Why China's First Empress Tortured her Rivals? | Empress Lu Zhi, Han Dynasty
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Empress Lu was born during the late Qin Dynasty. When she was only 20, she married Liu Bang, the future Emperor of Han. After the marriage, Liu Bang joined the rebellion against the government. During this period, Empress Lu supported the family alone.
Later, Liu Bang defeated all the enemies and proclaimed himself the Emperor of China. Empress Lu became his empress. Since then, her life had completely changed.
*Correction: should be Empress "Lǚ" not "Lui". Apologize for the pronunciation mistake.
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*Correction: should be Empress "Lǚ" not "Lui". Apologize for the pronunciation mistake.
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Is any of this historian make it to a movie or drama? Please share with me. Thank you for video .
I love history.
I say she was low, so very low.
差不多
The new way to spell Lǚ on the passport is Lyu, which is consistent with Yu, pronouced like Ü in German.
Consort Bo waited for her chance and won. Keep your head low and you can overcome obstacles.
Right? She probably heard about Consort Qi and said, "Imma head out stage left."
That's a lesson to learn in the present day. If the currents are too high to fight back, step away and let it settle. The comeback can be stronger and lasting.
And the meek shall inherit the Earth lol
@@alexandergangaware429 😆😆😆
And luck. Because them transport vehicles don’t care who they run over as long as they get paid.
Her husband was real trash too. He married a young girl half his age then fled and left her to die. Even though she took care of his family after she was released and her family helped him became the emperor he wanted to betray her and make someone else child the next king. No wonder she became ruthless after facing all the drama and too jealous to retain humanity. One might notice the other empresses that were famous for being ruthless. Guess the harem life was too hard for the weak and stupid to servive.
It was a deal from the start, and her father made a venture. A little girl turned into this kind of demon all for power. This incident had a great impact on the Han Dynasty, causing the emperor Liuche of the later time to kill mother of his son when he was about die and even the emperors after the Han Dynasty were afraid of young son is controlled by the mother after they die
in end the mother ruling and controling young emprores stayed even to end , it riduclous to think woman wouldnt use her son for power when all those women lives were centered around fighting for the emperor favor
This sounds a lot like Kosem Sultana’s story, the Sultana who came to the Ottoman palace as a slave and passed away as Valide Sultana (Empress Dowager/Queen mother). She used her children for her own ambitions and to help stabilize the empire.
Yesss but they are less cruel than her
Such inspiring and heart-warming story.
Almost teared up when you were describing human-swine transformation.
Interesting how a lot of Chinese Empresses who attain some sort of power after their husband’s death, start to become very ruthless.
The same happens with Empress Wu and CiXi, to name a few. Very heavy-handed rulers that end in tragedy.
Empress Wu Zetian peacefully retired after her reign. She is also regarded as an extremely capable ruler who lowered taxes and cared for her Empire's political affairs. :)
these three can't be described as tragedy at all
It’s almost like suppressing people makes them monsters…
Do we only call powerful women ruthless? Those emperors were ruthless too.
Beauty might be cool but smarts keeps you alive.. Bo kept her head down live to put her son in power and qui played her games and died.
Her older years give a strong Cersei Lannister vibe, but then again, if we look at her journey to the throne, she has gone through some real difficulties.
One can point out that she was a very loyal wife who stood by the husband even when he made mistakes which got her in jail. She didn't take any rash decision when it came to choosing the crown prince, it was a fair game.
The incident where she disfigured the consort could've been something that triggered. Maybe she incited to replace the emperor with her son and the dowager got to know that. She would've been a cruel woman who took the punishment to a sadistic level. But we never know the truth cause throughout history women in power were always criticised.
During her reign in the Han Dynasty, the citizens lived a good life. So she wasn't all that bad. Just that she was ambitious, and the men in court were too occupied with women. Who's to blame?
Yes, let’s pity her even though she got rid of her her own children and opponents in a needlessly cruel way.
She was a cunning psychopath, let’s stop valuing these kind of women. What kind of a mother would murder her own children in this way? What kind of a sane human being would mutilate her opponents with such sadism?
