He was the most respected minister of the Western Han Dynasty, a tidal wave in the storms of the times, daring to be the first in the world, and at the same time, knowing him from another perspective, he was just a big man with ambition.
Huo Guang in his time,
power
It is very big, this point needless to say, everyone knows, but behind the power, under one person, above ten thousand people, which means that one person must assume the responsibility of ten thousand people.
As one of the ministers of the Orphans, Huo Guang never forgot emperor's instructions throughout his life, was loyal to the Han Dynasty, and assisted the imperial family. Huo Guang successively quelled the rebellions of Shangguan Jie and Sang Hongyang, and in the later period of the reign of Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, he solved the problems of exhausting the army and making great achievements, resulting in an empty treasury, a poor living standard for the people, and halving the number of households.
Liu Fuling died young, and Because Huo Guang left no heirs, he immediately decided to welcome Liu He, the Prince of Han Wu and Emperor Sun Changyi, as emperor, but Liu He was very unhappy, and Huo Guang reported to Empress Shangguan that his great-grandson Liu Was ill was already in the people, and then he welcomed the emperor and turned the Han room into peace.
Generally speaking, people who criticize Huo Guang always make a fuss about his failure to return to the government of the emperor, believing that he does not love power, and even wants the Great Han Jiangshan to change Liu's surname to Huo. The answer is no.
Although Huo Guang was a minister of power, he had different feelings for the Han Dynasty. Huo Guang had a half-brother, that is, the famous general Huo Goyi, under his protection, only entered the palace, as the official of the Suwei Mansion, in the eyes of the world, Huo Wentong's reputation was far and wide, when he was young, Huo Guang was always obscured by the light of his brother, I do not believe that Huo Guang was not depressed because of this, but Emperor Wu of Han changed him, Liu Che appreciated him, cultivated him, got along with him for nearly thirty years, and finally trusted him alone, compared with other ministers of The Orphan, Emperor Wu of Han obviously placed more hope on him, and specially asked the painter to put the " The Zhou Gongfu Dynasty Princes Chart was given to him.
A soldier dies for a confidant, and Huo Guang, more than anyone else, longs to guard the old man in the mountains and rivers.
On the one hand, in addition to the simple emotional factors, Huo Guang personally also has great ambitions, the eldest husband lives in the world, doing some earth-shattering things, but he is very helpless, in his time, he is doomed not to be a virtuous minister, can only be a powerful minister, with power, he can live up to the emperor's grace, down to the people, so that the people of the world can enjoy happiness.
During the time of Emperor Han Zhao, without his dictatorship, how could the young emperor stop the government and the opposition? Although the world says that Liu Fuling is exceptionally intelligent, after all, he has no political experience, and he is too benevolent and too soft-hearted, if he is an ordinary person, this is not bad; but he is an emperor, he must have an iron fist moment.
During the period of Emperor Xuan of Han, his non-relinquishment of power was not for his own selfish interests, but a kind of protection, Liu Yi had no power, and he had no foothold in the dynasty, how could he be in power? How can he become a winner in the surging struggle between the dynasties and the government?
For the Han Dynasty, Huo Guang can be said to have done everything, he is not a sage in the traditional sense, but he did his best to revitalize the imprisoned Han Dynasty.
Some people are like lotus flowers out of the mud for officials, just and righteous, and their names are left in history, but they often cannot benefit the world, because when they achieve their goals, they do not understand that the important thing is to achieve the goal, but must compromise;
Some people are officials, they are good at the art of scheming, sometimes because they are too iron fisted and are snubbed, but such people often promote the development of history and strive for the greatest interests of the people at present, however, the efforts they make are often not understood by the world, and even one-sided evaluation, Huo Guang is obviously the second type of person, but what?
No matter what others say, no matter what others say, no matter how others scold, he only knows what he wants, if the world is stable, it is already worth it.
In the history books, the final outcome of the Huo family is very tragic, after Huo Guang's death, Emperor Xuan of Han finally found a good opportunity to destroy Huo's full door, such an ending, Huo Guang may know from the day he embarked on the road to power, not only his family, even himself, may not be able to end well, but he still embarked on this road without hesitation, because in his heart, the general trend of the world is the most important, than the happiness of all sentient beings, sacrificing all his own lives, even the Huo family Manchu, he will not flinch, such a person, A life full of legends, it is admirable.