She is the second Empress Deng Sui and Emperor Liu Zhao of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
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In the second year of Yuanhe in the Eastern Han Dynasty (85), Gao Mi, a teacher, served in the mansion, and the old lady personally cut her beloved granddaughter's hair. It is this hairstyle that makes Deng Sui's family and the world sit up and take notice of her at the age of five.
Everyone loves it, and a hundred flowers blossom? Xiao Dengsui is deeply loved by grandma. Old people have to ask for food, clothes, housing and transportation in person. There are many servants and waiters, and the old lady has to cut her hair. After all, the old man is old, his eyes are dim and his hands are not so flexible. As a result, he punctured her forehead and cut her hair. The old man left happily.
When the family came over and saw that her forehead was still bleeding, they complained bitterly and said, are you a fool? Why don't you shout pain? ? She said:? It's not painful. Taifuren's pity is a broken hair, which is hard to hurt the wishes of the old people, so I put up with it. I don't want to upset my grandmother and go against her original intention. ?
Reasonable, gentle and humble temperament has been rooted in the little girl's heart. These noble qualities have been with her all her life, which is one of her considerations after becoming a generation of sages.
How can a five-year-old girl understand the righteousness so deeply? This is related to good family education.
Deng Sui is a noble family, and her grandfather Deng Yu ranks among the Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu? Twenty-eight generals of Yuntai? First of all, his father is an official who protects Qiang's captain. His family has a high social status and superior material conditions. It is normal for him to receive cultural education, but Xiao Dengsui is addicted to reading.
I can read history books at the age of six, and I am proficient in poetry and The Analects of Confucius at the age of twelve. It is difficult for her brothers to explain her opinion clearly. Student? It was also at this time that others gave a nickname.
Mother Yin's (niece of Guanglie Queen Yin Lihua) turned a deaf ear to her knowledge and recitation, and gently advised her that girls should not learn needlework, but specialize in canon studies. Do they want to be doctors? She is extremely filial and afraid of disobeying her mother's orders, so she changes to sewing during the day and studies hard at night.
Father Deng Xun thinks that she is very independent and asks her to discuss big and small issues.
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In the 4th year of Yongyuan (92), Deng Sui was also elected to enrich the harem with Liu Zhao (the fourth emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty). Unfortunately, his father Deng Xun died, and Deng Sui, who had been filial to his father for three years, missed the opportunity to enter the palace.
The death of his father dealt a great blow to Deng Sui. For three years, she cried day and night, and she didn't eat salt or vegetables for three years. Her face is haggard.
After the filial period, Deng Sui was nursed back to her former glory by her family. She told her family that she had dreamed of touching the sky many times and looked up and licked the stalactites in the sky. The family asked the dreamer to interpret his dreams. The dreamer said that this was a good omen for a holy king like Yao Di Tang, and the family secretly rejoiced, but did not dare to make public.
In the seventh year of Yongyuan (95), Deng Sui, aged 65,438+05, was re-elected to the Palace. She was selected by the second batch of people as outstanding and in her prime, so it's hard to take her eyes off her.
Historical records? Seven feet two inches long, beautiful appearance, unique, left and right are surprised? . Ancient people were short, but Deng Sui was 1.67 meters tall, slender and gorgeous, with long hair, which was said to hang to the ground. Reading makes her more elegant and refined than others.
The appearance of Deng Sui eclipsed the harem beauties, and Han and Emperor gained great treasures. She quickly won the favor and trust of Han and Emperor.
In the eighth year of Yongyuan (96), Deng Sui, aged 16, was made an aristocrat. Although deeply loved by the monarch, Deng Sui was modest and virtuous, courteous to the concubines in the harem, tolerant and kind to the ladies in the palace, and won the praise of all in the harem.
Deng Sui was ill, so Emperor He wanted to make an exception and put Deng Sui's mother in the palace, and said that he could accompany his daughter indefinitely. Deng Sui declined politely, and gave the reason: going deep into the palace, making other families look forward to being in the forbidden area for a long time, and making your majesty cynical about favoritism, will do me harm and no good. I really don't want to leave the discussion.
