In 180 BC, Liu Bang's wife Lü Hou ruled the Han Dynasty for eight years, and seeing that he was going to change the Liu family dynasty to the Lü family' world, he suddenly died of illness at a critical moment, so that the founding ministers Zhou Bo and Chen Ping and Liu Bang's children and grandchildren were defeated and victorious, and in one fell swoop, they swept away Zhulu and restored the Han Dynasty.
Liu Heng, the acting king, was fortunate to ascend the throne, that is, emperor Wen of Han, who had great achievements, at this time he was introduced to appoint a person named Yuan Ang, who had great talent, dared to advise directly, and in the next few years has been active in the core of the supreme rule of the Han Dynasty, has done many major things, and even changed the direction of history, today we will talk about the story of the famous scholar Yuan Ang.
Yuan Ang
Yuan Ang's origin is not very good, his father is actually a robber, his own resume is not glamorous, once served as a servant of Lü Lu's younger brother Lü Lu, not only is his status not high, but also suspected of the remnants of the Lü clan.
Perhaps Emperor Wen of Han was wise and discerning, or it was a coincidence, in short, it was a very rare and fortunate thing that Yuan Ang could work with Emperor Wen of Han.
Yuan Ang's position is Zhonglang, simply put, it is the emperor's entourage, running errands to learn the tongue to bring tea and water, and occasionally chatting with the emperor, but before speaking, think clearly, otherwise a wrong sentence may lose its head.
But Yuan Ang didn't care about that set, he had some ink in his stomach, he had in-depth study of Confucian thought and etiquette, and he taught Emperor Han Wendi a lesson at every turn, and Emperor Han Wendi was a wise man, who obviously did not like to listen, but he also accepted it with an open heart, of course, he knew the truth of loyalty against the ear.
At the beginning of Emperor Wen of Han's reign, the majesty and style of the emperor had not yet been cultivated, and he was grateful to Zhou Bo for electing him as emperor, so every time the upper dynasty had special respect for Zhou Bo, even whispered, after dispersing the dynasty, he also looked at Zhou Bo's back and gradually drifted away, until he disappeared before he was willing to sit down, resulting in Zhou Bo's arrogance becoming more and more arrogant.
Yuan Ang found that the atmosphere was not right, and immediately corrected Emperor Wen of Han to come up with the attitude that an emperor should have, but Emperor Wen of Han said that Zhou Bo was a minister of outstanding merit, and I had nothing wrong with respecting him.
Emperor Wen of Han Liu Heng
Yuan Ang said that it was absolutely wrong, Zhou Bo's merits were great and he was also a courtier, and when he saw the emperor, he had to bow three times and nine times to meet the courtesy of the monarch, and he was a minister of the society, what did he do when Lü Hou was hegemonic, holding heavy troops but at the mercy of others, so don't take him too seriously, and then he may be unfavorable to you.
Emperor Wen of Han thought about it carefully, this is indeed the case, I am the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, why should I be afraid of you. So the next day he changed his attitude, and slowly Zhou Bo became honest, no longer daring to put on the old qualifications, and completely breaking off the idea of controlling Emperor Wen of Han.
Emperor Wendi of Han traveled by carriage one day, and suddenly became interested on the hillside, wanting to sprint down the slope and experience the feeling of speed and passion, and was immediately stopped by Yuan Ang. Emperor Wen of Han looked at Yuan Ang with a smile and said, "Don't you dare a coward?" ”
Yuan Ang said solemnly: "I dare not be unimportant, you are the king of a country, joke about life, something really happened, are you worthy of your father, your mother and the people of the whole country?" Emperor Wendi of Han felt very disappointed, but he could not refute it, and he hunched his head and went home.
Emperor Wen of Han had a concubine named Lady Shen, and there was a banquet in which Emperor Wendi of Han brought the Empress and Lady Shen to attend at the same time, and before taking his seat, Yuan Ang came over and pulled Lady Shen's chair back, meaning not to be parallel to the Empress.
Mrs. Shen didn't do it at that time, why, insult anyone, I don't eat it! Turned and walked. Emperor Wen of Han was also very angry, glared at Yuan Ang, and chased After Lady Shen.
Angering the emperor is not a joke, but Yuan Ang does not care at all, and afterwards his explanation to Emperor Wen of Han is that the dignity and inferiority are orderly, the empress and the concubines cannot sit on an equal footing, and if the chaos is divided, there will be a big incident, and he also gave the example of Liu Bang's favorite concubine Lady Qi.
Liu Bang angered Lü Hou because of his excessive favor with Lady Qi, so after Liu Bang's death, Lü Hou destroyed Lady Qi's facial features, cut off her limbs and put them in a jar, known as "Ren Yan". Yuan Ang asked Emperor Wen of Han, do you want Lady Shen to become a human being as well?
Emperor Wen of Han listened to his back coldly, shook his head repeatedly, and felt that Yuan Ang was indeed a high-ranking person, and he told Yuan Ang's words to Lady Shen, and Lady Shen Mao Sai opened up, not only was he not angry, but also rewarded Yuan Ang heavily.
