The End of the Western Han Dynasty

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Chapter 4

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Huo Guangren's position in the royal court could be summed up with a phrase in the Chinese book: "I am eight years old, and my decision on politics is in the light."On the surface, it appeared that the succession of edicts, Huoguang's assisting government, and the royal court's government were becoming more balanced.
However, at this time, the Han Dynasty's court and court's situation were still undercurrents.
In short, apart from Huoguang, there were two other important forces in the royal court.The first group was led by Liu Fuling's older brother, Han Wudi's third son, Liudan.
Wudi, who was on the same side as him, was one of the important ministers.
Sang Hongyang, who had offered to sell salt and iron, was appointed as a quasi-captor.
This was what I called brother-in-arms.The second was Liu Fuling's sister, Princess Lushy.
The second-in-command state ministers, Shangguan Yun, and so on, would be considered as sisters.Let's first talk about the reason why these two powers were supporting Huoguang and the representative of Han Zhaodi.Yan Liudan, Han Wudi's third son.
History books told him that he was a person who could explain things, and that he was well-versed in scriptures and scriptures.
He was known for his talent in Stars, and he was known for his talents.
All in all, he should still be a capable person.Perhaps it was because he was suffering from a terminal illness, but usually, those who were capable would carry something else: ambition.
According to the customs of the people of the nation, ambition could be divided into two types: for example, if Liubang wanted to obtain the world, then he would be called ambitious and ambitious.
But if Huai Nanwang, Liuan, led by traitors, wanted to obtain the world, then they would be called the ambition of wolves.Our Yan Liudan had an ambition, but unfortunately, his ambition could only be divided into the latter.The reason was simple, because he wasn't like the other King Yan in a thousand years.
Or perhaps, according to historical writers, he didn't know the proposition of tomorrow's test, so it's just that there's no Heaven's Will.And ambition is a little like a seed.
Only when the temperature is right, the soil is right, and the warmth of the sun and the nourishment of the rain can it germinate.
We usually summarize these conditions in one word: opportunity.
Or at least, this ambitious man thinks it is an opportunity.Liudan, on the other hand, felt that the heavens had given him this opportunity, and it had happened twice in a row.The first time was when his older brother, Crown Prince Li, died in the transformation of the witchcraft.As soon as the news reached his ears, Yan Liudan felt as though the throne, which had once been far away from him, was within reach.Joy and desire surged in his blood.
Today, he would scratch his heart.
Tomorrow, he would stab his liver and the day after tomorrow.This kind of joy and desire finally overwhelmed his mind, leading him to do something extremely stupid: Liudan had written a letter to his father, Han Wudi, to request to return to the capital and serve the emperor.Han Wudi's response was two words - Rage.
He directly pushed the emissary sent by Yan Liudan to the outside of the palace gates and slashed him down.
In addition, some of his subordinates had tactfully exposed Liudan's whereabouts as a criminal, and Han Wudi had conveniently taken Liudan's three counties from home, An Si, and Wen An.At this point, comrade Liudan didn't have much status in Han Wudi's heart.
Therefore, if Liudan wanted to legally accept his father's hopes, it would be completely destroyed.To be frank, this was indeed a chance given to Liudan by the heavens.
In other words, it was a golden egg that encompassed an opportunity.
As long as he could patiently wait for the little golden bird inside to break out of its shell, this golden egg would eventually turn into a brilliant yellow hat and fall on his head.Liudan, on the other hand, seemed to value this opportunity a little too much.
He was too afraid that someone would steal his golden egg, and that it would fly away and fall on someone else's head.Therefore, he clenched his fists a little tighter, and as a result, he crushed the eggshell.
The bird naturally didn't have any more, and there was also a half-smelling half-smelling half-smelling egg mix.Hope was gone, but ambition had already taken root.
Since he had lost the chance to legally seize power, there was only one path left.
That was to snatch it.Liudan could be considered an action force.
