When it comes to the dictatorship of women, there is no good impression, that is because of thousands of years of patriarchal thinking, and more than a hundred years ago, the Manchu regime produced a Empress Dowager Cixi, which caused chaos in the country. Therefore, the dictatorship of women has become a chaotic phenomenon of ruined country and bad government in the impression of many people.

But I want to tell you that as the first powerful female figure in Chinese history, Empress Lu can be called the Iron Lady of the Han Dynasty, and her ability to govern the country can be said to be a woman.

The scene of Empress Lü's autocratic power is officially met with the audience from the moment Emperor Xiaohui ascends the throne, so you can see that Mr. Sima Qian wrote the Empress Dowager Lü's Benji, but did not write Xiaohui Benji, and in the historical records, only the actual ruler can enjoy the treatment of Benji.

The fifteenth year of Empress Lü's reign was an era of true peace and a critical period for the Han Dynasty, which laid a solid foundation for the ensuing prosperous era of Wenjing.

Empress Lu's level of governance is not covered, but she has been ruthlessly smeared. At that time, natural disasters were frequent, and people with rich imagination naturally counted these things on her head.

Now, let's really get to know what she's capable of.

In the first year of Emperor Hui (196 B.C.), Mao Dun learned that Liu Bang was dead, and gloated and wanted to bully the mother and son of the Empress of Xialu.

During the quiet period, Mao Dun felt that life was too boring, and he urgently needed to find some fun to adjust his life, but Mao Dun didn't want to break his muscles and bones like before.

Mao Dun thought about it, and suddenly a strange idea came to him, which made him happy for several days, and he wrote a letter to Empress Lu, and sent it to the Han court quickly, and waited with great interest to see the joke.

Sure enough, after Empress Lu saw the content of the letter, her face turned green, and a strong sense of humiliation arose.

At that time, it was normal for the two countries to exchange war letters, alliance letters, and even scolding letters, but Maudun's letter was even more special, it was not a state letter, a war letter, but a love letter.

It probably means that this single is in the new funeral of the Yan family, and the queen mother has become a widow again, the long night is long, lonely men and widows, how can I spend it? Why don't you think about it and live with me?

The letter is presumably accompanied by illustrations of the spring palace and turtles

Empress Lü did not ignore the letters, but circulated the ****** letters to the ministers during the court discussion.

Isn't that insulting? The ministers scolded one after another.

Queen Mother, please allow me to lead 100,000 soldiers and horses for my ministers and slaughter those sons of bitches! Fan Xu was even more furious.

Many ministers of the DPRK and China echoed the voice, and Empress Lu also nodded.

At this time, Ji Bu stepped forward and said loudly: Fan Xuyan should be a capital crime!

The courtiers all looked at Ji Bu in amazement. We have introduced Ji Bu, he is extremely stable, and there was a saying in the roadside club at that time that "Ji Bu Yinuo is worth a thousand gold", so this guy almost never talks nonsense.

The hall fell silent for a moment, and the courtiers wanted to hear his high opinions.

Ji Bu didn't squint, and said unhurriedly: When Emperor Gao led an army of 320,000 troops, he was surrounded by Mao Dun in Baishan Mountain for seven days and seven nights, but Fan Xu wanted to use 100,000 horses to pacify the Huns.

Hearing him say this, the courtiers nodded yes one after another, and Fan Xu's face turned even redder, but it was irrefutable, so he could only remain silent.

Empress Lu didn't know the strength of the Huns, but as the mother of a country, she was teased like this, and her heart was angry. But she knew very well that the problem of the Huns could not be solved by impulse, and she could have completely ignored such an insulting letter, but she solemnly used the court. The first is to act and listen to the appearance of the obvious, and the second is to grasp the attitude of the courtiers towards the international community.

Now the minister's attitude is very clear, so he can only continue to be friendly and endure it first. Empress Lü ordered the great confessor Zhang Shi to bring a very humble letter to the Xiongnu, in which Empress Lü said that he was old and decrepit, and he was not worthy of Da Dan Yu, and if Da Dan Yu was willing, he could choose a clan girl in the royal family to send it to you.

