As we all know, under the ancient marriage system, women can be said to be oppressed, there is a saying "marrying chickens with chickens, marrying dogs with dogs", which also shows the helplessness of ancient women for marriage autonomy to a certain extent.
The historical figure to be told today, she was the first empress after the Qing army entered the customs, however, she was deposed because of "princess disease", this legendary woman, named Meng Guqing in Chinese, her Mongolian name is "Borjigit Erdenibumba"
Since it is said that she committed the "princess disease" and was deposed, then she is a princess herself, Meng Guqing's identity is not simple, her father is the Prince borjigit Wu Keshan of Mongolia during the Qing Dynasty, and her aunt is the famous Empress Xiaozhuang in history.
The Shunzhi Emperor was the third emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the first emperor after the Qing army entered the customs. At that time, the Shunzhi Emperor was still young, and Empress Xiaozhuang and Dolgun advocated marrying Meng Guqing to Shunzhi for their own interests, of course, the Shunzhi Emperor married Meng Guqing, which was also a political marriage between Mengqing and Qing.
However, Meng Guqing became the empress of the Qing Dynasty, and within three years, she was deposed and demoted to Concubine Jing. Why?
There are several reasons for this:
First, according to historical data, the Shunzhi Emperor retorted to the minister's words, he believed that Meng Guqing was "incompetent, so he should be deposed", and the ancient empress, in addition to being the emperor's wife, also had to command and manage the harem, because Meng Guqing was unable to manage the harem, so he was deposed by the righteous.
Second, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty were mostly advocating frugality, and Shunzhi and Qianlong were notoriously frugal, however, as empresses, Meng Guqing was a Mongolian princess from childhood, favored by thousands of people, and was accustomed to a luxurious life. The difference in life concepts makes the two go farther and farther.
Third, jealousy. According to the description of the historical material "Filial Piety empress", Meng Guqing was a very beautiful woman, but she was very jealous of other concubines in the palace, believing that the Shunzhi Emperor could not spoil other concubines, however, the ancient emperors were all three thousand harem beauties. Meng Guqing interfered in Shunzhi's private life, which made the Shunzhi Emperor extremely upset.
Of course, there are many other reasons, such as some people believe that Meng Guqing's marriage was a mother-son fighting method between Empress Xiaozhuang and The Shunzhi Emperor, and it was also a means used by Dolgun to suppress the Shunzhi Emperor, and later Dorgon died, and Empress Xiaozhuang was inferior in the mother-child fighting method, so the Shunzhi Emperor was deposed.
At the same time, after the Shunzhi Emperor wanted to abolish it, the ministers of the court naturally strongly opposed it and wrote to advise him, and the reasons for the Shunzhi Emperor's rebuttal, in addition to believing that the ministers were selling their fame and wanting to retain their reputation, also believed that li Mengguqing was designated by Dorgon and was not voluntary.
In addition, some people believe that in the Shunzhi Emperor's own mind, there are already new empress candidates, and after the abolition of Meng Guqing, the shunzhi Emperor's heart candidates can be replaced.
So, after Meng Guqing was deposed, where did he go? There are two theories. One is that according to the historical book "Records of the Li Dynasty", after Meng Guqing was deposed, he was angry and fled back to Mongolia, and he was already pregnant with the child of the Shunzhi Emperor in his belly, and fled back to his mother's house to give birth to a prince. Shunzhi once wanted to take back the crown prince, but was refused, Shunzhi sent troops to retake the prince, who expected the Mongolian army to resist, can only give up, from then on, Meng Guqing never returned to the Forbidden City.
There is also a theory that after Meng Guqing was deposed, she became a concubine, trapped in the Forbidden City and aged, and was finally buried in the Qing Tombs.
The above two statements, for Meng Guqing, are one joy and one sad.