The first emperor in Chinese history was Qin Shi Huang, so what about the first empress? It is actually not the wife of Qin Shi Huang, but Liu Bang's daughter-in-law Lü Yan, do you say that there is still a heavenly reason?
The record of Empress Qin Shi Huang is currently not found in history, and there is no record that Qin Shi Huang once made an empress. We can't even find any of the relevant records of any of Qin Shi Huang's women.
However, Qin Shi Huang had more than 20 sons and at least 10 daughters, which is relevantly recorded. If Qin Shi Huang is not a good woman, then are these children jumping out of the cracks of the stone?
If Qin Shi Huang is a good woman and has married many daughters-in-law, then why have these daughters-in-law not even appeared in history? I can't help but feel chilling when I think about it.
1. Qin Shi Huang was reluctant to make an empress because of his mother.
The State of Qin included any of the princely states, in fact, there are clear records of queens, for example, the queen of King Huiwen of Qin was a wei person, known as Queen Huiwen. The queen of King Zhaoxiang of Qin was Ye Yanghou of the Chu state, and the queen of King Xiaowen of Qin was also Lady Huayang of the Chu state. Including Zhao Ji, the queen consort of King Xiang of Qinzhuang, all of them are clearly recorded.
The more the history of the queen, the clearer this record should be, and in the generation of Qin Shi Huang, there is no reason not to record who the queen of Qin Shi Huang is, or whether any of the many women of Qin Shi Huang are the most favored by him.
In fact, in qin shi huang's mind, he hated the role of queen very much. Because his grandmother, Lady Huayang, was a vicious character, she almost made him unable to sit in the position of King of Qin.
His mother, Zhao Ji, was even more of a bohemian woman, who had followed Lü Buwei and later married Yingyi and gave birth to Qin Shi Huang. After The Yiyi died, she followed Lü Buwei again.
Lü Buwei was too old to eat Zhao Ji, so he sent a fierce male concubine to Zhao Ji, and as a result, the two people were in the harem, and actually secretly gave birth to a younger brother to Qin Shi Huang! You said that this matter was troublesome, at that time Qin Shi Huang had already ascended the throne, and this old face had no place to rest!
Therefore, Qin Shi Huang hated his mother Zhao Ji so much that he killed Concubine Yi and the child, and even swore that he would never want to see his mother again for the rest of his life.
In the view of Qin Shi Huang, he had a brilliant life, destroyed the six kingdoms, and unified the country and mountains, and was already a man who had reached the peak. The only drawback in the body is that there is a mother like Zhao Ji.
Therefore, qin shi huang did not establish an empress, and it is very likely that he had a lot to do with his mother Zhao Ji. Even if he did not make an empress, in the eyes of Qin Shi Huang, it would not affect anything. No one stipulates that the head of state must be accompanied by a first lady, right?
Second, Qin Shi Huang felt that no one was worthy of the empress's throne.
Qin Shi Huang created the most brilliant battle record since the 800 years of the Qin Kingdom. He destroyed the other six kingdoms and completed the great cause of unifying the world, which can be said to be the first person in China.
Who can be worthy of Qin Shi Huang? Not really. Those women did not have any effort or background, just because they were favored by Qin Shi Huang, they wanted to accompany Qin Shi Huang to share the fruits of these victories? That's not too cheap for them.
Do you know how much hardship Qin Shi Huang endured to achieve things, and these people planned to enjoy their success without any effort? This was impossible, and even if others agreed, Qin Shi Huang, who had worked hard, could not agree.
Especially the position of empress, once any woman ascends to this position, is destined to be with Qin Shi Huang, passed down through the ages, and become the first empress in Chinese history.
Qin Shi Huang couldn't think of which woman to let be the empress. It can be said that when Qin Shi Huang lived to the age of 50, he was still hesitating about this matter.
It is reasonable to say that if any prince has any hope of succeeding to the throne, then the mother of this prince should be the empress. However, Qin Shi Huang did not even make a decision on which prince to succeed to the throne, so how could he possibly set the position of empress in advance?
Third, the chaotic situation in the harem made Qin Shi Huang feel terrified.
The harem chaos actually began at that time in the Qin State. After The King of QinWu was smashed to death, Qin Zhaoxiang succeeded him.
At this time, although Ying Ji had reached adulthood, the power of the court fell into the hands of Empress Xuan. Empress Xuan is the eight sons we know as Qi Bazi. And this big sister, as soon as she took power, she took 41 years. When King Zhaoxiang of Qin came to power, he was already 60 years old.
It is difficult for normal people to live to be 60 years old, which shows how much the harem chaos has affected these kings. King Zhaoxiang of Qin lived for 75 years, he was the King of Qin for 56 years, but the only one who really made his own decision was the last 15 years.
After the death of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, An Guojun died only 3 days after he succeeded to the throne. At this time, his daughter-in-law, Lady Huayang, as the concubine of King Xiang of Qinzhuang, actually thought of bowing to the government.
Although this wish was not achieved, Lady Huayang was always interfering with the reign of King Xiang of Qinzhuang. All this Qin Shi Huang saw in his eyes. Therefore, for Qin Shi Huang, the harem's interference in politics was a terrible thing.
He didn't want the country he had worked so hard to fight down and end up being manipulated by a woman who was easily on the throne. Later, didn't Liu Bang encounter such a situation? After Lü Yan took power, he wantonly used the people of the old Lü family, almost subverting the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, the women of Qin Shi Huang were of relatively low status, and there was no possibility of interfering in politics. Since they have nothing to do with politics, it is impossible for them to be recorded in the history books.
Summary: Most of Qin Shi Huang's women were killed, and their children did not have a good end.
After the violent death of Qin Shi Huang, his son Gongzi Hu Hai succeeded to the throne, that is, Qin II. This brother is not at all kind to his brothers.
The first thing he did when he came to power was to give Gongzi Fusu to death, and then Hu Hai forced Gongzi to commit suicide by killing the three Lu brothers, forcing Gongzi Gao to take the initiative to bury Qin Shi Huang, executing 6 gongzi in Du County and 12 gongzi in Xianyang.
In addition, 10 princesses Hu Hai did not spare, and all of them were executed in Du County. As for the women of Qin Shi Huang, all those who had never given birth to children were all executed by Hu Hai.
As for the children who gave birth, I see that they were later executed along with these children, and they could not have a good end.
If Qin Shi Huang is a flower left by heaven to the old Qin people, then it can be said that Hu Hai this guy is a bombshell thrown by the heavens to the old Qin people.
With his own strength, he not only destroyed the entire family of Qin Shi Huang, but also destroyed the foundation of the Qin state for more than 800 years.
Reference: Chronicle of History