She is the most successful person in power, fromThe daughter of a criminal minister went to the empress dowager and assisted three generations of emperors, herStrong and romantic, favored ministers are all over the government and the opposition, to help her govern the world, her life can be described as full of legends.
In 441 AD, Empress Dowager Feng was born in the Northern Yan royal familyShe is a princess with a noble status, but unfortunately when Empress Dowager Feng was very young, due toHis father committed a crime and his family was ruinedEmpress Dowager Feng and other ladies of the Feng family naturally became the maids of the nobles of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Empress Dowager Feng later entered the palace as a slave, and was named a noble by Emperor Wencheng because of her outstanding appearance, Four years later, she was named the queen, when the Empress Dowager Feng was only fifteen years old, Emperor Wencheng and the Empress Dowager Feng had a very good relationship, but unfortunately more than ten years laterEmperor Wencheng died young, and the 24-year-old Empress Dowager Feng was widowed at a young age
After the death of Emperor Wencheng, his eldest son Tuoba Hong, who later became Emperor Xianwen, ascended the throneThere is such an "ancestral system" in the Northern Wei Dynasty, that is, the son kills the mother, and it stands to reason that the Empress Dowager Feng will be executed, but Empress Dowager Feng did not give birth to a son and a half daughter for Emperor XiaowenThe crown prince is not her biological son, When Tuoba Hong ascended the throne, it was his biological mother Li Guiren who died, and Tuoba Hong was not very old at that time, and it was difficult for him to deal with national affairs independently, at this timeEmpress Dowager Feng's meddling in politics seems to be a smooth thing.
Empress Dowager Feng's prestige in the imperial court was very high, made many decisions in favor of the country, and soon Takuba Hiroshi gave birth to his eldest sonEmpress Dowager Feng slowly returned to Tuoba Hong,He retired to the harem to tease his grandson, and the Empress Dowager Feng at that time wasThe age of the prime, she was widowed at a young ageis inevitably empty and lonely, and there are many favored male attendants, at the timeLi Yi, the son of an official eunuchGraceful and empathetic,Deeply loved by Empress Dowager Feng, often in and out of the palace.
Tuoba Hong didn't like Empress Dowager Feng's ridiculous behaviorSeize the opportunityExcept for Li Yi, Empress Dowager Feng was very angry when she learned about it, and later Tuoba Hongand promoted Li Xin, who offended Empress Dowager Feng, to an official, which made her even more intolerableforced Tuoba Hong to abdicate,Tuoba Hong had no choice but to pass the throne to his son, who was less than five years old, and became the emperor himself.
Although this Tuoba Hong abdicated,But the power of the court is still firmly in his own hands, and he keeps suppressing the power of the Empress Dowager Feng in the court and cultivating and promoting his henchmen.
In the first year of Chengming, Empress Dowager Feng had a palace mutiny, and Emperor Taishang Tuoba Hong was forcibly placed under house arrest, and then Takubahiro died in Heijo, Empress Dowager Feng once again came to the dynasty and was respected as the Empress DowagerDue to Tuoba Hong's death, the court was in turmoil, in order to stabilize the situation and control power as soon as possible, Empress Dowager Feng made a series of decisions that were beneficial to the development of the country and stabilized the people's hearts.
In order to clear the troubles inside and outside the court, she did not hesitate to kill those who were ambitious, appease those who were available to herself, and she was specialHe cultivated and supported some virtuous people as his cronies, many of whom were favored by Empress Dowager Feng.
Most of these favored ministers are handsome, young and strong, and Empress Dowager Feng will entrust them with important positions based on their respective advantagesThese favored ministers can be described as Empress Dowager Fengis loyal and her right-hand man in politicsNot only that, but Empress Dowager Feng also reused eunuchs to stabilize her position and power, but Empress Dowager Feng saidThe reuse of eunuchs has imposed strict restrictions on their behaviorTherefore, during the reign of Empress Dowager FengThere was no situation of eunuchs.
Empress Dowager Feng carried out a comprehensive reform of the Northern Wei Dynasty, in this reform, she let her eldest grandson, Emperor Xiaowen, also participatetook him to deal with political affairs and help him grow better, and it turned out that Empress Dowager Feng's approach was rightEmperor Xiaowen later became the heir to Empress Dowager Feng's career, pushed the unfinished cause of Empress Dowager Feng's reform to a new height, which is also the success of Empress Dowager Feng as a politician.
Although the Queen Mother is a little more romantic in her life, she canDuring the more than twenty years of her reign, the political situation in the Northern Wei Dynasty was in a stable stateHer contribution to the country as a whole has made her politically famous enough.