flstandardbreds Chapter 106: Deng Sui's Life (Don't Subscribe!)
Chapter 106: Deng Sui's Life (Don't Subscribe!)
[Amazing woman Deng Sui, a woman who saved Wang Chao, understand Empress Hexi Deng Sui. Historical Empress]
[During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a queen who ascended the throne at the tender age of 20 and ruled the country for 16 years as a female monarch.]
Han Dynasty.
Lu Zhi's eyes lit up instantly. Is there such a remarkable woman in her Han Dynasty?
However, she ruled the country in the name of a female monarch, so why didn't she ascend the throne and become an emperor, allowing Wu Zetian to take the title of first place?
Liu Bang was also in a trance for a while, but then he quickly became proud again.
The Han Dynasty has existed for a long time, and there are many talented people, both men and women.
Hahahaha, okay!
The marquee continues to play.
[Under her rule, China's technological development reached an unprecedented level.]
【Not only did he see the rare phenomenon of the three saints of paper, science and calligraphy all ruling at the same time, he also led his officials to overcome the worst natural disasters in the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty in the past ten years.】
[She allowed her best friends to participate in politics and promoted eunuchs and relatives, but she saved the dynasty from danger. While resisting the invasion of foreign tribes, she also expanded the territory of the Han Dynasty by 1840 miles. She was known as "the one who revived a ruined country and continued a lost dynasty."]
[She was also a beauty of her generation, 1.73 meters tall, with a beautiful appearance and a unique appearance. She was Empress Hexi, who was praised by historians as the crown of empresses - Deng Sui.]
——"Oh my god, what kind of cool novel is this about a heroine!"
——"This is even more powerful than Wu Zetian!"
——"Don't engage in female competition. The difficulty is not the same. She was the emperor every time, and Confucianism was not as deeply rooted as it was in later generations."
Han Dynasty.
Liu Che laughed loudly: "There is such a capable girl in the future? She can even expand the territory? This really opened my eyes."
After saying this, he was suddenly startled, remembering that his brother-in-law was beside him, so he quickly made up his mind: "But no matter how powerful you are, you can't be as good as Zifu. What queen's crown? I think this title should be given to Zifu!"
After hearing this, Wei Qing withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the sky.
[Deng Sui was born into a prominent family. Her grandfather was Deng Yu, the leader of the 28 generals of the Yuntai of Emperor Guangwu of Han Liu Xiu. Deng Sui loved reading since she was a child, but in that era when women were considered virtuous if they had no talent, her love of learning was criticized by her mother.]
[Deng Sui was a filial daughter who neither wanted to disobey her mother nor give up her studies, so she simply followed her mother to learn housework during the day and locked herself in her room to read by candlelight at night.]
[Deng Sui kept this habit even after she grew up, and it never changed.]
[After entering the palace at the age of fifteen, Deng Sui was named a noble lady by Emperor He of Han. She explained that Ban Zhao was continuing to write the "Book of Han" in the Dongguan Library. ]
【And learn from her classics, history, and miscellaneous works, as well as astronomy, arithmetic, etc. 】
[Without her mother's constraints and with the guidance of a famous teacher, she was finally able to study openly, reading all kinds of books and never reading flashy and useless books.]
[Her eagerness to learn shocked Ban Zhao, who came from a family of historians. She also discovered that although Deng Sui was a beautiful woman who was deeply favored by the emperor, she was very low-key. Not only did she never wear fancy clothes or jewelry, but her every move was also very proper.]
[Ban Zhao was almost fifty years old at the time, but she was deeply attracted to this teenage girl, and the two formed a relationship of both teacher and friend.]
[As the saying goes, opportunities come to those who are prepared. In 102 AD, Empress Yin was deposed by Emperor He of Han for engaging in witchcraft activities. Because of her daily performance and outstanding appearance, Emperor He personally designated Deng Sui as the head of the harem. ]
[This year, Emperor He of Han was 24 years old and Deng Sui was 22 years old. After being named Empress, Emperor He of Han favored Deng Sui even more and even discussed state affairs with her.]
[But unfortunately, Emperor He of Han died young at the age of 27. Because his eldest son Liu Sheng suffered from a chronic illness and more than a dozen other princes died young one after another, there was no heir.]
[Deng Sui had no choice but to support Liu Long, who was just over a hundred days old, as emperor, and from then on she began to rule the country for sixteen years.]
【Emperor He of Han was an emperor who made great achievements in history. During his reign, he exterminated the Dou family relatives who had caused chaos in the government, and externally, he destroyed the Xiongnu and pacified the Western Regions, creating the heyday of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the "Yongyuan Period". 】
[But after his death, the Eastern Han Dynasty entered a period of natural disasters that lasted for more than ten years. First, 37 counties and kingdoms suffered large-scale floods, followed by earthquakes in 18 counties and kingdoms, and 28 counties and kingdoms were hit by storms and hail.]
[Even Liu Long, who had just been on the throne for nine months, suddenly passed away. It can be said that natural disasters and man-made disasters continued.]
