Wu Zetian's Historical Story About Wu Zetian's Historical Story

1. In the eleventh year of Zhenguan, fourteen-year-old Wu Zetian entered the palace and became a talented person of Emperor Taizong. At first, Emperor Taizong liked her very much and named her "Wu Meiniang", but she was soon left out in the cold. Wu Zetian has been a talented person for twelve years, but her position has never improved. During the period when Emperor Taizong was seriously ill, Wu Zetian established feelings with the then Prince Li Zhi. In the 23rd year of Zhenguan (AD 649), Taizong died, and Prince Li Zhi succeeded Tang Gaozong. This year, Wu Zetian and some concubines who had no children joined Ganye Temple and became nuns. Later, Tang Gaozong recalled her to the palace and named her Zhao Yi.

2. In the sixth year of Yonghui, that is, the third year of Wu Zetian's re-entry into the palace, Emperor Gaozong, despite the opposition of Sun Chang Wuji and Chu Suiliang, canonized Wu Shi as the queen. Later, Wu Zetian actively remonstrated with the emperor and adopted the strategy of "easy first, then difficult", successively deposed Chu Suiliang, Han Xuan and Lai Ji, and finally got rid of Sun Chang Wuji, so that the emperor basically realized the centralized monarchy. Emperor Gaozong was in poor health and many political affairs were handed over to Wu Zetian. Therefore, the Tang Dynasty experienced a period of "double hanging the sun and the moon to shine on Kun", and Wu Zetian gradually mastered the real power of the central government and formed her own influence group.

In 683 AD, Emperor Gaozong died of illness. Soon, Wu Zetian made Prince Li Xian emperor of Tang Zhongzong. Soon, he abolished Zhongzong and made his other son Li Dan emperor. After the rebellion was put down, in 690 AD, Wu Zetian was abolished as emperor, changed "Tang" to "Zhou" and made Luoyang its capital, calling it the Holy Spirit Emperor. In 705 AD, Xu Jing mixed with Prime Minister Zhang Jian and others to launch a coup, forcing Wu Zetian to abdicate and supporting Li Xian, the Chinese emperor, to restore the Tang Dynasty regime. In the same year, Wu Zetian died of illness at the age of 82, and the testament "played the emperor and called him the Great Sage Queen" made people set up a wordless monument in front of the mausoleum, which was evaluated by future generations.

4. Wu Zetian is resourceful and dabbles in literature and history. During her administration, she continued to promote the rule of law, created imperial examinations, created martial arts, bootstrapped, tried officials, and personally tested Gong's family; Modify the surname record and rank Wu as the first class; Attach importance to agriculture and resist the Tubo attack. During his reign, the social economy developed, but due to the overhaul of the temple, the burden on the people increased. During the reign of Wu Zetian, she inherited the rule of Zhenguan and created the prosperity of Kaiyuan. Historians say her rule has a legacy of chastity.