It is because of her existence that she inherited the rule of Zhenguan perfectly and laid a solid foundation for the emergence of Kaiyuan.
From this perspective, some historical achievements of Wu Zetian are also worthy of recognition. However, some people think that it is shameful for Wu Zetian to seize the throne. Moreover, after she came to power, she not only used brutal officials to silence the ministers of the DPRK, but also suppressed the members of the royal family in Li Tang crazily. This series of behaviors is enough to show that Wu Zetian's nature is too bad.
Perhaps no one can convince the other side of the discussion. After all, even Wu Zetian herself never gave herself any comments, but left a wordless tablet for later generations to comment on.
It's just one thing that Wu Zetian did in her later years, which can really be called "absurd". In order to be with the Zhang brothers, he ordered to kill his grandson and beat him to death.
About this matter, we should start with Wu Zetian's troubles before she abdicated. After becoming emperor, Wu Zetian also made great efforts to govern the country. Although many ministers in the DPRK are still dissatisfied with their female identity, Wu Zetian did not fully explore it, but focused on governing the country.
Although the title was changed to Zhou, all the actions of Wu Zetian were really cheaper than the dynasty. Economically, Wu Zetian encouraged agricultural development and commercial development, and the national fiscal revenue further increased.
Militarily, after Tang Jun's repeated defeats, neighboring countries finally became more and more honest and never dared to have any ideas about the Tang Dynasty.
Culturally, Wu Zetian also encouraged scholars all over the world to take an active part in the imperial examinations and become people who contributed and were useful to the country. At this point, from Wu Zetian's evaluation of Wang Luobin, we can see that Wu Zetian loves talents.
When King Robin wrote "Begging for Wu Zhao for Xu Jingye" and described Wu Zetian as "ugly, obscene and insidious", Wu Zetian was not angry, but felt that such talents could not be used for himself.
It can be seen that Wu Zetian's mind is actually far more open than people think. Just as the time of enthronement is getting longer and longer, Wu Zetian also faces a realistic problem. Who should she transfer it to? Fortunately, the appearance of De Renjie helped her solve this problem.
When Wu Zetian struggled to pass the throne to Li Xian, the descendant or son of Wu Shi, Di Renjie said to Wu Zetian:
Hearing Di Renjie's suggestion, Wu Zetian understood that if she passed it on to Wu's descendants, her position would be very embarrassing. And if the people of Li Tang don't die, the whole country will inevitably fall into turmoil.
In the end, Wu Zetian passed the throne to her son Li Xian, and left it before she died:
Li Tang's revenge on himself and Wu was avoided.
After solving the problem that has been bothering her for a long time, Wu Zetian began to enjoy the few remaining days. The book of the New Tang Dynasty specifically records the follies of Wu Zetian and Zhang brothers.
What's even more ridiculous is that in order to hide people's eyes and ears, Wu Zetian also advertised that she was writing articles and practicing calligraphy with her two brothers.
Of course, this reason is no problem to deceive ordinary people, but it can be used to deceive princes and ministers and relatives, which is simply unrealistic. It's just that the Zhang brothers are in favor, and Wu Zetian's power can't be shaken at present. The people in the DPRK can only try their best to curry favor with the Zhang brothers.
In particular, Li Xian, who has been made a prince, is convinced that he can become an emperor after the death of Wu Zetian. But if these two brothers suddenly say something bad to Wu Zetian one day, their crown prince may give it to someone else one day.
In this regard, future generations can only feel.
Only the prince realized the reality, but his eldest son Li Zhongrun was very dissatisfied, so he often discussed the right and wrong between the Zhang brothers and Wu Zetian with his sister Princess Yongtai and son-in-law Wang Wei, and his words were mostly filled with indignation.
There is no windtight wall in the world, and the news reached Wu Zetian's ear. I don't know whether it was to become angry from embarrassment or to protect the Zhang brothers, Wu Zetian actually ordered his own grandson Li Zhongrun to be killed with a stick. Faced with such a situation, although Li Xian was extremely angry, he was helpless.
Fortunately, not long after, Prince Li Xian, Prime Ministers Zhang Jianzhi, Cui Xuanyong and other ministers launched a mutiny, forcing the female emperor Wu Zetian to abdicate (known as the Dragon Coup), although they were sure that they could ascend to the throne. Many absurd things that may continue to happen are finally killed in the cradle.