——"My goodness, this is almost the same as the late Ming Dynasty."
——"So if it weren't for Deng Sui, the Eastern Han Dynasty might have perished long ago."
[In 109 AD, severe famine occurred in Bingzhou, Liangzhou, and the capital Luoyang, and even led to cannibalism.]
——"Alas, eating one's own children, these four words make one's hair stand on end."
——"It's really terrible."
[For six consecutive years thereafter, locust plagues broke out in all nine provinces at the same time, and the Han Dynasty fell into an unprecedented crisis.]
[At the same time, the Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xianbei, and other tribes that had been defeated before thought that all the Han people were dead, so they began to invade from the north. The Qiang people in the Hexi region also began to rebel, and even the pirates in the East China Sea took advantage of the situation and invaded the nine coastal counties.]
——"Good man, the situation is really terrible. It will be hard to solve it even if I travel back in time."
——"Do you understand the value of the Queen's Crown?"
——"I will definitely be the Pirate King!"
Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin pulled his beard with a look of admiration on his face.
"This Deng Sui is really fierce. She managed to handle this situation. This woman is really amazing!"
"Yes, yes, she feels more powerful than Lao Wei, Lao Sun and the rest of the group!" Yuchi Jingde "accidentally" let it slip.
Civil servants group: "???"
It’s us, right?
Zhang Sun Wuji spoke the quintessence of Chinese culture: "Bullshit, which one of us is not a capable minister who can govern the country? Deng Sui is indeed good, but we are no worse than her, and my last name is Zhang Sun!"
"Oh, yes, yes!" Yuchi Jingde didn't argue with them and started working directly.
……
[Because the Central Plains was leaking everywhere and the country was in turmoil, the officials in the court began to make moves. They believed that the source of all these disasters was that after Deng Sui came to power, the yin was strong and the yang was weak, which made the heavens unhappy, and thus there were constant natural and man-made disasters.]
[In addition, after Liu Long's death, Deng Sui still did not establish his eldest son Liu Sheng as the emperor, so some ministers wanted to take advantage of the ministers' dissatisfaction with Deng Sui and launch a coup to depose Deng Sui.]
[Although the coup was eventually crushed by Deng Sui, it can be seen from this that when the country was in danger, the civil and military officials in the court actually wanted to blame all the problems on Deng Sui.]
[Although Deng Sui was young, she did not lose her composure in the face of this series of complicated situations.]
——"This is the mentality that a big boss should have."
——"If it were me, I would probably panic when there were rebellions everywhere."
[She used her teacher Ban Zhao and her brother Deng Yu as her advisors, and placed great emphasis on the eunuchs Zheng Zhong and Cai Lun. Not only did she use both her relatives and eunuchs, she also set an unprecedented precedent for her bestie to interfere in government affairs.]
[With the help of these capable people, Deng Sui took steady steps and pulled the Eastern Han Dynasty out of danger. She first opened up the national treasury to provide relief to the victims, and even vacated the royal gardens for farmers to cultivate, to ensure that there would be no more famine in the disaster years.]
[However, despite more than ten years of natural disasters, there was no large-scale peasant uprising in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Then, Deng Sui rejected the Xiongnu’s false marriage proposal and resolutely resisted, not only completely defeating the invading foreign tribes. ]
[The Chanyu of the Southern Xiongnu even took off his hat and went barefoot to the court to apologize. The leaders of the Wuhuan and Xianbei also came to the court in person and asked more than 120 tribes under their command to send hostages to Luoyang.]
——"Barefoot? Did he wash his feet?"
——"??? Is there someone upstairs?"
——"I fought all the way from Huaguo Mountain to Nantianmen for three days and three nights without blinking an eye. You ask me if my eyes are dry?"
[In 107 AD, Deng Sui pacified the Western Qiang, and hundreds of thousands of barbarians outside the Shu Prefecture all submitted to the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Yelang barbarians in the southeast of Asia offered all their territories to the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Eastern Han Dynasty expanded its borders by more than 1840 miles.]
[In 109 AD, Deng Sui sent tens of thousands of troops to attack the pirate Zhang Bolu and defeated him. From then on, the sea borders were pacified and there were no more large-scale maritime disasters. ]
[In addition to her martial virtues, Deng Sui also attached great importance to the development of science and technology and culture. Since she came to power, she ordered that all counties and states should not pay tribute to luxurious items, and should instead pay tribute to writing brushes, ink, and paper.]
[It is recorded in the official history that Cai Lun finally improved the famous "Cai Hou Paper" under the leadership and support of Deng Sui, and was called the paper saint of his generation. ]
【The natural disasters over the years also prompted Deng Sui to recruit talents from across the country who could predict astronomy and weather.】
【It was with this background that Zhang Heng was recommended by Deng Yu and became the Grand Historian. He invented a series of instruments for observing astronomy and predicting earthquakes, and was therefore called the Science Saint by later generations.】
【Deng Sui once found that most of the texts in the biographies of the Five Classics had not been revised, so she asked Cai Lun to supervise the proofreading of the texts. Xu Shen, who was praised by later generations as the "Sage of Characters", was constantly enriching his world's first dictionary, "Shuowen Jiezi", while proofreading the texts in the Eastern Palace, and finally finalized it, thus creating a rare situation in history where three saints served at the same time.】
——"Oh my god, they are all famous people in history books."