@@Lumosnight Yeah I’m tired of people justifying the most horrific acts a person can do to another human by saying things like “oh well she was treated harshly”. Imagine someone justifying a cartel torture video by saying “well the cartel handed out food and water after a flood so they aren’t THAT bad” (which is something I’ve heard before).
I completely agree. Empress Lü did some great things but how she killed Lady Qi threw everything she did out the window. It’s true what they say people forget all your good deeds with one fault especially knowing how she killed lady Qi affected her son so badly cemented her in history. I personally think what she did to lady Qi was overkill. After the emperor died and Lü became empress dowager lady Qi no longer had any backing she should have left her alone but she just couldn’t stand that her son could take the throne one day and her beef was with lady Qi but also kill her son. I can’t with that it’s not his fault that the emperor saw lady Qi’s son as more competent for role of emperor.
Why are you simping for a dead psychopath?
“Women were always criticized” yeah so were/are the male rulers that did crazy shit.
She supported Liu Bang against Xiang Yu , she took care of the family when they were captured by Xiang Yu. When Liu Bang became 刘高祖，he made her empress and their son as Emperor Hui after Liu Bang passing and took over the Han court until her family were overthrown and a new emperor was crowned 汉文帝。Thus beginning of the benelovent reign of Wen and Jing and the greatest extent of the Han empire under 汉武帝。
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Empress: You want kids? You can adopt a bunch after I kill their mothers”
Emperor: What the $&@%!
Emperor: …okay
He shoulda strangled her
These emperors were crazy…. Insanely cruel and self serving
Most royals in most places were back in the day.
It was an empress, not an emperor... Women really are more capable of sadism than men, if they want to... (Not to say male rulers aren't often viscously sadistic)
@@larshofler8298 I mean, the emperor allowed it. He could have killed the empress for killing others after she showed him but he did not.
@@pugdad2555 a emperor is not allowed to kill their own empress its his wife and if he does it would bring his reputation down and even worst it was a sin and disrespectful to the gods the emperor might even get scolded by the minister and forced off the throne
@@angel.6920empress lu zhi was not the emperor wife, lu zhi was emperor mother and wife of liu bang
I love it when people say Women would make kinder leaders…… history says otherwise.
Dude, what does this have to do with gender?
@@totalguardian1436 I think he or she refers to people who blame male leaders for all the evil in this world and start demand female to became leaders, for them men is bad and women is good.
Its what the video is about@@totalguardian1436
Fr, most rulers were just ruthless in general @@totalguardian1436
@@totalguardian1436can you not read?
I thought current archeological evidence and other research showed that basically everything negative about her reign was probably just lies or exaggeration.
Anecdotes, legends, rumors and stories are always used to make the history sound more interesting.
Great example of how good rulers are not necessarily good people.
It's sad she was allowed to live out her life and get away with being such a terrible being.
She is not as bad as the other emperors she’s pretty tame compared to wu zutien
She might have been ruthless to keep her position but she was good to the masses, unlike most rulers who were good on the surface but the masses suffered under them. If u cant be good to the subjects, what use is your power. She probably kept the throne becausr she KNEE the others were just powerhungry idiots.
@@monzmonz6716 still bad. lol. i never get the "well atleasts she wasnt AS bad as..." like so what? she was a horrible human being
To make you feel better，chances are she was never able to have done things that terrible，because given the medical technology they had back then，they probably weren't able to keep one alive after cutting all of their limbs.
Just look how old and successful our current rulers are. Even the evil young ones come from political dynasties. That's politics!
That human swine experimentation sounds like an exaggeration. It is likely that she was vilified by the Han dynasty historians, especially after her entire clan was annihilated in 180 BC
I liked how you showed the other side of the coin by mentioning the good she brought to her people. People only focus on the bad. Also palace life seems to have always been messed up
Shall we also be sure to mention how Nazi doctors advanced medical science? She was a monster.
Dana, Do you also judge Hitler by the same standard?
@@TacitusR yea sure. I love being objecive
@@Pub4si People always talk like you until they are the ones who are the victim. Such is the ignorance of youth and/or inexperiance. Come back in a few decades when you have lived some more and you will feel quite foolish.
@@TruthWillFreeYou no
I think it’d be cool if HBO did a version Game of Thrones around the world. One based on ancient/medieval Asia would be so cool.
