At the northern foot of Lishan Mountain , there is a mound of earth that has existed for more than two thousand years. What is underground is not an ordinary tomb, but belongs to the eternal emperor Qin Shihuang . This tomb covers an area of 56.25 square kilometers. This may not sound intuitive, but this tomb group is equivalent to the size of 78 Forbidden City. This is the most mysterious imperial mausoleum in China. Although it was discovered very early, it has not been truly excavated. Therefore, everyone does not know much about this place, which will give us more room for imagination, including leaving many ancient remains. A puzzle with no answer.
Then let’s talk about one of the mysteries. Archaeologists have used various advanced technologies to detect the tomb of Qin Shihuang. They have learned a lot about this huge tomb and discovered a series of surrounding tombs. , there are probably more than 600 places.
Why is there no queen’s tomb in the tomb of Qin Shihuang, the only emperor through the ages?
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Editor: Watermelon
Why is there no queen’s tomb in Qin Shi Huang’s Mausoleum?
Qin Shihuang
Why is there no queen’s tomb in such a large Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum? This is contrary to common sense. According to the regulations established by imperial mausoleums in the past dynasties, there are generally two tombs side by side in the mausoleum, one belonging to the emperor and one belonging to the queen. Couples in ancient times were usually buried together, such as to the west of Qin Shihuang On the Xianyang plain, there are tombs of emperors of the Han Dynasty. The southernmost one is Liu Bang's mausoleum. There are two tombs in this tomb, which are similar in size and configuration, that is, the tombs of Liu Bang and Queen Lv Zhi.
Qin Shihuang Mausoleum
No matter which dynasty builds imperial mausoleums, this principle should be followed. Is it possible that the requirement for emperors and empresses to be buried together was introduced only after the Han Dynasty? As early as before Qin Shihuang, the emperors of Qin State were buried with their queens. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, very good arrangements were made for the queen's tombs, which were usually placed alongside the king's tombs. This is a funeral system that has been continued since ancient times, but why was it different under Qin Shihuang? This is obviously unreasonable.
Are there any queens’ tombs in the tombs of individual emperors in history?
But this is not the only emperor who did this. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not have the tomb of a queen arranged in the imperial mausoleum. The first queen of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was Chen Ajiao, the protagonist of the hidden beauty in the golden house, but because of her arrogance and kindness Jealousy, and keen on witchcraft, was rejected by the emperor, so naturally he could not be buried with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The second empress Wei Zifu should be buried together. She was favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for many years, but the two of them were also buried together in their later years. The quarrel was extremely unpleasant, and Wei Zifu committed suicide in the end.
Chen Ajiao
Emperor Qianlong also had two queens. The first was his wife Bai Yueguang Fucha, and the second was his successor Nala. Emperor Qianlong was not buried with his successor because the couple did not After that, Nala was relegated to the cold palace. From this point of view, the reason why the emperor and the empress were not buried together was either because the empress was not qualified or because the relationship between the husband and wife was not good.
What is the reason why there is no queen’s tomb in Qin Shihuang’s imperial mausoleum? After investigation, we found that the Qin Dynasty information never mentioned the queen of Qin Shihuang, and there was not even a record of his concubines. Qin Shihuang should have the most concubines among all emperors in the past, but the burial place of the concubines is nowhere to be found. If it is not clear, it becomes a huge question mark. In fact, Qin Shihuang did not establish a queen at all.
Why Qin Shihuang didn't establish a queen
There are several reasons why he didn't establish a queen. The first one is Qin Shihuang's mother Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji is a beautiful person who can dance, but the most outstanding thing about Zhao Ji is her relationship history. She has had three men in succession, and her private life is inappropriate. The first one was her first husband Lu Buwei . They were true love, but not long after, Zhao Ji was attracted by Qin Zichu, who was the father of Qin Shihuang. Lu Buwei placed a bet on Qin Zichu. He believed that Qin Zichu could ascend the throne in the future, so he gave his wife to others. This is what Qihuo Keju is talking about.
