There is a word in the Fengshen Yanyi called "Muji Sichen", which means that women hold great power, which was generally criticized in ancient times. However, were women in ancient times really just as modern people think, without any power at all? In fact, it is not, although there are certain differences between ancient and modern times, but in general, the difference is not very large. For example, the status of Korean women is not very high, but the status of the daughter of the president of Samsung, how many men in South Korea can compare?
For in all times, the status of men and women is influenced not only by culture, but also by individual talents and family background. If a woman is capable and has a powerful family, even in an era when women's status is very low, they can still have power far more than many men. For example, there are 3 princesses in history, not only in power, but also to a certain extent, they can "sway" the emperor.
This first, of course, must be the Princess Taiping of the Tang Dynasty. The status of women in the Tang Dynasty was originally relatively high, and Princess Taiping also had a great mother, her mother was the only female emperor in history, Wu Zetian. It is precisely for this reason that she was favored by Emperor Gaozong of Tang from an early age, and thus developed an arrogant personality. Later, while living with Wu Zetian, she also learned the cruel means of political struggle, so she called for more wind and rain.
Later, even if Wu Zetian fell, she was still strong for a long time. Because she held a lot of power in her hands, even the palace banned the army, so several emperors had to unite with her in advance when they seized power. And she was also very willing to do this kind of thing, because when the new emperor ascended the throne, she would inevitably receive a lot of political resources as a royal family and a "minister from the dragon". Even Tang Xuanzong came to power after joining forces with her to succeed.
However, Tang Xuanzong could not look down on this arrogant aunt for a long time. Therefore, after she grasped the power, she suddenly killed her aunt with lightning speed, and the strong women around Princess Taiping also disappeared. Like Princess Taiping, it is actually playing "overheated", because politics is a more cruel thing, especially when it comes to power.
If women do not involve the power of the Son of Heaven, the birth of the nobility will have determined that they will live a good life for the rest of their lives. Even if a mistake is made outside of this, as long as it does not involve core power, it will often be forgiven by the emperor. For example, the eldest princess Liu Yan is a typical example, Liu Yan is the sister of Emperor Jingdi of Han and the aunt of Emperor Wu of Han. Her power in history is actually very large, how big is it?
At that time, Emperor Jingdi's mother was Empress Dou, and Empress Dou was so powerful that she wanted to force Emperor Jingdi of Han to pass the throne to her other son, because Empress Dou had three children, one was Emperor Jingdi of Han, one was Liu Wu, and the other was Liu Yan. Although Emperor Jing of Han later adhered to principles and did not pass the throne to his younger brother, as the emperor's sister and the daughter of Empress Dou, Liu Yan still had a huge influence on the throne.
At that time, the crown prince of the Han Jing Emperor was not the later Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, but another son. And Liu Yan wanted to consolidate her power, she had to marry her daughter to the prince at that time, who knew that the prince's mother would not come to trouble, not only rejected Liu Yan, but also made a big fuss. Liu Yan was angry at this time, and directly went to Liu Che's mother and said my daughter, are you willing to marry?
Liu Che's mother was much more powerful, and she couldn't ask for such a good thing, so there was a story of Jinya Zangjiao. Liu Yan married her daughter to Liu Che, which was equivalent to binding her own power to Liu Che, so she tried her best to help Liu Che say good things in front of Emperor Jing of Han, plus Liu Che was also talented, and with the help of her aunt, she successfully became the prince. Although Emperor Wudi of Han later became emperor, the love with his cousin was not satisfactory, but this love, Emperor Wudi of Han still remembered.
So that later Liu Yan made a mistake, Emperor Wu of Han did not help her round the field, Dongfang Shuo jumped out of the euphemistic "criticism" of Emperor Wu of Han, and Emperor Wu of Han slightly blamed Liu Yan. However, it has to be said that at that time, Liu Yan's power was very large, and even after Emperor Wu of Han ascended the throne, due to her special status and help to Liu Che, she still had very prominent power. Compared to Princess Taiping and Princess Chang, this third princess was definitely an exception — she was a military princess.
She is Princess Pingyang Zhao, a name that everyone may not know, but her father is Li Yuan, and her brothers are Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, so arrogant. What is even more arrogant is that this woman who could have enjoyed the glory and wealth by virtue of her appearance and identity "did not love red clothes and loved arms", when Li Yuan rebelled against Sui, she actually pulled a team of several hundred people herself, and then this team fought more and more, and developed to tens of thousands of people in the back.
This naturally helped Li Yuan at that time, so her subsequent treatment was very special, and she always held the military power in her hands. Not only that, after her death, Li Yuan also buried her with the etiquette of a soldier, which is unique in history. It can be said that among these three princesses who hold military power, this Princess Pingyang Zhao has the best reputation, because her power in her hands is completely up to her, which is very remarkable.