Edit: omg… I just saw the part what she did to the concubine woman 😬 maybe I don’t really want to see a GoT for it… that’s horrific and made me feel sick to my stomach. People around the world back in that time were especially ruthless.
There are three, Legend of Chu and Han (2012) during fall of Qin Dynasty and the Rise of the Han Dynasty, and, Three Kingdoms (1993) and Three Kingdoms (2010) during the final years of the Han Dynasty.
@@Deepak_Dhakad wow! I’ll have to check it out!
there's already so many Chinese palace dramas it makes more sense to just watch those. It probably also wouldn't go over too well in production to hire a completely Chinese writing and directing cast who understand Chinese ancient culture, history, language, and needs Chinese government's permission to use the forbidden palace as a filming location.
G.R.R Martin took inspiration of actual ancient and medieval European history when he wrote his books. Regardless, China has a very strong film industry and they don't need HBO to make a film. They can do it better than anyone else.
It'd be cool to see those kind of shows focusing diffetent cultures with actual people from there instead of mixing all ethnicities in some medieval european environment
There are few things more terrifying than Chinese politics. It’s depressing how often you see things like “consort Yi insulted the calligraphy of the Emperor’s favorite bastard, the resulting civil war claimed 17 million lives.”
...and in my opinion has continued to this day!
She was so evil. I have read everything I can find on her in English. Poor concubine Qi. Thanks for another great video.
To be true if you marry a man and stay in captivity so that your man can fight for the throne and then he forgets you and choose another woman i would be pissed to.As she came back while he became emperor he doesnt like her anymore couse she got old and even wanted to depose her
Empress lü just shove her hair of and let her stay in a place like the cold palace .But the concubine sang everyday a song where she cursed empress lü .
I dont think she must be that cruel but i understand her feelings and would get rid of her too
@@lauri8696 be pissed at the man not the woman. Why kill someone in such a cruel manner. You seriously are not justifying this. If you think what she did was ok then you are terrible human being that people need to watch out for.
Qi was a malcontent.
@@lauri8696 ok. That’s why I said if. Cause the way she was killed was horrific.
Wow. I love that your channel actually existed. At last! Thank you, you!❤️
It was So Sad that , after so many hardship to gain Higher Status & Wealth , many Emperors & Empresses turned Evil & Committed many Cruelties out of Ignorance , Ego~Delusion , Greed , Jealousy , Lust for Revenge & Unforgiveness that plunge them down to the Lower Realms to Suffer for their Evil Deeds when their time has come! 🕯
People may not like this with our modern ethics ... Machiavelli was right. Being in charge is a huge target on your back and you need to dissuade rivals and encourage allies.
If the consequences of betrayal or resistance are worse than Hell...it would make you consider if you really wanted to act that way.
I'm anti-authoritarian, btw. History and how humans had to govern themselves was different back then. Modern communication allows for modern governance.
Wow, I am watching The Legend of Chu and Han right now. I would never suspect that she would have that kind of retribution in her nature.
why is nobody talking about the fact that she killed her own grandson
Like kosem sultan they all thought if they had the might they could control the goverment
Plenty of the emperor killed their own royal family not only her
@@brownsugar6228 yes absolutely
Another times another methods
Why? That's just a regular thing that Emperors did.
lmao, that regular thing in Chinese history. people be killing their own relative
Your videos are good and interesting to learn from. Subscribed.
For 3,000 years when China established their civilization, there were more stories to be told than remembered.
that's crazy. very informative!
Was this kind of mutilation common in this time period? While watching Enpresses of the Palace they mention this punishment, plus the creation of "bone wine." But I thought they were talking about the Tang dynasty so I thought I would ask
Wu zetian was the one who created that
Not common, hence remarkable in history.
Two different dynasties divided by hundreds of years.. Both Han and Tang dynasties were considered the golden age in Chinese history. The similarities between them was that they had two women who disrupted the imperial rule by presiding over weak emperor's. Lu Zhi & Wu Zetian
It’s not common, the empower was so shocked from seeing it that he became bedridden, poor chap…
I was wondering something similar about "promotion and enoblement" punishment. I've read that it was gruesome but no details. Sometimes I think legends about punishment come about to villianize female rulers.
