The State of Qin was only a small frontier state in the early Spring and Autumn Period, and the State of Qin was not among them when King Wu of Zhou divided the princely states, and later because of the meritorious cultivation of horses, qin Feizi, the founder of the state of Qin, was treated as a vassal by Zhou Tianzi and gave him a fief, and later the King of Zhou You's beacon fire drama led to the demise of Western Zhou, when the King of Zhou Ping moved east, the State of Qin sent soldiers and horses to escort, and the King of Zhou Ping gave the original capital and nearby land to the State of Qin, and the State of Qin became one of the princely states.
The rise of Great Qin
After the shang martingale changed the law during the Qin Xiaogong period, the Qin state gradually became stronger, and the decree of the Shang martingale made the Qin army fearless to die among the princes, and after the death of Qin Xiaogong, his son Yingsi succeeded to the throne, that is, the later King Huiwen of Qin, and after The succession of Qin, the Qin state gradually had the heart to compete for the world, and it took a lot of time to achieve this goal.
Empress Xuan's wife, Empress Xuan, took a crucial step toward the realization of his ideals, and after the death of Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager Xuan succeeded to the throne, but unfortunately Empress Dowager Xuan died within two years, and zhao guo took the opportunity to send Empress Dowager and Empress Xuan's son, Empress Xuan, back to China, and Empress Dowager Xuan became the king of the Qin state, but it was Empress Xuan who ruled the government.
Empress Dowager Qin's exploits
During Empress Xuan's reign, the State of Qin not only pacified the Yiqu, but also continuously weakened the strength of the other six kingdoms, giving the State of Qin the ability to unify the world, and after the death of Empress Dowager Xuan, there was another person who had the ability to become the next Empress Xuan, and this person was Lady Huayang, the queen of the State of Qin at that time.
Lady Huayang was the wife of An Guojun, the son of Empress Dowager, and was deeply favored by An Guojun, who entrusted many things to Lady Huayang to handle, and even those who were made princes listened to Lady Huayang, and Yinzheng's father, Zi Chu, also became the prince of the Qin state because he had pleased her.
The reason for Mrs. Huayang's failure
An Guojun died three days after succeeding to the throne, Lady Huayang became the empress dowager after three days of being the queen, because she was very prestigious in the court at that time, so many people thought that she would become the next Empress Xuan, but the subsequent development was a big surprise, after three dynasties, she actually did not do anything, but was quickly stripped of power by Zi Chu, becoming a virtual empress dowager with only identity and no power. So what did Madame Huayang do worse than Mi Yue? It's not that there's a lack of capacity.
First of all, her selfishness is too heavy, although she and Empress Xuan are from the Chu State, but the diplomatic method with Empress Xuan is different, Empress Xuan after ruling everything to the interests of the Qin State first, but she only thinks about the interests of her mother country, and her brothers and nephews are installed in the Qin State Court, which caused the dissatisfaction of many ministers.
The second is that she does not know how to go with the flow, Lady Huayang because she is favored by An Guojun, so she does not know what it means to temporarily bow her head, and many ministers and noble relatives of the Qin State have had disputes, everything takes her own ideas as the criterion for acting, and if she encounters a slight confrontation, she will use high-pressure means to force the other party to bow her head, which makes many ministers privately dissatisfied with her.
In the end, there was no strong foreign relatives as a support, although Lady Huayang had arranged for her cronies to become important vassals of the Qin State, but her mother country was no longer the Great Chu who could fight against the Qin State, so Lady Huayang could only rely on her own position to support her own majesty, unlike Empress Xuan, who had a heavy army at that time.
brief summary
Of course, the most important thing is that Lady Huayang is not related to Zi Chu and Yin Zheng, and the relationship with Empress Xuan and Empress Dowager Ji is still very different, although Lady Huayang finally failed in the struggle for power, she still retained her dignity and spent the rest of her life decently, much better than Zhao Ji.