Lv Zhi, the empress of Emperor Gaozu. Single father (Shan County, Shandong Province). In his early years, his father moved to Pei County to avoid revenge. At a banquet, he appreciated Liu Bang's extraordinary bearing and betrothed his daughter to him. In 205 BC, Liu Bang was defeated by Xiang Yu, and Lv Zhi and Liu Bang's parents were captured and held hostage for two years. In the autumn of 2003, Lv Zhi returned to Han and stayed in Guanzhong. After Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor, Lv Zhi was made queen and his son Liu Ying was made prince.
Lv Hou is resourceful. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Lv Hou helped Liu Bang kill Han Xin, Peng Yue and other half-recruited kings, eliminated the separatist forces and consolidated the unified situation. 195 years ago, Liu Bang died, and Huidi made Lv Hou the empress dowager, but Hui Di was weak. Actually, Lv Hou is in charge. 188 years ago, Hui Di collapsed and established a young emperor, known as the imperial system for eight years. Shaodi complained bitterly because his biological mother was killed by Lv Hou. Lv Hou killed the young emperors one by one and made Liu Yi, the king of Changshan, the emperor. Lv Hou has been in power 16 years. She was the first of three female rulers in China history (Lv Hou, Empress Wu Zetian and Empress Dowager Cixi).
During Lv Hou's reign, the politics of Huang Lao, which originated from Liu Bang's recuperation, was further promoted. When Liu Bang was dying, Lv Hou asked about the arrangement behind Liu Bang. She asked Xiao He who would succeed after Guo Xiang, and Liu Bang told Cao Can to succeed. After Cao Can, there are tombs and Chen Ping, but they can't be unique. Frequency is honest and honest, and his culture is not high. If there is a crisis in Liu Tianxia, it will be the savior of Liu Tianxia, and he can be appointed as Qiu. Although Lv Hou actually came to power, she abided by the wills arranged by important people before Liu Bang's death, and successively reused founding heroes such as Xiao He, Cao Can, Tomb, Chen Ping and Zhou Bo. And these ministers govern by doing nothing, conform to public opinion and never serve the people. Economically, light taxes are implemented. Implement a liberal policy towards industry and commerce. During the reign of Lv Hou, all fields, including politics, legal system, economy, ideology and culture, laid a solid foundation for the "governance of cultural scenery".
Lv Hou has the demeanor of a politician. The Huns used Liu Bang's death to write a book to humiliate Lv Hou, saying, "You lost your husband and I lost my wife. The two hosts are unhappy, so there is nothing to worry about. They are willing to take everything and have nothing to lose. " Lv Hou took Lu Bu's advice, suppressed his anger and calmly replied, "I am old, my teeth have deteriorated, and it is inconvenient to walk." Then he gave the horses and chariots, declined politely, and finally turned the war into friendship. The Huns were ashamed of their rudeness and sent messengers to apologize to the Han Dynasty.
In his later years, because there were no descendants, he was afraid that the descendants of Gaozu would bully Lu, so he sealed Lu's consorts as Hou. 180 years ago, Lv Hou collapsed and was buried in Changling with Emperor Gaozu at the age of 62. Zhu Lu wants to mess up, and Zhou Bo and Chen Ping are equal to punishing him.
Historians in ancient China could not get rid of Confucianism when evaluating history. Over the past two thousand years, Confucianism has become the iron ruler to evaluate the merits and demerits of history. We are fortunate to live in an era of active thinking, which enables us to analyze and discuss history from a new angle. I think when commenting on historical figures, we should not follow the previous views, but should comment on the influence of historical figures at that time and later. The so-called "the people are the sky, the country is the second, and the monarch is light." As long as he was kind to the people and managed the country well, I was afraid he was a woman and a foreigner. Human life is the most important, and private life is secondary.
There are different opinions about Lv Zhi in history. But in any case, in our time, what we see is her achievements for the people at that time. So only from this aspect, the evaluation of her should be positive.