How many years did Empress Wu Zetian reign and return the Tang Dynasty to the Li family?

Wu Zetian reigned 15 years, from AD 690 to AD 705.

In the first year of God's Grant (690), Wu Zetian abolished the position of Emperor Li Dan and proclaimed himself emperor, changing the title of the country to "Zhou", making Luoyang its capital, and changing Luoyang to "God Capital". At this time, Wu Zetian was 67 years old. She is the oldest enthronement in the history of China.

In the first year of Shenlong (705), Wu Zetian was seriously ill, and Prime Minister Zhang Jianzhi launched the "Shenlong Revolution" to support the restoration of Tang Zhongzong and forced him to abdicate. After the restoration of the Tang Dynasty, Zhongzong was honored as the "Emperor of Heaven". In the same year 1 1 month, Wu Zetian died in shangyang palace at the age of 82. In accordance with his last wish, Zhongzong changed his name to "Zetian Tiansheng Queen" and was buried in Ganling as a queen.

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Wu Zetian's achievements during his reign are as follows:

1, rectify the land equalization system

Guanzhong area is narrow and densely populated, so it is difficult to implement the land equalization system, and farmers have little harvest because of lack of land. Once a disaster occurs, it is easy to produce famine. Then the Emperor of Heaven issued an imperial edict in the second year of God's grant, ordering local officials to organize Guanzhong residents to emigrate to Henan Road on the basis of the people's willingness.

At that time, * * * immigrated hundreds of thousands of households and millions of people, which not only effectively solved the pressure in Guanzhong area, but also supplemented a large number of labor for the sparsely populated area east of Luoyang, which undoubtedly played an important role in the development of this area. ?

2, martial arts, talent

After Wu Zetian proclaimed himself emperor, she paid more attention to the selection and use of talents. She believes that "the nine domains are wide, and if one person strengthens them, they can become wings." Anything that can "secure the country" and "define the frontier" will be used according to her family background and qualifications.

In order to recruit talented people, she developed and improved the imperial examination system since the Sui Dynasty, liberalized the recruitment of talented people, allowed herself to be an official, and set up foreign officials. In addition, she also initiated the palace entrance examination and martial arts system, which created favorable conditions for more and more talents to be discovered and collected.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Wu Zetian