Although Lv Hou didn't have an emperor's name, he was an emperor. When Hui Di decided everything, Hui Di died. He was regent for eight years and promoted Zhu Lu. He also wants to destroy the alliance between Gaudi and Baima, so he is authoritarian. How can he not be evaluated by the emperor?

Many people call Lv Hou a "bitch". She once punched Han Xin, kicked Liu's descendants, and took Mrs. Qi as a hostage, taking charge of state affairs for many years. Indeed, Lv Hou is worthy of the title of "bitch".

Any historical figure has two sides. It is difficult for Lv Hou to evaluate her quality. Her husband Liu Bangceng said of her:

Lv Hou is the real master.

On his deathbed, Liu Bang handed over power to Lv Hou. Therefore, in Liu Bang's heart, he still recognized Lv Hou.

During the reign of Lv Hou, his achievements were outstanding. "History as a Mirror" records:

If you can't leave home, the world will be quiet. Punishment is rare, sinners are rare, and people are well-fed and well-fed.

When Lv Hou stays in the palace, he can keep the world in order. Few people are punished and committed crimes, agriculture is stable, and people are well-fed and well-fed.

In addition, the most troublesome problem for Liu Bang in the early Han Dynasty was Xiongnu. Now the problem has shifted to Lv Hou. What would she do?

0 1 khan letter

When Liu Bang was in power in the early years, because the Xiongnu always harassed the border frequently, in a rage, Liu Bang went with 230,000 troops, but his two generals, Han Xin and Peng Yue, didn't go because they didn't think Liu Bang was interesting enough.

Because of this, Liu Bang didn't even have a general around him, and he was very underestimating his enemy and rashly wanted to beat the Huns. At that time, the strength of the two sides was very different. The Xiongnu side is stronger than Mazhuang, with 400,000 cavalry alone. In addition, this is a home game, which has the advantage of being in harmony with people at the right time. Liu bang's army was exhausted after a long journey, and it was difficult for the Han army to adapt.

Due to Liu Bang's reckless attack, the whole army was trapped in Deng Bai for seven days and seven nights. Just when Liu Bang felt that his life was dying, his counselor Chen Ping bribed the Xiongnu Queen with a large sum of money, and Liu Bang was able to escape.

From then on, Liu Bang never dared to be embarrassed in front of the Huns again. He could only maintain his relationship with the Huns by sending gold, silver and jewels and kissing.

After Liu Bang's death, Lv Hou came to power. Huns heard that Lv Hou, a big fellow, was gentle and virtuous, with both talents and looks. Xiongnu Khan began to play Lv Hou's idea.

192 BC, Xiongnu Khan wrote a love letter to Lv Hou, which read:

Born in Juze and raised in the land of cattle and horses in Ye Ping, the lone king is willing to travel to the border. Your majesty is independent and lives alone. If the two hosts are unhappy, they have nothing to worry about and are willing to have everything.

I am a lonely person, born on the vast grassland, and have been to the border of Dahan several times, hoping to visit the Central Plains. Now, you are a widow and widower in Lv Hou, and I happen to be single and unhappy. We can tie the knot and create a better future together.

Lv Hou flew into a rage when he received the letter. No one in the whole big fellow dares to talk to her like this. This Hun Khan dares to be so rude. Fan Kuai was the first to respond. He threatened to personally lead an army of 100,000, and he was sure to pacify the Huns and avenge them.

Ji Bu, a counselor aside, said disdainfully, Don't you forget that Gaozu led 320,000 troops to defeat Xiongnu? High impedance is so awesome that you lose. Do you think you can do it again in Fan Kuai?

Lv Hou also instantly calmed down, yes, now the big fellow is unstable. If we rashly go to war with the Huns, if we fail, wouldn't it ruin the great rivers and mountains that Liu Bang worked so hard to lay?

This time, Lv Hou can only bite his teeth and swallow it into his stomach, giving Khan a polite answer:

Khan did not forget Liu Xiahui, gave him books, and feared Liu Xiahui. Returning the picture, getting old, decaying teeth, walking out of step, listening alone, is not enough to pollute yourself. If the city is innocent, it should be forgiven. Steal a royal car, ride two horses, and serve as a regular driver.

I am old, my teeth have fallen out, my legs and feet are not very good, and my spirit can't keep up. I'm afraid I don't deserve you. I have two cars and eight horses. I will give them to Khan as compensation.

