Who is Wu Meiniang from Li Shimin?

Wu Meiniang is a talented person in Li Shimin.

In the eleventh year of Zhenguan, Wu Zetian was fourteen years old. Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, heard that she had good looks and manners, called her into the palace, made her a gifted scholar with five qualities, and gave her a title of Wu Mei, which was later mistakenly called Wu Meiniang.

However, Wu Zetian didn't get Li Shimin's favor. She has been a talent for 12 years, and her status has never been improved. During Li Shimin's serious illness, Wu Zetian and Prince Li Zhi began to establish feelings.

Wu Meiniang proclaimed himself emperor.

In the first year of God's will (690), Wu Zetian proclaimed himself emperor, changed his country name to Zhou, made Luoyang his capital and established Wu Zhou. Before and after his reign, he was "observant and good at judging", with more power and less responsibility, and paid attention to selecting talents, thus creating the system of palace examination, martial arts and trial officials. It also rewards farmers and mulberry trees and reforms official management. At the same time, the imperial clan of the Tang Dynasty was massacred, and "cruel officialdom politics" arose.

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. Later, she became the "Tianshun Saint Queen".