In 71 BC, Li Shi, the wife of Wang Ban of Yuancheng County, Wei County, had a dream.
Dreaming that in the cool starry night, I was walking under the moon, and suddenly a full moon slowly fell close, gently falling into my arms.
Soon after, Li Shi was taken out of the happy pulse.
Ten months later, Li gave birth to a girl, and Wang Ban gave her a nice name, wang zhengjun.
I thought that this girl would be like other girls, marrying at the right age, marrying husbands and children, and living a plain life. Unexpectedly, the number of fates made her a famous nobleman, and even affected the development and decline of the Han Dynasty.
Because, after that, she became the daughter-in-law of Emperor Xuan of Han, the empress of Emperor Liu Yi of Han Yuan, the mother of Emperor Liu Xiao of Hancheng, and at the same time, she was also Wang Mang's aunt.
01 This woman's life is precious
Before marrying Liu Yi, Wang Zhengjun's marriage did not go well.
Because she had promised to marry two husbands, the first husband had just decided, and before he could marry, he suddenly died unexpectedly; the second husband was the King of Dongping, although he took her as a concubine, but not long after he entered, the King of Dongping died again.
Good fellow, this situation is put in the mouth of the east neighbor West House, and 100% will be tied to the "Kef" hat. Seeing that his palm bead marriage was so unsmooth, Wang Ban, as a father, felt a little strange, so he found a warlock and asked him to give divination to his daughter and explore what the situation of her daughter's marriage was.
The warlock, with a solemn face, respectfully said to Wang Ban, "Because your daughter is dreaming of the moon, her future is precious." ”
Wang Ban understood that it was no wonder that her daughter's marriage to two husbands was not smooth, it seemed that her fate was destined to be rich and noble, and the husband she would marry in the future would certainly be extraordinary. Therefore, there was no hurry to find a husband for Wang Zhengjun, let her learn various talents and etiquette at home, and wait for the moment when the phoenix flew.
When Wang Zhengjun turned eighteen, he was sent to the palace by his father as a son of a family member.
Although she entered the palace, Wang Zhengjun also had a "period of silence" for more than a year, and in the first year, she was just a relatively low-key and unfavored little palace girl, like the most inconspicuous flower in the garden.
At that time, the crown prince Liu Yi had a super favored concubine named Sima Liangdi. This LiangDi was not in good health, and died of illness not long after, but before she died, liu Yi often said in Her ear that it was because of the curses of other concubines that she died of illness. In this way, for a long time after Sima Liangdi's death, Liu Yi became angry and resented his other concubines, believing that it was this group of vicious women who killed his sweetheart.
However, as a crown prince, even though he himself did not like to be close to Concubine Ji, his father Emperor Xuan of Han, Liu Qian, did not agree. Hearing about this, Liu Que frowned and called Empress Wang, believing that Liu Yi was not too young to marry his wife, so he let Empress Wang be responsible for arranging this matter.
Therefore, Empress Wang specially selected five young and beautiful women from the harem, and then let the crown prince Liu Yi choose them herself. Liu Yi was absent-minded at that time, and he had no interest in these "arranged" women, but he was not good enough to directly fail to live up to Empress Wang's kindness, so he casually said euphemistically: "There is a person here who can." ”
Empress Wang was very responsible, and she was very good to Liu Yi, and after hearing this, she speculated with the people around her, who was this person that the prince was talking about? Looking at these five women repeatedly, the most into the blue eyes of the queen was a plainly dressed woman who was closest to Liu Yi's seat at that time, with a clean and elegant appearance, and the same surname was Wang, and Empress Wang was also liked for no reason, so she sent Wang Zhengjun to the Eastern Palace of the Crown Prince.
In this way, Wang Zhengjun became Liu Yi's crown princess.
02 Step by step, mother's world
Coincidentally, before Wang Zhengjun entered the Eastern Palace, Liu Yi also had a group of concubines, but these concubines never had a son and a half daughter. Until Wang Zhengjun became a princess, it did not take long to become pregnant.
This is undoubtedly a great piece of good news, pregnant in October, Wang Zhengjun successfully gave birth to a big fat boy, Emperor Xuan of Han successfully promoted to grandfather, but he was very happy, and personally named the emperor's grandson Liu Xiao.
Although he was not particularly favored by Liu Yi, his mother, Wang Zhengjun, who was a noble son, directly "opened the hanging" in this appearance.
In 48 BC, Liu Yi died, and the crown prince Liu Yi ascended the throne. At this time, Wang Zhengjun was first crowned as a concubine, and three days later he was crowned empress.
