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Behind the power is always the support of strength, in essence, the reason why the ministers, heroines, and feudal towns have been able to repeatedly empty the imperial power is because the strength behind them has surpassed and crushed the imperial power to a certain extent.
The heroine's involvement in politics has never been a privilege given to them by their status, but strength
The reason why Empress Dowager Xuan was able to hold the power of Qin for a long time was because she used the hands of her younger brother Wei Ran to wash the other heirs of King Qin Huiwen with blood, thus consolidating the throne of her son Yingji. Since then, the combination of the heroine and her relatives has become the dominant power of Daqin.
In order to consolidate this situation, Empress Dowager Xuan further introduced Chu relatives, such as Huayang Jun Mi Rong and others, and shared the power of Great Qin with them.
Yes, the reason why Empress Dowager Xuan was able to make the situation of the heroine's interference in politics for a long time was because she had a strong Chu relatives behind her as support.
The reason why the later Empress Dowager Huayang was able to influence the determination of the candidate for the king of Qin, and until her death, was deeply influencing the political situation of the Qin State was because the forces of the Chu family were flourishing in Great Qin.
King Yingzheng of Qin did not really control the power of Great Qin until 226 BC when he moved the representative of the Chu family, Changping Jun Miqi, to Yingchen. The constraints of the heroine and her relatives on the royal power can be seen.
Why Qin Shi Huang didn't set up an empress may be to prevent the resurgence of the heroine and the power of her relatives. Kicking out Fusu, the prince of the Chu family, is also to prevent the Chu family's relatives from making a comeback.
In 195 BC, Emperor Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty died, and since then, Empress Lu has become a recognized family member of the Han Dynasty, and behind the heroine of Empress Lu is also the support of foreign relatives
The Lu family was originally the majority shareholder of the Han Dynasty, and its influence spread all over the temples and places of the Han DynastyEmpress Lu himself was also deeply involved in the decision-making of a series of major events in the Han Dynasty and had enough influence.
is over, and Empress Lu further consolidated her position as the heroine by making the Lu family king and placing them in important positions.
And so there was a situation like this:Empress Lu often lived in the Weiyang Palace and personally commanded the operation of various departments of the Han DynastyOn the grassland, Mao Dunshan Yu also called Empress Lu "Your Majesty".
As soon as the order came out of the Queen Mother,Empress Lü essentially fulfilled the power of the emperor。According to historical records, Empress Lu later died in the Weiyang Palace where the emperor lived.
Empress Dowager Bo after Empress Lu was also as the heroine, repeatedly influencing the will of her son Emperor Wen of Han. The reason why Emperor Wen of Han decisively gave his uncle Bo Zhao to death was out of consideration for taking the initiative to cut off the branches and leaves of the heroine.
Later, the Empress Dowager Dou was able to realize the heroine's intervention in politics and suppressed the newly enthroned Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for six years, also because of the support of her relatives. Why did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty kill Dou Ying without hesitation after he became pro-government, that is, he was cleaning up the old relatives and recovering the imperial power.
Why did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's mother, the Queen Mother, not copy the path of the Empress Dowager Dou's heroine to interfere in politics, it is because the relatives of the Wang family headed by Tian Wei have been suppressed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the Queen Mother has no strength to rely on.
In order to completely press the pause button for the situation of the heroine's interference in politics, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty not only exchanged blood for the Han temple by frequently updating the power of his relatives, but also killed the mother of the young lord Liu Fuling, Mrs. Gou Yi, before his death.
But Dahan later fell into the abyss of being jointly acted by the heroine and her relatives, and was finally subverted by Wang Mang, a relative.
In addition to her relatives, the heroine can also cultivate the basic plate by herself to introduce the courtiers into her circle, and Wu Zetian took this road. During the twenty-four years that he assisted Gaozong Li Zhi in handling the imperial government, Wu Zetian promoted a large number of people through the imperial examination, and it was these people who became Wu Zetian's loyal supporters of the later sprint to the imperial power.
The later Cixi actually followed this path. In 1861, after the death of Emperor Xianfeng, Cixi first united with Prince Gong Yi to launch a coup d'état in Xinyou, achieving the goal of listening to the government, and then kicked Yi out of the game through a coup d'état, forming a situation in which he was dictatorial.
