In order to crack down on potential people who were dissatisfied with Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian began to reward informers and appoint cruel officials in March of the second year of his reign. While suppressing the opposition, Wu Zetian also built auspicious signs and Vientiane shrines, and found the basis for women to claim the throne in the Buddhist classic Dayun Sutra, creating public opinion for herself.
On May 18th, four years after hanging the arch, Wu Zetian added the title of "The Virgin Jade Emperor" and tentatively took a step towards becoming an emperor. ? In the first year of the first year (690), Wu Zetian abandoned Zongrui and claimed to be the Emperor of the Holy Spirit. She changed her name to Zhou, and made Luoyang her capital, which was called "Wu Zhou" in history. Wu Zetian ascended the throne at the age of 67, becoming the only female emperor in the history of China.
Shangguan Waner tells the legendary life of Shangguan Waner, the only female prime minister in China history. In 664, Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, who was sick, was dissatisfied with the autocratic power of Wu Zetian and wanted to dethrone Wuhou with Prime Minister Shangguan Yi. As a result, Shangguan Yi was killed, and her infant granddaughter Shangguan Waner was taken into the palace with her mother as a slave.
Shangguan Waner suffered a lot in the palace since she was a child, but under the careful education of her mother, she grew into a beautiful girl and was occasionally appreciated by Wu Zetian. After suffering, he became Wu Zetian's right-hand man. During this period, Shangguan Waner fell in love with Pei Chongguang, the son of the prime minister, and they wrote a love story of life and death.
When Wu Zetian usurped the throne of the Tang Dynasty and reused the cruel officials, Shangguan Waner consciously shouldered the historical mission of helping the country and the people, fought bloody battles with the cruel officials group, protected the imperial clan of Li Tang with extraordinary wisdom and courage, and finally launched a dragon coup with Zhang Jian and others, overthrowing Wu Zetian and recreating the Tang Dynasty.
"The Rule of Zhenguan" The Rule of Zhenguan In 620 AD, in July of the third year of Tang Wude, Li Shimin, the second son of Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was ordered by his father to March eastward to Luoyang. Luoyang, the eastern capital of the former Sui Dynasty, is of great political, military and economic significance. The battle of Luoyang became the most important battle to unify the Central Plains in the Tang Dynasty.
Luoyang was besieged by the army for several months, and it was unable to fight against Tang Jun, so Wang, the leader of Luoyang, had to hope for reinforcements. Dou Jiande, Hebei Province, led hundreds of thousands of troops to Luoyang to relieve the siege of Luoyang. Li Shimin ordered his younger brother, King Li Yuanji of Qi, to stay at the base camp and personally lead troops to meet Dou Jiande's army. Li Shimin took full advantage of the terrain, defeated Dou Jiande's army by thousands, and captured Dou Jiande alive.
Seeing that the tide was gone, the king had to surrender to Kaesong. Li Shimin defeated the two most powerful enemies in the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop, and the credit spread all over the world. In recognition of Li Shimin's achievements, Tang Gaozu named him General Ce Tian and gave him various privileges, and his status was almost equal to that of a prince.