Due to the popularity of the TV series "Miyue Biography", the historical figure Queen Mother Qin Xuan who is relatively unfamiliar to us is widely known. The historical prototype of Miyue in the play is the Queen Mother Qin Xuan, the concubine of King Huiwen of Qin and the mother of King Zhaoxiang of Qin.
In the TV series, Queen Mother Qin Xuan was originally the princess of King Chu Wei. However, the true Queen Mother Qin Xuan in history was just a declining noble from Chu Kingdom, who was marrying Queen Qin Huiwen and was named the "eight sons".
This "eight son" is the title of concubine in the harem of Qin. At that time, the harem concubine was divided into eight levels, namely queen, wife, beauty, lover, eighth son, seventh son, long envoy and minor envoy. It can be seen that the status of the eight sons is still middle among the concubines.
Mi Ba Zi and King Qin Huiwen gave birth to three sons, namely Qin Zhaoxiang King Yingji, Jingyang Jun Weifu and Gaoling Jun Yingqi. But Mibazi didn't seem to be favored by King Huiwen, because until the death of King Huiwen, Mibazi's rank was not improved.
Qin Huiwen Wang Yingsi died in 311 BC, and his son Yingdang, born to Queen Huiwen, ascended the throne, and was the king of Qin Wu.
But after Yingdang became the throne, Mi Ba Zi's life was even more sad. She and her son Ying Ji were sent to Yan Country as hostages. They lived under the fence, and never thought that there would be a salty fish turning over.
In 307 BC, Qin Wu Wang Yingdang and the Hercules Meng said that they were waiting for the competition, but he broke his tibia accidentally and died. In this way, the twenty-three-year-old King Qin Wu Yingdang, who took the throne only four years, hurriedly called his curtain call.
Because of Ying and no children, after his death, his brothers began to fight for the throne.
The popular candidates for the throne at the time were King Huiwen's eldest son, Ying Zhuang, and the second son of Mi eight sons.
Qin Huiwen's queen Huiwenhou and Qin Wu's queen both support Ying Zhuang ascending the throne; and Wei Ran's uncle, the half-brother of the eight sons, Wei Ran, is in a prominent position in the court, supporting his nephew Fu.
At the time when the two factions were in an incomprehensible battle, Zhao Wuling, the king of the Kingdom of Zhao, wanted to establish a pro-Zhao Qin King to support the enthronement of Yingji, who was based in Yan, so he escorted Yingji back to the country to fight for the throne.
At that time, under the pressure of Zhao Guo, Yingji was also his own son. Mi Bazi and Wei Ran and others turned to support Yingji ascended the throne.
Yingji came to the throne in 306 BC and was the king of Qin Zhaoxiang. After Yingji ascended the throne, the real power was controlled by her biological mother, the Empress Dowager (Mi Ba Zi) and her uncle Wei Ran.
The Empress Dowager Xuan did quite a bit during her administration.
At the beginning of Yingji's ascension, the situation was not stable. With the support of Queen Huiwen and Queen Wu, Ying Zhuang established himself as "Jijun" and stood up against King Qin Zhaoxiang.
In 305 BC, with the assistance of her younger brother Wei Ran, Empress Dowager Xuan executed Queen Hui Wen, Ying Zhuang, and the clan and ministers who supported the rebellion, and deported Queen Wu to her family, Wei.
At the same time, the Queen Mother named her two younger brothers Ranghou and Huayangjun, and her other two sons as Jingyangjun and Gaolingjun. These four people were so powerful in the Qin State at that time, and they were known as the "Four Nobles of Qin State".
In this way, the Empress Dowager eliminated the opposition factions, strengthened the pro-party forces, and consolidated the royal power.
During the reign of the Empress Dowager, the Qin Kingdom continued to expand and its national power continued to increase.
Although the Queen Mother is a courageous political talent, her unruly private life is still criticized by later generations.
In 307 BC, the Kingdom of Chu attacked South Korea. South Korea sent envoy Shang Jin to ask Qin for help.
Because she declared that the Queen Mother was from Chu, she did not want to send troops to Chu.
The Empress Dowager Xuan took Wang Huiwen as an example to explain to Shangjin that it was very inconvenient when the king pressed her with one leg. But when the whole body was on top, he didn't feel heavy, because this situation was good for the queen mother. This means that sending troops to Chu State at this time is not good for Qin State.
Proceeding from the national interest, the Queen Mother refused to send troops to Chu State. But above the court, openly use the bedTalking about things is obscene. It's no wonder that Wang Shi of the Qing Dynasty angrily criticized the Queen Mother Xuan's narration in "Chibei Ou Tan".
And the remarks made by the Empress Dowager are really insignificant compared to her brutal killing of the lover and King Yiqu.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, Yiqu, located in the west, was a strong opponent of Qin in the west. The two countries have fought repeatedly for more than four hundred years. In 327 BC, Yiqu became a subject of Qin.
But ten years later, Yiqu left the Qin state and united the vassals against Qin. In order to eliminate the vassal states, the Qin State adopted a tender policy towards Yiqu and sent money to beauties, but still couldn't define it. Until the time of King Qin Huiwen, Qin seized twenty-five cities from Yiqu.
After King Qin Zhaoxiang ascended the throne, King Yiqu went to the Qin Dynasty to congratulate him. To win over King Yiqu, the Queen Mother invited King Yiqu to live in Ganquan Palace.
The Queen Mother Xuan had a long-term fornication with King Yiqu and gave birth to two sons for King Yiqu. The queen mother concealed the king of Yiqu, saying that she sacrificed her hue for the benefit of the country, but from the analysis of the two sons who gave birth to the king of Yiqu, there were also personal affair.
After maintaining an ambiguous relationship with King Yiqu for more than 30 years, the Empress Dowager Xuan, based on national interests, bit the killer and trapped King Yiqu in Ganquan Palace in 272 BC. Concurrent troops destroyed the country of Yiqu and set up three counties of Longxi, Beidi, and Shangjun in the original place of Yiqu.
The Queen Mother Xuan once had two sons with King Yiqu. What will happen to these two sons in the context of King Yiqu's death and destruction?
There is no detailed record of the two sons in the official history. Some historical records say that both of these two sons died early; some say that when the Queen Mother lured and killed King Yiqu, the two sons were also killed.
Both cases are very possible. Even if these two sons grew up, the Queen Mother would not care about family affection in the face of national interests, leaving the blood of King Qu in the world.
Therefore, no matter what the situation is, the two sons born to Queen Mother Xuan and King Yiqu are bound to be miserable.
Xuan Empress Dowager was still unwilling to be lonely, and fell in love with the man Wei Choufu, and even wanted Wei Choufu to be buried for him. It was so fright that Wei Choufu approached Yong Rui to persuade Queen Mother Xuan, and Wei Choufu saved his life.
In the late years of the Queen Mother Xuan, King Qin Zhaoxiang reused Fan Ju, and according to Fan Ju's suggestion, strengthened the royal power, abolished the Queen Mother, expelled the "four princes of Qin State" from Xianyang, and recovered the power of these five people.
The lonely Queen Mother Xuan died in 265 years ago. The empress dowager has a romantic life and an endless history. The State of Qin continued to prosper under her rule, laying a solid foundation for Ying Zheng to dominate the world. This unruly queen mother is destined to leave a lot of topics for future generations.
