Yuan Ke: Abolish the system of killing the mother of the lizi, the undead empress fornicated and killed the son, and finally died in a strange way
Text/Lao Zhang is on the road
Among the emperors of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Xiaowen Yuanhong and his son, Emperor Xuanwu Yuanke, both deserved a big book. Emperor Xiaowen's evaluation in ancient history is needless to say, although Yuan Ke's historical status cannot catch up with that of his father YuanHong, it was during his time as emperor that he abolished the inhumane and bad habit of setting up sons and killing mothers. During his reign, Northern Wei launched a series of wars against the Southern Dynasty, capturing the land of Sichuan in the Southern Dynasty Liang, and attacking Rouran in the north, the territory expanded greatly to the south, and the country was extremely powerful.
Yuan Ke (483–515), reigned 499–515 CE, was the eighth emperor of Northern Wei, the second son of Emperor Xiaowen of Yuanhong, and his mother Empress Dowager Gao Zhaorong. Gao Zhaorong was originally enfeoffed as a nobleman, and after giving birth to Yuan Ke, he fell ill violently and was killed by Feng Zhaoyi. After Yuan Ke became emperor, he was posthumously honored as Empress Wenzhao.
On the fifth day of the first month of the leap month of the seventh year of Taihe (483), Yuan Ke was born in the palace of Pingcheng (present-day Datong, Shanxi). The birth of Yuan Ke made his father Emperor Xiaowen Yuanhong very happy, and Yuanhong had been emperor for 12 years since he took the throne at the age of 5. At this time, although his grandmother Empress Feng was still listening to the government, Yuanhong still ordered a general amnesty for the world.
Yuanhong originally had a crown prince, that is, the deposed prince Yuan Gong, Yuan Ke's biological mother Lin Guiren. In July of the seventeenth year of Taihe (493), he was made crown prince, deposed in December, and died in April of the following year, at the age of 15.
After Yuan's death, in the twenty-first year of Taihe (497), Yuan Ke was made crown prince.
On April 1, 499, the twenty-third year of Taihe, Emperor Xiaowen died. On April 12, Yuan Ke took the throne as emperor at Luyang, and was renamed Jingming (景明) for Emperor Xuanwu.
After Emperor Xuanwu ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to expand the new capital Luoyang. Rejecting the suggestion that the Xianbei elders return to their hometown consolidated Emperor Xiaowen's reforms.
Subsequently, Emperor Xuanwu took advantage of the fact that the Southern Dynasty was under the tyrannical rule of the late Qi Emperor Xiao Baojuan and began the southern expedition in the first year of the Jing Ming Dynasty (500). Northern Wei launched a series of wars against the Southern Dynasty, capturing the land of Sichuan in southern Liang and attacking Rouran in the north. The war did not end until the first year of Yongping (508). At this time, the Northern Wei had already occupied Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yizhou and other places, and the territory of the Northern Wei was greatly expanded to the south, and the country was at its peak.
On the tenth day of the first lunar month of the fourth year of Yanchang (515), Emperor Xuanwu fell ill. On the thirteenth day of the first month, Emperor Xuanwu died at the age of 33 at the Shiqian Temple.
Because of his deep belief in Buddhism, Emperor Xuanwu abolished the death system of his son and mother and let Empress Xuanwu Ling live. This inhumane system was abolished, but the surviving Ling Empress brought disaster to the Northern Wei Dynasty.
In his lifetime, Yuan Ke had three empresses.
Empress Yu (488–507), the first empress of Emperor Xuanwu Yuan ke, was born Yuanchang. The original surname is don't be in the clan. His father, Yu Jin, was the grandson of the founding general Of northern Wei and the younger brother of the general Yu Lie. Her mother was Liu.
Gao Ying (?–518), the second empress of Emperor Xuanwu Yuan Ke, was from Goguryeo and her father Gao Yan was Gao Zhaorong's second brother. Her mother was a member of the Wuyi County.king clan.
