Emperor Xuan of Han's Emperor Liu Guang was promoted to the throne by the powerful minister Huo Guang, so Liu Guang obeyed Huo Guang and obeyed him. But there is only one exception: the establishment of the empress. At that time, the Qunchen thought that Huo Guang's younger daughter Huo Chengjun should be made empress, and even collectively petitioned, but in the face of this situation, Liu Qian issued an inexplicable edict: Shuo had a sword in the slight cold, and now he misses him very much, and who can help me find it back (Shang Nai Zhao asks for the sword of Wei Shi).
The ministers pondered the emperor's intentions and finally thought of Xu Pingjun, the woman who had accompanied Liu Xiang when he was still a commoner. Therefore, the ministers wrote to request that Xu Pingjun be made empress, and Liu Pingjun immediately agreed, and Xu Pingjun eventually entered the Eastern Palace and became the empress of the Great Han.
This is the allusion of "the love of the old sword", this edict to find the old sword, is the emperor's promise to ordinary women, even if Liu Qing is in the temple today, he still has not forgotten his wife with hair, and even rebelled against the powerful minister Huo Guang, just for the "old sword" in his heart, the words are deep, the love is cut, and people are moved.
So how did Liu Xiang and Xu Pingjun meet in the cold?
A ridiculous coup d'état
Emperor Xuan of Han was a great-grandson of Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, and a grandson of Liu Zhao, the crown prince. If all had gone according to normal, Liu Qian would have been crowned king, crown prince, and then ascended to the throne with the support of his courtiers, but all this had one premise: there was no scourge of witchcraft.
Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty was superstitious about witchcraft in his later years, and once after sleeping late during the day, Liu Che dreamed that he was attacked by dozens of villains, and thus woke up. Since then, he has felt a headache and his physical condition is too bad, so he suspects that he has been cursed by someone using witchcraft. So he sent Jiang Chong as an emissary to investigate the witches.
At that time, Jiang Chong had a vendetta against crown prince Liu, so he framed the prince for burying voodoo puppets in the room, and also wrote great rebellious words on the puppets. The prince was very frightened, because the people who had been found in the past had a miserable fate. Therefore, in a hurry, he rebelled and killed Jiang Chong.
Emperor Wu of Han was furious when he heard of the prince's rebellion, and ordered Cheng Xiang to raise an army to quell the rebellion, and dispatched three auxiliary soldiers as support, but the crown prince Liu Zhao, because he had raised an army in a hurry, was ill-prepared, and the result was a mountain of defeat. He eventually fled to Hu County and hanged himself.
At this time, Liu Xiang, who was in infancy, was convicted and imprisoned because of his involvement, fortunately, at that time, the crown prince Liu Zhi was generous and benevolent, and although many ministers could not write to wash away Liu Zhi's grievances, they could take care of Liu Zhen's mother and son. Liu Xiang also survived as a result.
Second, from a commoner to an emperor
Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, who had killed the crown prince, later woke up completely after being reminded that he knew that the prince had no choice but to rebel, but because of his impulsiveness, he raised an army against the prince and forced the prince to hang himself, so he regretted it very much. Zhu Sizitai came to remember the crown prince, but for the sake of face, he did not issue an edict to release Liu Qian and others.
When Emperor Wu of Han died and Emperor Liu Fuling of Han Zhao ascended the throne, he ordered the release of Liu Que and others. At this time, Liu Qing was able to get out of prison and live in the Ye Ting (where the harem female officials lived). At that time, the people who managed the court were old subordinates of the crown prince Liu Zhao, so they took good care of Liu Xiang.
At that time, there was a small official in the court named Xu Guanghan, who was Xu Pingjun's father. At that time, Xu Pingjun himself had a marriage contract, but on the eve of the marriage, the person suddenly fell ill and died. At this time, Xu Pingjun's wedding dress and dowry were ready, so Xu Guanghan adhered to the principle of no extravagance and no waste, and married Xu Pingjun to Liu Yuan.
