Mrs. Gou Yi, Zhao (?--89 BC), was a native of Wuyuan County (now Suning County, Cangzhou City) in the Western Han Dynasty (another saying is that she was a native of Niangniangmiao Village, Fucheng County, Hebei Province). Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, was on a hunting tour and passed by Wuyuan City of Hejian State (located in Yuanchengnan Village, Wobei Township, Suning County today, where the remains of the old city wall still exist). The attendant who observed the sky and divined good and bad luck told Emperor Wu Liu Che that there must be a strange woman here, and Emperor Wu immediately issued an edict to look for her. Sure enough, as the waiter said, after a while, the accompanying officials found a young and beautiful woman. It is said that this woman was born with her hands clenched into fists. Although she was more than ten years old, she still could not open them. Emperor Wu called the girl over and saw that her hands were clenched into fists. Emperor Wu stretched out his hands and gently broke the woman's hands. The girl's hands were separated, and she was holding a small jade hook tightly in her palms (according to legend) The ancient game "hide hook" comes from here). Later, Emperor Wu ordered people to help the girl into the accompanying chariot and take her back to the palace. She was named "Mrs. Boxing" and this girl was Zhao. Zhao's father broke the law and was sentenced to castration. He became a eunuch and served in Zhonghuangmen. He died in Chang'an and was buried in Yongmen. Mrs. Quan was later promoted to Jieyu and lived in Gouyi Palace. She was also called Mrs. Gouyi or Zhao Jieyu. In the third year of Taishi (94 BC), he gave birth to a son, named Fuling, and nicknamed Gou Yizi, who became Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty. It is said that Fuling was born in fourteen months of pregnancy just like the ancient Emperor Yao, so he called the door where he was born Yao's mother's door. In the second year of Zhenghe (91 BC), the famous "witchcraft disaster" occurred. Queen Wei Zifu and Crown Prince Liu Zhi committed suicide because they were framed by Su Wen, Jiang Chong, Han Shuo and others. The positions of Crown Prince and Queen were vacant. King Liu Dan of Yan wrote a letter, willing to return the feudal state and serve as a guard on duty in the palace. That is to say, he wanted to be the prince euphemistically. Emperor Wu was furious and killed the envoy. In the fourth year of Zhenghe (89 BC), Emperor Wu had someone draw a picture of Duke Zhou carrying the emperor to the ministers in Ganquan Palace, and gave it to Huo Guang, the captain of Fengche. A few days later, Emperor Wu reprimanded Gou Yi and ordered him to be killed. He was sent to Yeting Prison, and later Mrs. Gou Yi died in Yunyang Palace. The reason is that Emperor Wu was worried that after his death, the situation of "strong mother and young son" would be formed again, and the rule of the heir Liu Fuling would be controlled by his mother (Emperor Wu was hampered by his grandmother and mother for a long time), and Mrs. Gou Yi was still young. , will definitely have sex with other men. In the second year of Houyuan (87 BC), Emperor Wu Liu Che passed away, and Fuling, who was only eight years old, came to the throne as Emperor Zhao of Han. After Liu Fuling ascended the throne, he honored his biological mother Zhao as the empress dowager, and called the place where Zhao was buried "Yunyang" "Yunling". Moreover, Zhao's father, Duke Zhao, was revered as "Shuncheng Hou". Mrs. Gou Yi was named the empress dowager, she was reburied in the Yunling Mausoleum (south of Ganquan, later known as Nu Ling), and three thousand households were assigned to live in and protect the mausoleum
The strange girl Gou Yi
Han Dynasty Emperor Wu was an all-powerful man throughout his life, but in his later years, he first believed in ghosts and gods, prayed to immortals and medicine for immortality, and secondly, selected beautiful women. To fill the harem. He selected 2,000 young women aged 15 to 20 from Yan and Zhao (today's Hebei Province) and brought them into the palace as concubines. At this time, there were 18,000 beauties in the palace. Not satisfied with having so many beauties, he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to patrol and select beauties for his good fortune. In 95 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who was 61 years old, went on a tour between Yan and Zhao. One day, an attendant of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty reported to him that there was a strange woman in Zhaoxia Village, Dongguang County (now part of Fucheng County, Hebei Province, the village had been abandoned for a long time). She was only 15 years old, with an appearance like a fairy and a body like gelatin. However, her fists are clenched tightly and still cannot be extended, so she is called a fist girl. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty heard this, he felt strange and immediately went to see what was going on. He then sent an order to change the route of his car and go straight to Zhaoxiazhuang. Under the guidance of the villagers, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty came in front of the boxing girl. When the boxing girl came out of the inner room, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw that she was indeed slim and dazzling, but her hands formed fists and hung down on both sides. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked the accompanying palace maids to try to open the boxer's hand. However, one, two, and several palace maids tried it, and no one could open it. At this time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty stepped forward, held up the fists of the boxing girl, and broke them with his hands. Before exerting any force, he stretched them out. The attendants watching on the side said: "What a strange thing, what a strange thing." Before he finished speaking, he discovered something even more strange. It turned out that there was a small and delicate jade hook in the palm of Boxing Girl's open hand.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was so amazed that he immediately ordered Boxing Girl to accompany him back to his official position and became another concubine of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Zi Gui’s mother died
