The TV series "The Legend of Mi Yue" was loved by the audience as soon as it was broadcast, and the ratings achieved a crushing victory. The story mainly tells the life of Mi Yue, from the bullied little princess of the Chu kingdom to the empress dowager with a revered status. Her life experience can be described as very bumpy, but also full of excitement.
"The Legend of Mi Yue" is starred by Sun Li, Liu Tao, Huang Xuan, Ma Su, etc., and the collision between acting skills has sparked a bright spark. This drama not only has a compact and real plot, but also the actors' acting skills are exploded, not to mention the costumes, props and scenes, which suddenly become a drama that the whole people chase together.
This drama not only allows Sun Li to create brilliance again, but also makes Mi Yue well known to everyone. The prototype of Mi Yue is Empress Xuan, the first "Empress Dowager" in history. People can't help but wonder what the real Mi Yue looks like? Is Mi Yue's life really so tragic in history?
First, the road of the empress
As we all know, TV dramas are often far from history, and "The Legend of Mi Yue" is no exception. The study of historical figures should be based on history, and TV dramas cannot represent history. The screenwriter will only care about whether the plot is wonderful, whether the characters are full of personality, and will not care about respecting history.
Empress Xuan was indeed a Chu native, but not a princess, but the daughter of a lowly clan relative of the Chu state. Without wealth, without power, without status, it can be said that it is "three nothings". She was the concubine of King Huiwen of Qin, and was given the title of "Eight Sons of Qi", and her status in the imperial palace was not high.
According to the system at that time, concubines were divided into eight types: queen, lady, beauty, good man, eight sons, seven sons, long envoy, and young envoy, and this order was from honor to inferiority. It can be seen that the eighth son ranks fifth, which is already counted as the bottom, and he is not favored to want to come to Empress Xuan.
After King Wu of Qin ascended the throne, Empress Xuan's son Gongzi Ji (公子稷) was sent to the State of Yan as a hostage. Later, King Wu of Qin was arrogant and arrogant, and died because of his lifting. At this time, King Wu of Qin had no heirs, no one had inherited the throne, and all sides began to compete for the throne for a while, and Empress Xuan was of course among them.
Empress Xuan strategized and used a series of means to support Gongzi Ji to ascend to the throne, and was helped by her younger brother Wei Ran. Gongzi Ji succeeded to the throne smoothly, that is, King Zhaoxiang of Qin. Wei Ran then eliminated, expelled, or killed the other forces vying for the throne; no one dared to oppose Gongzi Ji's succession.
Empress Xuan created the title of empress dowager, becoming the first empress dowager in history. Because Gongzi Ji was young, she handled government affairs as empress dowager, and Wei Ran assisted in government affairs. She achieved the counterattack of life, no longer a concubine that no one cared about, but a supreme empress.
When Qi Bazi became empress, there would be tremendous changes in many aspects, and there was no doubt about this. No matter how beautiful the empress dowager is, it can't change the misery she once had. There are very few historical records of Empress Xuan's youth, but it is also tragic to think of
Empress Xuan's birth was not noble, just in time for the family road to fall, the days must be very hard, indispensable to the blank eyes and insults of others. The reason why she was able to become the concubine of King Huiwen of Qin is unknown, but she is already lucky.
Entering the palace did not bring her much change, even if she gave birth to a son, she could not become the favorite concubine of King Huiwen of Qin. If she was deeply favored, her son would not be sent to yanguo as a proton, and her life would still be difficult. Gong Dou always couldn't escape, and she had to protect herself even more.
2. Eliminate the righteous canals
Yiqu and the Qin state have always been in a state of opposition, and the war between the two has never stopped. When civil unrest broke out in Yiqu, the Qin state sent troops to pacify and take advantage of the opportunity to set up counties, and Yiqu had no choice but to bow down to his subjects. However, the State of Qin did not spare Yiqu, and later still sent troops to attack Yiqu.
