When Emperor Wen was still acting as the acting king of the daiguo, Wei Xuan began to follow him, but he was only a coachman. However, he is not an ordinary coachman, and he can also get the skills of the car. In ancient times, the person who could get a car was not an ordinary person, and according to today's standards, he was a high-level technician without compromise.
After Emperor Wen ascended the throne, because of Wei Xuan's outstanding work performance, Emperor Wen promoted him to the rank of general and served as the prince of Hejian . Later, after Emperor Jing ascended the throne, he adopted a policy of cutting off the domain, and Liu Hao, the king of Wu, launched a rebellion under the banner of "please make a mistake in the qing dynasty and take the side of the Qing emperor". Wei Xuan was ordered to lead the army of the River Stream State to participate in the suppression of the rebellion and made great achievements. Therefore, emperor Jing of Han made him the Imperial Grand Master and ranked third duke. In the last year of the Han Jing Emperor, Liu She resigned, and Wei Xie, as the Imperial Grand Master, succeeded Liu She as the chancellor.
After Emperor Jing's death, Emperor Wu succeeded to the throne, but power fell into the hands of Emperor Jing's mother, Empress Dou. Empress Dowager Dou took advantage of the excuse to dismiss Wei Qicheng from the post of Chancellor. Then why did Empress Dowager Dou drive away the loyal Wei Xuan? I personally think there are the following points:
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First, beliefs are different
At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the country experienced a long war, and the people's lives were miserable and unbeatable. Therefore, the rulers of the Western Han Dynasty all believed in the art of Huang Lao and adopted a policy of recuperation. Both Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing adopted this policy, and the country's economy developed tremendously, and compared with the emperors in the early Western Han Dynasty who could not find four horses with the same coat color, the Western Han Dynasty after Wenjing can be said to be rich enough to flow oil. According to the historical records: "The money of the Kyoshi is huge, and it is decaying and cannot be studied." The corn of Taicang is full of dew and accumulates outside, so that it is inedible and inedible. There are horses in the streets and alleys, and there are herds among strangers, and those who ride the word are not allowed to gather. Empress Dou had experienced the two emperors of Wenjing and was well aware of the benefits of huang lao's art, so empress dowager Dou highly respected the huang lao's art.
However, after the Western Han Dynasty and the Two Emperors of Wenjing, especially after emperor Jing pacified the Seven Kingdoms, the area directly controlled by the imperial court directly doubled, and the princely states could no longer pose a threat to the central government. At this time, many knowledgeable ministers realized that imperial power was in urgent need of the idea of great unity to consolidate, and Confucianism was their best choice. This is contrary to Empress Dou's belief in the Art of Huang Lao.
After Emperor Jing's death, Emperor Wu succeeded to the throne, because Liu Che was only 15 years old at the time, and military and political power fell into the hands of Empress Dou. Empress Dowager Dou naturally opposed other schools. During the reign of Emperor Jing, there was a Confucian scholar, Who said that Lao Tzu was nothing more than a normal remark. As a result, Empress Dowager Dou put Yuangusheng into the wild boar pen, but fortunately Emperor Jing gave him a sword, otherwise his life would not be saved.
Shortly after Emperor Wu ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Dou asked local officials to recommend people who could speak out as officials. Wei Xuan thought about gradually deposing the various schools, and of course he knew that Empress Dou liked the Taoists of huang laozhi. Therefore, Wei Xuan, as chancellor, suggested to Empress Dowager Dou that scholars from the two schools of the Fa and Zonghengjia schools be eliminated among the selected personnel. Although Wei Xuan did not directly name Daoists, his intention was very clear, so this suggestion caused Empress Dowager Dou to be greatly dissatisfied with Wei Xuan.
2. Support the Dou family
As early as Emperor Wen's time, Empress Dou's younger brother Dou Guangguo was a very talented person. Emperor Wen asked Dou Guangguo for advice on many good strategies for governing the country. Emperor Wen also wanted Dou Guangguo to be given a high position, but was opposed by Xiang Xiang and others.
