At the beginning, Zhou Bo and Chen Pingren chose Liu Heng as their successor after they destroyed Zhu Lü, mainly because they considered that Liu Heng's mother, Bo Ji, was a person with a weak nature, and Bo Ji's maternal family was not very powerful, so there would be no situation of foreign relatives chaotic government in choosing Liu Heng.
Unexpectedly, Liu Heng's mother Bo Ji's foreign relatives were indeed not strong enough, but Liu Heng's daughter-in-law Dou Yifang's foreign relatives became a situation that could not be lost during the Han Jing Emperor's period, and almost repeated the mistakes of Lü Hou's chaotic government
At the beginning of the ascension of Emperor Liu Heng of Han to the throne, Dou Yifang was still quite favored, but after a long time, Emperor Wen of Han, as emperor, had more beautiful little girls around him, such as Lady Shen and Yin Ji.
These little girls were young and beautiful, and they knew the rules very well, so the limelight quickly overshadowed the Dou Yi room. After Dou Yifang fell out of favor, why didn't Emperor Wen of Han depose her and set up the favored Lady Shen or Yin Ji instead? Is it true that he doesn't have this ability?
First, the children of Dou Yifang became an important chip for her.
When Liu Heng was still the acting king, there was a mysterious acting queen. This generation of queens does not even have a first name or surname in the historical data, in addition, the queen and Liu Heng gave birth to 4 sons, interestingly, these 4 sons not only did not leave a single name, but also died together with the queen before Liu Heng ascended the throne.
It is understandable that one or two premature deaths, even the mother, all died together, which is a bit strange. As I discussed in my previous article, the acting queen is most likely a woman of the Lü family, and the heads of their mother and son are equivalent to the names sent by Liu Heng to Zhou Bo and Chen Ping.
After these children died, Liu Heng's eldest son was Liu Qi, the eldest son of Dou Yifang. When Liu Henggang became emperor, Dou Yifang was still favored and was made empress.
In this case, Liu Qi was also embraced by the ministers as the crown prince, that is, the heir of the Han Empire. This happened in 180 BC, the year emperor Wen of Han ascended the throne.
Not long after, Dou Yifang's eldest daughter, Liu Yan, was also made the eldest princess, with a noble status, and was enfeoffed in Guantao, so she was also called Princess Guantao. Two years later, Dou Yifang's younger son, Liu Wu, was made the acting king.
Li Dou Ji was made empress, and the female prostitute was the eldest princess. The next year, Li Shaozi Wu was made the acting king, and he had already migrated to Liang, and was the king of Liang Xiao. --- The Chronicle of History
The Daiwang was more special during the han wendi period, because the han wendi also served as the daiwang, so it can be seen that the han wendi was more appreciative of the three children born to Dou Yifang.
Especially the eldest son, Liu Qi, this child is not only the prince, but also the oldest child. When Emperor Wen of Han ascended the throne, he was already 9 years old, and by the time Dou Yifang fell out of favor, Liu Qi could already be alone.
If Emperor Wen of Han wanted to abolish Dou Yifang, then he had to abolish Dou Yifang's three children. Among them, deposing the prince was the most difficult thing, after all, there were honest ministers such as Yuan Ang, and this was not something that Emperor Wen of Han could do at will.
Second, Empress Bo supported Dou Yifang.
Dou Yifang has no history, her parents died early, the people are thin, she used to serve Lü Hou, and was given to Liu Heng, who was the acting king at the time, and thus got Liu Heng's favor.
In the previous article, it was speculated that Dou Yifang was most likely the dowry maid of the Dai Queen, and if the Dai Queen was the daughter of the Lü family, Liu Heng was forced to be with her, so his heart naturally wanted to find a sustenance, and Dou Yifang became the best sustenance.
It can be said that Dou Yifang was a loving couple who came with Liu Heng in the midst of suffering, and the two people supported each other, which allowed Liu Heng to survive the era of Lü's dictatorship.
Because Dou Yifang taught her son and did not act excessively, she was not only favored by Emperor Wen of Han, but also appreciated by Empress Bo.
