In 637 (the 11th year of Emperor Taizong's Zhenguan reign), Wu was called into the palace for her beauty, and was awarded the title of Wu Mei, the year 14. In 649, Emperor Taizong died, and he entered Ganye Temple to become a nun. At that time, the queen was competing for favor with her, and she decided to use Wu Mei's beauty to transfer the emperor's favor to Xiao. So he ordered Wu Shi to keep his hair secret and dedicate it to Emperor Gaozong, and named it Chen Fei. The following year, Li Hong, the eldest son, was promoted to Zhao Yi.
Wu Shi entered the palace again, thanked the queen and began to grovel and flatter her. Knowing that there was a contradiction between the queen and her, she joined forces with the queen to deprive the emperor of Xiao's love. When Xiao fell out of favor, she thought that if she wanted to be the master of the sixth house, she had to defeat the queen. In 654, Wu gave birth to a daughter, who was deeply loved. One day, Queen Wang was so bored that she went to the Showa Hall to play with the little princess, and then she left. Wu deliberately avoided when the queen came, left with the queen, killed the little princess, and blamed the queen. In 655, Wang was falsely killed by the little princess, abolished his post and made Wu the queen. Since then, three sons and a daughter have been born: Li Xian (Prince Zhang Huai), Li Xianzong, Li Dan (Zong Rui) and Princess Taiping. It can be seen that its status as a pet.
After Wu Zili became the queen, he began to participate in political affairs, and he was called "two saints". In 683, Emperor Gaozong died, and Li Xian succeeded to the throne as Zhongzong, and Zunwu was the empress dowager, who was called the royal family. The following year, Li Xian was abolished as the king of Luling, Li Dan was appointed, and Wu Zetian took the real power. In 690, Li Dan was abolished as Emperor Zetian, and the country name was changed to Zhou, which was called "Wu Zhou" in history.
After Wu Zetian proclaimed himself emperor, he opened the imperial examination and made an exception in employing people. Reward agriculture and mulberry to develop economy; Understand others and be good at performing their duties, allowing others to receive guidance. She was in charge of the state affairs for nearly half a century, and her social stability and economic development laid the foundation for the later "Kaiyuan Shi Sheng". However, Wu Zetian persecuted Queen Xiao Fei, killed her parents and children, conferred the title of King Wu, attached importance to cruel officials, severely punished the law, and suffered numerous unjust imprisonment, which was condemned by history.
In 705, Prime Minister Zhang Jianzhi took advantage of Wu Zetian's old age and critical illness, supported the restoration of Zhongzong, and respected Wu Shi as the "Great Sage Emperor". In the winter of the same year, Wu Shi died at the age of 82, and his will said, "Play the emperor and call him the Great Sage Queen." Li Bai listed Wu Zetian as one of the "Seven Saints" in the Tang Dynasty.
Wu Zetian is also a poetess. There are 58 Poems of the Whole Tang Dynasty, most of which are memorial works in temples, but there are also occasional lyric poems. "Ruyi Niang" poem says:
Zhu Jian thinks in succession, looking haggard and fragmented.
If you don't believe me, you will often cry.
As a queen, Wu Zetian is an iron fist, giving people the impression that women need men. But as a woman, she also has a lingering and tender side, which can be seen in this poem.
Wu Zetian also has a poem "La Ri Xuan Zhao Xing Shang Yuan":
In the Ming dynasty, I swam to the garden, and the fire reported spring.
Flowers bloom overnight, don't wait for the breeze to blow.
This poem was later circulated as a story, saying that one winter, Wu Zetian swam into the garden and let the flower god rush to open a hundred flowers. At the command of the flower god, all the flowers opened, but the peony was arrogant and did not serve the imperial edict alone. Wuhou was furious and exiled to Luoyang. "Therefore, those who say peony today are crowned in Xiluo." This poem was written in 69 1 year, which was the second year after Wu Zetian established Wu Zhou. This poem "A Complete Interpretation of Tang Poems" says: "After two years of God's gift, La Qing wants to fake flowers. Please be lucky to come to the garden and have a plan to make it happen. There are different plans to find out the doubts, but this is a moment to send a special envoy to publish the letter. So, in the morning, the famous flower garden. The princes are salty and take their differences. Later support operation moved to Tang Zuo. This is all crazy and unbelievable. " This statement is more credible. The so-called "Flower God" urges flowers to this day because of the need of political propaganda.
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