Of the four empresses, who is the most vicious? Who has the highest wrist? You don't believe it?
In Chinese history, although men dominate, there are four women who have left their place in the male-dominated **, they are: the first empress in Chinese history, Lu Pheasant, the only female emperor Wu Zetian, and the most famous Empress Xiaozhuang of the Qing Dynasty and Cixi, the last ruler of the Qing Empire.
They are all in the male-dominated **, with their wisdom and courage, to win respect and status. However, to select the most vicious of the four, Xiaozhuang was the first to be excluded.
Xiaozhuang is the concubine of Huang Taiji, the mother of Emperor Shunzhi, and the grandmother of Emperor Kangxi, she is a very low-key person, so low-key that many people are not familiar with her. Although she is not favored by Huang Taiji, she has always supported Huang Taiji in obscurity, and the biggest difference between her and the other three is her attitude towards power.
Although Xiaozhuang also cares about politics, she only assists the three emperors, makes ideas behind the emperors, and does not interfere in politics, which is low-key. Although Lü Pheasant, Wu Zetian, and Cixi were equally important in Chinese history, Xiaozhuang's low profile and humility for power made her the most unique of the four.
With her actions, she proves that women can also exert their influence in a male-dominated world.
Although Lu Pheasant Xiaozhuang had the opportunity to dictate power, she did not do so. When Emperor Kangxi was young, Xiaozhuang refused the power to listen to the government, and instead chose to train two effective emperors for the Qing Dynasty - Shunzhi and Kangxi.
Although her relationship with Dorgon is somewhat ambiguous, her purpose is for her son Shunzhi. Behind Shunzhi becoming the first emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Xiaozhuang played a key role in the political struggle.
After Shunzhi became emperor, she successfully managed to deal with Dolgon's relationship and consolidate the throne for Shunzhi. Hyo-jong's life did not show any vicious behavior, and there was no sign of authoritarianism.
Therefore, it is somewhat inappropriate to put her in the same group as the other three, because she is an alternative person who likes to get involved in politics but does not interfere in it.
Lü Pheasant was known for her viciousness, and she invented a form of torture that made people die in agony and struggle. She even let her son ** this kind of torture, which caused her son to die of depression.
Although Lu Pheasant does everything to protect the enemy, everything she does is to protect her son and the country. In contrast, Wu Zetian's viciousness is even better, she does not hesitate to sacrifice the life of her infant daughter in order to bring down the queen, and this unscrupulous means even exceed that of Lu Pheasant.
Although the two have similar methods of treating their opponents, Lu Pheasant will not hurt his children, while Wu Zetian does not hesitate to hurt his children for the sake of power, which can be said to be incomparable to Lu Pheasant.
For the sake of power, Wu Zetian did whatever it took to not only kill his own daughter, but also depose his son twice, allowing his mother and son to compete for the throne, which is rare in Chinese history.
In addition, she also large-scale ** Tang Dynasty clan and implemented strict cool official politics, which is incomparable to Lu Pheasant. Therefore, Wu Zetian's ruthlessness is unmatched.
In contrast, the Empress Dowager Cixi was also quite vicious. As the concubine of Emperor Xianfeng, she eliminated the eight ministers of Gu Ming through a coup d'état after the death of Emperor Xianfeng, and rearranged the personnel arrangements during Xianfeng's lifetime, thus firmly controlling the military and political power.
Relying on her identity as a son, Cixi began to listen to the government for more than 40 years and control the Qing Dynasty government. Cixi's viciousness was mainly reflected in her political opponents.
For example, in the Xinyou coup, she eliminated the eight ministers of Gu Ming in one fell swoop, knocked down all political opponents, and formed a situation in which the empress dowager of the two palaces was in power. There are even rumors that Cixi poisoned the Guangxu Emperor to thwart his reforms.
These actions are all aimed at consolidating their own dictatorship. To sum up, Wu Zetian is the most vicious, Lu Pheasant is second, Cixi is third, and Xiaozhuang is last.
In feudal society, the status of women is low, and it is not easy to enter politics, let alone become a female emperor. However, Wu Zetian relied on his extraordinary political skills to climb all the way from a talented person to a female emperor of the Ninety-Five, which is unique in history.
Not only is she able to seize opportunities, but she also knows how to use harem strife to improve her status. Not only did she kill her own daughter, but she also framed the queen and finally achieved her goal of female domination over men.
Wu Zetian's political talent and skill are the key to her success.
Wu Zetian, an empress with excellent political skills. She knows how to unite enemies to fight enemies, such as she united with the queen to deal with Concubine Xiao Shu, and then used palace maids and eunuchs to monitor political and love enemies, seizing the opportunity to eradicate them.
After the death of Tang Gaozong, she began to prepare for the title of emperor, which was undoubtedly a bold innovation at the time. After becoming a female emperor, she had a very unique way of managing a huge regime, and she promoted a large number of talents, such as Di Renjie, to use these talents to serve her own life and control the government.
Wu Zetian is one of the most unique female emperors in history, and her reign is full of strategy and skill. In order to suppress the aristocracy and control **, Wu Zetian practiced cool official politics, appointed those who were not afraid of the powerful and the nobles, and were not afraid of life and death to serve as officials, and used these people to fight against the lawless nobles and let the nobles do their duty.
She ruled for 15 years, and although it was not long, it was unique for a woman. Wu Zetian's domination of men in a male-dominated world required extremely strong psychological qualities and political skills, which were far from being comparable to the other three women, Lu Pheasant, Cixi and Xiaozhuang.
Lü Pheasant's political skills are not as good as Cixi's, and although she has some ability, she lacks the ability to control the overall situation, and she almost made fatal mistakes. Although Cixi has some ability, she has also done many things that have harmed the country and the people, such as declaring war on the Eight Kingdoms without her own strength, which does not understand politics and strategy at all, and makes enemies everywhere, even if you unite one against the other, it is better than this.
Cixi's actions led to the entry of the Eight-Nation Coalition into Beijing, and she had to flee in disarray, a manifestation of her low political ability. As for Xiaozhuang, she basically doesn't feel her political skills, the most she can do is to put forward some opinions and cultivate the emperor, although she also has some ability, but *** wrist, she ranks last.
Overall, Wu Zetian's political skills far surpass those of the other three women, and she is the most unique female emperor in history.