The Great Han Dynasty has never lacked powerful subjects, and no matter which generation of emperors cannot be completely changed. These powerful ministers were either relatives of the Emperor or meritorious servants.
For example, the Huo family is famous for a while by virtue of the merits of the champion Hou Huo to go ill. And the powerful minister Huo Guang was also stained with the light of Huo's illness in order to step into his career and become the elder of the Four Dynasties of the Han Dynasty.
Huo Guang was the half-brother of champion Hou Huo. Because Huo went illegitimate to the disease, the two brothers had not seen each other since childhood. It was not until Huo went to the sick officer to pay homage to the general and went out to attack the Xiongnu that he recognized Huo Guang's family.
When Huo returned triumphantly from illness, he deliberately went to his father's house and took Huo Guang, who was only ten years old, to Chang'an to take care of him. After that, he strongly recommended Huo Guang to enter the dynasty as an official. Until Huo's death, Huo Guang had been promoted to The Grand Master of Guanglu, often accompanied by Emperor Wu of Han.
Because Huo Guang had been in and out of the palace for twenty years and had not made a single mistake, he was deeply trusted by Emperor Wu of Han. Therefore, after the death of the crown prince due to the scourge of witchcraft, Emperor Wu of Han planned that Huo Guang would assist the new crown prince Liu Fuling.
Before the death of Emperor Wu of Han, he left a will and appointed Huo Guang as the Grand Sima and Grand General, and was given the title of Marquis of Lie. Together with the other three, he assisted Emperor Zhao of Han.
After Emperor Han Zhao's succession, Shangguan Jie, one of the four auxiliary ministers, wanted to make his daughter empress, but Huo Guang disagreed. Shangguan Jie wanted to go through the door of the eldest princess, and finally got what he wanted. In order to repay Li with peach, Shangguan Jie asked Emperor Zhao of Han to give the eldest princess a title to her lover. As a result, it was rejected by Huo Guang, and the two families have since formed a grudge.
Because Huo Guang was doing things just and upright, he offended many powerful people in the DPRK and China. Shangguan Jie joined forces with Princess Chang, King Yan, and other auxiliary ministers to murder Huo Guang. Under the guise of the King of Yan, Shangguan Ji framed Huo Guang for plotting rebellion.
However, the young Emperor Han Zhao, who had great trust in Huo Guang, did not take the contents of the compromise seriously, and ordered a thorough investigation into who framed Huo Guang. Seeing that he could not get rid of Huo Guang by the emperor's hand, Shangguan Ji prepared to launch a coup d'état, depose Emperor Zhao, establish the King of Yan, and kill Huo Guang.
But before the plan could be implemented, it was revealed. Huo Guang exterminated the entire clan of the auxiliary ministers who were involved in the rebellion. The eldest princess and the King of Yan also committed suicide one after another, and a turmoil disappeared into invisibility.
Because Emperor Han Zhao's trust in Huo Guang during his reign, Huo Guang was able to unleash his fists. He encouraged agriculture, eased relations with the Huns, and allowed the populace to recuperate. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty gradually recovered its depleted national strength after years of conquest, thus laying a good start for the subsequent rule of Zhaoxuan.
Because Emperor Han Zhao died early and left no heirs, Huo Guang made Liu He the Prince of Changyi emperor. However, Liu He was desolate and unscrupulous, and Huo Guang really couldn't bear to look at it, so he deposed Liu He and re-established Emperor Wu's great-grandson Liu Yi as emperor.
After Emperor Xuan of Han ascended the throne, he had great trust in Huo Guang on the surface, but in his heart he was very jealous. Even if you are riding in the same car, you feel like you are on your back. And what happened after that also doomed the demise of the Huo clan.
Huo Guang wanted to make his daughter empress, but Emperor Xuan of Han insisted on making his wife Xu Pingjun empress. Although Huo Guang was unhappy in his heart, he didn't say much, but only prevented Emperor Xuan of Han from giving his father-in-law the title of Marquis.
But the bad is bad, Huo Guang's wife has a grudge against this matter, so she bribes the imperial doctor to poison Empress Xu. After the incident, Huo Guang learned about this matter from the mouth of the imperial doctor, weighed it again and again, and finally hindered the love of husband and wife, and suppressed the matter. Soon after, Huo Guang's daughter finally became empress.
After Huo Guang's death, Emperor Xuan of Han and the empress dowager personally attended the funeral. Emperor Xuan of Han compared Huo Guang to Xiao He and buried him according to the imperial etiquette.
Two years later, Emperor Xuan of Han beheaded the Huo family on the charge of conspiracy against the Huo family, and Empress Huo was deposed. As for whether the Huo family really wanted to rebel or whether it was because of Empress Xu's affairs, it was not known whether they were borrowed by Emperor Xuan of Han to play a role.
Huo Guang bowed to the Han Dynasty all his life, and single-handedly contributed to the second greatest prosperity of the Han Dynasty, the rule of Zhaoxuan. But unfortunately, in his later years, he was jealous of Emperor Xuan of Han and was eventually wiped out. If Huo Guangquan knew about it, he didn't know how he would feel.