What?
Yes, you're right. The first empress in the history of China was not the wife of Qin Shihuang, but the wife of Liu Bang, Lv Hou Lv Zhi, which is also famous in history.
Why?
Childe takes you to reveal the history and explore the cause and effect:
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After Qin Shihuang dominated, he became the first emperor, and also established a double queen (the first room of the emperor) and a harem system.
However, it was never established. The main reason is his biological mother Ji.
After the death of Wang Xiang in Qin Zhuang, she became unscrupulous, because she was originally a beloved princess, and the two rekindled their old love.
A few years later, Lao Lu was exhausted and afraid of exposure, so he introduced Lao Ai to Evonne. They also gave birth to two illegitimate children together and openly committed adultery with the harem.
Qin Shihuang (Ying Zheng, King of Qin) was ashamed and angry. He killed their illegitimate child, executed Ai, exiled and moved his family, while Ji was under house arrest.
The mother's indiscretion and fornication in the harem, like a loud slap, stung Qin Shihuang's heart.
Qin Shihuang had a lingering fear, too afraid that such a thing would fall on his head and ruin his life.
So this kind of experience, psychology and personality led to the death of Qin Shihuang.
There is also a saying that Qin Shihuang once established a queen, but due to various factors, the two turned against each other, and Qin Shihuang abolished the queen and rewritten the history books. As for the truth, we don't know.
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No matter in the history books or in the classic TV series Qin Shihuang, we all know that after Qin Shihuang died of illness, it was Zhao Gao who advocated tampering with and concealing his legacy and helped Qin Ershi and Hu Hai to take the lead.
However, Qin Ershi is an empty shelf. He drinks and drinks all day. Before he was killed, he had no right to make decisions on the affairs of the court and harem.
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In Qin Sanshi, Zi Ying succeeded to the throne, saying that he was a little unlucky.
With the rise of Liu Bang, he was captured after more than three months in office, surrendered to Liu Bang, and Qin died.
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From Qin Shihuang and Qin Ershi to the demise of the Qin Dynasty in Qin Sanshi, there is no record of the establishment of these three emperors in the history books, and the first empress in history has been vacant.
After the demise of the Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang finally dominated the fierce hegemony between Chu and Han, established the Han Dynasty and became the emperor.
The empress naturally belonged to his first wife, and became the first empress in the history of China, and the first empress dowager (after the death of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, she was honored as Lv Hou) was recorded in the history books, and the harem system became more complete afterwards (the first one was not Qin Shihuang's mother, because Qin Shihuang had not proclaimed himself before being placed under house arrest).
At the same time, Lv Zhi, the first empress, was also the first woman to master state affairs after Qin Shihuang implemented the imperial system, which was a "miracle" in the feudal society where men were superior to women.
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During Lv Hou's reign, he initiated the exclusive rights of consorts in the Han Dynasty, abolished the law of "carrying books" and encouraged the collection of books by the people, thus restoring the old canon and laying a good foundation for the later "rule of culture and scenery".
Of course, Lv Hou has a good reputation for killing heroes. In order to consolidate her power in North Korea, she threatened to kill. Han Xin was killed by her first, and then succeeded in scaring other heroes.
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1 August, 80/day, died of illness (thinking of consolidating Lu before his death-appointing his nephew as commander-in-chief of the northern army and Lu Chan as commander-in-chief of the southern army). And let them attach themselves to the army, put the palace first, and don't have to be buried for it, so as not to be bound), Lv Hou Lv Zhi, aged 62, was buried with Emperor Gaozu in Changling.
The first queen had good luck, ambition and strength. Lv Hou was in charge of the political affairs of the Han Dynasty for 16 years. So, ironically, Qin Sanshi, the once powerful Qin Dynasty, only reigned for more than three months.