Thank you for your interesting videos!
Consort Qi story is so fucking disturbing.
Great video.
When do the dragons and the ice zombies appear?
power turns you crazy
Why couldn't the emperor stop or control the empress from committing these horrendous acts?
Because she was his mother and he had no real power since his mothers family controlled the court, he was simply a puppet emperor.
He was basically a child himself and had grown too reliant on her decision making. A lot of these young Emperors and Kings are basically mommas boys.
Hunter Gatherer societies often separated boys from their mothers around 11 or 12 - so they could grow to be independent. A wisdom that seems to escape most monarchies
She has the authority over than the emperor
Wow what a power woman, but damn, what a terrifying femme fatale too. Can't believe she went that far to kill her rival
She was! and let's face it! It was either her or her rival! And her rival would have done the same or even worse given the chance!
@@Suetvvlogs she definitely went too far. All she had to do was to kill Qi's son, then make her a nun, or exile her. The only true threat was the son; Qi doesn't have any power after the emperor passed
Why was Lu Zhi considered the first empress? Didn't QinShiHuang have a queen?
The only real regnant queen in Chinese history was WuZetian in early Tang, late 7th century AD. Wu took the throne.
There was no other regnant queen, only queens or dowagers holding real power above a few weak or immature emperors.
QinShiHuangDi did not bestow an empress title to his consort.
@@jivvyjack7723 You may be correct. I have not heard of a queen for Qinshihuangdi but had thought her was not noteworthy.
Wait hold on isn’t Queen Dowager Xuan of Qin, Qin Shi Huang’s grandma the first dowager of China with some political power? But yes I agree with you all that Wu Zetian was the first Empress dowager regent and that Empress Lü Zhi was the first Empress
@@skyroblox5889 But at the time of Xuan Qin had not united China.
@Harris Fu Ohhh thank you, I misunderstood you I thought you meant all the dowagers
What an evil monster.
Given that for most of China's history, Chinese Emperors refered to their subjects as Slaves, yeah i can totally see something degenerated like that happened, with Ultimate power the Chinese emperors held.
Not too different that today, in China, either.
I thought Lu's family were merchants and therefore not favored by the Confucian society?
Because if women ran the world it would be all better right?
What a joke. You take one example and ran with it. For cruel male rulers I can name like 100. Also she was like this because of her ass husband too. Male ruler are just cruel for NO reason sometimes :/
I would rather become a nun than sharing my husband with any other women
@@Deepak_Dhakad I know it is! I'm an Indian too. But can't accept that idea ,I would never marry someone who supports polygamy , even in my death bed.
@@Deepak_Dhakad I see. I hate polygamy and strangers opinion doesn't matter. All matters to me is my future husband's opinion.
@@Deepak_Dhakad how about polyamory too? Why not that?
@@Deepak_Dhakad hinduism has always insisted on monogamy though
I think I’d watched a drama with a similar story here. Is it “Scheme of Beauty”?
Yaaassss! Beauty's Rival in the Palace. Ruby Lin was a main role there.
@@nvtzoe oh, I watched it several times. It's very good movie.
@@joebutter6314 me too. Beauty's Rival in the Palace was one of the best drama in 2010.😁
She is evil
It was her turn!!
這是作為中國皇后的事實，要在宮廷生存，一定要心狠手辣才可以博得皇帝的歡心，也要在宮內建立完善的人脈，才可以有更多的人願意為你效命，當然做皇后少不免與得寵的妃嬪爭風吃醋，萬一失去皇帝的歡心隨時失去皇后的地位，所以一入宮門深似海，只有贏家及輸家。呂后雖然是狠毒的人，但面對'戚夫人'這個勁敵她沒有必要對她仁慈。所以中國好多正室皇后都係要與很多對手展開惡性競爭才可以穩坐皇后的地位，包括名震中外的慈禧太后。
Many many thanks for this
She crazy yo…
rulers and kings should be deathly scared of taking these key positions; as death is often a consequence of misjudging its citizens. the people need to instill fear into politicians who are taking office; because they too can be axed as quickly as they got elected. if we had this in place; i doubt our country would be in such a situation as it is today.