After Emperor Wen of Han's death, he passed the throne to Liu Qi, the Emperor of Han Jing, who was also a Ming Emperor, but there was a troublesome thing that troubled him for many years. Because his mother Empress Dou liked her younger son Liu Wu the Prince of Liang, she tried every means to make The King of Liang succeed him as emperor in the future, and the throne was generally passed to her son, who was willing to pass it on to her brother.
Liu Qi, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty
If it were not for the fact that Emperor Wen of Han was the eldest son, the person who had ascended the throne in the first place would probably have been the King of Liang, and even so, Empress Dou was still not dead-hearted.
Of course, Emperor Jingdi of Han knew his mother's heart, the Han Dynasty was a dynasty that attached great importance to filial piety, and his father Emperor Wendi of Han was a famous great filial piety, who served his sick mother to personally taste medicine every time, and did not take off his clothes to sleep for three years, so he was included in the Twenty-Four Filial Pieties of China.
Emperor Jingdi of Han wanted to learn from his father, that is, to listen to his mother's words and make his mother happy, although his mother was partial to his brother and still worried about his throne, which made him uncomfortable, but what was the way, who let him be filial piety.
Once a banquet was held in the palace, and Liu Wu, the king of Liang, was also there, and he had been staying in the palace for several years, not returning to his fiefdom, first, his mother was reluctant to let him go, and second, looking for an opportunity to settle the throne.
Emperor Jingdi of Han could not see their intentions, and drank too much under extreme depression, perhaps to vent his dissatisfaction, and excitedly said that he would pass the throne to his brother after death.
This was an important national event, and the emperor himself said it was tantamount to proclaiming the Holy Will. Empress Dowager Dou and King Liang were overjoyed when they heard this, and their dream wish was finally fulfilled.
However, they were happy a little early, and a minister named Dou Bao directly said no, on the grounds that the heir to the imperial throne must be a prince, which is the rule of Liu Bangding, the ancestor of Han Gao, and future generations cannot change it without authorization.
These words were righteous and severe, Empress Dou and King Liang had nothing to say, and Emperor Jing of Han stole pleasure in his heart, and soon made his eldest son Liu Rong crown prince.
However, only a few years later, The mother of The Crown Prince Liu Rong, Li Ji, was defeated by Wang Meiren in a brutal palace battle, that is, the mother of The Han Wu Emperor Liu Che, and Liu Rong's position as crown prince was abolished.
At this time, Empress Dou and The King of Liang seemed to see the opportunity again, and once again made a request to emperor Jingdi of Han, who was very embarrassed and did not know how to be good.
At this time, Yuan Ang stood up and quoted the scriptures to state the disadvantages of passing the throne to his brothers, and he asked Empress Dou, if the King of Liang succeeded to the throne, who should pass the throne to after the death of the King of Liang?
Empress Dowager Dou
Empress Dou thought about it and said that it would be passed on to Jing Di's son, Yuan Ang said that this was the way to take chaos, citing the example of Song Xuangong, because in the future there would inevitably be disputes between brothers because of the throne, Empress Dou took a breath of cool air after listening to it, she did not want the descendants of the two brothers to fight to the death, or even the collapse of the dynasty, and finally she gave up the dream of insisting on it for many years.
It should be said that Yuan Ang helped Emperor Jing of Han a big favor, otherwise his mother's pass was really not good, and it can even be said that Yuan Ang changed the direction of history, assuming that The Liang King succeeded to the throne, there would be no later Han Wudi Liu Che or anything.
Emperor Jing of Han and Emperor Wu of Han were grateful to Yuan Ang, but the King of Liang hated this man so much that he became murderous and decided to send assassins to assassinate Yuan Ang.
At this time, Yuan Ang took sick leave in his hometown, but he was not really sick, or he did not want to do it, in this life, he offended too many people because of his straight-talking, some for the sake of national interests, and some of them were purely revenge, and using schemes to kill celebrities is the biggest stain on Yuan An's life.
Therefore, there were many people who wanted to kill Yuan Ang, yuan Ang was not the first time he had been assassinated, Liu Hao, the king of Wu, had sent 500 people to take his life, fortunately, a soldier had received Yuan Ang's help and sacrificed his life to let Yuan Ang go.
But this time I am afraid not that lucky, Liang Wang Liu Wu sent a dozen groups of assassins to assassinate Yuan Ang, the first assassin has a sense of justice, heard that Yuan Ang has a good reputation in the hearts of the people, terminated the assassination operation, and told Yuan Ang truthfully, let him be good at it!
Yuan Ang also felt that things were not good, I don't know if he can still be as fierce as before, so he wants to go to the fortune teller to calculate a gua, this great immortal may be a fake, divination results historical records are not recorded, it is estimated that Yuan Ang is okay, go back, so Yuan Ang dared to walk on the street with a big swing.
Imagine the Han Dynasty more than two thousand years ago, the legal system was not perfect, the management of public security was relatively lax, the emperor's brother Liang Wang sent more than a dozen groups of assassins to assassinate an unarmed civilian official, it was as easy as a palm, which immortal could not protect him, so Yuan Ang was assassinated.
Chao wrong
Yuan Ang and Chao Que, the two rivals of the wrongdoers, are both placed in the same biography in the "Records of History" and the "Book of Han", indicating that the two have many similarities, they are loyal and loyal, but they are not loyal in the traditional sense, they openly fight and secretly fight for personal vendettas, and the result is not a good ending.