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We often see scenes of the emperor rewarding food in TV dramas, but such scenes are usually divided into two situations: one is that the emperor really appreciates the hero and wants to give a certain reward; on the other hand, the emperor is worried that the person will deliberately give the food in question, either to remind the minister to commit suicide or to poison the minister.
As recorded in the Book of Southern Tang and the Biography of Gao, Emperor Li of the Southern Tang Dynasty, considering the high prestige of King Zhou Ben, summoned him and gave him a glass of good wine. Unexpectedly, Zhou Ben found that there was a problem with the wine and gave the wine to Li Dai, which put Li Dai in a dilemma. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, xun Yu, a famous minister, chose to commit suicide after accepting the empty box sent by Cao Cao.
To sum up, as the supreme ruler of the feudal dynasty, the emperor's every move may be a test for the courtiers, and as a courtier, he must be careful and cautious in order to keep his own safety. It is said that reading history can be Mingzhi, here we talk about a typical example, the famous Han Dynasty minister Huo went ill, and accepted more than 10 cars of food from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty on the battlefield.
The resume of Huo's illness is a history of geniuses. Born as a foreign relative, he was the emperor's nephew and general Wei Qing, but he did not become a playboy, but was invincible on the battlefield, attacking the Xiongnu at the age of 17 and obtaining the merit of being a marquis; at the age of 19, he was a feudal official, eliminating tens of thousands of Xiongnu and capturing a large number of upper Xiongnu nobles.
Sweeping through the desert north, opening up Hexi, sealing the wolf Yu Xu, with absolute strength at the age of 21, he was listed with his uncle Wei Qing as the Great Sima and enjoyed the same Feng Lu as Wei Qing, Huo Went's illness was hot and became a red man in front of the emperor. But at the same time, criticism of him followed.
One of them is proposed by Ma Qian, a company that we are very familiar with. Sima Qian pointed out in the "Records of History" that Huo Went ill had many problems with the children of nobles: "It was not easy for him to be a reader, and when he joined the army, the emperor sent eunuchs to ride dozens of cars, and also sent a heavy car and multiple cars to abandon the sorghum meat, but there were still some hungry readers. "。
This means that Huo Went ill from a young age, so he could not understand the suffering of the people, when he was young, he was a great general that everyone envied, but he was not as sympathetic as Wei Qing, Emperor Wu of Han sent more than ten truckloads of grain, he could not finish eating himself, but he refused to give a little to the soldiers, even if they were already hungry and had vegetables.
But in fact, wenchen martial arts were common in all the dynasties and dynasties, and if Sima Qian stood in the position of Huo Qiyi, I am afraid that he would also have to consider whether this delicacy could be eaten in the end. First of all, Huo Wentai did not hesitate to make a surprise attack in the war, and completed the roundabout at the fastest speed, encircling the Xiongnu, and in order to boost the morale of the army, he advocated snatching food from the Xiongnu.
The history books record that Huo went to the sick to fight the war like this: "All those who are heavy are taken away." What the enemy eats, he eats from afar. "Eating the enemy can not only save money for the Han army, but also ensure that the Han army can travel a long distance and go deep into the hinterland of the Xiongnu.
Therefore, after Huo Went ill and became a new upstart at the age of 21, the light on Wei Qing's body hid a lot. Huo Fuyi could not be ignorant of such an arrangement, so it was very likely that he had the pulse of Emperor Wu of Han and created the image of a general who would only fight and would not be bought.
If a general is deeply loved by his soldiers, then the emperor will fear him. Wei Qing belonged to this kind of situation, and Huo Went to the disease learned a lesson and did the opposite. At that time, no one thought that Huo Wentai's illness was considering the long term, but more than 20 years after Huo's death, another major event occurred in the Han Dynasty, which confirmed how clever he was.
This event was known as the "Curse of Witchcraft". Because Liu Zhao, the prince of Wei, was framed and killed Emperor Wu of Han with witchcraft, the Wei family was almost destroyed, and Huo Guang's younger brother Huo Guang, who was obviously inextricably linked to the Wei family, was not affected by any of the disaster.
Not only that, but this was also relied on Huo to take him into the palace as a lang official, Huo Guang, all the way up, assisting The Han Wu Emperor, The Han Zhao Emperor, the Han Abolition Emperor, and the Han Xuan Emperor, ranking one of the "Eleven Great Heroes of the Qilin Pavilion". Emperor Wu of Han's kindness to Huo Guang, in addition to his own caution, the biggest reason was that his brother Huo Went ill left an excellent impression on Emperor Wu of Han.
Historically, the means of production have all been combined with certain science and technology; in the same way, the historical labor force has also been a labor force that has mastered a certain amount of scientific and technological knowledge———— Deng Xiaoping