And the emperor said, everyone is proud to live within our means, but you are worried, self-disciplined and hard to be sincere. After hearing these analyses, I cherish and respect her more.
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What Deng Sui did angered a Yin queen. Empress Yin is also a noble family. She is the great-granddaughter of Queen Yin Lihua's eldest brother. She is talented and beautiful, and she is good at calligraphy. She was the first to enter the palace, and she was also spoiled by the emperor when she first entered the palace.
In the spring of the eighth year of Yongyuan (1996), Yin was the queen, and in the winter of the same year, Deng Sui was a noble person.
Although the two of them are the same lady, according to seniority, Deng Sui is still the menstruation of the table of Queen Yin, but the palace struggle is cruel, and no one in the harem values this relationship. Deng Sui's entry into the palace made her less prized, and Empress Yin held a grudge.
Deng Sui knew that the Queen bore a grudge and always tried to resolve the conflict through concession and patience.
Every time at a big banquet, all the concubines compete with each other and dress themselves up beautifully. Only Deng Suisu's plain skirt is available. What color does the queen wear? Deng Sui resolutely avoided it and never clashed with the queen.
As long as there is a queen, the queen sits and she stands respectfully; If the queen stands, she bends and always looks three points shorter in front of the queen; (。 Because the queen is short, sometimes she loses her manners, and she is embarrassed when others laugh, as if she has made a big mistake; Defend the queen anytime, anywhere.
The emperor summoned them alone, but the queen didn't speak. She never spoke first. So that Deng Sui was greeted by the emperor, and Deng Sui tried every means to push it off.
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Knowing Deng Sui's good intentions, He Di could not help but sigh: Is it so difficult to cultivate one's morality and enter Germany? This made He Di feel more pity for Deng Sui.
Deng Sui's repeated forbearance failed to put out the jealousy of the Yin Queen. The more careful she is, the more she thinks she has a plan. Deng Sui's fame and virtue is getting stronger and stronger, and Empress Yin is at a loss and hates her even more.
Every time Queen Yin tries to find fault with her, Deng Sui is calm as water, smiling and helpless.
Finally, after a serious illness with De, Deng Sui won completely.
In the 13th year of Yongyuan (A.D. 10 1), Emperor was seriously ill. Empress yin didn't show sadness and anxiety, but she was very excited and said bitterly? I am proud that Deng's family will not be left behind. ?
When the words reached Deng Sui 'er, Deng Gui-ren cried in despair and said that no matter how diligently I served and defended the Queen, the Queen was biased against me. Today, I can only get rid of it with death. First of all, I will repay your kindness. Second, I will save this family from danger. Third, you can't let the queen carry it. People? Bad reputation. ?
There are so many people in the palace, how could she commit suicide? At this moment, Zhao Yu, the maid-in-waiting, used her quick wits to say: The news just came from the palace. The emperor is in good health, so you don't have to commit suicide. ? Deng Sui put down the poison in his hand. Coincidentally, Emperor Liu Zhao recovered naively the next day.
Later generations have different opinions on this matter. Some people say that Deng Sui's acting skills are too good and purely for show, but the situation at that time was that if the emperor had a funeral, Queen Yin would harm her. Out of desperation and to ensure that the family is not harmed, suicide is the only way. Besides, she only wanted to protect herself, and didn't hurt others.
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This matter was known by Emperor He, and the balance in his heart was completely tilted to Deng Sui's side. On the one hand, the queen expects her to be in power after her death, and on the other hand, Deng Guiren wants to die for herself.
Empress Yin hasn't realized the danger of disaster coming out of her mouth, and she still goes her own way. I don't know that a catastrophe is quietly coming.
He Di treated the queen well and allowed her family to visit her from time to time, but she had nowhere to vent her grievances, so she conspired with her grandmother Deng Zhu to practice witchcraft.
They cursed the emperor and Deng Sui and were denounced.
The emperor often sent ministers Zhang Shen and Chen Bao to the court for examination and torture. Deng Zhu was not killed. Her two sons and a brother of the Yin family died in prison. Deng Zhu and the rest of the Yin family were exiled. Deng Sui once interceded and made up his mind to make peace with the emperor.
