Wu Zetian, 690-705, reigned for 16 years
Husband: Li Zhi
Son: Li Xian, Li Dan
Daughter: Princess Taiping
Emperor Taizong died, and Wu Zetian entered the Ganye Temple
In 638, the 14-year-old Wu Zetian was recruited into the imperial palace, and Emperor Taizong of Tang gave him the name of Mei Niang (charming) as a talented person
In 12 years, his status has not been promoted, Tang Taizong is about to die, and Wu Zetian's hopes are about to be destroyed
In 649, Li Shimin died, Li Zhi succeeded to the throne, and Wu Zetian was forced to go to Ganye Temple as a nun, accompanied by the morning bell and the twilight drum
During Emperor Taizong's serious illness, Wu Zetian and the crown prince Li Zhi served at the same time, and the two also developed love and were subject to moral constraints, and Li Zhi, who was the emperor at this time, had no way
The queen lures the wolf into the room
In 650, Empress Wang wanted to deal with the favored Concubine Xiao Shu, believing that it would be useful for her to take Wu Zetian back to the palace
After entering the palace, Wu Zetian was soon given the title of Zhaoyi and was favored by Li Zhi, and Empress Wang finally couldn't stand it, so she joined forces with Consort Xiao Shufei against Wu Zetian, and Empress Wang had the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang's powerful GuanLong clique behind her
Li Zhi and Wu Zetian began to cultivate new forces, and Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu began to emerge
Li Zhi took the advice of the general Li Ji and decisively deposed Empress Wang, after which the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang were killed one after another
After Wu Zetian was enthroned, he took power
In 655, Wu Zetian was made empress and ascended to the highest peak of women
Li Zhi was ill and entrusted everything to Wu Zetian
Persuading Nongsang, Bo Yufu, Guangyan Lu, Du Rumors, and Wu Zetian's suggestions and suggestions on the twelve things, everywhere for the sake of the people and middle- and lower-level officials, won the support of the majority of the people, and embodied the wisdom of Wu Zetian
In addition, many literary scholars were recruited to form their own think tank, called the North Gate Bachelor
In 683, Emperor Gaozong of Tang died of illness in Luoyang, leaving a will, the crown prince succeeded to the throne, and those who were indecisive in major military affairs were punished by the Queen of Heaven
Zhongzong and Ruizong
Emperor Zhongzong of Tang succeeded Ton xian on the throne, and Wu Zetian took the throne
Emperor Zhongzong of Tang was young and vigorous, and in spite of the law, he promoted the empress's father Wei Xuanzhen, and Wu Zetian ordered that he be demoted to the position of King of Luling and moved to Fangzhou
Emperor Ruizong of Tang succeeded to the throne, and Wu Zetian continued to reign in the imperial court
In September 684, Xu Jingye and others raised troops in Yangzhou to support the King of Luling, and within ten days they gathered 100,000 troops, Wu Zetian immediately took the general Li Xiaoyi as the governor of Yangzhou Province, and led 300,000 troops to conquest, and in November, Xu Jingye committed suicide in defeat
In 690, Wu Zetian deposed Emperor Ruizong as emperor, changed Tang to Zhou, proclaimed himself emperor, and made Luoyang the capital of the gods
Asian Wars
From 693 to early 694 AD, the Wuzhou Empire fought a war with the five states of Tubo, Western Turkistan, Later Turk, and Murwei
Wu Zetian calmly and calmly responded to the war
For a time, on the Asian continent, 15 countries were simultaneously engaged in wars
After more than a year of fighting, Wuzhou won a complete victory, great prestige, international prestige greatly improved, under the call of persian emperor Abraham, more than 200 heads of state gathered in the god capital Luoyang, the establishment of the symbol of the center of the world "Great Zhou Wanguo Song De Tianshu", marking the peak of China's ancient international status
Wu Zetian means
After Wu Zetian came to power, she began to crack down on her political enemies, in 697 AD, she killed 36 celebrities in Hainei, thousands of people in a row, she also encouraged informants to clear up political enemies, and also used cool officials to handle major cases of rebellion, torture and cruelty, Li Tangzong's noble relatives were killed hundreds of people, on the contrary, the Shu bureaucrats who supported the Great Zhou regime were supported
With her unique political skills, Wu Zetian managed the hard-won Wuzhou Dynasty
Wu Zetian selects talents
On the one hand, she opened her career to everyone in an eclectic manner, and created the "self-recommendation" and "trial officer" systems, so that many people born poor and intelligent could exert their wisdom
On the other hand, she also removed and severely punished incompetent officials at any time, and screened a group of talents with real talents and practical learning and dedication, and she improved the examination system and better selected talents
In 690, she initiated the temple examination in which the emperor himself asked to raise people
From 688 to 697 AD, for eight years, the system of subjects, temporary subjects, and the selection of special talents were held, and Zhang Kamzhi and Zhang Jiuling were all elected through the system of subjects
During this period, a group of people of insight such as Di Renjie, Yao Chong, and Song Jing emerged, who always served Wu Zetian and made Wu Zhou stable and powerful
In 702 AD, another martial arts was opened, and the famous general Guo Ziyi was from the martial arts
Wu Zetian attached importance to the development of agricultural production, continued to implement the equalization of the field system, persuaded peasants to teach sang, and used the quality of agricultural performance to evaluate the criteria for the promotion and demotion of local officials, and adopted a tolerant policy for peasants who fled due to land annexation
During the reign of Wu Zetian, agriculture, handicrafts, and commerce all developed by leaps and bounds, and the population continued to increase
In terms of ethnic relations, Wu Zetian basically maintained the territory and frontier security of the Tang Dynasty
She adhered to the policy of the border army and the field, which played a positive role in the development and consolidation of the frontier
In 701, Wu Zetian returned to Chang'an and changed his name to Chang'an, which meant that Wu Zetian wanted to pass the throne to Li
Dragon Coup
In the first month of the first year of Shenlong (705), the chancellor Zhang Kamzhi, the chancellor Cui Xuanhui, the general Huan Yanfan, and the general Jinghui killed Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong's brothers with soldiers, forcing Wu Zetian to step down, and the crown prince Li Xian was reinstated, in order to serve Emperor Zhongzong of Tang and Emperor Wu as Emperor Zetian
In February, the name of the restoration was Tang, and the system of Yi should be normalized, and the tang was restored to the former and The Wuzhou was destroyed
In December, Wu Zetian died in the Shangyang Palace in Luoyang at the age of 81, and was buried with Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi and Qianling as empress, and erected a wordless monument
Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in Chinese history, her life is like "Cao", which can make people think of the sun and the moon when they are empty, and her historical merits, like the wordless monument she erected for herself, can only be left to history to comment