The topic we are going to discuss today is related to power, and when it comes to power, from ancient times to the present, there have been many people who flock to it, and even many people do things that many people are indignant about for the sake of power that can destroy their humanity. There is nothing you can't think of, only what you can't do, whether it's at home or abroad, power seems to be very tempting, and today I mainly tell you the story that happened in European history, an empress who imitated China's Wu Zetian, and the merits and demerits are judged by all of us.
Before we talk about this foreign empress, let's first review the only female emperor in our history, Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian also used a lot of "fierce" means on the road to seizing power, after all, a woman wants to become the empress of the king's landing, let all men submit to themselves, the wisdom and means they have must be superhuman, and the killing is indispensable, and even their own children can kill the killer, not to mention a lot of opposing subjects, to know that power is often paved with blood.
The heroine I want to talk about today is called Irina, and like Wu Zetian, she is a very cruel ruler in European history. So how did she get to the pinnacle of power? Irina was born into an aristocratic family in the Byzantine Empire, and her father had a lot of power at that time, so irina had a great desire for power from an early age, and she understood what kind of status, dignity, pleasure, etc. power could bring her, of course, beauty is also a powerful weapon that a woman must have.
In conspiracy with her father, Irina finally approached the center of power, and when she was seventeen years old, she married the then Crown Prince Leo IV, and she became the envied crown princess, but she was not satisfied with the status quo, she knew that her forward steps should not stop at the moment. With the death of Constantine V, the crown prince's succession made her empress, and her ambitions continued to expand with her status.
Unfortunately, Irina's husband was a short-lived ghost, and he died after only five years on the throne, so her son Constantine VI began to ascend to the throne, because his son was too young to have the ability to govern the country. At this time, Irina really began her own life of power, and her son became a puppet emperor under her, and the government was actually in Irina's hands. The empress dowager's ability to govern the country is commendable, and under her rule, the country is still developing steadily.
As Irina's son grew older, the courtiers hoped that the empress dowager would no longer meddle in the affairs of the imperial court, but how could a woman who had been in the center of power for a long time give up easily. So Irina constantly co-opted high-ranking officials, and always cared about the people, when the country encountered disasters, it was also her timely relief, coupled with her son's low political ability, she made some wrong decisions at that time, so that the people fell into difficulties, and the people were very disgusted and disgusted with the emperor who had just grown up. So the empress dowager took advantage of the situation to seize the rights of her son and became a generation of empresses.
The empress, who had regained power again, learned the lesson of the last time, and was not at all ambiguous about her own son, directly blinding her son's eyes to prevent him from snatching his rights. Although Irina is very cruel in this regard, it has to be said that her political ability is still very strong, in addition to her father's ear, plus she often learns and improves her management skills, which has won everyone's trust.
With people in power, affairs ensued, and neither men nor women would be exceptions. At that time, the empress also hoped to consolidate her position through marriage, he fell in love with Charlemagne at that time, beautiful women are always easy to make men move, Charlemagne is also very fond of Queen Irina, the two are concubines, both have the idea of marriage. But the weather is unpredictable, people have misfortunes, and the desire for power is something that everyone will have, so the power of Queen Irina is also coveted by many people, which is not when she was not yet the wife of Charlemagne, she was overthrown by Phrygia, and she was imprisoned and died.
This is also a very legendary one, Queen Irina's iron-blooded political skills are cruel, she can do anything to her own son, but in the end she did not live a stable life, so people's lives are very volatile, if you choose the path of power, then you can not let down your guard at any time, after all, your enemies lurk around. If you like ordinary life, then you must live with kindness, I don't know if it will be happier than chasing power, but ordinary happiness is also very good, this ordinary is like a trickle of water, flowing through your heart and mine, there is a gentle beauty. What about you? What kind of person do you want to be? What kind of life do you want to live?