What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
As we all know, Liu Bang's empress Lü Yan is definitely a capable person, and she is considered a haojie among women. Because, her life is very successful, often playing with the fate of others in the palm of her hand, but from the perspective of modern people, she seems to be a loser.
During her lifetime, she lived a carefree life, being held and supported by her men. But after her death, those who relied on her, like a changed person, drove all the members of the Lü family out of the imperial court, causing Empress Lü's elaborate family group to collapse in an instant.
Among them, Zhou Bo and Chen Ping were the two most powerful people. During Empress Lü's lifetime, they were often flattered. However, after Empress Lü's death, they became the most diligent people to kill members of the Lü family.
After Lü Hou came to power, he wanted his mother's family to worship the king as well. However, when Liu Bang was alive, he made a pact with his confidant ministers to prohibit such incidents, which made Lü Hou embarrassed. So, she got a lot of ministers to discuss the issue. At that time, Wang Ling firmly said: "This is the decision of the late emperor and it is irrevocable." ”
Later, when the two saw that they had a good opportunity to give them benefits, they immediately stood up and said, "At that time, the former emperor pacified the world and made the people of the Liu family become royals." Now that the empress dowager is in power, her brother should also be a royal family. After hearing this, Wang Ling felt very annoyed, and publicly accused these two people of being unfaithful to the former emperor and not having a face to see the emperor under the Nine Springs in the future!
At that time, Empress Lü saw all this clearly, and she thought that what Wang Ling said was reasonable, but in order to make her family powerful, she had to put this understanding person far away, so as not to cause trouble again. Therefore, in order to achieve his own goals, Lü Hou promoted Wang Ling and asked him to be a taifu.
It seems that his official position has risen again, but in fact, he has been stripped of real power. After this storm, Lü Hou developed great feelings for Chen Ping and Zhou Bo. Because, they can understand the true meaning of the empress, they can continue to pretend that they don't know anything, and help the empress dowager to achieve her goals unconsciously, which is their highlight.
Like the two of them, Liu Bang's eldest son, Liu Fei, was the eldest of his sons. He was crowned King of Qi because he was not a legitimate son.
One year, he went to the capital to meet the emperor, and instead of eating with the emperor according to the etiquette of the ministers and the emperor, he sat on the seat according to the etiquette of their family. At that time, Empress Lü was furious when she heard this, and was ready to send someone to kill him with poisonous wine. Because of the emperor's kindness, he saved his life. Afterwards, Liu Fei became more and more afraid, and he felt that this time he was afraid that he would be more and less fierce.
At this time, his retinue made a suggestion to him, saying: "Great King, you alone have more than 70 cities, but the empress's own daughter, Princess Lu Yuan, has only enjoyed a few cities. So, if you can give the princess a county, the empress dowager and the princess will certainly be very happy. This way, you can defuse the crisis. ”
After hearing this, Liu Fei felt that it was very reasonable, and immediately took the initiative to give up one of his own counties and gave it to the princess. In addition, his actions made Lü Hou feel that this person was not enough to become an atmosphere, so he pulled him into his camp. So, not only did he return to the fiefdom, but his two sons also became princes and enjoyed the taxes of the fiefdom.
Before Empress Lü died, she constantly summoned her cronies to talk. Because, she knew that some of the ministers around her would definitely rebel after her death and overthrow the Lü clique she had established. At that time, she specifically said to her brothers: "Now, the people of the Lü family are in power in the imperial court, and many ministers will definitely have resentment in their hearts." If I die, they might come out and make trouble. You must protect yourself and don't let my efforts over the years be wasted. ”
It can be seen that Lu Yan is very thoughtful, but she does not realize that those who please her at the beginning are the real killers.
After Empress Lü's death, Chen Ping and Zhou Bo finally set out to create various traps for the Lü family to surrender military power. On the other hand, Liu Fei's son led an army into the palace and ordered that all men, women and children of the Lü family be executed. In the end, Liu Heng was put on the emperor's throne, realizing the long-cherished wish of the Liu family to be alone.