Lü Hou is one of the few women in Chinese history who has great political foresight and ambition. After Liu Bang's death, Lü Hou took power in the Western Han Dynasty. But at the same time, as a woman, she is also very jealous. Therefore, after Liu Bang's death, Lü Hou disposed of Liu Bang's harem concubines. Lady Qi, who was once the most favored, was tortured to death by Lü Hou.
Other concubines were either killed or imprisoned. But Lü Hou spared Bo Ji. Bo Ji was born in the Wei Dynasty, and to some extent her status was noble. But she was born of her parents' adultery, so her identity is inconvenient to publicize to the public. Coupled with the fact that Bo Ji was not favored in Liu Bang's eyes, and she was not happy to make waves in peace, so Lü Hou did not target him.
First, Lü Hou was jealous
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Liu Bang joined the ranks of the uprising. And with the development and growth of his own team, he finally competed with Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu. The confrontation between the two people ended with Xiang Yu killing himself at Wujiang, and Liu Bang became the co-lord of the world and established the Western Han Dynasty. After Liu Bang became the king of the Western Han Dynasty, like all the emperors of the previous dynasty, he established his own harem.
In Liu Bang's harem, the three most famous women were Lü Yan, Lady Qi and Bo Ji. Lü Yan became famous because she was the person who really held the actual power of the Western Han Dynasty after Liu Bang's death. She was also the first woman in Chinese history to actually hold power. And Lü Hou became famous not only because of her political talents, but also because of her fierce heart.
Lü Yan was Liu Bang's first wife, and she married Liu Bang when he was still lonely and nameless. But later, as Liu Bang's power gradually grew larger. There are more and more women around him, some of them are very beautiful, some can sing and dance. Under such circumstances, Lü Yan became more and more unfavored.
In fact, Lü Hou was a very jealous person in her heart, so she was very angry when she saw these young and beautiful women around Liu Bang. But as a queen, she is not good at tearing her face, and can only pretend to be generous on the surface. Therefore, after Liu Bang's death, these women in his harem all fell into the hands of Lü Hou and could be manipulated by her.
Among these women in Liu Bang's harem, the one who died the most tragically should be Lady Qi. Because when Lady Qi was alive with Liu Bang, she jumped the most and was most favored by Liu Bang. Even Liu Bang loved Wu and Wu, and once wanted to make him and Lady Qi's son crown prince. Therefore, Lü Hou made Lady Qi a human being.
As for Liu Bang's other concubines, Lü Hou was also killed and Guan Guan. Try not to let them appear in front of her eyes as much as possible, remind herself of bad memories of the past, and make her look upset. Mrs. Qi was known because her end was too miserable. Bo Ji is well known because she is the mother of Emperor Wen of Han.
Second, Bo Ji's life
Bo Ji's origin is not good, he was born by his parents fornication. Her mother was a clan daughter of the former Wei state, so Bo Ji was noble from the point of view of origin. Later, when Bo Ji grew up, she was given to the king of Wei at that time, Wei Bao. Because in that period, the crowd was strife.
At that time, Wei Bao wanted to help Xiang Yu fight Liu Bang, but he did not expect that Liu Bang would first send someone to solve Wei Bao's side, and also conveniently abducted Bo Ji back. So after this, Bo Ji became Liu Bang's concubine. At that time, Liu Bang's power was already very large, so there were many women in his harem. In all aspects, Bo Ji is not the most outstanding one.
Therefore, when Bo Ji was first taken back from captivity, she was also quite snubbed. Later, by chance, Liu Bang discovered that there was such a woman in his harem. At the moment, he felt that Bo Ji looked very good, so he blessed her. So Bo Ji had her own son, Liu Heng, who later became Emperor Wen of Han.
In fact, if Liu Bang hadn't died so early, he wouldn't have been able to say that Liu Heng wouldn't have been emperor. Because when it comes to family background, it is certain that the prince born to Lü Hou is the most likely to inherit the throne. If we talk about the degree of favor, the most likely person to inherit the throne should be Liu Ruyi, who was born to Lady Qi. Therefore, Liu Heng, like his mother Bo Ji, although they are all noble, they are not very favored.
But this is behind, but it has brought great benefits to their mother and son. After Liu Bang's death, Lü Hou disposed of almost all the concubines in Liu Bang's harem, but only Bo Ji was spared. There are two main reasons behind this. First of all, the first point is because Bo Ji is not favored.
Lady Qi, who was most favored by Liu Bang, had the worst fate, so it was not difficult to see that Lü Hou was not jealous of those young and beautiful people, but jealous of those who were favored by Liu Bang. So from this point of view, Bo Ji was not the first person that Lü Hou was anxious to deal with. And the second reason is Bo Ji's son, Liu Heng. Liu Heng was made acting king by Liu Bang very early.
After Liu Bang's death, Bo Ji followed Liu Heng back to the fiefdom. In this way, Bo Ji would not often appear in front of Lü Hou and upset her, so she escaped the disaster. In fact, there is another reason is that Bo Ji was born in the State of Wei.
Bo Ji and Wei Guozong still had a little bit of a relationship, which would also make Lü Hou a little jealous. Taken together, an unfavored woman who was far away from home and still occupied some power behind her was not the object that Lü Hou was eager to target.
Third, the mother is precious by the child
The luckiest thing about Bo Ji and Liu Heng's life may be their indisputable personality. Whether it was Bo Ji as a concubine or Liu Heng as a prince. They all clearly realize that they have no strength and are not favored, so they honestly accept their fate. Liu Heng honestly went to the land, the contemporary king of his duty.
On Lü Hou's side, after Liu Bang's death, their family became more and more powerful. As a result, a large number of people in the Lü clique began to abuse their power, and the party was in the same situation, making the civil and military officials full of tide miserable. In the end, Lü Hou died, so the civil and military officials who had been offended by the Lü family all stood up and quickly cleaned up all the Lü family.
In this way, the imperial power of the Western Han Dynasty was vacant, and at this time, the civil and military officials suddenly remembered that they also had a substitute king. Therefore, Liu Heng was taken back from Daidi and inherited the throne. In this way, Bo Ji's identity has also risen. Originally an empress dowager at best, she is now directly an empress dowager.
4. Summary
Bo Ji's life can be said to be a headwind reversal. Her origins, at the time, could be said to have been controversial. Although he came from the clan, his identity was not recognized because of his parents. Later, he was given to the King of Wei, and when the King of Wei was defeated by Liu Bang, he was taken captive by Liu Bang.
Bo Ji was not favored or competed for favor, and even after giving birth to a son, she did not have the delusion of making her son a prince. In this way, no one saw their mother and son as a threat. And it is precisely because of this that their mother and son can survive the chaotic situation. Then watch the people and horses on all sides fight openly and secretly, fighting to the death and living. In the end, the mother and son picked up one of the biggest bargains.