During the reign of Emperor Wen of Han, there was a middle-aged woman who one day found a fortune teller to tell fortunes for her children.
This lady had three sons and two daughters. When the fortune teller counted everyone else, he didn't say anything. But when he counted the eldest queen, the fortune teller suddenly said that this daughter would marry the emperor in the future and give birth to a prince.
After hearing the fortune teller say this, this lady was naturally overjoyed. But at the same time, the lady began to be afraid again. Because her eldest daughter at that time had already been married! And this son-in-law of hers is just an ordinary person! Not some emperor?
That is to say, if what this fortune teller said is true, then there are only two possibilities. Either her daughter will divorce immediately, and then find an opportunity to marry the emperor. Either let her son-in-law rebel and find a way to become the emperor in the future.
Both of these methods are obviously outrageous.
In ancient times, everyone generally attached more importance to fortune-telling. After this fortune-telling, the lady began to ponder the matter. If his daughter marries the emperor and gives birth to a prince, then his entire family will obviously be completely developed in the future. From now on, it will definitely enjoy endless glory and wealth.
However, how to make your married daughter find an opportunity to become a queen is indeed a difficult problem.
So later, the lady thought about it and felt that it was easier to divorce her daughters than to rebel.
For the sake of the power and wealth of the entire family, this lady also did not care about the fact that her daughter had already married. Directly as a mother, forcibly divorced her daughter. After the divorce was completed, she found a lot of relationships, and finally actually sent her daughter to the palace.
If this is done in modern times, everyone will definitely think that this mother is crazy. But at that time, what happened next was to surprise everyone. After that, the development of things turned out to be really the same as the fortune teller said. This married daughter turned out to be the queen later. Moreover, she later gave birth to a child, the heroic Emperor Wudi of Han.
The story about Emperor Hanwudi's mother, in fact, we have to start with Emperor Hanwudi's grandmother, that is, the cowman who forcibly divorced his daughter.
Speaking of which, this grandmother of Emperor Wudi of Han, she also has a bit of a background. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Gaozu of Han created a prince with a different surname, Wang Yan Wang Zang Xuan. Emperor Wudi of Han's grandmother was the granddaughter of this Yan king Zang Xuan, named Zang'er. But later, this Yan king Zang Xuan rebelled, and then was suppressed by Liu Bang. In this way, his descendants naturally declined.
Because of the middle of the family, when Zang'er grows up, she can naturally only marry ordinary people. Marrying a commoner, Zang'er also accepted her life at that time. But later, Zang'er's first husband died very early, and in order to support her children, Zang'er could only remarry a family surnamed Tian, and later gave birth to two sons.
Because of this special family lineage, although Zang'er was a commoner, her education level was not low. Moreover, he also recognized this kind of thing as fortune-telling, which was also an important reason why Zang Er let her daughter divorce directly.
Zang'er's early experience was already relatively bumpy. And before that fortune teller appeared, her eldest daughter Wang Jiao was also married. Because their family is an ordinary family, Zang'er's eldest daughter Wang Jiao can naturally only marry an ordinary person.
Wang Jiao's first husband was named Jin Wang Sun, just an ordinary farmer. Moreover, before the advent of that fortune-telling, Wang Jiao also gave birth to a daughter to this Jin Wang Sun, named Jin Custom.
Before the advent of that fortune-telling, people were actually quite happy. It's just that after that fortune-telling, the more Zang Er thought about it, the more angry she felt. So later, Zang Er directly took her daughter back from the Jin family as a mother.
In this way, the Jin family was naturally unwilling, and later came to the Zang family to look for it. Unfortunately, at that time, Wang Jiao had also been moved by her mother and did not want to go back at all. So later, there was no way, Jin Wang Sun could only accept this result, and then left his daughter Jin Yu by his side.
In this way, after the divorce was completed, Wang Jiao became single again. After that, after Zang'er's operation, Wang Jiao was really sent to the prince's mansion as a married woman.