Through this incident, Hun Khan was very happy, although he didn't get love, because his purpose was not to marry Lv Hou, but to suppress Lv Hou in imposing manner. If Lv Hou gets angry, the two sides will go to war, which is exactly what the Huns want. If Lv Hou is mainly, the Huns can also ask the big fellow for some money and keep the flowers for themselves.

In the end, the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu were amicably reunited, which was called "Wenzi Prison" in history. Of course, Lv Hou couldn't swallow this tone. She chose to accumulate strength in secret, and when the big shots prosper in the future, it will definitely give the Huns a fatal blow.

Encourage fertility

In BC 189, Lv Hou issued a decree to girls aged 0/5 in Dahan/KLOC:

If a woman is not married after fifteen, five counts as one.

What do you mean? /kloc-Women who don't get married after the age of 0/5 will get five times the poll tax.

There were three kinds of taxes in the Han Dynasty. One is land tax, which means paying local taxes for agriculture; The other is tax, which means poll tax; The third is to pay taxes, which means that if you don't want to join the army, you can be exempted from military service.

According to the tax law of Han Dynasty, 15 years old is the age of tax service. After 15 years old, everyone pays 120 yuan poll tax to the imperial court, which is really not low. Many families bite their teeth and pay.

Lv Hou has introduced a new policy. /kloc-More than 0/5 women who don't get married will be charged five times the poll tax. 120 money becomes five times, which is 600 money, which ordinary people can't afford naturally. Before 15, all daughters got married.

When Lv Hou was in power, if a woman wanted to be single, she had to have money at home.

What is the significance of this provision in Lv Hou? It turns out that Lv Hou advocated early marriage for the development of population in Han Dynasty. After a series of wars from the late Qin Dynasty to the early Han Dynasty, the population in the early Han Dynasty was only130,000, while the population in the late Qin Dynasty was at least 45 million, which means that the population was reduced by 70% because of the war.

At that time, people fought, and no one fought with anything. Lv Hou is eager to develop its population, just to fight against the Huns.

In order to encourage people to have children, Lv Hou has also introduced a policy:

"If people give birth, don't be two years old."

As long as one child is born, the men in the family can be exempted from corvee for two years. This means that if ten children are born in the family, the head of the household can be exempted from 20 years of corvee. When they can't have children, they are past the age of corvee and don't have to join the army for life.

With the implementation of various policies, the population in the early Han Dynasty showed a trend of rapid growth. With the growth of population, agriculture has also achieved unprecedented development, and the tax revenue of imperial fields has also increased several times compared with previous years. By the time Emperor Han Jingdi arrived, the national treasury was full and the population was large, and the grain in the storehouse was already very rich.

03 Uterine War

It was through these policies of Lv Hou that the emperors before the Han Dynasty saved a large sum of money.

By the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the population had risen to 39 million, equivalent to three times that of the early Han Dynasty. At this time, it was only 57 years since Lv Hou promulgated the early marriage policy.

On the other hand, due to the limitation of grassland economy, the development of Xiongnu was stagnant for 57 years.

By the time the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty arrived, everything was ready. With a wave of his hand, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty launched three wars against the Xiongnu, which lasted for 44 years, and drove the Xiongnu out of the grassland, which fundamentally solved the harassment problem of the Xiongnu going south.

In the three world wars, Emperor Wudi beheaded 220,000 Huns and the Han army lost 200,000 people. But for the nearly 40 million Han population, the impact is not great. However, there are only about 2 million Huns, and there are few basic cavalry except the old, weak, women and children. Therefore, some people once evaluated this war as "the war in the womb."

Of course, everything has advantages and disadvantages, and so does Lv Hou's early marriage policy. For example, a poor peasant family instinctively raised a child, and now it has 10 children, so naturally many children will go hungry. In addition, 15-year-old woman is getting married, and now she is only a junior high school student. How can she know how to educate her children and solve the problem of food and clothing?

04 evaluation

Life in Lv Hou is complicated. She once slaughtered heroes, but in fact Liu Bang ordered the prince to be killed, especially for her son's smooth accession to the throne.

After she came to power, she formulated a series of policies to let Korea recuperate, and her national strength gradually became stronger, with unprecedented population and economic development.

Lv Hou is selfish, but she has no ambition, so she didn't become the first Wu Zetian. If she didn't marry Liu Bang, she might just be a virtuous wife and live an idyllic life.