The Han Dynasty was the first great unified dynasty in Chinese history to create a glorious and prosperous era, which lasted for more than 400 years. The reason why the Han Dynasty was able to achieve such glory is inseparable from the efforts of the three emperors of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Han, Emperor Jing of Han and Emperor Wu of Han in the early years of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty practiced recuperation. It not only ensured the stability of the country, but also allowed the economic development of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu, which not only realized the expansion of the territory and made the territory of the Han Dynasty very vast, but also relieved the threat of the northern ethnic minorities to the Central Plains country. It can be said that it is precisely because of the joint efforts of these three generations of emperors in the early Han Dynasty that a good foundation was laid for the Han Dynasty to achieve glory.
How strong were the mothers of Emperor Wen of Han, Emperor Jing of Han, and Emperor Wu of Han?
The mothers of the three emperors are very strong, they have their own shining points for posterity, if the ranking comes out, Emperor Jing's mother is the first, Emperor Wen's mother is second, and Emperor Wu's mother of the Han Dynasty can only be ranked last.
The queen mother of the Western Han Dynasty, it can be said that none of them is a fuel-efficient lamp, starting from the queen Lu of the Han Gaozu Liu Bang, the queen mother of the Western Han Dynasty has formed a kind of "checks and balances" for every emperor, and it is not the queen mother itself that is strong, but the "moral thought" that gives power to these harems.
Some people say that the early and middle Western Han Dynasty are all "mother politics", the so-called mother politics, refers to the queen mother's regent or interference in court politics, from the historical facts, there is really such a thing.
Emperor Wen of Han's mother was wise and foolish
Emperor Wen of Han's mother was called Bo Ji, and if he hadn't become emperor, his mother would have been destined to be unknown for the rest of his life. Bo Ji was originally the concubine of Wei Wangbao. After the Chu-Han War began, Wei Wangbao rebelled against Han and returned to Chu, and Liu Bang sent Han Xin to attack Wei. Han Xin soon captured Wei, captured Wei Bao and his concubines, and sent them to Xingyang, where Liu Bang was stationed.
Later, Xingyang was lost, Wei Bao was beheaded by the Han general Zhou Cao, and Liu Bang, who retreated to Chenggao, included Wei Bao's widow in his harem. Next, Liu Bang blessed these women one by one, but Bo Ji was left behind. In fact, Bo Ji was one of Wei Bao's most favored concubines, which may have caused Liu Bang to have some kind of psychological disorder, so he couldn't raise his interest.
Receiving this treatment, Bo Ji's heart was very calm, she did not take the initiative to find Liu Bang to flatter, but did the rough work of washing and weaving cloth in obscurity. Until one day, Liu Bang took the initiative to fortify her on a whim. Fortunately, only this time, Bo Ji became pregnant, and later gave birth to Liu Bang's fourth son, Liu Heng.
To say that the women around the emperor can generally soar after giving birth to a son, and their status jumps up like a rocket, but Bo Ji's life is as calm as water, unchanged, and she is not close to Liu Bang at all, let alone competing for favor with each other like other concubines. Therefore, Bo Ji has always lived a very humble life, and the humility made Empress Lu feel pity.
Therefore, when Liu Bang died, Bo Ji was probably the only woman who was allowed by Empress Lu to reunite with her son. On the other hand, none of the women who circled around Liu Bang all day long got a good end, and they were all tortured to death by Empress Lu, especially Mrs. Qi was killed.
Therefore, it can be seen from this point that Bo Ji is a wise woman, and she knows how to protect herself and avoid disasters in the complicated and treacherous court life. may have been ridiculed for being stupid and pitiful at the beginning, but it was this "fool" who really laughed to the end.
Obviously, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty also inherited the genes of his mother's great wisdom and foolishness, and he loved the people in the seventeen years he was the acting king, and he was away from the court disputes, showing people an image of "honest and honest". Therefore, after the death of Empress Lü, he was proclaimed emperor by the old ministers.
