The nurse became the queen mother, the only one in historypeople
In 87 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che was lying on the dragon bed, his eyes swept over the favored concubine Lady Gouyi, who bowed her head and served wholeheartedly, looking at her young face, he made a decision in his heart.
At this moment, Liu Che is 69 years old, old and frail, about to usher in the end of his life, he has been the emperor of the Han Dynasty for 54 years, and has experienced countless wars and hardships, so that the Han Dynasty has reached its peak.
And Mrs. Gou Yi is only 25 years old, and she is the mother of Liu Che's youngest son, Liu Fuling, and is favored by him.
Liu Che squinted his eyes and motioned for Mrs. Gou Yi to come closer, and asked softly, "Concubine Ai, if I pass away, would you like to accompany me?" Mrs. Gou Yi burst into tears and replied grief-stricken: "If Your Majesty dies, the concubine does not want to live alone." ”
Liu Che nodded, and said with emotion: "Even if I don't hurt you in vain, you go down and wait for me first." Mrs. Gou Yi was ignorant for a moment and was stunned. Liu Che waved his hand, sighed lightly, and said to the person beside him: "Give death." ”
Mrs. Gou Yi was shocked and desperately begged for mercy, but Liu Che showed no mercy. A generation of beauties died like this.
Why did Liu Che give Mrs. Death Hook Yi on his deathbed? What's the story behind this? For an emperor known for his decisiveness, it was clearly not just about meeting her underground.
In his later years, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was undecided in the choice of his heir. The crown prince Liu Ju was forced to commit suicide due to the scourge of witchcraft, and Emperor Wu did not have many princes, and after repeated consideration, he finally decided to make his youngest son Liu Fuling the crown prince, because Liu Fuling was most like himself when he was young.
Liu Fuling ascended the throne at a young age and shouldered the heavy responsibility of the country, however, the shadows of his grandmother Empress Dowager Dou, his mother Empress Dowager and his relatives have always been shadowy, which is an insurmountable gap for his ambitions.
In the context of such an era, the existence of Mrs. Gou Yi is like a double-edged sword, she is not only Liu Fuling's biological mother, but also will intervene in the government politics because of the "son is young and the mother is strong", arrange for her family to enter the court, and repeat the mistake of the relatives of Empress Lu interfering in politics.
For the sake of the stability of the country, Liu Fuling had to take measures to get rid of Mrs. Gou Yi, clear the way forward for him, and avoid the emergence of a royal crisis.
500 years later, the Northern Wei Dynasty once again used brutal"Lizi kills his mother"System. In order to prevent the authoritarian power of the queen mother and the interference of foreign relatives, the founding emperor Tuoba Jue followed the story of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and implemented it on the princes born to the concubines"Lizi kills his mother"policy.
However, the prince was young and needed to be taken care of, so he was cared for by a nursing mother. This special historical period created two women to become the queen mother as nurses and palace people.
Empress Dowager Dou, Wyeth, was born in the history books, because her husband was convicted, she and her two daughters entered the palace as slaves. However, Empress Dowager Dou has a calm personality, is invisible, and treats people with kindness, just like a noble daughter.
She is virtuous and thoughtful, knows etiquette and knows advance and retreat, and has an excellent reputation in the palace, even the emperor Tuoba has heard of it. Therefore, Tuoba Hei ordered her to be the nurse of the prince Tuoba Tao.
Empress Dowager Dou has a benevolent and loving personality, regards Tuoba Tao as her own, loves her very much, and the two are like her own mother and son. In 423 AD, Emperor Yuan of the Ming Dynasty died, and Tuoba Tao ascended the throne and became Emperor Taiwu.
In order to repay the Empress Dowager Dou's nurturing grace, Emperor Taiwu respected her as the Empress Dowager, which was the first time in history that the nanny was promoted to the status of the Empress Dowager. In 432, Emperor Taiwu honored Empress Dowager Dou as the empress dowager and named her younger brother the king of Liaodong.
Empress Dowager Dou has successfully transformed from a humble nurse to a mother of a country, and her life is full of glory. According to the Book of Wei, Empress Dowager Dou "behaved in pure manners and was courteous in advance and retreat."
