Wu Zhao was both angry and furious.
Taiping was always there trying to comfort him, but in the dimension where Li Longji had already registered, he just snorted coldly when he heard Zhou Jia's words.
Since he has restored the name of Tang, he naturally will not let the things of the Great Zhou remain in this world.
Zhou Jia pursed her lips and said with some regret: "If this thing hadn't been destroyed, I could have taken you to see it and feel the atmosphere of Wu Zhou. It's a pity that it was destroyed.
When dynasties change, the later dynasty will indeed discredit the previous dynasty, and related things will be destroyed in a centralized manner, retaining only things that are beneficial to themselves.
From a political point of view, this is indeed necessary, but from some other aspects, it is quite regrettable that many things have not been preserved and only a ruins remain.
Not only was Tianshu completed this year, Wu Zhao also sent Wang Xiaojie to attack the Later Turks, and the Turkic Khan surrendered and submitted to Wu Zhou.
Let's talk about a very serious question. Everyone will die, including Wu Zetian. So after Wu Zetian dies, who will inherit her throne?
Tang
Although he knew that the Tang Dynasty would rule the country in the end, the issue Zhou Jia raised still made Emperor Li Tang's heart jump. If there was any mistake, the throne might really not return to their Li Tang hands.
Chinese
Liu Che inevitably thought of his ancestor, Empress Dowager Lü Zhi, and felt somewhat fortunate that Empress Dowager Gao did not become emperor at that time, otherwise their Liu family's kingdom would have encountered setbacks.
I’m afraid that in those planes where our ancestors died, they might have chosen the same path as Wu Zhao.
Liu Che sighed.
But this is not something he can control. It is enough for him to take care of his own plane.
Wu Zhao
Li Longji had been brought in and knelt on the ground. Wu Zhao was about to scold him when she heard Zhou Jia talking about the successor. This touched her heart. She was still worried about who the next emperor would choose, and whether the person chosen would continue the Wu Zhou Dynasty or restore the Li Tang Dynasty.
"In 698, Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi sought the position of crown prince, and several times had people tell Wu Zhao: 'Since ancient times, the emperor has never appointed a person of a different surname as his heir.' This was because their surname was Wu, and Wu Zhao's was also Wu, but the Li family had the surname Li.
Regarding these two people, I just want to say that their deaths were not unjust.
Throughout the dynasties, some royal relatives always thought that they had some kind of relationship with the emperor, so their ambitions expanded and they did everything without even considering whether they had the ability. Your status as royal relatives was given by others. If you have the ability, do your work well. If you don’t have the ability, just be a waste and eat, drink and have fun every day without doing any trouble. If you don’t have the ability but still cause trouble all day long, you really think you have lived too long.
These two are flatterers who know how to say nice things. They were behind the proposal to kill the Li Tang royal family and also killed many loyal officials. In short, you should investigate them thoroughly and kill them."
Zhou Jia really didn't have a good impression of these two brothers.
The people of Li Tang and Wu Zhou were sharpening their knives to attack the Wu brothers.
"Wu Zetian was very conflicted about the proposal for the crown prince, not knowing who to appoint. Then a heavyweight figure emerged, a person we all love very much in later generations - Di Renjie."
A huge smile spread across Zhou Jia's face.
He said to Wu Zetian: 'Which is closer, an aunt or a nephew, or a mother and a son? If Your Majesty establishes a son, then after a thousand years, he will be worshipped as an ancestor in the Taimiao. If you establish a nephew, I have never heard of a nephew becoming the Son of Heaven and enshrining his aunt in the Taimiao.' He urged her to recall Li Xian.
After that, Wu Zetian never thought of letting either of them be the crown prince, and she secretly brought Li Xian back to Luoyang. Many things happened later that made Wu Zetian realize that although she had established the Wu Zhou Dynasty, the candidate chosen by the court officials, the next emperor, would still be someone from the Li Tang Dynasty.
I can only say that you are worthy of being my Lord Di."
Di Renjie smiled helplessly. In fact, he was just stating a fact, and their majesty knew it clearly. He just strengthened her determination.
Li Shimin and others were happy, as it was enough that they were Li Tang's people.
"But this also reveals a very sad thing. Wu Zhao could be the emperor, but in the future she still had to return the throne to the Li Tang. If you don't return it, the Li Tang officials will not know how to curse and write about you.
My feeling is that no matter how much she did, in the end it was just to help others, not herself. Wu Zhao played a very good role in connecting the past and the future, laying the foundation for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. But even so, Li Tang still scolded her.
Zhou Jia frowned and spoke in a low voice.
"Wu Zhao was not the first woman to rule the country, but she was the first woman to sit on the throne. Sometimes I wonder if there were more female emperors in Chinese history, would the status of women in the future be a little higher, even if it was just a little bit.
But if you think about it carefully, you will find that no, as long as it happens once, men will completely deprive women of the possibility of ascending the throne, and repeatedly suppress all the women around them, making them vassals of men and making them their possessions.
So you will find a very interesting point. After the Tang Dynasty, each dynasty has been gradually lowering and suppressing the status of women. This situation reached its peak in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. At that time, women were not even as good as grass. It was ridiculous.
I know what you want to say, and there's no need to explain anything. I'm just complaining. We'll talk about many, many powerful women later:
The first queen dowager in history, Empress Dowager Xuan, Mi Bazi; the first queen dowager to rule the country, Empress Lü Zhi of the Han Dynasty; and Empress Zhangxian, Liu E, who wore the imperial robes...
These outstanding female politicians in Chinese history are no less capable than their male counterparts. As I said, the throne isn't limited to men. Besides, your Majesty didn't say women couldn't be emperor. It's just you who are so fussy, always making all sorts of rules. Take a look at yourselves first before you make any decisions."
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