When you think of the Chinese empress, you must think of Bumubutai, who is known as Empress Xiaozhuang. She will definitely be ranked in the top three empresses in China.
Wu Zetian became emperor, but what was more powerful than Wu Zetian was that she assisted three emperors in her lifetime.
Bumubutai, who had wisdom and knew how to govern the country, never thought he would sit on the throne. She mainly assisted the monarch, established the country, and thus carefully took care of her son through the process of assisting the monarch,
Preparing her son for the throne, she was a brilliant stateswoman.
First, the man who does not love him, Huang Taiji
Xiao Zhuang grew up in the savannah, with a rough personality and a big grin like a man. And her homeschooling gave her her own ideas about national politics.
Compared with Wu Zetian, she did not hold power herself, but she was able to support and assist the king throughout her life.
The first generation of the three generations of kings will say this emperor Taiji.
Why did Emperor Taiji marry Empress Xiaozhuang?
Emperor Taiji did not like Empress Xiaozhuang, Empress Xiaozhuang had a strong personality, many places did not need the emperor's help, and one person could always take care of everything.
And the emperor naturally likes women who are delicate and small birds. Emperor Taiji liked Xiaozhuang's sister, but married Xiaozhuang.
Speaking of Xiaozhuang, Xiaozhuang also had his sweetheart at that time. But at that time, in that feudal era, coupled with family relations, Xiaozhuang was also forced to marry this man he did not love. At that time, Xiaozhuang was only 13 years old,
The biggest misfortune of this marriage is that Huang Taiji does not love Xiaozhuang, and Xiaozhuang does not love Huang Taiji.
The ancient saying that emperor Taiji married Xiaozhuang was actually a sentence spoken after the psychic opened the box of filial piety through the eyes of heaven.
Whoever marries Xiaozhuang can become emperor. This made Huang Taiji move.
In ancient times, it was rumored that emperors were all chosen sons, and the previous emperors paid attention to choosing concubines for the crown prince. Through divination, etc., it is possible to predict in advance who will have an enhancing effect on the fate of future emperors, so that person must marry the prince under the rule of the feudal dynasty.
This is why sometimes the prince will marry a woman who is much older than himself, and there is no freedom in the past marriage.
It was this prophecy that later Emperor Taiji, although he had many wives, respected Xiaozhuang in particular.
Huang Taiji took several more wives and was very fond of them, and those weak women also knew how to capture Huang Taiji's heart. Compared with them, Bumubutai is slightly inferior in status,
But fate always favors those who suffer.
Bumubutai served the Emperor Taiji diligently and earnestly, and gave birth to a man and three women to the Emperor Taiji to continue the royal bloodline. In the past, the status of concubines was very high, and Bumubutai was the first original wife of the Emperor Taiji. And
With the politics of the court of Bumubutai, she began to take care of her son and personally educate her son to prepare for the future throne.
Empress Xiaozhuang was not only able to give birth to a son to Emperor Taiji, but also helpEd Huang Taiji take care of political affairs.
Emperor Taiji often had some very headaches and did not know how to solve state affairs, such as Emperor Taiji wanted the Ming Dynasty general Jiliao Governor Hong Chengyu to submit to the Qing Dynasty, and no one persuaded him, which made Emperor Taiji helpless. In the end, it was this virtuous wife who helped him get it done.
2. Support your son to become emperor
Although Huang Taiji sat on the throne, his life was not good, and he suddenly died of an incurable disease.
Because the speed of death was too fast, there was no time to announce who the new prince would be and who the future throne would be given.
At this time, the court of the next dynasty can be lively, the kings of the previous dynasties have died, and the throne is all staring at the tiger. It looks calm, but if you are not careful, you will be overturned by the undercurrent.
Xiao Zhuang was a master of politics and often helped Emperor Taiji to take care of political affairs.
Bumubutai began to make a wishful thinking in her heart, and she knew the whole court very well.
Under the operation of Bumubutai, he began to persuade the people to establish his son Fu Lin as the new emperor.
Dorgon was particularly angry and wanted to put the blessing to death, but failed, and it was really a creation.
Bumubutai began to assist the second emperor of her life, her own son. Originally, Bumubutai's administrative ability was very strong, and in the past he was able to share the worries of the emperor Taiji, but now Fu Lin's age is still young, basically Xiaozhuang is in charge of the power of the court.
Although she did not sit on the throne, this was already two generations of dynastic politics in his hands.
Soon, his son Fu Lin made great progress under his teachings. Although she holds the power of the government,
But she was a good mother who did not allow herself to ascend to the throne and has always helped her son grow up.
After all, his son was still young, xiaozhuang's military power was not so much, dorgon's power was increasing, and xiaozhuang was still a little worried.
Fortunately, Dorgon did not have the life to become emperor, and Dorgon was older and later died.
At this time, the power of the mother and son was firmly in their hands, and Fu Lin also grew up.
However, Fu Lin soon felt that his wings had hardened and began to rebel against his mother Xiaozhuang.
He didn't like the marriage arranged by Xiaozhuang for him, and he didn't like Xiaozhuang to control him. Fu Lin began to quarrel with Xiaozhuang, quarrel, cold war, struggle, and so on.
3. Assist his grandson
Later, Fu Lin reigned for more than ten years and died depressed all year round. Later his son succeeded to the throne, but the child was a small child.
So Xiaozhuang began to slowly assist again, and this child was Xuan Ye, that is, the Kangxi Emperor.
Kangxi's favorite thing is to read, which is also the education and influence that Xiaozhuang gave Kangxi from childhood. Kangxi was very kind, and he abolished the system of extravagance and waste in the palace, and Xiaozhuang was very pleased with this.
Not only was the kind Kangxi also very filial, and he was a rare good emperor.
When the Kangxi Emperor was able to manage the government and politics freely, Xiaozhuang's Yangshou also came to an end, and before his death, the Kangxi Emperor took care of her every day and night at Xiaozhuang's side, trying to be the most perfect filial piety. After Xiaozhuang's death, Kangxi was deeply saddened and buried his grandmother after a long time.
Kangxi still had a deep guilt in his grandmother Xiaozhuang's heart, and he could not bear to bury his grandmother.
4. Summary
Such a woman who assisted the Three Dynasties was superior to Wu Zetian.
The military and political power of the three dynasties was in the hands of Bumubutai, but she did not abolish her sons and grandsons, and personally assisted them as kings, really a great woman and a great wife.
As the saying goes, one woman influences three generations.
Xiaozhuang's ingenuity has left a good example for his children and grandchildren. Compared with the emperor who bowed to the government, the obscurity of Xiaozhuang was even greater. She gave in obscurity, for her son, for her grandson, really worthy of admiration.