Chapter 099: The Ugly Queen Jia Nanfeng
China's court was originally a man's world, but there were many situations of women's dictatorship, and women often caused chaos in the country after they dominated the court. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Chinese men in feudal society despise women, suppress women, and don't even treat women as human beings, but once women gain power, those men seem to forget that they are women, as if they are all female bodhisattvas, and they are natural rulers.
Fifteen-year-old Jia Nanfeng married the crown prince Sima Zhen, who was two years younger than her, and was canonized as the crown princess. Most of the women who occupied high positions in the harem of the Western Jin Dynasty were born in the gate of the powerful, and few were born in humble families. Jia Nanfeng's father, Jia Chong, was an important figure in the power of the Sima clan in the Western Jin Dynasty, and he controlled the government and had great power. Moreover, Jia Chong and his wife are both treacherous and cunning, and they are good at playing with power, and Jia Nanfeng has been exposed to it since childhood.
Sima Yi bullied Cao Cao's descendants, and finally got a Western Jin Dynasty, but as soon as he arrived at Sima Yan, the first emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty, he began to mess around. The crown prince Sima Zhen was born to Empress Yang, but Sima Zhen was an idiot. Emperor Wu was also worried about this matter, and felt that it was difficult for Sima Zhen to take on the responsibility of the country, so he went to discuss with Empress Yang. Of course, Empress Yang didn't want her son to be abolished, so she begged Emperor Wu bitterly not to set up another prince, and said: "Prince Li has always been the eldest son, and it is not necessary to choose a virtuous person. Now that the crown prince has been established, where can he be replaced at will?"
Some upright ministers in the court all thought that the establishment of a person like Sima Zhen as the crown prince would be very disadvantageous to the Sima family's world, and if Sima Zhen became the emperor in the future, the situation in the Western Jin Dynasty would be unimaginable. After listening to these opinions, Emperor Wu wanted to test his son to see if he was an idiot, which left Jia Chong and others with full opportunities to cheat.
Jia Chong and his gang heard that Emperor Wu had the intention of abolishing the prince, of course they were very panicked, because once the prince was abolished, Jia Nanfeng would have no chance to be the queen, if the prince was not abolished, he would be the emperor in the future, Jia Nanfeng would naturally be the queen, that idiot emperor would only be an ornament, and the real power would definitely fall into the hands of relatives.
When Jia Chong and the others heard that Emperor Wu was going to take the test for Sima Zhen, they found Zhang Hong, the official who wrote the test, coerced and lured him, and told him: "If you can tell us the test questions in advance, Sima Zhen will be the emperor in the future, and he will thank you heavily, and there will be no problem with the glory and wealth of his life; if you are unwilling to reveal the test questions, Sima Zhen will still be the emperor, and at that time, it will be difficult for you to do it." As a result, Zhang Hong not only revealed the test questions, but even wrote the answers in cursive.
After the exam, the examiner handed the answer sheet to Emperor Wu, who was very happy after reading it, and said, "Where is my son an idiot?"
When Jia Nanfeng was the crown princess, she had already shown her arrogant and jealous nature. She did not allow other concubines to approach the crown prince, and once she found out that other concubines were pregnant, she would cut the pregnant woman's abdomen with a knife, and sometimes the fetus fell to the ground with the knife, and the scene was terrible. Not only the pregnant concubines will be killed by her, but even those who are not pregnant will not escape her clutches, and the women in the palace who have been killed by her are innumerable.
Her atrocities reached the ears of Emperor Wu, who was extremely angry and decided to depose her. However, due to Jia Chong's power, Empress Yang, Xun Miao and others repeatedly interceded for her, and Emperor Wu did not abolish her. A momentary mistake left a bane for the Jin Dynasty.
Emperor Wu's Empress Yang died of illness, and this woman who only thought about herself and did not think about the country cried to Emperor Wu of Jin before she died: "My uncle Yang Jun has a daughter who has both virtue and appearance, and I hope that Your Majesty can welcome her into the palace and preside over the harem." ”
In fact, Empress Yang's real intention was that he was afraid that Emperor Wu would set up another queen and then set up a prince, so he made this request to Emperor Wu, and Emperor Wu felt that Empress Yang was kind, and Yang Jun's daughter was indeed beautiful, so he agreed to her request.
