[Red Mansions] Guide to "The Empress of the Wise"

University, history department classroom.

"Hello everyone, welcome to take my ancient Chinese history. This is an open class, and there are too many people, so we will not conduct more professional and detailed research courses. This course is still a popular course, so It will be very interesting." A university professor gave a lecture on the podium in a personable manner.

"Ah, our history department has always had more males than females. As a teacher, I watch bachelors wandering around the yard and worry about them. After all, so many female students came to the public class today. Everyone must promise me, listen After finishing this open class, you must choose to listen to this semester firmly!" The professor is a very humorous person, and he directly joked about the school's "beauties in the Department of Literature, Han in the Department of History, and liars in the School of Economics and Trade". They are all liberal arts departments that are easy to be single.

"It's for the professor!" "If you don't check attendance, we will choose it!" "Does the teacher choose a class and get a boyfriend?" A group of girls followed suit. The archaeology major is actually what children are afraid of. Many professors are unwilling to accept female graduate students. They dig up corpses in the wild every day and put them into pieces. Not all girls can persist.

"I'm relieved to see that everyone is so enthusiastic. Since today is an open class, I will ask for everyone's opinions. The theme of my class is those characters who are most like time-travelers in history. Come, take a look at the ppt, a total of There are five options, Wang Mang, Zhu Youtang, Wang Shuo, Li Chunfeng, Liu Bowen..."

"Three!" "Third!"

The professor shrugged helplessly, and said, "Well, I knew girls wanted to hear about Wang Shuo, and I knew that this was the harbinger of the feminist movement. Well, after so many years of learning from elementary school to high school, you are not tired of it." Alas, in order to show the level of university professors, let me say something that everyone doesn't know."

"Girls are interested in this queen. Apart from her being a fighter for women's liberation, it is the love story between her and Emperor Gaozong. It is recorded in the history books that the two childhood sweethearts grew up and had a deep relationship. As the emperor, Gaozong But there has always been only Empress Wenxian, who is a representative of monogamy. There is also the imperial decree of Emperor Gaozong called "Edict of Beloved Wife" by later generations, which is simply a model of love in feudal society. The love of Queen Zhang must be touching. After all, Zhu Youtang did not leave any famous stories. But what I want to tell you today is that with further archaeological discoveries, this beautiful love myth will be shattered. Alas, Sigh, everyone, don’t sigh, I know that this topic has been mentioned in recent talk shows, so let me explain it to you in depth.”

"Writing about a couple of infatuated poets hugging left and right, writing about Jiang Chengzi's mourning for his wife who touched the ages, and romantic affairs about changing his concubine for a horse. Like these, Gaozong's famous "Edict of Beloved Wife" passed down through the ages, his Empress Wenxian is not alone in her life. The tomb of Duke Zhongming was discovered in Henan archaeologically recently. The Duke of Zhongming Huchen Prince Teng is the second brother of Empress Wenxian. A letter written by Empress Wenxian was found in his funeral objects. The contents were cleaned up , indicating that the cause of Empress Gaozong's death was dementia, which is what we often call sudden sexual death. This period of history is avoided in the official history. The literati are dissatisfied with the false history compiled by the Queen's rule, which is a deduction of legends. It is officially recorded that Empress Wenxian was not in the palace at the time, so I said..." The professor dragged a long tone, with sarcasm, "So those who dreamed The little girls who want to travel back to the past can rest, Gao Zong is not as infatuated as you imagined."

"Empress Wenxian wrote in the manuscript, 'The situation changed suddenly, and the people's hearts were narrowly defeated, which lasted seven months'. According to the analysis of historians, it should be that Gaozong died of illness less than seven months after his derailment. According to the historical data, Empress Wenxian appointed her only daughter as emperor in front of Gaozong's hospital bed, and everyone is guessing that this empress, who has been famous for thousands of years, probably murdered her husband." The professor said with a serious face.

