The Han Dynasty is one of the most long-lived dynasties in the history of the mainland, from the Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty, a total of 407 years, 24 emperors. In the history of the Western Han Dynasty, it is necessary to mention the once glorious Wang clan and the new dynasty of Wang Mang that ended the Western Han Dynasty, and the fate of this late Western Han Dynasty has a lot to do with this legendary woman who has gone through seven dynasties, she is Wang Zhengjun.
Wang Zhengjun was born ok, the second daughter of the Marquis of Pingyang, because she had been calculated by the Xiangshi that she would be noble in the future, the family taught her to read and write, play the piano and drums from an early age, hoping that when she grew up, she would bring greater glory to the family and continue to be rich. Although Wang Zhengjun is plain-looking, he is gentle and supple, and is the type of well-behaved woman that the elders like. Her life can be said to be extremely lucky, but it can also be said to be very unfortunate.
Let's start with the lucky side! Wang Zhengjun was summoned to the palace at the age of eighteen, and in the harem, it can be said that she was possessed by the goddess of luck who won the lottery, and she soared all the way up, and finally the mother was the world.
When she first entered the palace, Empress Huo (Empress Liu Of han Xuan) chose a concubine for her son Liu Yi (Emperor Yuan of Han). This Liu Yi was an infatuated species, and at this time he was in the midst of grief at missing his deceased wife Sima Liangdi, and he had no intention of continuing the string, let alone the plain-looking Wang Zhengjun, even if he was a fairy, it was estimated that he would not be moved. Wang Zhengjun was selected by Empress Huo from the sea at that time, and later successfully entered the top five. In the great hall of the ultimate PK, she wore a very bright red lace dress and sat in the seat closest to Liu Yi. During the banquet, Empress Huo saw her son's absent-minded look, and was very anxious, repeatedly urging him to hurry up and choose. Liu Yi was really helpless, thinking: Just casually refer to one. Wang Zhengjun sat closest, and his clothes were really bright, so he was lucky to be hit by Liu Yi's lucky hand. Empress Huo was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered someone to send Wang Zhengjun to the Eastern Palace. Wang Zhengjun, who had been blessed once by Liu Yi, was lucky enough to become pregnant, and the emperor fell to the ground after October. With the ascension of her husband Liu Yi to the throne, her son Liu Xiao was made crown prince, and Wang Zhengjun was promoted to empress by her son Guidi. Later, she became the empress dowager and the empress dowager, although the process was full of twists and turns, but she always fulfilled the original prophecy, and her life was glorious and noble.
Next, let's talk about her misfortune! Youth: the husband abandons himself; Middle age: the son hates himself; Old age: Nephew betrays himself. In the end, she broke the Han Dynasty and carried thousands of years of infamy.
It is rumored that Wang Zhengjun was only blessed once in his life by her husband, and has been alone in the empty house ever since. On the surface, she is actually extremely lonely and lonely, living in yongxiang like a widow. Not only was her husband dissatisfied with her, but he also disliked their son Liu Xiao (Emperor Cheng of Han). Liu Xiao was a rebellious child, coupled with the disapproval of Wang Zhengjun, and soon the mother and son faced the fate of being deposed, but fortunately they were finally persuaded by the chancellor. After her husband's death, her son Liu Xiao ascended the throne, but this Liu Xiao was dissatisfied with the Interference of the Wang clan in the affairs of the dynasty, but he also connived at Zhao Feiyan's sisters to commit adultery in the harem and killed their sons for them. As the empress dowager, Wang Zhengjun could have spent her old age in Changle Palace, but her son was not angry, and her mother's family had to rely on her to seize power to stabilize the power of the government and the opposition, so she eventually became a woman who even her own son hated and suspected. During the period when Liu Xiao was proclaimed emperor, the Wang clan was indeed in power with the help of Wang Zhengjun and had an incomparable scenery, but all this began to have a crisis with Liu Xiao's death. Liu Xiao was childless under his knees, and the throne fell to empress dowager Dingtao. In order to maintain his position, Wang Zhengjun could only continuously consolidate the power of his own Wang clan, and single-handedly cultivated his nephew Wang Mang. Raising Wang Mang to the throne was perhaps the most regrettable thing she had done in her life. After Wang Mang ascended to the throne, he began to form a wide range of henchmen and exclude dissidents. Desire is endless, dissatisfied with the fact that Wang Mang, who is under one person, kills the young emperor, manipulates the puppet, and finally simply usurps the throne and claims the throne. All this Wang Zhengjun saw in his eyes but helpless, and she spent the last five years of melancholy in the harem, and died in February of the thirteenth year of the common era at the age of eighty-four.
Wang Zhengjun's life went through the Han Dynasty Xuan Emperor - Yuan Emperor - Cheng Emperor - Emperor Wai - Emperor Ping - Widow Baby - Wang Mang New Dynasty, a total of seven dynasties, should have been able to become a mother of the world of the Great Han Xian, but because of the previous dynasty's partisan disputes and the stable position of the harem, and finally lost a thousand years of hatred. The demise of the Western Han Dynasty may be the decline of the dynasty itself, with its historical inevitability, but the emergence of Wang Zhengjun happened to be an accident, she indirectly contributed to Wang Mang's usurpation of the throne, the fall of the Western Han Dynasty, and also made herself leave a bad reputation in history.