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Chapter 12: The Phoenix in the Fireworks (1)
Zhao Ji: A Woman From a Brothel to a Palace
Mothers have always been valued by their sons in China, and the mother of Qin Shihuang, the majestic emperor in the annals of history, will naturally go down in history with her son's name.If this mother came from a family of high officials and dignitaries, then it would be justifiable for her to take a straight line to win this honor, but the mother who gave birth to this life and wrote this extraordinary stroke in Chinese history came from the bottom of society at that time, an anonymous The best dancer - Zhao Ji.

Lu Buwei
Zhao Ji was originally a prostitute in Handan City. She was originally the concubine of the wealthy businessman Lu Buwei.This weak woman, Zhao Ji, who seems unable to control her own destiny, became the queen of Qin in the future because she married a foreigner, and became a woman who influenced the course of Chinese history because she gave birth to Zhao Zheng.From nameless, powerless, and powerless to the empress dowager who is the mother of the world, only Zhao Ji can taste the ups and downs, honor, shame and shame during this period. As her first benefactor and lover, Lu Buwei has no way of knowing her reputation. Her husband, Zi Chu, had no way of knowing about it, and neither could her male pet Miao Du, who threatened her in the end, and her son who imprisoned her.

At the end of the Warring States period, Qin used Shang Yang to reform and seek strength, and conquered the six kingdoms in Shandong, and became stronger day by day.King Zhou Nan dedicated the land and the Jiuding, which symbolizes state power, to Qin.Among the six countries, Zhao and Qin are equal in strength.Under the command of the famous general Lian Po, Zhao Guo defeated Qin's attack twice.Qin Guo was forced to send the youngest son of the concubine of Qin to Zhao Guo as a hostage.Yiren lived a life of imprisonment in Zhao Guo, and felt that his life was ruined in this way.Just when he was depressed, he met a speculative businessman with a political vision——Lu Buwei.At a certain period from 265 BC to 259 BC, Lu Buwei met a foreigner passing through Handan, the capital of the state of Zhao.The foreigner has no relatives in a different place, and there is someone who is willing to listen to his sufferings and imagine his future political path. He is really grateful, so he confides to Lu Buwei all the difficulties of living in a foreign land.Lu Buwei gave a thousand pieces of gold to another person to make friends with guests.The stranger was very grateful, so he made a secret agreement with Lu Buwei. If he becomes the king of Qin in the future, he will share wealth with Buwei.Lu Buwei then went west to Qin to work for foreigners, and he bought countless rare treasures along the way.

When he arrived in Qin State, Lu Buwei first bribed Mrs. Huayang's sister, because Mrs. Huayang was An Guojun's favorite concubine, but she had no heirs, so Mrs. Huayang's sister persuaded Mrs. Huayang to accept another person as a foster son.She persuaded Mrs. Huayang, saying: "Madam has no children. You should adopt one as soon as possible. Otherwise, when the color fades and loves to relax, how can you rely on it? Now that a different person is hostage to Zhao Guo, day and night weeping and thinking about the prince and his wife, why not take this opportunity and immediately The foreigner is the heir, so the foreigner will never forget his virtue, and the wife will be reliable for life, killing two birds with one stone!" This remark made the lady wake up from a dream, and told the prince that night that she decided to make the foreigner his heir.

Lu Buwei returned to Zhao State, and since then his friendship with other people has deepened.Lu Buwei has other plans. Although Lu Buwei is a very successful businessman, he deeply feels that the social status of businessmen is too low. In the era of troubled times and hegemony, compared with Qin State, Zhao State is too weak.Lu Buwei was far-sighted and used the hostages of the Qin State to win strangers, and deployed a plan to enter the Qin State.

