Wu Zetian: the Daughter of Destiny Who Tore Apart the Annals of History

Updated at 15:00, love you all The Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) had 21 emperors and lived for 289 years. "Datang" is not only the name of the country, but also represents its vast territory, strong national power, and cultural prosperity. It became one of the most powerful empires in the world at that time. It had a vast territory. In its heyday (the periods of Emperor Gaozong and Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty), the territory of the Tang Dynasty extended to the Korean Peninsula in the east, the Aral Sea of ​​Central Asia in the west, the Mongolian Plateau in the north, and Vietnam in the south, covering an area of ​​about 12 million square kilometers. It had huge international influence. Chang'an (Xi'an) was the largest international city in the world at that time, with a population of over one million, attracting businessmen, envoys, and overseas students from Persia, Arabia, Japan, Silla and other countries. Japan sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty to study in China many times, and Silla and Goguryeo on the Korean Peninsula were deeply influenced by the culture of the Tang Dynasty. Politically, he improved the three provinces and six ministries system and the imperial examination system, which influenced later generations of China and East Asian countries (such as Japan and North Korea). The legal system ("Tang Lv Shu Yi") became a model for East Asian legal systems. Wu Zetian entered the palace at the age of 14 in 637, listened behind the curtain in 660, became emperor in 690, abdicated in the Shenlong coup in 705, died of illness in the same year, and was buried in Qianling together with Li Zhi. In his lifetime, he broke the shackles of patriarchy and stayed in power for half a century. He reused cruel officials, eradicated Changsun Wuji, promoted Di Renjie, and improved the first name-blinding system for imperial examinations, palace examinations, and military examinations. Today, they still exist in the "sealed line", "provincial examination", "national examination" and "physical examination". History is an aristocratic subject in ancient times and is too obscure. I hope that through the genre of novels, I can give each historical figure emotion and flesh and blood, so that readers can read history "very happily".