Wang Zhengjun angrily threw the jade seal, preferring to cause a runaway life
We may not be able to accept strange forces, but there are often invisible forces hidden behind history and destiny, which make it difficult for us to be autonomous. Wang Zhengjun, one of the longest-lived empresses in Chinese history, remained on the throne for 61 years, but in her later years, she unexpectedly felt powerless in life.
Her trusted nephew, Wang Mang, usurped her husband's family, causing her to angrily throw away the heirloom jade seal. Although we often discuss life planning, this is only a reminder to take a long-term view, and it does not change the unpredictability of fate.
Because life is like a live broadcast, there is no rehearsal, no design and planning. Wang Zhengjun, the woman who lived to be 84 years old, may think that life is so uncontrollable.
Let's take a look at Wang Zhengjun's life and see how she lost control step by step.
Wang Zhengjun was born in a famous family, and her father Wang Ban was a descendant of Wang Tian'an in Jibei. Her mother, Le Thi, ran away from home after giving birth to Wang Zhengjun due to jealousy and remarried Gou Bin of Hanoi County.
When Wang Zhengjun was born, her mother dreamed of a moon rushing into her arms, a legendary blessing of the same level as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty when he was born. Wang Zhengjun was not an ordinary woman, so her marriage contracts ended with the sudden death of the man.
Her father, Wang Ban, wondered why her fate was so hard. So he consulted the god stick, and the god stick explained that Wang Zhengjun was in the arms of the moon, and the future will be unspeakably expensive, and ordinary people will definitely be unblessed.
When Wang Ban heard this, he suddenly realized that he decided to arrange for Wang Zhengjun to attend various cram schools to make up for all kinds of talents, and then when she was eighteen years old, she was sent to the palace and became a spare tire in the harem.
In order to help the crown prince Liu Zheng get out of the grief of Sima Liangdi's death, Emperor Xuan and Empress Wang decided to hold an audition in the harem to choose a new partner for Liu Zheng.
Empress Wang specially selected five young women, including Wang Zhengjun, to participate. Although Liu Zheng was still immersed in his thoughts about Sima Liangdi, he knew that it was the kindness of his parents, so he casually said that one of them felt okay.
When Empress Wang saw Liu Zheng speak, she decided to send Wang Zhengjun, who was closest to him at that time, into the East Palace. Although Liu Zheng did not specify which woman could, Queen Wang did not think it mattered, and she chose to arrange according to the principle of proximity.
Liu Zheng is just to deal with his father and queen mother, and it doesn't matter who he sends him, but he must deal with it in both form and content. Although he had more than a dozen concubines, none of them could give birth to children for him, which was a concern of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.
However, Liu Zheng only fell in love with Wang Zhengjun at first sight and became pregnant with his flesh and blood, which made Emperor Xuan of Han very happy. He made Wang Zhengjun the crown princess, and named her son Liu Biao, the character Taisun, and often took it with him to show his favor.
The appearance of Wang Zhengjun made Emperor Xuan of Han feel very lucky, because she gave birth to a talented son for the old Liu family.
Wang Zhengjun relied on the status of his son Liu Biao to become the queen after Liu Zheng ascended the throne. However, Liu Zheng didn't have much affection for her, and only made her the queen because of the relationship between her father Liu Xun and her son Liu Biao, so she was treated coldly.
After Liu Xun's death, Liu Biao neglected discipline and became uninhibited, and Liu Zheng even considered abolishing him. However, due to Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty's love for Liu Biao and the active maintenance of his relatives Wang Feng, Shi Dan and others, Wang Zhengjun's mother and son were finally able to preserve their status.
Wang Zhengjun mother and son spent time in the Yuan Dynasty of the Han Dynasty, and in 33 BC they were promoted, with Liu Biao becoming Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty and Wang Zhengjun becoming the Empress Dowager.
Wang Zhengjun's mother and son, as relatives of the emperor and the country, naturally will not let go of any opportunity to make their family raise their eyebrows when they are in power. In the face of the dictatorship of relatives and eunuchs that had begun to emerge during the period of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, their mother and son had a common understanding.
First of all, for those eunuchs who are not related to each other, they obviously don't buy it, thinking that these people look awkward in the center of power, and they should be allowed to cool off to the side.
