Historical Miyue:

Empress Dowager Xuan (芈八子,?) - 265 BC), surnamed 芈 (mǐ), was born in Danyang, Chu State (present-day Hubei Province), the half-sister of Wei Ran, the Marquis of Qin, Princess Huiwen of Qin, and the mother of King Zhaoxiang of Qin. At the beginning of the reign of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Empress Dowager Xuan ruled as the empress dowager, and during her reign, she attacked and destroyed the Yiqu State and destroyed the western disaster of the Qin State in one fell swoop. After his death, he was buried in Lishan, Zhiyang.

The surname 芈 is one of the oldest surnames in China, the ancestral surname of the nobles of the Chu State during the Zhou period, and because it has since been divided into many other surnames, it is not included in the top 2,000 surnames of 100 families in Chinese mainland. The Chu people originated from the Gaoyang clan, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor. According to the record of "Historical Records of the Chu Family": "The ancestor of Chu came from Emperor Gaoyang. Gao Yang, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor, and the son of Changyi. Gao Yangsheng said, called the birth of the volume, the volume of the birth of the heavy li. Chongli is the emperor Gao Xin Ju Huozheng, very meritorious, can melt the world, the emperor Yu said Zhu Rong...... Lu has six sons, one is called Kunwu, the second is called Shenhu, the third is called Peng Zu, the fourth is called Huiren, the fifth is surnamed Cao, the sixth is called Ji Lian, the surname Mi, and Chu is also ...... Ji Liansheng is frustrated, and frustrated is a cave bear. Later, in China, or in the barbarians, the Buddha can remember his clan. ”

Judging from her surname "Mi", she should be the daughter of a nobleman in Chu at that time. Why is it also called "Mi Bazi"? At that time, the harem maids of the Qin State were divided into eight levels: queen, lady, beauty, lover, eighth son, seventh son, long envoy, and young envoy. It can be seen from this that her status was not too high during the lifetime of King Qin Huiwen, and she was not very favored. However, she had outstanding insight and beautiful appearance, and gave birth to three sons for King Huiwen, which laid a good foundation for her future prosperity and wealth.

The political skills are very strong, and the authoritarian power of the queen mother and the queen mother in history began with her

Chen Shidao of the Song Dynasty "Houshan Collection" (Volume 22) cloud: "The queen mother is in power, since the Empress Dowager Qin Xuan. After the death of King Huiwen, Empress Huiwen conspired with his son King Wu of Qin, who succeeded to the throne, and sent Yingji, the eldest son of Mi Bazi, to Yan Kingdom as a hostage. Hostages during the Warring States period were a restrictive measure taken by the vassal states in the course of frequent wars, and they were also extremely dangerous at the time. Seeing that the life of this mother and son is about to end bleakly, things have taken a 180-degree turn, and Miyue's future is bright. Why is there a turnaround? The key is due to the sudden death of King Wu of Qin, who succeeded to the throne. King Wu of Qin was meritorious in the war with the East at that time, and in 307 BC, the Qin army conquered Yiyang (west of Luoyang, Henan) and beheaded 60,000 people, which was the outpost battle of the Qin army to attack the Central Plains in the unified world. At the same time, King Wu of Qin entered Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, firstly, to show off his strength to King Zhou, and secondly, to practice his arm strength. According to historical records, King Wu of Qin was tall and strong, brave and superhuman, martial and warlike, and often took pleasure in lifting weights and fighting strength, so he promoted everyone who was brave and strong, and gave high-ranking officials a good fortune.

After King Qin Wu arrived in Luoyang, he saw the Jiuding symbolizing the state power, and King Qin Wu wanted to lift a big tripod representing Yongzhou, but because the tripod was too heavy, he smashed it down and died. After only four years as king, he left the world. Due to the sudden death, King Wu of Qin had no heirs, and it became a question who would inherit the throne. In "The Biography of Miyue", Miyue united with her lover Yiqujun and put her son Yingji on the throne. In real history, Mi Bazi united Yan and Zhao, and with the help of her half-brother Wei Ran, she set up her son who was far away in Yan as the king of Qin, which shows her strong political skills.

