Talking about Qin and saying that Zhao Guanghan, who was incorruptible and discerning in Han (202), dared to break into Huo Guang's mansion and search, why did Emperor Xuan of Han cut him off?
Zhao Guanghan's life was full of legends, incorruptible and discerning, just and upright, not afraid of power, and dared to break into the residence of the powerful minister Huo Guang to search, and his prestige in the people was very high. It is reasonable to say that Zhao Guanghan dared to provoke Huo Shi, who was afraid and hated by Emperor Xuan of Han, and there was no problem in taking sides, but why did Zhao Guanghan not fit in with the imperial court, and he was impeached and sentenced to be beheaded?
Zhao Guanghan was a native of Liwu County, Zhuo County, which was originally part of the Hejian State, which is now Zhuozhou, Hebei. When he was young, he worked as a county official, and because of his outstanding ability, he gradually rose to the rank of Jing Zhaoyin. Zhao Guanghan is good at solving cases and also invented a report box. Therefore, the affairs within the jurisdiction are very clear, and therefore contribute greatly to the prosperity and stability of the capital.
However, Chang'an City is a place where princes, nobles, and rich people gather, and if you throw a stone at random, you may hit a high-ranking official or a rich person, so the local officials in the capital are not easy to do. Therefore, Zhao Guanghan punished corruption and cracked down on the powerful in Chang'an, and he was easily resented. However, Zhao Guanghan did not believe in evil, but instead provoked the Huo family, the most cattle in the capital.
Huo Guang was the elder of the Three Dynasties, and the official worshiped the Great Sima and the Great General, and also the honor of the state abbot, and held a high and powerful position, and even the Han Xuan Emperor was jealous of him. Although Huo Guang had just died, Huo Guang's power in the imperial court was still there, but Zhao Guanghan recognized the principle of death, and he was not afraid of the shadow oblique, and he was not right about things, anyway, whoever had something to do would arrest whom, whether it was the Heavenly King Lao Tzu or the Minfu.
Some people reported that the Huo family illegally brewed wine and slaughtered illegally. So Zhao Guanghan personally led people to the residence of Huo Guang's son, Huo Yu, the Marquis of Boling, to conduct a search. Sure enough, the report proved to be true, and Zhao Guanghan ordered people to smash the Huo family's brewing tools and destroy the brewing plant. Empress Huo wept bitterly and complained to Emperor Xuan of Han that Zhao Guanghan did not give face.
Although at this time Emperor Xuan of Han was just preparing to clean up the Huo family, Zhao Guanghan's investigation and punishment of the Huo family so obviously was not part of his plan, and he wanted to reprimand him, but he could not find a suitable reason, so he called him for two sentences and then stopped. Zhao Guanghan offended most of the people in the imperial court this time, but also indirectly won the favor of Emperor Xuan of Han.
One of Zhao Guanghan's protégés sold liquor privately at the market, which violated the imperial court's prohibition of alcohol, so Zhao Guanghan was reported. Zhao Guanghan filed a case for investigation and found that an important suspect, Rong Animal, was operating this matter behind his back. The man was arrested and interrogated, but somehow Rong Beast died while in detention and was soon exposed.
This became Zhao Guanghan retaliating against the whistleblower, and the matter also reached The Han Xuan Emperor, who sent Yu Shi to be responsible for the review. Under normal circumstances, this little thing can't break the sky, it is obvious that someone is manipulating this matter. At this time, the most powerful person in the imperial court was The Minister Wei Xiang. As a result, Zhao Guanghan launched a close investigation into Wei Xiang.
Just in time, someone reported that the lady of the prime minister had executed the maid privately. Therefore, Zhao Guanghan filed a case to investigate the murder of the maid of the Xiang Mansion. He also personally led the officials and soldiers into the Xiang Mansion, summoned the Lady of the Xiang Mansion to come, and continued the interrogation in public in the courtyard, and after the interrogation, more than ten slaves from the Xiang Mansion were taken away as witnesses to assist in the investigation.
Wei Xiang was a little nervous at this time, and immediately went to Emperor Xuan of Han to express his innocence, saying that the maid was not killed by the lady, but because the maid was negligent, and after being punished by him, he died after being sent to the outer house, which had nothing to do with the lady. The life of a maid is also a life, no matter where she dies, isn't the conclusion that she was killed? Don't you have the right to use torture privately?
Emperor Xuan of Han actually ordered That Zhao Guanghan be imprisoned and imprisoned in the prison of Tingwei, and the result can be imagined, and those who entered the prison were guilty or not guilty, and they said that it did not count. Si Zhi Xiao Wangzhi fell into the well again and wrote a letter of impeachment, saying that Zhao Guanghan had indiscriminately killed innocents, insulted the ministers, and threatened the chancellor, which was a crime of dereliction of duty. In this way, Zhao Guanghan was imprisoned, and no one interceded for him.
When grassroots officials and ordinary people in the capital heard that Zhao Guanghan had been arrested, tens of thousands of people spontaneously came to the palace to intercede for Zhao Guanghan and cry for him. Some people said: "I have no benefit to the emperor by living, and I am willing to die in place of Zhao Jingzhao and let him stay and take care of Xiaomin." However, Emperor Xuan of Han was unmoved and ordered Zhao Guanghan to be beheaded.
Tens of thousands of people interceded for Zhao Guanghan, and some people were even willing to die for Zhao Guanghan, which shows that Zhao Guanghan really did practical things for the common people and had a mass base. Then why did Emperor Xuan of Han insist on letting Zhao Guanghan die, and also sentenced the most cruel kind of death penalty, the waist beheading? There is only one answer, Zhao Guanghan did offend the interests of some people.
Wei Xiang was Emperor Xuan of Han's most capable officer in the process of killing the Huo family, could it be that Emperor Xuan of Han executed Zhao Guanghan in disregard of public opinion in order to return Wei Xiang's favor? If the hypothesis is true, then will it be true that Wei Xiang's wife killed the maid and was reported? Then will it be wei xiangjia who exposed Zhao Guanghan's disciples selling liquor privately; then will Zhao Guanghan's disciples sell liquor privately be framed; then will the local forces after Huo Guanghan's death be filled by Wei's forces? The truth is too terrible, is Emperor Xuan of Han really unclear, or is it not clear? May Zhao Guanghan go all the way.
2020/10/7