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Since ancient times, China has had many emperors, and since there are emperors, they must be accompanied by empresses in charge of the harem. In China's feudal period, because the examination system did not allow women to participate, so the way out for women in the feudal period was very small, they could not become officials, and the road to business was easily blocked, so the status of women was very low. Women in the feudal period wanted to become more famous people in society, one was to marry into the rich and find a good man to marry, and the other was to enter the palace and have the opportunity to continue to climb up. But after becoming an empress, is it really happy, since ancient times, the more powerful the family, the more chaotic the internal relationship, let alone the emperor's family? However, during the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Empress Yang, the wife of Emperor Xuan of Zhou at that time, had a huge matriarchal clan and was in the rear position herself, but she was still unhappy. Normal people think that the empress can be said to be the highest female position in the feudal period and hold a lot of power. However, such a queen was very timid, worried that her husband would kill her at any time, and even once directly knelt down to her husband and begged for her life. However, Empress Yang did not know that the emperor could not kill himself, why was this? Next, Xiaobian will share with you the hidden story.
First, the background reasons
Empress Yang's husband was Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou, who had a fiery temper and an uncertain personality, so the ministers in the imperial court were miserable, and Empress Yang persuaded Emperor Xuan a few words, and was violently beaten by Emperor Xuan. This ignited the anger of Emperor Xuan, who often rebuked Empress Yang and wanted to punish her, and even directly ordered Empress Yang to be executed, and Empress Yang prostrated herself to the emperor to ask for guilt, and her head was broken. Emperor Xuan regretted that he had lost his temper with Empress Yang, so what was the reason for his regret? Yang Jian was Empress Yang's father, and at the same time emperor Xuan's most feared person, and half of the heavy power in the imperial court at that time was in the hands of Yang Jian. Not only were there no one outside to defend, but if Yang Jian turned around to deal with himself, I was afraid that he would not be able to eat and walk, Emperor Xuan had always been jealous of Yang Jian, and he was always guarding him. Emperor Xuan was even ready to break the net with Yang Jianyu, and specially sent people to stare at Yang Jian, once there was anything unusual, he had better strike first. Emperor Xuan did not receive bad news, but he did not relax when he went to the court, and after the observer Yang Jian found that Yang Jian was indeed nothing unusual, he only let go of his heart in the eyes of his throat. Now think about it, to be able to become an empress, naturally has a background, after all, the highest position among women is not so easy to do, if there is no father of Empress Yang, I am afraid that Empress Yang would have died a long time ago.
Second, Empress Yang's magnanimous character
The harem has always been taken care of by Empress Yang, in an orderly manner, and Empress Yang is very kind, and many people have received her help. In the imperial court, the emperor had the most contact with those who were subordinates, and the time with them was much higher than that of the officials and courtiers in the imperial court. When those people knew that the emperor wanted to kill Empress Yang, although they did not intercede for Empress Yang on the surface, in private, they were all trying to find a way for Empress Yang to escape. Some of the people were very distressed, and even willing to replace Empress Yang to accept the emperor's punishment, and Empress Yang felt the warmth of the world in the company of these people. There was no airtight wall in the world, and the queen's punishment was still known to Yang Jian. Yang Jian, who loved his daughter, was greatly angered, but the maid next to Empress Yang persuaded her to restrain and calm down, otherwise it would be to add fuel to the fire. As long as Yang Jian, who had calmed down, suppressed himself, thanks to the persuasion of these people, otherwise, Yang Jian, who was angry and aggressive, might have already plotted a rebellion, and Emperor Xuan of Zhou's throne would have been in jeopardy long ago. Because of her benevolent personality, Empress Yang made many subordinates willing to become followers, and went to the soup for the empress, running around for Empress Yang, in order to let the world have one more good person and one more good queen.
3. The imperial program left by the ancestors
Emperors cannot easily kill their wives, especially at the level of empresses, and since ancient times, we have heard the most about emperors deposing so-and-so empresses, not killing so-and-so empresses. If it is really to the point of having to be killed, most emperors choose to depose the empress and beat her into the cold palace, unless the empress has committed a truly unforgivable crime, and will choose to kill the empress. Emperor Xuan had to kill the empress from time to time, and this kind of thing was not necessarily said compared to other emperors, after all, the ethical dynasty, the world is precisely with certain rules and rules, it will be orderly. As the king of a country, he did not abide by the program law, let alone let others obey, the chaos under the world is often started by the leader, the son of heaven is not right, the world is not right, if the emperor does not do it right, I am afraid that the world has long been wrong. However, Emperor Xuan did not realize this after all, his fainting led to the decline of the country, coupled with the internal and external troubles of the environment at that time, many excellent ministers were executed by Emperor Xuan, aggravating the decline of the country. At this time, Emperor Xuan did not care about the situation in the territory abroad, and in turn became angry with his wife Empress Yang, and also suspected That Yang Jian, who had been defending the territory, had to say that his degree of fainting was like that of the King of Sui, but his behavior was even worse. Emperor Xuan can be said to have received the guarantee of retribution, after his death, the people around him did not dare to publicize this matter to the world, allowing his body to stink and rot, which was extremely tragic. The smell of corpses is inevitable, it is considered to be a stink for ten thousand years, and then Yang Jian secretly assisted the government, and the national strength of Northern Zhou gradually became stronger, and the status of Empress Yang was also growing day by day.
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