In the summer of the 14th year of Yongyuan (102), Yin was deposed as the queen and forced to move to Tonggong. 103, she died of depression. Her father, Yin Gang, just heard about the family changes and committed suicide.
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In He Di's mind, Deng Sui has long been the best choice for the Queen. And the emperor said, dear queen, how easy it is to have me, the ancestral temple, and the mother of the world! Only Deng Guiren's loyalty to the imperial court is acceptable.
In the winter of (102), after the Emperor He proposed to marry her, Deng Sui repeatedly refused, and shut his own door, saying that he could not get sick. At the insistence of ministers and emperors, Deng Sui was made queen at the age of 22.
There used to be celebrations or festive activities, and all counties and countries came to join in, all of which were jewelry and the like. Since Deng Sui was elected as the queen, it has been banned, and only some paper and ink can be distributed during the Chinese New Year. Although you are the queen, she is not arrogant, but she still endures greed.
She is careful everywhere, but also strict with herself. Whenever He Di wants to promote her family, she politely refuses. For fear of being suspected of putting her consorts in power, her brother used to be just an ordinary samurai commander.
The first year of Yanping (105) was really a bad year. He Di died at the age of 27. Deng Sui, 25, goes to Lacrimosa every day. At this time, he is both a master and a teacher. Best friend? Ban Zhao, help her get out of her grief and get back on her feet.
Ban Zhao, a learned man, was a teacher hired by Emperor He for concubines in the harem. Ban Zhao advised her that the country can't live without a monarch for a day. Since people can't be resurrected after death, the queen should shoulder the heavy responsibility. Deng Sui, cheer up and take care of the funeral.
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Moreover, the emperor did not have a prince before his death, and she did not have a prince herself. To outsiders, there is no prince to stand in the DPRK now, and ministers have their own abacus. Deng Sui told the ministers a big secret.
The first emperor had a prince who was raised among the people. It turned out that a few years ago, he and his concubines also gave birth to princes one after another, but several died before and after, and the emperor was in doubt. At that time, Dou Taihou's consorts had a high prestige and were even persecuted in the palace, so they came up with a way to send the vassals out of the palace to raise them.
Now there are two princes, the eldest son Liu Sheng is disabled and the second son Liu Long is only three months old.
There are serious differences in the establishment of the emperor. If the emperor is established according to the ancestral system, he will be established as the emperor, but the prince with chronic diseases cannot be established, which is also related to the royal face and the stability of the country. Deng Sui pushed his way through the crowd and made Liu Long emperor when he was young. Liu Sheng was made king of the plains.
When the emperor was too young, she became a court official and changed her name to Empress Dowager Deng. After the death of He Di, the new dynasty that just took over had to deal with many things.
My late emperor has passed away, so it is imperative to properly arrange concubines. She is kind and considerate, giving Zhou and Feng nobles, horses and chariots, gold and cloth, and living in another garden. In addition, I gave Feng Guiren a red ribbon and a walking hoop, which he didn't have when he was with the emperor.
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Not long after the founding of New Wang Chaogang, various rules and regulations have not been perfected. Someone stole a basket of pearls in disorder. This kind of theft is neither too big nor too small, just like challenging the governance ability of Empress Dowager Deng.
Queen Deng's first thought was that this was a crime committed by the palace people. If Ting Wei is ordered to interrogate by torture on a large scale, it will be time-consuming and laborious, and it will also hurt innocent people.
She decided to handle the case by herself, called everyone together and didn't ask any more questions. Queen Deng's beautiful eyes are sharp and she can probably see through her mind. She can solve the case quickly just by watching her words and deeds.
Ji Cheng, the eunuch who often accompanied the emperor, was sentenced to death for witchcraft. She thinks it's not that simple and unreasonable. When the emperor was alive, he served his country wholeheartedly. Now that the emperor is gone, it's meaningless to engage in witchcraft again, so Empress Dowager Deng personally tried again, and Ji Cheng was really falsely accused.
