My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 842: Power

The woman in front of him was petite and delicate. Although she was not a beauty, her eyes revealed a tenacity.

Once you see it, you will never forget it.

The other person is a woman who gets more beautiful the more you look at her.

However, Hu Huang was still abrupt. He just stared at the other person's face at first, until two palace maids suddenly appeared behind her.

Only then did Hu Huang realize that the other person was a noble person. He looked down and saw that this beautiful girl was pregnant.

Hu Huang's eyes widened. Which palace was this maid from? She was walking around freely in the palace even though she was pregnant.

Really not afraid of death.

"This is Madam Lu." The palace maid raised her voice to remind her.

Madam Lu? She was the ruthless woman who cut off all the financial resources of the princesses, ladies, princes and sons of the royal family.

When Hu Huang heard the name, he took a step back.

"Your humble servant greets Madam Hu."

Lu Zhi smiled slightly, and Hu Huang was so scared that he quickly took his leave and left.

This woman is not easy to mess with, as she is in charge of managing the harem.

The queen has become a symbol.

In this Xianyang Palace, there are only calculations of interests, not so much love and affection.

You can talk about love as a ghost. As a ghost, you can freely fall in love. To talk about true love and true friendship in the world, you need a great background, confidence, and courage.

The queen had no power, but had the best reputation in the world, and all the women admired her.

When compiling history books in the palace, one has to read the records of the words and deeds of various people in the palace every day.

No one knows better than the historian the situation of a certain official in the court at that time.

Perhaps this is why historians can never speak. If historians join the court, all the intrigues will be exposed.

From the emperor to the lowest-ranking doctors and clerks.

Huh——

The Empress and the Emperor nominally jointly owned the empire, and the Empress could also rule the country. However, the Feng family was so powerful that it was hard to imagine what the current court situation would be like if the Emperor handed over all power to Empress Feng.

Those who knew the inside story thought that the emperor was wise to do so.

After all, the queens dowagers of Qin were too powerful, so powerful that they could cause chaos in the government.

Both men and women are lustful, but men do not value feelings, and this cold and ruthless characteristic actually gives them a natural advantage in governing a country, because men will not be swayed by feelings to weigh the pros and cons, and will not give up something just for lust.

Therefore, men tend to be more fair because in their eyes, they will not be soft-hearted when it comes to affairs.

Of course, there are many righteous women in history, not to mention Li Qingzhao, Le Yang’s wife is even more invincible.

And it is not that there are many heartless emperors in history, because emperors caused the deaths of many innocent people. Rather, history is very cruel, and it has to create many heartless people.

Rather, a series of uncontrollable things will happen in the process of being in power. Women value love more, while men value interests more. In the minds of men, love has a higher status than interests.

This is not to say that every queen or queen mother was unfaithful to her husband.

In fact, different political effects will be triggered when men and women are in power. When a man is in power, he will inevitably let his same-sex friends share power, but when a woman is in power, she will inevitably let other women share women's rights.

Those who share power, that is, those who carry out policy tasks, will protect their lovers in the process of implementation.

Of course, some people would make such mistakes, such as Emperor Minghuang of Tang. But at the critical moment, Emperor Minghuang of Tang also chose to get rid of Yang Guifei.

There are many risks when men are in power. But if women are in power but do not know how to be humble, it will be very dangerous.

Many female emperors in ancient times have proved this point.

In Chinese history, before the dispute between ancient and modern literature, male superiority and female inferiority meant that men should have self-respect and women should be humble.

It does not mean that men are born with a noble status and women are born with a low status.

Unfortunately, some unknown people later changed the original meaning, causing people to misunderstand what the sages said, and this misunderstanding has been passed down from generation to generation.

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But unfortunately, our ancestors only cared about whether they were happy at the moment and did not care about the life and death of their descendants.

They only care about their own honor and disgrace in this life, and do things without considering the well-being of their unborn descendants.

Good news doesn’t travel far, but bad news travels a thousand miles. Good morals and rules of conduct cannot be passed down from the previous generation, and the mistakes made are piled up layer by layer, passed down from generation to generation.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, this so-called idea of ​​male superiority and female inferiority was not considered excessive or serious.