Therefore, Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty united with his relatives and adopted the method of rising and descending secretly, so that the powerful minister Shi Xian lost his real power, and then exposed the past crimes of Shi Xian and his henchmen through a joint letter, and successfully made Shi Xian be dismissed from office, and died in a foreign country, and other pawns were dismissed from office one after another.
Although the rest of the group of relatives were all relatives of the Liu family, Emperor Han Cheng's mother and son believed that the status of the family should not be determined only by blood relations, but should be adjusted according to the needs of the times.
Therefore, they decided to put all the members of their mother's family on top, and these people became real relatives.
Why did Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty trust his uncle Wang Feng and constantly promoted his official position? It is because Wang Feng has a strong family background and outstanding achievements. Wang Feng's elder brother Wang Wu used to be the uncle of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, and his cousin Wang Jie was once the general of the Great Sima Che Cavalry, and the whole family was famous in Yuan and Cheng.
However, this did not satisfy Wang Feng, he used his power to crowd out Feng Yewang and Xu Jia, and forced the only powerful opposition Prime Minister Wang Shang to **, and then realized the family's **.
Emperor Cheng of Han regretted Wang Shang's death, but Wang Feng did not care about the same surname and drove Wang Shang's relatives and children out of Chang'an. Since then, Wang Feng has become the supreme ruler of the court, and the family's position has become more stable.
Wang Feng's younger brothers Wang Yin, Wang Shang, and Wang Gen successively inherited the official positions of Great Sima, Great General, and Lingshang Shushi, and Wang Mang eventually took over the scepter of the family, creating conditions for usurping the Han Dynasty.
Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty was a womanizer who spent his days playing with sisters Zhao Feiyan and Zhao Hede, but died in bed due to overwork at a young age. Although he lived a happy life, he did not leave a son.
After his death, Fu Zhaoyi, the mother of King Dingtao Gong, took advantage of the relationship of Wang Zhengjun's younger brother Wang Gen to nominate her grandson Liu Xin as emperor, thus putting Wang Zhengjun on the throne of the Empress Dowager.
After Liu Xin ascended the throne, in the face of the situation in which the Wang family held power, he chose to support the Fu family and the Ding family to balance the Wang family. Wang Zhengjun was upset by this, and she decided to let her nephew Wang Mang go home to rest in order to avoid an escalation of the conflict.
However, Wang Mang's subordinates objected and called him a pillar of the imperial court. In the end, Wang Zhengjun had no choice but to reinstate Wang Mang.
Wang Zhengjun's sense of smell was keen, and he sensed Liu Xin's unfriendliness towards the Wang family. Later, Emperor Han Ai and the Wang family experienced many grievances, Wang Gen was expelled, Wang Mang was demoted, and many other children were also degraded.
Despite this, Emperor Han Ai always maintained respect for Wang Zhengjun, after all, she was an elder of the royal family. After Wang Zhengjun was old, Emperor Han Ai recalled Wang Mang and Ahou Wang Ren to serve her.
After the death of Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty, Wang Zhengjun showed the decisiveness and courage of a politician, quickly controlled the center, forced Dong Xian to hand over the jade seal of the country, and recalled Wang Mang on this ground, seizing Dong Xian's military power.
In the end, the Wang family once again sat firmly in the number one position in the imperial court and supported Liu Yin, the king of Zhongshan, as the emperor. Emperor Ping of Han was only nine years old when he succeeded to the throne, and was ruled by the Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun, and the great Sima Wang Mang upheld the government of the dynasty.
During the seven-year reign of Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang tried his best to curry favor with his aunt Wang Zhengjun, and at the same time took the opportunity to quietly seize power when Wang Zhengjun's energy was declining and it was difficult to take care of it.
However, in 6 AD, Emperor Ping of Han, who was only 16 years old, died young, and Wang Mang was already full-fledged. He first chose his two-year-old son as the heir to the throne to stabilize the situation.
At the same time, he created all kinds of ** that were conducive to his usurpation of the throne, and secretly observed Wang Zhengjun's reaction. Although Wang Zhengjun is a woman, she understands in her heart that usurping power and seeking a position is immoral behavior, which will be left for thousands of years.
Therefore, she resolutely opposed Wang Mang's ambitions. At the same time, she also believes that all the achievements of her nephew Wang Mang are inseparable from her own support, and he should listen to her own opinions.
