In that era of division and war, anyone who wanted to become a ruler liked miracles or the proverbs of alchemists.
As a woman who wants to rectify the upper position, it is certainly not enough to have beauty, and the brain is also a good thing, but I think the most important thing is to know marketing, learn to package yourself, and it is best to have a marketing team of your own.
At this point, Queen Guo's father has to say that he is a packaging master, and it is his super marketing means that makes his daughter have an extra layer of mystery than others.
Queen Guo was considered to be the child of an official eunuch family, but unfortunately his father was a minor official, and his father Guo Yongguan (郭永官) was a Taishou of NanJun (南郡太守), and he had three sons and two daughters with his wife Dong Shi.
But there is one thing I have to admire Queen Guo's father, who, although he has a small official position, knows how to create a topic for his daughter.
According to legend, there was a vision when Queen Guo was born, but it is not clear whether it is a red light in the sky or some other auspicious call. Queen Guo was young and wise, intelligent, and regarded as a pearl in the palm of her hand by her father Guo Yong, and Guo Yong always felt that her daughter was different from ordinary people, and she would definitely have a big appearance in the future. So he often said to people, "This is the king of the women of my family." Slowly, no one remembered her name, only that her name was Queen, which was very domineering. As for what her original name is, maybe it's called Guo Zhao, maybe it's not, who cares!
Queen Guo was actually quite pitiful, perennial war, her parents also left her early, and began to drift early, and went to cao Cao's subordinate minor official Tongyun Hou's family as a maid, because she was lively and intelligent, Tongyun Hou had the heart to cultivate her, hoping that one day it could be used by him.
When Cao Cao was still the Duke of Wei, Queen Guo entered Cao Pi's mansion, and this was the time when Cao Cao was in a dispute over the heirs, because Cao Pi had always been disliked by Cao Cao and was much hit.
Queen Guo was already intelligent and astute, and described her Queen Guo in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms Volume V: "After there is wisdom, there is always a contribution." Emperor Wen was made an heir, and later had a plot. Soon he was taken seriously by Cao Pi, who at this time needed someone who could give him wisdom and trust, so Cao Pi took Queen Guo as a concubine.
When Queen Guo became Cao Pi's concubine, it was during the pregnancy of Cao Pi's wife Zhen Mi, which also provided more opportunities for Queen Guo and Cao Pi to get along.
The biggest difference between Queen Guo and Zhen Mi is that she knows what Cao Pi wants, Cao Pi has always had the ambition to conquer the world, which has also become the goal of Queen Guo, she not only knows how to please Cao Pi, but more importantly, she has wisdom, and she has made meritorious contributions in the great war between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi.
There is nothing wrong with Zhen Mi and Cao Pi being a husband and wife who respect each other as guests, but Queen Guo and Cao Pi are not only the husband and wife of Qin Ser and Ming, but also the comrades who have fought together and fought together, and in addition to the love between them, they also have more confidants who cherish each other.
In addition, before Zhen Mi married Cao Pi, not only did she have a marriage, but she was also the person who was worried about the three men of the Cao family, and Cao Pi, who did not stand at the peak of power, may not care, but after Cao Cao's death, after Cao Pi became emperor, this was a thorn in Cao Pi's heart, and it could be inflamed and pus at any time.
For Queen Guo, Cao Pi was her first husband, and coupled with the accumulation of feelings of the same advance and retreat, it will definitely be more biased towards her. Some people say that it is because Queen Guo is younger and more beautiful than Zhen Mi, in fact, I don't quite agree with this, Queen Guo is only one year younger than Zhen Mi, and Zhen Mi's beauty is traceable, and she can be compared with Erqiao, so Queen Guo's victory over Zhen Mi must not be because of beauty, but wisdom and character.
In 220, the Wei Emperor Cao Pi was enthroned by Zen and established the Wei Dynasty, and the harem ladies were all enthroned, and Queen Guo was given the title of empress dowager (empress dowager), ranking first among the six palaces, which shows Cao Pi's importance and love for Queen Guo.
In 221, Cao Pi killed Zhen Mi, and legend has it that Zhen Mi was disrespectful to Cao Pi, and then gave Zhen Mi's son Cao Rui to Empress Guo to raise.
In the TV series "The Great Military Sima Yi's Army Division Alliance", there is a performance in this section, Sima Yi pulled Cao Rui to the front of Queen Guo, embedded his neck to let Cao Rui's mother, save his life. This is not the case in history, when Zhen Mi was given death, Cao Rui was actually 16 years old, nor was she a milk doll in the TV series, and Cao Rui actually respected Queen Guo, as will be said later.
Another year later, in 222, Cao Pi again proposed to Queen Guo, but was opposed by the court. Because Queen Guo entered the Cao Mansion as a concubine, many people believed that the empress should be the right wife, and Cao Pi should continue to re-establish the string, rather than supporting a favored concubine, which was not reasonable.
In ancient times, when legislation was strict, a concubine was a concubine, and no matter whether the wife was there or not, it could not be corrected, which was the code of ethics.
Unfortunately, Cao Pi was not a coward who was manipulated by others, insisted on appointing Queen Guo as the queen, and held a posthumous ceremony on the ninth day of September 222.
Guo Shi, the person who grew up as the queen, finally stepped onto the peak of power and became the empress.
After Empress Guo became empress, Wen Mu was respectful and quiet, filial to Empress Bian, considerate to Emperor Wen of Wei, tolerant and generous to the people of the harem, but she was generous and generous, and everyone admired her very much, the six palaces were peaceful and peaceful, and slowly the ministers who had opposed him were also admired by her virtuousness and praised her.
Empress Guo was undoubtedly a virtuous empress, she assisted Cao Pi, often admonished, raised Cao Rui, filial piety to Empress Bian, treated Cao Pi's concubines kindly, restrained relatives, did not support foreign relatives, and did not interfere in politics. From that point of view, she deserves a good reputation.
However, many people think that she is a bad woman, robbing her husband, jealousy and killing his wife, and taking people's heirs, especially with the perverted image of Cao Rui in the TV series "Tiger Xiaolong Yin", which is even more realistic.
In fact, as long as you carefully consider it, you will find that the accusations against Queen Guo are a bit untenable.
First of all, after Cao Pi's death in 226, Cao Rui succeeded to the throne, and after succeeding to the throne, he honored Queen Guo as empress dowager, and Queen Guo did not die until 235. If Cao Rui really hated Queen Guo, why didn't he kill Cao Pi when she died, and why wait 9 years to kill her? This is obviously unreasonable.
In addition, after the death of Queen Guo, Cao Rui still buried her and Cao Pi together in Shouyang, he could have found an excuse to separate them, but he did not do so, and the most important thing is that after Guo's death, Cao Rui also personally wrote a lamentation for her mother-in-law, which included: "The former second concubine Yu, the emperor Yizhang, the third mother concubine Zhou, the holy good Miguang, both received more and enjoyed the country for an extended period." Mourning Concubine, Xinghua Leap House, Dragon Flying Purple Pole, Acting as a Holy Emperor, Not Afraid of Middle Age, Violent Disaster. In this way, shun's second concubine, Empress Dowager E, and The Three Sages of the Zhou Dynasty later compared themselves to this concubine of his own, which shows that in Emperor Wei Ming's mind, her concubine was a virtuous empress, not his mother-killing enemy.
The emperor is ruthless, where is the emperor who does so seriously in order to put on a show?
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