Mao Dun, who had been waiting to see the joke, finally waited for a reply, Mao Dun had read some books, and had received some education in etiquette and shame, he never expected that he would insult the orphan and widow like that, and Empress Lu would be able to treat him politely. Mao Dun's heart began to be a little uneasy, and finally asked the envoy Zhang Shi to reply, probably meaning that I have too many hormones, I don't know the etiquette of your country, and I am offended, no wonder.

In dealing with international issues, it shows the sophistication of Empress Lu, but in dealing with domestic issues, it is old and spicy.

Empress Lu always distrusted the children of the Liu family, and after poisoning Queen Zhao, she began to fight the idea of Liu Fei, the king of Qi, Liu Fei's Qi State has more than 70 county seats, which can be described as strong, which makes Empress Lu a little jealous, once the children of the Liu family are not honest, Qi Guo must be the first to bear the brunt, and Liu Fei also has a very fierce son Liu Zhang, and he will be introduced later.

The characteristic of women is that they are insecure, and Empress Lü, as the de facto ruler, is no exception, and she spares no effort to recruit people to renovate and strengthen the city of Chang'an.

Although it did not play a defensive role, Chang'an City had the atmosphere of an international metropolis after being renovated by Empress Lu.

In the second year of Emperor Hui, Liu Fei entered the court, and in the process of receiving Liu Fei after Lu Hou, the more he looked at him, the more unpleasant he became, and he moved to kill for a while. It is not difficult to kill a mediocre and mediocre Liu Fei, but considering Liu Ying's feelings, Empress Lu can't blatantly kill him.

At Liu Fei's reception banquet, Liu Fei sat on the left side, Liu Ying sat on the right side, and the Queen Mother sat on the upper side, which belonged to the family ceremony. During the banquet, Liu Fei talked and laughed freely, without a trace of awkwardness. Seeing Liu Fei so casual, Empress Lu's face became extremely ugly.

Liu Fei regarded Liu Ying and Empress Lu as family, but Empress Lu never thought so in her heart, she once wanted to send the son born to Liu Bang and Concubine Ji to the West Heaven in a bag, and Liu Fei and Liu Ying sat on an equal footing on the left and right, which made Empress Lu even more angry.

What qualifications does he have to sit against the emperor! Empress Lu said angrily in her heart, then frowned, and her liver was angry, she summoned her henchmen and secretly ordered two cups of poisonous wine to be served.

The poisonous wine was brought to Liu Fei first, and Liu Fei picked up the wine glass and was about to toast to Empress Lu. At this time, Liu Ying stood up, picked up another wine glass, and said that he would toast each other with his eldest brother first, and then toast the Queen Mother.

Liu Fei felt right, but he didn't drink the wine glass to his mouth, but waited for Liu Ying to pick up another glass of poisonous wine.

Seeing that Liu Ying was about to swallow the poisonous wine, Empress Lu was anxious, and she didn't care about explaining, so she hurriedly got up and knocked over the wine glass in Liu Ying's hand to the ground.

Liu Ying and Liu Fei were stunned for a while. But when they thought about it, cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

Liu Fei saw that the situation was not good, so he excused himself to be drunk and retreated. Liu Fei returned to his accommodation, the more he thought about it, the more afraid he became, worried that he would not be able to leave Chang'an safely, and there was nothing he could do, so he summoned his entourage, one of which said: The Queen Mother loves Princess Lu Yuan the most, as long as the King of Qi you dedicate a part of the city to Princess Lu Yuan to make Tang Muyi, the Queen Mother will be happy.

Liu Fei was afraid that it was not enough insurance, so he followed the followers to discuss and discuss, and finally came up with an unbelievable solution. The next day, he wrote a copy of the recital and handed it to Empress Lu, and if this recital was placed now, it must have been the handwriting of a mentally ill person.