The narrative is very hard to understand. Good idea on subtitles
Being in high positions of power really tends to fuck people's heads up doesn't it
Great video ,thankyou.
The only pig here is the tyrant who uses torture
Not loyalty, not wisdom. Because of her cruelty, that is all she is known for in history. A despicable and dumb move.
She did it for necessity. Lady Qi consistently and boldly threatened her and her son. Her husband was foolish did nothing to protect her. What good would reputation do for her when she's ousted and killed? Qi was stupid to think she can walk all over the empress because she had the emperor's favour.
Besides, she was highly praised by historians throughout the history. Including Sima Qian, who wrote the first history book of China.
The royal family and historians have less issue with her doing the human pig, and more that she threatened the Liu's dynasty with nepotism.
@@user-re6xt2xf3k How was it for necessity? Her husband had passed on by then. Her son was emperor and she and her clan were firmly in power.
@@user-re6xt2xf3k you justify This?
@@sally3969 You ever heard of civil war? All of Lu's political opponents would rally around Qi since her son could press his claim to the throne if the Emporer died - and so they'd hire assassins to see to that little detail. By killing not just the son but the mother too and by doing so in such a horrific manner, she pacified her opposition and showed that despite being a woman she wasn't soft-hearted. If it's a choice between brutally killing a few politicians or allowing millions of innocents to die in a civil war I know what I'd choose.
If there's anyone to blame in this situation, it's the father who's disloyalty created the whole situation; had he either not fathered a child with his concubine or made it clear to everyone from the start which child was to inherit the throne, the situation would've been a lot more stable. Instead he failed to establish his successor (which is a pretty big screw up for a leader) and disregarded the tension within his own household, leaving his very angry family members to resolve the issue after his death with no arbitration.
This is really wholesome
Heh, her Fate Grand Order adaptation will have the *"Pigify"* debuff on her Noble Phantasm just like with Caster Circle. And she's probably be an AOE Ruler Class Heroic Spirit.
The Palace was a political arena and a very hostile environment. I believe Lady Qi would have done the same to the empress had she won their battle. Allowing her to live could potentially create conflicts and challenges to the empress's authority and status. Lady Qi could form factions, or forge alliances for political gains since she had a son.
Whoever did the narration on this is great. The accent is adorable
Somebody should have just gotten rid of her. Where did the Empress go?! Where, oh where?! Lol
I love her in Beauties of the Emperor. The consort stole her husband. I would probably do the same. I hate mistresses.
I think the real reason she hated Consort Qi was because the Emperor was trying to replace the crown prince to Consort Qi's son. I also read somewhere that Consort Qi provoked the Empress which was why the hatred grew. Although I do not like Empress Lu Zhi cruelty, I also don't believe Consort Qi was an innocent nor a good person. The real victims were their children, especially Liu Ruyi. And yes, although it was normal back then, I also hate mistresses.
Those anyone knew the name of the background music..
Kind of a cross between Mulan and the 3 Little Pigs.
The empress is....cruel. I do not like her
Her descendants should be given the same treatment. Unless they disavow their ancestors and live a life of service for the community.
Her entire clan got hunted down and killed so idk what else you'd want
Pls feature Royal Noble Consort Suk of choi clan 😊
Because she knows her right she is the queen and other just concubined
There are many pronunciation mistakes.. but don't worry.. it is good enough to to understand.. I wonder if this is all accurate or changed for propaganda or for face or something else.. if all facts thank you.. slow down the speed like reading a bed time story to a child.. history is to be savored not eaten like fast food
Liu Bang just ungrateful bastard.
I'm so happy to know that Empress Lu punished that concubine Qi.
I've watched"King's war" on Netflix, liu bang that bastard,got every woman pregnant wherever he goes when his wife is home taking care of his parents and kids and being bullied by his brother's wife,, i am glad Conquibine BO's. Son ascended the throne later on... BO is a level-headed woman who've been through a lot.
She was no better than Lou Bang or concubine Qi. She was cruel and best guess mentally unbalanced or completely evil possibly both. If she were really a better person than her husband and his concubine she wouldn’t have done to concubine Q what she did.
what do you expect,
he's a womanizer and a bastard,
the only reason he became emperor is because he learns from his mistakes and heed good advices from advisors,
despite being talentless himself.
