In February of the first year of Guangzhai (684), Wei, the father to be appointed, was appointed as the lieutenant. Pei remonstrated and said angrily, "Even if I give the world to Wei, why not?" Do you still care about a waiter? "Wu Zetian used this as an excuse to depose Luling Wang, move the capital, and change Li Dan's four sons and Yu Wang to be emperor.
Wu Zetian claimed to be a court official and taught herself to be a court official. In September of the same year,, joined hands with Tang and Du to help and help King Luling, sent troops to Yangzhou to fight against Wu, and gathered 100,000 people in more than ten days.
Wu Zetian tried to seize Li Tang and destroy the imperial clan of the Tang Dynasty, which aroused the anxiety of the kings. They want to fight each other. * * * Before the Ming Dynasty, Li Chong, the secretariat of Bozhou and the evil king of Langlang, sent troops to Bozhou (now northeast of Liaocheng, Shandong Province) in August of 688. The secretariat of Yuzhou and Li Zhen, the king of Yue, set out to fight against Li Chong in Yuzhou (now Runan, Henan).
Wu Zetian sent Qiu and Wei to attack him. Li Chong rose up and was defeated on the 7th. In September, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, committed suicide after his defeat. Wu Zetian tried her best to get rid of the kings named Li, so that Zhou Xing and others were interrogated, forcing Li Lingkui, Lu Wang, Li Chuan and Dongguan Princess Li Rong to commit suicide, and their cronies were also killed.
In the same year, Wu Zetian ordered Xue Huaiyi to lead more than 10,000 people to destroy the Yuan Temple and build the Ming Hall. It took nearly a year for Tang Ming to be completed, with a height of 294 feet and a width of 300 feet. * * * Three floors, with a dome on the top and a posture in Kowloon. There is an iron phoenix on the mountain, ten feet high. Decorated with gold, it is called "Vientiane shrine".
After the completion of Tang Ming, Xue Huaiyi was ordered to cast a colossus, whose little finger could hold dozens of people. In northern Tang Ming, a five-story paradise was built to receive the colossus. The cost of building a palace has reached trillions, and the government's finances have dried up.
Wu Chengsi, Wu Zetian's nephew, ordered a white stone to be carved as a text: "The Virgin is a human being and Yongchang is the emperor." Known as the discovery of Luoshui, it was dedicated to Wu Zetian, who was overjoyed and called this stone a "treasure map".
Later, Wu Zetian added the title of "The Virgin Jade Emperor". In the first year of God's will (690), Wu Zetian announced that she would change the Tang Dynasty to Zhou Dynasty, establish herself as emperor, make Luoyang her capital and establish the Wu Zhou Dynasty.
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In the first month of the first year of Shenlong (705), Wu Zetian was seriously ill in bed, and only Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong served as attendants. Prime Ministers Zhang Jian, Cui Xuanyong and Shangshu Jinghui, Huan, Yuan, etc. He made friends with the imperial army, commanded Li Duozuo, and pretended to be two rebels. So he launched a mutiny, led more than 500 imperial soldiers, rushed into the palace, killed two, and immediately surrounded Wu Zetian's bedroom, demanding that Wu Zetian abdicate.
Wu Zetian was forced to give up the throne and Prince Li Xian, and then moved to Shangyang Palace (east of Luoyang Forbidden Garden). Li Shangxian and Wu Zetian were honored as the "Emperor of Heaven" and the Wu and Zhou Dynasties ended. When the Tang Dynasty was restored in February, officials, flags, costumes and figures were all restored to the old system, and God was also called the East Capital.
On February 26th, the first year of Shenlong (65438+70516)1,Wu Zetian died at the Xianju Temple in Shangyang Palace at the age of 82. The testamentary edict omitted the title of the emperor, calling it "Great Sage Queen", and pardoned the Queen Wang and the relatives of Chu Suiliang, Han Yuan and Liu Yuan. In May of the second year of Shenlong (706), he was buried with Emperor Gaozong in Ganling.
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