For example, as we are talking about, he cares too much about Sima Nu and doesn't care too much about Wang Zhengjun, so that Wang Zhengjun and her nephew Wang Mang are the representatives

The Wang family has an opportunity.

His excessive indifference not only led to Wang Zhengjun's Wang family's relatives abusing power to control the country for more than half a century, causing great calamity to the country and the people, and poisoning politics

Culture has been difficult to purge for a long time, and at the same time, it has also made him miss out on a remarkable woman who has been loved for a long time: Wang Zhaojun.

Wang Zhengjun and Wang Zhaojun, although the names of the two women are only one word apart, the gap between them is really big!

I'll take the opportunity to tell you about Wang Zhaojun first, or the people from Wang Mang's family will appear soon, and their roles are too heavy, and we won't have time to talk about her at all.

Wang Yan, one of the four famous beauties in the history of our country, was born in 52 BC in Baoping Village, Sister Gui County, Nanjun (now Zhao, Xingshan County, Hubei Province

Jun Village), is the daughter of a civilian family with an innocent family background.

After Liu Zheng was promoted from the crown prince to the Son of Heaven (that is, the former Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty), she was elected to the palace, waiting in line for the emperor to choose a few times, just like a few years ago

Wang Zhengjun is like that.

Liu Zheng was not as interested in women and governing the country as he was in music, and he was too lazy to meet these groups of beauties one by one, so he arranged for the court painter Mao Yanshou

They draw it, and they flip through it whenever they are interested.

Emperor Yuan did this, giving Mao Yanshou a lot of power space.

Because, whether or not you can win the joy of Long Yan depends entirely on how well Lao Mao paints your dignity.

The special arrangement of the first brother gave Lao Mao huge discretion.

At that time, there was no shooting technology, and painting was such a subjective thing, to put it simply, he Lao Mao wanted to make the emperor like whoever he liked as long as he twisted his wrist a few times, the emperor

It is possible to like whom. On the contrary, if the brush in his old hair's hand is clicked casually a few times, you may never have the opportunity to meet you.

For a time, in order to have the opportunity to meet Emperor Yuan, these beauties gave gifts to Mao Yanshou.

Wang Zhaojun has a high bones, thinks he is both talented and beautiful, and refuses to give gifts to Mao.

Mao Yanshou did not ask Wang Zhaojun for bribes, and of course he did not report it to Emperor Yuan.

It's just that when collecting Wang Zhaojun's portrait, Mao quietly made some tricks: lightly dotted a few "widow's tear moles" on her cheeks.

As a result, Wang Zhaojun was left out in the cold for 3 years and had no chance to meet him.

Here I can't help but solemnly explain that Mao Yanshou is not flat!

But because it's been too long, we can't hold him accountable.

However, in order to learn from history, we can call this phenomenon "Mao Yanshou phenomenon": the person with decision-making power (Emperor Yuan) does not work deeply

, let the staff (Mao Yanshou) engage in favoritism (whoever gives benefits will paint them beautifully), resulting in irreparable losses to the work (buried Zhaojun,

Later, Emperor Yuan felt uncomfortable).

This phenomenon is too vigorous!

In 33 BC, that is, when Wang Zhaojun was 19 years old, the leader of the northern Xiongnu, Hu Han Yedan, took the initiative to see Emperor Yuan, proclaimed himself a vassal to the Han Dynasty, and asked for peace.

Emperor Yuan sent a decree to summon the harem maids for him to choose.

It's a bit like an open audition.

Wang Zhaojun stepped forward and responded to the edict. She is outstanding, and Hu Han fell in love with her at a glance.

was about to say goodbye, Hu Han Evil Shan Yu took Zhaojun to bid farewell to Emperor Yuan.

On this day, Zhaojun standing in front of everyone was graceful and noble, and his clothes were gorgeous and decent, and everyone who saw him praised him.

Emperor Yuan was very surprised: I am not stupid, but I don't know that there are celestials in the harem!

Emperor Yuan was very uncomfortable: I really wanted to keep her!

