Ranking Pass History: Inventory of the Top Ten Great Players in History

With the increasing wind of whistleblowing.A very terrifying political atmosphere formed inside and outside the court, so that the ministers had to say goodbye to their families every time before going to court, and they were in panic all day long.

In order to reward informants, Empress Wu made an exception for the informers to appoint officials.

The target of this whistleblowing trend is Li Tang's clan.

In the same year, he killed 12 members of the clan including King Li Ying of Annan, and whipped and killed the two sons of the former prince Li Xian. 】

[Wu Zetian's purpose of seizing Li Tang Sheji is becoming more and more obvious.The kings of Li and Tang had no way to retreat, and they also began to rise up to resist.

Li Chong, king of Langya, raised his troops in Bozhou in August 688 AD.Yue Wang Li Zhen sent troops to Yuzhou to respond.

Wu Zetian dispatched Qiu Shenji and Wei Chongyu to attack them.

Langya king Li Chong raised his troops and was defeated seven days later.In September, Yue Wang Li Zhen was defeated and committed suicide.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wu Zetian handed over the remaining Li family kings to Zhou Xing for interrogation.

Under Zhou Xing's harsh hands, Han Wang Li Yuanjia, Lu Wang Li Lingkui, Huang Guogong Li Zhuan, Dongguan County Gong Li Rong, and Princess Changle committed suicide, and their cronies were all killed. 】

[In order to further win over talents, Wu Zetian perfected the imperial examination system and pioneered the obfuscation of names.It gave many children from poor families the opportunity to compete with the aristocratic family.

All the children from poor families in the world are willing to serve Wu Zetian. 】

[On the ninth day of September in 690 A.D., Empress Wu Zetian abolished the name of the Tang Dynasty, established the Great Zhou Dynasty, established Luoyang as the capital, and named herself the Emperor of the Holy God. 】

[After becoming emperor, Wu Zetian, in order to stabilize her rule, reused Zhou Xinglai's handsome official Suo Yuanli and other well-known cruel officials through the ages, and frantically slaughtered civil and military officials who threatened her.

At the same time, she also promotes the children of poor families, causing the power of the aristocratic family to fall into a trough.

When her rule was completely stable, she killed these cruel officials again, thus restoring her reputation. 】

[However, civil servants may be able to be promoted in front of the line, and military generals must go through a lot of hard work before they can take on this important task.

Wu Zetian killed Cheng Wuting, the general of Zhenbei, and others, and then let the border of the Northern Kingdom fall.

Almost all the grassland territories opened up during the Tang Gaozong period fell into the hands of the grassland peoples.

In 692 AD, the four towns of Anxi were captured by Tubo.

In 693 AD, Empress Wu Zetian sent General Wang Xiaojie to recapture Anxi.

In 696 AD, because Zhao Wenhui, the governor of Yingzhou, regarded "the Khitan chief as a slave", the Khitan chief Li Jinzhong and Sun Wanrong rebelled, captured Yingzhou, and killed Zhao Wenhuang.

Wu Zetian sent Zhang Xuanyu and Cao Renshi to send [-] troops to conquer, but the whole army was wiped out.

Da Zuorong, the leader of the Xi people, took this opportunity to establish the Bohai State in the northeast.

In 697 A.D., Wang Xiaojie and Su Honghui, who had defeated Tubo, led an army of 17 to attack Khitan again. As a result, they fell down in Dongxia Stone and their entire army was wiped out.

Both Wang Xiaojie and Su Honghui were killed.

In the same year, the Eastern Turkic Khan silently attacked Khitan and killed Li Jinzhong.The Khitan people belonged to the Turks.

The Turkic Empire once again became Wu Zhou's confidant.

In 698 AD, Mochu Khan led his army into Hebei under the banner of restoring Li Tang.Wu Zetian sent his nephew Wu Chonggui to lead an army of 45 to fight back, but was beaten to the ground by Mochui Khan.