But after all, it is against the ancestral system for the heroine to interfere in politics, and the Qing Dynasty has never had a precedent for the heroine to interfere in politics, Cixi wants to achieve the curtain for a long time is actually still difficult, the reason why she can make the curtain pattern long-term is because she introduced the power of foreign ministers as support.
First of all,Cixi sent part of the imperial power to the military plane, so that the Minister of War and Aircraft got rid of the role of simply being the emperor's secretary and had a certain power.
Secondly, Cixi reused the Han officials and Hunan factions represented by Zeng Guofan, who had already risen, and vigorously supported the Han officials to implement the Westernization Movement in the years that followed.
This is the core reason why she can extend the shelf life of the heroine indefinitelyShe has taken the huge group of Han officials who have risen as her basic plate
Along with Wu Zetian and Cixi, there was also the Empress Dowager Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty, who also joined forces to introduce some clans and Han officials into her own circle as a basic plate, so as to control the imperial power for a long time. Emperor Xiaowen Tuoba Hong was only a puppet until the death of Empress Dowager Feng, and one of the reasons why he later moved the capital to Luoyang was to get rid of the power of Empress Dowager Feng in Pingcheng.
The essential reason why Empress Dowager Liu of the Northern Song Dynasty could not copy Wu Zetian's path is that she has no support from her relatives, and second, she cannot get the support of courtiers, so she can only hold a limited right to speak for a short time.
In addition,The army is also an important support for the heroine's interference in politics。In 926, Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji died, and after that, although the power of the Khitan was in the hands of Emperor Yelu Deguang, the emperor's mother, the Empress Dowager Yingtian, still repeatedly interfered in the emperor's decision-making, and even after the death of Yelu Deguang, she was ready to influence the emperor's choice and put her youngest son Li Hu on the throne.
The reason why Empress Dowager Ying Tian has a certain right to speak is not only because she often assisted her husband in handling government affairs when Abaoji was in power, and she had a certain influence, but more importantly, she later established her own armyThe cavalry unit numbered 20,000 men and was called the Urudour
This is the important reason why she was able to control all the military affairs of the Khitan after Abaoji's death, and it is also the support of strength and military.
Yes,The struggle for power among the nomads is essentially a battle for the army in their hands, Empress Dowager Ying Tian has a certain right to speak by virtue of the army in her hands.
The Khitan kings could only submit to the heroine when their status, ability, and strength were inferior to the queen mother.
In September 982, Yeluxian of Liaojingzong died at the age of thirty-five. Since the successor of the Holy Emperor Yelu Longxu was only twelve years old, the empress Xiao Yanyan, who had been promoted to the empress dowager, had to withstand the pressure from the Khitan royal family and consolidate her son's throne.
Empress Dowager Xiao's style of play is to unite the powerful factions Han Derang, Yelu Xiuge, Yelu Xianzhen and others, and use these people as allies to temporarily withstand the impact from the Khitan nobles and stabilize her son's throne.
However, Empress Dowager Xiao's ability to dominate the political situation of Liao for a long time after that was not entirely due to the support of some ministers, and having a certain number of directly subordinate troops was also an important support for her to firmly grasp the right to speak.
Like Empress Dowager Yingtian, Empress Dowager Xiao also established her own Huluduo, and even in 1005, when Empress Dowager Xiao was sixty years old, she commanded her direct troops to fight against the Song army.
The title of the queen mother plus the title of military commander, the Khitan nobles can only bow to the heroine.
Of course, this is also related to the tradition of nomadic women in charge of the house. In addition, during the reign of Liao Jingzong, Empress Dowager Xiao had already infiltrated her influence into the court, otherwise, she would not have had the opportunity to contact powerful factions such as Han Derang and Yelu Huge.
Due to Liao Jingzong's long-term poor health, he asked Empress Xiao Yanyan to assist him in handling court affairs, and even took out the emperor's exclusive privileged words such as "I" and "Yu" to share with the empress. Empress Dowager Xiao's ability and strength were all accumulated during this stage.
Coupled with the blessing of the army, Empress Dowager Xiao's strength will only be greater than that of Empress Dowager Yingtian. At the same time, the Xiao family is also a big Khitan family, and the Empress Dowager Xiao also has the strong help of her relatives.
So,Power does not come from position, but from the strength behind it, when the imperial power lacks the strength of the filling, it will also be hollowed out by the heroine, relatives, ministers, and feudal towns.
To a certain extent, many dynastic changes in history have been caused by this uneven distribution of power.
The leading actors of history are always powerful.
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