Generally speaking, emperors inherit the throne, and when they have not yet succeeded to the throne, they are the princes in the palace, or the crowned princes, who receive the orthodox education of the royal family from an early age and enjoy the best resources and treatment, so that they can better rule and manage the country in the future. But in the Han Dynasty, there was such an emperor, when he was a child, he was imprisoned, released and grew up in the folk, and his life was only barely living, but it was in such an environment that he finally became the emperor and eliminated the Huo family's forces.
The twenty-one-year-old Emperor Han Zhao died prematurely, and he had no heirs, so Liu He was proclaimed emperor, reigned for twenty-seven days, was absurd, fainted and incompetent, so he was deposed. And Huo Guang relied on his power in the dprk to support Liu Guang to ascend to the throne, and Liu Guang, who grew up in the people, was thus driven to the shelves, and after succeeding to the throne, he was only a puppet emperor, and the power of the DPRK was still controlled by Huo Guang. Liu Qian is an orthodox royal bloodline, although he did not grow up in the imperial family, but after becoming emperor, he will also want to firmly hold the power in his hands, so he has been hiding and accumulating strength, only to wait for one day to get rid of Huo Guang.
According to historical records, when the emperor went to visit the High Temple, Huo Guang accompanied him, Liu Qing felt great pressure, he was very afraid that this great general who held real power would usurp the throne, after Huo Guang's death, the Huo clan was eradicated, and the folk rumor was that it was because of Huo Guang's aggressive "escort" at that time that the emperor would make up his mind to get rid of him. When the emperor faced the che general Zhang Anshi, Liu Que felt much more comfortable, and it was conceivable that Huo Guang was not a loyal courtier.
The huo clan has a great influence in the dynasty, from the royal family to the court, there are their people everywhere, and Liu Qing, who has an unstable foundation, can only hide his sharp edge, although he has not systematically learned the way of governing, but when he was young, he had traveled to the people, and he still knew a lot about the sufferings of the people, and also realized the shortcomings of the officials. However, he could only pretend to be a puppet emperor on the surface, and also crowned Huo Chengjun of the Huo family as empress, and even his wife Xu Pingjun Xu was poisoned by a female doctor sent by Lady Huo Guang.
Huo Guang thought that he could "blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the world", but in fact, Liu Que was a wolf in sheep's clothing, he had already remembered and hated Huo Guang, only to wait for one day to regain power, but before that, Liu Guang needed to remain "stupid", he had to hide his political ideas, otherwise he was likely to be deposed, and Liu He was deposed by Huo Guang with his ministers. Liu Qing kung fu did a very good job, he ostensibly respected Huo Guang, everything could be listened to Huo Guang, lost the majesty of the emperor, above the court, it seemed that the emperor was not the highest level, the first person was Huo Guang.
Such treatment made Huo Guang think that he was completely in power, and he was also a lot less wary and suspicious of the emperor, once he pretended to return the regime, this was just to test Liu Guang, the clever Liu Guang knew Huo Guang's intentions, so he directly refused, without hesitation, respectfully asked Huo Guang to continue the regency, and also rewarded Huo Guang with seven thousand households, in every time in the upper court, Liu Guang would always face Huo Guang with the greatest respect, so it seemed that the two of them still got along quite harmoniously.
Previously, during Liu He's reign for more than twenty days, the ministers complained bitterly, and the atmosphere above the court was once tense, but now Liu Xiang and Huo Guang got along so friendly, which eased the political situation a lot, which also laid a good foundation for Liu He's reform politics later, after eliminating Huo Guang's forces, during his reign, political clarity, social harmony, economic prosperity, toughness to the outside world, the strongest comprehensive national strength, after his death, he was even rated as a sage.
So how did he eliminate the Huo family's forces? In fact, Huo Guang died of illness, and in March 68 BC, the emperor and the empress dowager personally mourned Huo Guang, and buried Huo Guang thickly, or buried in Maoling with an emperor-level funeral, but the members of the Huo family were still in the middle of the dynasty, which was not a small force. Fortunately, without Huo Guang's power, the emperor was able to do things according to his own ideas, and the whole court worked together, and the development of the country was flourishing for a time.
After Huo Guang's death, his wife Huo Xian secretly repaired his tomb to be better and more luxurious, and Huo Xian also built a mansion, went out to ride a gorgeous palanquin, and even had an affair with outsiders, not only that, Huo Yun, Huo Yu, and others who served in the court were afraid that the emperor would hold them accountable for the sins they usually committed, and the emperor had already pardoned their people before, and the Huo family thought that this was a harbinger, so they thought of deposing the emperor and plotting rebellion with people.
In July 66 BC, after the Huo family's rebellion was revealed, the Huo family was beheaded by the door, and for those who were blinded and threatened by the Huo family, they did not commit specific crimes, the son-in-law denounced the rebellion, so he was pardoned, and Huo Guang's wife and son were killed or committed suicide, and the empress Huo Chengjun in the palace did not escape this disaster, was deposed, lived in the cold palace, and committed suicide twelve years later. In addition to the people of the Huo family's main family, thousands of people in Chang'an City were wiped out by the implicated clan.
Remembering Huo Guang's merits before his death, his tomb was not connected, but after the emperor ordered people to draw eleven heroes, Huo Guang, although he was the first, did not write his name, but only honored him as "Grand Sima ( Great Sima , Great General , Marquis of Bolu , and surnamed Huo Shi " , and since then Huo Guang has been sacrificed by successive emperors of the Han Dynasty.