From this, we can draw a message, that is, Qin Shi Huang attached great importance to the widow Qing, so important that he could deliberately build a platform for her as a memorial. After the Shang martingale transformation law, Qin Chongnong suppressed business and put business at the end of the profession, and widow Qing, as a merchant, could become a special case and receive such grace, which made it easy for us to have a conjecture, that is, Qin Shi Huang may have a good feeling for this widow Qing who was widowed in her early years, and may even contain private feelings.
With these so-called conjecture bases, people are then connected with some objectively existing realities, such as the women who can be greatly involved with Qin Shi Huang in historical records, except for her birth mother Zhao Ji, who is the widow Qing, or for example, the widow Qing was moved to Xianyang by the First Emperor, is it possible to move to the harem? In short, all this once again opens up the possibility of this conjecture.
But is this really the case? In fact, this is just a conjecture that people are now watching more court dramas, combined with some of the above information, and the possibility of Qin Shi Huang and widow Qing having a private affair is zero.
Why am I so sure? The reason for certainty here is not that Qin Shi Huang did not like female color (there are dozens of children of Qin Shi Huang, and there are also records of Zheng Fei and Hu Ji in history, he must be close to female color), but because the age difference between the two is too large.
Although the detailed birth and death years of widow Qing are not easy to calculate, we can have a simple calculation, the Western Han Dynasty "Wuwei Han Jian" has a record: "A woman who is more than sixty years old is not a son of a man, a widow", the Western Han Dynasty and Qin time are similar, the title should also be similar, so since the widow Qing is called "widow", it means that she is at least sixty years old, which can be the mother of Qin Shi Huang.
Moreover, the reason why Qin Shi Huang gave her the title of "Zhen" was because he valued that she had never remarried, and could still maintain loyalty to her husband in the land of Bashu, which was easily adulterous. If Qin Shi Huang still included her in the harem after giving her the title, this would also be considered a punch in the face. As an emperor of thousands of years, Qin Shi Huang would definitely not do such a stupid thing.
Second, since Qin Shi Huang had no private feelings for the widow Qing, why would he be so unusual for this woman? In fact, the most important reason is that Qin Shi Huang was full of respect for this woman.
This respect is mainly not respect for her as a woman to be able to support a commercial empire alone, because Qin is the end of the shang, Qin Shi Huang will definitely not show respect for her achievements at the commercial level on the surface, if you support, it is equivalent to violating the foundation of her own governance, in fact, Qin Shi Huang's respect lies more in the above mentioned word, that is, "zhen".
1. In a small way, Qin Shi Huang hated infidelity, his mother's infidelity had left him with a lot of shadows, and his mother Zhao Ji had had an affair with Lü Buwei and Yan Yi, which not only made Qin Shi Huang himself unable to hang on to his face, but also once even affected the rule of Qin Shi Huang - with Lü Buwei, rumors that he was Lü Buwei's illegitimate son were rumored, and adultery with Lü Yi led to a growing power and eventual rebellion.
2. In the big picture, it was imperative to promote "chastity" at that time. As early as the pre-Qin period, the social atmosphere was quite chaotic, although the Qin State experienced the Shang Martingale Transformation Law, the society has undergone a transformative development, but the wind of fornication is still difficult to change, such as the royal family first has the Qi clan, and then there is Zhao Ji, as for the small people in qin, in the "Sleeping Tiger Land Qin Tomb Bamboo Jane" is recorded in the "Sleeping Tiger Land Qin Tomb Bamboo Jane" is more than a record of women's frequent escape, fornication countless deeds. According to the Book of Han, Yandi is "guests who pass by and stay with women", while Zhao Di is "a woman who is charming and rich", in short, there is a common feature, that is, "chaos".
After the unification of the Six Kingdoms, Qin Shi Huang out of the purpose of consolidating his rule, since the book and the same track are completed, it is naturally necessary to unify the social atmosphere, after all, if the people's customs are not governed, it will inevitably cause riots in the long run. Let's take an example to facilitate understanding - if infidelity is not managed, then ethics and morality will cease to exist, and without ethics, can this society still be considered society? This was bound to become a destabilizing factor for Great Qin, whose territory was vast and whose rule was not yet stable.
