Wu Zetian was the first female emperor in Chinese history, and she left an extremely strong mark in China's feudal history. Its related deeds have been studied and analyzed. Wu Zetian was originally an ordinary woman who entered the palace by chance. At first, she was not taken seriously, but later she met the crown prince Li Zhi and had a relationship with him. After Li Zhi became emperor, he tried to bring Wu Zetian into the palace, so that she had a lot of power, and let her handle the government for herself, and the clever Wu Zetian did a lot of work with Li Zhi.
Under the influence of the ears, he had a certain morality in the distribution of power and the handling of major state affairs, and later Li Zhi, because of the onset of illness, almost all the rights were handed over to Wu Zetian. After Li Zhi's death, his son inherited the throne, but the actual power of the state was still in the hands of Wu Zetian, the newly appointed emperor was almost like a puppet, under the suppression of Wu Zetian, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was like a marquee, changing many times one by one, with the passage of time, Wu Zetian's power became more and more powerful, and almost everyone was forced to obey his command and did not dare to resist.
After feeling that the time was ripe, Wu Zetian openly declared himself emperor and became the first female emperor in China's feudal history, and in the feudal period when men were generally inferior to women, Wu Zetian did such a thing, which can be said to have committed a great taboo, but no one dared to resist at that time. In wu Zetian's later years, the courtiers were not willing to give in and carried out a large-scale rebellion.
At the age of 81, Wu Zetian was forced to abdicate, and she died at the age of 82. What was the real cause of Wu Zetian's death? Many people believe that after Wu Zetian abdicated, he died violently, it may have been poisoned, but this possibility is very small, Wu Zetian is after all the legitimate empress of Emperor Lizhi, even if he has done some unsatisfactory things before, no one will kill her. Therefore, many people believe that Wu Zetian finally died because she lost her power and was lonely in the palace. The loss of power itself was an extremely depressing thing for Wu Zetian, coupled with the long-term loneliness, her physical condition was getting worse and worse, and finally under the plague of illness, it was reasonable to die hastily.