No. 15 Wu Yue King Qian Liu 80 years old
Qian Liuliu (852 AD - 932 AD). The calligraphy is beautiful and the small character is Poliu. He is Han nationality and a native of Lin'an, Hangzhou. The founder of Wuyue Kingdom during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of China. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, he followed General Shijing Town Dong Chang to suppress the rebels and served as the military governor of Zhenhai. During the Qianning period, Dong Chang rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor. After repeated attempts to persuade him failed, he destroyed them and unified the thirteen states of Zhejiang and Zhejiang. Later Liang was named the King of Wuyue in the early years of Kaiping. During his reign from 907 to 932, he recruited migrant workers to build the Qiantang River and seawalls. He also built weirs and sluices in the Taihu Lake Basin to store floods and not be afraid of droughts and floods. He also established a maintenance system for the water network and polder area, which was beneficial to the agricultural economy of this area.
No. 16 Song Gaozong Zhao Gou 81 years old
Song Gaozong Zhao Gou (June 12, 1107 - November 9, 1187), courtesy name Deji, was born in Bianliang, Tokyo (now Kaifeng, Henan), the ninth son of Song Huizong Zhao Ji, and the founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty. After the Jingkang Incident , the Jin soldiers captured his father Song Huizong and his brother Song Qinzong , and destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty . On June 12, 1127, Kang Wang Zhao Gou was located in Yingtian Mansion, Nanjing, and established the Southern Song Dynasty. During his reign, due to the situation and popular support, he appointed generals such as Yue Fei and Han Shizhong to fight against the Jin army. Later, Wang Lun, Qin Hui and others of the main peace faction were reused. They blindly sued for peace, executed Yue Fei, and dismissed the ministers of the main war faction. In 1162, Zen was located in the crown prince Zhao Yu.
No. 17 Wu Zetian 82 years old
Wu Zetian (624-705) Tang Gaozong Empress Li Zhi, later Emperor Zhou Zetian, the only female emperor in Chinese history. Ancestry: Bingzhou Wenshui (now Wenshui County, Shanxi Province), born in Lizhou (now Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province). When Wu Zetian was 14 years old, Tang Taizong Li Shimin called him into the palace as a talented person. After Taizong died, Zetian entered Ganye Temple and became a nun. After Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty came to the throne, he was summoned back to the palace and given the title of Princess Zhaoyi, with the title Princess Chen. He slandered and competed with Princess Prince, Queen Princess and Princess Xiao Shu for favor. In the sixth year of Yonghui (655), Emperor Gaozong established Wu as his queen. Wu Zetian was very resourceful and involved in literature and history. In the first year of Shangyuan (674), he was called "Emperor" together with Gaozong. In the first year of Hongdao's reign (683 years), Emperor Gaozong passed away, Emperor Zhongzong Li Xian came to the throne, and Emperor Tianzong became the emperor. In the first year of Sisheng (684), Zhongzong was deposed as Prince of Luling, and Ruizong was established as Prince Li Dan, who continued to be called the emperor. In the first year of Zaichu, he abolished Ruizong, claimed to be the Holy Emperor, changed the name of the country to Zhou, and made Luoyang, the eastern capital, the divine capital.
During the dynasty, old ministers were demoted and cruel officials were appointed. In the early Tang Dynasty, some important senior ministers such as Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang, Yu Zhining, Pei Yan and others were demoted and most were executed. He held palace examinations, created systems such as martial arts, bootstrapping, and official examinations, and adopted economic policies such as reducing taxes, reducing fighting, and saving labor. Therefore, during the half century of his rule, the social and economic achievements were brilliant and the country's prestige was greatly enhanced.
In the first month of the first year of Shenlong (705), Zhang Jianzhi, Huan Yanfan, Cui Xuan, Jinghui and others joined forces with General Youyu Lin Li Duozuo to launch a coup, forcing Wu Zetian to abdicate and welcome Zhongzong's restoration. He died in November of the same year and was posthumously named Emperor Zetian.
The only recognized female emperor in Chinese history, she was also the oldest emperor to succeed to the throne. Wu Zetian was already 67 years old when she became emperor. Most emperors were buried at this age. Wu Zetian actually still wanted to be the emperor. She was very passionate. The throne was taken back from his son, and then he was taken back by his son. Finally, he died of illness at the age of 82.
