Empress Wu Zetian of a generation

Wu Zetian was the only female emperor in Chinese history, possessing supreme talent and superhuman wisdom.

Her appearance had a profound impact on Chinese history.

According to historical records. Wu Zetian's ancestral home is also a prefecture. (present-day Wenshui, Shanxi), born into an aristocratic family. She has been intelligent and sharp since childhood. At the age of thirteen or fourteen, he had already read a lot of books, poetry and songs, was omnipotent, and was good at calligraphy, and his writing was outstanding.

In the eleventh year of Zhenguan, the fourteen-year-old Wu Zetian was selected by Tang Taizong to enter the palace because of his beautiful appearance and was named a talented person. After entering the palace, Wu Zetian was quite pleased with Emperor Taizong and was given the title of "Beautiful Lady", but Wu Zetian entered the palace for twelve years, and did not give birth to a man and a half woman for Emperor Taizong, so her status in the palace has not been improved, during this period, she and Emperor Taizong's son Li Zhi developed mutual admiration.

Zhenguan 23 years. Emperor Taizong died. Crown Prince Li Zhi ascended the throne for Emperor Gaozong of Tang. According to The Tang Law, Wu Zetian cut his hair with all the concubines who did not have children and became a nun. Enter the Ganye Temple for practice. On the day of Emperor Taizong's death the following year, Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi went to The Ganye Temple to enter the incense, and Wu Zetian seized the opportunity to secretly meet with Emperor Gaozong, so that Emperor Gaozong could rekindle his old love, and two or three years later, Emperor Gaozong re-summoned Wu Zetian to the palace, and was promoted to the title of "Zhaoyi" and entered the title of Concubine Chen.

After Wu Zetian returned to the palace, he gained the favor of Emperor Gaozong and gave birth to 4 men and 2 women and 6 children for him. After the position of the harem was secured. She began to covet the throne of empress. In the following years, she first joined forces with the queen. Together, they overthrew the favored Concubine Xiao Shufei, and then framed Empress Wang by strangling her own daughter, so that Emperor Gaozong beat her into the cold palace, and after six years of Yongwei, Wu Zetian was finally made empress

Empress Wu Zetian "knew all about literature and history, and had many power plots", and Emperor Gaozong favored her. This enabled her to participate in government affairs. From the sixth year of Yongwei to the fourth year of Xianqing, she

Try to eliminate political enemies. Consolidate and expand their influence and power. Removed obstacles to her political participation.

Five years after Xianqing, Tang Gaozong had a headache. Headache cannot be seen. Entrusted Wu Zetian to assist in political affairs. Since then, Wu Zetian has gone from participating in politics to ruling the government. In the ninth year of Xianqing, Emperor Gaozong was dissatisfied with Wu Zetian's arbitrary behavior. After plotting with Shangguan Yi to abolish it. However, Wu Zetian preemptively took control of Emperor Gaozong and executed Shangguan Yi. Wu Zetian handles government affairs with rules and regulations. He was admired by the courtiers. Tang Gaozong could not help but respect him, so Wu Zetian gradually came to the fore from behind the scenes, and Gaozong became a puppet in her hands.

In order to firmly control the control, Wu Zetian did not even spare his own son. Emperor Gaozong of Tang wanted to take the place of his eldest son Li Hong, but Wu Zetian poisoned Li Hong to death. He made his second son Li Xian crown prince. Li Xian has also shown outstanding ability in the process of handling government affairs. Wu Zetian felt threatened again, so he fabricated the crime, deposed Li Xian as a shuren, and established three sons, li Xian, as the crown prince. In the first year of Hongdao, Emperor Gaozong of Tang died. The crown prince Li Xian ascended the throne for Emperor Zhongzong, while Wu Zetian took the throne in the name of empress dowager, and a year later, she deposed Emperor Zhongzong, renamed the King of Luling, and made her fourth son Li Dan emperor for Emperor Ruizong, although Wu Zetian let her younger son inherit the throne. However, the power of the government is still in its own hands. Gradually, she developed a desire to become empress.

In the first year of the Tianzhi Dynasty (690), Wu Zetian borrowed the mouth of the Buddhist monk Fa Ming. Widely create public opinion that "Wuhou should be the son of heaven". Then he directed the subjects to persuade him. Please change the name of the country to the feat, and at this point, the water will come to fruition. Chongyang Festival of that year. The nearly ancient Wu Zetian changed his name to Yuan Tianzhi. Li Dan, emperor Ruizong, was demoted to the position of imperial heir, and the crown prince was also demoted to the emperor's grandson, and she herself, in a "long live" sound, ascended to Dabao, changed the country name to Zhou, and called herself "Emperor of the Holy Spirit".

Wu Zetian was called empress. More attention should be paid to the selection and appointment of talents. All talents who can settle the country. She often did not remember the seniority of the door, recruited out of the box, in order to recruit talents, she also developed and improved the examination system. The first temple examination and martial arts system has created favorable conditions for more and wider discovery of talents.

In addition, Wu Zetian also attached great importance to agricultural production and the construction of farmland water conservancy. Implement the policy of "heavy peasant mulberry and thin taxation". During her reign. The number of households nationwide increased from 3.8 million to 6.15 million.

However, during his reign, Wu Zetian also had many mistakes. She reused Zhou Xing, Lai Junchen and other cool officials, extensive weaving, torture to extract confessions, reward whistleblowers, although this practice eliminated some political enemies, but also killed many innocent people. Let a lot of dirty history run rampant. In her later years, she was very happy. Life is extravagant. After spending a lot of money and fame, she did not reuse her mother's family in large quantities, and the children of the Wu clan of the Great Feng Niang family were kings, which caused dissatisfaction among the imperial court.

Persuaded by some ministers. In the first year of Wu Zetian and the Holy Calendar, Li Xian, the King of Luling, was restored as crown prince. In the first month of the first year of shenlong, the chancellor Zhang Kam launched a coup d'état to force Wu Zetian to abdicate and welcome Emperor Zhongzong to the throne, and after Emperor Zhongzong ascended the throne, he honored his mother as "Zetian Dasheng Emperor", so posterity used to call her "Wu Zetian", and in the autumn of the same year, the eighty-two-year-old Wu Zetian died in a desert.