In the history of Qin, it is not uncommon for the queen mother to "raise a lover", for example, Qin Shihuang Yingzheng's great grandmother Empress Dowager Xuan (that is, the eighth son of Mi), after the death of Qin Huiwen Wang Yingsi, there have been two lovers, King Yiqu and Wei Choufu, and she also gave birth to two sons for King Yiqu.
But even so, it did not affect her status in the court, on the contrary, she also made herself the first woman in history to be honored as the "Queen Mother".
And the same is a lover, in comparison, Qin Shihuang's biological mother Zhao Ji is much worse, because of her concubine, in the end, not only almost caused a big trouble to King Yingzheng of Qin, but also almost died, thanks to Yingzheng's mother-son love, which spared her life.
They are all queen mothers, and they all have lovers, why is the gap so big? In fact, to put it bluntly, it is a question of whether or not she has fallen into it, Empress Dowager Xuan is more rational than emotional, but Zhao Ji is deeply obsessed with Chang Yu, and finally becomes a doll at her mercy.
So the question is, what are Chang Yu's specialties and advantages that can make Zhao Ji willingly fall into it?
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Chang Yu was able to get close to and charm Zhao Ji, and the biggest hero was Lu Buwei.
According to historical records, Chang Yu was originally an ordinary "city person" in Xianyang City, the so-called city people, in today's words, are ordinary people, and in the era of advocating military merit in the Qin Dynasty, a young man with no shortage of parts should be conscripted into the army, but Chang Yu did not, but wandered the streets all day long.
This is enough to show that Chang Yu is an idle guy, and to put it bluntly, he is a little gangster, so some people asked, neither joining the army nor producing, so what does Chang Yu usually eat and drink?
In fact, many people only pay attention to the supreme ministers and glory and wealth that Chang Yu enjoyed after entering the palace, but they ignore this problem.
You must know that before Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, the Qin State was like a war machine with full power, almost all the operations of the entire country were in the service of the war, and almost all the young and strong men went to serve in the army, and the remaining old and weak women and children and those who could not be soldiers did things to serve the front line, such as farming.
Of course, there were a certain number of businessmen at that time, but the proportion was small, most of them were doing all kinds of things to serve the front, and there were very few people who did nothing and did not produce.
But Chang Yu is this kind of person, as for his usual food and clothing, someone will take the initiative to give it.
Who? Naturally, it is those women in the market, and it is recorded in the "Historical Records" that Chang Yu is quite different from ordinary men, and it is "very big", so the women in the market will "fight for it", so that Chang Yu is naturally not short of food and drink.
Of course, making a living from this is naturally not looked down upon, although Chang Yu himself feels comfortable, but he can't stop others from pointing fingers.
And among the people of the Qin State, they have always despised this kind of "uncivilized walkers" (that is, people who do not have integrity and integrity), and there is a special word to "scold" this kind of person, what is the word? It's "毐".
So because of this, no one calls Chang Yu's real name Chang Da anymore, but calls him "Chang Yu", to put it bluntly, when he is calling him this title, he is also scolding him.
But Chang Yu himself didn't care, anyway, as long as he had food and drink, from time to time there were women who took the initiative to come to the door, and what he didn't expect was that a man would change his life.
This man is naturally Lü Buwei, at that time, Lü Buwei was already a high and powerful person, and he became the prime minister of Qin, and he was above 10,000 people under one person, which can be described as very hot.
And Lü Buwei was able to go from a businessman to the present day because he made the right bet.
When Lü Buwei went to Handan to do business, he happened to meet Qin Yiren of Qin State, that is, the son of King Qin Xiaowen, at this time, Qin Yiren was as miserable as he was, he was a concubine, and his mother had no status in the palace, so he was sent to Zhao State as a hostage.
At that time, there was a war between Qin and Zhao, so it is conceivable what kind of attitude Zhao Guo had towards Qin Yiren, it was merciful enough to kill him without a knife, as for the daily food and clothing, sorry, Zhao Guo is not responsible for solving it.