However, Emperor Yuan also knew that there was no joke in the king's mouth, and the person who became a brother must not speak by himself and not count: after saying that the harem maid let Lao Hu choose at will!

Emperor Yuan was in a complicated mood, and rewarded Zhaojun with 28,000 horses, 16,000 catties of silk, countless valuables such as gold and jade, and personally sent them out

Chang'an is more than 10 miles.

Wang Zhaojun shouldered the heavy responsibility of the Han and Hungarian families, and went north with Shan Yu's horse team to Chang'an, out of Tongguan, across the Yellow River, and across Yanmen.

She said goodbye to the homeland where she had raised her, sat on horseback and plucked the strings, and played a tragic song of sorrow, as if she wanted to write a legend.

It is said that when the wild geese flying south heard the pleasant sound of the piano and saw the stunning beauty on horseback, they forgot to swing their wings and fell down.

Since then, the beauty of Zhaojun has been synonymous with "falling geese".

When Wang Zhaojun arrived in Mobei, he was warmly welcomed by the Xiongnu people, and was named "Ninghu Yanshi", which means "the king who can bring peace to the Xiongnu."

wife".

She settled in the Xiongnu for a long time, gave full play to her wisdom, and introduced the Central Plains culture brought from her mother's family to her in-law's family, and did a lot of good things for the people

A good thing for ethnic unity and progress.

After that, the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu lived in harmony and did not have a war for more than 60 years.

Wang Zhaojun will always be remembered by history as an "angel of peace" and "messenger of national protection", and has also attracted the attention and remembrance of literati of all dynasties.

"Zhaojun out of the plug" has become a unique sound for the ages:

The beautiful beauty of the fairy, the sound of the piano like a cry, and the horse team traveling north in the yellow sand and white snow are not only forever fixed in the long scroll of historical memory, but also

It has become a religion in the hearts of generations of politicians and literati.

According to incomplete statistics, there are nearly 1,000 poems with the theme of Zhaojun's exit from the fortress throughout the ages, and the number of paintings with this theme is also the largest.

So, let's record the inscription poem on the painting "Wang Zhaojun" by Ma Xiao, a painter in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, as a commemoration:

I can't bear to play the pipa, and Husha hunts and snows for a long time;

When I came late, it was as cold as a promise, and I believed that it was difficult for the general to get out of the jam.

By the way, for thousands of years, in Han culture, it is often used to describe women as beautiful and extraordinary.

In fact, this is about the famous "four beauties" in the history of our country: Shen Yu Xi Shi, Luo Yan Wang Zhaojun, Closed Moon Mink Chan, and Yang Yuhuan.

No more far-fetched rams.

Besides, Emperor Yuan sent Wang Zhaojun back to the inner palace, the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and he felt that he had been tricked!

Bastard, I've really let people play tricks!

He asked someone to pick out Wang Zhaojun from the portraits of many palace maids, and took a closer look, and found that although the portrait was a bit similar to Zhaojun's appearance, there was no Zhao at all

Jun himself is beautiful and cute, especially not at all with the charm of Zhaojun himself. So, he arranged for someone to find out.

It's certainly easy to check.

As soon as the "Mao Yanshou phenomenon" was investigated, Emperor Yuan was extremely angry and immediately cut Mao Yanshou.

That's amazing!

The reason why we spend so much time talking about Wang Zhaojun's story, especially the "Mao longevity phenomenon", is mainly to explain that Emperor Yuan was sloppy, or to say no

Taking governing the country as their own job gave the Wang Zhengjun family an opportunity, which led to a more serious situation that lasted for more than half a century, and the Wang family's relatives mistook power and misled the country

Bad "hair longevity phenomenon".

Wang Mang is the biggest beneficiary of this "Mao longevity phenomenon".

Although Wang Zhengjun and Wang Zhaojun are only one word apart in their names, they have nothing to do with each other, and their character and behavior are as incompatible as charcoal ice, Zhengjun

The stench of 10,000 years and the longevity of Zhaojun have been recorded by history.

Let's go back a few years.

