History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
The four beauties of Chinese history are all closely related to politics, and they are all magnificent, but they all have tragic overtones. Some people say that it is the tragedy that has made them famous, but if they can be happy and stable, who wants to live a life of upheaval and displacement, taste the sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty taste?
For example, Wang Zhaojun was originally a palace maid in the Han Court, although she did not get the favor of the emperor, but after all, this place was still in her hometown, living with her own people. When Zhaojun was chosen as a princess who was pro-Xiongnu, her status was certainly improved, but she was also destined to leave her hometown forever and have no chance to return home.
Du Fu has a poetry cloud: "Once she goes to Zitai Lianshuo Desert, leaving the Green Tomb alone to dusk", even though she lives in the grassland king's court and becomes a high-ranking Fu clan, how lonely and lonely should she be in the desert grassland, and how can she dispel this loneliness?
Let's revisit the historical story before and after Zhaojun's departure.
By the time emperor Yuan of Han reigned, the national strength of the Xiongnu had been greatly reduced, and they were almost unable to sustain years of conquest. In this case, the unruly Huns also had to bow to the Han Dynasty, they offered to end the war, and there was a huge infighting. The countries of the Western Regions, which had been trembling under the coercion of the Huns, saw the dawn of freedom, and they broke away from the control of the Huns.
Later, under the internal and external troubles, Han Ting sent troops to help Hu Han evil Shan Yu defeat his brother.
Because he promised to make friends with the Han Dynasty for generations, Hu Han Evil Shan Yu personally came to Chang'an City for a pilgrimage. On the occasion of the grand event, Emperor Yuan of Han showed great generosity, he warmly received Hu Han evil, and also accepted Hu Han evil's request to marry the princess of the Han family, and Zhaojun was selected in this context.
In the second year of Ganlu, Wang Zhaojun was born into a commoner family in Zigui County, Nan County (present-day Xingshan County, Hubei). In the first year of the Han Yuan Emperor Jianzhao, she was elected to the court as a folk woman and became a palace maid. It is said that when Zhaojun entered the palace, he did not bribe the painter, so the painter painted her as an ugly woman.
Zhaojun was depressed in the palace, and finally, indignantly, decided to marry the Xiongnu.
Emperor Yuan of Han was really surprised when he saw Zhaojun, he never expected that there was a pearl in his palace, he regretted it, so he wanted to keep Zhaojun in his palace. However, things had already developed to this point, there was no turning back from the bow, and Emperor Yuan of Han could only bear to marry Zhaojun to Hu Han Evil.
Zhaojun and Shan Yu married in Chang'an City, and then the two set off for the grassland.
Hanting attached great importance to this political marriage, so he also brought a lot of dowries to Zhaojun. Although at this time, her identity changed from an inconspicuous little palace girl to a noble Fu clan, but Zhaojun's husband Jun was more than forty years old, and the marriage between the two of them was ultimately a lack of love transactions. The only one who really accompanied Zhaojun was the pipa beside her, and in Xiao Ser's pipa song, Zhaojun and Hu Hanxian slowly and leisurely finally arrived at the Xiongnu.
At that time, it was the middle of summer, the water and grass were abundant, and the grassland people were hospitable, and they solemnly welcomed this Fu clan from the Great Han. The young Wang Zhaojun looked at his subjects tenderly and smiled.
Unfortunately, Heaven is unfair to Zhaojun.
Hu Han fell ill and died a year later, and Wang Zhaojun became a widow. What is even more sympathetic is that Wang Zhaojun also gave birth to a boy for Hu Han evil. The mother and son were unrelated and isolated, and in this case, Zhaojun had to ask emperor Yuan of Han for help. She wrote a letter to the Han court, in which she begged the emperor for permission to return to her homeland.
However, the Han Yuan Emperor had also died at this time, and the newly appointed Han Cheng Emperor did not have the slightest sympathy for Zhaojun, and only replied to the cold sentence "from Hu customs", allowing Zhaojun to follow the customs of the Xiongnu and remarry.
After Hu Han's death, the Xiongnu royal family was eager to move, and since then, Zhaojun and her son have fallen into the center of the political whirlpool, and the newly succeeded Shan has been revived by Hu Hanxi's son, and he has married Wang Zhaojun according to the customs of the Xiongnu. However, for the son of Zhaojun and Hu Hanxian, the young Shan Yu was always unable to accept it, and he even decided to kill the half-brother.
For Wang Zhaojun, the customs of the Xiongnu were simply too strange, but she could only submit to sending people under the fence. Later, Zhaojun gave birth to two daughters for Xindan Yufu strain. This was the last 11 years of her life, she carefully nursed her two daughters, and also passed on the farming techniques of the Han chinese to the Huns.
In the first year of Hongjia, Fu Zhu Li Dan died, and Mi Xu succeeded him as Sohu Huan Ruo Shan Yu. Zhaojun and Fu Zhuli lived together for eleven years, and had two daughters, the eldest daughter named Su BuJu and the second daughter named Yu Juci.
It can be said that it was through her efforts that the peace between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu could be long-lasting.
If it weren't for the fact that I always thought of my distant hometown and that poor son, these 11 years would have been relatively stable and happy. Unfortunately, the misfortune of the past was always tormenting her, making her overwhelmed at a young age, and finally, Wang Zhaojun, who was only in her thirties, passed away. It can be said that Wang Zhaojun and his relatives marrying the Xiongnu have always been considered to be extremely tragic.
In the second year of the first year of the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Mang was in power, and Wang Mang, in order to please Empress Wang, decided to reward Wuzhu liu Ruo Shan Yu, and then ordered him to send The eldest daughter of Emperor Zhaojun, Xu Bujuci, back to the Central Plains and serve Empress Wang in the palace.
In the first year of the first year, Wang Mang seized power in the Western Han Dynasty and established a new dynasty. The Xiongnu Shan Yu thought, "If you are not a descendant of the Liu clan, how can you be the emperor of China?" "Thus, the frontiers rose up one after another, and the disasters were endless. She watched as the peace she had dedicated herself to immediately became nothing, and then Zhaojun became sad and angry. Soon, she died in a gloomy and miserable despair.