China is a country with a very long history, from the beginning of the Xia Dynasty to today for more than 5,000 years, of which the feudal social period accounts for the vast majority of the part. In the change and development of various dynasties, the only female emperor has appeared in the history of our country, and she is Wu Zetian, who established the Wuzhou Dynasty. Wu Zetian was elected to the palace at the age of 14 and began her legendary life, from an obscure concubine to the peak of China's power center step by step, from a woman to a world-respected emperor, this identity took her 52 years to change.
It is precisely because of this that since the founding of New China, film and television works about Wu Zetian have emerged in an endless stream, after all, her life is full of legends. In the ancient period of our country, the social atmosphere of male superiority and female inferiority prevailed in society, and Wu Zetian, as a woman, became the ruler of an empire, which was previously unimaginable to anyone, so her life is worth our study and discussion, and even learn a lot of truth from it.
In the 11th year of Zhenguan, when Wu Zetian was only 14 years old, he was elected to the palace and became one of the concubines of Li Shimin of Tang Taizong at that time. But what many people don't know is that the "night" when Wu Zetian and Li Shimin were together broke a record, and no one has been able to break it so far. It was precisely because of that sleepless night that Wu Zetian was able to step by step to the political center and break the iron law that the harem could not interfere in politics.
According to historical records, when Li Shimin summoned Wu Zetian, there was a sudden thunderclap outside, randomly split on the eaves of Li Shimin's palace, the top beam was dropped by lightning, and it happened that this beam was about to smash into Li Shimin below, and it was at the time of this thousand guns that Wu Zetian quickly arrived and pushed Li Shimin away, otherwise Tang Taizong, who had created the rule of Zhenguan in history, might have died.
Wu Zetian saved the emperor's life at such a critical moment, and Li Shimin was very grateful afterwards, and gave her the title of Wucai, and she became the only harem concubine in Chinese history to have a title without being fortunate enough to be the emperor, a record that was not broken until the end of the Qing Dynasty.
Wu Zetian's life was full of twists and turns and misfortunes, and she even sacrificed her children in order to gain power, although she eventually obtained the throne she dreamed of in her heart, she was forced to abdicate when she was old and sick, and spent the rest of her sad life in Shangyang Palace. During the reign of Wu Zetian, the economy of the Tang Dynasty was further developed, and although she was a woman, she managed the Tang Dynasty in an orderly manner, which is worthy of our affirmation.