In desperation, Wu Zetian had no choice but to re-establish his son Li Xian as the crown prince, and appointed him as the Marshal of Hebei Province to recruit soldiers to fight against the Turks.

Of course, it was Deputy Marshal Di Renjie who actually led the attack.

Mo Chuo Khan learned that Di Renjie was in command, so he killed all the hundreds of thousands of men and women who had been plundered, and withdrew from Hebei after a plunder.

Since then, the two sides have fought and made peace. 】

[After Wu Zetian ascended the throne, she advocated Buddhism and greatly promoted Buddhist temples.Her lover Xue Huaiyi was once in charge of the White Horse Temple in Luoyang. 】

[In the first month of 705 AD, Wu Zetian was seriously ill.The two brothers Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong, the favorites, were so powerful that they could even kill Wu Zetian's granddaughter and grandson without any punishment.

Prime Minister Zhang Jianzhi and others then launched a mutiny, led 500 forbidden troops into the palace, killed two Zhang, and forced Wu Zetian to abdicate.Wu Zetian abdicated the emperor to Li Xian, and the Wu Zhou era ended.

At the end of the year, Wu Zetian died of illness.At the age of 82. 】

After the text comments are over, the video about Wu Zetian's life is next.

First video:
Wu Zetian accompanied Li Shimin to the racecourse.

Li Shimin got a BMW named Lion Cong. It ran like wind and electricity, but its character was so bad that many horse trainers couldn't tame it.

Li Shimin smiled and asked the courtiers beside him: "Which of you can help me tame this horse?"

The courtiers looked at each other, but no one responded.

At this time Wu Zetian stood up.She also smiled and said,

"Your Majesty, my concubine can tame this horse. But you have to give me three things."

"Which three things?"

"Iron whip, iron mace, dagger."

Wu Zetian looked at Shizi Cong and said confidently,

"If I want to tame this horse, I will first use the iron whip to whip its buttocks. If the iron whip refuses to obey, I will hit the horse's head with an iron whip.

If it cannot be tamed, I will slit its throat with a dagger.

A horse that cannot be tamed, even if it travels thousands of miles a day and eight hundred nights, is of no value. "

"Wu Cairen really has insight."

After listening to Wu Zetian's words, Li Shimin praised her greatly.

Second video:
On the anniversary of Li Shimin's death, Li Zhi went to Ganye Temple to offer incense, but unexpectedly met Wu Zetian.

Wu Zetian knelt on the ground and presented a poem to Li Zhi.

After reading the poem "Ruyi Niang", Li Zhi couldn't help feeling deeply.

Seeing Wu Zetian in a monk's uniform, so pitiful, Li Zhi couldn't help thinking of his old relationship with Wu Zetian.

But at this time, in order to suppress Concubine Xiao Shu, Queen Wang took the initiative to invite Wu Zetian into the harem.

Five years later, Wu Zetian strangled his eldest daughter who had just turned one month to death by taking the opportunity of the Queen's visit.

Li Zhi believed that Queen Wang had killed people because of jealousy, and in a rage he put her and Concubine Xiao Shu into limbo.

A few days later, Li Zhi came to the Leng Palace and saw that the room was extremely tightly sealed except for a small window for delivering food. He was very sad and asked, "Empress, Concubine Shu, are you all safe?"

Queen Wang wept and said: "The concubine has already been reduced to a maidservant, how can there be such an honorary title? If the Supreme Master still remembers the past friendship and is willing to let the concubine see the sky again, then name this courtyard Huixinyuan."

Li Zhi wanted to release Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu, but Wu Zetian got the news in advance.Wu Zetian sent people to cut off the hands and feet of Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu, and threw them into the wine vat, saying that they wanted to make them "drunk".

A few days later, Wang and Xiao died in a very miserable way.

Before dying, Concubine Xiao Shu cast a curse.

"Awu is seductive and cunning, which led me to this state. If there is an afterlife, I will turn into a cat, and Ahwu will turn into a mouse. I will hold her by the throat for life after life."

From then on, Wu Zetian issued an order that cats were not allowed within a radius of ten miles of the palace.