Why can't Wu Zetian's Wu Zhou regime be passed down?

The most fundamental reason is that Wu Zetian lives in a patriarchal society. Under the feudal ethics of father passing on son and son passing on grandson, it is not feasible to inherit the regime of Wu Zhou. If Wu Zetian is a man, her inheritance right is no longer a problem, but Wu Zetian is a woman, and she sits on the highest throne of the emperor. How to succeed her is faced with many embarrassing situations.

In September 690, ministers requested to change the name of the country to Zhou. Soon, Xiangrui appeared in Chang 'an, and Wu Zetian was overjoyed. On September 9th, she visited Tianmen, granted amnesty to the world, changed the Tang Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty, and made Luoyang its capital.

Wu Zetian, who completed the change of political power, was followed by the issue of the successor of Linwu Zhou. According to tradition, Wu Zetian should be transferred to Wu's descendants, that is, she should be transferred to her nephew Wu or Wu Sansi, but after all, my nephew is not a son. If my nephew succeeds to the throne, Wu Zetian cannot be enshrined in the ancestral hall, because there is no precedent for my nephew to worship his aunt as his ancestor. If his son Li Xian was elected as the Crown Prince, the situation would be different. It is natural for a son to worship his mother.

In addition, the forces supporting Li Tang at that time were so powerful that even Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong, Wu Zetian's favorite leaders, stood up and regarded Li Xian as Chu Jun, which made Wu Zetian further realize that what people wanted was the imperial clan of Li Tang. If he goes his own way again, he will be in danger of losing popular support. So after weighing in many ways, Wu Zetian finally decided to be the Crown Prince, and the Datang artifact once again returned to the hands of the royal family named Li.

In AD 65438+February 65438+June 705, Wu Zetian died in Xianju Hall of Shangyang Palace. The imperial edict was omitted. She was called "Tianhou" and was buried with Emperor Gaozong. As the only orthodox female emperor in ancient China, although she won the honor of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, in a patriarchal society, she could not go against the will of the people and do whatever she wanted. In the end, she was buried in Ganling as the daughter-in-law of the Li family, and Wu died once.