Zhao Ji (?.)- 228 BC), also known as the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Zhao, was born in Zhujiaxiang, Handan, Zhao (one said that Handan was the daughter of a big family, and the other was a good dancer), and was the biological mother of Qin Shi Huang. Her real surname has been lost, and the word "Zhao Ji" began in the long history ** "Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty", so historians also call her Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji was originally Lü Buwei's concubine, and later became the queen of King Xiang of Qin Zhuang. Zhao Ji fornicated in the harem, fornicated with Chang Yu, and had two sons, after Lü Buwei's death, Zhao Ji was in pain, and died of depression three or four years later.
Biography of the characterDuring the reign of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, among the six kingdoms, the strength of Zhao and Qin was equal. Zhao State, under the command of the famous general Lian Po, defeated Qin's attacks twice. The state of Qin was forced to send the son of the crown prince An Guojun (later renamed Zichu) to the state of Zhao as a hostage. An Guojun has more than 20 sons, and the aliens belong to the concubines, ranking in the middle, and his mother Xia Ji is not favored, and her body is like duckweed and cannot be autonomous. At that time, there were conflicts between Qin and Zhao, so Zhao did not treat strangers politely, and his life was embarrassing and his future was bleak. Just when he was depressed, he met Lü Buwei, a jewelry merchant with political vision. Lü Buwei shrewdly realized that it was more profitable to bet on this temporarily unsuccessful prince than to buy and sell jewelry. As his father said in response to his question: Investing in the field, working hard all day long, even if the harvest is good, can only make a profit of ten times at most;Invest in jewelry, run to buy and sell every day, even if you are lucky, you can only make a hundred times the profit;And investing in politics to help a person settle the country will enjoy a lifetime of glory once he succeeds, and he can also bless future generations. Lü Buwei first tried to bribe the guards who supervised the Inhumans to make it easier for him to make friends with the Inhumans. Of course, the most important thing is to gain the trust of the alien, which is not too difficult, because the alien is in a foreign land and has no relatives, but there is someone who is willing to listen to him tell him about his sufferings and envision the future political path for him, he is really grateful, and soon regards Lü Buwei as a confidant. Lü Buwei first bought Mrs. Huayang's sister, because Mrs. Huayang was An Guojun's favorite concubine, but she had no heirs, so Mrs. Huayang's sister persuaded Mrs. Huayang to accept Yiren as her adopted son, and blew the pillow wind in An Guojun's place, saying that Yiren should be made the prince how filial and productive. An Guojun agreed to Mrs. Huayang's request, and in this way, Lü Buwei took the first step. It is said that Lü Buwei selected a beautiful woman from the handan princesses, she is smart and charming, this is Zhao Ji. Lü Buwei told her that she would be able to become a princess like this, and Zhao Ji readily agreed. Lü Buwei dedicated her to a stranger, and later, Zhao Ji gave birth to a baby boy named Zheng, that is, Yingzheng. Under the influence of Mrs. Huayang, Yiren returned to Qin with Zhao Ji and was made the prince. King Zhaoxiang soon died of illness, and the heir of Anguojun, that is, King Qin Xiaowen, became the prince as a matter of course, but he was still one step away from the throne, and Lü Buwei couldn't wait, he discussed with Zhao Ji and charmed King Qin Xiaowen with wine, King Qin Xiaowen lived a life of spending all day long, and soon died because of excessive greed!Yiren finally ascended to the throne, that is, King Xiang of Qin Zhuang. Mrs. Huayang is the queen mother, Yingzheng is the crown prince, Lü Buwei is the prime minister, Feng Wenxin is the marquis, and there are 100,000 households. As the national strength of the Qin State became stronger and stronger, Lü Buwei's achievements were high, and Yiren knew that he was shrewd and abnormal, and gradually became vigilant against him. And Lu Buwei also noticed it, how could he be restrained?So he secretly discussed with Zhao Ji to get rid of the stranger, establish Yingzheng as the king, and let Zhao Ji become the queen mother. So Zhao Ji offered his favor night and night, and did everything he could to make strangers greedy and addicted, and soon he was weakened, and he returned to the West at the age of 36. King Zhuang Xiang died, and Yingzheng ascended to the throne of the monarch at the age of thirteen. Zhao Ji is the queen mother, respects Lü Buwei as the middle father, and entrusts him with all state affairs. Although Ying Zheng is young, he has the ambition and fighting spirit to rule the world, he knows that Lü Buwei is his biggest obstacle, and Lü Buwei also knows that Ying Zheng is not an idle person, and the two are secretly competing. But the disaster finally came to Zhao Ji, she was young and widowed, unwilling to be lonely, and had an old relationship with Lü Buwei, so the two came and went in secret, and Lü Buwei often went in and out of the palace at will. But he was also afraid that Ying Zheng would know about it, and someone like Zhao Ji would have an accident sooner or later if he didn't know the inspection, and he couldn't help but restrain himself. Later, Lü Buwei found a person named Chang Yu, this person can't do anything else, only in the matter of the house has abnormal ability, Chang Yu according to the records of the historical records, is a very huge person, according to the records of Lü Buwei's biography, you can use ** to turn the paulownia wheel;And Lü Buwei introduced Chang Yu to Zhao Ji, the mother of Zhao Zheng, the king of Qin, and made him have an affair with Zhao JiMoreover, Lü Buwei also forged the proof that Chang Yu had been castrated. After that, Chang Yu entered the harem as a eunuch, and had sexual pleasure with the Queen Mother, and finally the Queen Mother Qin became pregnant. In the wild history, it is recorded that the Empress Dowager Qin's sexual desire is not inferior to Wu Zetian, and she once made her concubine travel together for 5 days when the two stayed in the carriage without thinking about eating and drinking and enjoying the pleasures of the flesh without leaving home, and the lingering voice of the Empress Dowager Qin lasted for 5 days, and even the soldiers of her entourage could not hold back and sighed: "The color of a woman, the tiger and the wolf are very difficult to fill;."On the prostitution of women, it is none other than the Queen Mother. When the Empress Dowager Qin came out of the carriage, her face was radiant as if she had rejuvenated, while Chang Yu, who was beside her, had a haggard face and a thin figure with gray hair, which couldn't help but surprise the soldiers. 
