Songzi Castle was originally a small city during the Warring States period. According to archaeological excavations, the ruins of the ancient city are 700 meters long from east to west, 550 meters wide from north to south, covering an area of 385,000 square meters, and the city walls are 4 meters high and 6 meters to 10 meters thick.

In the eighth year of Gaozu of the Han Dynasty (199 BC), Liu Bang named Xu 瘈 (chì) as the Marquis of Song Zi, and Song Zicheng became the fiefdom of Xu Xuan, the marquis.

After the Xu family was passed on to three generations, it was extended to Xu Jiu, the grandson of Xu Jiu, because Xu Jiu violated the state ban, and was deposed in the second year of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty (148 BC), and was also demoted to a county government, and was subordinated to Guiju (jù) Lu County (Qin County, named after the mainland Ze - Julu Ze). The old land of the Qin and Zhao Kingdoms was set up in Julu County, which was used from the Han Dynasty to the early Sui Dynasty. After the Han Dynasty, it was reduced to the north of Pingxiang and Jinzhou in Hebei Province).

Wang Mang of the New Dynasty called Song Zi Yizi, and later Han abolished; In the second year of Yong'an of the Northern Wei Dynasty (529 AD), Songzi County was replaced, and it still belonged to Julu County.

- The history books say that the Empress Dowager Dong (?-July 7, 189), Dong, a native of Hejian (now Hebei), but where is she from Hebei? The ancients did not know.

I dug it up, she is a Songzi from Hejian, and her family lives in Songzi City, and her family lives a little inside the north gate of Songzi City, but her father opened a "Zhengqi Restaurant" in the center of almost the city.

"Zhengqiyi" is the name of the Han Dynasty, and in modern terms, it means "grocery store".

What do they buy at their grocery store? This, after digging for a long time, digging out a sweat, did not dig out. In short, it is a "grocery store", which sells a lot of things, very miscellaneous, or it can't be called "Zhengqiqi".

Sometimes, when she is too busy, Dong Ya (Empress Dowager Dong) is busy with her parents, buying potatoes, potato money, persimmons, persimmon money, needles and threads, ring thimbles, and of course. In short, what to buy, what money you take, less is not good, our store is a small business, no credit.

At that time, Empress Dowager Dong was just a little Laibaya.

It's not good-looking - you remember, beauties don't look good when they are young, they grow big and big, and they grow up, and the so-called "eighteen changes of women" can become more and more beautiful. Like that, who's who, isn't it? Looking at the photos of her when she was a child, combing two stubborn braids and wearing big glasses, who saw it, who would have thought that she would look like this? When I dream at night, it's like someone pouring honey into my mouth!

When did Dong Ya's appearance start to become beautiful?

At the age of ten, thirteen or fourteen, it was she who fled the war and was dismissed by the Marquis of the Pavilion Liu Chang (chá

g) When the family bought it as a maid, the little appearance began to become beautiful. was taken by his son-in-law Liu Chang, so he took it in, and later gave birth to a son, Liu Chang named this son Liu Hong.

Are you familiar with Liu Hong's name? He is Emperor Ling of Han! Dong Ya is the biological mother of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Empress Dowager Dong!

Did it scare you?

gave birth to a son, she is a maid, and there must be a saying, either a wife is a concubine, and since then, this little maid Dong Ya has a name and is on the genealogy of the Liu family.

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In the first year of Yongkang (167), Emperor Huan of Han died.

The history books say that there are tens of thousands of women in the harem of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty (young and old), and among these people, which one of them gives birth to Emperor Huan counts, but no one is good at this letter. Therefore, Emperor Huan died childless.

What about the Han Dynasty? Who to sit on?

After the death of Emperor Huan, his wife, who was also the empress dowager Dou Miao, was honored as the empress dowager, and discussed with his father Dou Wu to establish Liu Hong, the son born to Liu Chang and Dong Ya, as the emperor, for Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.

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After Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, he posthumously honored his father Liu Chang as Emperor Xiaoren, and respected his mother Dong as a noble person in Shenyuan.

