"Since ancient times, ruthlessness is the most imperial family", so we often find a law, people living in the imperial family in ancient times, even if they are emperors, most of the time in terms of marriage, they are also involuntarily, there are many emperors in history who have political marriages, especially during the Qing Dynasty, it is more obvious, such as Kangxi when he married four pairs of sister flowers, which is a typical marriage.
In addition to the emperor, the princess was pulled to and kissed more people, the Han Dynasty period with the Xiongnu and relatives is typical, of course, sometimes the princess will not only be pulled to and with foreign tribes and relatives, for the situation and development of the country, but also internally with the power and relatives, some political marriages are completely for the sake of interests, some political marriages are not so, such as the second marriage "widow" Princess Pingyang married Wei Qing, it is not so simple.
From the perspective of princess Binh Duong herself
Princess Pingyang, it is estimated that people familiar with the history of the Western Han Dynasty, will not be unfamiliar with her, he is the sister of Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, and at the same time married three times in her life, but the three husbands died early, and finally princess Pingyang chose to be buried with Wei Qing after her death, and Wei Qing was the last husband of Princess Pingyang.
Wei Qing was originally a riding slave in the Princess of Pingyang's palace, when Wei Qing's mother Wei Mi went to work in the first husband Cao Shou Mansion that Princess Pingyang married, and later gave birth to Wei Changjun, Wei Junru, Wei Shao'er, Wei Zifu, and Wei Qing, so Wei Qing's family later worked in the Pingyang Marquis Cao Shou Mansion.
Cao Shou and Princess Pingyang had a son named Cao Xiang, and later after Cao Shou died of illness, Princess Pingyang was widowed, and her own son Cao Xiang also grew up with Princess Pingyang, but unfortunately, Cao Xiang also died young, and the Princess of Pingyang at this time instantly became unreliable.
According to the age gap, the difference between Wei Qing and Princess Pingyang was at least ten years old, but in the imperial palace, such an age gap was nothing. Many years after Cao Shou's death, princess Pingyang actually tried to marry another person to spend her old age in peace, and later married her second husband Xiahou Po.
Xiahou Po was the great-grandson of Xiahou Bao, the founding hero of the Western Han Dynasty, but this man was somewhat uneasy, in the days when Princess Pingyang got along, not only did the two not give birth to a son and a half daughter, Xiahou Po also had an affair with his father's concubine, and was eventually reported and exposed, so that he committed suicide in fear of sin, and then Princess Pingyang became a widow.
It is worth mentioning that the marriage between Princess Pingyang and Xiahou Po lasted for sixteen years, but still did not give birth to children, and judging from the fact that Princess Pingyang and Wei Qing did not give birth to children together later, princess Pingyang at this time may have lost her fertility.
After Xiahou Po's death, Princess Pingyang was about 46 years old, in ancient times, such an age is not small, in the face of the embarrassing situation of no heirs inside and no husband outside, Princess Pingyang of course she is also very afraid of the desolate scene in her old age, plus princess Pingyang has never stopped her pursuit of power in her life, she is old, she wants to continue to pursue power, she needs to pin on another person, she has no son, she can only pin it on her husband, the relationship between men and women in the Western Han Dynasty is still relatively open, Therefore, even if Princess Pingyang remarries, there is nothing wrong with it.
Princess Pingyang is out of her own future life and continue to hold power, will want to remarry, and why will the person who remarry is Wei Qing, for Princess Pingyang, Wei Qing not only once served as her own slave, the two know the roots, and at this time Wei Qing is already a great general, whether it is for future life considerations, or for power considerations, Wei Qing is undoubtedly the best candidate, besides, Wei Qing is still a young little fresh meat, why not princess Pingyang?
In terms of the interests of Emperor Wu of Han
Princess Pingyang is the sister of Emperor Wu of Han, and wanting to find a husband is not only a matter for Princess Pingyang herself, but also directly related to the imperial power of Emperor Wu of Han and even the country's Jiangshan Sheji, so Emperor Wu of Han also attached great importance to this matter, when Emperor Wu of Han was in a more delicate stage.
The reason why Emperor Wudi of Han was able to become emperor, and Chen Ajiao's family was inseparable from the relationship, at the beginning was to agree to set Up Ajiao as empress, and his family began to support Liu Che, but later because Ajiao would not give birth to children, emperor Wudi of Han was very anxious, when Wei Zifu conceived a child for Emperor Wudi of Han, the family of Ajiao also wanted to get rid of Wei Zifu and the child, which caused a great sensation at the time, and Emperor Wudi of Han was also very troublesome.