After entering the Prince's Mansion, what happened next, we do not know. We only know that Wang Jiao not only became the prince's woman, but also received the prince's favor. And this prince is the later Hanjing Emperor Liu Qi. Because of Liu Qi's favor, Wang Jiao was first named a beauty, and then gave birth to three daughters and a son in succession.
When Wang Jiao gave birth to this son, Liu Qi already had nine sons before. Therefore, this son can only rank the eldest ten.
This eleventh child is the later Emperor Wudi of Han.
Legend has it that when Empress Wang was pregnant with Emperor Wudi of Han, both Empress Wang and Emperor Jing of Han had a fetal dream. The queen dreamed of a sun and fell into her arms; And Liu Qi dreamed that his grandfather Han Gao ancestor Liu Bangtuo dreamed to himself, saying that this child would have a big career in the future and should be named Liu Biao.
For this reason, after the boy was born, Emperor Hanjing named the child Liu Biao according to this dream, because Liu Biao's This 彘, which means pig in ancient times, is not very good. So later, the name was changed to Liu Che.
Because Liu Che was the tenth son of Emperor Jing of Han, according to the traditional primogeniture system, Liu Che naturally had no chance to be made crown prince. Before Liu Che, Emperor Jing of Han had already made his eldest son Liu Rong crown prince. As for Liu Che, he was only made the King of Jiaodong.
According to this trend, Liu Che originally had no chance to become an emperor.
But during this period, Liu Che's mother, Empress Wang, began to gradually exert her strength.
Empress Wang married into the palace because of what the fortune teller said. The fortune teller said that Empress Wang would marry the emperor and give birth to a prince. In this way, she did marry the emperor, but the crown prince was not her son. So next, the queen began to wonder if this fortune teller was true?
But at this point, he has already entered the palace, and then he can only go forward. The queen wanted her son to be crown prince, but now she already had a prince. So next, what should she do to pull Liu Rong from the position of prince?
After thinking about it for a long time, Wang Jiao thought that in the early Han Dynasty, there had been an incident of chaotic government after Lu. Because of the old incident of Empress Lu back then, the later emperors of the Han Dynasty were particularly afraid of repeating the same mistakes. So at this time, Wang Jiao hit the prince's mother with the idea. Although she can't get the prince, she has the opportunity to get the prince's mother.
The prince's mother, named Kurihime. This Li Ji has also been in the palace for many years and is deeply loved by Liu Qi, the emperor of Hanjing. Judging from the situation at that time, Li Ji herself was very favored, and her son was a prince. No matter how you look at it, the position seems to be very solid.
But it is such a Li Ji, but there is a weakness, that is, she has a very violent personality and speaks particularly badly. Therefore, in the palace, Li Ji's popularity is particularly poor, but because of her identity, everyone does not dare to offend her.
So next, Wang Jiao began to think of a way to start with Li Ji.
At that time, Wang Jiao noticed that Emperor Han Jing and his sister Princess Guantao had a good relationship. Emperor Han Jing listened to Princess Guantao, and this Princess Guantao was a very shrewd person. When Liu Rong was made crown prince before, in order to stabilize her power, Princess Guantao once offered to marry her daughter to Liu Rong.
But as a result, in the face of Princess Guantao's offer, Li Ji directly refused. Li Ji believes that Princess Guantao's husband is just an ordinary marquis and is not worthy of his son at all. After being rejected by Li Ji, because Li Ji spoke more ugly, Princess Guantao was naturally furious, and the two turned against each other.
After knowing this, Wang Jiao took the initiative to come to the door and went to draw a big cake for Princess Guantao. Wang Jiao not only took the initiative to marry, but also promised that if her son became a prince in the future, she would definitely make Princess Guantao's daughter a crown prince, and she would directly become an empress in the future.
In this way, Princess Guantao naturally fell to Wang Jiao's side, and the two also directly formed a doll kiss for the child and formed a political alliance.
