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How did Wu Zetian abdicate?
After Wu Zetian proclaimed himself emperor, there has been no prince. She called the former emperor Li Dan an "heir", and the status of "heir" was similar to that of a prince rather than a prince. According to the tradition of patrilineal society, the imperial power in ancient China was transmitted in one family and one surname.

Empress Wu Zetian was greatly troubled by this way of inheritance: if her son is allowed to inherit the throne, it will be a family, but it is not a surname with himself; If you pass the throne to your nephew, you will have the same surname as yourself, but not a family.

Wu Chengsi, the nephew of Wu Zetian, tried his best to become a prince, and even made a vicious move to toss Li Dan, the heir, to death; Persuaded by De and other ministers, the Khitan and Turkic fought against the Zhou Dynasty successively under the banner of rehabilitation. Wu Zetian saw that the people of Li Tang still turned their hearts to the royal family, and the Wu children were rude.

Wu Zetian finally made up her mind to re-establish Li Xian, the deposed king of Luling, as the Prince. After solving the problem of heirs, Wu Zetian had no thorny problems to solve, so she was full of ambition. As she grew older, Wu Zetian began to indulge in pleasure.

: Wu Zetian (624 AD-705 AD 65438+February 16 years),

Xie, whose real name is Qi, is from Wenshui, Shanxi. She is the only orthodox female emperor in the history of China (reigned from 690 to 705), the oldest (acceded to the throne at the age of 67) and one of the longest-lived emperors (82 years old). Later generations called her "Lv Wu", just like Lv Hou in the Han Dynasty.

Wu Zetian entered the harem at the age of fourteen. She was a talent of Emperor Taizong and was named "Wu Mei". Tang Gaozong was named Zhao Yi, then the queen, and was honored as the "queen of heaven", and was called "double saint" with Emperor Gaozong. After the death of Emperor Gaozong, he became the empress dowager of Tang Zhongzong and Tang Ruizong.

In 690, Wu Zetian announced that he would change the Tang Dynasty to Zhou Dynasty, become emperor on his own, make Luoyang his capital, call it the "God Capital" and establish Wu Zhou. In 705, when Wu Zetian was seriously ill, Prime Minister Zhang Jianzhi launched a mutiny, supported the restoration of Tang Zhongzong and forced him to abdicate, which was known as the "Dragon Revolution" in history. After the restoration of the Tang Dynasty, Zhongzong was honored as the "Emperor of Heaven".

165438+705 10, Wu Zetian died at the age of 82. In accordance with his last wish, Zhongzong changed his name to "Zetian Tiansheng Queen" and was buried in Ganling as a queen. If he is tired, he will be the queen of Tianshun.