However, without her explicit support, she is not sure whether Wang Mang will have the courage to go against the sky.
Wang Zhengjun obviously underestimated his nephew Wang Mang's desire for the throne. In 9 AD, Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty under the pretext that the Mandate of Heaven was inviolable and established a new dynasty.
However, the jade seal of the country is still in the hands of Wang Zhengjun, without it, Wang Mang's status as emperor would be unjustifiable. So, Wang Mang sent someone to ask his aunt for the jade seal.
Wang Zhengjun was outraged by this, denounced Wang Mang for being ungrateful, and prophesied that he would be punished. However, at this point, Wang Zhengjun could only hand over the jade seal, but when he handed it over, he angrily smashed it to the ground, causing the corner of the seal to shatter.
Although Wang Mang tried his best to please her, Wang Zhengjun was greatly disappointed by Wang Mang's actions and became cold towards him. Finally, Wang Zhengjun died on February 2, 13 AD, at the age of eighty-four.
So, how should we evaluate Wang Zhengjun as a person?
Wang Zhengjun, a person similar to Emperor Jingdi of the Han Dynasty's mother, Mrs. Dou Taiji, they are both parent-child madmen and younger brother demons, who take the interests of their mother's family too seriously, and even sacrifice the interests of their husband's family.
Paranoids with such narrow emotions are not uncommon in our lives. They may not have much ability or insight, but once they seize the opportunity, they will satisfy their emotional needs without restraint until things develop to the point of no return.
For example, Wang Zhengjun's "brother demon" is a typical example. While their actions may not be too out of line in the eyes of the average person, in reality, once their destructive outbursts are unleashed, they can have devastating consequences.
Although Wang Zhengjun has nothing to blame in other aspects, her overly partial attitude towards her mother's family has a lot to do with the eventual collapse of the Western Han Dynasty.
This is very similar to the situation that many women with "long hair and short knowledge" who marry into their husband's family and only care about the interests of their mother's family, which eventually leads to the unsustainability of their husband's family business.
Wang Zhengjun was born in a famous family, and should have a larger pattern and deeper insight, but she obviously did not absorb the family's dividends and heritage. This may have been due to the neglect of women's education in that era, as well as her mother's remarriage and her father's lack of expectations for her.
From her first two marriages, it can be seen how much the Wang family attaches importance to her. In the end, Wang Zhengjun was broken by the soothsayer because of the legend of the dream moon, and Wang Bancai temporarily arranged for her to learn various talents.
This is somewhat similar to the practice of modern agencies packaging female artists. History and reality are sometimes cruel, and many people are unprofitable and cannot afford to be early, and they do not scatter eagles when they don't see rabbits.
Don't be fooled by Wang Zhengjun's status as a lady, in fact, she is a quick product, and her ideological and spiritual construction is far inferior to that of ordinary rural women. This kind of woman only has immediate interests and self-interests in her eyes, and lacks the vision of long-term development and the ability to achieve mutual success with others.
After marrying, many small-scale farmers devote themselves to the welfare of their parents' families, while ignoring the career and safety of their husbands. This kind of person can only live around the cognitive limitations of realizing the interests of his mother's family, but cannot create a better future for himself and his husband's family.
Similarly, in modern society, many parents only pay attention to the bride price and whether the other party likes their daughter when marrying their daughter, and ignore the happiness and future of their daughter.
When looking for a partner, many girls only pay attention to whether the other party can bring a better life to their family, and ignore the other party's feelings for themselves. These are Wang Zhengjun-style styles, only considering immediate interests, ignoring long-term development and the realization of their own values.
Wang Zhengjun's whole life seems to have been lived for others, especially for her maiden family. Even though she enjoyed decades of prosperity and wealth, this way of life was actually pathetic, pitiful, and even hateful.
Although Liu Zheng didn't like her, she didn't care, as long as she could climb the high branches. Even if Liu Zheng snubbed her, she didn't care, because she had already gained hope by virtue of her son's status.
When she was by Liu Zheng's side, his nonsense and the decline of the Han Dynasty were not important to her, what really worried her was that Liu Zheng had the idea of changing the crown prince. Because if Liu Biao loses the crown prince, her careful thinking will be in vain.
When Liu Biao ascends the throne, she finally has her own status, and at this time she may have some selfish thoughts, but not too much. Although ordinary people will have a little selfishness, if they only think about their own family and ignore the interests and feelings of others, it will be difficult to gain the respect of others.
