Before Empress Wu Meiniang Wu Zetian of Li Tang became emperor, she was the queen of Li Zhi, Tang Gaozong. She was once a talented person in the harem of Emperor Taizong and Li Shimin. At that time, she was also called Wu Meiniang, a woman of two emperors in the Tang Dynasty. However, this kind of thing is more common in the Tang Dynasty. For example, Shangguan Waner was the harem concubine of Tang Gaozong and Tang Zhongzong, and Yang Yuhuan married Tang Xuanzong and his son. However, Wu Zetian is better. If she writes a novel, it is estimated that she will rank first. It can be seen that Wu Zetian is a master of palace fighting. She went from the former imperial concubine to the queen of the Tang Dynasty, and finally stepped in to start the work of the Tang Emperor. Although Wu Zetian was only a queen when she was alive in Tang Gaozong, it was a word for her to interfere in power or kill Li Tang's imperial clan.
It is said that 60% of the royal family who died abnormally during the Li Tang period were killed by Wu Zetian. Even princess Qian, her daughter, did not hesitate to recognize her niece Wu Zetian as her adoptive mother in order to survive, and was renamed Princess Anding by Wu Zetian. Later, Wu Zetian forced the second of her four sons to death for the sake of superior position, and then abolished the throne of the remaining two sons. Finally, she established her Zhou Dynasty. Without spears or coup plots, it is natural to usurp Li Tang's land and accuse her of being a sinner of the Lee Dynasty. Therefore, there is no word on her tombstone to praise her achievements, and it is also because she has no word to be worthy of Emperor Lee and dare not write it.
The only woman in history, of course, Wu Zetian's superior position is not just killing, Wu Zetian is capable. After all, when Tang Gaozong was alive, the Tang Empire was not in decline. If it weren't for Wu Zetian's outstanding ability, she couldn't have suppressed the Li family. For example, Wei Shi, the queen of Tang Zhongzong, wanted to follow the example of Wu Zetian and become a mistress. Unfortunately, her ability determines her fate. Before Wei could secure the position of the Queen Mother, he was pulled down by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Princess Taiping. It can be seen that Wu Zetian could intervene in the state affairs during Tang Gaozong's period, but after Tang Gaozong's death, she could stabilize Li Tang and change the regime easily, and she could also help herself with the help of a capable minister like De Renjie, a loyal minister in the Tang Dynasty. It is conceivable that Wu Zetian's personal ability and charm were indeed recognized by people in the Tang Dynasty at that time.
It is with this recognition that Wu Zetian can listen to politics in the near future, so that Wu Zetian's achievements are self-evident. Coupled with so many dynasties in history, a woman called Wu Zetian the emperor. This alone is enough for the world to worship. And Wu Zetian's ability to govern the country without losing to men. Wu Zetian's achievements will not be forgotten even if they are not engraved on stone tablets. Therefore, Wu Zetian did not inscribe on the tombstone, but she was confident that her achievements had been engraved in the hearts of the world and did not need self-praise.
There is only one possibility of a dragon coup, and Wu Zetian has no time to write an inscription for herself. After all, it is an honor for an emperor to carve an inscription to praise himself after his death. Most emperors would do this. Wu Zetian didn't do it, perhaps because after the dragon coup, she couldn't help living in the harem and was too busy to attend to the honor after her death. Wu Zetian is old, considering the issue of heirs. At that time, she wavered between her son and nephew, and finally determined that her son was Chu Jun.
Because she favored the Zhang brothers in her later years, the Zhang brothers were worried that Wu Zetian would quit the former dynasty after her death, so the two brothers tried their best to seize power in the former dynasty when Wu Zetian was alive, which inevitably led to the deepening of the contradiction between them and the courtiers. Finally, the courtiers plotted a coup, that is, a dragon coup, and Wu Zetian was forced out. Although her son Li Xian dared not do anything to her, after all, she was ousted from the throne. It is conceivable that Wu Zetian's last few months can be more complete. At this time, even if Wu Zetian thought of writing an inscription after death, how should she write it? What would Li Xian and the courtiers who staged the coup think? Therefore, it may be that in the last few months of Wu Zetian's life, she forgot to write an inscription for herself and sing praises for herself, because the political situation was too sensitive and the relationship was too tense.