As we all know, Liu Bang is a great politician and military strategist in the history of the mainland, his life is full of legends and wisdom, and he vividly interprets the six words "cunning rabbit and dead lackey", and almost all the brothers who fought the world with him before his death.
However, on one issue or on a person's issue, Liu Bang's choice is puzzling, and this problem is the treatment of Empress Lu.
After Liu Bang's death, what Lu Pheasant did
Lü Pheasant is the empress and empress dowager in the history of the Western Han Dynasty, whose fate is closely linked to Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Ying, the Emperor of the Han Hui, and is also an important role in the political arena of the early Western Han Dynasty, and his influence is not lost to Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty.
Lu Pheasant married him when Liu Bang was still the chief of Pei County, it can be said that Bai Fumei married a short and poor man, and in the later days of fighting the world, Lu Pheasant stabilized Liu Bang's rear, even if he was arrested by Xiang Yu, he was not afraid at all.
She is not only Liu Bang's loyal partner, but also a political right-hand man, after Han Gaozu ascended the throne, the status of Empress Lu was naturally improved, becoming the first queen of the Western Han Dynasty, a woman respected by civil and military officials.
Empress Lü's political skills were very strong and arbitrary, and even when Liu Bang was alive, he would privately intervene in court politics. Once Liu Bang intended to abolish Liu Ying's position as the crown prince and wanted to establish Mrs. Qi's son Liu Ruyi as the crown prince, Empress Lu took a series of measures to consolidate his son's position.
Since then, no one has mentioned the abolition of the crown prince, even Liu Bang himself knew that he could not change the crown prince, so he lived in peace with Lü Pheasant until his death in 195 BC.
After Liu Bang's death, Empress Lü still maintained a strong influence, not only holding the actual power of the Han dynasty, but also exerting a profound influence on the political career of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty.
How do you describe this? Lü Pheasant is like Cixi, and Liu Ying is like a copy of Emperor Guangxu.
During the reign of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, Empress Lü actively expanded her power, aggressively promoted people from the Lü family to important positions, and even planned to let her two nephews go further, but she was dissatisfied with the Liu clan and the founding heroes.
During Liu Bang's lifetime, he had set up the ancestral system of "no king with a different surname", but Lü Pheasant still made his nephew Lü Tai, Lü Tai's son Lü Tong, Lü Chan and Lü Lu four kings, and six others were named liehous, and no one dared to oppose the civil and military officials who were afraid of her power.
In addition, she also brutally killed the Liu clan through various conspiracy methods, Liu Ruyi, Liu You and Liu Hui were killed one after another, among which Liu Ruyi, the king of Zhao, and his mother Mrs. Qi died the most desolate, and to this day people feel that Lu Pheasant is cruel and unkind.
As mentioned above, in order to ensure the status of his family, Empress Lü promoted his nephew aggressively, and in his later years, Lü Lu was the general of the northern army in charge of the northern army, and his nephew Lü Chan was in charge of the southern army, both of which were the main forces of the Han Dynasty.
Since ancient times, the army has been the main weapon for national stability, and the Lu family has such a key force in their hands, laying the groundwork for the later Cast Aluminum Rebellion.
"Ten years, high and then collapsed. Lü Lu took King Zhao as the general of the Han Dynasty, and Lü Chan took King Lü as the prime minister, upholding power and wanting to endanger the Liu family. ”
In this war, the Lu family wanted to try to seize the Liu family, but fortunately they were jointly resisted by the royal family surnamed Liu and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and finally the founding heroes Zhou Bo and Chen Ping raised troops to crusade against Zhu Lu, and the dominance of the Liu family was consolidated.
Looking back at the situation in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, Empress Lü was a smart and extremely ambitious woman, who held important political influence in the early Han Dynasty, and it was her factors that greatly increased the strength of the Lü family, and even caused the later Zhulu Rebellion.
It is impossible for Liu Bang not to know this, and he knows that once he dies, Lu Pheasant is more likely to be lawless, in this case, why not just get rid of Lu Pheasant to prevent future troubles?
Reason 1: It can't be removed
Seeing the words "can't get rid of" may not be believed by many people, after all, Liu Bang is the emperor of the world, and it is not a matter of moving his mouth to get rid of a woman, if you know something about Lu Pheasant's resume, you don't think so.
Lu Pheasant married Liu Bang when he was not yet rich, and later Liu Bang escorted the laborers to Lishan, but he ran away halfway, and in desperation, he released all the remaining laborers and fell into the grass.
At this time, Lu Pheasant still did not dislike her husband, but took care of her family with him, and created a character of "Son of the Red Emperor" for Liu Bang.
Many years later, Liu Bang finally mixed up his personal appearance, and even led an army of 560,000 to compete with Xiang Yu, but suffered a big defeat in the battle of Pengcheng.
At this time, Xiang Yu hurriedly sent someone to arrest his family, except for the two children who escaped, Lu Pheasant and Mrs. Lu were all arrested and held hostage for 28 months.
In the next battle, Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu and became the emperor, during which the kings with different surnames repeatedly rebelled, Liu Bang had to go out to fight, and the stability of the family fell into the hands of Lu Pheasant. During this period, Lu Pheasant killed Peng Yue and Han Xin successively, which can be said to have done Liu Bang a great favor.
Empress Lu is resolute, Zuo Gaozu sets the world, and the minister who is punished is more than Lu Houli.
Lü Pheasant made great contributions to the establishment of the Han Dynasty, and assisted Liu Bang in suppressing rebellion and fighting separatist forces, laying a solid foundation for the stability of the Western Han Dynasty.