In this case, Qin Yiren was living quite miserably, not only that, but he also had to worry about his life and safety all the time, and as for the future, he couldn't even think about it.
And just when Qin Yiren was extremely frustrated, Lü Buwei appeared.
After learning of Qin Yiren's identity, Lü Buwei immediately made a judgment of "strange goods to live in" with his businessman's acumen, thinking that Qin Yiren was definitely a "project" worth investing in, and it was still the kind with extremely large returns.
So Lü Buwei decided to do this "deal".
After that, Lü Buwei took the initiative to find Qin Yiren, patiently analyzed the situation for him, and proposed to help Qin Yiren fight for the throne.
In this way, after leaving a lot of money to Qin Yiren, Lü Buwei embarked on his road as a "lobbyist", and the tool he used to open the way was money.
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Relying on generous money all the way, Lü Buwei met Yangquanjun, the younger brother of Mrs. Huayang (that is, the wife of King Qin Xiaowen (who was still An Guojun at the time)), and after some lobbying, Yangquanjun was convinced of him.
With the line of Yangquanjun, Lü Buwei came to Mrs. Huayang smoothly, and in order to persuade Mrs. Huayang, Lü Buwei successfully moved Mrs. Huayang, who had no heirs, with the sentence "A person who serves people with color, and loves relaxation".
In this way, Mrs. Huayang regarded Qin Yiren, who was far away in Zhao State, as her future support from the bottom of her heart, and through the "pillow wind", An Guojun also had a good impression of this son, and had the idea of establishing Qin Yiren as the heir in the future.
As a result, Lü Buwei's first step plan was successful and successful, and his second step plan was to firmly tie Qin Yiren's heart and add a layer of insurance to his future glory and wealth.
How to add it? Lu Buwei thought about it and decided to dedicate a beautiful woman to Qin Yiren.
And this woman is Zhao Ji, who has been raised in Lü Buwei's mansion, Zhao Ji was originally from Zhao State, and was bought by Lü Buwei because of her ability to sing and dance and her beauty.
Sure enough, after Qin Yiren saw Zhao Ji for the first time, he immediately liked it very much, and then Lü Buwei sent Zhao Ji out, and ten months later, Zhao Ji had a son, so Qin Yiren was even more obedient to Lü Buwei.
Soon after Qin Yiren returned to China, his father An Guojun inherited the throne, and under the operation of Lü Buwei, Qin Yiren successfully became the crown prince, and three days after An Guojun inherited the throne, he successfully ascended the throne and became the new king of Qin.
Why so fast? There is no way, the main reason is that An Guojun drove to the west after just three days on the throne, of course, Qin Yiren, that is, King Xiang of Qin Zhuang, did not reign for long, and died after only three years.
At this point, the state of Qin officially entered the era of King Yingzheng of Qin.
At that time, Yingzheng was still young, so he naturally needed to rely on others in court politics, but who was the most reassuring to rely on? That must be Prime Minister Lu Buwei.
Without Lu Buwei, let alone Yingzheng, even Yingzheng and his father don't know where to mess around? So in this regard, Lü Buwei does have a great contribution.
And Yingzheng is really interesting enough to Lü Buwei, the power is almost to the limit, and Lü Buwei is almost in charge of big and small things, so Lü Buwei has really realized his original dream, that is, "to establish the master of the country, you can gain countless times the profit".
However, the highest state of his original dream, that is, the idea of "building a country and establishing a lord, and blessing the world", was not realized, and the reason for the failure to realize it was because of the unclear relationship between him and Zhao Ji.
After Zhao Ji became Qin Yiren's wife, Lü Buwei temporarily cut off contact with his former concubine, but with Qin Yiren's death and Yingzheng's young age, Lü Buwei, who held great power, became alive.
In the end, the old relationship between the two was revived, and the "Historical Records" contained: King Qin was young, and the Queen Mother was always secretly communicating with Lu Buwei.
This situation, even if Yingzheng grew up, did not stop, of course, Lu Buwei was not worried, so he also wanted to withdraw too soon to avoid causing trouble.
