The women of the Northern Song Dynasty had a high status, and two consecutive generations of empresses were second-married women
The status of women slowly declined from the Song Dynasty, but in the Northern Song Dynasty, the status of women was still very high. Is the real legendary empress dowager of the Northern Song Dynasty in history really a woman married twice?
Not only is Liu E married twice, but what is more interesting is that Liu E's daughter-in-law, Empress Cao, is also married twice.
The atmosphere in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty was still very open, and there were two consecutive generations of empress dowagers who were married twice, and these two generations of empresses were also the two most cattle and the most capable empresses in the entire Great Song Dynasty.
Empress Liu, who was married for the second time: gave her first husband the surname Liu, married a righteous brother, and wore imperial clothes to the court
First of all, Liu E, before Liu E developed, was even worse than in the TV series. Liu E is an orphan daughter of Shudi, her ancestors are famous, but the young girl Liu E is very miserable, her parents died since she was a child, and she was fostered in her grandmother's house at a very young age, Liu E's first husband was called Gong Mei, a silversmith in Shudi, and went to Beijing with her husband to make a living.
As a result, her husband Gong Mei's livelihood was very difficult, and she decided to sell Liu E.
After Liu E changed hands several times, Noji Tailai met the first nobleman in his life to command zhang Qi, who recommended Liu E to the crown prince Zhao Heng.
Zhao Heng did not look down on Liu E because of her low birth and second marriage, but was true love for Liu E, and tried to make Liu E an empress, Zhao Heng was not in good health, Liu E gradually grasped all the power, and opened his own "Lü Hou level" of a tough life.
Liu E was also the first woman in the Song Dynasty to claim the title of the dynasty and bow to the government, and together with Lü Hou and Wu Zetian, she was called the "three heroines" in Chinese history.
After Zhao Heng's death, Liu E was in charge of the dynasty, and often wore the clothes of the emperor to administer the imperial government, which can be said to be very arrogant
。 However, Liu E's ability to govern the country is very strong, deeply loved by the people, and did not really "claim the emperor", and the historical evaluation is very high: "There is the talent of Lü Wu, there is no evil of Lü Wu."
More interesting is:
Liu E became empress and developed, but instead of retaliating by selling her ex-husband, she recognized Gong Mei as a "righteous brother" and gave her the surname Liu
, the reward is also constantly increasing,
And Song Zhenzong
Zhao Heng also acquiesced
Liu E's
This practice
。
The second-married Empress Cao, a generation of empresses, the younger brother is one of the Eight Immortals, Cao Guo's uncle
Liu E's daughter-in-law, Empress Cao, was also married twice, and Empress Cao's younger brother was a cattle man who was obsessed with Taoism, and he was Cao Guo's uncle, one of the eight immortals in the "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea". But what I didn't expect was that Empress Cao's first husband, li zhi, was also addicted to Taoism and later divorced Empress Cao.
The Great Song Qunchen was very afraid of Liu E's powerful empress dowager, which formed a great psychological shadow. Therefore, Empress Cao, who was divorced but had a kind and frugal personality, became a fragrant feast in the eyes of the ministers and was strongly recommended by the ministers to Song Renzong as an empress.
After Empress Cao was a military general, she assisted 3 famous emperors, and always cared for the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and won the support and love of the people of the Great Song Dynasty, known in history as "a generation of virtuous queens", and the historical evaluation is very high.
Empress Wei, who was married three times, had her son, the founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty
Empress Wei came from a humble background, and Empress Wei's first husband was Su Song, the undeveloped prime minister at that time. Su Song felt that Wei Shi had a remarkable temperament and gave her to a prince, and Wei Shi's second husband was the later Song Huizong, and gave birth to Zhao Shuo.
After the second emperor of Hui Qin was captured,
Wei Shi married her third husband, King Gaitian, Yan Zongxian, and gave birth to several county kings and county lords
。 Later, after years of hard work, Emperor Gaozong of Song took back his mother, and Wei Shi was the empress dowager for 18 years, living to the age of eighty.
Four consecutive generations of empresses bowed to the government
The Northern Song Dynasty was still very open, except
Liu Ehe
Empress Cao bowed to the government
In addition, the next two generations of empresses were all curtain-ups. Song Zhezong ascended the throne at the age of 8, and the empress dowager Gao Shi "listened to the government" and ran the government for a total of 8 and a half years. Emperor Zhezong of Song also died young, but had no heirs, and he submitted to the empress dowager to listen to the government and supported Emperor Zhao of Song as emperor. Four consecutive generations of empress dowagers have bowed to the government, and have also set a record high in history. If you like "fresh history" articles, just follow me and support more articles of "fresh history".