Liu E was an orphan girl, who became a singer at the bottom of the exile, and later not only became an empress, but also became the supreme ruler like the emperor when she was the empress, known as the 2.0 version of Wu Zetian. She had already put the yellow robe on her body, and she was almost crowned emperor. I have to say that Liu E's success is simply a miracle.
We know that ancient times were a society of identity and a society of power. If a person does not have a background, it is difficult for him to succeed. Liu E is such a person without a background, and her identity is only a singer who sells songs on the street, and her status is extremely low. But Liu E succeeded.
Liu E's success is because Liu E broke the rule that you can't succeed without a background? Not really. Liu E's experience is that although she has no background and her status is extremely low, she strives to create a background to elevate her status. Therefore, in the end, under the identity and power pattern of feudal society, it can still succeed.
(Liu E stills)
The first background of Liu E's manufacturing is Zhao Heng.
Liu E was an orphan from childhood, and later married the silversmith Gong Mei as a wife, and Gong Mei, who had nothing, took Liu E around. As a singer, Liu E, because she can play a musical instrument in one hand, gong Mei took Liu E to sell art for a living. Although Liu E is very beautiful and plays the instrument well, it depends on where Liu E is placed. Placed in Gong Mei's place, Liu E is a tool for Gong Mei to eat. If this tool is not used smoothly, relying on this tool can not get better food, Gong Mei will inevitably have to change.
But when Liu E was placed in Zhao Heng's palace, Liu E completely became another person. Because Wang Ye does not need to worry about eating, he will only worry about happiness, what he needs is not a full stomach, but who can bring him happiness. Therefore, Liu E was precious in Zhao Heng's eyes.
Liu E can play an instrument in one hand, which can naturally bring happiness to Wang Ye. Liu E has been groping and playing in society for so many years, talking about people and ghosts, knowing men's minds very well, and specially greeting men. Therefore, she served Zhao Heng very comfortably, which made Zhao Heng like it very much.
In short, when she arrived at the Wangye Mansion, Liu E's value completely changed.
And Zhao Heng can like Liu E so much, it can also be seen that Liu E is holding Zhao Heng tightly in her arms. Liu E understood from the beginning that she needed such a background as the royal palace and a platform like the royal palace, so she did everything in her power to zhao Heng.
According to historical records, because Zhao Heng's mother saw that Zhao Heng looked like emaciated, she only understood after detailed interrogation and investigation that Zhao Heng had originally included a folk singer in the palace. Because I was messing with the singer all day, I made my body very poor. It can be seen from here that Liu E is indeed doing her best to try to tie Zhao Heng's heart. Otherwise, Zhao Heng wouldn't have made his body so bad.
This is the first step in Liu E's action to create a background for herself.
(Zhao Heng stills)
Although Liu E had such a platform as the royal palace, Zhao Heng was a prince, and his family had a large number of wives and concubines, each with its own powerful background. Without a background, it is difficult to have a position in the royal palace. Even if Zhao Heng likes Liu E, it is also a momentary freshness, in case of that fresh energy, Zhao Heng does not like Liu E, Liu E will have no foothold.
But Liu E is an orphan girl with no family background. Her only background may be the silversmith Gong Mei. Therefore, we find a very interesting phenomenon, Liu E recognizes Gong Mei as her brother.
Gong Mei was originally Liu E's husband, but now she has become Liu E's brother, which seems very strange. Many people may think that this is because Liu E's zhi'en tu bao is a kind of reward for Gong Mei. Others believe that this is because Gong Mei was once Liu E's husband, and Liu E still has feelings for him, so she will do such a thing.
Of course, we can't say that Liu E doesn't have such a thing, but as a woman with clear goals and a strong desire for power, she recognizes Gong Mei as her brother, and more often wants Gong Mei to be her background. Although Gong Mei had nothing, as long as he was given the title, he had status. With status, Liu E has a family background, and her power can be retained.
Of course, even if Liu E has the platform of the royal palace and the family background of Gong Mei, it is still very difficult for Liu E to become bigger.
A woman who wants to be great in the king cannot rely solely on posture and pleasing the king. Because none of this is reliable. When you get older, your posture is gone. Over time, pleasing is no longer effective. The only way to establish yourself is to rely on your children. If a son could be given to the king, at least one concubine could be retained. If the son is fortunate enough to be the heir to the king, then the woman can not only keep the status of a concubine, but even become an empress.
But Liu E did not have children, which was her biggest trouble. Once there is no son, let alone a concubine, it may be difficult to stay with the king. Therefore, having a background like having a son has become her top priority for Liu E.
It was in that case that a palace maid, Li Shi, gave birth to a son. This palace girl was also Liu E's personal maid, so Liu E took this son over, turned him into his own son, and raised him well. And all information is blocked, never allowing others to know the truth. In the end, Liu E relied on this son and established her position on the side of the king. And under his own operation, he also made this son the successor of Song Zhenzong. The son is the third background of Liu E's success.
(Ding Zhi stills)
The fourth background is Liu E's group of forces.
If Liu E wanted to exert her power in the imperial court and have her own right to speak, she had to play a role in politics like Wu Zetian. You have to have your own group of forces. Liu E just happened to take advantage of Song Zhenzong's poor health and the need for someone to help him approve the fold and see the fold, and deliberately cultivated her own power group, so that many ministers in the DPRK and China became members of her team.
Liu E did this step quite well, for example, Liu E and Ding Yu once joined forces to attack Kou Zhun. Because Kou Zhun did not want Liu E to be empress, Liu E wanted to strike him.
If Liu E didn't have a team member like Ding Shu, she wouldn't have been able to be so successful.
Later, Liu E even overshadowed Song Zhenzong. Song Zhenzong clearly knew that he was being elevated by Liu E, and he also knew that it was very dangerous for a concubine to elevate the king. However, because Liu E had a powerful group of forces around her, when she had this powerful background, Song Zhenzong also had no choice but to leave Liu E helpless.
In short, Liu E's life is just a little singer, an orphan, and nothing. But she was able to magically create four backgrounds for herself, so as to put herself on the highest peak of power in the Song Dynasty, and it had to be said that Liu E was indeed a generation of strange women.
It should also be noted that although Liu E's desire for power is very strong, she is more or less restrained about herself. Although he wore a dragon robe, he did not claim to be emperor like Wu Zetian. Therefore, the obstacles she encountered were not as great as Wu Zetian's, nor did it set off a bloody storm like Wu Zetian's. This also ensured the stability and tranquility of the political situation of the Song Dynasty, and set a good example for the empresses of the Later Song Dynasty. Therefore, although the Song Dynasty was a dynasty with a lot of empress dowager dictatorship, the Song Dynasty was also a politically enlightened and stable dynasty. From this point of view, it is inseparable from Liu E's temperance of her own desires.