Chapter 319 An Xin, the idol who listens to politics behind the curtain
Pan Shu continued: "What your Majesty said is that I do not have the ability or means like Empress Lu, and I don't dare to have that intention. However, if I can be the queen, it will make the wealthy families in Jiangdong feel more at ease."
, my mother’s family doesn’t have the strength to threaten their interests.”
Although Pan Shu expressed her position like this, she only told the suspicious Sun Quan. In her heart, she still wanted to be a queen mother who listened to politics behind the curtain after Liang'er ascended the throne in a few years. She would be a hero among women like Empress Xuan and Empress Lu.
She didn't want to spend the rest of her life in the palace in silence and be in charge of Jiangdong's power for a period of time, so she was willing to join forces with Princess Quan.
Sun Quan nodded with a wry smile and said: "I hope Shu'er has some means to assist Liang'er in handling government affairs a hundred years from now, like Empress Dowager Dou did. It's a pity." Pan Shu in his arms didn't know this either.
Is it true or false, her beautiful eyes flashed as she thought.
The system of "listening to politics behind the curtain" can be traced back to the old Warring States period in the history of our country.
Curtain refers to the queen mother or queen coming to the court to listen to the government, and the palace is covered with a curtain. Listening refers to governance. The queen mother comes to the court to manage the country's political affairs. This system is usually established when the emperor is young. The current emperor of Wei, Cao Fang, succeeded to the throne when he was young.
At that time, Empress Dowager Guo "listened to politics behind the curtain", but no one in Shu had this opportunity.
The first person in China to listen to politics behind the curtain was the Queen Mother Xuan, the mother of King Zhao of Qin during the Warring States Period. In 306 BC, the seventeen-year-old King Zhao of Qin succeeded to the throne, and his mother, Queen Mother Xuan, began a forty-one-year-long war in the name of her son's young age.
Regent career, and thus opened the precedent for the harem to participate in politics.
In the past forty years, the Queen Mother Xuan has always been the de facto supreme ruler of the Qin State, creating a situation in which the entire Qin State only knew that "there is a Queen Mother, Ranghou, Gaoling, Huayang, and Jingyang, but no king"
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King Qin Zhao could not tolerate his mother's long-term exclusive power in the court. Finally, he followed Fan Ju's suggestion, took back all the power, expelled the "Four Nobles" outside the pass, and appointed Fan Ju as the prime minister. This completely ended the long-term situation of Queen Mother Xuan's influence on the Qin government.
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The second person who listened behind the curtain was the Queen Mother Zhao of the Zhao State during the Warring States Period. In 266 BC, the king of Zhao State, King Huiwen, died, and his son, King Xiaocheng, inherited the throne. Because he was too young, the Queen Mother took charge.
The Empress Dowager Zhao is the famous Empress Zhao Wei. When she answered the envoy of Qi, she once said the eternal saying "If you have no age, how can you have a people? If you have no people, how can you have a king." She was a very capable empress dowager.
The Queen of Qi listened to the government from behind the curtain in the early days of her son Qi Wang Tian Jian's reign, and set the national policy of "serving Qin and Jin" to avoid conflict with other countries. Before her death, she handed over political affairs to Qi Wang Tian Jian, and Qi Wang Tian Jian surrendered the capital of Qin.
He won by completely obeying his uncle.
Lu Pheasant has been beautiful and intelligent since she was a child, and is known for her decisiveness and cruelty.
In the early Han Dynasty, Liu Bang favored Qi Ji and had the idea of deposing Queen Lu and establishing a new queen. In order to keep her throne as queen, Queen Lu took the queen's seal into her hands and thought of various strategies.
Empress Lu designed to trick Han Xin into the palace, had someone wrap him up in a cloth, and assassinate Han Xin with a bamboo stick. From then on, Empress Lu's position became even more unshakable.
Empress Lu was in power for sixteen years. It is reported that when she came to power, there was a very prosperous South Vietnam Kingdom in today's Guangzhou area.
In order to restrict the development of South Vietnam, Queen Lu issued an order prohibiting the sale of ironware, horses and cattle to South Vietnam, thereby imposing an economic blockade on South Vietnam. The queen's seal was used by Queen Lu to issue orders at that time.
During the three periods of Emperor Xiaowen, Emperor Xiaojing, and Emperor Xiaowu, Empress Dowager Dou actively participated in government affairs and influenced the emperor's decision-making with her political talents. However, her background was not good, and Pan Shu's background was even worse than hers.
Dou Yifang's background was worse than that of Empress Lu, because Empress Lu's father was still a prominent figure in the local area, while Dou Yifang's family could be said to be an extremely poor family.
Her family was so poor that they could not even eat, and her parents had died long ago. Her older brother and younger brother were suffering from hunger and cold. One autumn, the family ran out of food, and Xiaoyifang burst into tears from hunger, so her brother Dou Changjun had to run away.
Go to the field and dig out finger-sized sweet potatoes for my sister and brother to satisfy their hunger.