Handan offering concubine, one step to the sky

There is a kabuki Zhao Ji in Handan, the capital of Zhao. She has a little cherry lips, two lines of broken jade, graceful and graceful, charming and charming.Lu Buwei paid a lot of money to buy her as a concubine.After three months, Zhao Ji became pregnant.Lu Buwei actually told Zhao Ji:
"I intend to seek to strengthen Qin Tianxia, ​​so I will marry you, and when you have a pregnancy, I will present it to a foreigner. The foreigner is now a hostage to Zhao and has no wife. If the son is a male, the foreigner will be established as the heir. After the foreigner passes away , this son will surely ascend the throne, and you and I will take over Qin's empire with this!" Zhao Ji agreed.

The next day Lu Buwei hosted a banquet for strangers.The feast is full of delicacies and delicacies, and the singing and dancing girls line up on both sides.When the wine was half full, Zhao Ji came out with makeup to persuade her to drink.Seeing Zhao Ji's cloudy temples raised slightly, her crescent eyebrows swept lightly, her jade steps moved lightly, and the fragrant wind blowing people, the stranger couldn't help being dazzled and dazed, with a trancelike expression, just peeking at each other.Zhao Ji also looked at him mildly, and looked shyly at him and said nothing.Zhao Ji made a toast and went forward, and another person received the wine, looking left and right, eyes lingering.It happened that Lu Buwei was drunk and dozed off during the banquet.The stranger went to pull Zhao Ji's sleeve.Zhao Ji was angry and happy, half pushed halfway, and suddenly there was a slap on the seat, and Lu Buwei shouted sharply one after another: "Do you dare to tease my concubine Ji?" The stranger hurriedly looked back, seeing Buwei already angry Standing in front of his seat, he was so frightened that he had no choice but to kneel down and beg for mercy.

Lu Buwei sneered again and said: "I have been friends with you for many years, so I shouldn't insult you like this. Even if you love my concubine Ji, you can tell me frankly. Why be sneaky?"

Hearing this, the stranger suddenly turned from surprise to joy, and kowtowed to Lu Buwei and begged: "The stranger is here, and the inn is lonely. I want Zhao Ji to be my wife. If I get a gift from seeing you, I will repay you if you get rich and honored in the future."

Lu Buwei pondered for a long time.The other person said again: "I will be a ring in my next life, and I will be a weed after death. I swear I will never forget it!"

Lu Buwei pretended to be angry and said: "Since Your Highness likes it, I will give it to you. What are you talking about in return?" Lu Buwei helped him up, let Zhao Ji sit next to the stranger, and drank until late at night before letting Zhao Ji accompany the stranger. People get on the bus and return to the guest house together.

After Yiren got Zhao Ji, he and Zhao Ji planned day and night, and after eight months, Zhao Ji gave birth to a son with long eyes, square forehead and double pupils, and teeth at birth.Because the child's birthday falls on New Year's Day of the first lunar month, he was named Zhao Zheng.

Another theory is that Zhao Ji was not pregnant, but a different person took her love, and Zhao Zheng was the biological son of a different person.

Three years later, Qin and Zhao lost peace, Handan was besieged, and Zhao State planned to kill a foreigner. Lu Buwei bribed the guards and released him to Qin State.When the stranger saw Mrs. Huayang, he cried and recounted his yearning for years of parting, and because Mrs. Huayang was originally a Chu daughter, he specially changed into Chu clothes.Mrs. Huayang was filled with grief and tears, and said with tears: "I am originally from Chu. If you can express my heart, I would like to raise you as my son. You might as well change your name to Zichu." The mother is Mrs. Huayang, the crown princess who has no children.From now on, I greet you in the morning and evening, and I am very attentive.

King Zhaoxiang died of illness soon, and the heir of King An Guo, that is, King Qin Xiaowen, became the prince as a matter of course.But he was still one step away from the throne. Lu Buwei couldn't wait any longer. He discussed with Zhao Ji and seduced King Qin Xiaowen with wine and sex.Yiren finally ascended to the throne, that is, King Qin Zhuangxiang.Respect Mrs. Huayang as the Empress Dowager Huayang, make Zhao Ji the Queen, and Zi Yingzheng (Yingzheng is Zhao Zheng, who returned to the Qin State, so his original surname was restored) as the heir. There are [-] households in Luoyang, Henan.