In the later years of his life, Liu Bang favored Mrs. Qi more emotionally, why he didn't dare to abolish Lu Pheasant and let Mrs. Qi take the throne, mainly because Mrs. Qi's prestige was not good, and it was not half a star different from Lu Pheasant, the wife of the bad chaff and the wife.
Moreover, Lu Pheasant was able to become the first person under Liu Bang, and it was not all dependent on the identity of the queen, and his outstanding performance also won the support of the ministers.
It was mentioned above that Liu Bang wanted to abolish Liu Ying's position as the crown prince, and Zhang Liang had already withdrawn from the political arena at that time, but when Lu Pheasant came to help.
Later, Liu Ying had more Shangshan Sihao around him, and Liu Bang was very shocked, because he couldn't invite these four people out of the mountain, and it can be seen from this incident how much energy Lu Pheasant has.
In addition to Zhang Liang, such as Xiao He, Fan Xu, Cao Shen and Zhou Bo among the founding heroes, they were actually gradually assimilated by Lu Pheasant, even if Liu Bang wanted to kill Lu Pheasant, I am afraid that these people would not easily agree, just like Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to kill Queen Ma.
In general, the role of Lu Pheasant's mother of a country is not passively obtained, but climbed up little by little by accumulating political capital, she is not a vase but a strong woman with political wisdom and great contributions.
In such a complex political situation, Liu Bang had to be forced to accept reality even if he hated his wife.
Of course, there is another reason why Liu Bang did not kill Lü Pheasant, that is, he could not kill him, because killing Lü Hou might bring more problems and even shake the foundation of the rule of the Western Han Dynasty.
Reason 2: It can't be removed
Before Liu Bang died, almost all the kings of the opposite sex were eradicated, and at first glance, the whole Han world fell into the hands of the royal family surnamed Liu, and the political power was unified and politically stable.
The crown prince Liu Ying has always been weak, if he succeeds to the throne, he will not be able to control those old ministers, at this time he needs a firm and powerful assistant to assist him, as Liu Ying's mother Lu Pheasant is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate.
Empress Lü is a woman with outstanding political talents, her ability even surpasses Liu Bang in some aspects, and in the early days of the reign of the Western Han Dynasty, there were several important figures who could threaten the throne, and it was basically Empress Lü who gave advice to help Liu Bang solve them one by one.
For example, in the matter of killing Han Xin and Peng Yue, she showed extraordinary and ruthless political skills, and made great contributions to the stability of the early Han Dynasty, and such a person was enough to deter the founder of the country who was highly meritorious and difficult to manage.
Liu Bang intended to abolish the former crown prince Liu Ying, but lost in this battle for power in the harem, since Liu Ying was destined to be the crown prince and the emperor, if he wanted this weak emperor to keep the Han dynasty, he could only rely on the support and assistance of Empress Lu.
So when Liu Bang could only pass the throne to the crown prince Liu Ying, Empress Lu's position was destined to be unshakable, after all, only in this way could the Han Dynasty be stabilized.
Even if he is jealous of Empress Lu's power and ambitions, he must choose to live peacefully with her, no matter how he says that being a mother will not harm his son.
Facts have proved that Liu Bang's decision is not wrong, although Lu Pheasant has flaws on the issue of Mrs. Qi and Zhulu's rebellion, but he is sincere to the Han Dynasty, even if he loses face, he must defend the surname Liu.
After Liu Bang's death, Xiongnu Shan Yu soon led a large army south to take advantage of the chaos to fight the autumn wind, in order to learn from the famous Xiongnu Mao Dun Shan Yu also wrote a humiliating letter to Lu Pheasant, intending to provoke the anger of the other party through provocation.
"Your Majesty is independent, lonely and alone, the two masters are unhappy, and there is nothing to worry about. May all that be exchanged for what is not ......"
The meaning of this sentence is very simple, that is, my wife died, and you became a widow, so it is better for the two of us to make do with each other.
Obviously, this sentence is extremely insulting, and any woman will be furious, and then send troops to attack the Xiongnu to take revenge.
But Lu Pheasant endured it, because she knew that the Han Dynasty had not yet recovered and could not defeat the Xiongnu with strong military strength.
After calming down, she wrote a reply to Morton Shan Yu, which roughly meant to thank you for your love, but now that I have become ugly, it is better to find you a young and beautiful princess.
This reply letter effectively avoided conflict with the Xiongnu, bought valuable time for the Han Dynasty to recover, and laid a solid foundation for the future strength of the Han Dynasty.
"Historical Records: Empress Dowager Lu Benji IX" commented on Lu Pheasant as follows: "When Emperor Xiaohui and Empress Gao, the people of Li had to leave the suffering of the Warring States, and the monarchs and ministers wanted to rest and do nothing, so Emperor Hui hung the arch, and the heroine of the Empress Gao was called the system, and the government did not leave the house, and the world was silent." ”
What does this sentence mean? To sum it up, it is one word, Lu Pheasant's ability to "do". If Liu Bang killed Lu Pheasant before he died, maybe the Zhulu Rebellion would not have appeared, and the descendants of the Liu family would not have been slaughtered, but it is difficult to say whether the surname Liu can keep it.
As an extraordinary woman in the ancient patriarchal society, Empress Lu had unique abilities and far-reaching political wisdom, and made immortal contributions to the stability of the Han Dynasty after Liu Bang's death, and was a respectable empress and empress dowager.
What do you think differently about this?