When the truth of these two cases came out, everyone was surprised to call her Ming Sheng.
In the summer of the first year of Yanping (105), there was a serious drought in Beijing. Some people say that there may be resentment that leads to dissatisfaction with heaven. She personally went to Luoyang prison to check the prisoner's situation.
/kloc-more than 0/0 people were arraigned, but they all said that they had not been wronged. When the last prisoner was carried up, the prisoner didn't speak. When he was about to be carried away, Deng Sui looked up at him, and the prisoner's eyes seemed to be telling something. She quickly asked someone to carry him back.
After careful review, she found that the criminal was indeed tortured to extract a confession. The facts are conclusive. She immediately arrested Luo Yang and sent him to prison to make amends. Before I got back to my bedroom, it began to rain cats and dogs outside.
She distinguished unjust prisons, went to Luoyang prison for three days in a row, checked prisoners' records, and found that 36 people were sentenced to death, 80 people pleaded guilty, and the rest were reduced to their right toes. After all these things, she really became the China version. Holmes? .
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During her reign, the situation was stable and the ruling and opposition parties were upright, but Liu Long's death made peace unstable.
106, Liu Long died after being emperor for 220 years. Posthumous title? Filial piety business brother? . He is the youngest and shortest in his life, and historians also call him? August emperor? .
At this time, the question of who should be emperor was divided into two factions. Ministers who supported Liu Sheng jumped out again and wanted Liu Sheng to be emperor.
The faction headed by Deng Sui, with the support of teachers yu zhang and Situ Xufang, had already made all the preparations for establishing Liu Hu as emperor, and Liu Hu won the game.
It's the abandoned son of Qing and the nephew of Emperor He. According to the ancestral system, it is not Liu Hu's turn yet. Deng Sui believed that Liu Sheng didn't have the talent to govern the country even when he grew up, and insisted on establishing Liu Hu. He died at the age of 13, and was called Andy in history.
Because of the disaster and chaos, the treasury was empty, so Liu Hu's accession ceremony was simple, and so was the building and burial specifications of Shang Emperor Liu Long Kangling. 107 the following year, Liu Hu changed its year number? Yongchu? .
When the emperor was young, Empress Dowager Deng still held the power of state affairs. The emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty lived a short life. The emperor died, the young queen became the empress dowager, and the prince was young. Empress Dowager Cixi is in power, and it is normal for consorts to participate in politics.
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Deng Sui's ruling aroused a person's anger. He is Sikong Zhang Zhou, while Zhang Zhou has a straightforward personality. He witnessed the harm that the dictatorship of Dou Taihou and his consorts brought to Jiangshan, and was afraid that Deng Sui would make the same mistake after he took office.
He used it? Women weigh the system, and the world is in chaos? Reason, he instigated and plotted to instigate a coup, trying to kill Deng Zhi (Deng Sui's brother) and eunuchs Zheng Zhong and Cai Lun, and then deposed the queen mother and imprisoned the emperor. As a result, the news leaked out and Zhang Zhou had no choice but to commit suicide.
Deng Sui didn't punish too many people for this political disaster. She knew that some people just committed suicide at the instigation of mastermind Zhang Zhou, and made an exception for others, which won her higher prestige.
She continued to pursue her political ambitions. Light corvee, reduce taxes. She let bygones be bygones, recalled the exiles of the Yin clan to Beijing and returned more than 5 million assets.
She knows the consequences of the consorts' rebellion, so she is strict with her family.
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In the 5th year of Yuan Dynasty (1 18), Ren Shang, a corps commander, committed the crime of breaking rations. Deng Feng, the son of Deng Zhi, was once bribed and the stolen goods were a horse. Deng Feng was so scared that he hurried home to tell his father.
Deng Zhi was very angry and blamed his son. How many times have I told you to be modest and never give the Queen Mother any trouble? Then don't wait for the queen mother to dispose of it. Let's go to the palace and confess our sins. ? He shaved off the hair of his son and wife, which was a very severe punishment in the Han dynasty, called punishment.