Are you serious you just justified killing someone innocent
@@devina7072 i never said that she was an innocent. Or better than Liu Bang and Concubine Qi. I'm just saying that Liu Bang is a completely ungrateful bastard and thet Concubine Qi deserved what happened to her.
Smart women just had a little temper.
What a evil woman
A cruel women to her enemies but a very good ruler, maybe even better than her husband
yeah, her husband so useless
Did she actually caused all those reforms or did she just preside over them? A lot of good is attributed to rulers who were just figure heads. States like Rome and China had administration filled with bureaucrats that specialize in economics and laws. They just don’t get the credit.
I love watching how ya'll make videos like this, and see how you guys ALWAYS forget to mention how the people you speak about their lives were constantly in danger not ONLY from external treat BUT from internal threats as well, including from their own clans and enemies clans! Being a member of the royal court in ancient times, especially in South Asia, was a life treating situation! You had to be constantly on guard not only against your own enemies, BUT from the Eunuchs, the maids, and even the guards that were supposed to protect you! Life in the Asian royal court compare to Europe was a battlefield! Either you play the manipulation game and help yourself to have some type of power to protect yourself, or you become someone else scapegoat! You are saying that she turned a concubine into a human pig, but you happily forget to tell, that concubine was also hurting the empress from behind the scene! Nobody in the royal court was a saint! Everyone one way or another other was either directly or indirectly involved in someone's being framed, jailed, and killed! Especially when concubines were involved! Competition among them to gain the Emperor's favor among them was fierce! It was not uncommon for concubines to kill other concubines! Or to even try to kill the current queen consort! What you seem to happily ignore is that many of these concubines are daughters from powerful clans, whose fathers were often part of the misters and officials! If their daughter got the chance to give birth to a royal child, their clan would be elevated to higher status! If they managed to give birth to a royal crown prince, their status become even higher! While the fathers, uncles, and other male family members of their clans were fighting among the government officials for recognition, the daughters of their clans were fighting to become the Emperor's new favorite and bore him a royal child! In the end, you can condemn the empress for her actions, but she was doing what she needed to survive! It was her or that concubine! And if the Empress didn't take action, it would have been her who the concubine ones she gained more power in the harem would have been 100% tortured! And let's not forget that concubine Qi also made a song that humiliates and makes fun of the Empress! She was constantly attacking the Empress! Even after concubine Qi lost power, she continues to scheme and plot against her! In the end, the concubine brought the Empress's anger onto her self! If she had left the Empress alone, and stopped trying to dethrone the current Crown prince and made her son the Crown prince, she wouldn't have died such a cruel death!
Next time, don't write such a dense block -- it's hard to read and I quit halfway through.
One main idea per paragraph, a blank line between paragraphs.
Yeah, I'm a retired school teacher and librarian. ☺
That’s a lot of words to say “it’s not a woman’s fault she’s a psychopath and took pleasure in doing evil shit because, ya know, she’s a woman.”
@@bertellijustin6376 AGAIN! The other concubines used to do the same shit to each other! They would have killed her if given the chance! Especially that concubine! She was determined to become the new queen and make her son the crown prince! Which means! She was constantly plotting against the crown prince and trying to kill him! She was also plotting in the back! Furthermore, she ain't no innocent! To ONLY get mad at the consort for defending herself AND her son from another concubine is hypocrisy!
@@bertellijustin6376 Someone doesn't have great reading comprehension; it's actually a lot of words to say 'Chinese politics was/is ruthless beyond the understanding of the average person and it's foolish to judge situations you don't undestand'.
Chinese emperors are still like that. :p
She should've done this to her husband instead of the mistress
Lol taking concubines was the norm for powerful men at that time, and the position of the empress was actually expected to manage the "harem" for the emperor.