"But just one month before Gaozong died of illness, he also promulgated the "Edict of Beloved Wife". If they broke up at that time, why would Gaozong do this?" A girl stood up and asked.

"Yeah, we don't know what's going on now. Everything is judged on the basis of historical materials, and we even speculate that we have to wait for the archaeological community to get more evidence. Our history department will be better." Use your imagination~" the professor joked, many people criticize the study of history must have a rich imagination, because many history books are written in the spring and Autumn period, if you want to make sense logically, you really need to use your imagination, the ancients are better than we think Think more boldly.

"Well, the historical data on this aspect is still under further research, but, dear students, even if Empress Wenxian has some flaws in love, at least she is very successful in politics. Although she The name left on the book is Empress Wenxian, but when the literati at that time were writing history, they wrote her deeds into the "Emperor's Book". It can be said that no matter it was then or now, everyone evaluated Empress Wenxian as a An emperor." The professor emphasized, "The eight years of Gaozong's reign, the ten years of Empress Wenxian's administration, and the 40 years of Mingzong's reign are collectively called the prosperous age of Changzhi. Please pay attention, this is often a point of confusion. Generally speaking, the ten years that Empress Wenxian was in charge of politics is also during Mingzong's reign, but everyone puts this period of time separately to highlight the achievements of Empress Wenxian."

"It is said that the brilliance of the women at that time was a collection of the brilliance of hundreds of years before and after. The women of that era not only eclipsed the men of the same era, but they were not inferior to the women of the contemporary era. Empress Huide, as Emperor Taizong The empress, who had no sense of existence when she was a queen, really shined after her husband passed away and she became the empress dowager. She initiated the Women's Federation, which is known as the world's largest feminist organization today, and her charity The Juvenile Home and My Old Home are the predecessors of today's welfare homes and nursing homes. Many policies today are inherited from here. When it comes to women in that era, Mingzong must be the first to be mentioned as a female emperor, and the second is Wen Empress Xian is now, and the third one must be Empress Huide. Everyone joked that the royal family was very discerning at that time. Although the men were not very good, they were very discerning in choosing wives." The professor joked with a smile .

"The reason why I brought up Empress Wenxian today is because I think that the reason why there are three glorious women who have shone through the past and the present all started with Empress Wenxian. As a niece and daughter-in-law, she inspired the empress at that time. The Empress Dowager, she is the most mother, and raised the later Emperor Mingzong. Of course, this is just a brain hole of the history department, and the specific historical materials prove that the archeology department is urgently needed!" The professor shrugged and said: "So if you come to the class today, you are determined to join the history department. Students from the Department of Archeology and the Department of Archeology must hurry up!"

The professor cooperated with the ppt to give lectures, while interacting with the students with expressive expressions. After a while, the bell rang between classes, and 45 minutes passed quickly.

During class break, a few girls got together to discuss and said: "If you want me to say that Empress Wenxian must have traveled through time, once she found out that Gao Zong was cheating, she killed Gao Zong directly by means of thunder, took power by herself, and supported her daughter by the way. Ascended the throne. Look at the proclamations and imperial edicts handed down at that time, you are simply a feminist fighter!"

"Forget it, the wisdom of the ancients is much higher than ours. Who can be famous in history is not extremely smart. Wang Mang can invent the flow-mark caliper. Yuan Tiangang, Li Chunfeng, and Liu Bowen all wrote prophecies. There are many men in the Ming Dynasty. What about feminist fighters! Don’t just say that when you meet a woman who doesn’t abide by the rules of three obediences and four virtues, she’s time-traveled. Well, there are so many talented women, who can write those exquisite poems and articles by time-traveling now.”

"Don't you think the professor is very scheming? The theme is obviously a generation of virtuous empress Wenxian, but he turned it into the vanguard of many wonderful historical figures. After listening to this class, how many people have to choose history majors? As a second major!"

"Hahaha, yes, yes, everyone who studies history is said to be a conspirator, and the professor is of course no exception!" Everyone roared with laughter.