She has become an empress, and her mother is the world, but Wang Zhengjun has not sat back and relax. Because she clearly felt that since the birth of the child, the joy was all bystanders, but the child's own father was not too happy, and he was more and more cold to himself.
Later, the Han Yuan Emperor Liu Yi had a deeply favored Fu Jieyu. Fu Jieyu gave birth to a son, it was Liu Kang, the King of Dingtao, and compared to Liu Xiao, Emperor Yuan obviously liked Fu Jieyu's son a little more.
In addition, Liu Xiao performed well at first, learning a lot, and later became fond of wine-colored fun, and Emperor Yuan thought that this son did not have much success. Coupled with his preference for Liu Kang, Emperor Yuan mentioned several times that he wanted to depose the crown prince and establish Liu Kang instead, which made both Wang Zhengjun's mother and son very worried and afraid.
Later, considering a variety of factors, Wang Zhengjun, as an empress, was always cautious, the prince did not make any major mistakes, and the royal family forces behind him, as well as Shi Stan also strongly supported the crown prince Liu Xiao, Emperor Yuan dismissed this idea.
03 The Longevity Empress has gone through the Five Emperors and has continuously "advanced"
Even though Emperor Yuan repeatedly wanted to depose the crown prince Liu Xiao, and even though his rival Fu Jieyu occupied a favorable position with favor, emperor Yuan died, and it was Wang Zhengjun who laughed to the end.
In 33 BC, Liu Xiao ascended the throne, and Wang Zhengjun was successfully promoted to empress dowager. At this time, Wang Zhengjun truly became the most honorable person besides the emperor. With the help of power, she wantonly gave her family the title of marquis, and her brothers became princes one after another, and even the half-brother born after her mother remarried was also crowned as a court official.
Unexpectedly, such a monopoly did not last long, and it was involved in a devious struggle for imperial power. Because Emperor Liu Biao of Hancheng had no heirs, the position of future crown prince had always been vacant, and some people had been worried about it. Liu Xiao and his brother Liu Kang had a very good relationship, perhaps because Liu Xiao himself did not have much concept of the throne and would not be too defensive about others, or he was only in the gentle countryside of wine and did not care.
Wang Zhengjun's rival, Fu Jieyu, was now Fu Zhaoyi, and she secretly bribed Wang Gen to help support Liu Kang's son Liu Xin to ascend the throne, later the Han Emperor.
Sure enough, the Hancheng Emperor Liu Xiao died in the Zhao Hede Palace because of his lust for beauty, and the era that belonged to him came to an end. Liu Xin ascended the throne, made his grandmother Fu Zhaoyi empress dowager, and his mother Ding Ji the empress dowager, and vigorously suppressed the power of the Wang clan and continuously improved the power and glory of his grandmother and mother's clan.
Although you were the empress dowager, the Wang clan gradually declined under the blows of the Han Emperor.
04 Nephew Wang Mang usurped Han and angrily threw the national jade seal
Later, in 2 BC, seeing that Wang Zhengjun was old, the Han Emperor recalled Wang Mang and others who had been exiled and allowed them to serve at Wang Zhengjun's side.
A year later, the Han Emperor died, and coincidentally there was no heir. Hearing the news of Emperor Wai's death, Wang Zhengjun immediately summoned the Wang family to control the core of power and obtain the Chuanguo Jade Seal.
Wang Zhengjun controlled the imperial government, and made the nine-year-old King of Zhongshan Liu Yan emperor, and appointed Wang Mang as the Grand Sima (大司馬).
On longevity, no one can compare with Wang Zhengjun, but controlling the government of the dynasty is not what she is good at, under Wang Mang's "coaxing and deception", the center of power gradually shifted to Wang Mang, which also laid a fundamental disaster for Wang Mang's usurpation of Han.
When Wang Mang asked her to pass on the national jade seal and wanted to destroy the Han Dynasty and build a new dynasty, Wang Zhengjun was furious and threw the national jade seal, refusing to obey. She can bring prosperity and glory to the Wang clan by herself, but she cannot allow herself to be a sinner who ends the Han Dynasty.
As a woman, Wang Zhengjun is soft and kind, but not fierce.
As the modern historian Cai Dongfan commented on Wang Zhengjun: "Empress Xiaoyuan, without the arrogance of Empress Fu and the adulterous desolation of the Sisters of the Zhao clan, can also be said to be a sage among the mothers and queens." But if he spoils the king's recklessness, and makes him reckless and selfish, and steals the power of the country, he loses his foolishness, and he does not lose his arrogance. ”
Author: Our team has a falling moon