Empress Dowager Cixi, the most powerful woman in history, is on the list. Who is the first?

Among the five most powerful women, Cixi can only be ranked in Hewei. In the history of our country, the most powerful woman should be the first female emperor, Wu Zetian. She was the second wife of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi. During the period when Li Zhi was too ill to manage state affairs, she participated in the state affairs as a queen and helped Li Zhi to handle the state affairs. After his death, she took power into her own hands and became the only orthodox female emperor in the history of China.

Wu Zetian abolished Tang Zhongzong and Tang Ruizong successively. Finally, out of the infinite desire for power, she became emperor and changed her name to "Zhou". People like Lv Zhi, Feng Taihou and Cixi, although they are also in charge of state affairs and monopolize power, basically do it as Empress Dowager Cixi, and no one dares to stand on their own feet like Emperor Wu Zetian. Therefore, Wu Zetian is the first woman on the power list, not only because of her different status, but also because she is the first person in history to create women in power.

From the empress dowager to the emperor, Wu Zetian's resourcefulness has been fully demonstrated. Under her rule, Datang not only did not decline, but became more and more prosperous. No woman in history can be like Wu Zetian. Although they are at the top of power, they are not justified after all. Before Wu Zetian, no woman dared to take charge of state affairs. Only after Wu Zetian did someone follow her example and want to hold power in their own hands like her. However, due to the ancestral system, no one dared to stand on their own feet as emperor.

Wu Zetian's power is also the result of her own struggle, and she climbed to the position of emperor step by step. Her achievements also laid a solid foundation for the later Kaiyuan flourishing age. Even though she abolished several emperors and took charge of the affairs of state affairs alone, people paid more attention to the glory she brought. Everyone who mentioned her spoke highly of her. Compared with the achievements she has brought to the country, her power is well deserved.