Qin
Ying Si and the other two were sitting together eating melon. When Mi Bazi heard his name, he looked up and said, "Me, I'm so awesome."
Ying Si gave her a look of disdain, "I was the first to be crowned king. You will be the queen mother only after my son succeeds to the throne."
Mi Bazi ignored him and said, "Then I'm awesome too!"
"you……"
"Stop, stop, stop." Zhang Yi had a headache. "They are all powerful, but the most important thing to think about now is how to defeat the six kingdoms."
The six countries were originally preparing to unite. Ever since Zhou Jia exposed the unification of Qin, the ties between the six countries have become increasingly close. He hasn't slept well for several days. Today he came to talk to them to relax, not to watch them quarrel.
"It is indeed a problem. We have to think carefully about how to defeat the six kingdoms and accumulate more wealth for our Zheng'er." Mi Bazi said seriously.
"But the Liu E behind is quite impressive in the imperial robe. Oh, I don't want to wear the imperial robe anymore. When will you let me wear your royal robe and show off a little?"
After only three seconds of seriousness, Mi Bazi began to pull at Ying Si's royal robe.
Ying Si laughed when he heard this, and pointing at his own sword, he said, "How about I give you the sword as well? Then you can go around showing off in your royal robes and holding the sword?"
"Okay."
Mi Bazi never refused anyone who came to him.
Ying Si smiled, left Mi Bazi and sat next to Zhang Yi, "Go to sleep, you can dream about anything."
Zhang Yi looked at them laughing and talking with a sense of despair. Behind him, Ying Zheng, who was worried about Mi Bazi, was also watching Liu Ji, who was treated like a rabbit by the generals.
"You're lucky. Your wife sounds pretty impressive too."
"It's really lucky."
The Xianyang Palace was quite lively. Ying Zheng ignored them, but he did agree with what they said.
Liu Ji is indeed lucky. He has a good wife and good descendants.
He respected Queen Dowager Xuan and was also curious about the achievements of the female politicians who came after her.
The atmosphere in Han is not as good as the one here.
Especially when Liu Bang was still alive.
When Wu Zhao came out, and Zhou Jia said that she was the first empress dowager to rule the country, Liu Bang felt a little uneasy. Neither the husband nor the wife spoke, and they had different thoughts in their minds.
In the dimension where Lu Zhi was in power, she was moved by Wu Zhao's achievements.
Song, Liu E was also tempted, but the court officials advised her that if she wanted to ascend the throne, she had to eliminate all obstacles.
Wu Zhou
Wu Zhao said, "It's not that they don't have ambitions, but they just never took that step. It was I who took that step first."
Princess Taiping said, "That's why you, Mother, are the bravest person. I admire you the most and want to be just like you."
Wu Zhao was amused by her and said, "Then you must study hard."
The mother and daughter were chatting happily and didn't pay any attention to Li Longji who was kneeling on the ground.
After deciding on her successor, Wu Zhao began to indulge herself in building palaces. In her later years, Princess Taiping recommended two famous male favorites: the brothers Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong. As they aged and lacked energy, they became her spies. The brothers began meddling in government affairs, further complicating the situation.
There was an incident where Wu Zetian's granddaughter, Princess Yongtai, was framed for discussing the Zhang brothers with her husband and Prince Shao. Her husband and Prince Shao were executed, and Princess Yongtai was frightened for twenty years. Some say she was also killed.
Wu Zhou
Wu Zhao, who was chatting and laughing with Princess Taiping, lost her smile. Princess Taiping knelt down and apologized, "Mother, it is my fault for not judging people. Please punish me."
Shangguan Wan'er stood beside him, clenching her hands.
Wu Zhao was silent for a long time, then sighed, "Isn't that the same for me?"
If she had seen through the nature of the Zhang brothers earlier and not been bewitched, such a thing would never have happened.
Tang
Li Yuan, Li Shimin and Li Zhi had different expressions.
"This woman really dares to find a male lover." Li Yuan sneered.
Li Shimin complained about his own Xiaojiu, who was gone and even had a hat put on him.
Li Zhi’s expression was the most interesting. This was truly... an unexpected surprise.
"Don't be surprised. You men have three wives and four concubines and give girls countless hats, but why can't women enjoy it? So shut your mouths. I don't want to hear or see."
Zhou Jia directly blocked the doubts of some men.
In the first month of 705, Wu Zetian was seriously ill, with the two Zhang brothers by her side. Prime Minister Zhang Jianzhi and others falsely accused the Zhang brothers of treason, staged a coup, killed the two Zhang brothers, and demanded Wu Zetian abdicate. Later, Li Xian took over as acting governor, and Wu Zetian was forced to abdicate, and Li Xian ascended the throne.
On December 16th, Wu Zhao died of illness. Her will omitted the title of emperor and called her "The Great Empress Zetian". In May 706, she was buried with Emperor Gaozong of Tang in Qianling Mausoleum. Generally, there would be some inscriptions summarizing her life, but she left a blank stele for future generations. It is said that she wanted to leave her life's merits and demerits to future generations to judge.
Politically, Wu Zetian suppressed the aristocratic families, pioneered the palace examination system, developed the imperial examination system, rectified the civil service and selected talents, and economically developed agriculture with light taxes, which led to rapid population growth.
In general, Wu Zhao was indeed an okay emperor, but she was not without problems. During her reign, she appointed cruel officials with harsh methods, frequently fought with Tubo, and in her later years she was arbitrary and indulged in pleasure, and the internal malpractices of the court were fully exposed.
But generally speaking, she did create a good era, inheriting the Zhenguan Reign and starting the Kaiyuan Prosperity. Compared with some emperors, her achievements were already very impressive."
Wu Zhou
Wu Zhao rubbed her eyebrows and felt a little cold in her heart.
In the end, he was forced to return power to Li Tang.
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