In ancient times, the feudal system of the mainland emphasized the inferiority of men and women. Men can have three wives and four concubines, and the emperor even has three thousand harem beauties. But they looked for concubines who were beautiful young women, but qin shi huang, the most famous emperor in the history of the mainland, was particularly fond of a fifty-year-old widow. This makes our descendants very confused? Why would Qin Shi Huang favor a 50-year-old widow?
Qin Shi Huang was the first political figure on the mainland to complete the great unification of China, and some of the systems he created during his reign have been in use for thousands of years. All of us paid much more attention to Qin Shi Huang than any other emperor. Qin Shi Huang's reign was not long, and in addition to paying attention to his political deeds, we also explored his life. Qin Shi Huang did not make an empress, because of his mother, he was extremely distrustful of women, but he had a very high evaluation of a widow Qing.
First, the experience of Qin Shi Huang
Qin Shi Huang was born in Handan, the capital of the Zhao State, and was later taken back to the Qin State. When he was 13 years old, his father died, and he endured many hardships to inherit the throne. However, at that time, the power was in the hands of Lü Buwei, and Yingzheng did not have much actual power. Yingzheng's ambitions were very large, and he secretly cultivated his own forces, and in 238 BC, he quelled the rebellion of Marquis Changxin, and then eliminated Lü Buwei and began to take power alone.
Due to family reasons, Yingzheng is extremely distrustful of women. After he came to power, his mother, the empress dowager, had an affair with the chancellor and gave birth to a child. Moreover, his grandmother was overbearing and robbed him of power, so his impression of women was that of sexual immorality.
According to historical records, the three women related to Qin Shi Huang are the birth mother of Qin Shi Huang, and the other is the widow Qing and Xiangshui goddesses. Qin Shi Huang had very different attitudes toward the three of them. His mother left him with a bad impression of women. The Xiangshui goddess is also a bad impression. When Qin Shi Huang was crossing the Xiang River, there was a sudden strong wind, and there was no way to continue forward, qin shi huang was furious, so he ordered the trees of Xiangshan mountain to be cut down to punish the xiangshui goddess.
Qin Shi Huang's attitude towards Ba Widow Qing was completely different. He had great respect for the widow Qing, let her sit with him in the court, and even took her to the palace to retire. After her death, he sent someone to send her back to her hometown, and built Huaiqingtai to commemorate her. Qin Shi Huang's different evaluation of these three women, in the end, why did he have a very different attitude towards Ba Widow Qing?
2. Ba widow Qing
Ba Widow Qing was a widow in Sichuan who was a large industrial and commercial owner in the Warring States period at that time. After her husband's death, she single-handedly held on to the family business, relying on her own strength to grow the family business even bigger.
Ba Widow Qing's family business is engaged in the mining of alchemical sand, and has mastered unique mining and refining techniques. With this technology, her family monopolized the mining business of Dansha and mastered a lot of wealth. With her own deep pockets, she guards the tranquility of her area.
Sima Qian once wrote about the most influential entrepreneurs in the Spring and Autumn Period, and among the seven entrepreneurs, the widow Qing of Pakistan squeezed into the group as a woman. Moreover, a large amount of mercury in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang was provided by Ba Widow Qing. Moreover, Qin Shi Huang ordered that people be forbidden to build troops privately, but she had an army of more than two thousand people. He later died while going to Xianyang for his retirement.
Third, the reason for pampering
As an emperor, he could have three thousand harem beauties, but he was very fond of a widow in her fifties. According to history, it can be known that the emperor favored a person because the other party could bring him benefits. Therefore, Qin Shi Huang's favor for Ba widow Qing must have been out of the need for interests.
Because of his grandmother and mother, Qin Shi Huang did not have warm and beautiful memories of women, but had a very bad impression of women and was extremely distrustful of women. However, Ba widow Qing was very loyal to her husband and did not remarry after her husband's death. On the contrary, it has maintained the development of the family business and laid a firm foundation for mainland commerce.
At that time, the widow Qing had both a reputation and loyalty to her husband, subverting the female image in the heart of Qin Shi Huang. It was possible to set an example for the women of the country at that time and encourage the women of the country at that time to learn from her.
And according to the current scientific research, there is a lot of mercury in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. In that mercury is made of dansha as raw material, after processing and refining, at that time mercury has antiseptic function can play a certain role in some skin diseases, the ancients believed that the addition of mercury can be immortal.
Immortality is very attractive to every emperor. Because the emperor held the power of the state, he wanted to live a long time, and they often looked for some elixirs that could not be lived, which contained a small amount of dansha.
And Qin Shi Huang wanted to irrigate a lot of mercury in his imperial tomb, which inevitably required a lot of dansha. For the Dansha industry, it is the monopoly of the Ba widow Qing family. Qin Shi Huang did not use force against him, but adopted a policy of Huairou.
Because most of the mercury in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang was contributed by the widow Qing, Qin Shi Huang would be very fond of her, allowing her to establish a private army, and even let her retire in the palace in Xianyang.
And the most important point is that Ba Widow Qing was born in the land of witches who knew the gods, and everyone respected witches at that time. Now, using the means of science and technology, we have analyzed the tomb of Ba Widow Qing and confirmed that Ba Widow Qing was born in the place where she was known to witches in ancient Chinese society. We speculate that the family of Ba Widow Qing is a very prestigious witch family, or that Ba Widow Qing will have some advanced witchcraft.
Ba widow Qing could bring many benefits to Qin Shi Huang. She was dozens of years older than Qin Shi Huang at that time, and she was able to gain the favor of Qin Shi Huang not by appearance, but by her family wealth and politics, and the benefits that could be brought to him militarily. All of the above may be the reason why Qin Shi Huang was particularly fond of The Widow Qing.
summary
As a weak woman, Widow Ba could achieve so much in that era of male superiority and inferiority, which we have to marvel at. After the death of her husband, she not only guarded the family property, but also developed the family industry to a stronger and more brilliant, creating the Dansha Empire. She had a significant impact on the development of business in China. Moreover, because of her status, she was particularly favored by Qin Shi Huang.
Ba widow Qing could cater to Qin Shi Huang's pursuit and provide him with a large amount of Dansha. Moreover, she was born in the land of the Wu Clan, and out of respect for the gods, she was favored by Qin Shi Huang. We can see from various historical sources that the person whom the emperor favors must be someone who can benefit him. Through the matter of the widow of Ba, we can also understand this truth more deeply.