In the eighth year of Xiankang (342), Emperor Jincheng died, and because Emperor Jincheng's sons Sima Pi and Sima Yi were young, his uncle Yu Bing supported Emperor Jincheng's younger brother Sima Yue as Emperor Kang of Jin.
Her name was Chu Garlic Zi, and she married Emperor Kang of Jin before he took the throne, and in the same year that Emperor Kang of Jin succeeded to the throne, Chu Garlic Zi was made empress, and the next year she gave birth to the crown prince Sima Tan.
Emperor Kang was probably the most mysterious emperor, because there are few records of him in the history books. What character? What has been done? Nothing.
Emperor Kang died in a hurry after only three years on the throne, the 22-year-old Chu Garlic became a widow, and Sima Tan lost his father when he was more than one year old.
The lord shaoguo doubted that Sima Tan, who had just passed his first birthday, was not yet weaned when he was not yet an emperor. However, as the only bloodline left by the emperor, the legitimacy of his status was beyond doubt, and in desperation, the minister had to write a letter to let Chu Garliczi listen to the government.
Chu Garlic thought about it again and again, and issued an edict to the court to listen to the government.
Just as the so-called one dynasty is a courtier, the people at the bottom are best at watching people cook, and some people who have just "gained power" have begun to pat themselves on the back. Some officials asked Xun and Bian Er to posthumously give them the title, they were all the former mothers of Chu Garlic, and they should be posthumously sealed according to the reason.
The former mother has a stepmother, and the next son is not as good as the former mother, so there is no uniform. - "Jin Shu Li Zhi Zhong"
But Chu Garlic refused.
Some people also said that Chu Garlic zi's father was allowed to receive the courtesy of the courtiers above the court, and Chu Garlic Zi said: "There is no precedent for this since the classical Zhang Li Sect, as such, I am very uneasy in my heart." ”
Chu Garlic zi holds the greatest power in the world, but does not use it for his own welfare.
In 354, Empress Dowager Chu ordered the general Huan Wen to carry out the Northern Expedition to Guanzhong and defeat Former Qin. Huan Wen destroyed the Han Dynasty, captured Luoyang, and expanded the territory of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. After fourteen years of this, Sima Tan was already fifteen years old, and Chu Yuzi resolutely decided to return the government affairs to the already crowned Emperor Mu of Jin and retire to the harem.
However, only four years later, Sima Nie died of illness, and because Sima Nie died childlessly, the throne was passed back to Sima Pi, the son of the Jin Cheng Emperor, for the Jin Emperor. The Jin Emperor was not at all interested in the affairs of the court from an early age, but he was superstitious about warlocks, did not eat well, indulged in alchemy and medicine, and could not go to the court at a young age, so Chu Garlic had to come to the court again.
Not long after, Sima Pi was poisoned and died.
Emperor Ai of Jin did not leave any heirs before his death, so his younger brother Sima Yi succeeded to the throne. Sima Yi also did not take any measures during his reign, and was deposed by the powerful minister Huan Wen on the "charge" of not being able to have children, and Sima Yu succeeded to the throne, and after Sima Yu's death, the ten-year-old crown prince Sima Yao succeeded to the throne.
The emperor of flowing water, the iron garlic. Chu Garlic Zi had no intention of caring about political affairs and was bent on eating and praying to the Buddha, but as the emperors died one by one, she had to "go out of the mountains" again to stabilize the order.
After Sima Yao became an adult, Chu Garlic zi returned to power.
In the ninth year of the Taiyuan Dynasty, Empress Chu died at the age of sixty-one.
Empress Chu's life is undoubtedly a legendary life, widowed at the age of 22, spent forty years, went through six emperors, three times to listen to the government, but unfortunately, after all, there is no emperor who has made achievements.
Successful men have a great woman behind them, and failed men are no exception.