Emperor Wu canonized Yang Jun's daughter Yang Zhi as the queen, and it didn't take long for Yang Jun to be named the general of the chariot cavalry, and the Marquis of Linjin, Yang Jun has been in power since then, during Emperor Wu's illness, only Yang Jun served alone in the palace, and other ministers could not come forward, which provided him with an opportunity to create a conspiracy.
Before Emperor Wu died, he wrote an edict, asking Sima Liang, the king of Runan, and Yang Jun to jointly assist Sima Zhen, and to recruit virtuous people with both ability and prestige in the world to assist the imperial court, but Empress Yang conspired with Yang Jun's father and daughter, hid the edict, and forged another copy, only writing that Yang Jun would assist the government alone.
Emperor Wu of Jin died of illness, Sima Zhen ascended the throne, it was for Emperor Hui of Jin, and Yang Jun was crowned as the governor of Taifu Dadu, in charge of the government, and the affairs of the inner palace were all supervised by Jia Nanfeng, Sima Zhen was an idiot, he had no power at all, and he didn't want to have any power, he never asked about political affairs, he only knew how to play and have fun.
Jia Nanfeng is a power maniac, as the queen, she monopolizes the power of the harem, and she also intervenes in the government from time to time, which is still insufficient. Yang Jun's family can be said to be very kind to her, she has repeatedly encountered the danger of being deposed, it is the Yang family who intercedes for her, and she is the queen, also out of the support of the Yang family. But when she saw that the Yang family was very powerful, she was jealous, not only did she not want to repay the favor, but she was always looking for an opportunity to eliminate the Yang family in order to monopolize power.
Jia Nanfeng knew that Meng Guan, Li Zhao and others in the palace were suppressed by Yang Jun and were dissatisfied, so she secretly instigated the two to falsely accuse Yang Jun of rebellion. Jia Nanfeng took this opportunity to secretly summon Sima Wei, the king of Chu, into the capital and kill Yang Jun, Sima Wei led the military horses of the headquarters and broke into Kyoto, Yang Jun was defenseless and was killed by Sima Wei. Jia Nanfeng also instructed and killed more than 100 people of Yang Jun's family, and killed thousands of people in a row, sweeping away Yang Jun's relatives and friends. Then Jia Nanfeng abolished the Empress Dowager Yang Zhi as a concubine, imprisoned her in a small castle in the corner of Luoyang City, and starved her to death.
In this way, Jia Nanfeng completely grasped the power of the Western Jin Dynasty, and she lived her personal life unscrupulously, not only in terms of material pleasures, but also in her private life. Jia Nanfeng and the imperial physician ordered Cheng Yi and others to have an affair, but it was not enough, so they sent people to the main road, and when they saw a beautiful young man, they stopped and stuffed it into a box and carried it into the middle palace for her to enjoy. Afterwards, he was afraid that these people would leak it, so he put all these innocent teenagers to death.
After Jia Nanfeng killed the relatives and friends of Yang Jun's nine clans, he also killed Sima Wei, the king of Chu, and Sima Liang, the king of Runan, and put all the military and political power in the hands of the Jia clan. Due to her absurdity and authoritarian killing, the kings of the Sima clan rose up to resist, and the kings of the Sima clan finally raised troops to attack the palace, arrested Jia Nanfeng, and later poisoned her to death with medicinal wine.
Jia Nanfeng's father, Jia Chong, was a close confidant of Sima Zhao, who personally killed Emperor Cao Chao of Wei, and made great contributions to Sima's replacement of Cao Wei.
When Sima Yan's eldest son, the crown prince Sima Zhen, was thirteen years old, he was ready to marry him. After much thought, they finally decided to marry Jia Chong's daughter, and at that time the Jia family decided to let their youngest daughter Jia Wu marry the prince, Jia Wu was twelve years old, which also matched the prince's age. However, due to Jia Wu's young age and immaturity, he couldn't even stand up in a dress, so he had to change his eldest daughter, fifteen-year-old Jia Nanfeng. It is said that this eldest daughter, who was black and ugly, looked like a ghost, was carried into the East Palace and canonized as the crown princess.
Jia Nanfeng was arbitrary, got rid of her opponents one by one, and her husband Emperor Jin Hui was controlled by her in the palm of her hand, and she began her autocratic period. Jia Nanfeng decided to plan the country's affairs, held the power, gave orders, and the edicts issued by the state had to pass through her hands, so she ruled the world and subdued the inside and outside.