As soon as the news of Han Wudi's death arrived, he immediately began to act.After receiving the imperial edict, Liudan suddenly became interested in criminal investigation.
He studied the imperial edict and after careful analysis, he concluded that the seal on the imperial edict was too small and didn't seem to be real, so he resolutely refused to cry.Then, they sent a few confidants over.
West Shou, Sun Zongzhi, and Wangru went to Chang'an to scout for information.
Of course, they were carrying a goat head who was asking about Wudi's funeral.
The three of them hurriedly ran to Chang'an and sent Liudan a message: when Wudi died, all the ministers were present in the five palaces.
They heard the palace shouting for Wudi's death.Then, Huoguang and the others appointed the crown prince as the emperor.
As Xinhuang was too young, Wudi wasn't present when he was buried.Liudan fully used his imagination.
The Emperor didn't see any ministers when he died and didn't leave anything behind.
The new Emperor couldn't see anything, so this matter was too suspicious!Following this line of thought, Liudan took a step further.
He wrote a letter to the royal court saying that he would set up a temple for Han Wudi.
Huoguang read the imperial edict and didn't say whether he agreed or not to set up a temple.
Instead, he directly read out the imperial edict and gave Liudan 300,000 in cash and increased the population of the nation by 13000 households.After receiving the reward, Liudan was completely enraged.
He couldn't accept that his father had already begun to bestow the throne to an eight-year-old man.
He had already begun to bestow the throne to Liudan with the rivers and mountains that were supposed to belong to him.
He didn't say anything, but his father did.Liudan immediately contacted two other members of the royal family: Liuzhang, the son of Zhongshan, and Liuze, the grandson of Qi Xiaowang.If the troops didn't move, the public opinion would take the lead.
Liudan immediately stated that he had received an imperial edict before Han Wudi's death, allowing him to appoint and remove all official positions within the country and to reorganize the army of the state.
His defenses had changed drastically.Liudan then launched a public opinion towards the feudal officials.
Thanks to the blessing of the late Emperor, I had been ordered to guard the northern part of the country for many years.
Although the responsibility was heavy, I had always cautiously completed the mission to protect the north.
However, it seemed that you doctors didn't help much.
Moreover, even though the Yan Kingdom was small, it had a thousand eight hundred years of history from the Edict King and Yan Xiang Monarch.
There were many wise talents in the history, so how could I not have heard of any outstanding talents after ruling for more than thirty years?
If I didn't make it in time, perhaps there might be something that the doctors couldn't do, or perhaps for some other reasons?
Now, I have prepared to change the situation.
If you have any good opinions, then I will listen carefully!.However, the doctors didn't seem to be able to help much.
In addition, even though the State of Yan was small, it had a thousand eight hundred years of history from the Edict King and the Prince of Yan Xiang.
There were many wise talents in this history, so how could I not have heard of any outstanding talents after ruling for more than thirty years?
It was because I didn't make it in time, or perhaps there were some things that the doctors couldn't do, or perhaps some other reasons.
Now, I was prepared to change the situation.
If you have any good ideas, just mention them and I will listen carefully!These words were long and long, and in short, three points were: "I have done a great service to the country.".
I want to become domineering like Emperor Yan and Prince Yan Xiang.
I don't know if there are any wise people willing to take action.
I'm ready to take action.
Do you have any opinions?Seeing that the situation wasn't looking good, the ministers immediately kowtowed and apologized.
Many of them immediately expressed that they wanted to unite around fellow Yan Liudan and work together in rebellion and offer advice.Lang Zhong and Cheng Hao were quick to react.
They immediately said to Liudan, "My king, if you want to take what you've lost, you can't just sit and wait.
Once something happens to my king, even the women in the kingdom will immediately follow my king!"Liudan was very satisfied with the ministers' reactions.
He continued with deep emotions, "Remember the past.
After Huidi died, Queen Lu crippled the emperor on his own initiative, and the world has been hoodwinked for many years before knowing that Liuhong is not Huidi's son.
