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The Shenlong coup was initiated by a group of veteran ministers who supported the Tang Dynasty, such as Zhang Jianzhi, and broke out in the first year of Shenlong (705). As a direct result, Wu Zetian retired and Li Xian restored the Li Tang artifact.

Wu Zetian is a generation of queens, but she began to indulge in pleasure in her later years, and her body was much healthier, so her contact with the outside world decreased, and only two people stayed with her all day. Relying on Wu Zetian, these two officials were autocratic, and all officials in the imperial court were afraid of them.

In fact, this time is very dangerous. Not only for the prince's side, but also for the Wu family. The two pictures are not taken seriously at all. They are so crazy that ministers naturally resent them. However, the two did not converge at all, and even began to frame the prince, which led Wu Zetian to believe in slanderers and was very dissatisfied with the prince. At this time, Li Xian lost a son.

In this context, it is imperative and urgent to get rid of the Zhang brothers. In the first year of Shenlong, Wu Zetian was ill, and Zhang Zhang didn't allow anyone to visit, but what they didn't know was that outsiders had already been unable to restrain their desire to launch a coup.

Zhang Jianzhi was a prime minister and a veteran of the Tang Dynasty. On the 22nd day of the first month, he joined forces with Cui Xuanyong, Huan and General Xue Sixing, and came to Xuanwu Gate, the north gate of the city, and sent Li Duozuo, Naotaro and Xu, a captain of Anyang, to meet them in the East Palace. The prince is too timid to go at this time. Later, in desperation, he came to Xuanwu Gate.

The staff arrived and entered the palace together. Zhang Jianzhi directly ordered the beheading of Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong, and then went to the Jixian Hall where Wu Zetian lived. They kept saying that Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong were plotting a rebellion, but they didn't go after it. Instead, I came to Wu Zetian and told her that the prince was too old to stay in the East, and that God's will had long since left the Li family. This is simple enough. On the 23rd day of the first month, Wu Zetian wrote a letter in desperation, and decided that Prince Li Xian would handle state affairs on his behalf. On the 24th of the first month, Wu Zetian gave way to Li Xian.

By this time, the Dragon Coup was completely over, Wu Zetian retired, and Li Xian took over and restored the Li Tang artifact.