The official title of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty, and the division of official positions in the W

During the Wu Zetian period, the system of three provinces and six ministries formulated during the Tang Gaozong period was still followed, and the main institutions were three provinces, six ministries, one department, five supervisors, and nine temples. The three provinces are Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province and Shangshu Province. Shangshu Province set up six departments: officials, households, rituals, soldiers, criminals, and workers.

In addition, there are also the palace province and the secretary province, but these two provinces have little function.

Shangshu Province is the highest administrative body in the country, and the governor was originally Shangshu Ling, but because Tang Taizong once served as Shangshu Ling, he was headed by the left and right servants. Zhongshu Province is the institution of the emperor to promulgate major political documents, the chief is the Zhongshu Order, the deputy is the Zhongshu Shilang, there are six Zhongshu Sheren, in addition to the right scattered cavalry attendant, the right counselor and other officials. The ministry is the body that examines major political documents.

Because the power of Shangshu was too great, he later set up left and right servants (開開 pronounced yè) to exercise great power. The left and right servants are the prime ministers. Later, these two positions should be added to the title of the same Zhongshu as the prime minister.

However, the Zhongshu Ling and the subordinate servants have a very high position and are not permanent. Therefore, to add the titles of participating in the government, participating in the government, participating in the government, gaining and losing in the council, and the three products under the door of the same Zhongshu are the prime ministers.

The prime minister usually discussed the affairs of the court in the government hall, and the government hall meeting became the highest decision-making body to assist the emperor's rule. The six departments are responsible for various specific administrative affairs, and each has four divisions. The six departments are divided into high and low, the second department of officials and soldiers is the forward, the second department of household and criminal is the middle bank, and the second department of rites and workers is the rear line.

Among them, the Ministry of Officials is in charge of the promotion of civil officials across the country, and there are four divisions of the Ministry of Officials, the Department of Seals, the Department of Honors, and the Examination of Merit; The household department is in charge of the land, people, and financial endowments of the country, and consists of four divisions: the household department, the degree branch, the gold department, and the warehouse department; The Ministry of Rites is in charge of the sacrifices, and there are four divisions, including the Ministry of Rites, the Ancestral Department, and the Catering Department; The Ministry of War is responsible for the election of warriors, maps, carriages and horses, ordnance and other affairs, and consists of four divisions: the Ministry of War, the Staff, the Driving Department, and the Kudu.

The Criminal Department is in charge of legal order and criminal law, and consists of four divisions: the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Official, the Comparison Department, and the Division; The Ministry of Industry is responsible for the affairs of Shanze, Paper and Pencil, Tuntian, craftsmen, etc., and consists of four divisions: the Ministry of Industry, Tuntian, Yudu, and the Ministry of Water. The three-province and six-ministry system plays an important role in China's political history. One is the Imperial Historical Tower, which is responsible for supervising ** and local management, and participating in the interrogation of the prison.

Its chief is the Imperial Historian, and the deputy chief is the Imperial Historian.

The five eunuchs are Guozijian (Zhangwenjiao); Shaofu Jian (in charge of royal industrial production); will be a supervisor (in charge of national projects); Ordnance Supervision (Ordnance Manufacturing); Metropolitan Water Supervision (in charge of water conservancy construction).

The nine temples have Taichang Temple (palm ritual sacrifice); Guanglu Temple (in charge of royal food); Weiwei Temple (holding weapons and honor guards); Zongzheng Temple (in charge of the royal family genealogy); Taifu Temple (in charge of the emperor's chariot and horse); Dali Temple (Zhangju); Honglu Temple (palm bond ceremony); Sinong Temple (in charge of the national warehouse); Taifu Temple (in charge of state finance).

Thorn Shi is the highest local administrator, equivalent to the level of provincial governor. In the Tang Dynasty, a long historian was also set up under the history of the assassins, named the assassin historian, who had no real position. Also known as don't drive. However, the long history of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has a higher status, and will even serve as a festival envoy. So the history of thorns is bigger.

Sima is the ** from the five products, in the Tang Dynasty, Sima's official position was to assist the local assassin history, but it was more just a false name, without any authority, and it almost became a synonym for the demotion of officials in the imperial court. The Metropolitan Governor is from the second grade, so Sima is smaller than it.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei was called Yingchuan County, which belonged to Yuzhou, and Xuchang County, Yingyin County, Yanling County, and Changshe County all belonged to Yingchuan County. Xuchang is one of the five capitals of Wei. In the second year of the early Huang dynasty of Wei (221), Emperor Wen Cao Pi changed Xu County to Xuchang County with "Han died in Xu, Wei Jichang in Xu".

In the Yuan Dynasty, Xu was still a state, and Changshe, Changge, and Xiangcheng counties belonged to it. Yanling belongs to Kaifeng Prefecture. In the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1368), Changshe County was abolished, merged into Xuzhou, and 4 counties were led, and Changge and Xiangcheng belonged to it.

Xuzhou and Junzhou are all under Kaifeng Prefecture. In the third year of Wanli (1575), Junzhou was changed to Yuzhou. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng's rebel army changed Yuzhou to Junping Mansion.

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Xuzhou and Yuzhou belonged to Henan Province. In the second year of Yongzheng (1724), Xuzhou was promoted to Zhili Prefecture, and Changge belonged to it. Yanling belongs to Kaifeng Prefecture.

In the thirteenth year of Yongzheng (1735), Xuzhou was promoted to Xuzhou Mansion, and Linying, Yuncheng, Xiangcheng, Changge, Mi County (now Xinmi City), and Xinzheng belonged to it. Xuzhou Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion are both under Henan Province.

Wu Zetian (624 December 16, 705), whose real name was Wu Kuo (xu), later changed his name to Wu Cao (zhào), and was a native of Wenshui (now Wenshui, Shanxi). The only orthodox female emperor in Chinese history (reigned 690-705).

In the first year of Tianzhu (690), Wu Zetian established himself as the emperor, changed the name of the country to Zhou, set the capital of Luoyang, called "Shendu", and established Wu Zhou. Before and after Wu Zetian's reign, he wantonly killed the Tang Dynasty clan and raised the "cool official politics".

In the first year of Shenlong (705), Wu Zetian fell ill, and Prime Minister Zhang Khan Zhi and others launched the "Shenlong Revolution" to support the restoration of Tang Zhongzong and force him to abdicate. After Zhongzong restored the Tang Dynasty, he was given the title of "Zetian Great Sage Emperor". In November of the same year, Wu Zetian died in Shangyang Palace at the age of eighty-two.

Zhongzong complied with his last order, changed his name to "Zetian Great Sage Empress", and was buried in Qianling as the queen. Later, she was called "the Holy Empress of Tianshun".

Wu Zetian is wise and strategic, involved in literature and history, and is quite poetic. There are "Vertical Arch Collection" and "Golden Wheel Collection", which are now gone. "All Tang Poems" contains forty-six of his poems.

During the Tang Dynasty to the Wu Zhou Dynasty, Wu Cao (624 December 16, 705.