When it comes to famous women in history, Wu Zetian must be famous on the list. As the only woman who actually sits at the top of power, she deserves to leave a special mark on history. Moreover, china's history has also produced many empresses who listen to the government and interfere in the affairs of the dynasty, and Empress Mao can be regarded as one of the more unusual empresses in history.
Empress Mao and ordinary empresses had different jobs in commanding the harem every day, but she was as good at riding and shooting as a boy since she was a child, and dancing with knives and guns; even after becoming empress, she also followed Gong Deng to fight everywhere. However, Empress Mao lost a battle with Yao Cang and was captured, which became her last battle.
Because of Empress Mao's beauty, Yao Cang had a crooked mind about her, but she preferred to die. In the end, yao Cang was angered and Empress Mao was subjected to naked torture, which was a very cruel punishment. Empress Mao also died at the age of twenty-one.
China's history has undergone countless dynastic changes, and the great unification of Qin Shi Huang achieved the first unification of China. Dynasties such as the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties are all periods of unity and prosperity in history, but most of the time, the whole of China is divided and the various regimes are divided.
The Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms were such a period. At that time, especially in the northern and western regions of China, the division was quite serious, and there were more than twenty states and political powers; mainly Zhao, Xia, Liang, Qin, Yan and other countries.
As there are more regimes and countries, so will wars and disputes. These dozens of countries could not live in peace, and wars were commonplace at that time; but like a child living at home, the strength of each country was almost the same, and many battles were fought, but no one could annihilate anyone in one fell swoop. Until the emergence of former Qin Zhijian, the great cause of unifying the north was completed.
According to historical records, Jian Jian had a noble appearance since childhood and was very intelligent. When he was eight or nine years old, his words and deeds were very measured and more adult-like; after he ascended to the throne, he changed some of his previous policies, allowing the country and the people to recuperate.
When the country gradually became stronger, Jian Jian sent troops to defeat former Yan and Western Expansion, and Former Qin under Jian Jian's rule became the most powerful of the sixteen kingdoms at that time. Jian Jian then completed the situation of unifying the chaotic northern region at that time.
However, Jian Jian later attempted to continue to send troops and annex the Eastern Jin Dynasty; this was also a very famous Battle of Shuishui in history. It was a pity that Jian Jian's ambitions could not be realized, and he was defeated by the Eastern Jin Dynasty Northern Fu soldiers. Two years later, Jian Jian was killed by Yao Cang of Later Qin, the third emperor of Former Qin, and his grandson Gong Deng became the fifth emperor.
The throne of Gong Deng was not obtained for no reason, he had been galloping in the official field for many years, and led his troops to fight many victorious battles. Mao Xing was a thorn in the history, and Mao Deng was only his subordinate, but he was highly valued by Mao Xing for his outstanding performance; Mao Xing even gave his daughter Xu to Mao Deng, the later Empress Mao. In other words, before He Ascended the throne, Empress Mao became his wife.
Empress Mao was different from ordinary women in ancient times, perhaps because her father Mao Xing was a military general, and Empress Mao was also good at riding and shooting since childhood. But Empress Mao was not that kind of masculine woman, she was as beautiful as a flower, and even Yao Cang, after being captured in the end, tried to make her her herself empress.
Empress Mao, as a wife, not only looks very beautiful, but also can fight alongside Gong Deng on the battlefield, so the two will have a lot of common topics, so Gong Deng is naturally very fond of her. The couple's conjugal life was quite harmonious, until later, when Gong ascended the throne and became the fifth emperor of Former Qin, Empress Mao also became his empress without surprise.
After ascending the throne, He deng sent troops to fight against Later Qin and recovered Xinping, Hualiang and other places. Since Empress Mao was a powerful warrior of Gong Deng, these battles were more or less involved in Empress Mao. Originally, the husband and wife had fought a lot of battles, but there were no people who had won every battle; the two of them had lost their hands in a hard battle with Yao Cang.
At that time, Yao Cang and Gong Deng were actually bound to win this battle, and it can be said that they poured great efforts into both sides. Empress Mao also took on the heavy responsibility of guarding the grain and grass of the Former Qin army in this battle; she led 10,000 soldiers of Former Qin to garrison the grain and grass accumulation- the Great Boundary Camp.
Yao Cang had the upper hand in many previous attempts, and wanted to start with Former Qin's grain and grass. After all, without food and grass, the army is an empty skeleton, and it is easy to attack. Yao Cang sent Yao Chong's men to sneak up on the Great Boundary Camp, but their plan was discovered by Gong Deng, who immediately led people to intercept Yao Chong's army.
Inside and outside, Yu Deng sent someone to inform Empress Mao, and the two launched a pinch attack on Yao Chong's army, and Yao Chong's defeat was fiasco. The victory in this battle once again strengthened the confidence of the Zhideng camp, and they captured more than 20,000 prisoners; they also took it lightly.
Yao Cang knew that His morale was now soaring, and his defensive spirit would not be too strong after winning the battle, so Yao Cang decided to send troops to attack the Great Boundary Camp again. Yao Cang also deliberately chose to launch an attack in the middle of the night, his plan was successful this time, their surprise attack caught Gong Deng by surprise, and although Empress Mao struggled to resist, she was eventually overwhelmed by the enemy and was captured alive by the enemy.
After Empress Mao was taken back to Later Qin as a prisoner, she was favored and insulted by Later Qin soldiers because of her beautiful looks, and those soldiers even offered her to Yao Cang as if they were treasures. Yao Cang was also a lustful person, and he was naturally very moved to see such a special beauty, and he threatened that if Empress Mao obeyed him, he would give her the position of empress.
Empress Mao scoffed at this, and even scolded Yao Cang; Yao Cang, who couldn't bear it, sent her to prison. Yao Cang's practice was undoubtedly to announce to the soldiers below that this Empress Mao was useless, and the soldiers would naturally not treat her with courtesy again.
In the end, Yao Cang ordered that Empress Mao be subjected to naked torture, which was a very cruel torture against women. Women who were subjected to such punishment were not only stripped of their clothes and paraded in the streets, but also had their breasts cut off before they died, giving the punished enough torture and finally beheading them. Empress Mao was only twenty-one years old when she died naked.
There have been many torturous punishments in Chinese history; most of them are torturous tortures such as naked torture, but there are also torturous punishments such as sticking to the official. Naked punishment is cruel because in ancient times, women's chastity was regarded as something more important than life, and women's naked torture was equivalent to losing their virginity, and life was not so important.
Although Empress Mao's life was short, she held on to her heart. Empress Mao was also the first empress in the history of our country to face the punishment of naked punishment, but she still did not change her face and did not want to bend the rules. Empress Mao was worthy of her country as empress, and she was worthy of her husband as a wife.