Since Jia Nanfeng took charge of the government, although he also appointed cronies and supported the private party, his brother Jia Mo, his cousin Guo Zhang, his cousin Pei Xu, and his father Jia Chong's heir Jia Mi were all entrusted with political affairs. However, she hired many talents, breaking the situation of the top-grade Wuhan clan.
The Sima clan of the Western Jin Dynasty founded the country, relying on the wealthy family, formed the scholar clan gate valve regime, the so-called public door has the public, the Qing family has the Qing, as long as the ancestor is the high grade, the children do not worry about the career Tengda, the flat stream enterprising, sitting to the minister, the upper grade has no cold door, the lower grade has no power. As long as there is a high-ranking family, he can be a high-ranking official in his life, and the prince is waiting to be sealed.
With the support of Jia Mo, Jia Mi and others, Zhang Hua, who was born in the Shu clan, was appointed as the servant and the secretary of the middle school, and entered the central core.
Zhang Hua, born in poverty since childhood, once worked as a sheep herder, after growing older, well-read, elegant and strategic, became a famous person, deeply respected by the society, and had a high prestige. He tried his best to disagree with the public, persuaded Emperor Wu of Jin to settle Wu's plan, and was named the Marquis of Guangwu County for his merits, and his name was important to the imperial court. Jia Nanfeng heard that he was from a poor family and talented, and considering that he was not forced to advance, he retreated to the expectations of the public, thinking that he should be entrusted to the government and visit the government.
Because Zhang Hua did his best to assist the government and fill the gaps, a relatively stable situation emerged in politics. Although Jia Nanfeng was jealous and tyrannical, she knew Zhang Hua's kindness, so she didn't blame him, but respected him a little from the bottom of her heart, and promoted him to the title of Zhuangwu County Duke, and the official worshiped the third duke.
Throughout the history of the Western Jin Dynasty, the period when Empress Jia was in power was the most stable and prosperous. With the support and support of Jia Nanfeng, Jia Mi gathered a group of chaebols who paid equal attention to celebrities and merchants and farmers.
The legend about Jia Nanfeng confusing the court happened at this time, first of all, Jia Nanfeng seduced the imperial physician Ling Cheng, this doctor is tall, fair-skinned, and very good at pleasing Jia Nanfeng. Jia Nanfeng took the opportunity of Cheng Ji to give her a doctor, and often left him in the palace for the night.
Jia Nanfeng was not satisfied, but did everything possible to find more faces. She often sent old henchmen and maidservants to look for beautiful men in Luoyang City, summon them into the palace, and rejoice with her. Empress Jia was afraid that this kind of palace scandal would spread, so after the men who entered the palace were tired of being played, they were all secretly executed, and the number of missing men in the imperial city doubled for a while.
It turned out that a distant relative of Empress Jia was stolen by a thief and reported the case to the lieutenant department. A small official of the lieutenant department has been missing for more than ten days, and at this time the little official suddenly appeared, but he is no longer the original attire, but completely changed, the clothes are gorgeous, and the demeanor is generous, the lieutenant is worried that he will not be able to catch the thief, and when he sees that this little official has become so luxurious in a few days, he will be the object of suspicion, arrested, and asked him to tell the source of wealth.
The little official said: "One day, I met an old woman on the road, she said that there was a seriously ill person in the family, and the wizard said that I should find a young man who lived in the south of the city to drive away evil spirits and eliminate disasters, and wanted to let me go for the time being, saying that there would be heavy thanks afterwards. So I agreed to go with her, and when I got into the car, she put down the drapes and packed me into a large bamboo box. After walking for more than ten miles, and passing through six or seven gates, I was released from the box. ”
"I looked up and saw that the Qionglou Yuyu in front of me was magnificent and magnificent. I was told that it was heavenly, and I didn't ask too much, and then I was asked in a hot bath, and the smell of the water was so beautiful that I had never enjoyed it before. As soon as I finished washing, someone brought beautiful clothes and delicious food. When he was full of wine and food, he suddenly saw a woman, who looked about thirty-five or sixteen years old, short in stature, with a blue face, and a small flaw behind her eyebrows. She stayed with me for a few nights, shared a bed with her, feasted to the fullest, and gave me these things when she came out of her. ”
After listening to him, Empress Jia's distant relatives understood that this woman was Empress Jia, and they didn't dare to pursue it anymore. The lieutenant also found that the recent series of disappearances were related to Jia Nanfeng, so no one dared to ask about this matter again.