The Flourishing Tang Dynasty: Starting When the Empress Takes the Throne

After the death of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Zhi, the empire entered a woman's age. She backed two puppet emperors, Zhongzong, Li Xian, and Ruizong, Li Dan, and set her sights on the Dragon Throne. With the sun and moon shining together and a woman ruling as emperor, nothing could stop her. She was Wu Zhao, the Great Sage and Divine Emperor of Heaven. The Li clan was in decline, but could the Tang dynasty restore its former glory? Before ascending the throne, she held special imperial examinations to win over scholars throughout the realm. In a small village in Jixian County, Youzhou, a young man with an unusual soul was about to embark on the path to office.