Lu Buwei
Shortly after marrying Qin Zichu, the two also developed feelings, and soon gave birth to Ying Zheng. Eventually Qin Zichu came to the throne, and they lived a good life, but the good times did not last long. Qin Zichu died three years later. After his death, Ying Zheng came to the throne. Zhao Ji was only in her thirties at this time and was a young widow. However, Zhao Ji was unwilling to be lonely. She rekindled her old relationship with Lu Buwei and was entangled with her all day long. Lu Buwei was a smart man. He understood that this behavior between himself and the Queen Mother would inevitably lead to disaster, but he could not anger the Queen Mother of a country, so he went to the private sector. He found Lao Ai and asked him to pretend to be a eunuch and enter the palace to please Zhao Ji. But what he didn't expect was that Zhao Ji actually gave birth to two children with Lao Ai. When Qin Shihuang learned about it, he was furious and killed Lao Ji. The Ai clan killed the child in front of Zhao Ji and expelled Zhao Ji from the palace.
Some people think that Qin Shihuang cast a shadow on women because of what his mother did, so he hated women or didn't believe in women. But this speculation was quickly overturned. Qin Shihuang did not hate women. On the contrary, Qin Shihuang had a lot of women in his life. Whenever he destroyed a country, Qin Shihuang would order people to draw drawings and build a palace with the same specifications on the hillside north of Xianyang City, imitating the original palace of that country. The palace was built, and the harem women and palace maids from the original palace were taken over to live there, and used to preserve the plundered treasures. After Qin Shihuang destroyed other countries, the beauties from the seven countries gathered in Qin Shihuang's harem.
Qin Shihuang had many concubines in his harem
Therefore, Qin Shihuang had many concubines in his harem. Among all the emperors in the past, he probably had the most concubines. It seems that Qin Shihuang not only did not hate women, but was a lustful person, so why did he not have so many concubines? Where is the queen? Is it because I don’t know which woman to choose as queen? This has an important connection with the Qin State’s system of concubines. The kings of Qin in the past attached great importance to the establishment of concubines, and used this as a means of political expansion to consolidate the status of their country through marriage. However, this brought about some big problems. Question: The several queen mothers who appeared were very powerful. The most typical queen mother here is Empress Dowager Xuan. She was extremely strategic, courageous, political and courageous. She not only trapped and killed King Yiqu, but also created a precedent for the harem to interfere in politics. She ruled the Qin Dynasty as the queen mother for 40 years. for many years.
Empress Dowager Xuan
Therefore, an unwritten system was formed in the palace of Qin State. The Queen Mother had a very high status in the harem and held extremely high power. All the women in the harem had to obey her orders, which was not only reflected in The Queen Mother can handle various affairs in the palace and maintain the hierarchical ruling order in the palace. Moreover, under specific historical conditions, the Queen Mother can also participate in or even preside over the affairs of the court. But this has advantages and disadvantages. The king's power and the queen's power are always running into each other. The two powers are two different ruling groups. When the two can work together well, they can bring all kinds of powerful people in the country together. Political forces come together to play their role, but if not handled properly, the two powers will hinder each other.
The queen's power affected the royal power to a certain extent. Qin Shihuang did not establish a queen, partly to ensure that power was highly concentrated in his own hands, but also to consider his own heirs. After a hundred years, his heirs who succeeded him would not be controlled by the queen mother. This may be Qin Shihuang's true idea of not having a queen. ; The mystery that there is no queen’s tomb in the mausoleum has been basically revealed, so why are there no records about Qin Shihuang’s concubines? Moreover, there are no concubine tombs in the imperial mausoleum.
Burial pits
Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang Proof of burial pits in the northeast
Soon after, experts discovered that there was a burial pit in the northeast of Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum. There were more than a hundred burial tombs here, some of which were neatly arranged, and some were arranged randomly. These tombs are all oriented north and south, and the tomb passages are directed towards the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. It can be seen that these people had a subordinate relationship with Qin Shihuang.Not only are the external arrangements of these ancient tombs very chaotic, but the corpses and burial objects of the tomb owners are also placed randomly and are even incomplete. The corpses of different people are even buried in the same tomb.
Most of these bones are young women. They should be the women buried with the first emperor . Some were even buried alive. This is consistent with the historical records of the Qin Dynasty to a certain extent. Qin II ordered All women who had not given birth to an imperial heir were buried with Qin Shihuang.
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These young women wanted to become the emperor's concubines by entering the palace and live a life that others would envy, or they wanted to carry out their family's mission and want their family to have a place in the entire society, but they did not expect to enter the palace. The palace brought them nothing but self-pity, and they even had to use their extremely young bodies to bury the emperor with them. They might not have even seen the emperor until they died, let alone realize their dreams. How sad!
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