When Empress Ma was first enthroned as empress, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, in order to commend the heroes of the previous dynasty, placed images of twenty-eight generals on the cloud platform of the Nangong, in order to let future generations remember their achievements. Meritorious service, these are what later generations call the Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai. However, Empress Ma's father, General Fubo Ma Yuan, was not included in the cloud platform. It turned out that Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty was afraid that his father, who was included as his empress, would attract criticism, and on the other hand, he was worried that publicly commending Ma Yuan would be a slap in the face of his father, Emperor Guangwu. Queen Ma had no dissatisfaction with this. She was very understanding of Emperor Han Ming's painstaking efforts.
General Fubo Ma Yuan was the most famous general during the reign of Emperor Guangwu. He has a famous saying that has been passed down to this day: "A man should die in the wilderness, and his ears should be buried with his body wrapped in horse leather." Ma Yuan made many military exploits for Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, but the ending was tragic. He died of illness on the battlefield. After his death, he was framed and his body was not even allowed to be buried. He was also stripped of his title. But the daughter of General Fubo later became the most famous empress in the Eastern Han Dynasty. She was Miss Ma San.
How did Miss Ma San become the queen? We have to start with the battlefield when General Ma Yuan died of illness. At that time, Ma Yuan was framed by the supervisor Liang Song after his death, and Emperor Guangwu ordered severe punishment in anger. At this time, the Ma family and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty not only did not speak for General Ma Yuan, but some people even added insult to injury. This includes Ma Yuan's in-laws, the Dou family, who even come to bully the orphans and widowed mothers.
Ma Yuan's wife Lin broke off her engagement with the Dou family in anger and sent all three of her daughters to the palace, hoping to marry the royal family so that the Ma family would not be bullied again. This includes Miss Ma San, the youngest daughter of the Ma family.
In the 25th year of Jianwu (AD 49), 13-year-old Miss Ma San was selected into the Taiwang Palace. Because she was both talented and beautiful, and was very decent in serving the Queen Mother Yin, she was deeply loved by the Crown Prince Liu. Zhuang's love. After the death of Emperor Guangwu, Liu Zhuang ascended the throne as Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty and immediately made her a nobleman.
? In the third year of Yongping (AD 60), a minister wrote to ask for the appointment of a queen. At that time, Miss Ma San’s half-sister Jia Guiren had already given birth to the prince Liu Jin and was elected queen. One of the best candidates. Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty couldn't decide for a while, so he went to ask the Empress Dowager to make a decision. Empress Dowager Yin Lihua only said one sentence: "If Ma Guiren is the most virtuous person in the harem, she can be the empress." This sentence was so important that Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty canonized Miss Ma San. For Queen Ma.
Empress Ma has always been very simple in her life, often wearing only coarse cloth clothes. When the concubines in the harem visit her at the beginning of the month, they see her wearing a coarse cloth skirt and think it is made of the latest silk. , and when I looked closer, I realized that it was made of coarse cloth.
Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty reigned for 18 years. During these 18 years, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty always loved Queen Ma. After Crown Prince Liu Jin came to the throne, he respected Queen Ma as the Queen Mother and served her as his mother. Queen Ma died in June of the fourth year of Jianchu (AD 79). This queen was praised by later generations in "The Biography of Women": "At home, she can be a teacher for other women, and at home, she can be a model for the mother.
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