Suddenly one day, Dou Yifang's good luck came - the imperial palace of the Han Dynasty went to the private sector to recruit maids, and Dou Yifang was actually selected as a son of a good family.
The so-called Liangjiazi means that her family does not belong to the untouchables in ancient times, that is, it does not belong to doctors, witches, merchants, workers, etc., because her family is a farmer, and it was an era of heavy agriculture.
In fact, there was another reason why she was selected, that is, she was beautiful. A girl who could be selected into the palace would definitely not be able to be selected without a beautiful face.
After entering the palace, she was fortunate enough to be assigned to serve Empress Lu, which gave her the opportunity to practice many governing activities with the strong woman. This laid a solid foundation for her to counterattack and become a queen in the future, and participate in the government affairs of the court.
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Following Empress Lu can increase your intelligence more than receiving a good education.
The Lu family had exclusive power, and her natal family firmly controlled the court, but the princes below were far away and had no control over them. So Empress Lu thought of a way to select some maids from the palace and give them to the king surnamed Liu, so that both
Showing the court's favor also allowed these maids to spy on the kings' intelligence.
Dou Yifang became one of these palace maids. After becoming a palace maid, Dou Yifang certainly had no worries about food and clothing, but she still missed her elder brother and younger brother.
She hoped that she could return to the State of Zhao, because she was from Qinghe, Hebei, and the State of Zhao was her hometown. So she bribed the eunuch in charge of the distribution. Unexpectedly, the eunuch accepted her benefit and forgot about it during the distribution.
Yes, she was actually assigned to the country of Dai.
She had no choice but to obey, but this wrong assignment completely changed Dou Yifang's fate and made him the empress of Emperor Wen. This was Pan Shu's idol.
During the period of Emperor Xiaowen, Dou suggested that Emperor Wen should formulate national policies based on the actual national conditions, implement loose national policies such as large-scale water conservancy projects, and exempt from harsh criminal laws; during the period of Emperor Xiaojing, Emperor Jing implemented the order of favor, which led to the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms.
So Dou proposed to divide the military power and kill Chao Cuo, so that the world's soldiers and horses could be divided and suppressed, and finally everything was calmed down;
During the period of Emperor Xiaowu, the Huns on the border were oppressed. Emperor Wu's policy of governing the country was contrary to the Dou family, so he used his power to oppress Emperor Wu, stifle Emperor Wu's innovation, and asked him to stop repairing Mingtang and make him accept the suggestions of Huang Lao's school. This shows that Queen Mother Dou
Her power and prestige is far beyond that of the ordinary Queen Mother who listens to politics from behind the curtain.
Sun Quan continued: "As long as Shu'er doesn't imitate Wang Zhengjun, it will be fine. After all, all she has left behind is a bad reputation, and she has lost more than two hundred years of Han Dynasty's foundation."
Of course, it’s better not to follow people like Wang Zhengjun.
Before Wang Zhengjun got married, the magician declared that she would be extremely valuable in the future, so her father sent her to the palace to become a family member.
After receiving the blessing of the crown prince Liu Xi, Wang Zhengjun gave birth to his grandson Liu Ao.
In December of the first year of Huanglong (January 48 BC), Emperor Liu Xi of the Han Yuan Dynasty ascended the throne and appointed Liu Ao as the prince and Wang Zhengjun as Jieyu. Three days later, Wang Zhengjun was also canonized as the queen.
In the first year of Jingning (33 BC), Liu Ao succeeded to the throne, becoming Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, and respected Wang Zhengjun as the empress dowager.
Wang Zhengjun's brothers were all granted the title of marquis, occupying key departments of the imperial court and gaining immense power.
Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty had been on the throne for more than 20 years but had no heirs, so he appointed Liu Xin, the son of his half-brother Dingtao Gongwang, as the crown prince.
In the second year of Suihe (7 BC), Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty Liu Xin ascended the throne and respected Wang Zhengjun as the Empress Dowager. In order to avoid suspicion, Wang Zhengjun asked his nephew Wang Mang to resign from the post of Grand Sima.
Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty was afraid of the power of the Wang family, so he vigorously promoted the families of his grandmother Fu and mother Ding, and suppressed the Wang family.
After the death of Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty, there were no heirs to inherit the throne. Wang Zhengjun reinstated Wang Mang as the Grand Sima and welcomed the nine-year-old King of Zhongshan Liu Qu as the emperor, the Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty. After that, Wang Mang gradually took control of the political power.
In December of the fifth year of the Yuan Dynasty (January 6 AD), Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty passed away without leaving any heirs. Wang Mang became the regent and exercised the power of the emperor. In the first year of the first year (January 6 AD), Wang Mang proclaimed himself emperor and changed the name of the country.
for "new".
Although Wang Zhengjun was dissatisfied, he was unable to resist. When Wang Mang asked Wang Zhengjun for the Jade Seal of the Kingdom, Wang Zhengjun threw the Jade Seal of the Kingdom to the ground in anger, and hung up the curtain to listen to the affairs of the Han Dynasty.