In people's minds, the people who can write in Chinese history are nothing more than emperors and generals, and these people are often men. But the power played by women should not be underestimated. There was once an outstanding woman who had eight children in her lifetime, four of whom became emperors and two daughters became empresses, making her the strongest mother in history.
The woman's name was Lou Zhaojun, an empress of Northern Qi. When she was in the boudoir, she was the daughter of a marquis of Northern Wei, and she was knowledgeable and wise from an early age. When she became an adult, she chose a husband for herself, that is, Gao Huan, the king of Bohai at that time. After the two became intimate, Lou Zhaojun became a veritable kennaisuke who fully supported her husband's career, and even when she gave birth to a child, she did not tell her husband because she did not want to delay the military situation. Later, Gao Huan became emperor, and she did not ask for a knighthood for her family.
After Gao Huan's death, Lou Zhaojun's eldest son Gao Cheng succeeded him as emperor, and a few years later Zen ceded it to her second son Gao Yang. Nine years later, Gao Yang died, and her sixth son Gao Yan succeeded to the throne, and a year later Gao Yan died, and his brother Gao Zhan, the ninth son of Lou Zhaojun, was made emperor. In this way, Lou Zhaojun had a total of four sons who became emperors.
In addition, Lou Zhaojun has two sons and two daughters. The two sons who did not ascend to the throne were crowned kings, and these two daughters, one became the empress of Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei and the other became the empress of Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei. In this way, Lou Zhaojun's eight children were all high-ranking officials and nobles, and they were all people who stood at the peak of power. Most of the sons of these four emperors were able to inherit the throne with the assistance of their mother, Empress Dowager Lou Zhaojun. It can be seen that Lou Zhaojun can be called the strongest mother in history.