Sexual kindness, diligent guidance. "The Queen Mother has made a lot of claims inside and outside.
I raised the emperor, respected the gods and loved the people, and I never did anything bad in my life. But I didn't have a rank in the previous dynasty, so I couldn't follow me into the imperial tomb against etiquette, and I could be buried on this mountain.
Tuoba Tao complied with the last wish of the nursing mother and established the Dou family's mausoleum temple in Laoshan Mountain, and the monument praised the merits. The life story of Empress Dowager Dou proves that no matter what your identity is, as long as you have benevolence and kindness, you will definitely be able to win the respect and praise of others.
The story of Chang's grandmother, Tuoba Tao's grandson, once again repeats the experience of the Empress Dowager Dou. Chang was born in western Liaoxi and was the daughter of Chang Cheng, the Taishou of Later Yan. Due to the war, she entered the court of the Northern Wei Dynasty and was ordered by Emperor Taiwu to raise her grandson Tuoba Tao.
Chang was very kind and obedient to Tuoba Jun, and raised him diligently, bringing him the warmth of maternal love. Chang was a brave and resourceful man. In 452 AD, the eunuch leader Zong Ai launched the "Zhengping Incident", attempting to ** Emperor Taiwu Tuobatao, and at the same time kill all the princes and concubines to seize the power of the court.
However, the court nanny, who is not usually noticed, makes a surprising decision. She hid Tuoba Jun, and used this as a call to contact a group of generals to launch an encirclement and suppression, and finally eliminated the eunuch forces and helped the Tuoba clan regain power.
Chang's ingenuity and courage have left an indelible mark on her in the long river of history.
In 452 AD, Tuoba Jun succeeded to the throne and became Emperor Wencheng of the Northern Wei Dynasty. In the same year, he honored his nurse Chang as the queen mother. The following year, Emperor Wencheng honored Chang as the empress dowager and asked her to give orders inside and outside the court, as if she were the emperor's mother.
After the Chang family gained power, her family also soared and became a prominent Chang family's relatives. In the first year of Xingguang, the palace maid Li gave birth to the son of Emperor Wencheng, Tuoba Hong, and was named a nobleman.
In the second year of Tai'an, Emperor Wencheng established Tuoba Hong as the crown prince. However, according to the Northern Wei Dynasty's system of "death of the son and the mother", the Chang family ordered the Li family to be killed. Empress Dowager Chang was an important historical figure in the middle of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and she participated in or instigated the counterinsurgency of the "Zhengping Incident", the enthronement of Emperor Wencheng, the execution of Empress Li of Emperor Wencheng, and the rise of Empress Feng of civilization.
On the fourth day of the fourth month of April in 460, Chang died in Shou'an Palace, and Emperor Wencheng ordered the world to cry and hang for three days, and gave Chang his nickname "Zhao". In accordance with Chang's last wishes, Emperor Wencheng buried her in Molu Mountain in Guangning, and in accordance with the old practice of Empress Dowager Hui, he also built a mausoleum temple, set up 200 households to guard the cemetery, and set up a stone tablet to praise her merits.
The reason why the nurses of the Northern Wei Dynasty were able to enjoy such a lofty status in that era was mainly because they not only had the blood of the Xianbei people, but also deeply admired the filial piety culture of the Han people.
However, although this cruel system of "setting up a son and killing his mother" successfully prevented the intervention of the emperor's biological mother's relatives, it also allowed the relatives of the nursing mother to take advantage of it, forming a situation in which the gains outweighed the losses.
In the late Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Xuanwu Yuan Ke decisively abolished this cruel system, and since then, there has never been a phenomenon of empress dowager protection in history. Despite this, there were still several famous nurses in the court of later generations, such as the much-loved Wan Guifei of Ming Xianzong, the nurse of Ming Xizong Fengsheng who was in cahoots with Wei Zhongxian, and the nurse of Emperor Kangxi Sun.
Sun's husband's family served as the fourth Jiangning weaver for some reason, and he was in a good place. Sun's son, Cao Yin, is the grandfather of Cao Xueqin, the original author of "Dream of Red Mansions".