Liu Bang established the Western Han Dynasty for more than 200 years, and the lineage was only passed on for a short period of seven years, counting the time of Empress Lu's reign, it was only fifteen years, and the rest were continued by the descendants of Bo Ji, therefore, among Liu Bang's many concubines, the most inconspicuous Bo Ji became the largest family. This also confirms a sentence in Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching": goodness is like water. Water conservancy is indisputable, and it is evil for everyone, so it is more than the Tao.
Emperor Jing of Han's mother influenced the history of the Han Dynasty
Emperor Jing of Han's mother was Dou Yifang, the empress of Emperor Wen of Han. Dou Yifang initially served Empress Lu, and some people say that she was the "stock" recruited by Liu Bang into the palace, so that she could enjoy it at a certain time, in short, the palace she entered at the beginning of the establishment of the Han Dynasty was at most cardamom at that time.
After Liu Bang's death, Empress Lu thought that the harem was bloated, so he dismissed a group of palace maids, but instead of letting them go home, they married Liu Bang's sons respectively. At that time, Liu Bang's seven sons were scattered all over the country to be vassal kings, and it was unusual for Empress Lu to send these palace maids to the past, and it was not clear whether it was to win over or monitor.
Dou Yifang is a native of Zhao State, so she naturally wants to return to her hometown, and she also told this wish to the chief eunuch, but it backfired, and she was sent to Daiguo. Therefore, after Dou Yifang arrived in Daiguo, he didn't cry anymore. However, the sorrow in her heart was quickly swept away, because Liu Heng, the acting king, was very fond of her.
Liu Heng is Liu Bang's fourth son, and his mother is Bo Ji, who is the future Emperor Wen of Han. Under Liu Heng's favor, Dou Yifang successively gave birth to three children, Liu Yan, Liu Qi, and Liu Wu.
In 180 BC, Empress Lü died, and the old ministers and the princes surnamed Liu joined forces to eradicate the descendants of Lü Hou and welcomed Liu Heng to Chang'an to claim the emperor. Due to the death of several sons born to Queen Liu Hengyuan, a year later, Dou Yifang's eldest son Liu Qi was made the crown prince, and Dou Yifang became the queen naturally.
During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Empress Dou's authority was not revealed, but she was very feared by the ministers, and even had a trace of jealousy. Later, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty favored Mrs. Shen very much, in and out of pairs, inseparable, at this time some ministers persuaded Emperor Wen of Han that it should not be so, otherwise it would harm Mrs. Shen, Emperor Gao's favored Mrs. Qi is a vivid example.
The implication is that when Emperor Wen of Han dies in the future, Empress Dou may harm Shenfu. The reason is very simple, the Western Han Dynasty advocates filial piety to govern the country, and after Liu Qi ascends the throne, Dou Yifang's status will inevitably be raised, and then it will be as simple as pinching an ant to clean up Mrs. Shen.
After the death of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Liu Qi succeeded to the throne as Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, and Dou Yifang became the empress dowager. At this time, Empress Dowager Dou's power began to be revealed. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the "Huang Lao Theory" was implemented to govern the country, and the Empress Dowager Dou was a loyal defender of the Huang Lao, and the Confucian ideology of governing the country at that time gradually rose to the top, so the Empress Dowager Dou adopted a high-pressure posture to suppress. A Confucian scholar named Yuan Gu was thrown into the beast pen for belittling Lao Tzu and fighting wild boars. If it weren't for Emperor Han Jing secretly handing him a sword, he might have become an arched "cabbage".
After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, Dou Yifang became the empress dowager and her status was higher, but she still adhered to the "way of Huang Lao". The young Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to argue with his grandmother at the instigation of some ministers, but several ministers lost their lives, and he almost lost the throne.
Some people also think that the older the Empress Dowager Dou gets, the more stubborn she becomes, but in fact, her persistence has a certain reason. Because in the early days of the Han Dynasty, there was a great need for recuperation, and the quiet and inactive politics of Huang Lao was highly consistent with the national conditions at that time, and the Empress Dowager Dou was a witness. Therefore, she prefers the Han Dynasty ship to sail smoothly rather than touch the wind and waves. Therefore, the fact that the Han Dynasty was able to accumulate such a strong national strength during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a lot to do with Empress Dowager Dou's firm implementation of Huang Lao's politics, and she also became a woman who influenced the history of the Han Dynasty.
