During the Western Han Dynasty, the phenomenon of consorts disturbing power occurred from time to time. What is the reason for this phenomenon?

The power of consorts is generally due to the power of the queen or queen mother. During the Western Han Dynasty, several empresses and empresses took part in politics. For example, Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, and Lv Hou took part in politics during their lifetime. It was not until Liu Bang's death that Lv Hou completely controlled political affairs. It also supported many consorts to become ministers of the imperial court, and these consorts became the objects of dictatorship, while the emperor lost his imperial power and became a puppet emperor.

The reason why consorts can become important ministers in the DPRK is that emperors often reuse the empress or the empress dowager family. Why did the emperor reuse them? Either the emperor needs to rely on the strength of his consorts, or the emperor is trying to please the queen or queen mother. Make your position clear by reusing your spouse. In fact, many film and television dramas have such a bridge, love me, love my dog, have a good relationship with the Queen, and will reuse the Queen's family. There is another drawback of letting consorts master the power of the imperial court, which easily leads to consorts' autocracy. Of course, not all consorts can reach the point of disturbing power.

An important condition for consorts to interfere in power is that the emperor is weak and the queen or queen mother is strong. To realize the exclusive power of consorts means that the emperor can't limit the ability of consorts, or be restricted by the queen or queen mother. This is actually very common. If the emperor is too young or too incompetent, he can only rely on the influence of the queen or queen mother, and the consorts certainly have the opportunity to interfere in power. But the emperor couldn't think of a solution to this problem. In the Western Han Dynasty, consorts interfered in power, and in many cases, only the emperor's poor ability could be blamed. If you have courage and know how to balance the power of consorts and harem, how can consorts have the opportunity to interfere in power?

To sum up, the so-called consorts' interference right is, in the final analysis, the emperor's poor ability, which can neither suppress the interference of the harem nor limit the power of the consorts of the previous dynasty. Empresses in the Western Han Dynasty, in particular, have a long life span and can support their consorts for a long time. In such a long time, the consorts formed a force that could compete with the emperor. Unless the emperor is excellent, he can't restrain them.