When Emperor Wu of Han promoted Confucianism, why Empress Dou opposed him actually had another purpose behind it
Emperor Wu of Han grew into a generation of Ming Emperors and became the emperor of China through the ages, and it was not easy to go all the way, because he was pushed to the throne before he was 10 years old, and he naturally could not grasp the power, in fact, it was better to let him directly go to the throne after he became an adult and grasp the real power and start ruling, he had to be used as a puppet by others from a young age, and the person who manipulated him was his grandmother Empress Dou.
It should be said that Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty made the greatest contribution to the country in his lifetime, and the first was to open up the country, making the Han Dynasty vast and mighty. The second thing is to promote Confucianism and let Confucianism flourish. But did you know that both of these things took him years to implement? Because there are too many people behind him, especially his grandmother. Today, Xiaobian will tell you why Empress Dou opposed Emperor Wudi of Han when he promoted Confucianism.
We all know that the Han Dynasty practiced the huang laozhi school at the beginning, because after the brutal rule of the Qin Dynasty, and in the early years of the founding of the country, there was constant war and chaos, and the national strength withered, and it was necessary to implement a policy of recuperation. Such a policy also allowed the Han Dynasty to begin to develop strongly, laying the foundation for strong prosperity. It is not surprising that a country with sufficient national strength will inevitably increase its armaments to defend its own country, and it will also attack the places that have been taken by others, so why should Empress Dou oppose it? At this time, the state should also change some national policies, so why should Empress Dou oppose it?
In fact, there are many reasons for this, the first reason is first on the surface, she is for the development of the country. Empress Dou was a strange woman, she was born humble, but she and Emperor Wen supported each other for a lifetime, so that they could create such a prosperous world, and the emergence of the prosperous world was inseparable from her efforts. So when it comes to governing the country, she has her own set of strategies. It was when Emperor Wen and she were jointly ruling the country that they found that Huang Laozhi was the most suitable political policy for the country at this time, so he had a deeper obsession with Huang Laozhi than anyone else. It must have been very difficult to change her decades-long obsession, and it is not difficult to imagine why she is so opposed to the promotion of Confucianism.
In fact, during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, although the country was already very strong, but the country was only established for about 100 years, the country's economic strength was not laid down enough, even in addition to the reason that Empress Dou had a certain obsession with Huang Laozhi, Empress Dou's concern about the national strength of the country was also a reason why she opposed the promotion of Confucianism to change the state strategy.
If you analyze it more deeply, in fact, Empress Dou has two other reasons. One reason to go a little deeper is that Huang Laozhi's learning is to use soft kegang, rigidity and softness. Since ancient times, in Chinese history, it has just been represented by male figures and women, which is exactly in line with the fact that in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Emperor Wen and Empress Dou had just taken power, and the two people supported each other to develop the country. Huang Laozhi's learning was an important basis for her to show that she was an indispensable contributor to the country, and now that Emperor Wen had died, she was the only one left to make great contributions to the country, and in the end she was to maintain her position in the imperial court and avoid Emperor Wu of Han's premature seizure of real power.
In everything, you can see that she values Huang Laozhi's learning, there was once an iron tooth and copper tooth Yuangusheng, his mouth is invincible to defeat the world, originally Empress Dou still had a little appreciation for him, but after Empress Dou asked him how to look at Huang Laozhi's learning, Empress Dou decided to kill him, because he actually said that Huang Laozhi's learning was only seen by ordinary people. This completely angered Empress Dowager Dou, huang Laozhi was the foundation of her political rule, and she did not allow others to challenge her bottom line so much.
In addition to the two reasons mentioned earlier, the most important reason is Article 3. The reason why Empress Dou opposed Emperor Wu of Han's admiration for this, in the final analysis, was that she was afraid of harming her own interests, and she was able to grasp real power in the imperial court because there were forces willing to follow her, and what they represented was called the big landlord class of the old society for the time being. Once Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty changed the state's policy, it was bound to clash with their power. In this way, the relationship between Empress Dou and these old social entering classes would become very unstable, on the other hand, the rights of these old classes would be further weakened, and Empress Dou would have less and less power, so how could she easily agree to Emperor Wu of Han to promote Confucianism?
Historical records also prove this incident, before Empress Dou's death, Emperor Wu of Han was not able to promote Confucianism as he wished, and the real drastic reform was after Empress Dou's death. We cannot say that this woman has no vision, and without vision, she would not have created a prosperous world with her husband, but these things are detrimental to her interests and she cannot tolerate it.