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In the TV series "The Legend of Lu Zhen", there is such a character, after she was demoted to a concubine, she was relegated to the palace and caused great chaos in the world, she was Empress Lou Zhaojun. So what kind of person was Empress Lou in history?
In fact, the historical Empress Lou can be described as the strongest mother in history. Each of the 8 children born has a chance! 4 became emperors! 2 became queens. This wave of operational education experts will play 10 666s to show admiration.
Today, the black beaver will talk to you about the differences between Lou Zhaojun in the play and the historical Empress Lou!
(1) Origin problems
In the play, Xiao Zhaoyun once told the truth that Lou Zhaojun was born in a humble place in public, and she said that Lou Zhaojun's grandfather was a commoner. In that era when there were many clans, this was undoubtedly an insult to Lou Zhaojun's humble origins.
Historically, Empress Lou was a lady of the Eight Classics of the Eight Classics, and she was famous for her thousands of dollars. Her grandfather was Zhen Dinghou and her father was Lord Situ. The people who wanted to marry her were lined up from here to France.
(2) Degrading a wife to a concubine
In the play, there is no story of Lou Zhaojun's early married life, but it is clearly stated that lou Zhaojun let Princess Rouran sit on the empress operation in order to appease people's hearts, that is, Empress Yu in the play.
Historically, when Empress Lou married the old emperor, not only did she not ask the other party for a dime bride price, but also secretly let her subordinates send gold and silver to the old emperor, and when the old emperor had saved enough, she would marry Empress Dowager Baifumei. After that, with the help of Empress Lou, the old emperor stepped onto the peak of his life step by step.
However, in order to stabilize the position of the old emperor, Empress Lou gave up the position of a concubine and made Princess Worm an empress, while she was demoted to a concubine and lived cautiously.
(3) The issue of heirs
In the play, Lou Zhaojun only gave birth to one son, Gao Yan, and Gao Zhan, the son of Empress Yu.
Historically, Lou Zhaojun gave birth to 8 children. 6 sons and 2 daughters, Gao Yan and Gao Zhan are her sons.
Her sons are talented. Emperor Wenxiang Gao Cheng, Emperor Wenxuan Gao Yang, Emperor Xiaozhao Gao Yan, and Emperor Wucheng Gao Zhan, were all good emperors. The two daughters were Empress Yongxi of The Northern Wei Xiaowu Emperor and Empress Gao of the Eastern Wei Xiaojing Emperor.
(4) Management of the harem
In the play, Lou Zhaojun superficially has a lot of respect for Empress Yu, but in fact, he does not make small moves behind his back. For example, poisoning Empress Yu, such as robbing Empress Yu of her favored marriage background, such as assassinating Empress Yu's son Gao Zhan, such as many foreign rebellions.
The historical Empress Lou was not like this at all. She treated people generously, took good care of the old emperor's concubines, and the back house was peaceful. She was also courteous to the Worm Queen, and she had never done anything to assassinate the Queen.
Because Empress Lou was originally a gentle woman, she was not jealous or angry, and she was a veritable bridesmaid. Moreover, she did not care to fight with the harem concubines.
First, she gave birth to 6 sons, and the probability of the sons inheriting the throne was too high; second, her position in the eyes of the old emperor was extraordinary, not a creepy princess could replace; third, her popularity had always been good, and she had the support of harem concubines and female officials; fourth, her matriarch was strong enough, and there was such a patronage, and she disdained to compete for favors!
(5) About the ending
In the play, Lou Zhaojun died under the arrows because of the failure of the rebellion. And her only child, Gao Yan, also died young.
Historically, although Empress Lou's sons all died young, no matter who became emperor, her position as empress dowager never changed. He even became the empress dowager for a few days.
All in all, this Empress Lou is a real heroine. I don't know why the TV series didn't shoot with her as the female number one!