Because King Zhaoxiang of Qin was young and could not deal with national affairs, he was ruled by his mother Mi Yue, which was recorded in the "Historical Records of the Marquis": "King Zhao Shao, Empress Dowager Xuan's autonomy, and Wei Ran was in charge." With Wei Ran as the general and Zhu Li as the minister, he controlled the military and political power of the Qin State. Wei Ran's position as a general is the beginning of General Qin Feng, and it can be regarded as a pioneering move of Empress Dowager Xuan. However, at this time, the political situation of Qin was turbulent, and Queen Wu wanted to support Gongzi Zhuang (Brother Wu Wang) to ascend the throne and call Ji Jun to confront Empress Dowager Xuan and Wei Ran. In the second year of King Qin Zhao (305 BC), Empress Dowager Xuan, Wei Ran punished Gongzi Zhuang, King Zhao's half-brother and ministers, and chased Queen Wu (Wei Nu) back to Wei, and the "Jijun Rebellion" was put down. Empress Dowager Xuan named her brother Mi Rong as Huayang Jun, and at the same time named her two sons to cultivate her own strength, thus forming a pattern of dictatorship of her relatives and shocking the world.

Empress Dowager Xuan's romance is indeed recorded in the history books

Due to the widowhood of Empress Dowager Xuan in her early years, after the historical drama "The Legend of Miyue" was broadcast, there were many romantic stories about Empress Dowager Xuan on the Internet. Some of the stories are indeed based on historical documents. As far as the author knows, there are three cases in the historical records:

First, "Warring States Policy: Han Ce II" records: In 307 BC, King Huai of Chu sent troops to besiege the Yongshi of Korea (now northeast of Yuzhou, Henan). King Han Xiang sent envoys to the Qin State for help many times, but the Qin army remained unmoved. King Han Xiang sent Shang Jin as an envoy to Qin, and Shang Jin persuaded Qin to send troops to rescue as soon as possible with the principle of "lips are dead and teeth are cold". And Empress Dowager Xuan did not agree to send troops to rescue, she summoned Shang Jin and said to him: When I served King Qin Huiwen, the king pressed his thigh on my body, and I felt physically tired and unbearable. And when he pressed his whole body against me, I didn't feel any weight because it was more comfortable for me. Therefore, if Qin wants to help Korea, if there are insufficient troops and food and grass, it will not be able to save Korea. Moreover, to relieve the danger of Korea, thousands of goods will be consumed every day, so what good will it do to me and the Qin State?

Second, to lure and destroy the righteous canal. Yiqu, the country of ancient Xirong, is in the area of present-day Gansu and Ningxia. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, they established a powerful county state here, competing with Qin and Wei, and participated in the battle for the Central Plains, becoming a dominant minority power at that time. In 352 BC, Qin sent troops to attack Wei and captured Weixihe County and Shang County in one fell swoop, and then Qin and Yiqu friction broke out again. Qin took advantage of the civil strife in Yiqu, sent troops to attack Yiqu, and pacified the internal strife in Yiqu, and Yiqu surrendered to Qin. Since then, the two sides have been at war and peaceful. So the Empress Dowager Xuan changed the strategy of conquest of Yiqu Rong in the past militarily, and adopted the policy of softness, co-optation, and corrosion, and fornicated with the king of Yiqu to fall into the will of the king of Yiqurong. She wrote to the king of Yiqu to live in Ganquan Palace, let him live for a long time, and entertain him with a generous life. Later King Yiqu had two sons with Empress Dowager Xuan, which made King Yiqu completely lose his vigilance against Qin. 34 years later (272 BC), Empress Dowager Xuan killed the king of Yiqu in Ganquan Palace, and then sent troops to attack Yiqu, Yiqu State died, and the territory was incorporated into Qin State. For this matter, the famous Qin Shiyan, read the latest chapter of the "Glory of Kings Sanction System Claw Book House" for free for the first time.