After Zhao’s boxing daughter entered the palace, she was favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who named her Mrs. Gou Yi and let her live in a very elegant place. The palace was named "Gouyi Palace". At the same time, his father was also granted the title of Marquis of Shuncheng, with 200 households living in the city. Later Dongguang County established Shuncheng Township, which originated from this. What made Mrs. Gou Yi even more happy was that two years after entering the palace, she gave birth to a prince named Fuling. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very happy to have a son in his old age, and regarded Fuling as the apple of his eye. The mother valued her son, so Mrs. Gou Yi was granted the title "Jieyu" (second to the queen and Zhaoyi) in the Jin Dynasty. Because her surname was Zhao, she was called "Zhao Jieyu". At that time, some alchemists (people who made alchemy and fortune-telling) around Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty liked him and said that Madam Gou Yi gave birth to the prince after 14 months of pregnancy, and the ancient Emperor Yao was not born until 14 months, so the prince should be Very expensive. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was also convinced, so he changed "Gouyi Palace" to "Yaomu Gate". Mrs. Gouyi was also called "Yaomu", but who knew that this would push her to the grave. In 88 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had just passed his seventieth birthday. He felt that he was getting older and was no longer able to govern. However, he had not established a crown prince since he committed suicide after being falsely accused three years ago. Originally, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had three sons who could be crowned princes, but among them Fuling was particularly smart, and his appearance and personality were very similar to his own. Therefore, he intended to pass the throne to Fuling, but he was worried about Fuling's young age (he was 7 years old at the time). ), fearing that once he succeeded to the throne, his mother would monopolize power, and there would be a second "Queen Lu" who would be authoritarian and disruptive, wouldn't that destroy the Han Dynasty? So, he decided to kill his mother first and then establish a son. Therefore, on the one hand, he issued a testamentary edict, asking the general Huo Guang (Huo Qubing's younger brother) to succeed him to the throne after his death. On the other hand, he is looking for an opportunity to kill Mrs. Gou Yi. A few days later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to order Mrs. Gou Yi to commit suicide. When Mrs. Gou Yi heard this, she felt like cold water had been poured over her head. She lay down on the ground, kowtowed and begged for her life. At this time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered people to pull her out and force her to commit suicide. Mrs. Gou Yi got up and walked around, looking back at Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty every step of the way, with unspeakable sadness. But Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not moved at all, and even said: "Qu Xing, a woman will not live." This means that you should leave quickly! You won't survive anyway. In this way, Gou Yi, who was only 24 years old, was forced to death, but she never figured out the real reason why she was forced to commit suicide until her death.
The Three Layers of Yuyin
The year after the death of Mrs. Gou Yi, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty died. According to the imperial edict, Huo Guang assisted Liu Fuling in ascending the throne and became Emperor Zhao. However, three things are described as follows for the benefit of readers: First, it is said that after Mrs. Gou Yi committed suicide, "the body did not stink, and the fragrance could be smelled for more than ten miles. I suspected that it was an unusual person. When I opened the tomb, I found that there was no body in the coffin, but two "The shoes (shoes) are still there." Others say that when Emperor Zhao came to the throne, he was reburied, and "the coffin was empty, but the silk shoes were left alone." Although this paragraph sounds like a myth, it is not made up by the author. For those who are interested, You can view Volume 549 of "Taiping Yulan". Secondly, because Mrs. Gou Yi hid the hook with both hands, there was a game of hiding the hook, which originated from this. In the poet Li Bai's "The Music in the Palace", there is a sentence: "I pity the flowers more on the moonlit night, and the palace maid smiles and hides her hooks." This shows that this hidden hook game was once popular in the imperial palace of the Tang Dynasty. The method of the game is: people are divided into two groups: guessing and hiding. One group of people participating in hiding will hide the hook in one of someone's hands, and let the other group guess. The person who guesses the hidden one will get one chip, and three in a row. The one who wins. In today's chess games, the chess pieces are hidden in the hands, and guessing whether they are there or not determines the latter, which evolved from the hidden hook game. Thirdly, after Mrs. Gouyi passed away, in order to commemorate her, the elders and brothers in her hometown built a temple for Mrs. Quan in Niangniangmiao Village, Fucheng County. A statue of Mrs. Gouyi was enshrined in the temple. The incense smoke was misty and people kept praying for her. . According to the "Hejian Prefecture Chronicles" recorded during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty: During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty (1522-1567), Dou Zhangzhi, the minister of the Ministry of War, passed by the Niangniang Temple and wrote a seven-character quatrain: "Go up the mountain to look at the horizon." There is a family on the bank of the Zhao River. Hanwu stopped to choose lotus flowers, and Shuncheng maple trees reflected the morning glow. Shuncheng mentioned in the poem. It is now Fucheng Tushan, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty stopped to choose Mrs. Quan, who was as beautiful as a lotus flower, and lived along the Zhao River (now Jun River).
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