Xu Guanghan was working in the Court of Ye, and it can be said that he grew up watching Liu Yuan, and he naturally knew Liu Yuan's temperament. He knew that Liu Xiang was a kind person, although Liu Xiang had the blood of the Han Dynasty's relatives in his body, but at this time, Liu Xiang's identity as an imperial prince had been abolished and he had become a shu person, but Xu Guanghan did not look down on Liu Xiang because of this. Instead, he betrothed his daughter to him.
After marriage, the relationship between the two was very good, and they had their own children after a year. However, at this time, an incident broke the peaceful life of the two, that is, the Han Zhao Emperor Liu Fuling died, so the people elected Liu He, the king of Changyi, as the new emperor.
As a result, Liu He was absurd and embarrassed, and not only forcibly recruited the women of various places during his term of office, but also lost his mind, so the powerful minister Huo Guang deposed Liu He and demoted him to the Marquis of Haixia under the advice of everyone, and Liu He became emperor for a total of twenty-seven days.
After deposing Liu He, the chancellor Huo Guang remembered Liu Que and invited Liu Que into the palace. He was made emperor for Emperor Xuan of Han.
Third, "The Old Sword Is Deep" and Liu Qian's revenge
After Liu Pingjun ascended the throne, he was obsessed with Xu Pingjun, and although the chancellor of the court requested Liu Pingjun to make Huo Chengjun, the daughter of Huo Guang, an empress in order to cater to Huo Guang, Liu Pingjun insisted on making Xu Pingjun empress out of his commitment and affection for Xu Pingjun.
After Xu Pingjun became empress, he was jealous of Huo Guang's wife Huo Xian. She always thought that her daughter Huo Chengjun was worthy to be the empress, so she took advantage of Xu Pingjun's pregnancy and could not eat cold food, so she took the opportunity to put an appendage into Xu Pingjun's soup medicine. Xu Pingjun was also poisoned and died. Emperor Xuan of Han was very sad when he learned of this, but because Huo Guang was so powerful, he could not yet confront him, so he could only give up. He posthumously honored Xu Pingjun as "Empress Gong mourning" and buried him in Duling South Garden.
After Xu Pingjun's death, the ministers wrote again, requesting that Huo Chengjun, the daughter of Huo Guang, be made empress, and Liu Had no choice but to compromise and make Huo Chengjun empress.
Huo Chengjun became the empress as she wished, and with the protection of her father Huo Guang, she flew in the palace, arrogant and abnormal, Liu Xiang was outwardly obedient to Huo Chengjun, but in fact, the flame of revenge was planted like a seed in Liu Yuan's heart and took root.
In the second year of the Han Dynasty (68 BC), the powerful minister Huo Guang died, and Liu Qing buried Huo Guang with great momentum. In the fourth year of the DiJie (66 BC), the Huo Guang family rebelled, and Liu Qing sent troops to suppress them as much as possible, and all those involved in the coup were killed or committed suicide. In August of the same year, Liu Qing deposed Huo Chengjun as empress dowager on the pretext of conspiring to poison the crown prince and imprisoned him, and Huo Chengjun committed suicide in fear of his crime. At this point, Liu Xu finally avenged Xu Pingjun, who was "deeply in love with the sword".
The edict "The Love of the Sword" is a love letter written by Liu Qing to Xu Pingjun, who insisted on making his wife Xu Pingjun empress, despite the threats of his ministers and the ministers' letters. On the contrary, Xu Pingjun also helped Liu Xiang a lot, and Xu Pingjun did not abandon him when he was in distress, and after he ascended the throne, he still accompanied the attendants, diligent and thrifty, and did not have arrogance and pride.
Liu Pingjun's inseparable, Xu Pingjun's acquaintance with each other let us see the greatness in ordinary love, as if these two people are not emperors and empresses, but a loving couple of folk. After becoming emperor, Liu Qing was indeed able to detect the sufferings of the people, promulgated many policies to benefit the people, and became a generation of Ming emperors.
Reference: Book of Han