The queen mother was afraid that she would be found out if she was widowed and pregnant, so she pretended to occupy a hexagram and moved to the palace to avoid disasters. The Empress Dowager of Qin obtained the consent of Zhao Zheng and moved to Yongxian County with the fake eunuch Chang Yu, and gave birth to two sons in the palace of Yongxian County, and Chang Yu also called himself the "false father" of King Qin. Chang Yu served the Empress Dowager Qin all day long, and the rewards were unusually rich, and everything in Yongcheng was decided by Chang Yu. There are thousands of servants waiting for Chang Yu, and there are more than 1,000 guests who go to Chang Yu to seek official positions. Chang Yu was named the Marquis of Changxin. Shanyang (now southeast of Jiaozuo, Henan) is its residence, and Hexi and Taiyuan counties are its fields. In the ninth year of the first emperor, that is, in 238 B.C., someone accused Chang Yu of being a fake eunuch, having an affair with the queen mother, having two sons, and conspiring with the queen mother: "The king is the king, and the son is the queen." "Ying Zheng was twenty-two years old at the time, and when he heard the news, he was furious, and he sent someone to investigate. After Chang Yu was named the Marquis of Changxin, he got Taiyuan County in Hexi as the country. He was enjoying the palace carriages, horses, clothes, and gardens wantonly, and lived a prosperous princely life, how could he suddenly lose it?So, Chang Yu preemptively struck, taking advantage of the beautiful April of the wind and sunshine, Yingzheng Su Yongcheng Qinian Palace to perform a crown ceremony, steal the imperial seal of the King of Qin and the queen mother's seal, and transfer the county guards, official guards and officials to attack the Qinian Palace. Ying Zheng ordered Changping Jun and Chang Wenjun to lead the Xianyang soldiers to quell the rebellion, and the two armies fought in Xianyang. The king of Qin ordered: "All those who have military merits will be rewarded by the lord, and those who participate in the war will also be rewarded by the knight." Hundreds of rebels were killed, Chang Yu's army was defeated, and he fled with his dead friends. The king of Qin issued an edict to the whole country: "Those who capture the concubine alive will be given one million, and those who kill the concubine will be given five hundred thousand yuan." "Chang Yu and his dead friends were wiped out, and King Yingzheng of Qin split Chang Yu and exterminated his three clans. Twenty people, including Chang Yu's Death Guard Wei Quan, Nei Shi Shi, Zuo Ge Ji, and Zhong Dafu Ling Qi, followed Chang Yu's guests and gave up people, and the lesser sin was the salaried person who served in the temple - Ghost Salary;More than 4,000 people who committed serious crimes were seized and moved to Shu, and relocated to serve for three years. The two sons of the Queen Mother and Chang Yu were all culled together. The Queen Mother expelled from Xianyang, moved to Gongyang Palace outside the city, severed the mother-son relationship, never saw each other again, and explicitly ordered the courtiers to dare to advise the Queen Mother, "kill and kill, and tribulus terrestris on her back". As a result, twenty-seven ministers were brutally executed, and their bodies were hung on the palace walls for public display. In order to consolidate his power, Yingzheng took advantage of the situation to demote Lü Buwei to Shuzhong. After Lü Buwei received the will, he was full of contradictions, if he told the truth, the Qin king was violent and arrogant by nature, and it was difficult for him to survive, seeing that his exploits for decades were declared bankrupt, Lü Buwei committed suicide in despair. After Zhao Ji heard the news, he thought of the decades of ups and downs he had spent with him, and he was really miserable, and died of depression three or four years later. In fact, Zhao Ji's life is quite miserable, and the previous historians have given her too low an evaluation. For Lü Buwei, she was just a gift;To Inhuman, she's just a venting tool;For Ying Zheng, she is just a tool to show that she has done her filial piety;And for Chang Yu, she is just a tool to help him gain power. 