In addition, it is commendable that the old queen mother Dou has authority, but she did not use her authority indiscriminately, acted as a prestige, was extremely poor and luxurious, and did not let her relatives interfere in the chaos of politics.
Emperor Wu of Han's mother was good at seizing opportunities
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's mother was called Wang Huan, and her mother Zang Er was the granddaughter of Zang Di, the king of Yan, who was the first prince with a different surname to be destroyed by Liu Bang. Zang Er married two families, the first husband was surnamed Wang, and the second husband was surnamed Tian. Zang Er and her first husband had two daughters, one named Wang Wan and the other Wang Erjiao. After Zang Er married into the Tian family, she gave birth to a son, Tian Wei. In the early days of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Tian Wei successively served as the chief lieutenant and the prime minister.
At first, Zang Di married Wang Wan to the commoner Jin Wangsun and gave birth to a daughter Jin Shu. Later, Zang Er found someone to meet Wang Huan, saying that she was unspeakably expensive, so Zang Di snatched Wang Huan back from Jin Wangsun's house, and then sent someone to the palace. At that time, the crown prince Liu Qi happened to choose a concubine, but he fell in love with Wang Huan.
When Wang Wan was pregnant with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, she once told Emperor Jing that she had a strange dream and dreamed that the sun hit her arms. So when Han Jing established his eldest son Liu Rong as the crown prince, he paid special attention to the child Liu Yu (the original name of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty).
Later, the eldest princess Liu Concubine wanted to marry her daughter Chen Ajiao to Liu Rong as her wife, but was rejected by Liu Rong's mother Li Ji. Liu Yan was depressed after touching her nose, so she found Wang Wan and revealed her plan to seek the crown prince for Liu Yu, on the condition that she marry Gillian as his wife. Wang Wan was very smart and knew that this was a godsend, so she immediately joined forces with Liu Yan tacitly.
Concubine Liu is the sister of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, and she often selects and sends beauties to the palace, so she is a woman with considerable energy. With Liu Yan's secret help, Wang Wan worked hard to express herself again, and soon compared Li Ji. At that time, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty abolished the empress Xiao Bo (Bo Ji's inverted granddaughter), and was planning to establish an emperor, originally planning to make Lizi the queen, but Liu Yan hesitated under the repeated "bombing".
It didn't take long for the chestnut to coma and collide with Emperor Han Jing, and Han Jing was in a very unhappy mood. Liu Concubine and Wang Huan took advantage of the situation to attack, causing Emperor Jing of Han to abolish Liu Rong's position as crown prince and snub Li Ji. Next, the more Emperor Jing of Han looked at Wang Huan, the more pleasing he became, and thought of her dream of "the sun in his arms", so he simply made her the queen. It didn't take long for Liu Yu to be appointed as the crown prince and renamed Liu Che. In ancient times, the sun represented the king of heaven, and it can be seen that Wang Wan's dream also played a role.
From the above, it can be seen that Wang Huan is a woman who seizes opportunities, if she is indifferent to the olive branch thrown by Liu Yan, it will be difficult for her son Liu Che to be made the prince. In addition, judging from her "dreaming of the sun in her arms", she is still a very scheming woman. However, in terms of fame, Wang Wan is much inferior to Bo Ji and Empress Dowager Dou.
Summary: In this world, there are no naturally good people, only restrained civilizers.
This is a classic quote from a certain talk show actor, and I think it makes a lot of sense. A person can only become a true civilized person if he is constrained.
If there were no restraints, it would be terrible! You never know how deep and dark a person's heart is. When everyone is cursing Empress Lü, in fact, you can also look at the mothers of the three emperors of Emperor Wen of Han, Emperor Jing of Han, and Emperor Wu of Han, isn't it a copy of Empress Lü?
It's just that because the Luhou group was destroyed, everyone has to scold her. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che also knew this truth, so after he established his 8-year-old son Liu Fuling as the emperor, he decisively slaughtered Liu Fuling's mother, Mrs. Gou Yi.
The reason given by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was that he was worried that the situation of Empress Lü's chaotic government would reappear. After all, in his early years, he was deeply influenced by the two major forces of the Empress Dowager Dou and the Empress Dowager, and his life was very difficult.