At that time, having just experienced the Zhulu Rebellion, Dou Bao and others were afraid of falling into foreign affairs again. Dou Guangguo was also very clever, and he refused to promote any official positions promoted by Emperor Wen, so at that time, the government and the public had a high evaluation of Dou Guangguo.
Dou Guangguo's resignation does not mean that the Dou family did not have ambitions, and after Emperor Wen's death, he was succeeded by Empress Dou's eldest son Liu Heng. Empress Dowager Dou also began to interfere in imperial politics. At first, Empress Dowager Dou made Emperor Jing and the empress's brother Wang Xin a marquis, wanting to test Emperor Jing's attitude. However, Emperor Jing did not agree, so he shirked and said that he would consult with the minister. At that time, Zhou Yafu, the chancellor, said that Gao Zu had said that those who did not have the surname Liu could not be crowned kings, and those who did not have merit could not be made marquises, nor did they approve of the sealing of wangxin as marquises. Emperor Jing pushed the blame to the chancellor, and although Empress Dowager Dou was dissatisfied, she was not good at attacking.
When Empress Dowager Dou saw that Emperor Jing had said that he would not be crowned marquis without merit, she suggested that Emperor Jing make his nephew Dou Bao a chancellor. Dou Infant had military merit in quelling the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, and the only one who could sit on an equal footing with Zhou Yafu was Dou Infant. Emperor Jing still disagreed, believing that Dou Bao's personality was not suitable for being a chancellor, so in the end he only named Dou Baby as the Marquis of Wei Qi, and promoted Wei Qi, who was cautious in his handling of affairs, to the position of chancellor. Empress Dowager Dou naturally pointed the finger at Wei Xuan, because he became a stumbling block for Empress Dowager Dou. In fact, if there is no such weixuan, there will be a second weixuan. Emperor Jing's control over imperial power was absolute, and when he could not oppose his mother, he would always put the blame on the ministers.
3. Emperor Wu of the Air
During Emperor Wen's reign, Wei Xuan was valued by Emperor Wen, and Emperor Wen rewarded Wei Xuan with six swords to show his greatest trust in Wei Xuan. Of course, Wei Qi was also loyal to Emperor Wen, and Liu Qi, who was still the crown prince at the time, summoned Emperor Wen's close subjects, but Wei Qi refused on the grounds of illness. Later, after Emperor Jing ascended the throne, he originally wanted to alienate Wei Xuan, but Before Emperor Wen died, he praised Wei Xuan in front of him and received Wei Xie. Wei Xuan did not disappoint Emperor Jing either, and also made many achievements in quelling the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms.
Later, Liu She deposed, and Empress Dowager Dou asked Emperor Jing to appoint her nephew Dou Bao as chancellor. Dou Infant had a background in the army, so Emperor Jing was worried that Dou Infant would rebel from a foreign relative like Zhu Lü in the future, so he chose Wei Xuan. Emperor Jing chose Wei Xuan as the chancellor because he was looking at Wei Xuan's duty and serving the emperor wholeheartedly, without two hearts.
After Emperor Jing's death, Wei Xuan accepted Emperor Jing's instructions to assist the young lord. However, after all, Wei Xuan did not have any blood relations with Emperor Wu, and Emperor Jing did not give military power to Wei Xuan in the end, but to his mother Empress Dou. Therefore, Empress Dowager Dou demanded that all political affairs should be reported to her first. At this time, she urgently needed a person who had been her new letter to be the prime minister, and her nephew Dou Bao was the most suitable candidate. Without a patron, Wei Xuan was soon dismissed from the post of chancellor by Empress Dowager Dou for a reason.
During Wei Xuan's tenure as chancellor, he did not have any outstanding achievements, but there was also no fault. However, after the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms was put down, the trend of great unification was unstoppable, and Wei Xuan was very soberly aware that Huang Laozhi's technique could not keep up with the progress of the times. Wei Xuan's resignation was not so much the result of Empress Dowager Dou's struggle for power as it was huang Laozhi's final counterattack in the era.
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