Deng Sui is strict. Although her family is also a DPRK official, they are all low-key and introverted, modest and funny. In particular, my younger brother Deng Zhi has made great contributions, although he has repeatedly refused to give him the rewards he deserves.
The self-discipline of Deng's consorts is sincere, much like the model consorts of Emperor Guangwu.
In order to prevent the consorts from dominating, she organized the children of the Deng family and Wang Guan nobles to study in the imperial school, specially hired teachers to teach, cultivated their loyalty to the big fellow, and personally supervised them.
She attaches importance to education and actively studies history. The emperor used to compile Hanshu, because his official position was in Dongguan. This precious history book is called Dongguan Hanshu. Deng Sui ordered the official to continue to compile history books, which made them richer and more extensive, reaching the level of national history.
Deng Zhi, her brother, has been helping her and is a good helper in her administration. He resigned and went home because his old mother died. She resolutely approved her brother's request, and later generations also praised the invisibility and self-retirement of the Deng family.
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When she was in power, she could not only coordinate the relationship between eunuchs and consorts, but also weigh the relationship between family interests and national interests. Reuse good ministers and the Qing court.
Making official salaries transparent is one of her political contributions. In the past, wages and official positions could not be directly linked, so there was corruption. The open wage system put an end to this drawback.
From the year Andy ascended the throne, there were disasters, such as 18 county earthquake, 4 1 county flood, and 28 county rainstorm and hail.
She did her best to help the disaster. In order to raise money for disaster relief, she cut down on palace expenses and unnecessary expenses, and was careful in all aspects.
She only eats one meal of meat every day to prevent waste; Then sell all the eagles and dogs in Shanglinyuan.
Every year, exquisite playthings are made in the court, including gold and silver, pearls and jade, rhinoceros and elephants, tortoise shells and so on. This expenditure costs a lot of money every year, and she ordered not to do it again in the future.
She dismissed nearly a thousand former ladies-in-waiting and eunuchs and implemented mass layoffs in batches.
Sacrifices in all counties and countries are halved; All firewood, rice, carbon, etc. It has been halved in the palace and other museums. All the money saved is used for disaster relief, and a letter is sent solemnly. If anyone dares to use the disaster relief funds privately and automatically, go to hell.
She lent the country's commons to refugees for farming, at least ensuring their food and clothing.
Saving is not a long-term solution. She thought about it day and night, and found another way to open up wasteland and forests.
She issued imperial edicts to develop Jiangnan, and then improved agricultural technology. In addition, population migration has increased the labor force. A few years later, Jiangnan really became the granary of her dynasty.
In various ways, her people successfully spent a year of great disaster.
In the disaster year, the battle of Xiqiang lasted for 10 years. She finally solved the war and casualties through negotiations by means of repression and appeasement, and ensured the dignity and territory of the big shots.
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In the fifth year of Yuan Dynasty (1 18), I saw that Hou Jian Andi carved the achievements of Empress Dowager Deng, the Dragan Stone, which was widely publicized. Andy agreed.
Both Sima Guang and Ye Fan praised that since the Queen Mother came to Korea, there have been ten years of floods and droughts, four foreign invasions, and thieves started from the inside. Whenever people are hungry or can't sleep for a long time, they bow their heads to eliminate disasters, so the world is peaceful again and the year is still full.
She worked hard for national affairs day and night, and she collapsed because of overwork.
In February of the second year of Yongning (12 1), she felt that she was dying. She forcibly took her sick body to the front hall, summoned the ministers such as Shi Zhong and Shang Shu, and looked at Andi's newly renovated palace. When she came back, she wrote a letter, and once again granted amnesty to the world.
In the second year of Yongning (12 1), Empress Dowager Deng died in March and reigned for 16 years at the age of 4 1. She was buried with the emperor and posthumous title Shunling? He Xi? .
This? Hey? Word, was it said when the world made a conclusion about her life and made a contribution to the country? Hey? .
Deng Sui was in power for the longest time among the six ruling queens in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and made the greatest contribution to the Eastern Han Dynasty. As an outstanding female politician, she is well deserved.