Speaking of famous and powerful women in history, we have to mention Wu Zetian, but today we want to talk about the prototype of the characters in the hit drama "The Legend of Mi Yue".
She was the first woman in history to govern, more than Wu Zetian.
Let's take a look at the legendary life of Empress Dowager Qin Xuan's ——- Qi Bazi.
As a woman, she has done a great job in the patriarchal society, how difficult it is, you can imagine. And how many emperors can he achieve in his achievements?
As a mother, she made her son King Zhaoxiang of Qin a wise monarch, and the bitterness behind it and the price to be paid were not something that ordinary people could bear.
As the highest behind-the-scenes ruler of the Qin State, in her 41-year reign, she adapted to the times and pushed the Qin State to an unprecedented height, laying a solid foundation for her grandson Qin Shi Huang to unify the world. So, today, two thousand years have passed, and her great achievements have been praised by people.
There is a saying in Sun Tzu's Art of War: "The urgency of the water, as for the drifter, the potential is also." ”
The meaning of this sentence is that if you go with the flow, gentle as water can also flush hard stones.
And Empress Xuan's life can be summed up in eight words: go with the flow, and the torrent is brave.
Go with the flow and debut on stage
Anyone who understands history should understand that Empress Dowager Qin Xuan married to the Qin State as a servant and was not favored by Emperor Huiwen at first.
Qi Bazi, who had been doing nothing in the Qin kingdom, did not usher in a turnaround until King Wu of Qin ascended the throne. Because king Wu of Qin was blindly arrogant, in order to show that he was the true son of heaven, he decided to go to Luoyang to raise a ding.
As a result, when lifting the ding, the patella of Buxing was crushed by the ding, and he vomited blood and died that night.
This made Mi Hachiko usher in the most important turning point in his life, and the clever Mi Hachiko also seized this opportunity.
Because King Wu of Qin had no heirs after his death, for a time, there was turmoil in the power of the Qin state, and the son of Qi Bazi who was a proton in the Yan kingdom, YingJi, became the best candidate to stabilize the situation.
With the assistance of King Wuling of Zhao, Yin Ji smoothly became the King of Qin.
And Qi Bazi has been dormant for many years, and finally ushered in this perfect opportunity.
After mediating with various forces, they chose The Eighth Son's son, Ying Ji (嬴稷), to become the new King of Qin, later King Zhaoxiang of Qin.
Naturally, as the eighth son of Qin Zhaoxiang's mother, she also became the Empress Xuan of the Qin State.
The young son was too young to be in charge, so he had no choice but to act as a ruler and officially stepped onto the stage of history as a ruler.
When a woman ascends to the court for the first time, she cannot convince the public, the political power is naturally unstable, and the political situation is relatively disordered.
On the one hand, the rebellion launched by Huiwen Hou and Gongzi Zhuang, and on the other side were the forces of various countries that wanted to reap the profits, and Qi Bazi should have been in a mess at that time!
Take advantage of the situation and stand in the court
To know how difficult it is for a woman, who does not have her own power at the beginning, wants to balance the relationship between the various forces, and also cultivates her own confidant step by step.
And she did it, analyzing the pros and cons a little bit, transporting the plots and means, breaking the shackles of the forces of all sides one by one, and successfully gaining a foothold in the court.
Shortly after the stabilization, a rebellion broke out in the country, and she asked Wei Ran to send troops to suppress it strongly, and took the opportunity to sweep away the forces of the princes who affected her son's throne.
Seeing that the country's internal friction was serious, Qi Bazi had no choice but to marry his mother's family, the Chu State, and return the previous city pool from the City of Shangyongcheng, which was cut off by the Chu State.
And the State of Chu also showed sincerity and let the Prince of Chu enter Qin as a hostage.
Taking this opportunity, the Qin State had the opportunity to recuperate.
Solving the external problem, Qi Bazi focused on the court.
At that time, the State of Qin was balanced by various forces, but the most powerful ones were the auxiliary chancellor Zuo Xiang - Gan Mao and the Right Xiang Li Disease.
After weighing the pros and cons, Empress Xuan decided to choose Li Liyi, who was born from the royal family of the Qin State, who not only had outstanding military achievements, but also had an unparalleled prestige in the Qin State.
Borrowing the imperial appeal of Li Liyi, he justifiably allowed himself to successfully gain a foothold in the court and became the helmsman of the Qin State with absolute real power.
Take advantage of the situation and achieve meritorious achievements
It is said that the helmsman of a country has great courage and vision, and these two things are all there, and after balancing the domestic situation, she began to focus on the relationship with the interests of various countries and create momentum for the Qin state.
He made good friends with the Chu state before, but eventually found that the chu monarch's vision was too narrow and faint and incompetent.
Union with countries that do not match their strength is indeed unsatisfactory. When the time was ripe, she found a suitable opportunity—the Prince of Chu fled back to China after killing one of qin's doctors during his hostage-raising.
Qi Bazi quickly took advantage of this opportunity and used this as an excuse to find a suitable "excuse" for the Qin state to attack the Chu state.
In the face of the strong attack of the State of Qin, the State of Chu was unable to fight back at all, so it had to use the old method and send the prince to the more powerful State of Qi as a proton in an attempt to join forces with the State of Qi to balance the State of Qin.
Seeing the situation, Qi Bazi came to invite Jun into the urn.
Played the family affection card and lured the enemy deeper.
When King Huai of Chu arrived at the agreed place, Qi Bazi directly ordered him to be taken back to the capital of the Qin state, and threatened him to cut off the land and make a treaty.
The situation in the State of Chu was in turmoil, and coupled with the fainting of the King of Chu, the ministers took the opportunity to support the new king to put the crown prince on the throne, and then united with the State of Qi to unanimously resist Qin.
This way of coping caught Empress Xuan off guard. In order to solve the dilemma of the country at present,
In order to stabilize the political situation, Qi Bazi was forced to choose Qi chu to make friends, and only let his own son Jingyang Junyi enter the State of Qi as a hostage, and invited Meng Yujun, who was highly prestigious in the State of Qi, to join the State of Qin.
In the end, Qi qin united and broke this crisis.
After doing this well, Qi Bazi combined with the current situation and started the idea of Korea and Wei Again.
Especially in South Korea, blocking the door of the eastward entrance, such as a thorn stuck in the throat, not pulled out in time, it is really uncomfortable.
Therefore, Qi Bazi took the initiative to attack and sent troops to attack Han and Wei, mainly attacking Korea.
In the end, Zuo Shu Changbai served as the main general, and this battle won a decisive victory.
I have to say that The ability to recognize people and be decisive is extremely strong, after all, the position before Bai Qi was not high, and it was not enough as a manager, and how much courage and boldness it takes to use a new person can be imagined.
It turned out that Mihachiko's decision was right. Bai Qi became a changsheng general and contributed to the Qin state.
Zhuge Liang once said:
"Invincible because of the time of heaven, according to the power of the earth, and according to the interests of man."
When Qi Bazi had the opportunity to climb up, she decisively seized the opportunity, used all available resources, took advantage of the situation, seized the opportunity step by step, and used her wisdom and political means to create a situation that was beneficial to the Qin State.
As the saying goes: the times make heroes, and Qi Bazi is undoubtedly a big hero. She created a glory that is unique in history, and it is unprecedented.
Taking advantage of the situation, this female hero was achieved, and it also laid a solid foundation for the unification of the Qin state.
May all those who are in the situation of the times be able to smoothly grasp the "potential" in life like Qi Bazi, take off with the help of the momentum, break out of their own piece of the world, and achieve the myth that belongs to this era.