At that time, when Qin Shi Huang was traveling abroad, he had carved shiming ethics many times, for example, in Taishan, the carved stone mentioned that "men and women should be obedient", which also showed his intention to improve the social atmosphere.
Therefore, from a small direction, the widow Qing, who is similar in age to Zhao Ji, forms a sharp contrast with the debauched image of Zhao Ji, which has caused a touch on herself; from the general direction, if the widow Qing is respected as a model of chastity and praised, it will certainly bring a lot of convenience to the widespread promotion of chastity. And no matter which direction it is from this small and big, Qin Shi Huang will have special respect for the widow Qing, and this respect is also from the heart.
Third, in addition to the respect in the heart, there is also some use. Because this person is "strong". The Book of Han records: "Ba widow Qing, she first got the Dan Cave, and she was good at her profits for several lifetimes, and her family was not troubled." Widows can keep their jobs and defend themselves with money, and people dare not commit crimes. ”
1. What does this mean? It shows that widow Qing has an advantage, the first is that there is Dan Cave, Dan Cave can mine Dan sand, and Dan Sand is the main raw material for refining mercury (mercury); the second is that there is money, the family wealth is countless, and even rich enough to take money to defend themselves.
This made Qin Shi Huang look at it even more differently. First of all, at that time, Qin Shi Huang was in great need of mercury because of the construction of the Shi Huang Mausoleum, and he needed the help of widow Qing; secondly, widow Qing was very influential in the Bashu region, and it was beneficial and harmless to win her over to consolidate the rule of the Bashu area.
Therefore, if Qin Shi Huang treats the widow Qing preferentially, according to normal logic, the widow Qing will be more willing to deliver Dansha to the tomb of the First Emperor, and will be more loyal to Qin Shi Huang, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
2, maybe see this some people will have doubts, actually so many benefits, then why do I say that it is a little use? In fact, this is mainly because even if the widow Qing does not take the initiative to give these benefits, relying on the status of the First Emperor for thousands of years, he can still do it. For example, although Dansha was a specialty of Bashu at that time, the reserves of Xunyang and Fengxian in Shaanxi were also quite rich, and these two places were closer to the capital Xianyang and more convenient to use. For example, Qin Shi Huang was not afraid of the influence of widow Qing in Badi at all, because the army is hard power, and no matter how influential widow Qing is, she cannot afford to pull up a tough army, relying on the family members who are not strong in combat effectiveness, even if there are more numbers, it is futile and cannot pose a threat.
That is to say, the benefits that the widow Qing can bring, the First Emperor can still get it through her, so the treatment of the widow Qing, Qin Shi Huang is more out of respect, this little use is just some added value brought by respect at the same time, the First Emperor is not for the so-called use of widow Qing.
But in short, whether it is Qin Shi Huang out of respect or use, we can clearly know that this "good" is not due to the rumors that the two have a private affair.
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In fact, the most fundamental reason why this rumor appears is that there are some misunderstandings about the first emperor by later generations, because in the subconscious of many people, they agree that he is a cruel and arrogant monarch, so they will not think about it from the perspective that he is more respectful of a woman, but will start from other biased speculations about him.
In fact, to be able to become an emperor for thousands of years, Qin Shi Huang's benevolence and broad-mindedness will not be narrow, we should not simply see Wei Ji's evaluation of Qin Shi Huang's appearance as: "bee quasi, long eyes, sincere birds, jackals, little grace and tiger and wolf heart", it is completely concluded that his personality is like this, we should more from the perspective of his deeds, since he can accommodate Li Si's outspoken advice, he can also accept the gift of not being able to pay homage to him, and even give courtesy to Yao Jia, who was born of a great thief and was exiled. Such a person would definitely not be what people remember.
And when everyone can change the stereotype of people, all rumors will be self-defeating.
Reference historical materials: "History", "Book of Han", "Sleeping Tiger Di Qin Tomb Bamboo Jane" and so on