The strong wind is blowing, the clouds are flying, the powerful warriors are returning to their hometown, and the warriors are guarding the four directions. ——Liu Bang
Han GaozuThe Western Han Dynasty established by Liu Bang was the second unified dynasty in my country's feudal history. It had a total of 12 emperors. It is worth mentioning that these 12 emperors were not very famous, but four women left their names in history during this period. If you understand them, you will understand the rise and fall of the entire Western Han Dynasty.
counterattack Lu Pheasant
If the Western Han Dynasty wanted to select a character with a big heroine script, this person must be Lu Pheasant Queen Mother Lu . Lu Pheasant was the queen of Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty. However, Lu Pheasant had a hard time since Mrs. Qi appeared. It was precisely because of the hardships that she had a clear understanding of people's hearts.
Lu Pheasant was the eldest lady of the Lu family before marrying Liu Bang, but after marrying into Liu Bang's family, she lived a wandering life with him, and could lose her life at any time.
After Liu Bang ascended to the throne of emperor, not only did Lu Pheasant not enjoy the treatment that a queen should have, but under Mrs. Qi's pillow wind, not only was Lu Pheasant's son's position as prince in jeopardy, but even his daughter, Princess Lu Yuan, was also plotted against.
Mrs. Qi once encouraged Liu Bang to send Princess Lu Yuan to make peace with her. At that time, the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu were in a period of confrontation. Relations between the Huns and the Han Dynasty were tense. Before the war between the Huns and the Han Dynasty, they would kill a Han to sacrifice the flag. Fortunately, Liu Bang did not faint because of sex. He finally sent the daughter of a clan relative to make peace with her.
Sure enough, this poor woman was killed by the Xiongnu not long after, and Lu Pheasant began the path of "blackening" in order to protect his son and daughter.
The cruel political struggle made Lu Fei realize the reality that only absolute rights are the trump card for himself and his children to survive. The lady who once only could be a rich wife finally counterattacked and became a master of power.
Lu Pheasant finally survived Liu Bang, and her son successfully ascended the throne. Her status was also promoted from queen to queen mother, and Mrs. Qi was made into a human pig.
However, although Lu Pheasant held the power behind the curtain and listened to politics for 15 years, he still insisted on implementing Liu Bang's policy of recuperation and recuperation, and Liu Bang's personnel arrangements did not make much changes before his death.
This ensured that after Liu Bang's death, his governance concepts could still be well implemented. The Western Han Dynasty laid a solid foundation during the more than 10 years when Lu Fei was the Queen Mother, paving the way for the later creation of Wenjing's rule . The Western Han Dynasty also entered a period of rapid development.
The uncrowned Empress Dowager Dou
Lv Zhi laid a good foundation for the development of the Western Han Dynasty, while the Queen Mother Dou insisted on ruling by inaction to make the Western Han Dynasty more prosperous. The Queen Mother Dou's name was Dou Yifang, and the young Dou Yifang understood very early that it was better to rely on her husband than to rely on herself.
Dou Yifang's husband Liu Heng became the emperor and had three thousand beauties in the harem. The relationship between the two people, which was originally good, became weaker and weaker, but she didn't care much about it.
Dou Yifang has become the queen and knows that it is better for him to compete with the young woman for the emperor's love than to keep power firmly in his hands.
During the 23 years of the reign of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty, the beauties around the emperor changed one after another, but Dou Yifang's position became more and more stable. Her son Liu Qi was named the prince. After the death of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty, Liu Qi successfully ascended the throne.
Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty stepped onto the stage of history, and Queen Dou naturally became the Queen Mother Dou. As Dou Yifang's status rose, the Dou family also rose to prominence.
Dou Yifang's two brothers were both from mud-legged background, but her nephew Dou Ying was very outstanding and helped Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty put down the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms.
Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty passed away Liu Che succeeded to the throne. The famous Emperor Wu of the Han finally strutted to the center of the stage, and Dou Yifang also became the Empress Dowager.
In the Western Han Dynasty, the Western Han Dynasty already had a strong family background through the hard work of many emperors. Liu Che's governance philosophy was completely different from that of Empress Dowager Dou.
