When it comes to wei Qing, a famous general of the Han Dynasty, the first thing that comes to mind is his heroic deeds against the Xiongnu. Even in modern times, many people still have admiration for this famous general of the Han Dynasty. This is mainly because Wei Qing maintained the territory of the Han Dynasty with countless achievements, and also won the supreme honor and prestige of the Han Dynasty. It is also reasonable to be loved by the realm of the emperor and the people.
However, today we are not talking about Wei Qing's heroic achievements, but his marriage to Princess Pingyang. Friends who often read history must know that Wei Qing has experienced two marriages in his life. His second marriage was with the famous Princess Binh Duong.
The love story of the two has appeared many times in film and television drama works. This also makes people wonder why a famous general would marry a Princess Pingyang who is more than ten years older than himself. Among them, in addition to political factors, whether there are still unspeakable hidden feelings.
1. Wei Qing, who was a slave in the Marquis of Pingyang
Wei Qing was not from a famous family, because his family was poor, Wei Qing and his sister entered the Marquis of Pingyang as servants very early. Wei Qing's sister, also known as the Empress Wei Zifu of the Great Han Dynasty. After entering the Hou Mansion, Wei Qing had already met princess Pingyang, the head of the family. At that time, the princess had a very good relationship with Cao Shou, the Marquis of Pingyang. Wei Qing was also just a low-level slave, and there was no excessive intersection.
Once, Wei Qing went out with Hou Pingyang as an attendant. One person expressed surprise after seeing Wei Qing's face, praising him for being a nobleman who would be a meritorious marquis in the future. Satellites don't think much of this. In his opinion, he was just a small slave, only to be refrained from harsh accusations, and where did he dare to vainly pretend to be a marquis and worship him!
But later facts proved that this person was very discerning. Because when his sister Wei Zifu was married into the harem by Emperor Wu of Han, Wei Qing's talent was finally discovered. He went from being a small slave to becoming a great general of the Han Dynasty.
Second, Wei Zifu is a defender of Qing, and he is a smooth step
Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty and Princess Pingyang had a very close relationship. Shortly after Liu Che succeeded to the throne, because he passed by the Marquis of Pingyang on his way to worship his ancestors, he decided to go to the Marquis of Ping'an to visit his sister. In ancient times, princesses had to follow their husbands when they got married, and rarely met their royal relatives. Therefore, the sisters and brothers are particularly looking forward to this meeting.
After the Princess of Pingyang met with Emperor Wu of Han, she immediately prepared a sumptuous feast. During the wind reception, the princess also sent more than a dozen singers to the Han Wudi emperor to present songs. Unexpectedly, Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che was not interested in this, but instead turned his gaze to the maid Wei Zifu on the side.
After the blessing of the night, Liu Che took Wei Zifu directly into the palace. Before leaving, Princess Pingyang specially instructed Wei Zifu, "If he gains wealth one day, don't forget me." After Wei Zifu entered the palace, he was very favored by Emperor Wu of Han, and was also hated by the empress's mother, Princess Guantao. It is feared that the presence of Wei Zifu will threaten the daughter's back seat.
Princess Guantao and her daughter jointly attacked the Wei Zifu family. Because there was no way to hurt Wei Zifu, they turned their eyes to Wei Qing outside the palace. Fortunately, Wei Qing was saved by Gongsun Ao, and only then did he escape the disaster. After the incident was exposed, Emperor Wu of Han was furious and severely reprimanded the empress and Princess Guantao before giving up.
Perhaps in order to make up for Wei Qing's grievances, Liu Che immediately promoted Wei Qing as an official to participate in the affairs of the imperial court. At this time, he still didn't know how outstanding Wei Qing's talent was. Until later, when the Xiongnu attacked, The Han Wudi Emperor Liu Che sent Wei Qing north to resist the enemy. Wei Qing, who was outstanding in strength, did not live up to Liu Che's trust and successfully defeated the Xiongnu.
This was the first major defeat of the Xiongnu since the founding of the Han Dynasty. For this reason, Emperor Wu of Han was very happy and immediately made Wei Qing the Marquis of Guannei as a great general. After this, Wei Qing attacked the Xiongnu seven times in succession and made expeditions to northern Mobei. Because of his outstanding ability, both Wei Qing and his nephew Huo Went ill were highly valued by Liu Che and also treated with courtesy by the nobles of the capital.
3. The military general Wei Qing married Princess Pingyang
At this time, Wei Qing's career was developed, and Wei Zifu's position was stable, compared to Princess Pingyang's life was slightly unsatisfactory. After the death of her husband Cao Shou, Princess Pingyang, under the arrangement of Emperor Wu of Han, married Xiahou Po, the great-grandson of the founding hero Xiahou Bao. However, Xiahou Po was not a good person, and soon committed suicide in fear of sin, so that Princess Pingyang became a widow again.
Emperor Wu of Han, who was distressed about his sister, began to find ways to choose a husband for princess Pingyang, and at this time, Wei Qing's wife happened to die, and many people felt that the two were quite suitable. After Emperor Wudi of Han learned about it, he also felt that it was a very good match. After consulting the opinions of both parties, Liu Che married Wei Qing and Princess Pingyang. Although Princess Pingyang felt that it was not appropriate for Wei Qing to become a slave and marry him, she gradually changed her mind under the persuasion of her family. After all, today's Wei Qing is no longer what it used to be.
summary:
With the help of Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che and Wei Zifu, Wei Qing successfully married the princess of Pingyang, who was married three times. Although the combination of the two is mixed with some political reasons, it is not without a sense of truth between the two. For Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, it was undoubtedly very appropriate to give his sister Xu to the great general Wei Qing.
Not only did he have the heart of co-optation, but he also solved his sister's marriage incident by the way. Fortunately, this political marriage is not bad, wei qing and princess Pingyang have a very good relationship, which can also be regarded as a happy ending. It can be seen that not all marriages mixed with political factors will be unhappy, as long as there is a sense of truth between the two people, even if it is a political marriage, it does not matter.