If Zhou Bo, Chen Ping, Zhang Liang, and others prevented Lü Yan from killing Lady Qi, it would really belong to "dogs taking rats and taking care of more things." We must understand a truth: in dealing with the personal grievances of Lü and Qi, ordinary people divide good and evil, while politicians only care about the interests.
It's not cold-blooded. The founding fathers of the Western Han Dynasty had the saying that "the cloth will be the same". This group is also very special in ancient China: a group of grassroots, on the grand stage of the late Qin Dynasty, successfully counterattacked, defeated the most powerful military aristocrat Xiang Yu, and subsequently became the administrator of the Great Unified Empire. This great contrast of identities does not produce disharmony, but on the contrary, it gives these people an extremely precious consensus: to invariably attach importance to the stability of the system.
To put it simply, these people understand that the Han Dynasty and individuals are in solidarity and have a cold lip service – without their concerted efforts, the Han Dynasty risks repeating the mistakes of previous generations; without the Han Dynasty, these cloths are very likely to be tied to the bottom of society, where does the position of power come from?
Therefore, throughout the feudal era, the political arena in the early Western Han Dynasty had a very rare quality: unity.
This nature is first reflected in the dispute between Lü Hou and Lady Qi for reserves.
At the root of this, the dispute between Lü Qi and Lü Qi is actually Qi Ji taking the initiative to seize favor and Lü Hou passively defending her. Liu Bang may have been a fan of sex, perhaps he was fond of his young son Liu Ruyi, and Liu Ying, who was dissatisfied with the loyalty, or he may have deliberately weakened the Lü clan, so he had the idea of Yi Chu; but in the eyes of the founding fathers, this matter must not be tolerated. This is not because they are close to Lü Hou, but because it is related to the stability of the regime.
According to the patriarchal system, the establishment of a concubine is not established, and the establishment of a long and young person is not established, and this rule is established to maintain stability. Since ancient times, there have been countless cases of dangerous consequences due to unrulyness, as Uncle Sun Tong said: "The Duke of Jin Xian deposed the prince for the sake of Li Ji, established Xi Qi, and the chaos of the Jin state for decades laughed for the world." Qin did not set up Fu Su early, so that Zhao Gao was able to deceive Hu Hai and destroy himself"; when Western Zhou fell, it was also said that it began when King You of Zhou deposed Li Shu (deposed Queen Shen and Crown Prince Ji Yiusu, and Li Yu Concubine Was made queen, and Shuzi Ji Bofu was crown prince).
Therefore, when they heard that Liu Bang wanted to change the crown prince, the ministers of the imperial court almost fried the pot, and they each showed their miraculous abilities and clearly expressed their opposition. "If the emperor wants to depose the prince and establish the king of Zhao, the ministers will not be able to get it", judging from this record, almost all the ministers at that time were working against Liu Bang. Among them, the stuttering imperial master Zhou Chang said that he would never obey the edict, and also bluntly said that Liu Bang was the greedy "lord of the harem"; Shusun Tong claimed to be spattered with blood; Zhang Liang was unable to persuade him, and then planned to invite Shangshan Sihao to liu Ying to stand.
In the end, Liu Bang, who knew that people's hearts were difficult to violate, had to dispel Yi Chu's thoughts. The reason why the Han Dynasty's courtiers united against Liu Bang was because they knew that "the current prince Renxiao is known to the whole world", and the successor of Renxiao will never act like Hu Hai did in the original Way of Qin; moreover, "the prince of the world is the original, the world is shaken and the world is vibrating", maintaining the normal national political order, which concerns the vital interests of all people.
Similarly, when Lü Hou later mutilated Lady Qi, the reason why these ministers tacitly chose to turn a blind eye was also out of the consideration of stability.
Because of this painful experience of Wei Chu, after being promoted to empress dowager, Lü Hou launched a horrific persecution of her former political/love enemies in order to vent her hatred: in December 194 BC, she killed King Ruyi of Zhao and made Lady Qi a "human", and the means were so vicious that even her son Emperor Hui of Han denounced "this inhuman act".
Curiously, however, the ministers remained silent. There are two reasons for this:
First, in the dispute between Lü and Qi, Lü Hou passively defended herself and grasped legitimacy and legitimacy, while Lady Qi was pampered and greedy, trying to shake the foundation of the country, which was not to blame herself;
Second, Lü Hou came to power, relying on his own authority and means, to continue almost all of Liu Bang's policies and personnel arrangements, and objectively maintained the stability of the Han Dynasty; if the ministers only wanted to protect Lady Qi (Zhou Chang's evaluation) lady Qi and Liu Ruyi, who was out of the country, and caused a court strife pointlessly, it would naturally be more than worth the loss.
The harem battle was like a battlefield, and poor Lady Qi was defeated in this palace fight, and could only swallow the bitter wine she had brewed.
But let's not think that Lü Hou can do whatever she wants, once she poses a threat to the stability of the Han Dynasty, those founding heroes will not sit idly by.
At the beginning, before his death, Liu Bang had made internal arrangements for the follow-up personnel of the imperial court, mentioning four people: Cao San, Wang Ling, Chen Ping, and Zhou Bo. Among them, for Chen and Zhou, he commented: "Chen Ping knows more than enough, but it is difficult to be alone. Zhou Bo was heavy and thick and Shaowen, and Ran An Liu's person bi Bo Ye could be made a lieutenant. ”
Liu Bang is worthy of being a first-class politician, and the Chen and Zhou partners he left behind can be described as one of the most outstanding generals and combinations in Chinese history. These two people have joined forces three times in succession, which can be called a perfect match for "An Liu".
Before Liu Bang's death, he heard that Fan Duo was clamoring to kill Liu Ruyi in the future, so he summoned Chen Ping and Zhou Bo and plotted with them to get rid of Fan Duo. After the two men were on the way together, it was decided that Zhou Bodai Fan Duo would send Fan Duo to Chang'an (rather than beheading them on the spot) in order to defeat Lu Xie and Chen Ping, which not only carried out Liu Bang's arrangement, but also avoided offending the Lü clan;
In 187 BC, after the death of Emperor Hui of Han, Lü Hou's ambitions to take full power swelled, and even violated the alliance of the White Horse and made Lü king, but Chen Ping and Zhou Bo, the left chancellor, expressed their support. In the face of the accusations of the Right Emperor Ling, the two said: "In today's day, the face of the court is disputed, and the subject is not as good as the jun; the whole society, after the Liu clan is fixed, the jun is not as good as the subject." Because the two understood that at this time, Lü Hou was in a strong position, and if the two sides made waves because of this incident, they would lose both sides and bring unpredictable damage to the dynasty.
With the death of Lü Hou, Chen Ping and Zhou Bo began their third cooperation. "Bo and Ping plotted, and the two men first ordered someone to seduce Lü Lu and seize the general seal, and then ordered the soldiers to "leave the left as Liu Shi", and then dispatched troops to kill Zhu Lü on the grounds of "entering the palace to defend the emperor"... Through the combination of the wisdom and strength of Zhou Bo and Chen Ping, the Gongchen clique completely eliminated the usurped Lü clan (to be fair, the Lü clan did not rebel) and once again maintained the Han Dynasty
Seeing this kind of ruthless and ruthless killing decisive scene, do you still think that these people will protect Lady Qi and Liu Ruyi in the first place?