In today's dynasty, as the eldest son of the emperor, I, King Yan, was not appointed as the emperor, and was required to establish a temple for the late emperor.
We have reason to suspect that the ministers have concubines who aren't the emperor of the Liu clan!".He continued with a hearty expression, "Remember the past?
After Huidi's death, Queen Lu crippled the emperor on her own accord.
Only after being deceived by the world for so many years did she realize that Liuhong wasn't Huidi's son.
Look at the current dynasty, as the eldest son of the emperor, I, King Yan, have not been appointed as the emperor, nor have I been granted permission to establish a temple for the late emperor.
We have reason to suspect that the ministers have taken over the position of not the emperor of the Liu clan!"Liudan and his accomplice, Liuze, turned his perfect inference into an imperial edict and released it to Fengyuan, saying that the imperial edict that was created by the ministers wasn't Wudi's son.
Everyone in the world wanted to unite against them.At the same time, Liudan raised his banner and started to expand his weaponry.
It could be said that the early stages of the rebellion were extremely powerful.There were a few well-aware ministers under his command, and some of them, as the representative of Hanyi, had tried to persuade Liudan several times, but to no avail.
Hanyi and the other fifteen ministers had even lost the guy to eat because of this.At the same time, Liuze set up his troops in Lin Han and made an agreement with Liudan to start a joint operation.Seeing this, Liudan had to make some big movements!!However, things didn't go according to his wishes.
Liuze's actions weren't meticulous enough.
The matter of preparing to rebel was found out by Lang Hou and Liucheng.
Liucheng immediately told the Azure Province's Assassin Shi Heng the news without any hesitation.
Yan Hao immediately made a decision and immediately arrested Liuze's Lin Han Rebel.
He quickly reported the matter to the central government.Huoguang and the rest ordered Dahong Honglucheng to deal with the matter, but King Yan was implicated as well.When news of this spread to the State of Yan, Liudan naturally knew that there was no more play to it.
Rebellions were a very important matter.
Otherwise, with the strength of Liudan and Liuze's two vassal states, if the central government had been prepared, all of their efforts would have been in vain.There was nothing he could do.
The heavens didn't care.The result was not bad for Liudan and Qin Wanru.
The Liuze Corporation had been completely eradicated, and the emperor had issued an imperial edict saying that they were all father-born after all, so they would not pursue the matter with King Yan.He wondered what King Yan felt when he received the edict.The first rebellion of the brother sect ended with total failure.
Fortunately, the leader survived.After dealing with Liudan's first rebellion, Huoguang and Shangguan Hao's days were getting better and better.
The fact that Liuze had been able to quell the rebellion and kill him showed that Mister Huoguang's strength and gentleness, and that he had undoubtedly consolidated his position in the dynasty.
At the end of the same year, Huoguang had dispatched the former Commandant of Justice, Wangping, and the other five ministers to patrol the state of the dynasty, in preparation for the implementation of a comprehensive policy of resting with the citizens.This year was Emperor's Primal Year, and the only bad news was that Jin Ridi had died of illness shortly after the rebellion to settle the Yan King.
As mentioned earlier, Jin Ridi had been stunned the day after accepting the seal of the Tuo Hou in his sickbed.
His eldest son, Jinshang, had attacked the title of nobility.
The legends of the Seventh Life's servants had been continued since then.The next year, Huoguang was bestowed the title of Bo Lu Hou, and Shangguan Hui was bestowed the title of An Yang Hou.In addition, the two of them had some personal relationship: Huoguang's eldest daughter was Shangguan Yu's daughter-in-law...There was probably only one woman in the history of the Han Dynasty who could compare to Huoguang.
Yes, it was Queen Lu.Huoguang had the power of Queen Lu, but he didn't want to repeat himself.Thus, under the advice of the others, Huoguang selected a few capable individuals from the Liu Clan to take on important positions such as the Supervisor of Attendants, the Guards, and so on, to show the Huo Corporation's loyalty and justice.At the same time, the policy of resting during the Emperor's Edict period continued.
