As the saying goes, "Women can hold up half the sky," and even in ancient times, when women's status was extremely low, this saying was equally true. For example, after the empress, as the mother of a country, manages the family affairs for the emperor, and her status is second only to the emperor, there is also the term "empress".
It is not difficult to see from here that the power of the empress is also quite large, and sometimes even can influence the policies of the state, Lü Yan, Wu Zetian, Xiaozhuang, Cixi, etc. are such people. However, although the status of the empress was very high, it was very difficult to think of that position.
It is worth mentioning that during the Han Dynasty, there was such an ordinary palace girl, because of a mistake by a eunuch, from a palace girl to an empress, giving birth to a Ming Jun, affecting future generations for hundreds of years. So, what kind of story is there? Let's talk today.
The Dou family has a female Dou room
Dou Yifang was born in the Western Han Dynasty, when because of the country's years of war, Dou Yifang's father went to the mountains to hide from the war. At that time, although their family lived in poverty, their lives were relatively peaceful.
However, the sky is unpredictable, and people have bad luck. Once, when Dou Yifang's father went fishing in the river, he accidentally fell into the river, and then drowned because of the depth of the water and the inability to swim.
Dou Yifang has a younger brother and an older brother, and when the father is there, the family's life can be maintained, and the father is gone, and the family life becomes difficult. Interestingly, at that time, the political environment of the country was relatively stable, so the "draft system" was basically formed, and the emperor would often choose show girls from the people.
In order to reduce the burden on the family, under such circumstances, the ten-year-old Dou Yifang entered the palace. At the beginning, Dou Yifang served Empress Lü, and although Liu Ying was in power at that time, the power of the government was held by Empress Lü.
It was good to cool under the big tree, plus Dou Yifang was very serious about doing things, the basic conditions were relatively good, and the emotional intelligence was also quite high, so he was quickly appreciated by Empress Lü and was entrusted with heavy responsibilities soon after.
During Lü Yan's reign, the court was calm on the surface, but in fact it was a wave of clouds, and coupled with the fact that emperor Liu Ying had no children, the ministers secretly supported the prince they wanted to support. In order to consolidate his own power and to supervise many disguises, Lü Yan sent some palace women out of the palace to supervise the kings.
Coincidentally, the Dou Ripple Room was in this rank. According to the situation at that time, Dou Yifang originally wanted to go to Zhao Guo, because her hometown was near there, and she could still go home to see it in her spare time to relieve her homesickness.
In order to ensure that this wish was foolproof, Dou Yifang also bribed the eunuch in charge of the distribution, and the eunuch also agreed. However, if things had developed according to Dou Yifang's ideas, there would have been no later story.
The path of life changed by one word
In other words, in the process of distribution, the eunuch who was "bribed" did not know what was going on, and because of a momentary negligence, he wrote "Zhao" as "Dai". Although Zhao Guo and Dai Guo are not far apart, the princes in charge of management are different, which also lays the groundwork for Dou Yifang's later life.
Knowing that he had been arranged to go to Daiguo, although Dou Yifang was very disappointed, he had no way to change, and could only obey the order and go to Daiguo. At that time, the prince who ruled the daiguo was named Liu Heng, and his mother's name was "Bo Ji".
"Bo Ji" was a concubine of The Wei King Leopard in her early years, and later became a prisoner of Liu Bang because of the war, and then became a woman. Unfortunately, "Bo Ji" is not favored, and Liu Bang has been good to her a few times, but fortunately she is pregnant.
Once, when he was the concubine of Wei Wangbao, there was a Xiangshi who predicted: "Bo Ji's children will be able to become emperors in the future", and Wei Wangbao was very happy to hear it, because it also implied that he had the appearance of an emperor.
It's just that Bo Ji's children can indeed become emperors, but his father is not him, but Liu Bang, of course, this is the last word. Because Bo Ji was not favored, her son Liu Heng was also given remote land, but he also escaped from Lü Yan's persecution.
For the acquaintance of Dou Yifang and Liu Heng, it is mentioned in the film and television drama "Beauty And Mind". In a selection competition, many palace women came with the mission of "supervision", and Liu Heng also knew about it.
Therefore, when choosing a close palace girl, he did not choose the most beautiful, but chose the most low-key and inconspicuous person, this person is Dou Yifang. According to the normal situation, Dou Yifang is here to supervise Liu Heng, and she and Liu Heng cannot have further development.
Unfortunately, with the passage of time, Dou Yifang was conquered by the charm of Liu Heng, and Liu Heng was also overwhelmed by Dou Yifang's high emotional intelligence, and the two fell in love for a long time, and finally came together and gave birth to several children.
Originally, this was nothing, after all, a woman was not conspicuous in ancient times. Fortunately, Dou Yifang is Lü Yan's "eyeliner", and she has been passing on "wrong news" to Lü Yan, which also laid the groundwork for Liu Heng's later life.
The end of life
Because of Lü Yan's cruel methods, Liu Ying hated her mother's behavior, but she could not do anything. Under the frustration of life, the young Liu Ying became worried and became ill, and finally died young, and the Great Han Jiangshan ushered in the opportunity to "change masters".
Liu Ying had no sons, and Empress Lü began to massacre capable princes in order to monopolize power, and because of "wrong information", Lü Yan spared him a horse. After Liu Ying's death, Lü Yan did not live long before he died, and there was a turmoil in the Western Han Dynasty.
During this period, lü yan was completely slaughtered, and the Western Han Dynasty was in the hands of Liu. At this time, choosing who to be the emperor became a major problem, because many courtiers wanted to choose an "incompetent king" so that it could be controlled.
Through layers of selection, the ministers found Liu Heng among the princes and also thought that he was the best candidate. However, these ministers were all wrong, Liu Heng's previous incompetence was "pretended", and Dou Yifang's "cover" for him was also very good.
Before ascending the throne, Liu Heng had a non-committal appearance, and after he ascended the throne, he immediately changed his face, not only deposing many of the courtiers of the lord of high merit, but also controlling the power of the country with an iron fist, and the crisis of the Western Han Dynasty was lifted in a short period of time.
In Liu Heng's transformation from "deposed prince" to emperor, Dou Yifang played a great role in this woman, plus she did have a talent that was "not comparable to ordinary women", and she was also deeply liked by Liu Heng, and naturally became the empress of the Western Han Dynasty.
Liu Heng and Dou Yifang have a child, named Liu Qi, who is also literate and martial under dou Yifang's education. After Liu Heng's death, Liu Qi ascended the throne, and with the assistance of Dou Yifang, developed the economy and stabilized politics, so that the people could live a peaceful and happy life.
This period is also called "the rule of Wenjing" by history, which is one of the few prosperous times in China, and the emergence of this prosperous era is inseparable from the efforts of Dou Yifang, which also explains a sentence: "A good woman wants three generations."
At the same time, for his own family, Dou Yifang often admonished: "You can ask for money, but you can't ask for power (roughly meaning)", which is also the reason why the Dou family did not follow in the footsteps of the Lu family. Throughout the history of the Western Han Dynasty, there were three empresses in the Dou family, which shows how much influence Dou Yifang had on the descendants of the family. What do you think about that?