@@larshofler8298 who cares? That doesn't mean he's not a shit person
She married him when he was a local government officer, not the emperor not to mention being twice her age. She was also a hostage for him to his enemies
And he became a lustful creep after becoming an emperor, it wasn't just the "norm", it was still frowned upon for emperor's to be so indulgent of concubines, an official wife's position was unshakable. He also threatened his wife and son's position with his concubine and her son
The reason she held a grudge againts Consort Qi and her son was because of Qi's own effort. Qi persuaded her husband to give the crown prince title to Qi's son. She married him when he was still a jobless nobody who depended on his brother financially. She supported him and the family alone when he fled after releasing the great wall workers. She and her two children were the ones who accompanied Liu Bang when fleeing from enemies during the rebellion time before he ascended yo the throne. It was no wonder she held such deep grudge to the woman who tried to rob her after such hardship and her son. She did not do that to the other concubines who did not offend her. However, the torture to death is still psychopathic and beyond cruel.
Hell is full of these kinds of people
Literally Cersei Lannister
Even Cersei wasn’t as sadistic as this women
wickedness in high places
interesting she is not the Qin Shi's Empress....
Them early days of cruelty.
I prefer No.69 on the menu. The Spicy Two-can-chu.
I always wonder if evil rulers throughout human history are still burning in hell for the uninmaginable cruelty they've done. Not necessarily Christianity's vision of hell, but you know, a higher place that karma swings right back. After learning about this, I think I need at least an hour of puppy videos on RUclips to balance out my horror and sadness.
All pagans and sinners go to hades. Worry not.
You know the English is bad when you have to hard code the subtitles.
Bo laughed last.
Another story when man (this time a woman) becomes the State God and devours helpless people (children and women) to feed her never fulfilling hunger. How many millions we sacrificed for State God?
Pretty sure all of this is slander from male recorders who couldn't stand to see a woman on the throne. As USUAL....
Yes. Men have a tendency to do that. People think Empress Wu was evil, but other male Emperors have done far worse, and most people don’t care because they’re men. Besides, Wu’s legacy and life have been so exaggerated by men that no one truly knows that really happened. People disregard that historians of the Tang Dynasty have found evidence that during her reign it was prosperous and women were given many rights. Empress Wu just made the mistake of deciding to let future generations write about her achievements on her monument which she left blank. Of course, after she died, the nobles who Empress Wu knew she couldn’t trust, so she got citizens to advice her (her main advisor was a woman; that woman’s grave was destroyed by men right after she died) grossly exaggerated the things she did and tarnished her image.
@@longlihong856 as usal when men writen about woman in possitions of power , they always make them look like sedustress that used a men and then became evil.... you know the never endeing fairy tail .... is like they can not gaspe the idea woman can be intellogent and not cruel
But the truth is her son did becone ill by witnessing her cruelty? And he got drunk and didn't have any children.
@@jjba3571 That's not the norm. There were great female rulers and the men slander them not. I have not the slightest idea where this generalization of yours comes from. At least in Europe, there were Elizabeth I of England, Catherine the Great of Russia, Maria Theresa of Austria, and Isabella I of Castile. They were not reviled. Not by the women and certainly not by the men. End your false general assumption of gender-based historical fallacy created only to "slander women." It is a great disservice to the female rulers of history!
History is written by winners. Most information recorded are from MALE perspectives..we will never know the truth sadly.
Ohhh what a demonic person
Evilness
Playing a game without having limitations .
There are no rules to abide by.
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Wow that’s one corrupt lady. Yikes
actually she's widely admitted as a good politician
@@PateFish-rj9mp then a good politician is a corrupt one.
@@cess4089 corrupt?tax reduction, abolition of harsh legacy, emphasis on agricultural production, the development of the country in the later empress Lv period was steady progress
@@PateFish-rj9mp did you watch the video? Cuz the lady in the video abused her political power. A lot. Even if you think she did some good things too. She was corrupt.
This kinda thing has happened whenever a woman gets power throughout all of history on earth.
And most suffer because of patriarchy, sold to slavery, forced to marry old men etc. Some male rulers on the other didn’t experience that and still manages to be cruel :/
Before Christ.
Very uninteresting without dates. Next time put your videos in context, otherwise, it's just a tale.
Gawdamn. I don’t know what to say…..
Sounds like a fun famely
Sorry way to boring, I stopped watching.
Who asked though
brutal
lu zhi zetan cici who run the chong?
Sounds like the early version of the CCP.
House of Dragon
WU ZEITAN
Sex, death, drugs and money.