In the second year of the First Origin, the government loaned grains to poor farmers as seeds, and also announced in autumn that they would no longer take back these seeds.
At the same time, they would be exempted from agricultural taxes.
After that, Huoguang accepted Physician Du Yannian's suggestion and implemented the policy of promoting frugalness and following the will of the heavens.Like these farmers, the Han Empire was slowly recovering after experiencing great losses.However, Shangguan Yingying clearly didn't have the same idea as Huoguang.
He only cared about his own land.
At this moment, all he wanted was for his five-year-old granddaughter to enter the imperial harem.
However, his in-laws, Huoguang, didn't agree because his child was too young.This path did not pass, but Shangguan Hui was determined to send his granddaughter to the palace.
So he thought of another person.
It was the Grand Princess.Shangguan Hui had nothing to do with the First Princess, but his son, Shangguan An, had a good relationship with an outsider named Ding.This outsider was a guest of the eldest princess's son.
In addition, according to the current standard, the eldest princess was an unmarried woman.She was in charge of taking care of the living quarters of the Emperor, so her status was naturally not ordinary.
Of course, no matter how high her status was, she still had seven emotions and six desires.
Therefore, it was not strange for her to have a few lovers, not to mention that she was quite faithful and only found one.Shangguan Anyu went to visit an outsider.
After a good chat, the two of them turned to the main topic.
Shangguan An Duiding said, "My daughter looks rather decent.
If I can let the grand princess find a way to bring her to the imperial harem and become the empress, then we, the father and son duo, will be officials in the imperial court.
With the empress supporting us in the imperial harem, our status will be even more distinguished!
Of course, this is all thanks to your Yucheng.""..."Seeing that outsider Ding did not respond much, Shangguan An continued, "According to the Han Dynasty's tradition, all princesses must be married to the dukedom.
At that time, it will be easy for our Shangguan family to make you a dukedom!"This time, it scratched the itch of an outsider, so he hurriedly found the First Princess like this.
With such a flurry of pillows, the matter was naturally done.Shangguan An's daughter had been summoned into the palace to be conferred the title of Xuanyuan.
Shangguan An had also boarded a sailing ship and was promoted to a military officer.With the efforts of the grand princess, the Shangguan clan was appointed as the empress only a year after entering the imperial palace.
It was worth mentioning that the empress was six years old and the groom Han Zhaodi was only twelve years old.After his daughter became the empress, Shangguan An's mood improved.
She was promoted from a lieutenant to a rider general and was granted the title of Marquis An Le.As his position in the palace rose, Shangguan An's kluttonous nature became even more apparent.
Zhaodi invited him into the palace to have a meal together.
Then, he came out and said to the others, "I drank with my son-in-law today.
It's very humid." As soon as he entered the palace, he saw Zhaodi's food and clothes.
When he returned, he would have to order everything he had used.This fellow liked to drink when he had nothing to do.
After getting drunk, he wandered around his courtyard naked.
Along with his stepmother, as well as his father's concubines and maidservants!His son died of illness, but he actually raised his head and cursed the heavens.The letter went back to normal, and the Shangguan family's wishes had been fulfilled.
They would never forget to take advantage of water.
Shangguan Yun and his son felt the kindness of the grand princess, so they began to run away for the outsiders.They were the first to obtain the title of a Duke for an outsider in the imperial court.
Huoguang immediately refused, "As for the promise of the late emperor, one must be conferred the title of a Duke!"Since the Duke title had failed, Shangguan and son wanted to find the position of Physician of Supervisors for outsiders.
This way, outsiders would be able to see the Emperor more often, and it would be easier to make a Duke in the future.However, Huoguang had once again rejected their requests.
The father and son duo felt extremely guilty towards the grand princess and outsider duo.
