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Chapter 45 The Anecdote on the Dragon Chair 2
There were actually three female emperors in history

In people's memory, the first female emperor in Chinese history was Wu Zetian. When she was in power, she followed the rule of Zhenguan and opened the prosperous age of Yuan Dynasty. "Wordless Tablet" of any text.These have left a deep impression on us.

In fact, strictly speaking, Wu Zetian can only be ranked third.So, who will the first two be?
The first female emperor in history was Miss Yuan, the daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of the Northern Wei Dynasty.Miss Yuan was still a baby girl when she came to the throne, and her ascension to the throne was entirely arranged by her grandmother, the concubine of Emperor Xuanwu and the mother of Emperor Xiaoming, Empress Dowager Hu.

After the young master Xiao Ming ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Hu was respected as the empress dowager because of her son's honor, and because of Xiao Ming's young age, she came to the court to listen to the government.Empress Dowager Hu was arbitrarily authoritarian in politics and very promiscuous in life, which aroused dissatisfaction among courtiers.Shi Zhong Yuancha, Zhong Shi Liu Teng and others once imprisoned Hu in Beigong.Later, the Hu family returned to the court to listen to the government, and became even more unscrupulous, "being filthy from all directions", which of course also aroused Emperor Xiaoming's dissatisfaction.As a result, rifts between mother and son arose repeatedly.

In 528 A.D., according to the "Northern Song Concubine", the concubine of Emperor Xiaoming gave birth to a daughter. At that time, Empress Dowager Hu lied that she had given birth to a prince, and designed to poison Emperor Ming to death, and supported the "prince" as emperor.A few days later, Empress Dowager Hu suddenly announced that the infant emperor was a baby girl. Of course, the refutation was for the needs of the court struggle, and Miss Yuan was just a pawn in the hands of Empress Dowager Hu.Although the little baby girl has only been emperor for a few days, she is the first female emperor in Chinese history.

The second female emperor was Chen Shuozhen, a native of Qingxi, Muzhou, Zhejiang (now Chun'an, Zhejiang). Both of her parents died since childhood, and she lived with a younger sister.After going through ups and downs, I have tasted all the bitterness and bitterness of the world.

At that time, Emperor Gaozong of Tang came to the throne. Due to the prevalence of extravagance in the later period of Emperor Taizong's reign, the people in some areas were heavily exploited and oppressed.Qingxi is located in the northwest of Zhejiang today, where the mountains are high and the valleys are deep, and the products are very rich.Because of this, the rulers also paid special attention to it and searched it endlessly, which made the people in this area very burdened and complained.

One year, there was a big flood in the local area, and the people were displaced, and the people were in dire straits.Chen Shuozhen saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart. So, regardless of her own safety, she resolutely opened the grain storehouse of her boss to help the victims. Unexpectedly, she was discovered by the housekeeper and beat her to death. She was rescued by villagers that night and fled into the mountains to hide.

After that, the local people kept hearing rumors that Chen Shuozhen had "obtained immortality". Her relatives also publicized everywhere that Chen Shuozhen had returned to the human world from the heavens after becoming an immortal.Therefore, the villagers all hope that she can eliminate harm and benefit the people. (Peasant uprisings generally rely on the power of feudal superstition, and Chen Shuozhen is no exception.)
On the sixth night of October 653 A.D., she led the people to hold an uprising in Chun'an Farm, and the people in her hometown responded one after another. The uprising team quickly expanded to more than [-] people. Zhouzhou and other places, and approaching Shezhou and Wuzhou, posed a threat to the feudal rulers, and became famous for a while.

After hearing the news, the imperial court sent Yangzhou governor Fang Renyu to lead troops to suppress it, and Wuzhou governor Cui Yixuan also hurriedly recruited troops to attack the rebel army.Due to the lack of actual combat experience of the rebel army, after several bloody battles, countless casualties, and finally the entire army was wiped out.

It took less than a month for Chen Shuozhen to be defeated and killed, but the southeast was shaken, which had a great impact, but it was a pity that he was born at an untimely time.It was the first time in Chinese history that she called herself emperor.She was appraised as "the first female emperor in Chinese history" by the famous Chinese historian Jian Bozan.

Calculated according to historical time, Wu Zetian was still Tang Gaozong's Zhaoyi at that time.In the third year of Chen Shuozhen's independence as emperor (AD 655), Wu Zetian was made queen.Until 690 AD, Wu Zetian proclaimed himself "Holy Emperor" and changed his country name to Zhou, so he could only be ranked third.But she took power and reigned for 15 years, so she is the "standard" female emperor in Chinese history.

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