Speaking of the "habit of breaking sleeves", everyone knows that it is to describe the love between two men, which is a love that is beyond the love of ordinary men and women, some people feel beautiful and sacred, and some people scoff at it.
The "habit of breaking sleeves" originally spoke of the Han Emperor's favor for Dong Xian.
I. How much did the Han Emperor love Dong Xian?
1. The origin of the "habit of breaking sleeves"
Once, during the day, the two slept in the same bed, and Dong Xian's head was tilted towards the Han Emperor, and the sleeve of the Han Emperor was pillowed.
Emperor Han woke up and wanted to get up, but Dong Xian did not wake up.
The Han Emperor could not bear to wake Dong Xian up, so he cut off his sleeve and then got up.
Emperor Han Ai's favor for Dong Xian became more and more fond of dong Xian day by day, and Dong Xian, who had a soft temperament, also knew that he was fortunate to be favored by Emperor Han Ai, not because of talent, but because of abnormal relationships, so he had great means.
In order to consolidate his position and gain the long-term favor of the Han Emperor, Dong Xian usually knew how to cater to the Han Emperor, and in order to better serve the Han Emperor, he did not go home on his days off.
2. "Love House and Wu": The family is promoted
It is worth mentioning that Dong Xian had already married his wife when he was favored by the Han Emperor.
The Han Emperor "loved Wu and Wu", and considering that Dong Xian served himself in the palace and could not meet his wife, he let Dong Xian's wife also enter the palace and live in Dong Xian's residence.
Dong Xian had a younger sister, and the Han Emperor also put her in the harem and made her Zhaoyi.
In order to show his preference for Dong Zhaoyi, the Han Emperor changed Dong Zhaoyi's residence to Pepper Wind, which matched the pepper room where the empress lived.
In short, the Dong family can be described as "one person has ascended to heaven with a chicken and a dog".
Dong Xian's father, Dong Gong, was also favored by his son Dong Xian, and was promoted to the rank of Grand Master of Guanglu, and was also given the title of Marquis of Guannei.
In addition to Dong Xian's father's reward for the title, even Dong Xian's father-in-law and younger brother were favored by the Han Emperor because of him, Dong Xian's father-in-law served as the general master, and Dong Xian's brother-in-law served as the chief king.
3. Wang Jia, the chancellor, objected to giving Dong Xian the title of Marquis and died in vain
Emperor Ai of Han felt that it was not enough, and he wanted to give Dong Xian the title of Marquis, but there was no reason.
Later, he finally found a reason, when he happened to encounter Sun Pet, Shifu Gong and others accusing the wife of the King of Dongping of suing the ghost god during the sacrifice, cursing the people he hated, almost witches and so on, which was forbidden in ancient times.
So the Han Emperor handed the matter over to the relevant departments for handling, found that the facts were clear, and the defendants also confessed their guilt.
Later, emperor Of Han involved Dong Xian in his appraisal of merits, saying that Sun Pet and ShiFu had been accused by Dong Xian of this matter, so that Emperor Han Ai had a pretext for giving Dong Xian the title of Marquis.
Emperor Han Ai wanted to give Dong Xian the title of Marquis, and it was logical to first seal the meritorious personnel who accused him, and then to Dong Xian, but Emperor Han Ai was afraid that Wang Jia would oppose him, and he had some scruples in his heart.
The Han Emperor showed the edict to Wang Jia, and after Wang Jia read it, he and the imperial master Jia Yan went to the secret to oppose this matter, saying that gossip was rampant, and everyone thought that Dong Xian was favored to be made a marquis, and this matter had to be decided by asking the secretary of state and the speaker, otherwise it would lose people's hearts.
Wang Jia was an upright man, he dared to speak directly, but it was too easy to bend, and Wang Jia did not get a good ending.
Wang Jia once secretly played a secret song to denounce the Han Emperor's favor for Dong Xian too much, and the Han Emperor built a mansion for Dong Xian, opened the door to the north gate of the palace, and led the Wang Canal to fill the garden pool, he made utensils for Dong Xian, and after it was made, he had to report it for review before he could send it to Dong Xian.