The grand princess also began to loathe Huoguang.One had to mention that before Wudi entrusted him to me, Shangguan Hui's official position was too much, while Huoguang was just a Physician of Attendance.
In terms of position, Shangguan Hui was higher than Huoguang.When it was time for Shangguan An to pay respects to the carriage rider general, Feng An Le, the father and son duo were both generals, and were all bestowed with the title of Marquis.
There was also a granddaughter in the Palace to be the Empress.
With such power, even if one wanted to become an official for their relationship, they would not be able to do it!"Huoguang, you're too domineering!" This was the voice of the father and son duo.The alliance of sister sects was established.As for the older siblings, there was no need to say more.
Liudan, as someone with a history, didn't reflect on his actions.
Instead, he continued to stir and wait for an opportunity.There was also a very important person who was also dissatisfied with Huoguang.
He was the important minister of the Wu Di Dynasty, Sang Hongyang.With Sang Hongyang's experience and contributions, he was already rather annoyed to help Huoguang.
However, the debate regarding the sale of salt and iron had undoubtedly deepened the conflict between Sang Hongyang and Huoguang.Han Zhaodi had been in the prime of his life for six years.
Han Zhaodi had issued an edict to the wise scholars and scholars of the various counties to express their opinions on the current situation.
He had also appointed a doctor to preside over a famous Salt Iron Council in Western Han's history, or perhaps even called a debate about salt and iron.On behalf of the royal court, the continued sale of salt and iron wine was determined to be the average Imperial Epic Physician Sang Hongyang and Prime Minister Tian Qianqiu; on the other hand, there were more than 60 wise scholars from various states.The focus of the two sides' argument was on economic policies, policies for the Huns, war policies, and "detreat" and "able law".When I read 'Salt Iron', I almost died of anger.
Why?
You would understand after reading the next few sentences.The doctors said, "The Huns are constantly invading and harassing my border.
If there is no income from the salt and iron camp, what will the country use to support the huge military expenses?"Guess what the literary men said?
"A man who is good at defeating his enemies does not need to go to war.
A man who is good at fighting does not need to send out armies.
As long as he cultivates the dynasty, he can make his enemies retreat without fighting.
As long as the Sage Monarch does good deeds, he will be invincible.
Why must he need military expenses?"Fuck!
I really couldn't help swearing!
Calcium monoxide!
If I had known this would happen, Wendi Dijingdi wouldn't have needed to get married.
Wudi wouldn't have needed to fight anymore.
The emperor spent all day studying four books and five scriptures at home.
The Huns cried and cried as they rolled north through the Beghar Lake..The doctor said, "The Xiong Nu are constantly harassing my borders and killing and plundering the border regions.
They should have fought them long ago.
You people not only can't contribute to the country, but also try to destroy the financial foundation of the country's war preparation plan.
How could this be?"Books said, "In ancient times, Xiang Zhan used virtue to subdue people but disdained military conquest.
Moreover, it's not a long-term plan to achieve the goal of obtaining wealth from the people and spending money on defenses."Fuck, it turned out that the answer was 'benevolence'!
If it weren't for the powerful military army that specialized in salt and iron, these bookworms would have degenerated and turned into fodder to feed the Huns' horses, and they would still be twittering here.Dealing with these grandsons should be the same as how Wudi dealt with Dishan.
Send them to the border to have two exchanges with the Xiong Nu, and see if he still uses his virtue to convince others!The above is the most typical dialogue in salt and iron.
This model developed in the end:Physician: If it weren't for this policy, there would be questions like this.Books, a group of rotten scholars: implement justice These questions don't exist.The doctors said that this matter should be solved in such a way.The bookworms said, This method is not good, we have to be good!Physician: You can't solve this problem even if you call out for Benevolent Court.
Do you have any other way?Runes: Benevolence...Doctor:...Runes: Benevolence...In the end, only the sound of literature was left on the platform of the debate.