In the second year of Jianning (169), Dong was honored as Empress Xiaoren. Because she lives in Yongle Palace, she is commonly known as "Queen Mother Yongle".

In the first year of Xiping (172), after the death of the Empress Dowager Dou Miao, the news of her death was conveyed to Dong Guiren, she was taken aback, and her heart was empty.

At this time, Xia Yun (the steward eunuch in Yongle Palace) came to report that there was a person who wanted to see a nobleman.

Dong Guiren was stunned for a moment and said, "Someone wants to see me?" Who sees me, what shall he see me? ”

Xia Yun attached it and whispered a few words in Dong Guiren's ear, Dong Guiren was taken aback, she turned her face and asked Xia Yun, "It's okay with this?!" ”

Xia Yun nodded and said, "Okay, there was such a thing in the previous dynasty." Buying and selling officials has existed since ancient times, and there will be one in my dynasty, and there will be one in my kingdom two thousand years later. ”

Dong Guiren pondered, she said, "The official who buys the official with money, the person who buys the official, will he be an official?" ”

Xia Yun said. "You may not be able to do anything in the world, but it is very easy to be an official, what you let others do, others will do it, that is not easy? You don't have to do it. Wherever you want to speak, the speech has been prepared for you, you just don't make a mistake, and when you give a eulogy, don't take out the speech to encourage childbirth and read it. ”

Dong Guiren nodded, she seemed to understand, but then she was in trouble again, she said, "I am still a nobleman, how can I be a good official of that person?" ”

Xia Yun said, "This Dou Empress Dowager 薨 (hō

g), you are the ** of the dynasty, isn't it the lord who can sell the official 鬻 (yù) lord? ”

Dong Guiren nodded and said, "You go and tell that person, in the past half a day, I have been promoted to the queen mother, and I will do this deal with him again, you tell him, don't let him find someone else, only me and the emperor can deal with the matter of buying officials, and others will talk in vain." ”

Xia Yun said, "That's, that's, that must be." ”

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Sure enough, after dealing with Dou Miao's funeral, Liu Hong decreed that Dong was promoted to become the queen mother.

Don't look at Liu Hong's order, after the dispersal of the dynasty, he also wants to congratulate his mother. The mother also wanted to be humble to him, and the mother and son said some inconsequential words to each other, and the Empress Dowager Dong called Xia Yun and said, "Xiao Xiazi, you should tell the emperor about who bought the official." ”

Xia Yun said.

Liu Hong was surprised when he heard this, and said, "Can this thing still be done like this?" ”

Empress Dowager Dong said, "This matter has been done since ancient times, and the Liu family was even more prosperous." ”

Xia Yun lost no time in answering the sentence at this time, "However, in the past, it was the courtiers who accepted it privately from the emperor and filled their own pockets. ”

Empress Dowager Dong said, "Why? In the world of our Liu family, how can we allow others to profit from it, and the gold and silver of the golden and white flowers fall into the treasury of others? ”

The emperor thought for a moment and said to the Empress Dowager Dong, "Mom, you mean that we will sell it ourselves?" ”

Empress Dowager Dong said, "If it's not us, who else can it be?" Those officials belong to us, and the items in our own stores (grocery stores) are not sold by ourselves, and can we allow others to interfere? ”

Emperor Liu Hong was a little embarrassed and said, "Mom, I won't either......"

Empress Dowager Dong said, "You can't, you find a place to practice first, your mother and I will, when I was a child, I sold groceries with your grandfather and your grandmother in our Zhengqi shop in Song Zicheng, and now I sell officials, not by hand." Aren't those official positions like groceries? ”

The people in the room laughed and said, "Yes, yes, the same." ”

Liu Hong suddenly pulled up his spirit and said, "Don't be so loud! Let people hear, what is this?! ”

Empress Dowager Dong said, "What are you afraid of? These officials are from our Liu family, and we sell our own things, who are afraid of hearing about it? ”