Gao Yingchu was a noble concubine, gave birth to a son, and died early, and it is said that Gao Ying may have personally attacked him because he was afraid of the ancestral rules of killing his mother and son. In 508, she and her uncle Gao Zhao joined forces to poison empress Dowager Shun. In July, Gao Yingli became empress and was much loved. Gao Ying's concubine was very strict, and many concubines did not inherit once until Yuan Ke's death, so after that, Yuan Ke only had one son, Yuan Xue, who was born and raised.
Empress Xuanwu Ling Hu Chonghua, the third empress of Emperor Xuanwu and daughter of Situ Hu Guozhen, was born to Emperor Xiaoming.
The first person, Emperor Yu, had a quiet and tolerant personality, was not jealous of other concubines, was very popular in the harem, and was considerate of Yuan Ke. In the second year of the first year, Yu Shi gave birth to a son, named Yuanchang.
Yu's son Yuan Chang was the eldest son of Yuan Ke and was likely to inherit the throne in the future if nothing else. This was the last thing Gao Shi wanted to see when he was a noble concubine. Less than a year later, when Yuanchang was ill, Gao's collusion with his attendant Wang Xian did not give good treatment, and within two days Yuanchang fell ill and died, and Yu was also poisoned by Gao and his uncle.
After Yu's death, Gao was crowned empress, and finally fulfilled her long-cherished wish. Her uncle Gao Zhao, who was arrogant and arrogant, was in a position of power. And Gao Shi was beautiful and jealous, and the other harem concubines did not have the opportunity to approach Yuan Ke. Yuan Ke was already in his prime, and he had no heirs since his young son was murdered by the Gao clan, and his heart was very anxious.
Not long after Gao became empress, another concubine named Hu Chonghua came to the palace, who was the daughter of Situ Hu Guozhen. Hu Chonghua not only has a beautiful posture, but also shows off his wisdom.
Hu Chonghua was very astute, and every smile was a graceful posture, and the jealous Empress Gao also felt that she was very poor, not to mention the flesh and blood body of Yuan Ke.
Hu Chonghua favored the harem, and Yuan Ke was attracted to her day and night, and soon Hu Chonghua became pregnant.
After Hu Chonghua became pregnant, the palace ladies close to her urged her to take medicine to have an abortion quickly, but Hu Chonghua did not listen. Ten months later, a baby boy was born, named Yuan Xue. Yuan Ke was afraid that Gao Shi would be jealous and kill his son again, so he deliberately chose another nursing mother to take close care of her, not only Empress Gao could not ask questions, but even Hu Chonghua was not allowed to probe.
Empress Gao was still secretly happy, because Yuan Ke only had this one son, and he would soon be made crown prince, and hu Chonghua would definitely be executed according to the custom, which invisibly dissolved her troubles.
Where did Empress Gao think that when Yuan Xue was three years old, she was made crown prince. This time, when he was crown prince, Yuan Ke changed the old system and did not allow Hu Chonghua to commit suicide. Empress Gao and Gao Zhao's hopes were disappointed, and she was very dissatisfied, and repeatedly advised Yuan Ke to obey the state system. Yuan Ke not only did not listen to them, but instead entered Hu Chonghua as a noble concubine. The barbaric practices that had lasted for more than a hundred years were abolished. Empress Gao was even more indignant and privately plotted to poison Hu Chonghua to death.
However, Hu Chonghua was no better than Empress Yu, who had no scheming, and she found the leading general Yu Zhong. Yu Zhong was Yu Lie's son, Yu Lie was Empress Yu's uncle, and Yu Zhong was Empress Yu's cousin, and he had always been worried about the empress's death. They told Yuan Ke of the danger Hu Chong Hua faced, and Yuan Ke moved Hu Chong Hua to another palace and ordered his soldiers to guard it so that not even an ant was allowed to enter. Gao Shi could not do anything, and Hu Chonghua temporarily saved his life.
