After a long period of film and television performances and publicity, it may be in everyone's mind that the first female emperor of China was Wu Zetian of the Wuzhou Dynasty.
Wu Zetian
But in fact, it is not, the titular first female emperor has someone else, and she also has a treasure name, which is estimated to be the inspiration for the northern Wei female emperor of the previous hit TV series "Qing Yu Nian", she is the "Yuan Girl" of the Northern Wei State during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
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Yuan Girl, whose original surname is Tuoba, a native of Luoyang, in fact she is only a puppet emperor, and is a puppet with no thought at all, because she was only one month old when she succeeded to the throne, or a baby in infancy, belonging to the passive succession, although there is an era name of Wutai, but the succession was abolished after a day, does it feel like a child's play? In fact, this also starts from the contradictions and struggles between the royal family.
Yuan's grandmother was Empress Dowager Hu of northern Wei, a versatile and intelligent Hu clan who was honored as an imperial concubine after her young son Xiaoming Emperor Yuanxue succeeded to the throne, but she was good at scheming and ambitious, and then colluded with the powerful ministers to get rid of empress dowager Gao Ying and others, and began to rule the dynasty and take sole power.
However, as her emperor's son gradually grew up, the contradiction between Empress Dowager Hu and her son became deeper and deeper, enjoyed the benefits of power, got used to the feeling that she was the only master, and how willing she was willing to take the initiative to return to the government! Moreover, standing on the highest power, she had no one to control, and politically excluded dissidents, which aroused the resentment of the courtiers; in her personal life, when her son executed the object of her adultery, The King of Qinghe, the King of Qinghe, the contradiction between mother and son finally broke out.
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As a result, in March 31, 528, Empress Dowager Hu poisoned her son Emperor Xiaoming to death. However, she herself was still afraid of causing public indignation, and ancient people paid attention to an orthodox position, so the next day, that is, April 1, she took the first descendant of Emperor Xiaoming who had just been born to inherit the throne, and even tricked the ministers into saying that this matter was a pure "prince" - in fact, it was the girl Yuan girl, and the historical coincidence was that this day is our current April Fool's Day, hahaha, can't help but guess whether Empress Hu crossed back!
Subsequently, Empress Dowager Hu saw that after Emperor Xiaoming's death, the situation was still stable, but under the pressure of the imperial family and public opinion, she deposed Yuan Girl on the same day and made Yuan Zhao, the son of the other princes, emperor.
As the saying goes: Many unrighteous deeds will kill themselves. After this series of absurd and chaotic royal power struggles, someone finally came out.
A month later, on April 13, under the banner of avenging Emperor Xiaoming, the Qihu chieftain Erzhu Rong launched the "Heyin Revolution", the army attacked Luoyang, Empress Hu was difficult to resist, and after the great defeat, more than 2,000 people, including her and Emperor Yuanzhao, as well as other kings of Northern Wei, were all killed, which changed the historical trend of Northern Wei...
And the Yuan girl, who was still crying and crying, was forced to be emperor for a day, and after the war, she disappeared from nowhere... Although she was born in the imperial family and could not help herself, but for a baby is indeed too cruel, I can only wish that she once learned female red and planted spring flowers later...
Therefore, in a sense, Yuan Girl counts as the first female emperor of China, but some people do not recognize her as the first female emperor because she is only a puppet and is succeeded by a male "prince".
Here I have to sigh that the life of ordinary people is also a kind of happiness! Once the power is surrounded, the evil of human nature will surge out, and the desire and selfishness will expand infinitely, like a balloon, but once it explodes, it will hurt not only yourself, but also countless innocent people.
Therefore, people should take history as an admonition, learn to practice, and correctly understand the world and human nature, so that when they reach a certain height or suddenly become rich, they can keep their original intentions and endure for a long time!
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