After making this marriage, Wang Jiao also asked the young Liu Che if he would like to marry Chen Ajiao, the daughter of Princess Guantao. Liu Che replied at that time, I am willing, if Chen Ajiao can marry herself, I will build a golden house for Chen Ajiao and hide Chen Ajiao, which is the famous allusion to "Golden House Zangjiao".
After the two formed an alliance, Princess Guantao began to slander Li Ji in front of Emperor Jing of Han, saying that Li Ji practiced witchcraft and cursed other concubines and princes. Although there is no evidence for this matter, and Emperor Han Jing did not treat Li Ji well, his psychology left a shadow somewhat.
And what happened next pushed Li Ji to a dead end step by step.
Li Ji has also begun to expand more and more since her son was crowned prince. Li Ji's personality was originally very irritable, and now that her son has been crowned prince, her arrogance is naturally more arrogant, and she simply doesn't put anyone in her eyes.
If Li Ji just lost her temper with her subordinates, it wouldn't be a big deal. The problem was that she couldn't control herself, and she dared to lose her temper with Emperor Hanjing.
Once, Emperor Hanjing fell seriously ill, and during his serious illness, he told Li Ji that after he died in the future, he hoped that Li Ji would treat his other children well, and also treat other concubines well. This statement actually already has the meaning of Tuo Gu, but Fan Li Ji is a little politically savvy, at this time, he should immediately agree to stabilize his son's status first.
But the problem was that Kuri Ji did not control her temper well at that time. As soon as Li Ji heard that Emperor Han Jing was seriously ill to this point, she still thought about other women, and immediately began to play a little temper, and said a lot of bad things, which made Emperor Han Jing angry.
If after this incident, Emperor Han Jing really died, this matter would not be nothing. But as a result, after this, Emperor Hanjing was cured.
Therefore, later in the heart of Emperor Hanjing, this matter became a knot. After Wang Jiao noticed this incident, she began to take the initiative.
At that time, Wang Jiao first united with the ministers below and asked the ministers to play, saying that the position of the crown prince's mother was too low, and it would be better if she could be crowned empress. At this time, Emperor Han Jing was just angry, and after listening to this minister's play, he immediately thought that Li Ji ordered the ministers to do it.
If Li Ji had been favored before, this matter would not be nothing. But now, Emperor Han Jing already has a knot, and this matter is a big problem. In the eyes of Emperor Hanjing at this time, this is Li Ji's anxious to be the empress and empress dowager, looking forward to her early death.
After having this knot, next, Emperor Han Jing carefully calculated again. Emperor Jing of Han believed that Li Ji's personality was indeed more irritable, and it was very likely that he would be like Empress Lü in the past, and would control the imperial government after his death. And judging from Li Ji's performance, it is estimated that after the death of Emperor Hanjing, she will not treat other children and concubines kindly.
Giving the world to such a woman, Emperor Hanjing was really not at ease. So next, Emperor Han Jing simply ruthlessly abolished Liu Rong's position as crown prince. And after Liu Rong was deposed, because Princess Guantao was by Emperor Hanjing's side all year round, she said good things about Liu Che. Coupled with Emperor Han Jing himself, he really liked Liu Che. So next, Emperor Han Jing directly made Liu Che the new crown prince.
In this way, with Liu Che being made crown prince, Wang Jiao's position was completely stabilized. Later, because of her son, Wang Jiao successively became empress and empress. By this time, the words of the fortune teller could be regarded as completely true.
Speaking of which, the experience of Empress Wang is also very legendary. Because of what a fortune teller said, he dared to divorce directly. No matter what era this matter is placed in, it requires a lot of courage.
Of course, the forced divorce between Empress Wang and her first husband is indeed not authentic. But the cause and effect in this world is also difficult to say, if Wang Jia did not listen to the fortune teller, there may not be Emperor Wudi of Han later.