From 690 AD to 705 AD, Wu Zetian reigned 15 years. She was also the longest-serving emperor. She succeeded to the throne at the age of 67 and is one of the oldest emperors in history. Wu Zetian died at the age of 82. She is also known as Lu Wu with Lv Hou in Han Dynasty.
Wu Zetian was born in Wenshui, Bingzhou, Tang Dynasty in 624, whose real name was Wu Xie. Later, Wu Zetian was renamed Wu Zhao Wu Zetian and the only orthodox emperor in the history of China.
After Wu Zetian was made queen, Sun Chang Wuji, Chu Suiliang and others who opposed her being queen were all expelled from the court. For Wu Zetian, it was an example, but these Guanlong groups and their families had become a conservative force with vested interests at that time.
Driving them out of the political arena marked the end of the rule of Guanlong Group for more than a century since the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and also created favorable conditions for social progress and economic development.
Wu Zetian inherited the policy of rectifying official management and severely punishing corruption during the Zhenguan period, "consulting with the prime minister on secretariat and county orders", and sent "six envoys to inspect counties" to assess whether county officials were clean and capable.
Officials who take bribes and bend the law, regardless of their positions, will pay the price. On the contrary, for talented people, they are unconventional. Wu Zetian attaches great importance to honest and clean officials, appreciates talented and knowledgeable people and can reuse them one by one.
Because Wu Zetian can attach importance to the rectification of official management, reward and punishment are strict, reward and punishment are rewarded, and she is good at observing and judging, so she can promote talents from a wide range of talents for her own use.
Wu Zetian deeply understood the importance of coachable. Among the twelve suggestions, "speaking broadly" and "telling the truth" also played an important role. In March of the second year (686), she also set up a bronze plaque in the court to encourage ministers to write books and talk about things.
Although Wu Zetian has strict decrees and severe penalties, "when I forbear, I loved him very much, but I hid a lot." However, she has great respect for the subjects who dare to speak out and try to adopt their suggestions. Even if the words are offensive, she can tolerate and avoid being investigated.
During her reign, few people were convicted of direct protests, so speaking out and remonstrating became a common practice in North Korea, which played a great role in reforming the shortcomings and promoting political clarity.
When Wu Zetian called it "the queen of heaven", she put forward "persuading farmers to pay tribute to mulberry" in twelve suggestions. In order to carry out the imperial edict, the imperial court stipulated that the assessment of local officials should take the development of agricultural production as an important standard, and people in the areas where state and county officials are located should be rewarded if "farmland is reclaimed and there is surplus grain at home"; On the other hand, those who "abuse the government and change their household registration" will be punished.
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