However, Empress Dowager Dou always used her status to suppress Liu Che. Some of the emperor's ideas were ultimately failed to be implemented due to the interference of Dou Yifang. During this period, Empress Dowager Dou had also become an uncrowned emperor. Her legendary life ended only when Empress Dowager Dou died in 135 BC.
Dou Yifang ended his magnificent life, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who had no constraints, could finally show off his talents. At this time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not know that there would be a woman and her brother and nephew who would stir up the situation of the Han Dynasty.
The Empress Dowager Wei Zifu
Speaking of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wei Zifu must be mentioned. Lu Pheasant and Queen Mother Dou were not of high origin at first, but Wei Zifu had a lower background than them.
Wei Zifu was first a singer in the Pingyang Hou family. Once, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was shocked to see Wei Zifu in the Pingyang Hou Mansion, and then recruited him into the palace.
Wei Zifu was deeply favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and gave birth to three daughters in succession. Later, he gave birth to a son named and Liu Ju. After the mother gave birth to Liu Ju, Wei Zifu was established as the queen. It was his brother and nephew who made Wei Zifu's status more and more stable.
Wei Zifu's younger brother Wei Qing was just a horse slave in the early days, and eventually grew into a famous general who fought against the Xiongnu. Huo Qubing was at his peak when he debuted, and Feng Langju Xu became the ultimate dream of countless good Chinese men for thousands of years.
The era when Wei Zifu lived was the most prosperous era of the Han Dynasty. At that time, the Western Han Dynasty was prosperous and the people were strong, and the hundreds of years of Xiongnu harassment had been eliminated.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty implemented a series of policies. Currency was uniformly minted by the state, and the cast iron industry was subject to state monopoly. The imperial fiscal revenue greatly increased the national strength of the Western Han Dynasty and reached its peak.
Wang Zhengjun who ruined the Western Han Dynasty
As the saying goes, prosperity and decline are an eternal law. The fourth woman witnessed the decline of the Western Han Dynasty. Compared with the above legendary figures, Wang Zhengjun seems very ordinary. He has neither superb political skills nor a younger brother like Wei Qing.
She sat all the way from a little palace maid to the queen's position, and luck was a big factor. After the prince Liu Shi's favorite Liangdi passed away, in order to cope with the pressure from the queen, Liu Xi randomly appointed a palace maid to serve him. This person was Wang Zhengjun.
From then on, Wang Zhengjun's fate changed. Later, she gave birth to her son Liu Ao. Liu Xi succeeded to the throne, Wang Zhengjun was canonized as the queen, and Liu Ao was also named the prince.
Although Emperor Yuan of Han Liu Shi had the idea of deposing the crown prince, he gave up the idea considering that Queen Wang Zhengjun had always been cautious.
Liu Ao took over the throne of emperor without any danger. As Wang Zhengjun's status rose, the Wang family ushered in a moment of glory and became one of the top families in the late Western Han Dynasty. Wang Zhengjun's nephew Wang Mang gradually gained a sense of presence in the court.
After that, there were three emperors: Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty and Ruzi Ying. Wang Mang usurped power and established the " New Dynasty " in 9 AD. The Western Han Dynasty was ruined in the hands of Wang Zhengjun.
Wang Mang, who proclaimed himself emperor, also asked Wang Zhengjun for the national jade seal . Wang Zhengjun was angry and dropped a corner of the precious jade seal , but at this time it was useless no matter how angry she was.
The Western Han Dynasty lasted for 210 years. Princes, generals, ministers and literati all appeared on the stage to write their own stories. Coincidentally, at every turn of the Western Han Dynasty, some legendary women could be seen.
Empress Dowager Lu used her outstanding tactics to help the Western Han Dynasty stand up from the ruins of the Chu-Han conflict . Empress Dowager Dou was an important participant and witness of the "Reign of Wenjing"; Wei Zifu's younger brother Wei Qing made outstanding achievements in fighting against the Huns, Wang Zhengjun doted on his nephew Wang Mang and ultimately ruined the Western Han Dynasty...
So if you understand the lives of these four women, you will also understand the history of the Western Han Dynasty.