Empress Bo was Bo Ji, the woman who was favored by Liu Bang only once and conceived Liu Heng. She has a thin nature, and naturally prefers the sinus room with a low birth.
In March, Ariji asked to be made empress. Empress Bo said: "All the princes have the same surname, and the crown prince's mother is made empress." "The empress's surname is Dou. After the establishment of the throne, the widows and widows of the world were given lonely and poor, and the orphans who were eighty years old and nine years old had been laid down with rice and meat. --- The Chronicle of History
Dou Yifang's position as empress was personally drafted by Empress Bo, a fact that Emperor Wen of Han could not change. The Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, so even if Emperor Wen of Han was filial piety to Empress Bo, he would not abolish the Dou Yifang, who had not made any mistakes.
In addition, Empress Bo's favor to Dou Yifang did not stop there, she also posthumously honored Empress Dou's father as The Marquis of Ancheng and her mother as Lady Ancheng. Even for these two deceased old people, a luxurious cemetery was created, and Empress Bo's father enjoyed the same burial treatment.
This is not only a pity for the daughter-in-law, but also a respect for the empress, a recognition of the identity of Dou Yifang's empress. It can be seen that in the eyes of Empress Bo, the Dou Yi Room cannot be abolished.
It can be said that in one day, Empress Bo can keep dou Yifang's position as empress for one day. It is a pity that Emperor Wen of Han herself died, Empress Bo is still alive, and she has been the empress dowager for two years during the reign of Emperor Jing of Han. Therefore, Emperor Wen of Han had no chance to abolish Dou Yifang.
Third, after abolishing Dou Yifang, do you really want Lady Lishen or Yin Ji to be empress?
After he was older, Dou Yifang really couldn't make Emperor Wen of Han interested, after all, Dou Yifang was blind in both eyes and was old again. And this Ji Ji next to him, one by one, was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and all of them were beautiful little girls.
Emperor Wendi of Han's thoughts gradually shifted from Dou Yifang to Lady Shen and Yin Ji. Even sometimes for other women, the anger of the sinus ripples.
For example, Emperor Wen of Han once set up a banquet in Shanglin Garden, and because Lady Shen was favored, he arranged her position to sit side by side with Dou Yi's room. This is a challenge to the queen's authority.
So the straight Yuan Ang moved Lady Shen's position as queen, and as a result, Lady Shen was furious and showdown, and I didn't eat this meal! The little beauty refused to eat, and Emperor Wen of Han naturally followed suit, and simply did not eat. Leaving the lonely sinus room shivering in the cold wind.
In fact, dou Yifang was often subjected to such cold violence by Emperor Wen of Han later. But there was no way, for anyone, she had to survive. If she collapsed, wouldn't her three children suffer?
Emperor Wen of Han actually did not have a choice, and history records that the favored Lady Shen and Yin Ji did not actually have sons. If dou yifang is abolished, will these two childless women be made queens? Isn't that going to trigger a battle for the wife?
Emperor Wen of Han had four sons, in addition to Liu Qi and Liu Wu, who were born to Dou Yifang, there were also Liu Shan and Liu Yi born to unknown concubines. In the past, Liu Qi was the eldest son of the concubine, everyone did not dare to grab it, if Dou Yifang was abolished, those 4 sons would all be out of the house, who did not worry about the position of prince?
Summary: Emperor Wen of Han had no reason to abolish Dou Yifang.
If you want to abolish the empress in a serious way, you always have to give a reason, right? Is the queen not virtuous enough? Is it that the empress likes to engage in foreign relations to interfere in politics? Or did the empress not give birth to a son and a half daughter to the emperor?
If these reasons are valid, then the abolition of the queen is barely justified. But the problem is that none of the above is the dou yi room. It's just because of old age and blindness, that it's not favored.
The wife of the chaff did not go to the church, and did you forget the days when Dou Yifang and you Liu Heng suffered together? Now for the sake of those women who are useless except for their good looks, you are going to abolish the partners who used to suffer together? This is too heartless.
This reason is not on the table, which is also an important reason why Liu Heng, the Emperor of Han, was unable to propose the abolition of the empress. Moreover, after the abolition of Dou Yifang, no one was eligible to take over the empress's throne.
References: "History", "Book of Han"