This article is the fourth in my small series "The Colorful Life of a Feudal Female Widow", and we will continue to talk about Lü Hou.
It was written earlier that the eldest miss Lü Yan married Liu Bang, who was not in the right household, but she did not complain or make noise, but she taught her husband and son, that is, she did not treat Liu Fei harshly, and firmly did a good job in the obligations of a wife.
Later, Liu Bang rebelled, and Lü Yan was arrested and imprisoned in his hometown, and was captured by Xiang Yu for more than two years, and was also separated from his own children, Princess Lu Yuan and Liu Ying. Pile by piece, that's what an ordinary woman should encounter.
But Heaven let Lü Yan meet, and Lü Yan himself survived.
After the gap agreement was reached, Lü Yan finally returned to the Han army, but she was not greeted by a warm embrace, but by being picky. The husband she missed already had a new person, and the son she thought about day and night, the eldest son of Liu Bang, had been sitting on the cold bench.
Even if All the previous injustices lü yan could carry without complaint, this time, could she not complain?
For Liu Bang and Lady Qi, can she not have hatred?
Everyone has reverse scales, and for mothers, the child must be the hardest piece of reverse scales.
Lü Yan must have hated it to the bone, but it was useless.
She is not bad for the queen, and it is not bad for one person to be above ten thousand people. But under the imperial power, these honors came from a man. Come hard with this man, that's looking for death.
What can be done to keep my son's position as prince?
Lü Hou could only "ask God to worship the Buddha."
Zhou Chang, the Imperial Master, resolutely disagreed with the abolition of the crown prince, and Lü Hou cried while crying and thanking him.
Zhang Liang suggested that she go and invite Shangshan Sihao, who was someone that Liu Bang could not move, and Lü Hou was trying to find a way to invite people down the mountain.
The history books say that Liu Bang saw That Shangshan Sihao realized that the prince's wings had been sealed, and he never thought of deposing the prince.
I don't think that's right.
Who is Shangshan Sihao? Respectfully, these are four unborn masters. Objectively speaking, these are four influential old men among the literati. To put it bluntly, these are just four famous old people, what is the use of these fames for the imperial family?
After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty exalted Confucianism alone, the Han family was also a foreign Confucian and internal law, and Confucianism was only a tool for governing the country. Not to mention Liu Bang, this angry emperor could use Confucian's hat as a urinal pot, and could open his mouth and close his mouth to scold "Vertical Confucianism", how could he take Shangshan Sihao seriously.
I think that the appearance of Shangshan Sihao only gave Liu Bang a step down, and it was Lü Hou who really decided liu Ying's position as prince.
Lü Hou was not only a helper, but also helped Liu Bang in his career.
Before writing that When Liu Bang had just rebelled, Lü Yan helped him create a momentum, and the appearance of such supernatural events as "Mangzhongshan beheading the white snake" and "there are auspicious clouds overhead" is estimated to have Lü Hou's share.
And Lü Hou did not only help Liu Bang in the early days of entrepreneurship, after the establishment of the Han Empire, Lü Hou was still helping Liu Bang to settle in Jiangshan.
Han Xin, who had the greatest military merit in the Liu clique, was killed by Lü Hou.
Objectively speaking, Han Xin is a pity. It could even be said that he was innocent.
But as a small people, I have always believed that the common people are the most innocent.
Han Xin or Peng Yue, if they have a chance to turn over, I am afraid that it will be another big turmoil.
Ordinary people cannot withstand such a toss, and the newly established Han Empire cannot afford toss it either.
Therefore, Lü Hou was Liu Bang's proper helper and the most needed hostess of the Han Empire.
After Liu Bang's death, Lü Hou also did a lot of great things to benefit the country and the people.
The war-torn Han Chu could not withstand the toss, so Lü Hou took over the national policy of "resting with the people" before Liu Bang's death, recuperating and recuperating, and ruling without doing anything.
It is said that "Xiao Zhi Cao Sui", if there is no support from Lü Hou, Cao San wants to do nothing and follow Xiao He's steps, is it possible?
It is said that the "rule of Wenjing" is the first prosperous era in Chinese history, if there is no Lü Hou laying a good foundation, can it be realized so quickly?
It seems easy to do nothing, isn't it just not to do nothing? But it is particularly difficult to let a person who has been suppressed for many years and has the means and ability to suppress his desires and do nothing.
Compare Wu Zetian and Cixi to see how difficult it really is.
In addition, "rule by doing nothing" is by no means doing nothing, you have to promulgate a series of policies to adapt to and cooperate with the rule of inaction.
Lü Hou's leniency in encouraging production, abolishing the harsh punishment laws of the late Qin Dynasty, and practicing frugality by example were all added points for the rule of inaction.
When Lü Hou came to power, the only state project of the Han Dynasty was the construction of the city of Chang'anxi.
This is a landmark measure for her to relax her business policies and encourage commercial development, and it is also a move to enrich the people's food basket and spiritual and cultural life of the Chang'an people.
In diplomacy, Lü Hou also showed what is called "big heroine".
After Liu Bang's death, the Xiongnu Shan Yu wrote a letter to Lü Hou, and as the leader of the Xiongnu whose military strength was stronger than that of the Han Dynasty at that time, Shan Yu obviously did not have any real grief speech in this letter. However, Lü Hou and the courtiers of the Han Dynasty absolutely could not have imagined that Shan Yu would actually want Lü Hou to court in the Book of Kingdom.
"The Lonely King,...... May you travel to China. His Majesty is independent and lives alone. The two lords are not happy, they have nothing to fear, and they are willing to give everything and change what they have. ”
This is courtship, this is naked humiliation.
Lü Hou was furious and was about to send troops to fight, but after listening to the persuasion, she calmed down.
A few years after the siege of Baideng Mountain, the current Han Dynasty was not a rival of the Xiongnu. If it is a rebellion, it is still the people of the Han Dynasty who suffer.
In order not to destroy the overall situation of recuperation, Lü Hou endured.
She smiled and replied to Shan Yu, she is half old, or give you a princess and a kiss.
Shan Yu was not easy to force, and he did not really want to marry Lü Hou, a scourge of war, and thus disappeared in Lü Hou's hidden forbearance.
Lü Hou was indeed cruel to Lady Qi and a large group of her own cheap sons, but under the imperial power, who was not cruel?
Instead of always staring at Lü Hou's fierce means, it is better to review Lü Hou's life, see what she has experienced, and see what she has done in her life.
The founding hero of the Han Dynasty, Li Yu, said that "Emperor Gao and Lü Hou jointly determined the world", which is not a false statement.
Such a woman should not live in the verbal criticism of posterity.