But unfortunately, Zhao Ji is "more than that", and it can be seen from this that Zhao Ji is completely simple-minded and extremely easily driven by desire.
And this is the reason why Zhao Ji ended miserably, the biggest difference between her and Empress Dowager Xuan is that she can't control her desires, but has become a slave of desires.
But Lü Buwei felt more and more scared, if it continued like this, something would happen sooner or later, and in order to solve the problem of getting out, Lü Buwei thought of a good idea.
What's a good idea? That is to find someone to replace yourself.
Frankly speaking, there is actually a big problem with Lü Buwei's idea, why do you say that? Because the replacement he is looking for is a person rather than an object, since it is a person, it means that there will be all kinds of possibilities, even accidents, once this happens, it will inevitably bring trouble to Lü Buwei.
But Lu Buwei may have wanted to get out in a hurry, or he thought that the person he found would never get out of his control, so he hurriedly found a "substitute" and dedicated it to Zhao Ji.
And this "substitute" is Chang Yu.
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The reason why Lü Buwei was looking for Chang Yu was naturally because he had heard of his "prestige", and after accepting him as his own guest, Chang Yu showed his "unique skills" in Lü Buwei's mansion.
Let the poison go with its yin guan tong wheel. --- "Historical Records"
Chang Yu's unique ability, even Lu Buwei was surprised, and then, Lu Buwei found an opportunity to tell Zhao Ji about Chang Yu's "unique skills", and sure enough, Zhao Ji's interest was aroused.
And in order to let Chang Yu enter the palace, Lü Buwei spent a lot of thought, he first sent someone to pretend to denounce Chang Yu and sentenced him to "palace punishment", and then bribed the officials who carried out the "palace punishment", and finally, after cleaning Chang Yu's beard, he sent Chang Yu to Zhao Ji as a eunuch.
After that, Chang Yu became Zhao Ji's "favorite", and it was recorded in the "Historical Records" that Zhao Ji "absolutely loved" Chang Yu, so that Lü Buwei successfully got out.
However, Zhao Ji, who was trapped in desire at this time, and Lu Buwei, who was secretly glad that he had escaped, did not expect that a huge disaster that would change their lives would come in a few years.
And the source of the disaster is naturally Chang Yu, who has been completely controlled in the eyes of Lu Buwei.
After Chang Yu entered the palace, she quickly got Zhao Ji's favor, and as we said earlier, Zhao Ji is a person who is very willing to be driven by desire, so it is not surprising that she became a slave of desire and began to obey Chang Yu.
In this case, Chang Yu, who originally had no ideas, began to have ambitions.
Especially after Zhao Ji became pregnant and gave birth to two sons for Chang Yu, she confirmed that the woman in front of her had been completely conquered by herself, and as long as she wanted something, she would find a way to give it to herself.
So, Chang Yu started with the initial rewards of gold, silver and jewelry, and challenged Zhao Ji's bottom line step by step, and in the end, Chang Yu actually opened his mouth and asked Zhao Ji to find a way to get a knighthood for himself.
We all know that since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the title of the Qin State is based on military merits, and if ordinary people want to get the title, that is, to go into battle to kill the enemy, and the more enemies are killed, the higher the title will be.
But what did Chang Yu do? He just wanted to please Zhao Ji and even wanted to get a knighthood, and surprisingly, his idea was finally realized.
Chang Yu was named the Marquis of Changxin. Give it to the sunny land, so that it can be lived. --- "Historical Records"
From a thug in the market, he became the minister of Qin, this kind of thing that is out of reach of ordinary people, but it was achieved in Chang Yu, and after enjoying the easily obtained title, as well as brocade clothes and jade food, Chang Yu's ambition began to become more inflated.
Especially after many people went to take refuge, hoping that Chang Yu could give him an official position, he felt that he was almost at the top of the world.
So, he had a more arrogant idea, thinking that as long as Yingzheng died, then he and Zhao Ji's son could become kings, and at that time, he would really be a complete success.
