Lü Pheasant, as the empress of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, has always been a controversial woman. She is not only the only woman written by Sima Qian into the emperor's book, but also speaks highly of her, saying that"If the government does not leave the house, the world will be silent; Punishment is scarce, and the sinner is He; Civil affairs crops, food and clothing breeding",Great affirmation was given. However, there are also many stories about her ruthlessness that have been circulated throughout history. After Liu Bang's death, Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty Liu Ying ascended the throne. Due to the weakness of the king, the government was effectively controlled by Empress Lü and her relatives. As a result, although Chen Ping and Zhou Bo are important ministers in the court, they have no real power.
Why did no one dare to make small moves when Empress Lu was alive, and what ability did she have to convince them?
Lü Pheasant was born in Chang'an, and his father held a banquet one year and invited Liu Bang to attend. At that time, Liu Bang was just a nobody, sitting silently at the banquet. But Father Lu could see his extraordinaryness at a glance. After that, he married his daughter Lu Pheasant to Liu Bang.
After Lu Pheasant married Liu Bang, his life was not smooth. Because as soon as Lu Pheasant married into the Liu family, he had to be his stepmother, that is, Liu Fei.
Later, due to Liu Bang's rebellion, Lu Pheasant was implicated and tortured. After escaping from prison, the couple lived separately for many years.
Lu Pheasant, who returned to Liu Bang's side, found that he already had a new favorite Mrs. Qi. Because Lu Pheasant is older than Mrs. Qi, after several years of prison life, her appearance has been even more devastated. In addition, with Liu Bang getting together less and leaving more, the friendship between husband and wife is getting weaker and weaker, and the relationship is becoming more and more estranged.
Lu Pheasant gave birth to her eldest son, Liu Ying, and became the crown prince; Mrs. Qi gave birth to Liu Ruyi and was named King of Zhao. Liu Ying is weak and benevolent, and she is not loved by Liu Bang. Coupled with Mrs. Qi's "pillow wind", Liu Bang wanted to make Liu Ruyi the prince.
Of course, Lu Pheasant disagreed, but she would not sit still, so she asked Zhang Liang for advice. Zhang Liang said to Empress Lu: Zhang Liang recommended it to Empress Lu"Shangshan Sihao", these four have a very high reputation, but they usually don't ask about political affairs, and even Liu Bang went to invite them many times, but they were unmoved.
And if Lu Pheasant can invite them to teach the prince, then Liu Bang will definitely not have the idea of abolishing the prince again. Sure enough, Liu Bang dispelled this idea after that.
After Liu Bang's death, in order to consolidate his rule, Empress Lü took a series of measures. The first step is to deal with Mrs. Qi. Because of her jealousy of Mrs. Qi, Empress Lu's revenge on her was also appalling. also pulled Liu Ying together with Mrs. Qi's tragic situation.
Liu Ying** saw such a miserable scene, was frightened, and was seriously ill for more than a year**. After that, he no longer cared about political affairs, and drank and had fun all day long.
In addition, it is to weaken the power of the Liu family and make the relatives of the Lu family kings. However, this move was opposed by the ministers led by Wang Ling, because it violated the White Horse oath that "the king is not the Liu family, and the world will fight against it".
Because Wang Ling opposed this decision, he was dismissed from the post of prime minister by Empress Lu and made him the young emperor's concubine who had no real power. The important ministers of the court can be changed if they want to, which is enough to show how deep Empress Lu's penetration into the court is.
Empress Lu also killed the Liu family's descendants, and then married the women of the Lu family to the Liu family's collateral lineage, making the two families inseparable. Not only that, Empress Lu also asked Liu Ying to marry her own niece.
Lu Hou's elder brother Lu Ze accompanied Liu Bang to fight the world back then, and his own strength was already very prominent. Later, with the help of Empress Lü, their power became even more monstrous. The ministers of the court are all in danger, and they are panicking.
However, immediately after her death, the pattern in the court changed. At this time, the Lu family was leaderless, no convincing new characters appeared, people's hearts were unstable, and the heroes and the Liu family had a common enemy.
The ministers headed by Chen Ping and Zhou Bo quickly united with the princes of the Liu family, took advantage of the death of the queen mother, eradicated the Lu family, and re-established the bloodline of the Han family. Subsequently, Liu Heng was invited to Chang'an from Daiguo for Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty.
Lu Pheasant said the same thing in the court, but to the people is "kind and pleasant", she continued to "rule by inaction", encouraged production, developed the economy, and laid a solid foundation for the development of the Han Dynasty.
Was Lu Pheasant born so ruthless? I believe that if she could, she would not want to do it.
Although her methods are cruel, we should also treat her life as a courtesy, after all, she can leave a strong mark in Chinese history as a woman, you can know how difficult it is.