Wu Zetian is the only orthodox female emperor in Chinese history who has been universally recognized, compared with more than 400 other emperors of all sizes, Wu Zetian not only won Li Tang Jiangshan as his daughter, but also in the nearly half century of his reign, wenzhi martial arts, the country's political, economic, military, cultural and other aspects have developed greatly. If this was the case, then why did Wu Zetian return Jiangshan to the Li family before he died? Is she stupid? Of course not, but in her later years she discovered a big secret.
Wu Zetian's Jiangshan was originally Li Tangjiangshan, and Wu Zetian's road to power also went quite long and tortuous. Wu Zetian was born in a well-off family of officials and merchants, his father died when he was 12 years old, and at the age of 14, he was summoned into the palace by Tang Taizong because of his beautiful appearance and full of talent, and became a talented person, giving him the title of "Beautiful Lady".
Although he was favored by Emperor Taizong of Tang, Wu Zetian did not become a brilliant harem and a prominent harem, but had been a talented person for 12 years, and after Emperor Taizong's death, he entered the Ganye Temple as a nun like other concubines without children, and stayed for more than a year, in which the cold and lonely, only Wu Zetian himself could understand.
However, during Emperor Taizong's illness in his later years, Wu Zetian seized the opportunity to have feelings with Li Zhi, the crown prince who was waiting at the bedside, so after Wu Zetian entered the temple as a nun, her relationship with Li Zhi has been broken, and after Li Zhi's filial piety expires, she is re-entered into the palace, and li Zhi's favor is favored, and she is first enthroned zhaoyi, and then ascended to the phoenix throne, and the mother is in the world. At this point, Wu Zetian had a certain amount of power in his hands.
Wu Zetian had talent, wisdom, strategy, and means, and the status of women during the Tang Dynasty was higher than that of other dynasties, in addition, Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi was physically weak, and all of this pushed Wu Zetian onto the political stage and gradually became the protagonist of the Political Stage of the Tang Dynasty.
In 690, at the age of 67, Wu Zetian established himself as emperor, made the capital Luoyang, established Wuzhou, and abdicated at the age of 82, becoming one of the oldest and longest-lived emperors in Chinese history. In the later years of Wu Zetian's life, his nephew Wu Sansi and others repeatedly revealed the idea of becoming a prince, and also said to Wu Zetian: "Since ancient times, Tianzi has never regarded a different surname as an heir. Therefore, Wu Zetian has been hesitant about the matter of the successor, is it Li Wu's nephew or Li Li's son?
Di Renjie said to Wu Zetian on this matter: "Which is closer, between the aunt and nephew and the mother and son?" If His Majesty has a son, then after a long life, he will be worshipped as an ancestor in the Taimiao Temple; if he has a nephew, he has never heard that the nephew became emperor and will enshrine his aunt in the Taimiao Temple. He also persuaded Wu Zetian to recall Li Xian.
At this time, Zhang Yizhi, Zhang Changzong, and others all asked Wu Zetian to make Li Xian the crown prince, and Li Dan also requested to abdicate to Li Xian, that is, all the forces were supporting Li Tang, so Wu Zetian further realized that what everyone was looking for was Li Tang's family, and if he insisted on going his own way, he would lose the hearts of the people.
Since ancient times, the monarch is like a boat, the people are like water, and the water can carry a boat and can also overturn the boat, in addition, the ancients attached great importance to the reputation behind them, so Wu Zetian understood that both the courtiers and the people had their hearts set on Li Tang, and after many considerations, finally established Li Xian as the crown prince and returned jiangshan to the Li family.