Even when Dong Xian's family went to the street to buy things, they were accompanied by emissaries sent by the Han Emperor to monitor the transactions, which shocked hundreds of officials and surprised passers-by.
Wang Jia thought that Emperor Han's favor for Dong Xian was too much, and persuaded him, but Emperor Han ai gradually became dissatisfied with Wang Jia.
Later, Wang Jia was maliciously impeached by Kong Guang, the grand master of Guanglu, because of the incident of Liu Yun, the king of Dongping, when Liang Xiang, the court lieutenant, tried the matter, suspected that the matter was an unjust case, and played the Gongqing, hoping to change the matter to the Gongqing for review.
The Han Emperor believed that Liang Xiang and others had two hearts and wanted to help the King of Dongping drag through the winter and then get a commutation of sentence.
Emperor Ai of Han deposed Liang Xiang from his post, but Wang Jia wrote to liang Xiang that liang xiang had talent and virtue, and worked against Emperor Han Ai, and then he also sealed Dong Xian's edict to increase the number of households in the country.
The Han Emperor entrusted the matter to the officials for discussion, and Wang Jia was impeached by Kong Guang and sent to prison, where Wang Jia went on hunger strike for more than twenty days, and finally vomited blood and died.
Wang Jia's death is inseparable from Dong Xian.
Before wang Jia died, he said: "The sages, the former chancellor Kong Guang and the former grand chancellor He Wu, could not recommend them; the evil ones, the father and son of Marquis Dongxian of Gao'an, disturbed the government, but they could not rebuke them." Sin should be put to death, and death without regrets! ”
Second, what is the final outcome of Dong Xian?
When the Han Emperor had just succeeded to the throne, his grandmother Empress Fu and his mother, Empress Ding, were still alive, so the Ding and Fu families were reused and gained power first.
At first, Empress Fu's cousin Fu Xi served as the assistant to Sima Da, but after being removed from office, Emperor Han's uncle Ding Mingming served as Grand Sima and was very competent, but he was jealous of Dong Xian's favor.
When Wang Jia died, Ding Ming sympathized with Wang Jia.
The Han Emperor's obsession with Dong Xian never stopped, and he gave Dong Xian the title of Marquis of Gao'an, and also wanted to give him a higher official position.
So the Emperor of Han took Ding Ming's knife, counted down his guilt, and let him roll up and go home. Then let the 22-year-old Dong Xian replace Ding Ming as the grand sima .
In this way, the relatives of the Dong clan gradually received more favor than the Ding and Fu families.
However, everything "flourished and declined", Dong Xian sat in the position of the Great Sima at a young age, and then he should go downhill.
In the second year of the han dynasty (1 BC), the Han Emperor died in Weiyang Palace, without Dong Xian, who was dependent on him, and the good days came to an end.
When Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun received the news of emperor's death, she decisively took the emperor's jade seal and ribbon, and then summoned Sima Dongxian to ask him how to arrange the funeral of Emperor Han.
Dong Xian's heart was flustered and uneasy, and he could not say anything, so he could only take off his official hat to apologize.
The empress dowager took the opportunity to say that her nephew Wang Mang had handled the funeral of Emperor Xian, and that he would handle it, and Dong Xian could only go down the steps, after which the empress dowager quickly sent emissaries to summon Wang Mang and give the military power to Wang Mang.
Later, at the behest of the empress dowager, Wang Mang deposed Dong Xian from his official position at the palace gate, and Dong Xian, like a dog that lost his family, slipped home.
Probably knowing that the trend was gone, he did not want to be humiliated, so Dong Xian had the backbone to commit suicide after returning home with his wife.
However, even if he died, Dong Xian could not live in peace, because Wang Mang suspected that he was suspended from death, and the relevant personnel also asked to open the coffin for inspection.
Although Dong Xian's father and brother were spared death, they were all dismissed from their posts.
Dong Xian was promoted all the way to Sima Da, but he had no talent himself, so as soon as emperor Han died, he was finished. It is also reasonable that Dong Xian will end up in such a tragic end.