The "Sheng Tang" mentioned here is recorded according to historical records, a historical period from the beginning of the era of Emperor Gaozong of Tang to the end of the era of Emperor Xianzong of Tang, roughly equivalent to 650 to 820 AD. At this time, China was rich in products, the country was peaceful, the frontier was stable, the prosperity was unprecedented, and there was absolute military strength to shock the four sides; the Tang Dynasty was also spread to the world, and the future Chinese often called the Tang people abroad, such as the Chinatowns of the current countries.
Then the middle and early tang dynasties refer to the reign of Yonghui that began with Emperor Gaozong of Tang to the kaiyuan prosperity of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. Among them, it is particularly important to say that the Tang Dynasty during the Gaozong period had the largest territory, destroying Goguryeo and Western Turks, and its territory stretched from west to present-day Central Asia, east to the Korean Peninsula, north to the shores of Lake Baikal in Russia, and south to Vietnam.
During this period, two more representative and controversial female figures appeared, they were Wu Zetian and Yang Yuhuan. One of the more historical points should be Wu Zetian, because this woman later became the only female emperor in Chinese history. Moreover, after she took the throne, she actually changed the title of the country and founded the Wuzhou Dynasty for just 15 years. It was this Wu Zhou that was inserted between Tang Gaozong's reign of Yonghui and Tang Gaozong's grandson Tang Xuanzong's Kaiyuan dynasty. The drama is that Wu Zetian is Tang Gaozong's wife and Tang Xuanzong's grandmother.
So how did Wu Zetian Yijie's woman ascend to the throne of God? Let's take a brief look at it. First of all, Wu Zetian was deeply loved and favored by Emperor Gaozong of Tang at that time, and he and Wu Zetian were in love with each other when Li Zhi was crown prince, which was the basic condition for her to succeed. Secondly, Wu Zetian himself was very scheming, vicious and eager for power; and even coveted the lord of the world, so he took every step of the way during his life with Emperor Gaozong, and it can be said that the goal is clear, and the plan and strategy are not bad. Wu Zetian first used and used Emperor Gaozong's idea of centralizing power to reach a consensus with Emperor Gaozong, asking Emperor Gaozong to abolish Empress Wang and replace her with empress.
There were deep-level reasons for the abolition of Empress Wang, because most of the ministers who supported Empress Wang in the court were Guanlong nobles and held heavy power, and they just posed a threat to Emperor Gaozong's imperial power, so Emperor Gaozong needed to "abolish Wang Liwu" emotionally and politically. Therefore, under the careful planning and arrangement of Emperor Gaozong and Wu Zetian, the "abolition of Wang Liwu" was realized, and Emperor Gaozong also took the opportunity to suppress and remove those elderly ministers who held heavy power in the middle of the dynasty, and at this point, Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi basically realized the centralization of monarchy power. The "abolition of Wang Liwu" incident dealt a heavy blow to the Guanlong nobles, and the situation of imperial power decline since the Wei and Jin dynasties was changed, which had a very great impact on Chinese history, especially the development of imperial power.
After successfully ascending to the empress's throne, Wu Zetian took advantage of Emperor Gaozong's favor and trust at that time to finally get the opportunity to participate in the government of the dynasty, so that his political experience and ability were enriched and strengthened; in addition, later Emperor Gaozong's wind attack and poor health, Wu Zetian was given the opportunity to take the throne and the lin dynasty, and his power was even more secured; although Later Emperor Gaozong also had the idea of deposing the emperor, but it was all fruitless, because both the chancellor and the crown prince were no longer a substantial threat to Wu Zetian in the later period of Emperor Gaozong.
Finally, in 683, Emperor Gaozong of Tang died, and the crown prince Li Xian succeeded to the throne, with the title of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang and Wu Zetian as the regent of the Dynasty. In 684, Wu Zetian deposed his third son Li Xian, and instead installed his fourth son, Li Dan, as emperor, with the title of Emperor Ruizong of Tang. After that, in order to consolidate and protect his power, Wu Zetian began to purge dissidents and persecute the Li royal family. It was not until 690 that Wu Zetian, who had long aspired to the throne for a long time, finally announced that he would change Tang to Zhou after careful preparations, establish himself as emperor, make Luoyang the capital, call it "Shendu", and establish the Wuzhou Dynasty.
In the later period of Wu Zhou, Wu Zetian welcomed back his third son Li Xian, in accordance with public opinion, and passed the throne to him, which was considered to be the return of Jiangshan to Li Tang. There has always been controversy about Wu Zetian's historical and political right and wrong or merit and fault; but I would like to say that in fact, Emperor Gaozong of Tang cultivated and supported Wu Zetian and entrusted him with heavy power, and later Emperor Zhongzong and Emperor Ruizong were both sons of Wu Zetian and had no real power, so who was to blame? Moreover, there was no serious resentment and rebellion in the imperial court or among the people, so it didn't matter what power she used to claim the title of emperor or persecute which nobles, but there was no serious negligence and fallacy in terms of policy and people's livelihood.
Wu Zetian, the empress, should be a product of necessity in the Tang Dynasty era, and at the same time it was inevitable; because there was no suitable or more leadership male emperor at that time, why shouldn't the empress who was inferior to men in all aspects be able to do it?