Four years after Yanchang, Yuan Ke fell seriously ill and died three days later when his medicine was ineffective. Crown Prince Yuanxuan ascended the throne overnight, and Hu Chonghua instructed Yuanxuan to honor Empress Gao as empress dowager, so gently and skillfully overshadowed her power, and Hu Chonghua was honored as the imperial concubine.
At that time, Gao Zhao's army was on an expedition, and he received an edict from Yuan Xue at Hangu Pass ordering him to enter the dynasty, only to learn that the emperor was dead, and he was afraid that there would be a change in the inner court that would be unfavorable to him, and he could not think of any way, so he had to hurry back. When he entered the Taiji Hall in mourning clothes, he was arrested and executed by the guards.
After Gao Zhao's death, Hu Chonghua ordered Empress Gao to shave her hair as a nun and live in Yaoguang Temple, where she was not allowed to enter the palace unless there was a big festival. Since then, Gao Shi has spent his lonely time under the blue lantern mud Buddha.
Hu Chonghua was soon honored as empress dowager and entered the Chongxun Palace.
After Hu Chonghua's dictatorship, he focused on two things: one was to build luxurious Buddhist temples everywhere, and the other was to find ways to meet his own physiological needs.
King Yuan yi of Qinghe was a beautiful man, and Hu Chonghua took a fancy to him and gave Yuan Yi an important position, no matter how big or small things were, he had to ask Yuan Yi to enter the palace for consultation. From then on, Yuan Yi entered the palace every day and committed adultery with Hu Chonghua, and at first he was still sneaky, and gradually he did not avoid others, and the ministers of the DPRK and The Chinese ministers all knew about this matter.
Hu Chonghua's father, Hu Guozhen, who joined the army, was beautiful and even surpassed the Qinghe King Yuanyi, and Hu Chonghua introduced him as a Zhongshu Sheren and slept in the same bed every night. Zheng Yu also introduced Xu Qi and Li Shenluo to take turns with Hu Chonghua to play all night. Although there are many faces, Hu Chonghua is particularly fond of Zheng Yu. Sometimes Zheng Yu occasionally went home, and Hu Chonghua would inevitably order the internal attendant to follow, only allowing Zheng Yu to talk to his wife, and not allowing skin contact.
Yang Baihua, the son of the famous Northern Wei general Yang Dayan, was very graceful, and Hu Chonghua was obsessed with Yang Baihua and often summoned him to the palace to tell the joy of spiritual flesh. Yang Baihua was a little frightened by this, and he led his men to flee from Luoyang and defect to the Southern Dynasty. Hu Chonghua missed Yang Baihua endlessly, and every night she secretly wept, she turned her intestines and composed a song called "Yang Baihua Song" to teach the palace women to sing from time to time to express their longing for Yang Baihua. The words are as follows:
"In the spring of The Yang Spring, the willows are flowers; the spring breeze enters the boudoir one night, and the Yang flowers flutter and fall to the South House; the Yang flowers are weak and the Yang flowers are tearful; in the autumn and spring, the two swallows come, and the Yang flowers are willing to enter the nest."
Emperor Yuan still had no power in his adult life, and he could not find a supporter in the dynasty, so he had no other way to write a secret letter to Erzhu Rong in Taiyuan to ask him to lead troops to serve the king. Hu Chonghua learned of this and poisoned her own son Yuan Xue with her two lovers. Then Hu Chong Hua Li Yuan's nephew Yuan Zhao became emperor, and Yuan Zhao was only three months old.
Erzhu Rong threatened to trace the emperor's death and sent his troops directly to Luoyang. Hu Chonghua's heart was lost, and the soldiers sent out turned against him. Hu Chonghua and the infant emperor were thrown into the Yellow River by Erzhu Rong in a bamboo cage and drowned.
(The picture in this article is a network information)