In ancient times, most women took "three from four virtues" as their responsibility, and would not point fingers at their husbands' affairs. However, there are exceptions, and the protagonist of today's article is a strong woman who is not compromised. She was Lü Yan, the first wife of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, and his biggest helper after the founding of the country, a woman with a fierce heart that made the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu fearful
The wife of the chaff and the virtuous
As we all know, before Liu Bang became emperor, he mixed into his thirties before becoming a pavilion chief. One day, the county order's friend Lü Gong was happy to move to the house, Liu Bang found that the person who gave the big red envelope could sit on the guest, and the person who gave less money could only eat the flowing water mat. So Liu Bang, who was empty-handed, grinned and wrote a share of ten thousand dollars, lifted his feet and went inside. This Lu Gong was not happy, and wanted to see who was so faceless. As soon as the result was seen, Lü Gong was shocked.
Lü Gong, who was proficient in facial appearance, saw at a glance that Liu Bang must not be a mortal, and the matter of not giving his share of money was written off. After eating, despite Lü Po's objections, he forced his young daughter Lü Yan to Liu Bang as his wife. At that time, although Liu Bang was single, he had already fought with the little widow Cao Shi and already had a son Liu Fei. Lü Yan was also simple, since the old father was the lord, I would marry the chicken and marry the dog with the chicken. I will raise the child for you, but I can no longer interact with the Cao family.
Liu Bang, who had married his wife, still went his own way, should drink and drink, and did not go home for three days. Lü Shi also did not complain, taking the children to farm and collect mulberries, and supporting themselves. Liu Bang could only hide in the wilderness because of his inability to escort prisoners, and Lü Yan also delivered food and clothes every three to five minutes.
Later, Liu Bang rebelled and was defeated by Xiang Yu at Suishui, and Lü Yan and other family members were captured by Xiang Yu and imprisoned for two years. When he returned to Liu Bang's side, he found that Liu Bang had a beautiful sister Lady Qi again. Liu Bang eventually defeated Xiang Yu and became empress, although the empress must be her Lü Yan, but Liu Bang was already next to Lady Qi and other young concubines.
Monopolize power and govern the country
Although he was snubbed, Lü Hou knew that he was different from other vulgar fans. So she played to her other specialty, political skill. In the early days of the founding of the Han Dynasty, she made great contributions to the stability of the regime.
The first is to kill the heroes. The first person to be stabbed was Han Xin, the god of war. At that time, Han Xin had been deposed by Liu Bang as the Marquis of Huaiyin, but Lü Hou was still uneasy (and possibly for The Sake of Li Wei). So she took advantage of Liu Bang's going out to fight, and asked Xiao He to trick Han Xin into going to the palace to directly execute and destroy the three tribes.
The second to die was Peng Yue, the King of Liang. Originally, Peng Yue was exiled by Liu Bang and could not die, but he met Lü Hou on the way to exile. Lü Hou first pretended to help him intercede, and then returned to the palace and directly told Liu Bang that instead of killing him, he would let him go to Shudi, that is, to let the tiger return to the mountain. So Peng Yue was also chopped into meat sauce. In addition to killing heroes, Lü Hou also showed great ability in suppressing rebellions and suppressing princes. Her decision to kill also made the ministers sincerely admire.
In the twelfth year of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, who was fifteen years older than Lü Hou, died. Previously, he had wanted to abolish Chang Liyou, but Lü Hou played a lot of tricks so that Liu Bang's ideas were not implemented. As soon as Liu Bang died, his concubines suffered.
Lü Hou imprisoned all the concubines in the palace, and executed Lady Qi, who wanted to fight for the throne, and threw her adult Yan (too cruel to understand Baidu) into the pigsty. He also triumphantly let his son Liu Ying, who had already ascended the throne, come to see.
As a result, Liu Ying, who was already kind and weak, was frightened to collapse, and since then, she has only known how to drink and not think about politics. Seeing that his son was so unbearable, he simply took power himself. Since all the courtiers had seen her iron fist, there was not much resistance. Lü Hou's actions have left a bad reputation for herself in history, and her behavior alone is too cruel.
Although it was extremely poisonous to the harem, Lü Hou still had a hand in ruling the country. For the people, she encouraged production and reduced the corresponding tax burden; for the merchants, she also relaxed the policy and increased the enthusiasm of the businessmen.
Moreover, she abolished the Qin Dynasty law of holding books, encouraged the people to collect books, opened up the way of speech, and improved the cultural level of the people. It was thanks to a series of governing policies of Lü Hou that the later rule of Wenjing was born.
What made her change from a virtuous and gentle woman to a lord above all men? It may be that she was discouraged after being imprisoned by Xiang Yu when she saw Liu Bang find a new love. It is more likely that Lady Qi's delusional attempt to take away her son's inheritance has made her angry. In short, women are always more emotional, and those changes make her no longer gentle, but she has also achieved a prosperous world.