And when he told Zhao Ji about this idea, Zhao Ji's reaction was actually approval.
You must know that Ying Zheng is also Zhao Ji's own son, but now Zhao Ji is willing to approve of Chang Yu's terrible idea for her own desires, which is enough to show that she really has no brains, or her brains have been completely occupied by desire.
Of course, Chang Yu's idea did not come true in the end, because he was too arrogant, so it attracted a lot of dissatisfaction, and in the end, someone reported him and Zhao Ji's affairs to King Yingzheng of Qin.
In fact, if Zhao Ji was just a simple lover, it is estimated that King Yingzheng of Qin would not be too blamed, after all, the social atmosphere at that time was different from that after the Song Dynasty, and there was a precedent of Empress Dowager Xuan, so even if King Yingzheng of Qin knew, there was a high probability that he would not be too aggressive.
But the problem is that Chang Yu's ambition can no longer tolerate Ying Zheng to sit idly by, especially Chang Yu's ideas, which already threaten Ying Zheng's life and status.
Therefore, Yingzheng made a move.
Of course, Chang Yu did not directly subdue on the spot at the beginning, but chose to resist and launched the so-called "Qi Nian Palace Change", but the soldiers of the Qin State were too capable of fighting, and the two brothers Changping Jun and Chang Wenjun led the troops, so it took almost no effort to quell the rebellion.
Although the rebellion was put down, the story had only just begun.
Chang Yu himself was not killed in the battle, but after being captured alive, after some interrogation, he finally ended up with a "car split", and with his death, Lü Buwei's good life also came to an end.
Before he died, Chang Yu confessed how he deceived and deceived his subordinates into the palace, and this naturally has nothing to do with Lu Buwei, after all, he is the initiator of this matter.
In this way, in Yingzheng's heart, Lü Buwei has two sins that he can't escape.
The first is to send a male pet to the queen mother to cause trouble in the harem, and the second is to deceive the monarch, no matter which of these two crimes, it is a big crime.
And this is not the end, according to normal people's thoughts, if there is no Lu Buwei to send Chang Yu into the palace, then Ying Zheng's status will not be threatened, and at the same time, there will be no "change in the palace of Qi Nian", let alone Ying Zheng will be in danger.
Ying Zheng also has this kind of thought.
So in the end, Yingzheng was full of anger, and he blamed all the blame on Lü Buwei (of course, it was indeed caused by Lü Buwei), so how could Yingzheng, who has always been "resolute and ruthless", let Lü Buwei go?
Besides, Yingzheng has also grown up, and it's time to take back power.
Therefore, not long after the Chang Yu incident, Ying Zheng began to attack Lü Buwei, first removing him from his position, and then feeling angry, a harshly worded letter passed, forcing Lü Buwei to commit suicide.
As a result, Lu Buwei, a shrewd businessman who wanted to "build the country and establish the monarch and bless future generations", came to an end by committing suicide, and Zhao Ji, the other protagonist of this matter, was much luckier.
At the beginning, Ying Zheng drove Zhao Ji out of Xianyang, and announced that he would sever the mother-son relationship with her from now on, and strictly ordered no one to intercede for Zhao Ji, and those who violated the order would be killed.
took the Empress Dowager and moved it to the Mingyang Palace, and ordered: "Those who dare to admonish the Empress Dowager will be killed!" ”
But later, under the persuasion of everyone, Ying Zheng withdrew this order, and welcomed Zhao Ji back to Xianyang with a grand ceremony, and respectfully let Zhao Ji spend his old age in peace, and in this way, Zhao Ji lived until the nineteenth year of Qin Shi Huang (228 BC) before he died.
As for why Qin Shi Huang did this, there are different reasons, but I personally think that at that time, Ying Zheng was preparing to show his strength, and he also had the idea of annexing the Six Kingdoms, for these, he naturally had to consider eliminating his worries, at least not let people talk about this matter, so that he could devote himself to the great cause, so it is understandable to make a move to welcome back Zhao Ji and let him enjoy his old age in peace.