The Xiongnu in ancient China as a border nomadic people intruded china's ancient dynasty for 800 years, in some cases, even almost overthrew the Central Plains Dynasty, so the rulers of the past have been to resist the Xiongnu problem headaches, even the former Qin Shi Huang has not completely cleaned up the Xiongnu, can only build the Great Wall in the north and send the general MengTian to garrison the border, and Mengtian also lived up to the expectations of the people, retreating the Xiongnu eight hundred miles away.
Therefore, in many cases, the stability of China's ancient dynasties often needed a strong general to fight against the Xiongnu, and when it came to the generals who fought against the Xiongnu, they had to mention the Huo disease of the Han Dynasty, he led the army to defeat the Xiongnu many times and carried out devastating blows to the Xiongnu regime, so Emperor Wu of Han read such a feat as Huo Toyi, plus he was stationed on the border for many years, so he sent ten carts of meat to reward the soldiers, but Huo went to the disease rather than give it to the soldiers, and the reason for this was not known until 26 years later.
Strength plus opportunity, turn life around
Huo's origin was not noble, he was the son of Huo Zhongru, a minor official of the Marquis of Pingyang, and the maid Wei Shao'er, in other words, he was also a slave class person, and if there was no accident, there would not be much achievement in this life, after all, this identity and status were placed here, how could someone reuse him? However, the heavens took care of him and let him have a good aunt, and this woman was Wei Zifu, the favorite concubine of Emperor Wu of Han at that time.
Because Wei Zifu was outstanding in appearance, able to sing and dance, and was deeply loved by Emperor Wu of Han, and later gave birth to a son for Emperor Wu of Han, so her status was even higher, and Huo Zhiyi and his mother, as the immediate family of the favored concubine, were naturally promoted, got rid of the slave class, and jumped into the family figures of high society.
The hardships experienced in the early years made Huo Goyi understand that even if he became a figure of the upper class, he could not stand still, and only by working hard to improve his strength could he really gain a foothold in the court, and could he also seek his own foothold, otherwise the incompetent and incompetent would eventually face the end of defeat, so Huo Wentyi began to study hard, practice martial arts, and at a young age he already had a good martial art, and he was also familiar with the tactics of war.
Coupled with the fact that his uncle Wei Qing happened to be a general in the middle of the dynasty to fight against the Xiongnu, Huo Went ill smoothly entered the military camp, after which he went out to fight with his uncle, after years of training, Huo Went ill has gradually grown into a general who can stand alone, and is also outstanding among many generals, with outstanding military achievements.
With his own ability, Huo Wentai disease soon received the attention of Emperor Wu of Han, for such a talent Emperor Wu of Han naturally to be reused, and even Emperor Wu of Han wanted to marry him, but he did not expect to be rejected by Huo Go Disease, because Huo Went Sick said that "the Xiongnu are not destroyed, there is no home for it", which is enough to see his determination to resist the Xiongnu, the belief in defending the family and defending the country, and because of this sentence, Emperor Wu of Han paid more and more attention to him after this.
If you do high, you will inevitably be jealous
In fact, there was another reason why Emperor Wudi of Han promoted Huo to illness, that is, at that time, Huo's uncle, wei Qing, made too many meritorious achievements, and his prestige in the military and even in the court was getting higher and higher, for such a hero who fought against the Xiongnu, everyone would naturally pay the highest respect, but such a situation inevitably made Emperor Wudi of Han feel jealous, after all, he was the courtier of the monarch How could he be so beautiful? Coupled with the fact that Wei Qing had heavy troops in his hands, if he had done a great job in gaining power, it would not be easy to seek power and usurp the throne in the future.
In order to avoid this outcome, Emperor Wu of Han chose a new general to replace Wei Qing, and the person he chose was Huo Qiyi, so he vigorously suppressed Wei Qing on the one hand, and on the other hand, he constantly improved the status of Huo Qiyi, until finally, Huo Quyi took over his uncle's position, and also became a great general against the Xiongnu.
But what Emperor Wu of Han did not expect was that Huo Wentai was stronger than his uncle, and defeated the Xiongnu army many times in the confrontation with the Xiongnu, causing many Xiongnu to see him and flee in fear, and the army collapsed, Huo Wentai also took advantage of the victory to pursue, directly drove the Xiongnu to the area north of the desert, and solved the problem of the Xiongnu's long-term invasion of the Han Dynasty border, but although the problem of breast milk was solved, there was another problem, that is, Huo's reputation was more prosperous than his uncle, which undoubtedly caused Emperor Wu of Han to be jealous of him.
This time there was no replacement for Huo's disease, and it could not be replaced, how could such a rare general Emperor Wu of Han not reuse it, but as an emperor, he also had to worry about the stability of his political power, so he sent people to send a whole ten carts of meat in the name of treating the soldiers, you must know that in ancient times, the materials were extremely scarce, let alone ten cars of meat, that is, ten trucks of grain were also extremely important materials, but Huo went to the disease after receiving these ten carts of meat and did not give them to the soldiers to eat, and in the end even stinked. So what is the reason for him to do this?
Foresight, the truth behind it is like this
There are two main reasons why Huo went to the disease and why he would rather not give these ten carts of meat to the soldiers to eat, first of all, the first reason is that he is afraid that the soldiers will become extravagant after eating meat and can no longer accept the hard life on the border, after all, the old saying goes, "from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift", if this situation really occurs, then the army's combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, the army's morale will be scattered, then it will be difficult to unite the troops to fight in the future.
Secondly, from the perspective of Emperor Wudi of Han, the reason why Emperor Wudi of Han sent so much meat was to test Huo's loyalty to him, and even more to see what kind of person Huo went ill with, if he really distributed these meats to his soldiers, then Emperor Wudi of Han was likely to target him, why did he say so?
Because the meat rewarded by the emperor was handed over to huo to go to the hands of huo, and if huo went to give these meat to the soldiers again, it would not be a public fat and private, to put it bluntly, it was a contest between the emperor and the courtiers.
And Huo went to the disease of course to see the idea behind this, naturally also chose to just as a reward, do not dare to eat, the facts proved that his practice is very correct, in 26 years later, a major event occurred in the imperial palace of the Han Dynasty, that is, the "scourge of the witches", the number of people implicated in this incident was as high as tens of thousands, even Emperor Wu of Han's favorite concubine Wei Zifu was also implicated, the crown prince Liu Zhu was also killed, and the Wei Qing family was also exterminated, on the contrary, the Huo family, because of their daily caution, so they were spared.
epilogue
It is worth mentioning that although Huo Wentai was young and promising, but because of the perennial conquest, coupled with the poor life on the border, unfortunately he was seriously ill, and he suddenly died at the age of 24, and Emperor Wudi of Han was even more grief-stricken, and even held an unprecedented funeral for him, and the three armies lined up around to escort the coffin.
And Emperor Wu of Han was also in tears because of the loss of his beloved general, indeed, Huo Went ill did not make any mistakes in his life, and he contributed everything he had to the country such a hero worthy of admiration by future generations.
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