Wang Zhengjun entered the service of the crown prince Liu Zheng, and soon became pregnant, gave birth to a boy, named Fu.

In 48 BC, Emperor Xuan died, Liu Zheng was promoted to the first brother (Emperor Yuan), and the 3-year-old Liu Biao was appointed as the crown prince, and his mother Wang Zhengjun was the queen.

Wang Zhengjun became the "mother of the country", and her parents, brothers, and sisters all became relatives of the emperor.

As mentioned earlier, because Emperor Yuan generally didn't care much about women's affairs and governance, Wang Zhengjun opened up to his mother's family to confer knighthood, she

Dad Wang Ban was named the Marquis of Yangping.

When Wang Mang was born, his aunt had been the queen for 4 years, but his father Wang Man died when he was a few years old, so he didn't catch the first train of the Wang family's glory and wealth.

But it doesn't matter, there will be more opportunities in the future, as long as the Liu family doesn't take him off, the relationship is so hard, it's difficult to think about underdevelopment.

Wang Mang's "relational" aunt is not only hard, but also fierce.

In 33 BC, Emperor Yuan died, and the crown prince Liu Biao was promoted to the first brother (Emperor Cheng), and his mother Wang Zhengjun became the empress dowager.

This Emperor Cheng and his father Emperor Yuan do not regard governing the country as their own job, the difference is that his father is obsessed with music, he is obsessed with women, and he is romantic

Sex.

Since the two of them are virtuous, then Wang Zhengjun is not welcome!

As soon as his son succeeded to the throne, Wang Zhengjun arranged for the imperial court to appoint his younger brother Wang Feng as the "Great Sima General Lingshangshu", which is equivalent to the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and the government

The head of the government is in charge of all military and political affairs of the imperial court.

Wang's dictatorship began here.

Soon, Wang Zhengjun's other younger brother Wang Chong was also made a marquis.

It was also from this time that the broad masses of cadres and the masses began to complain:

The emperor is not doing his job properly, the country is handed over to his mother, his mother hides behind the scenes to manipulate, and his uncle comes to govern the country.

Of course, this is all superficial, and the problem is that this uncle has neither a certain academic background, a minimum cultural knowledge, nor a certain practice

Experience and work ability, purely because of his fucking nepotism with the emperor.

How to convince the public?

Haven't you seen that a century and a half ago, the dictatorship of the Lu family's relatives killed many people, and they almost finished the country that Han Gaozu had worked so hard to build!

Soon, a few upright cadres among the courtiers collected everyone's opinions and reported them to Emperor Cheng, saying that the Wang family's dictatorship violated the law of Gaozu.

It is also contrary to the principle of yin and yang of heaven and earth.

However, Emperor Cheng did not pay attention.

As a result, Wang Zhengjun was more direct, bold and unscrupulous in promoting and reusing his mother's family.

One day in 27 BC was a day of great joy for the Wang family, and it was also a very shameful day in Chinese political history, Wang Zhengjun's five half-brothers were at the same time

Feng Hou, they are: Wang Tan, Wang Shang, Wang Li, Wang Gen, Wang Fengshi, known as the "Five Marquis" in history.

Also, her brother Wang Chongmingbo, who was not happy on this day, died within a few years of the marquis, and his unborn son inherited his throne.

During the more than 20 years of Emperor Cheng's reign (32 BC to 7 BC), the power of Wang Zhengjun's mother's family expanded rapidly.

For example, the "Great Sima General Lingshang Shushi", that is, the post of commander-in-chief of the armed forces and head of government, is composed of Wang Feng, Wang Yin, Wang Shang, and Wang Gen

The brothers, as well as their nephew Wang Mang, took turns.

Lao Wang's family has 10 marquis, 5 big Simas, and dozens of liehous, and the in-laws are all over the court, and the lackeys and minions are everywhere.

Cow!

In this way, Emperor Cheng played with women, and his mother and uncle played with power, causing political **, economic collapse, cultural degradation, and boiling public resentment.

In such an environment, Wang Mang gradually grew up, and the desire for power in his chest grew like weeds, growing wildly day by day.