So far, the wishful thinking that Lu Buwei and Zhao Ji have worked hard for several years has initially succeeded.

The chaos of Lai Ai, the vanity fell to nothing

As the national power of the Qin State became stronger and stronger, Lu Buwei made great achievements, and strangers knew that he was very shrewd, and gradually became wary of him.And Lu Buwei was also aware of it, how could he stand still?So he secretly discussed with Zhao Ji to get rid of the alien, make Zhao Zheng the king, and make Zhao Ji the queen mother.So Zhao Ji offered her favor every night, using all her seductive abilities to force the stranger to become addicted to pleasure, and soon became weak and died at the age of 36.

King Zhuangxiang passed away, and Zhao Zheng was only 13 years old when he ascended to the throne of the monarch.Because he was young, the queen mother Zhao Ji listened to the government.Lu Buwei was appointed for state affairs, and he was called "Zhongfu".Although Zhao Zheng is young, he has the ambition and fighting spirit to rule the world. He knows that Lu Buwei is his biggest obstacle, and Lu Buwei also knows that Zhao Zheng is not an idler, and the two are secretly competing.But the disaster finally happened to Zhao Ji. At this time, Zhao Ji was the Empress Dowager Zhuang Xiang. She was less than 30 years old, young and widowed. She couldn't bear the loneliness in the palace. , Lu Buwei often came and went in and out of the palace at will, and resumed sexual relations with Zhao Ji.Most of the Guan'e Cainu are the Queen Mother's confidantes, so they are naturally tight-lipped.Yingzheng was still a teenager, so he didn't know the secrets, so the two of them secretly communicated, similar to husband and wife.

Gradually Yingzheng grew up, and Lu Buwei was also unable to do what he wanted because of his old age, but Zhao Ji continued to be promiscuous, and often called Lu Buwei to become an official for lust.Lu Buwei was afraid that the matter would be exposed, as Zhao Ji's ignorance would cause accidents sooner or later, so he had to restrain himself.So Lu Buwei found a man named Miao Du and appointed him as a Sheren.It is said that Miao's poisonous penis is powerful, and Lu Buwei praised Miao's unique skills to Zhao Ji.Zhao Ji was really envious and wanted to try it herself.

So Lu Buwei pulled out Miao Du's male eyebrows, pretended to be a eunuch, and entered the official service to serve Zhao Ji.From then on, Zhao Ji and Miao Ai lived together day and night in the harem, and soon Zhao Ji became pregnant.

What a shameful thing it is for the empress dowager to be widowed and pregnant. In order not to let Yingzheng know, Miao Ai secretly negotiated with Zhao Ji, bribed the servants, and lied that the palace was not good for the empress, and that she should move to avoid disaster.Yingzheng didn't know there was a fraud, so he asked his mother to move to Lama Temple.

Since then, mother and child are not together, so there is no need to worry about it.Zhao Ji gave birth to two boys in a row, but Ying Zheng didn't know about it. Instead, at the request of his mother, he also made Miao Du the Marquis of Changxin, and gave him thousands of slaves and maidservants to live in Shanyang.As the days went by, Yingzheng also heard about it, but at this time Qin Wang Yingzheng was focusing all his energy on the grand plan of annexing the six countries, so he had to bear it and not speak out.

Lai Po's authority is growing day by day, but although he is favored by the Queen Mother, once Ying Zheng finds out in the future, he will die without a place to bury him.So he conspired with Zhao Ji in private, intending to make their illegitimate son the heir king, and secretly wanted to usurp the throne.

He bribed his party members to get rid of King Qin.

But Miao Ai is a villain after all, and if a villain succeeds, he will inevitably get carried away, and often speak arrogantly.One day, he drank wine with his ministers, got drunk, and quarreled. Lai Ai scolded, "I am the false father of the King of Qin. How dare you argue with me? Don't you know what is superior?" The minister was unwilling to be humiliated, so he told the king of Qin these words.

