The life of Queen Elizabeth I of England can be described as wonderful, more dramatic than drama, because the mother is the queen's maid, as a little three, and then abandoned by the king to the guillotine, Elizabeth became an illegitimate daughter, until the king's sixth queen appeared, to help her restore the inheritance, but the tragic experience of childhood is not over.
First, before ascending the throne, his life is in danger
Although Elizabeth has the qualification to inherit the throne, her sister "Bloody Mary" hates this half-sister incomparably, because Elizabeth's mother took the throne of the queen, causing the sister to fall from the favored little princess to a high position, so, during Mary's reign, Elizabeth lived a particularly careful life, all kinds of flattery to her sister, life like walking on thin ice, but still could not escape being thrown into the big prison by the "false" crime - the Tower of London, entering here, almost equivalent to the death penalty, but in the end the sister was soft-hearted Before dying, he passed the throne to her.
But ascending to the throne does not mean that she will sit back and relax once and for all, and a greater crisis is still waiting for her.
Second, the first strong enemy to serve around
Elizabeth I had just taken over England, facing a situation of heavy debt, financial and military weakness, that is, taking over a mess, as well as internal and external troubles. Facing the squeeze of the powerful France and Spain externally, as well as the hostility of the Holy See, facing the eyes of the court's heavy courtiers such as Norfolk, and the covetousness of the Queen of Scotland, at the same time, there is no money, no army, no support, but the only thing that is not lacking is the enemy.
In such a harsh living environment, Elizabeth is not only unstable on the throne, but even her life is difficult to protect.
Opponents constantly questioned the legitimacy of her succession to the throne, always attacking her with words such as illegitimate daughter and witch, and the courtiers even saw no one sneaking into the palace, and even more terrifying was the attack, and the queen was almost shot on the night cruise ship that greeted the Duke of Anjou in France.
In such a dangerous situation, the courtier repeatedly advised her to keep the throne through marriage, increase political chips, and ensure personal safety.
But even in such an extremely bad situation, the queen is still unmoved, because she knows that the people at home are jealous of the queen's marriage with foreigners, and if she chooses the domestic nobility, it will increase the struggle between the internal powerful and powerful, so as smart as she is, she will not marry anyone, but chooses to maneuver between various men, giving people hope and not really agreeing, but can profit from it, win support, and maintain stability.
It can be said that the queen is a master of the love field and a water artist, she is rational and sober, and does not let the love brain pit herself, but uses her feelings to maintain the stability of her royal power. This alone has surpassed the vast majority of women.
3. Stabilize the situation during rule
In order to secure the throne, the queen absolutely could not sit still, and she began to take the initiative to change the unfavorable situation.
First of all, in order to avoid domestic ideological confusion, she continued to implement the "Kingship Act" that had been shelved, that is, to make the theocracy submissive to the kingship, which would threaten the authority of the Pope of Rome, and also invited the queen to kill herself, for this bill to vote, the queen repeatedly practiced, and the court ministers staged a scene of tongue war, fortunately, the queen reacted quickly, faced with various difficulties of the ministers, all skillfully resolved, and finally the bill was passed, the queen obtained the unity of rights, but the Pope of Rome held a grudge, secretly sent killers to assassinate the queen, Fortunately, there was no danger, and he escaped a disaster.
Secondly, the Duke of Norfolk, a major minister of the imperial court, launched a rebellion, and the queen had already secretly laid down eyeliner, secretly intercepted the information, and finally grabbed the handle and killed her opponent for treason.
Third, in the face of the threat to the kingship of Mary de Guise, queen of Scots, she has always disobeyed the Queen of England, bent on seizing the throne, and even uniting the French royal family, resulting in the invasion of England. In order to eliminate the threat, Elizabeth I sent her own cronies to stage a direct subordination drama, and the arrogant Queen of Scotland believed it to be true, was assassinated in bed, and another important enemy was solved.
Solved one stubborn and powerful enemy after another, facing one threat to life again and again, Elizabeth finally sat on the throne, but it did not mean that the threat disappeared completely, Catholic Spain finally launched a war, in the face of a strong enemy, Elizabeth knew that the disparity in strength, the probability of failure was extremely high, fearful, all kinds of inquiries about astrologers, want to get some inner peace, the clever astrologer said a meaningful word: when the storm comes, everyone will show her nature, Some people are stunned by fear, some people run away, some people hide, and some people spread their wings to soar freely in the wind. In the face of this crisis, England really gambled on the fortunes of the country, the queen released prisoners, mobilized civilians, and unanimously fought against strong enemies, fortunately, the storm struck, God blessed England, defeated the Spanish Armada, perhaps it was really providence, so that the country was not annexed.
In this challenge and crisis, Elizabeth showed amazing courage and courage, and in the moment when fate choked her throat again and again, she broke free in danger.
Fourth, the struggle under the male power
Elizabeth I lived in the sixteenth century, although Britain gradually entered the modern era, but it is still a patriarchal era, even if it is as noble as the queen, it is inevitable to face the tilt from the patriarchal world, from the advice of the minister to the daily marriage promotion.
Sir William, the old minister, repeatedly used the word "must" in an inquisition, which greatly aroused the queen's disgust and was directly rebuked: "must" is not a word used for the monarch, and directly affirms that he will follow his own opinion in the future, but he was very negatively responded by the old minister - "Forgive me, Your Majesty, but you are only a woman", this sentence completely angered the queen and opened an exciting counterattack: I may be a woman, Sir William, but if I can choose, I am willing to have a man's heart. I am my father's daughter and I am fearless. Finally, the Queen awarded him lordship and told him to return home.
Noble as a monarch, it will still be questioned, which shows that in the social background at that time, as a woman, it was difficult to achieve a hegemony, and only with a strong heart could it be lower than the open guns and arrows from the outside world.
V. The king's rationality is merciless
As the king of a country, whether you can move the truth, or love a person according to your own will, and live exactly according to your own wishes, the answer is almost no.
The reason is very simple, as the queen, she represents the image of the whole country, if you live exactly according to your own wishes, there is too much love and hatred, it is bound to affect the stability and development of the country, serious will lose the hearts of the people and be abandoned, lose the throne and life is not guaranteed, the Queen of Scotland is a typical negative case.
Also as the queen, Elizabeth and Mary Stuart, queen of Scots, is a person who dares to love and hate, romantic and amorous, many men have died because of her, including her husband, but because of her indulgent and immoral behavior, seriously hurt the hearts of the people, and eventually abandoned by the state, and finally fell into the hands of Elizabeth I, not willing to rebel, tragically died on the guillotine, but unfortunately she was born noble, beautiful, and finally ended up like this.
And Elizabeth I, who experienced ups and downs since childhood, because she witnessed the killing of her mother and the squeeze of her bloody sister since childhood, developed the habit of being cautious and cautious, did things very rationally, would not be desperate for love, but had a very rational and sober understanding of love marriage, knew how to exercise restraint, and finally achieved the "golden age" of England, which was respected and loved by the people.
If you are an ordinary person, you may be able to have fun to pursue love and pursue yourself, but the monarch in a high position, a little carelessness will lead to a big mistake, if you put personal preferences above the national interest, it is absolutely a disaster, and you may eventually lose everything.
After watching "Elizabeth" 1 and 2, it will really be shocked, I have to say, in such an era when feminism has not yet risen, as a woman, you can challenge the world in this way, what kind of determination and courage is needed, living in the current highly civilized society, in the face of various doubts or criticisms of women from the outside world, how will you face? Maybe looking at this movie, you will find a good answer.