The sound lingered for three months: Benevolent Court...
Benevolent Court Court...For these people, I only have one thing to say: the flower king's sun!!!There was no need to go into detail about the details of the battle.
Those who were interested could go and take a look at Huankuan's 'Salt and Iron'.He had a feeling that Hengkuan's literary bias had reached an even more outrageous level.
Therefore, when his comrades who weren't in a good mood read 'Salt Iron', they would definitely get some refreshing tea.I also made some preparations.
Please take a look at the result of Sang Hongyang's evaluation of the sale of salt and iron.West Han Yangxiong's "Venerable Dharma chapter" leads to the saying: "the country uses it for debate."'Hanhua Books Escort', 'The country's use of filial martial arts doesn't benefit the people's potential', all of which are 'lost even to the sheep'."Hainei Neiaian, the mansion's treasury is full," and "yes,"Recruiting a merit law and ruining a will will be beyond the reach of later generations.
Pointing out "The person who has won the Han dynasty, Yuzhi is the most prosperous," among which, "the plan is for Sang Hong.".Beiwei Jia Sixie evaluated Sang Hong's method of defeat in Qi Min's Inquisitive Technique.
"It's beneficial to the nation and its citizens.
It's an eternal wood."What he didn't say was that history had its own fairness!The keen eyes of the comrades might be about to ask questions.
The discussion was so lively: What kind of attitude did Boss Huoguang have towards this?Huoguang's attitude was rather ambiguous.
He supported both doctors and literature.The reason was very simple.
Sang Hongyang represented the imperial physicians, and it was the policy of the early stage of Emperor Wu.
The literary industry's policy was consistent with Emperor Wu's later years.Huoguang knew that salt and iron trade couldn't be abolished.
That was why he used Sang Hong to teach these bookworms a lesson, rejecting their proposal to abolish salt and iron.At the same time, because Sang Hongyang was still adamant about continuing the initial war on the Xiong Nu and the strict law policy, this was undoubtedly going against Emperor Wu's rule.
Thus, Huoguang used the straggling mouths of his writers to attack Sang Hongyang's policy and created controversy for him to continue following Emperor Wu's end-of-year policy.Therefore, this debate didn't actually win.
After the meeting, Huoguang had only abolished the nonchalance of liquor sales, so as to suppress the foul mouths of the scholars.Sang Hongyang's leading doctors didn't win either, because Huoguang had already clearly sent a message to the outside world: the Han Dynasty will unwaveringly promote Wudi's future plan to recuperate.
At the very least, this would be the case when I, Huoguang, was in charge of politics.Huoguang and Han Empire were the winners of this debate.
Huoguang had all his political decisions, and the Han Empire had chosen a path that was the most reasonable for the country at that time.
It was fortunate for the big man!Of course, the result of this debate intensified the conflict between Huoguang and Sang Hongyang.Sang Hongyang was very proud of his achievements in his early years, and didn't think too highly of Huoguang.
In addition, he sometimes wanted to get an official and a half-ranking position for his own children, so Huoguang naturally didn't care much.
As a result, there was also a rift between Huoguang and Sang Hongyang.The two great powers of the brother sect had also entered the cooperation phase.As such, the grand princess, Shangguan Hao, father and son duo, Liudan and Sang Hongyang's groups had come together because they shared the same enemy, Huoguang.In response to the old saying: the enemy of the enemy is the friend.
There is only one point in their struggle – Huoguang, the biggest obstacle in their path of power."First of all, I would like to ask everyone to recall what is the most commonly used move used in TV series we have watched since we were young to fight against the main characters of the bad people?That's right!
It's framing.This was the move used by our brothers and sisters in the first round of dealing with Huoguang.Speaking of which, the cause of this incident was related to Suwu, one of the national heroes of our Han Clan.
The story of Suwu and his sheep on the north coast should be well-known, but I'm afraid that he might not be able to figure out the details.
I'll have to elaborate on the details here.
It's like this.