In history, the two most powerful women, one is Wu Zetian and the other is Empress Lu.
Fornication and cruelty are the labels given to them by later generations.
Wu Zetian mutilated his parents and children, and there were many male favorites, and Empress Lu's atrocities against Mrs. Qi made future generations cold.
In history, there is also a queen who is better than Wu Zetian in fornication, and in cruelty, she is not far behind Queen Lu.
Who is she?
She is the Empress Xuanwuling of the Northern Wei Dynasty - Hu Chonghua.
Perhaps, you are not familiar with her story, and listen to me slowly.
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The Northern Wei Dynasty was the first dynasty of the Northern Dynasties during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
It was built by the Xianbei Tuoba clan.
The most famous emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty was Emperor Xiaowen.
In order to make the dynasty strong, Emperor Xiaowen actively sinicized, not only moved the capital to Luoyang, but also changed the surname Tuoba to Yuan.
After the death of Emperor Xiaowen, the second son Yuan Ke inherited the throne as Emperor Xuanwu.
Hu Chonghua's experience of entering the court proves a sentence: there are people in the court who are good officials.
His father, Hu Guozhen, was hereditary Wu Shibo, and was the assassin of Hezhou at the time.
Hu Chonghua has a beautiful appearance, is proficient in poetry and songs, and is also first-class in horseback archery.
Hezhou is far away from the capital, and no one knows how good Hu Chonghua is.
Fortunately, Hu Chonghua has an unusual aunt.
My aunt was a nun in Kyoto, and the royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty advocated Buddhism, and Aunt Hu often went in and out of the court to give lectures to the emperor and concubine.
There are many women in the harem, but they are not as good as Hu Chonghua.
Aunt Hu often boasted to Emperor Xuanwu and others about how beautiful and intelligent her niece was.
In this way, everyone in the palace knows such a talented and beautiful woman.
Emperor Xuanwu summoned him to the palace to take a look, and it was indeed a beauty, and she was both civil and military, and she was accepted as a harem.
Hu Chonghua became the concubine of Emperor Xuanwu.
There were also many official women in the palace, and when they had nothing to do, the women began to pray.
It's not a prayer to be favored, it's not a prayer to give birth to a prince, they pray: God bless me to give birth to a prince and a princess, don't give birth to a prince.
Strange, the crown prince is the next emperor, why, they are unwilling?
It turned out that in order to prevent the dictatorship of foreign relatives, a very cruel system has been formulated since Taizu Tuoba Jue - the death of the son and the noble mother.
Once the son is made the crown prince, the biological mother is to be put to death.
In order to survive, the women of the harem would rather give birth to a princess than a prince.
Hu Chonghua is different.
"Why do you only cherish your own life, and let the empire have no king?"
Hu Chonghua was favored by Yuan Ke and became pregnant.
A friend privately persuaded her to have an abortion, but Hu Chonghua refused.
At that time, Yuan Ke's first son died early, and the harem had a son, that is, the eldest son.
Hu Chonghua secretly swore: "Bless me to give birth to a boy, according to the order, it is the eldest son." Even if I die, I have no regrets. ”
In 510, Hu Chonghua gave birth to Yuan Xu, who was later Emperor Xiaoming.
Yuan Ke's son keeps dying, and Yuan Xu is the only son, so he loves Yuan Xu very much.
carefully selected a nurse for him, lived in another courtyard, and Hu Chonghua was not allowed to approach.
Yuan Xu was very likely to become the crown prince, but Hu Chonghua was not executed.
Hu Chonghua cut his hair and became a nun, far away from the world.
This is already the best ending.
In 512, Yuan Xu, who was only three years old, was made crown prince.
And the Northern Wei Dynasty's system of "the death of the son and the mother" also ended here.
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In 515, Emperor Xuanwu Yuan Ke died.
Another political scramble began.
Emperor Xuanwu's empress Gao conspired with Shang Shuling Gao Zhao to poison Yuan Xu and execute Hu Chonghua.
Unexpectedly, the news leaked.
The eunuch Liu Teng and the leader of the forbidden army, Yuan Cha, took the lead and supported Yuan Xu as the emperor overnight, which was for Emperor Xiaoming.
Yuan Cha is Hu Chonghua's brother-in-law.
Emperor Xiaoming succeeded to the throne, respected Hu Chonghua as the empress dowager, and Emperor Xiaoming's uncle Qinghe Wang Yuanyi served as an assistant.
Gao Zhao was killed, and the failed Empress Gao became a nun.
Overnight, Hu Chonghua changed from a nun to a powerful queen mother.
At that time, Yuan Xu was only six years old.
What does a six-year-old know and how to deal with national affairs?
Hu Chonghua stood up.
Hu Chonghua was in the dynasty and called her His Royal Highness.
Later, she even called herself "I", and also changed the edict to the edict, and the courtiers always called her His Majesty.
Her power is at its peak.
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The Northern Wei Dynasty under the rule of Hu Chonghua advocated luxury and became corrupt.
She came to the court twice, appointed traitors, corrupted officials, sold officials, looted the people's fat and people's ointment, and the people were miserable.
In charge of government affairs, Hu Chonghua is not as good as Wu Zetian and Empress Lu.
But in fornication, it is even more than that.
Although she is the queen mother, Hu Chonghua often feels lonely and empty.
Since ancient times, it has not been uncommon for noble women to raise male pets.
Empress Dowager Hu's eyes were fixed on Yuan Yi.
Yuan Yi is the fourth son of Emperor Xiaowen Yuan Hong and the half-brother of Emperor Xuanwu Yuan Ke.
In terms of generation, Empress Dowager Hu is Yuan Yi's sister-in-law.
