in Wu Zetian's side for many years. This made Wu Zetian lose his only spiritual sustenance and comfort in his later years, because when Wu Zetian knew that he was doomed, he also asked his son to let the Zhang brothers stay by his side, but Emperor Zhongzong was a weak and honest person, and Zhang Kamzhi and the ministers had long hated the Zhang brothers to the bone, how could they let them go, which made Emperor Zhongzong helpless, and had to let the ministers deal with them.
After the successful restoration of the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian in her later years was soon isolated by everyone, and the departure of the Zhang brothers made her feel even more lonely and helpless, so she died of depression shortly after the same year. Therefore, this method of death for Wu Zetian made his son Emperor Zhongzong disdainful, and even the historian did not dare to record it truthfully, so as not to become the laughing stock of the world.