On the fold, Liu Fei plans to take the initiative to offer a few cities to Princess Lu Yuan Tang Muyi, this is nothing, absolutely later, Liu Fei also plans to identify with his half-sister Princess Lu Yuan as his godmother!

Take it!

If you don't accept it, there is such a ridiculous thing in the world. If Liu Bang had a spirit in the sky, I don't know how he would feel.

When Empress Lu received the invitation, although she thought it was ridiculous, she agreed. What her mother agreed, Princess Lu Yuan didn't dare to object, and she didn't want to object, what an interesting thing for my sister to be my brother's godmother!

yes, what a funny thing, it's so funny!

For this reason, the mother and daughter chose an auspicious day of the zodiac, deliberately making the ceremony more popular, and they wanted to see Liu Fei's jokes.

In order to survive, Liu Fei could only bear the weight and endure humiliation to perform a living farce for everyone, he half-bowed to Princess Lu Yuan and shouted to his godmother, Princess Lu Yuan laughed, deliberately dragged out the voice and responded to a sound, at this time, there was a burst of laughter around.

Liu Fei is still smiling, he can't care about the ridicule of others, he just wants to live, even if he lives humbly.

Empress Lu's disgust for Liu Fei arose, and she looked at Liu Fei's humble face, and was very happy in her heart. What Empress Lu wants is the feeling of trampling others under her feet, and she hopes that the Liu family will have a few more wretches, only in this way can the power in her hands become more and more stable.

Liu Fei's humble performance allowed him to pick up a life, and he quickly left the imperial city, a place of right and wrong, and never dared to come back.

Seven years before Emperor Hui, Empress Lu had to worry about her baby son's feelings when dealing with things, but after that, Empress Lu tore off all the disguises and took the heroine as the court.

The reason for the change was that in the seventh year of Emperor Hui (188 BC), Liu Yingbang was only 24 years old.

Liu Ying was a kind emperor who was depressed to death.

His mother gave birth to him and raised him, but also strangled him.

Empress Lu, who endured the pain of losing her son, according to her experience, every time the emperor died, it was the peak of the power struggle, and various forces in the court and China were ready to move. Empress Lu thought about what to do, and even when she stood in front of her son's body, she forgot her grief.

Zhang Liang's son, Zhang Piqiang, the middle doctor, saw the mystery, and he informed Chen Ping of the crux of Empress Lu's heart.

Chen Ping suddenly realized, pondered for a while, and immediately admonished Lu Hou to make Lu Tai and Lu Chan the general of the Northern and Southern Army. The Southern Army was the palace guard and was in charge of the guard, and the Northern Army was stationed outside Chang'an City and was in charge of the lieutenant. Although the number of troops in the north and south is not large, because they are directly responsible for the garrison of the capital and the imperial palace, they have a pivotal position in controlling the situation in the capital.

It can also be said that whoever controls these two armies will control the entire Chang'an City.

Liu Ying died, and Empress Lu was worried that her position would not be guaranteed, so she behaved abnormally.

Chen Ping naturally thought of the key point, although the dictatorship of the heroine is always a bit out of line with the ancient system, but Chen Ping does not object to Empress Lu in power, the current imperial court, only Empress Lu can be shocked, although Empress Lu is a woman, but the ability to govern is not weak.

Chen Ping decided to support Empress Lu to the end.

After Lu Tai and Lu Chan mastered the northern and southern armies, Lu Hou, who had been enduring her grief, suddenly burst into tears, venting the heart-rending pain of the white-haired man sending the black-haired man to the fullest.

Lu Hou's life is not happy, since Liu Bang embarked on the road of rebellion, a pair of children is her only spiritual support, she loves them, she hopes that they can live well, maybe power makes her cruel, but it has not extinguished her love for her children.

Why bother to be born in the emperor's house! Hate, hate, hate...

However, Empress Lu is a strong woman, she understands her responsibilities, even if her loved ones leave her one by one, she will be strong, people live, in addition to love, there is also responsibility.