It sounds like this is something that should be done. It seems that men and women of that era all lived a happy and peaceful life.

But unfortunately, there is always a gap between reality and ideal.

In the final analysis, it is the material productive forces that determine the production relations. When people have enough food and clothing, they will know honor and disgrace. When everyone has enough food and clothing, they will naturally begin to pursue morality.

However, in ancient times, some people at the bottom of society were very spiritual. They could be poor, but they could not lose their morals. They did what they should do and never got involved in what they shouldn't do.

However, there are some people who will take advantage of loopholes in the contemporary environment, morality and people's minds.

The man is like Lao Ai and the woman is like Queen Dowager Zhao.

That was the social bull of that era.

In the current era of the Qin State, freedom and openness do not always mean good things.

Because of tolerance, some bad things will breed.

Otherwise, if there was real tolerance and equality between the sexes, the Han, Tang and Ming dynasties would not have declined.

Otherwise, why did they maintain the path of moderation? Why did all these dynasties not last long?
Why did oppression still occur during these dynasties and people still lived unhappy lives? Why did the oppressed people, those who were turned into "mental patients", die physically, but the pain of oppression and "mental illness" were passed down from generation to generation?

In the pre-Qin era, in an atmosphere of tolerance and freedom, some female nobles enjoyed a unique advantage in the cultural environment, and it was not offensive for them to hold power.

In fact, everyone takes it for granted.

Unfortunately, this is taken for granted.

And of course this is a big taboo.

There are too many things in this world that seem to be related in some way, and people tend to connect the two and believe that there is some intrinsic connection between them.

It's a pity that it has not been verified in practice. Such thinking will certainly bring disaster to people.

Qin II was not very opposed to women in power, but you have to take precautions.

Not long ago, some women in Qin State came to power, and the disasters they caused were simply appalling. Everyone in Qin State felt that these things were absurd, but they were powerless to do anything. The queen mother kept a lover, and inadvertently lost the country and the king.

Killing her own son Ying Zheng and supporting Lao Ai to ascend the throne may not have been Queen Dowager Zhao's original idea.

But in the end, the result caused by Queen Dowager Zhao was that Ying Zheng was almost killed, and the power of the Qin Empire almost fell into the hands of Lao Ai.

Although Qin Shihuang's life was already very difficult, women seemed to have become his nightmare.

But the current Qin II is not always able to sit back and relax. After the Queen Dowager Huayang and the Queen Dowager Zhao came to power, they kept turning their elbows outward and almost wiped out their own lineage.

Queen Dowager Zhao and Queen Dowager Huayang were both powerful figures in the Xianyang Palace in the past.

[Abridged]

This is the cruel reality.

If you want to change reality, you must first respect the law. If a woman really wants to change her situation, she must respect such objective facts.

From ancient times to the present, I have never heard of a woman who kept herself clean and chaste bringing danger upon herself under normal circumstances. I have never heard of a beautiful and humble woman falling into a whirlpool and being imprisoned.

In history, there was a woman who perfectly practiced the true "female inferiority" - humility and submissiveness. This person was Wei Zifu.

A singing girl, relying on her humility and gentleness, managed to become the empress of the Han Empire for forty years.

It undoubtedly sets a role model for women all over the world.

Humility is not inferiority complex, nor is it a natural low status.

After all, many women bring disaster upon themselves, and even female politicians in power bring disaster to the country, all because of ignorance.

Failure to recognize the actual physiological differences between men and women, failure to respect the reality, and blindly shouting that men and women are "equal" will not change women's plight.

Only by respecting objective reality, proceeding from reality, and seeking truth from facts can we find a solution.

Moreover, women do not need to fight for any power. Lao Tzu said, "The one who is against is the movement of Tao, and the one who is weak is the use of Tao."

Women are born weak and unable to take care of themselves, and this alone is enough to make men envious.

Men are born to have hard lives because they have been doing heavy work since ancient times.

Being a woman is weak, which is already her 'greatest advantage'.