Yingzheng used to have a bee nose and long eyes, a falcon resounding like a jackal, and he was mean and ungrateful by nature. When he heard the news, he couldn't help being very angry, and immediately ordered an investigation into the truth.Later, I got a secret report saying that Mu Saiben was not an eunuch, but had indeed committed adultery with the Queen Mother and had children.When Miao Du heard the news, he was unwilling to sit still and wait for death, so he forged an edict and dispatched guards and county soldiers to deal with King Qin.After two confrontations, Miao's poisonous soldiers collapsed.Ying Zheng ordered Miao Du to divide his body with five horses, and then executed Miao Du's three clans.The soldiers were sent to search Lama Temple and kill Zhao Ji's illegitimate second son.Zhao Ji was driven to Manyang and imprisoned.Lu Buwei committed the crime of deceiving the emperor by sending a fake eunuch into the palace to accompany the queen mother.

Lu Buwei lived in Henan for more than a year, and the princes and states in Shandong sent many envoys to ask questions, and there was an endless stream of envoys.This matter was known to Qin Ting, and Yingzheng prevented him from plotting a change. He wrote to Lu Buwei: "What is the contribution of the king and Qin to seal the country of Henan and eat [-] households? What are the relatives of the king and Qin, and they are named Zhong. Father? Now you can lead your family to move to Shuzhong without delay!"

After reading the letter, Lu Buwei sighed several times and almost burst into tears.If the truth is told, Qin Wangzheng is violent and arrogant by nature, and if it is leaked out, it will cause disaster.After thinking and thinking, there will be no good results in the future, so it is better to kill myself so as not to suffer.So he took the poisonous wine, swallowed it reluctantly, and died of the poison in an instant.Lu Buwei worked hard all his life, starting with good wine and ending with poisonous wine.

After the widows rebelled, the King of Qin issued an order: Anyone who dared to speak out against the Empress Dowager would be killed without pardon. 27 people were killed for this, and their bodies were buried under the palace wall.Mao Jiao, a native of Qi, risked his life to plead for advice about the Empress Dowager, and he urged King Chen Qin to win the hearts of the world.Don't take the charge of being unkind and unfilial. The King of Qin was moved by him. He worshiped Mao Jiao as his second father and respected him as Shangqing. He welcomed the Queen Mother Zhao Ji back to Xianyang and lived in Ganquanguan.

Zhao Ji, who lived in Ganquanguan again, must have been a wooden person, and let her son dispose of her. Without the empress dowager's desire for power and women's emotional desire, Ganquanguan became her final destination.Her life started with a man and ended with a man. She was young and beautiful, and her dancing skills won Lu Buwei's favor.Doting is one thing, and desires are another. In order to satisfy Lu Buwei's businessmanship, Zhao Ji was offered as a sacrifice to a foreigner who could live with rare goods and became the wife of Zi Chu. As an ancient woman, Zhao Ji did not escape. involuntarily weak position.

A few years later, Zhao Ji also died.

In Chinese history, there is a kind of woman who actively chooses to step onto the political stage, such as Lu Zhi in the Han Dynasty and Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty. Their gender differences cannot curb their desire for power; Whirlpool, like Zhao Ji.For Lu Buwei, she is a bargaining chip for political investment; for other people, she is a tool to relieve pressure and desire; As far as human beings are concerned, her behavior and deeds have become an excuse to seize power.Zhao Ji, throughout her life, was just a pawn on the political chessboard.

Wei Zifu: Legendary Singer
She skyrocketed to the top of the sky, from an ordinary kabuki in the princess mansion to the young emperor's new love, and then to the legend of favoring the empress official and the mother of the world, making it popular all over the world for a while: "There is no joy in having a boy, but there is no joy in giving birth to a girl." No anger, only Wei Zifu dominates the world." It took her 12 years to walk all the way, and since then, her family's destiny has been closely linked with the Han Dynasty, and a glorious history of fighting against the Huns has begun.During her 38 years as a queen, she was favored and betrayed repeatedly. She enjoyed all the glory and dominated the world, but she also ended up with her descendants being punished and committing suicide.She was the first empress to plan and implement a military rebellion while her husband was still alive, and she was the second empress of the Han Dynasty——Wei Zifu, a legendary singing and dancing beauty.