——"Shuowenjiezi, our teacher still uses this book to explain ancient Chinese characters to us."
[Deng Sui was also considered by later generations to have the demeanor of a great sage. Although she used relatives, eunuchs, and close friends, she was good at controlling people and knew how to delegate power in moderation. Even in the chaotic Eastern Han Dynasty, no one ever criticized Deng Sui for this.]
[Because, throughout history, there has never been anyone who could manage the world while facing natural disasters and man-made disasters at home and powerful enemies invading from outside.]
[Her deeds were emulated by successive empress dowagers. Wu Zetian ruled the country and Empress Dowager Cixi ruled from behind the curtain, all of which were based on the power system of Deng Sui.]
[Therefore, Deng Sui was praised by Chinese historians as the "Crown of Queens"]
——"I am ignorant and this is the first time I have heard of Deng Sui. I didn't expect her to be so great. But why isn't she famous?"
——“Me too!”
——"Because there are no fans to promote her. Look at Wu Zetian. If you say anything bad about her, she will blast you for eighteen generations."
——"If this were made into a TV series, it would probably be a story about a woman who is in love and succeeds with the help of a group of men. Maybe Cai Lun would even have a crush on her."
——"Hahahaha, you understand TV dramas."
At this time, the sky screen turned and the new video continued to play.
[How domineering was Dugu Jialuo in history? Empress Jialuo of Yang Jian in the Sui Dynasty]
[How domineering was the real Dugu Jialuo in history? 】
[It is said that the emperor should have three palaces, six courtyards and seventy-two concubines, but the founding queen of the Sui Dynasty, Dugu Jialuo, was an exception. ]
[She was born into a famous family, was well-versed in history, resolved the crises of the Yang family several times, and helped her husband ascend the throne. It can be said that without Dugu Jialuo, there would be no Sui Dynasty under Yang Jian.]
[When it comes to love, she wants to be with her husband for the rest of her life. If anyone dares to interfere, they will pay with their lives.]
[However, the love between the two could not withstand the cruelty of politics, and what they ended up with was the destruction of their country and their family.]
[Next, let us take a look at the life of Dugu Jialuo in the Sui Dynasty and review her love-hate relationship with Yang Jian. ]
Sui Dynasty.
Yang Jian walked quickly to the harem, calling out loudly as he walked.
"Jia Luo, Jia Luo, come and see, the sky screen is playing your video."
"Why are you shouting? I saw it!" Dugu Jialuo walked out of the hall and gave Yang Jian a cold look.
Yang Jian was stunned for a moment when he saw the small canopy in Dugu Jialuo's hand, and then he put his hand on his forehead and said, "I was stupid. I forgot that you also have a canopy."
"Hurry, hurry, come with me in and take a look." After saying that, he took Dugu Jialuo's hand and walked towards the depths of the hall.
……
[Dugu Jialuo's father, Dugu Xin, was a famous general in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. He was promoted to the rank of General of the State. Dugu Xin had many children and was very good at choosing sons-in-law.]
——"Dugu Xin? Is he the one with multiple faces in Tang Gui 2?"
——"Yes, it is him. His seal is now hidden in the Shaanxi Museum. Everyone is welcome to come and see it."
[His eldest daughter married Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou, Yuwen Yu, his fourth daughter married Li Bing, Duke of Tang, and Dugu Jialuo, the seventh, married Yang Jian, the son of Yang Zhong, Duke of Sui, at the age of fourteen.]
[But soon after the marriage, the Dugu family was destroyed. At that time, the Northern Zhou Dynasty was controlled by the powerful minister Yuwen Hu. Duke Zhao Gui of Chu was very dissatisfied with this. He joined forces with Dugu Xin to launch a coup and overthrow Yuwen Hu.]
[Unexpectedly, the matter was leaked, and Yuwen Hu executed Zhao Gui's entire family, forced Dugu Xin to commit suicide, and exiled his family to Shu. Dugu Jialuo was able to survive thanks to the protection of the Yang family.]
[The people of the Northern Dynasties were tough and the legal wife had a high status. She could manage the family and be the master of the household. Dugu Jialuo loved reading since she was a child and was well-versed in ancient and modern times. Her views on current affairs were very consistent with Yang Jian's. The two of them gave birth to five sons and five daughters, and also swore that they would not have any children out of wedlock.]
[However, when Yuwen Hu was in power, the couple lived in extreme poverty. The Yang family was unwilling to submit to Yuwen Hu, so he was suppressed by him in every way. Yang Jian was almost killed by him.]