Yiqu could not be bullied by the Qin state, so he participated in the Battle of the Five Kingdoms to attack Qin, and the Qin state was defeated. The State of Qin will certainly not let go of Yiqu and continue to attack Yiqu after recovering its vitality. In this way, the contradiction between the Qin state and the Yiqu has continued, and there is no victory or defeat, and the Yiqu has become a major problem in the heart of the Qin state
When King Qin Zhao succeeded to the throne, King Yiqu came to congratulate him and met Empress Xuan. Empress Xuan and King Yiqu admired each other and soon fell in love. In the "Biography of Mi Yue", the King of Yiqu and Mi Yue held a wedding and swore an oath to the grassland together, which was very romantic.
Empress Xuan and King Yiqu had an affair, and the two agreed to jointly build the State of Qin. Empress Xuan received help from King Yiqu and became more and more stable, which was more beneficial to her than harmful. In empress dowager Xuan's eyes, there was more use between her and the King of Yiqu.
Empress Xuan also gave birth to two sons as a result, and thought that the relationship between the two would be more stable with the children. However, Empress Xuan always believed that the King of Yiqu was a threat to the State of Qin, and did not let go of the intention of the King of Yiqu, and she had been conspiring with King Qin Zhao to eliminate the Yiqu. In 272 BC, Empress Xuan lured King Yiqu into Qin and killed him at Ganquan Palace. In the face of love and power, Empress Xuan chose the latter, and her ambitions did not allow her to let the Qin State go unchecked and pursue her love.
There are two kinds of speculations about the King of Yiqu, perhaps he knew that Empress Xuan was going to kill him, but he was still willing to die for love, and used his life to achieve Empress Xuan's ideals. Perhaps he did not know Empress Xuan's plan, but was only attracted by beauty, and the former was more likely.
After the King of Yiqu was killed, the interior of Yiqu naturally became a mess, and the Qin state quickly sent troops to Yiqu to take it down in one fell swoop. From then on, there was no more righteous canal in the world, and there was no more righteous canal king. Did Empress Xuan kill the man who had accompanied her for many years, did she ever regret it for a moment?
3. Major achievements
As King Qin Zhao grew up, he wanted to take power into his own hands. As a result, he seized power from Empress Xuan and expelled Wei Ran and other important ministers from Xianyang, and Empress Xuan's political career ended here. King Zhao of Qin began his reign, and Empress Xuan enjoyed her old age.
During Empress Xuan's reign, the economy of the Qin State and other aspects developed rapidly, and she has been committed to annexing the Six Kingdoms to unify the world, laying a good foundation for the future Qin State to unify the world. Empress Xuan had a certain ability to govern, and she was not clueless.
Empress Xuan's main merits are twofold, one is that she created the title of empress dowager, which opened up a precedent for empress dowager to govern and became a model for future generations. The second is to eliminate the Yiqu, which is a good beginning for the Qin state to unify the world and make great contributions to the great cause of the Qin state.
It can be seen that the historical Empress Xuan and Mi Yue in the TV series are not the same, she is more fierce and fierce, and will stop at nothing to achieve the goal. Her bravery is worth learning, and she has never had a situation of female governance before her, symbolizing that female governance has entered the historical stage
The most regrettable thing is the love between Empress Xuan and King Yiqu, if the time and place are changed, the two people may be a white-headed couple. King Yiqu could be regarded as the man who loved Empress Xuan the most, and then Empress Xuan's favorite Wei ugly husband, who seemed considerate, was actually unwilling to give Empress Xuan a funeral.
If Empress Xuan was born in today's society, she would have done something, and her wisdom and wisdom were beyond the reach of ordinary people, otherwise she would not have ascended to the position of empress dowager. If the Qing Dynasty had been Empress Xuan, not Cixi, perhaps history would have been very different, and the Qing Dynasty might have left a glimmer of life.