What do you think about Wu Mei Niang?

Question

The first woman to be come emperor of china.

What did she did for china?

Answer 1

Wu Zetian (625 – December 16, 705), personal name Wu Zhao, was the only woman in the history of China to assume the title of Emperor. Ruling China first through puppet emperors from 665 to 690, not unprecedented in Chinese history, she then broke all precedents when she founded her own dynasty in 690, the Zhou (interrupting the Tang Dynasty), and ruled personally under the name Emperor Shengshen from 690 to 705.

Although short-lived, the Zhou dynasty, according to some historians, resulted in better equality between the sexes during the succeeding Tang Dynasty.

She found the best people she could to run the government, and treated those she trusted fairly. She reduced the army's size and stopped the influence of aristocratic military men on government by replacing them with scholars. Everyone had to compete for government positions by taking exams, thus setting the practice of government run by scholars. Wu also was fair to peasants, lowering oppressive taxes, raising agricultural production, and strengthening public works.

During her reign, Empress Wu placed Buddhism over Daoism as the favored state religion. She invited the most gifted scholars to China and built Buddhist temples and cave sculptures. Chinese Buddhism achieved its highest development under the reign of Wu Zetian.

Answer 2

Here is all I know about her:

After Emperor Gaozong started to suffer from strokes from November 660 on, she began to govern China from behind the scenes.

She executed and the demoted crown prince Li Zhong

She proclaimed the Zhou Dynasty. (named after her father's nominal posthumous fief as well as in reference to the illustrious Zhou Dynasty of ancient Chinese history from which she claimed the Wu family was descended)

Somewhere in December 689, ten months before she officially ascended the throne

Her regime was characterized by Machiavellian cleverness and brutal despotism

I think she formed her own Secret Police to deal with any opposition that might arise...

I hope I helped you :D