Everyone knows that Liu Bang's empress Lü Hou was a sinister person, who once used a plot to kill the enemy Lady Qi and used cruel criminal law against her, making Lady Qi miserable and dead, and this woman also left an infamy in history for thousands of years, she was not a benevolent empress, and sinister and vicious was a typical summary of her person.
However, later she was able to serve as a curtain-down empress dowager, after all, she had her superiority. Women in ancient China were inferior, but Lü Hou was the first woman in China's history to interfere in state affairs, and from a contemporary point of view, Lü Hou was undoubtedly also a strong woman. That is to say, although Lü Hou is more cruel, her actual affairs handling ability is still relatively strong, and her personality is also relatively tough. At that time, Liu Bang's son had just inherited the throne, and he was still young, and before she became an adult, Lü Hou temporarily assumed the position of emperor to deal with political affairs, which was a big burden for a woman, and it was difficult to bear this heavy responsibility without a little skill, but Lü Hou did it.
During the Han Dynasty, there was a thing that made the monarchs and ordinary people feel distressed, that is, the Xiongnu in the north often invaded the borders of our country, causing great trouble in the lives of our people, the Xiongnu were a nomadic people at that time, they were cruel and did not pay attention to etiquette, and the living habits were very different from those of the People of the Han Dynasty. The people of the Han Dynasty directly called them barbarians, that is to say, they were barbarians. Barbarians are barbarians, the Xiongnu are still very strong in fighting, for a long time the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty have been in the upper hand, and there are many examples of the Han Dynasty's army not being able to defeat the Xiongnu.
During The reign of Lü Hou, the king of the Xiongnu state wrote a letter to Lü Hou, and Lü Hou was so angry that his face was blue after reading it, this letter of course said that he had just lost his wife, and Lü Hou had also lost her husband, and the two people could actually have more exchanges, and maybe they could marry in the future. Lü Hou must have been furious when he saw such a letter, and the other party was insulting himself. Everyone knows that ancient women are very particular about three from four virtues, and Lü Hou must have planned to observe the festival for her husband rather than remarry after her husband's death, which is also a big festival for ancient women.
Lü Hou was very angry at such an rude letter, but she could not immediately insult the other party, because after all, she was the empress dowager, and she could not make unreasonable trouble. After consulting with the minister, she gave Mo Dun Shan Yu such a letter, in a rather euphemistic way, and she modestly said that she was old and could not marry you. However, in order to fulfill your wishes, there is no problem for our two countries to form a relative country and intermarry with each other.
After receiving Lü Hou's reply, Mao Dun Shan Yu laughed loudly, did not expect his plan to succeed, Mo Dun Shan Yu was also a brilliant figure in history, during her reign, the development of the country also got an unprecedented golden period. The reason why he gave Lü Hou such an insulting letter was actually for another purpose. He hoped that without a single soldier, he would be able to make the Han Dynasty submit to his own country, and he would also be able to get the princesses of the other side and other Han Dynasty people's women.
Just after Mo Dundan thought that his plan had succeeded, what he did not expect was that Lü Hou was a more intelligent person, she had already seen the trick in it, and she considered the relationship between the two countries.
How could Lü Hou be willing to submit to the xiongnu? Therefore, Lü Hou was angry and tried to be strong, came up with a series of strategies, and issued a series of decrees, hoping to strengthen the country's strength, hoping to achieve final victory in the future in the process of fighting with the Xiongnu, so what was Lü Hou's plan? It turned out that she soon issued a decree that all women over the age of 15 in the country must marry, otherwise they would have to pay taxes, that is, fines, and this plan became a national policy to implement, so what was her plan?
The brilliant plan that Lü Hou thought was actually to solve the problem of population shortage through the marriage of young women. After more than fifty years, the population of the Han Dynasty has exploded. The large number of people who have increased the number of soldiers has also increased, which means that China's military strength can be effectively improved. Lü Hou's plan was long-term, and sure enough, when he fought against the Xiongnu for the second time, a large number of Han Dynasty people's soldiers defeated the other side with one blow, achieving a good story in Chinese history. If Lü Hou had not promulgated such a decree at that time, I believe there would be no subsequent success.