In Liu Bang's life, there were two women who were very important to him, one was Empress Lü and the other was Lady Qi.
Lü Hou was Liu Bang's wife and Liu Bang's political right-hand man.
With decisive and fierce means, Lü Hou helped Liu Bang eliminate the two princes of Han Xin and Peng Yue, which bore Liu Bang the notoriety of killing heroes and made great contributions to stabilizing the political situation in the early Western Han Dynasty.
Lady Qi was Liu Bang's favored concubine, and she was also Liu Bang's soul mate in life.
Qi Ji is young and beautiful, can sing and dance, and is crazy and playing with Liu Bang, which can make Liu Bang temporarily forget the troubles in front of him, and bring Liu Bang unlimited encouragement and the beauty of life.
First, the dispute over the abolition of the crown prince, Lü Hou finally won
The two men were like Liu Bang's right and left arms, each leading the way in Liu Bang's politics and life. The two originally did not violate the river water, and they would be at peace for a lifetime, but Lady Qi began to covet the position of prince, igniting a dispute over the abolition of the prince.
Qi Jixing, often from the Upper Kanto, wept day and night, wanting to establish his son as the crown prince. Lü Hou was older, often stayed behind, hoped to see the upper, and benefited from neglect.
Lady Qi took advantage of Liu Bang's favor and disregarded her own strength to launch a war against Lü Hou through Liu Bang. As far as Lü Hou was concerned, she could sit back and watch her husband spoil other concubines, but she would never allow others to get involved in the position of prince, which was her bottom line, and even Liu Bang could not touch it.
Ruyi was made queen of Zhao, and several generations of princes were counted, and Lai chancellors competed for it, and Hou Ce was retained, and the prince was deposed.
The four of them were gone after their birthdays. Seeing it, Lady Zhao Qi instructed the four of them: "I want to be easy, and the four of them are supplemented, and the wings are already formed, and it is difficult to move." Lü Hou is really and masterful. ”
Although Liu Bang intended to depose Liu Ying, the crown prince, and support Liu Ruyi, the son of Lady Qi, he was met with strong opposition from Empress Lü and his ministers, and finally Zhang Liang offered advice to Lü Hou and invited Shangshan Sihao to dispel Liu Bang's idea of deposing the crown prince.
Second, the back road arranged by Liu Bang still did not avoid the tragic fate of Qi Ji's mother and son
Liu Bang knew very well that once the deposed prince was started, it was an irreparable war, and once Lady Qi was defeated, she was almost doomed to suffer retaliation from Empress Lü. But Liu Bang was a political master, and while playing with Lü Hou and the ministers, he began to arrange a back road for Lady Qi's mother and son.
When King Zhao was ten years old, he was not complete after long live, and Fu Xi Yushi Zhao Yao asked him to be a noble and powerful minister for King Zhao, and those whom Empress Lü, the crown prince, and Qunchen Su respected. Shang: "Who can?" Yao Yue: "Yushi Dafu Chang, his people also." "Shang Nai is Zhao Xiang Of Chang, and Yao Dai Chang is the Imperial Master."
In 197 BC, Liu Bang suddenly proposed the abolition of the crown prince in the court for the first time, but was opposed by many courtiers, especially Zhou Chang, the imperial master. From then on, Liu Bang began to worry about the safety of Liu Ruyi, the King of Zhao, and finally heeded the advice of Fu Xi Yushi Zhao Yao and changed Zhou Chang, who was even jealous of Empress Lü, to the position of The Prince of Zhao's chancellor, shouldering the heavy responsibility of protecting king Zhao.
In the beginning, Emperor Gao was very ill, and people had evil fan groans, Yun: "The party is in the Lü clan, that is, one day on the Yan drive, and wants to use soldiers to curse the zhao king Ruyi's genus." The emperor was furious, and with Chen Pingmou, he summoned Zhou Bo, the Marquis of Dai, to be commanded to go under the bed, saying: "Chen Ping urgently passed on the general Bo Dai, and Ping went to the army, that is, beheaded!" ”
In 195 BC, Liu Bang was seriously wounded and sick from the rebellion against Yingbu, and when he was dying, he heard that Fan Duo was going to lead an army to kill Liu Ruyi, the king of Zhao, after his death, and was greatly angered, and issued a secret order, chen ping and Zhou Bo arrested and beheaded Fan Duo.
Why kill Fan Duo? Because Fan Duo's wife was Lü Hou's sister, Fan Duo and Liu Bang were brothers-in-law. However, Fan Duo was the most capable of leading the troops of the Lü clan to fight, and leaving him behind not only threatened the safety of his son Liu Ruyi, but also threatened the safety of the entire Han Dynasty.
These two arrangements painstakingly made by Liu Bang did not change the fate of Qi Ji's mother and son. When Liu Bang died and the crown prince Liu Ying succeeded to the throne, Lü Hou's power fell to the world, and under the three obstructions of Zhou Chang and the careful care of his son Liu Ying, he still poisoned Liu Ruyi and made Lady Qi an adult pig.
Why did Liu Bang's arrangement fail?
Liu Bang arranged for Zhou Chang to be the minister of zhao and secretly ordered to kill Fan Huan, which was a soup to stop boiling, and it was impossible to avoid the tragic encounter of Qi Ji's mother and son.
As a subordinate, Zhou Chang simply could not fight against Lü Hou's power; if he really killed Fan Huan, it would only make Lü Hou resent Qi Ji.
This battle to win the wife is a life-and-death struggle. Lady Qi is a weak person, Liu Bang and Lü Hou are strong, Lady Qi is relying on Liu Bang to challenge Lü Hou, once Liu Bang, the big patron, falls down suddenly, It is only a matter of time before Lady Qi is liquidated, but the way Lü Hou liquidates is too cruel.
If history repeats itself, can Lady Qi avoid Lü Hou's retaliation, or minimize the intensity of Lü Hou's revenge? I think it's okay.
As a weak person, Mrs. Qi is about to lose her backer, and the first thing to do is to accept the reality of her failure.
Hurry up and put down a noble posture to Lü Hou, with a humble attitude, take the initiative to surrender, and perhaps there is a glimmer of life.
Further, Lady Qi should bundle her own interests to Lü Hou's interest chariot, and the better way is for her son Zhao Ruyi to marry the Lü Hou family, such as Lü Hou's two older brothers and Fan Duo's daughter. In this way, Lü Hou's liquidation should also take into account family affection, which is the best way I can think of.
Of course, Lady Qi could also choose the way of martyrdom and follow Liu Bang to avoid humiliation.
References: "History", "Zizhi Tongjian"
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