Empress Lu's next responsibility is to choose the next heir to the throne.

Liu Ying did not leave a son before his death, he left too suddenly, and even did not set a suitable heir.

Liu Ying took the initiative to give up power out of fear and protest against Empress Lu before his death, and his sudden departure made his mother perfect.

There is no suitable heir, and who is not established is all in the hands of Empress Lu, and there is a lot to be done here.

Liu Bang's other sons are many of them, who have gradually become adults, and they are not born to Empress Lu, who is afraid of killing them quickly, how can he give up the throne to them?

After thinking about it, Empress Lu finally found a way to hide people's eyes and ears and bring herself to power.

In the Song Dynasty, there was a story of a raccoon cat changing the prince, I believe everyone is familiar with it, and Lu Hou's method is similar to this method, changing the soup without changing the medicine.

She found the baby born in the harem palace, killed his mother, and then pretended to be the queen's son, and in order to confuse everyone, she got a bunch of impostors, the feudal marquis of the feudal marquis, and the feudal king of the feudal king.

As a result, we can see that a more peculiar phenomenon has appeared in the history of the Han Dynasty for more than 100 years.

Two unrecognized emperors.

In the history books, they are called the young emperors before and after, they only have the identity of the emperor, no power, no title, no temple number, nickname and the like, and they can't enter the temple after death, and the young emperor is said to be a puppet emperor who exalted them, for example, they are more like models on the dragon chair, and they don't even have the power to speak.

This period is known as the Gaohou Weighing System, and the young emperors are almost negligible.

Empress Lu is not a confused person, she is sensible and can control the overall situation better. This is also one of the reasons why Chen Ping decided to support the dictatorship of Empress Lu. In order to stabilize her position, Empress Lu had to rely on all the strength of the Lu family. Soon after Liu Ying's death, Empress Lü broke Liu Bang's legacy that non-Liu could not be crowned king, and crowned Zhu Lü as king.

When Empress Lu threw this idea out in the court meeting, it immediately attracted the opposition of the left prime minister Wang Ling, Wang Ling has a straightforward personality, and during the Hui Emperor period, the power of the prime minister was too great, and the post of prime minister was revoked, and the left and right prime ministers were separated, according to Liu Bang's last words, after the death of Cao Shen, the left prime minister was served by Wang Ling, and the right prime minister was served by Chen Ping.

Empress Lu knew that Wang Ling was upright, and the upright people were not scheming, and Empress Lu asked Wang Ling to be the prime minister based on this consideration, but now Wang Ling jumped out and was the first to object, and picked up the matter of Gaozu's punishment of the white horse, which immediately caused Empress Lu's dissatisfaction and resentment.

When Chen Ping and Zhou Bo saw that Empress Lu's face became gloomy, they said together: Emperor Gao pacified the world and divided the princes into kings.

Empress Lu suddenly smiled! By the way, the candidate for the title of king was decided.

On the way down to the court, Wang Ling got angry when he saw Chen Ping and said: When Emperor Gao was in the White Horse Alliance, you were there, but today you said such things, what will you see in the future.

Chen Ping didn't argue, and said with a smile: Face to face and fight, I am not as good as you, I am afraid that in the world of the Liu family, you are not as good as me!

Soon, Empress Lu secretly demoted Wang Lingming, seized his position as the left prime minister, and promoted him to the crown prince and young master with only honorary titles. And the talentless judge was promoted to the prime minister of the left.

The dictatorship of Empress Lü also opened the shadow that has been lingering in the history of the Han Dynasty, the dictatorship of foreign relatives.

And the development of this force eventually brought a catastrophe to the Western Han Dynasty.

Empress Lu continued to attack the Liu group and reused the children of the Lu family, but she did not overindulge the children of the Lu family, and when she learned that the king of Lu Jia, Lu Jia, was arrogant, she did not hesitate to depose Lu Jia's throne.