Wei Niang Qingge, the original emperor

In the Han Dynasty, in order to please the emperor, the relatives often selected folk beauties and raised them in their own mansions to teach various skills and etiquette knowledge, so that they could serve the emperor when he came.If he can be taken into the palace by the emperor's fancy, and if he becomes prosperous, the relatives who contribute beautiful women will naturally benefit a lot.Back then, Princess Guantao was well versed in this way to please Emperor Han Jing, and she gained a lot of privileges.Princess Pingyang, the elder sister of Emperor Wu, was not far behind. She had already prepared more than a dozen folk beauties in the mansion, carefully trained them, and only waited for the opportunity to dedicate them to Emperor Wu of Han.

In March of the second year of Jianyuan (139 BC), Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty went to Bashang for a sacrifice, and passed by Princess Pingyang's house on the way back to the official, where he rested.During the banquet, Princess Pingyang asked these beauties to come out to meet each other, hoping to make Emperor Wu of Han smile.It's a pity that there was no one that pleased Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu still drank and laughed by himself, and Princess Pingyang couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.To add to the fun, Princess Pingyang asked them to come to sing and dance.Unexpectedly, Emperor Wu stared at a kabuki with shining eyes, filled with infinite admiration, and praised the kabuki's beautiful voice to Pingyang.The dance is beautiful and seductive.This kabuki is Wei Zifu. She has black and bright hair, a slender figure, a peach blossom face, charming and lovely, especially a pair of almond eyes that flutter up and down, looking forward to you.At this moment, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had already been captured by Wei Zifu, so he didn't have the mind to continue the banquet.Princess Pingyang, who is good at observing words and expressions, has already seen her younger brother's mind. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said that he was going to sit up and work in farming, she hurriedly asked Wei Zifu to serve Emperor Wu together.Emperor Wu was in a good mood when he got his favorite Wei Zifu.Before leaving, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty generously rewarded Princess Pingyang with a thousand taels of gold, and the beautiful Wei Zifu and her younger brother Wei Qing were carried in the car returning to the official position.In this way, under the blessing of Princess Pingyang, Wei Zifu, a 14-year-old girl, started another journey in her life.

Wei Zifu entered the palace full of joy and endless longing, but life in the palace was not as simple as imagined.Wei Zifu didn't expect that he would be sent to Yongxiang to work as a coolie, and he didn't expect that the emperor who had just been with him would disappear without a trace. How could she know that all this was the masterpiece of Queen Gillian.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was able to become emperor, all thanks to Gillian's mother, Princess Guantao. In addition, Emperor Wu had just ascended the throne at that time, and all the power was still in the hands of Empress Dowager Dou. This old ancestor's love for Chen Gillian is obvious to all. There is no point in offending his cousin and aunt for a mere kabuki, so he has always been more tolerant of Gillian.For more than ten years, Gillian has been favored exclusively. She is arrogant and domineering. She absolutely cannot tolerate sharing her husband with other women, especially a vulgar kabuki like Wei Zifu.Even though Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had the heart to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, he had no choice but to let her fend for herself, and he couldn't summon a lowly servant.

Wei Zifu's life in Yongxiang is very difficult. There are many people in the palace who are arrogant and demeaning. No one will offend the high-ranking queen because of sympathy for the new kabuki. slaves.

In those dark days, Wei Zifu would often think of the emperor who used to be happy with him, the princess who had placed high hopes on him, and imagined that one day they would come to save him, but they never showed up again. Zifu is ruthlessly forgotten like a useless prop. Perhaps the seldom-voiced Yongxiang is the final destination of this girl.

However, the hand of fate turned everything around again.

(End of this chapter)