The relationship between people should be one of mutual achievement, mutual tolerance and mutual respect. If you only focus on your own family and ignore the interests and feelings of others, you are destroying the relationship between people.
First of all, she did not understand the basic logic of the relationship of interests. While it is understandable to help relatives, it is important to understand that emotions are only one of the influencing factors and cannot be equated with benefits.
Secondly, your Wang family's "group of brothers has the power of the world, and they hold the authority of the country, five generals and ten marquis, and they will become a new capital", this is naked to eat alone, others will not tolerate it, on the surface they may bow their heads, but they will find opportunities to retaliate, and your Wang family can only bear limited pressure.
In the end, after the decline of your royal family, others may fall into the ground. Therefore, there should be room for helping others and settling enmities, and high-level interest relationships need to be handled carefully.
Wang Zhengjun obviously lacks sufficient understanding of the complexity and changeability of human nature, she may just hope to use her own resources to let her mother's family live a better life, but the world is impermanent, when the conditions of the children of the Wang family become more and more superior, will their mentality and self-perception change?
This raises questions about whether she can effectively control her relatives who are gradually lost. Therefore, when Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, Wang Zhengjun's behavior of angrily throwing the jade seal of the country was not completely innocent.
It was only after the Wang family committed a great crime that she began to pretend to be a filial son and grandson, which seemed a little too late and made no sense.
Wang Zhengjun's understanding of the value is limited to allowing himself and his family to enjoy glory and wealth, which is too narrow. As a big man, she should realize that her mission is not only for her own welfare, but also for more important responsibilities, such as preserving the family foundation, helping her children grow up, using her identity and power to resolve crises and conflicts, and helping others succeed.
The real help is not to give directly, but to slowly cultivate and guide them on the path of healthy and long-term development. If you blindly give just to satisfy the desires of yourself and your family, you will only end up reaping the consequences.
In general, although Wang Zhengjun has a certain influence in history, she is actually a little woman with insufficient knowledge, limited ability, and narrow emotions. Sooner or later, the life of such a person will collapse.
Our lives are full of complex relationships, and we must not just rely on impulse, but learn to think before acting, at least think twice before acting.
There are too many women in Wang Zhengjun's style in life, and some words are like being stuck in their throats if they don't say them. However, we must have the consciousness that we need to calm down every time there is a big thing, and we can be willful in small things, but before doing big things, we must think about the cause and effect, and then be cautious, because some things you do wrong are much more destructive than what you don't do.
People like Wang Zhengjun, although they don't understand themselves, still regard themselves as saviors, if she doesn't bear the infamy, it's a bit intolerable. Even if someone defends her and says that she is innocent, in fact, she just adds a little pity to her hatefulness.
Because if you don't have diamonds, you don't have porcelain work, you don't have the courage and ability of Lu Pheasant, and you don't have the relaxed conditions like Dou Yifang, you can choose not to follow their old path.
Dong Shi imitates the bait, and only adds to the bait of laughter. Without Wang Zhengjun's blind mixing, the Western Han Dynasty would collapse sooner or later, but their old Wang family directly broke the mouse feces in that pot of soup.
In the face of those behaviors like Wang Zhengjun who always want to help his mother's family, we might as well start from a simple and easy-to-understand truth. Although it may be reasonable for you to use the resources of your husband's family to help your mother's family, I still want to ask you a few simple questions.
Clause. 1. In this kind of transfer of interests, is there a beneficiary and an injured party? Is it unfair to do so? Clause.
2. Is a married woman closer to the interests of her mother's family?
Or is it closer to the interests of the husband's family? Can you rely on your mother's family for the rest of your life? Clause.
3. Even if you want to help your mother's family, have you considered the actual situation of your husband's family?
If your husband's family goes bankrupt because of your actions, then isn't your "moving" behavior a castle in the air? Clause.
Fourth, a woman's achievements in the world, does the world value her performance in her mother's family more?
Or do you value her performance in her husband's family more? Think about the above questions clearly, maybe you will have a better understanding of Wang Zhengjun as a woman. Some people think that her angry act of throwing the jade seal of the country makes her historical image more distinct, but I think it is just a more vivid interpretation of the phrase "poor people must have something to hate".