Empress Lu also knew that it was impossible to kill all the Liu family, so the policy she adopted against the Liu family was to both beat and coax. For those who do not obey, she will give a resolute blow, and for those who obey, Empress Lu will also be reused.

Empress Lu continued to adopt the method of intimacy and kinship to link the two clans of Liu and Lu.

Among them, Liu You, the king of Zhao (Liu Bang's fifth son), Liu Hui, the king of Liang (Liu Bang's sixth son), and Liu Zhang were also forced to marry a Lu woman.

Liu You, the king of Zhao, did not love the Lu family, and the Lu family was angry, and ran to the front of the queen of Lu and sued Liu You fiercely, but the queen of Lu did not ask about it, arrested the king of Zhao to Chang'an, locked him up, and did not give him food and drink, and the king of Zhao was soon starved to death.

Before his death, King Zhao created an original Chu song, to the effect that he hit the Lu family, long live the Liu family and other words.

The hatred between the Liu and Lu families deepened with the tragedy of King Zhao!

Soon after, the news of the death of Liu Hui, the king of Liang, came one after another, Liu Hui's concubine was poisoned by the Lu family who committed acetic acid, Liu Hui hated the queen, but there was nowhere to vent, and he loved to drill the horns of the bull, and he couldn't think about it for a while, so he looked for a short time.

At this time, only Liu Heng and Liu Chang were left alive among Liu Bang's eight sons.

Empress Lu also beat Liu Heng's idea, and after the death of King Zhao, she planned to crown Liu Hengmi, the acting king, as King Zhao, and prepared to kill Liu Heng as well. Liu Heng's subordinates saw Empress Lu's sinister intentions and wrote a letter for Liu Heng with extremely sincere words, which won Empress Lu's sympathy.

Empress Lu was able to show mercy and let Liu Heng and Liu Chang go, which had a direct relationship with their mother.

Liu Heng's mother Bo Ji was never favored by Liu Bang, and Liu Chang's mother was even more miserable, she was originally Zhang Ao's concubine, and Zhang Ao gave her to him in order to please Liu Bang.

After Liu Chang's mother gave birth to Liu Chang, she once begged to be informed by Liu Bang on her behalf, hoping to be taken care of in life, but because of the relationship between Empress Lu, she concealed the matter, and Liu Chang committed suicide by leaving the young Liu Chang in despair.

Empress Lu thought that their mother had been sick with her, and she was moved by compassion.

Yes, why do women embarrass women, not to mention that they are all unhappy women.

In the post-high era, the crimes of fallacy, coercion, and the crime of the three ethnic groups, which have always been criticized by the common people, were abolished, which is a great thing for Chinese civilization.

In terms of policy, Empress Lu continued to adopt the technique of recuperating and recuperating, which laid a solid foundation for the arrival of the prosperous era of Wenjing.

One day in the eighth year of the reign of Empress Gao, Empress Lu sat on the dragon chariot as usual and traveled, and suddenly her eyes flickered, and she seemed to see a tengu pounce on her.

After this fright, Empress Lu never got up again.

On August 1, 180 B.C., when she only had her last breath left, she called Lü Chan and Lu Lu to the bed and made the last arrangement in her life, making Lü Chan the prime minister and commanding the northern army, Lü Lu commanding the southern army, and Lü Lunu being the queen.

Empress Lu did these things for the longevity of the Lu family, however, Empress Lu never thought that these seemingly well-thought-out arrangements would bury the Lu family.

Her husband died, her son died, her daughter died, and in the last years of her life she had to endure loneliness and loneliness.

This is not something that an ordinary person can do.

A woman who has gone from cloth clothes to the back of the throne has a deep memory of the lives of the common people, so the basic national policy has hardly changed in her hands, and a politically clear world continues in her hands, and with her efforts and wisdom, we can see that the Han Dynasty finally embarked on the road to prosperity.

Empress Lu is not a happy woman, but she is a strong woman, push forward three hundred years, push back three hundred years, a total of six hundred years will not be a second woman surpass her.

Great woman, Lu Pheasant, please rest in peace!