Gongsun He was not a Han Chinese, but a Hu person. During the reign of Emperor Jing of Han, his father Gongsun Hun was given the title of Marquis of Pingqu by Emperor Jing of Han for his contribution to the suppression of the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms. Later, Liu Che was made crown prince, and Emperor Jing of Han needed some people of high moral character and ability to be crown princes. Emperor Jing of Han saw that Gongsun He had some military merits at that time and was the son of Gongsun Hun, the Marquis of Pingqu, so he made him the crown prince. Since then, Gongsun He's fate has been closely linked to Liu Che.
Because the two played from childhood to adulthood, the relationship was also particularly good, and after Emperor Wu married Wei Fuzi, he also matched Gongsun He and Wei Fuzi's sister together. Can the relationship between Gongsun He and Emperor Wu be said to be pro-superior?
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After Shi Qing's death, Emperor Wu of Han promoted Gongsun He to the rank of chancellor. What is unexpected is that usually others think of the chancellor who breaks their heads, gongsun He actually resigned. Moreover, holding Emperor Wu's leg, he said with a handful of snot and tears that he was not qualified for the position of chancellor. Emperor Wu was angry, threw down the seal, and turned to leave. Gongsun He had no choice but to do this.
What about the beggar that others rushed to do, but Gongsun He did everything to shirk it? Emperor Wu of Han was a very powerful emperor, and his power was greatly weakened. Therefore, most of emperor Wu of The Han Dynasty's ministers could not take care of the aftermath. After Gongsun Hong's death in office, Li Cai, Zhuang Qingzhai, and Zhao Zhou all committed suicide in office, and even Shi Qing, who was low-key, received reprimands from Emperor Wu many times. Gongsun He was born as a general, so it was difficult to be cautious and cautious, and it was impossible to do everything to the satisfaction of Emperor Wu. If this is the case, losing your position is a small matter, and a big one is a life-threatening situation. Gongsun He deeply understood this, so he was so resistant to the position of chancellor in his heart.
Gongsun He prayed that bad luck would not come, but it backfired, and in 91 BC, the "Witch Rebellion" broke out, and Gongsun He's father and son were implicated in this and died in prison.
First, military merit is not outstanding
Gongsun He was crowned marquis for military merit, and his military talent was not so prominent, and it can only be said that he was very lucky here. He led his army to attack the Xiongnu six times, five of which were fruitless. The only time was in the fifth year of Yuan Shuo, when the main general Wei Qing led an army of 30,000 to fight against the Xiongnu, and Gongsun He went with him. Due to the paralysis of the Xiongnu Right Sage King, Wei Qing rushed to attack the Right Xian King's base camp. In the face of the sudden Han army, the Xiongnu Right Xian King had no time to command the army, but was defeated by the Han army, and the Right Xian King fled in a hurry. Although Wei Qing was unable to capture the Right Xian King, they captured more than a dozen minor kings, more than fifteen thousand men and women, and tens of millions of cattle under the Right Xian King.
Emperor Wu of han was very satisfied with this campaign, and Wei Qing, who originally had 3,800 households of food, increased the number of food estates by 8,700, which was a veritable marquis of ten thousand households. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made Gongsun He the Marquis of Nanyi (南奅侯) of 1,300 households.
It can also be seen from his food that Gongsun He's contribution to this battle is far less than Wei Qing's, and even said that Gongsun He entrusted Wei Qing's blessing.
This is not my nonsense, in 112 BC, when Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty was sacrificing at the Zongmiao Temple, he strictly inspected the gold that the princes paid tribute to, and found that there were 106 princes who offered insufficient gold or were not in good color. Emperor Wu of Han ordered all 106 princes to be removed from their posts, including Gongsun He.
The marquis was dismissed, but Gongsun He's wife was after all Empress Wei's brother-in-law, and Emperor Wu of Han could not bear to see that Gongsun He did not have a title. So he thought that Gongsun He would follow Wei Qing and attack the Xiongnu as a general on the left, but all three times were fruitless.
Therefore, Gongsun He's military merits are not very prominent.
On the other hand, the opportunities were missed again and again, and the time passed day by day, and Emperor Wudi of Han understood that it was difficult for Gongsun He to be crowned marquis through military merit. At this time, he happened to encounter Shi Qing, who died in the post of chancellor, and Emperor Wudi of Han wanted Gongsun He to be the chancellor, first, he was at ease, and second, he could use this to make him a marquis. Emperor Wu of Han was preoccupied with Gongsun He, but Gongsun He did everything he could to push back, and Emperor Wu was naturally very unhappy.