However, many women do not know how to use their weaknesses correctly, so those strong women often end up suffering.

Unfortunately, throughout history, there have been some women who, upon seeing their own weakness, have turned into strength, and once they have become strong, have become unruly. They are smart, but unfortunately, they have no moral bottom line.

These two very rare types of women, one type lives a very hard life. You are obviously a woman, so why do you insist on living like a man?

God made you a gentle flower. As long as you know how to make use of your advantages, someone will care for you.

The other type is living without knowing what to do. They have already mastered the method of becoming strong, but they start to ask for more. If one makes himself strong just for blackmail, grabbing the money, power, and status of the opposite sex without giving anything in return, what is the difference between this and robbery?

However, these two types of women have never disappeared in history. They just became more and more serious later.

Perhaps it is no wonder that people's growth and evolution in ancient history deviated from the right direction, but rather it was the pressure passed down from generation to generation, the old customs and habits passed down from generation to generation, and the oppression and dirty deeds done by their ancestors that forced both men and women onto the path of alienation.

There's no way, it's always difficult for people to achieve balance.

If experience slaps people in the face and forbids them from going right, then they will habitually go left.

Qin II had profound insights into the issues concerning men and women in the Qin Dynasty.

Because he is a time traveler. He once experienced a special era, in which he read too many wrong books and was taught too many wrong ideas, values, and views on love, and they all became very painful.

After traveling back to the Qin Dynasty 2,000 years ago, Qin II thought that he would be defeated one day and curse, "What kind of a lousy place is this?"

"What kind of crappy place is this?"

But Qin II did not do that, because he discovered that the wrong books and wrong ideological values ​​in modern society were passed down from ancient times.

The young Qin Ershi experienced a period of quarreling and fighting between his parents when he was a teenager. In a family, when parents are struggling for power, it is the most painful time for children.

However, the late queen mother still had a great influence on him. She was a woman who was willing to give up her power to fulfill Qin Shihuang's arrogant character, preserve her love, and preserve her family.

She did not engage in political struggles or fight for power. Instead, she asked everyone to stop fighting and not to seek power herself. As a result, she was respected by everyone and received the emperor's sincere respect and love.

In addition to the late Queen Mother who had a great influence on Fusu's worldview, there was another woman who also influenced Fusu's political philosophy, that was the Queen Mother Huayang.

The Queen Dowager Huayang not only put pressure on Ying Zheng, but also on Fusu.

According to blood relationship, Queen Mother Xia is his grandmother, but he cannot meet her.

He had to be forced to please Queen Dowager Huayang in order to protect his own interests.

It is precisely because of his experiences with two such women that the current emperor's attitude towards the queen is very subtle, and his emotional changes are also very subtle.

I like you but I don’t dare to like you completely, I trust you but I don’t dare to trust you completely.

The only thing we can do is to ask her to hand over the power. This will benefit us all.

And Empress Feng did just that.

A delicate balance of power was achieved in the Xianyang Palace, and ultimately Qin II became the biggest winner and held supreme power.

The Queen, Madam Lu, and the people of the empire also benefited from this.

In this power-sharing game, the three of them each get what they need.

However, for outsiders, this matter is not so simple.

Mrs. Lu has great power and is not friendly to these court officials.

If you offend her, you won't get promoted, and if you try to please her, she may not be happy to promote you, because she is not a stupid woman.

Hu Huang ran out of the library, thinking how stupid he had been today, coming here to ask for advice only to be scolded.

The prince is not a good person. But according to the order of the Grand Historian, I cannot distort the facts. I still have to be responsible for educating the prince with my own history book.

Oh My God.

I'm walking on the edge of a knife. I'm lucky enough to be alive. And they actually want me to dance.

Is this a human job?

As Hu Huang walked, he suddenly thought that Mrs. Lu might have heard everything he said just now.

She wouldn't go to the emperor to complain about herself.

In the Shangshutai, Lü Zhi came to the library where the Grand Historian was waiting. She bowed to the Grand Historian Hu Wujing and said, "Sir, you are so righteous. Lü Zhi admires you."

(End of this chapter)