Although in the end Emperor Wu of Han saved the life safety of Wei Zifu and his son, but the influence of these foreign relatives of the Ajiao family on Emperor Wu of Han was still very large, at this time Emperor Wu of Han very much needed another force of foreign relatives to change the current situation, and Wei Zifu gave birth to a son for himself, there is no doubt that at this moment, the foreign relatives on Wei Zifu's side are the best choice to help Emperor Wu of Han.
Coincidentally, Wei Qing was a great general at that time, and some people also suggested that Princess Pingyang marry Wei Qing, after such a proposal, Emperor Wudi of Han thought carefully and found that in this way, it was not the best of both worlds, whether it was for his sister Princess Pingyang or for himself, it was a choice to maximize the interests, why say so?
For the benefits of Princess Pingyang, I have analyzed it earlier, and the benefits of Emperor Wudi of Han are actually mainly the benefits of imperial power, originally Emperor Wudi of Han has always wanted to use a new force of foreign relatives to balance the influence of foreign relatives of the Ajiao family, so as to achieve the concentration of their own imperial power, princess of Pingyang and Wei Zifu's side of the foreign relatives, is definitely the current Han Wudi trustworthy force.
Now Princess Pingyang and Wei Qing are married, it is simply a kiss, whether it is for the side of Princess Pingyang or for the side of Wei Zifu, and Wei Qing have a close relationship, No matter from the relationship between any party, Wei Qing will be absolutely loyal to himself, and more importantly, after such a combination, Emperor Wu of Han, Wei Qing, Wei Zifu and Princess Pingyang will become a whole, and everyone will warm up to deal with the foreign relatives of the Ajiao Group, and the difficulty will naturally decrease.
For Wei Zifu and Wei Qing
After Princess Pingyang and Emperor Wu of Han agreed to this family affair, in fact, things have been basically nailed down, but in this matter, we need to pay attention to a detail, Wei Zifu can play a key role, this family affair has the factor of Wei Zifu's matchmaking.
Why would Wei Zifu go to this family affair? In addition to hoping that Wei Qing and Princess Pingyang will unite to achieve the purpose of joining forces and benefiting the development of the Wei family, another more important reason is that the Wei Zifu family wants to repay the favor.
It can be said that the later prosperity of the Wei family was basically possessed by Wei Zifu to get the favor of Emperor Wu of Han, and Wei Zifu was favored by Emperor Wu of Han and had an inseparable relationship with Princess Pingyang. At that time, The Wei Zifu family was only a subordinate in the Pingyang Princess's mansion, but because Wei Zifu was good-looking, the Princess of Pingyang treated Wei Zifu kindly, hoping that one day Wei Zifu could come in handy.
In fact, at that time, Princess Pingyang, in order to please Emperor Wu of Han, often changed the method to send some beautiful women to her brother, Emperor Wu of Han was also happy about this matter, and later once Emperor Wu of Han went to the home of Princess Pingyang as a guest, after the staggering of chips, Emperor Wu of Han was already slightly drunk, Princess Pingyang took the opportunity to find a group of beautiful women, let Emperor Wu of Han choose, after Emperor Wu of Han read it, there was no match, and later Princess Pingyang let Wei Zifu come out, and Emperor Wu of Han saw Wei Zifu's first glance, and he hit Wei Zifu, Bring it to the changing room and you'll be lucky.
After having the blessing of Emperor Wu of Han, Wei Zifu flew up the branch to become a phoenix, and Emperor Wu of Han wanted to take him into the palace to be crowned as a concubine, and on the occasion of parting, Princess Pingyang also told Wei Zifu that if one day he flew yellow and tengda, he could not forget himself.
Obviously, Wei Zifu did not forget the kindness of Princess Pingyang, so after his family became more and more powerful, Wei Zifu looked at princess Pingyang, who was widowed twice in a row, and was lonely and bitter, and unconsciously had mixed feelings in his heart, so he often told Emperor Wu of Han about the marriage between Princess Pingyang and Wei Qing.
For Wei Qing, when she was in the Palace of princess Pingyang, Princess Pingyang treated her family really well, plus Princess Pingyang was the sister of Emperor Wu of Han, and of course she had to agree to this family affair, otherwise the position of great general would probably not be saved.
epilogue
Princess Pingyang, a widow who has been married twice, eventually married to the young general Wei Qing, who is exactly like the sun in the sky, has the princess of Pingyang's vision of future life and the yearning for power, and also has the purpose of Emperor Wudi of Han wanting to use political marriage to balance foreign relatives, more importantly, Princess Pingyang has kindness to the Wei Zifu family, Wei Zifu and Wei Qing can have everything at the moment, all of which are forged by the Princess of Pingyang, such kindness, if you can repay through a marriage, Why not Wei Zifu and Wei Qing and others?
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