The female champion became the prime minister, and the queen was toyed with
In ancient feudal societies, women were tied to the family and were seen as appendages to men, unable to participate in political activities such as imperial examinations and entering the imperial court. Even if some women dare to challenge this social system, such as Wu Zhiduan's girl in the Song Dynasty who participated in the scientific expedition, she would be opposed and rejected by the social ** and the powerful, and eventually forced to withdraw.
This kind of discrimination and restriction on women is a bad phenomenon under the feudal social system.
In ancient times, women, even if they were extremely talented, could not sit for the imperial examinations or hold official positions. The Tang Dynasty poetess Yu Xuanji once sighed: "I hate myself and cover up my poems, and I raise my head to envy the list." ”
She envied those who stood out in the imperial examinations. However, there is indeed a woman in history who not only became the only female champion in ancient times, but also served as a female prime minister.
This woman is Fu Shanxiang. Fu Shanxiang was born in a scholarly family, was brilliant since childhood, and was keen to read scriptures and history. However, she lost her parents when she was 8 years old, and the family's fortunes began to decline.
When she was 13 years old, she married the Li family, and her husband was only 7 years old and was still an ignorant child. At the age of 18, her husband died of measles, and Fu Shanxiang became a young widow.
The mother-in-law wanted to sell her to someone else for money, but Fu Shanxiang sensed her intentions and fled late at night. At this time, the Taiping army led by Hong Xiuquan captured Nanjing and renamed it Tianjing as the capital of the Heavenly Kingdom.
In order to select talents, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom set up a "women's department" so that women could also participate in the imperial examination. This is an opportunity to change his fate for the desperate Fu Shanxiang.
Fu Shanxiang participated in the imperial examination and successfully became a female champion. Soon after, she was appointed as the prime minister. Despite her talent for governing the world, she eventually became the plaything of others.
Although her fate was full of twists and turns, she still became the first female champion and female prime minister in history through her own efforts.
After hearing the good news, Fu Shanxiang immediately went to Tianjing to take the women's examination, which was attended by more than 600 male and female students. Her thoughts in the examination room sprung up like a spring, and she not only won the unanimous praise of the marking officer, but also won the favor of Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, and was hand-picked as the champion of the female subject.
In this way, Fu Shanxiang became the first female champion in history. After the imperial examination, Yang Xiuqing admired Fu Shanxiang very much, and recruited her into the Dongwang Mansion and entrusted her with important tasks, responsible for drafting edicts and sorting out documents.
Later, she was promoted to "bookkeeper" and assisted Yang Xiuqing in handling documents, books and other affairs. Fu Shanxiang's talent was not only recognized by Yang Xiuqing, but also attracted the attention of the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, who had repeatedly borrowed Fu Shanxiang from Yang Xiuqing to assist in handling political affairs.
Fu Shanxiang lived up to his trust and was able to complete the task well every time, so he was exceptionally promoted to "Reward Prime Minister" by Hong Xiuquan.
Fu Shanxiang, the female prime minister of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, even if she is in a high position, she still maintains a diligent and pragmatic work attitude. She made many constructive proposals, reformed irrational systems, advocated the protection of cultural relics, formulated policies for the emancipation of women, and advocated "equality between men and women".
The implementation of these policies made a great contribution to the early development of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Fu Shanxiang is therefore known as a female model, and has the praise of "Wu has Hong Xuanjiao, and Wen has Fu Shanxiang".
However, the leaders of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom indulged in luxury and pleasure at a critical moment in the country's development, and the soldiers on the front line continued to fight bloody battles, while the Heavenly Kings built luxurious palaces in Tianjing and indulged their desires every day.
It is said that the king of the East had as many as sixty-six wives and concubines, and he was still searching for beautiful women.
Fu Shanxiang, a beautiful and talented woman, was deprived of power by Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, and her dream of liberating women was shattered. However, she did not forget her duty and persuaded Yang Xiuqing to treat her subordinates and colleagues well, but she was reprimanded and beaten severely.
In the end, the "Tianjing Incident" broke out, Yang Xiuqing was killed, and none of Fu Shanxiang's family were spared, and it is said that she also died in this incident and was thrown into the river after her death. The only female champion in ancient times, who died at the age of only 23, can't help but sigh that in that era of male superiority and inferiority, it was so difficult for a woman to change her fate.