Second, the Wei family was left out in the cold
As he grew older, Wei Zifu gradually grew older. Of course, Emperor Wu of Han, who had been in love all his life, would not always favor Wei Zifu. Behind Wei Fuzi, Emperor Wu of Han successively favored Lady Wang, Lady Li, Lady Yin Jieyu, Xing Jie'e, and Zhao Jieyu. None of these people could shake the position of Empress Weifuzi, which was not that Emperor Wudi of Han still liked WeiFuzi, but that Emperor Wudi of Han had no choice.
"Mother by son" and "son by mother" are sometimes complementary, and before Liu Fuling was born, the other sons of Emperor Wu of Han were overwhelmed. If Emperor Wu of Han deposed the empress, it would be difficult for the crown prince to be left alone, but Emperor Wu was not at ease about passing the throne to other sons. After Liu Fuling was born, Emperor Wu found that he was extremely similar to himself, so he was extremely fond of him. Mother and son were favored, which was a lurking worry for the crown prince Liu Zhao, on the other hand, after the death of Wei Qing and Huo Qi, the influence of the Wei family was not as great as before, and the crown prince Liu Zhao and Emperor Wu's rule. The concept of the state was also completely different, and Emperor Wu also had a lot of dissatisfaction with the crown prince. Prince Liu Zhao, the prince of Naiyu, had been on the throne for a long time and was deeply supported by many upright ministers in the imperial court, and Emperor Wu was not easy to change the crown prince. Even the prince's opponents did not dare to confront him, and everything was only waiting for the time when the prince made a mistake.
Third, the son loves to cause trouble
Accompanying the king like a companion to the tiger, Gongsun He has been cautious in everything since he took over as chancellor, for fear of angering Emperor Wu and causing his life to be in danger. However, the son is not a fuel saving lamp. At the beginning, Emperor Wu worshipped Gongsun He as the same person, and also appointed Gongsun He's son Gongsun Jingsheng as a servant of the Nine Qings. From this, we can see that Emperor Wu of Han attached great importance to the Gongsun family, but Gongsun Jingsheng actually embezzled nineteen million yuan of military expenses of the Northern Army. Originally, the imperial court's inventory was not sufficient, and I heard that Gongsun Jingsheng had embezzled the army. Fei, Emperor Wu was furious and arrested Gongsun Jingsheng. Catch in. prison.
When Gongsun He saw his son committing a crime, he wanted to save him. At that time, there was a ranger named Zhu Anshi, who was arrested by the imperial court for committing crimes but has never been arrested, and even Emperor Wu of Han has no way to do anything. Gongsun He met with Emperor Wu of Han and requested that Zhu Anshi be captured to atone for his son's sins. Emperor Wu usually hated rangers, so he agreed to Gongsun He's request.
The emperor made it difficult to catch people, and it can be seen that this Zhu Anshi is not an idle person, and there must be people from the imperial court behind him. However, Gongsun He understood that Zhu Anshi was not returning. In this case, the son must have been imprisoned, so Gongsun He spared no effort to hunt down Zhu Anshi. Zhu Anshi was quickly arrested by Gongsun He.
After Zhu Anshi went to prison, he knew that he would not be able to escape death, and he began to frantically retaliate against Gongsun He. Zhu Anshi wrote a letter in prison accusing Gongsun of three major crimes: first, he had an affair with Princess Yangshi, the daughter of Emperor Wu of Han; second, he meant that the shaman cursed the emperor during the sacrifice; and third, Shangganquan Palace buried puppets on the chi road and cursed the emperor with very vicious language. Those who opposed the crown prince finally found an opportunity, and they used Zhu Anshi to attack Gongsun He and the crown prince. Emperor Wu of Han was usually most jealous of others' use of witchcraft, so he ordered a thorough investigation of this matter. Gongsun He's father and son both died tragically in prison, and this matter has only just begun. Until the end, the prince killed herself and the queen hanged herself, and more than 100,000 people were implicated.
Gongsun He pushed off the post of Chancellor on the spot, and only wanted to save his own life. But I didn't expect that in the end, the entire empress family would be implicated, and if I returned to the beginning, I believe that he would rather be killed than accept the position of prime minister.