Is Wu Zetian the only female emperor?

In the history of China, Wu Zetian was the only female emperor worthy of the name. Speaking of female emperors, everyone will think of Wu Zetian, who is the only orthodox female emperor in the history of China. To be exact, there have been four queens in the history of China, namely Yuan Girl of Shang Emperor in Northern Wei Dynasty, Chen Shuozhen, female leader of peasant uprising, Wu Zetian, and Emperor Chengtian of Western Liao Dynasty. While Lv Zhi, Xiao Chuo, Cixi and other women who lived in the court were quasi-emperors in ancient China.

1, the first female emperor: Yuan girl of Shang Emperor in Northern Wei Dynasty.

After the death of the Northern Wei Dynasty, filial piety became the emperor at the age of four, while Hu's mother was honored as the queen mother, and she was able to listen to politics because she was young and filial. Hu Taihou's political arbitrariness made the people miserable, and his life was very promiscuous, which caused dissatisfaction among courtiers. (This content was released by Henan Shangdu Culture) Of course, it also caused the dissatisfaction of Emperor Xiaoming. She was worried that once she was exposed, she would be killed, so she took the lead. In February of the first year of Emperor Xiaoming's reign (AD 528), she poisoned her own son Xu Yuan at the age of 19.

A country can't live without a monarch for a day, so Hu Taihou took the imperial daughter born to Pan Kun, who was still in infancy, out of the harem and made her emperor, renamed her "Wu Qin", while Hu Taihou continued to claim the title. After Hu Taihou killed Wu Qin, posthumous title became the "Shang Emperor", so Miss Yuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty was the first female emperor in the history of China. Her status as a female emperor is generally not recognized by future generations, and even her name has not been left in history, because she is Hu Taihou's puppet and because she is an impostor baby boy.

In 528 BC, the Northern Wei Dynasty ended in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Yuan Girl, the daughter of Emperor Xiaoming, ascended the throne in Luoyang (now Luoyang City, Henan Province). She was a nursing baby when she was less than one year old. Her grandmother held her in her arms and announced to the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs that the Crown Prince had ascended the throne. At the same time, the name of Xiaochang Wutai was changed, which means that the world is peaceful and the population is prosperous.

But this suspicious and powerful empress dowager is not yet thirty years old. Just before that, she told the courtiers that the little emperor Xu Yuan died of a sudden illness, and he had to make his grandson (granddaughter) emperor for the benefit of the country. Ministers were not confused by her appearance, but privately circulated the story that the little emperor Xu Yuan was poisoned by poisoned wine and drugs. It can be said that Hu Taihou, the eldest daughter of Situ Hu Guozhen, created this bloody case in order to maintain her position as a private and lover. In order to be able to get along with her lover for a long time, she delegated power to two lovers and named them Dr. Guanglu ... The Hu family saw that the goal was achieved, and it was not long before her granddaughter's pity was gone. Zhao Lin's son Yuan Zhao was replaced as the emperor, but it didn't take long. The little emperor, who was only five years old at that time, was drowned in the Yellow River with her. In this chaotic situation, the Northern Wei Dynasty soon came to an end. Gao Huan and Yu Wentai, who held the military and political power, soon split into two Wei Dynasties. Formed a split situation that lasted for several years.

It can be said that Miss Yuan, her daughter, was the first female emperor in the history of China. Although he was in office for a short time, he was earlier than Wu Zetian in Tang Dynasty 150 years.

2. Hu Taihou, the first female emperor with real power in the Northern Wei Dynasty. In fact, Hu Taihou was the first female emperor with real power in the history of China. Since being honored as the Empress Dowager by Emperor Xiaoming, she has been the actual ruler of the Northern Wei Dynasty. She not only called herself "I" (the emperor after Qin Shihuang called herself), which made courtiers call her "Your Majesty". (This content was released by Shangdu Culture in Henan Province) She did not hesitate to poison her own son first, then framed her granddaughter who was still in infancy, and then framed her emperor who had just turned three. The abolition of instant time shocked the world. General Er Zhurong suspected fraud, so he led troops to crusade. 15 later, the capital Luoyang was occupied, and Yuan Zhao and Hu Taihou were captured. Later, Zhu Rong ordered Master Yuan Zhao and Hu Taihou to drown in the Yellow River, and another Yuan Ziyou ascended the throne as Emperor Xiao Zhuang. In fact, the most desirable woman in history is not Cixi. What she wants is wealth and power. Not Wu Zetian, she just wants the world; It's not Zhao Yanfei. What she wants is physical pleasure-this is Hu Taihou of the Northern Wei Dynasty. She has both literary talent and lust for martial arts; Love both the world and money; Believe in Buddhism and good governance; Happiness and desire ... want to take all the benefits for themselves. Seeing that the consorts of the Han and Jin Dynasties made the imperial court a chicken fly a dog to jump, the founding monarch of the Northern Wei Dynasty made a rule that after the prince was established, he would kill his mother. So concubines would rather have a princess than a prince. After Hu entered the palace, he criticized the concubines: "How can the son of heaven be childless? How can you be so selfish, caring only about personal life and death, regardless of the future of the country? " She was pregnant, but prayed, "Give it to my son and make him a prince. I will die. " In the wrestling of the harem, her son survived, and so did she. Before he made his fortune, Hu was stone-hearted, heroic and generous, and never cared about his children's affair. After taking power alone, empathy became synonymous with ruthlessness, shamelessness, cruelty and tyranny.