In 705, the 82-year-old Zhang Kamzhi surrounded Wu Zetian's palace with his bodyguards, and Wu Zetian asked in surprise: "Who is in trouble?" Zhang Kamzhi said unhurriedly, "The second Zhang has been removed, and I am waiting for the prince."

In 705, the 82-year-old Zhang Kamzhi surrounded Wu Zetian's palace with his bodyguards, and Wu Zetian asked in surprise: "Who is in trouble?" Zhang Kamzhi said unhurriedly, "The second Zhang has been removed, and I am waiting for the Qingjun side on the orders of the crown prince." After Wu Zetian listened, his voice said coldly, "The chaos has been quelled, so the crown prince should go back to the Eastern Palace!" ”

The time goes back to 705 AD, and one day on the first day of the first month, Wu Zetian, who was seriously ill in bed, was suddenly awakened by a noise.

More than 80 years old, people are content with pleasure as soon as they are old. Wu Zetian was the same, and in his later years, he favored Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi's brothers. Spoiled by the two zhang dictatorships, interfering in the government affairs of the dynasty, the hundred officials of the imperial court were afraid of it like a tiger, and for a time rumors spread everywhere, and people's hearts were unstable.

Erzhang also stirred up dissension and forced Li Xian's daughter and son-in-law to die; even Wu Zetian's sons and nephews rushed to give Zhang Yizhi a whip and honor him as Wulang... Many crimes have caused resentment among many people.

Not only that, but even during Wu Zetian's illness this time, no one could see her except Erzhang, and it was not impossible in case any false holy will came out...

Seeing that the situation was getting more and more serious, the five ministers headed by Zhang Kamzhi secretly and actively contacted each other, and launched a coup d'état under the slogan of "killing Er Zhang and restoring Li Tang".

Lying on the bed, as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw the scene of forcing the palace. Only to see that the civilian officials and military generals were surrounded by the crown prince Li Xian, and his own cronies "Erzhang" had already been in a different place.

In the face of this situation, Wu Zetian did not mess up his position, but calmly thought: How to break the situation? How to fight back?

A few seconds later, she thought of catching the thief first, starting with her cowardly son Li Xian.

She asked Li Xian, "Did you do it?" Since you want to qing jun side, then now that erzhang is dead, you go back to your East Palace! ”

I have to say that this move is too high!

Li Xian didn't have any opinions, and he was originally put up by the group of courtiers. As soon as he heard that his mother had a point, he immediately prepared to retreat. Of course, this also has something to do with the family shadow he experienced since he was a child. Generally, as soon as Wu Zetian opened his mouth, Li Xian would unconsciously shiver.

For example, Li Xian's son, daughter, and son-in-law had offended Zhang Changzong's brothers at that time, and Wu Zetian asked him to go back to deal with them, and he was so frightened that he directly forced them to die. Now, Wu Zetian told him to retreat, how dare he not listen.

Who knows, the strength of the minister who forced the palace this time is strong. At this time, Huan Yanfan jumped out, and he took the initiative to scare Wu Zetian. He said, "The crown prince can't go back to the Eastern Palace!" He's so old now, you should pay him back! When the former emperor entrusted the prince to you, it was because he was small, and now, everyone misses Li Tang, you should obey the will of the people! ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Xiancai remembered that the main purpose of this coup d'état was not only to kill Erzhang, but also to force Wu Zetian to abdicate.

Suddenly, the people on Li Xian's side gathered again. This means that this round wu Zetian counterattack failed!

Although it was the end of the strong crossbow, Wu Zetian did not want to give up easily. She perked up again and continued to grasp the other's weak points. It's like an elderly lion meeting a herd of cattle and having to find a weak enemy to attack.

She looked up and saw Li Zhan, the son of Li Yifu, and said, "I am not thin to your father and son, but you are also involved in today's changes!" ”

Li Zhan was ashamed of Wu Zetian's question and shrank his head back. Wu Zetian saw that he had a loose mouth, and then looked at Cui Xuanwei and said, "Others were only promoted after being recommended by others, but you were personally promoted by Yuan, why are you here?" ”

Wu Zetian originally thought that this move could refute Cui Xuanwei, but Unexpectedly, Cui Xuanwei was also a debater, and gave Wu Zetian a shield to attack the son with the spear of the son, saying: "I did this precisely to repay Your Majesty's great kindness to me." ”

Wu Zetian was momentarily intimidated, realizing that she could not keep the throne, in order to avoid the tragic situation of herself and the Wu clan falling into the Western Han Lü clan, she chose to follow the trend and quickly moved to Shangyang Palace. On the 23rd day of the first month, Wu Zetian issued a letter, and the crown prince Li Xian handled state affairs on his behalf, and pardoned the world. On the 24th, Wu Zetian passed the throne to the crown prince Li Xian.

Li Xian succeeded to the throne, that is, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, which was also his second time as emperor.

However, the five heroes who launched the Shenlong coup ended up worse than one, and they all died in just one year. Zhang Kamzhi and Cui Xuanwei were framed by Wu Sansi and Empress Wei and died one after another; the other three were all removed by someone. It's a shame!

In ancient times, the struggle for power was very fierce, if it were not for the fact that Wu Zetian was also old, he would not necessarily lose at the hands of these men, but these men did not win, you sang, I took the stage, that's it