During the reign of Emperor Xiaowen, Yuan Yi was named King of Qinghe, and after Emperor Xuanwu succeeded to the throne, Yuan Yi served as an important minister of the imperial court.
After Empress Dowager Hu's son Yuan Xu succeeded to the throne, Yuan Yi was also an auxiliary minister.
Yuan Yi has been a beautiful man since he was a child, he is literate, and he is very kind and tolerant.
Empress Dowager Hu fell in love with Yuan Yi.
One is the Queen Mother, the other is the Auxiliary Minister, and they often discuss matters together.
One day, Empress Dowager Hu summoned Yuan Yi into the palace to discuss matters.
Yuan Yi thought that there was something important, so he hurried into the palace, but he didn't expect that Empress Dowager Hu directly forced Yuan Yi to do wrong with herself.
In the deep palace, Yuan Yi had no choice but to submit.
The Book of Wei records: When the Empress Dowager was determined, she forced the king of Qinghe to be promiscuous, and was hated by the world.
Since then, the two have been out of control, and Yuan Yi often goes in and out of the palace and has a secret affair with Empress Dowager Hu.
There are no impermeable walls.
Everyone knows that their uncle and sister-in-law have an improper relationship, which is very disgraceful.
Yuan Yi's elegant and solemn image in the middle of the court has plummeted.
The rival Yuan Cha even killed Yuan Yi when he entered the palace.
Yuan Yi is not the only one who is beautiful, Zheng Yan, Li Shenliang, and Xu Su are also accepted as male favorites by Empress Dowager Hu because of their beautiful appearance.
For lovers, what Empress Dowager Hu wants, the male pets are all soaring.
Among them, there is a person named Yang Baihua, who is different.
Yang Baihua, a native of Wudu, is handsome and powerful.
His father was a famous general of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
As soon as Empress Dowager Hu saw Yang Hua, she liked it so much that she repeated the old trick and forced him to obey herself.
Intimidated by the queen mother's obscenity, Yang Baihua could only be her lover.
Yang Baihua is a smart person, he knows that once the incident happens, there will be a catastrophe of death.
After her father's death, Yang Baihua fled to the Liang Dynasty with her subordinates and changed her name to Yang Hua.
Perhaps, the loss is more nostalgic.
Empress Dowager Hu missed Yang Hua more than once, and for this reason, she also wrote a song "Yang Baihua Lyrics".
Yang Baihua's lyrics
In February and March, the willows bloom.
The spring breeze entered the boudoir overnight, and the poplar flowers fluttered down to the south house.
Affectionately went out of the house with weak feet, and picked up Yang Hua's tears.
Autumn goes to spring and double swallows, and I wish to put poplar flowers into the cave.
Mournful and affectionate, Yang Hua should refer to Yang Hua.
She hopes that Yang Hua can come back and be with her.
It doesn't matter if you miss it alone.
Empress Dowager Hu also ordered the palace people to sing and dance day and night, singing and dancing "Yang Bai Hua Ci".
The singing that came out of the forbidden palace was full of her lingering thoughts.
Once the queen mother, she openly missed her lover, and the royal color and body were gone.
When Wu Zetian heard this, he had to say: Cow.
Empress Dowager Hu's fornication is almost known to everyone.
The nephew monk Jing really couldn't stand it, he summoned his relatives and said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty's mother is in the sea, how can you take it off like this!"
You are an example to all the people of the world, how can you do such a frivolous thing?
Empress Dowager Hu was so angry when she heard this, she never saw the monk again.
Throughout the ages, people like Empress Dowager Hu are really rare.
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If you are in a high position, if you don't have enough wisdom, it is very difficult to get a good death.
Empress Dowager Hu is an example of this.
Emperor Xiaoming gradually grew up, and Empress Dowager Hu still controlled the government.
The contradiction between mother and son is getting bigger and bigger.
Empress Dowager Hu formed a faction and cultivated her own party forces.
As long as Emperor Xiaoming gets close to whom, Empress Dowager Hu will deal with whom.
On this day, Emperor Xiaoming's cronies Honglu Shaoqing Guhui and Shaoda were killed in the court.
It was the poisonous hand of Empress Dowager Hu.
The male favorites of the Empress Dowager Hu were also in a panic, afraid of being liquidated by Emperor Xiaoming, and instigated Empress Dowager Hu to kill Emperor Xiaoming.
Mother and son are already on the same page.
Emperor Xiaoming died suddenly, and it is recorded in the history books that he was poisoned by Empress Dowager Hu and her male pet.
She vainly tried to set up another little emperor, but she didn't expect to be exploited by the powerful minister Er Zhurong.
Under the pretext that the cause of Emperor Xiaoming's death was unknown, Er Zhurong wanted to eradicate the traitors and lead troops to Luoyang.
Er Zhurong was a butcher who killed more than 1,300 civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty of the Northern Wei Dynasty in Heyin, on the outskirts of Luoyang, which is known as the "Heyin Change" in history.
Under the nest, there are no eggs.
Empress Dowager Hu was sunk into the Yellow River, ending this crazy life.
Since ancient times, it is not uncommon for the queen mother to have male favors.
However, like the Empress Dowager Hu, it is really unbelievable to force Prince Xing's ministers.
Compared with Wu Zetian and Lu Hou, he was lucky, but Hu Chonghua did not have the ability of Wu Zetian and Lu Hou.
Wu Zetian has many favorites, but he has always been serious and serious about the ministers who govern the country.
Hu Chonghua is completely the opposite of Empress Lu and Wu Zetian.
Without the ability to govern the country, indulge one's desires, and in the end, desire surpasses reason, and the result is only perdition.