40 Twenty-Seven Emperors (Vol. XXII, Han Dynasty XV)

The son of the left general Shangguan Jie married the eldest daughter of the great general Huo Guang and had a daughter, on this day Shangguan Jie came to Huo Guang and wanted to send his granddaughter to the harem, and later become an empress, which could make the two families richer.

Huo Guang said, "She's only six years old, so let's wait until she's older." ”

Shangguan Jie complained with dissatisfaction in his heart: "I originally followed Li Guangli on the western expedition to Dawan, made great achievements, and your status was above you, and you only relied on huo's status as a sick brother to be favored by emperor Xiandi and appointed as an auxiliary minister, Your Majesty is young, you decide everything yourself!" ”

When Shangguan Jie came out of the palace, he met Princess Gaichang, Princess Gaichang's husband died, and there was a lover named Ding Wairen, Shangguan Jie was moved in his heart, went forward to talk to Princess Gaichang, and took the opportunity to introduce: "This is my granddaughter." ”

Princess Gaichang said, "Looks very iconic." ”

Shangguan Jie said, "Do you see that she has the blessing of being an empress?" ”

Princess Gaichang smiled and did not speak, and Shangguan Jie said, "If she sits on the throne of the Empress with the help of the Eldest Princess, she will definitely remember the kindness of the Eldest Princess in the future." ”

Princess Gaichang agreed, and when Shangguan became empress, she was only six years old, and the emperor Liu Fuling at this time was only eight years old, and he was not in good health since he was a child, and the soup medicine did not leave his body.

Once, Shangguan Jie's good friend broke the law, and Shangguan Jie went to ask Huo Guang, hoping that he could be extrajudicial, and Huo Guang said: "The law does not pay attention to human feelings, and since you are an important minister in the DPRK, you should lead by example." ”

When Princess Gaichang heard about this, she paid twenty horses to the imperial court and atone for the sins of Shangguan Jie's friends, and Shangguan Jie was grateful to Dai De and wanted to give Princess Ding Wairen a marquis on behalf of Princess Gaichang, so that in the future, Ding Wairen could marry Princess Gaichang, and the two of them were justifiably together. After Shangguan Jie's granddaughter became empress, she often took advantage of Huo Guang's absence to handle political affairs by virtue of her status as the abbot of the state, and on this day Huo Guang went out of the palace to handle affairs, and Shangguan Jie entered the palace to find Liu Fuling and proposed that he wanted to give Ding Wairen the title of Marquis.

After Huo Guang returned, Liu Fuling told Huo Guang about this matter, and Huo Guang went to Shangguan Jie and said to him: "Emperor Gaozu has made a stipulation that no one can be crowned a marquis without merit, and the identity of Ding Wairen is boiling, and everyone knows that if he is given a marquis, then wouldn't it be a joke for the people to see?" ”

Shangguan Jie and Princess Gaichang gritted their teeth at Huo Guangqi, and the two cursed Huo Guang together, just at this time, the emissaries of Liu Dan, the King of Yan, came to the capital, and Shangguan Jie said to Princess Gaichang: "Liu Dan, the King of Yan, has always wanted to be an emperor, and in terms of the order of elders and children, he is also the most qualified, but he originally collected criminals and angered the former emperor." After the death of Emperor Xian, the King of Yan wanted to establish a temple in the Yan Kingdom, but Huo Guang refused, so he always resented Huo Guang. ”

After the two of them discussed, they decided to cooperate with the King of Yan to jointly deal with Huo Guang, Shangguan Jie found the emissary and gave him a lot of gold and silver jewelry, the emissary happily accepted it, and Liu Dan, the King of Yan, was also very happy after hearing about it, and sent someone to send a lot of treasures to Princess Gaichang, and privately asked: "Your Majesty has been in poor health, if I die one day, am I the most suitable candidate for the succession?" ”

Princess Gaichang said, "Of course, after taking down Huo Guang, it is not up to us to decide." ”

A long time later, Huo Guang went out of the palace to try out the Yulin Army exercises, and Princess Gai Chang and Shangguan Jie decided to frame Huo Guang, and Shangguan Jie said, "But Your Majesty trusts Huo Guang very much, and if we inform him, he may not believe it." ”

Princess Gaichang said, "Then in the name of King Yan, he is His Majesty's brother, and His Majesty will definitely listen to him." ”

The two wrote a secret letter in the name of Liu Dan, the King of Yan, reporting that Huo Guang had used the etiquette of the Son of Heaven when he was testing the Yulin Army, cutting off the traffic of passers-by, and mobilizing the shogunate lieutenants to prepare for rebellion.

After receiving the letter, Liu Fuling pressed aside and did not react.

When Huo Guang heard about this incident when he returned to the palace, he was afraid in his heart, and he wandered outside the palace and did not dare to enter, Liu Fuling asked, "Why hasn't the great general come yet?" ”

Someone below said, "The great general heard that the King of Yan reported him and did not dare to go to the temple." ”

Liu Fuling said, "Let him come up." ”

The guards escorted Huo Guang to the front of the temple, and Huo Guang fell to his knees on the ground in fear.

Liu Fuling took out the letter and threw it in front of Huo Guang, saying, "This is the report letter, the great general to see, is there anything wrong in it?" ”

Huo Guang did not understand Liu Fuling's meaning, and did not dare to speak for a long time, Liu Fuling said: "The great general has no doubts, but I have." When I received this letter, it was only ten days before the great general went out of the palace to examine the Yulin Army, and in just ten days, everything the great general had done outside, did the Yan king in the far north already know everything and write the evidence of the great general's crime and send it to Chang'an? Moreover, this handwriting was not written by King Yan. Shangguan Jie, you see? ”

Shangguan Ji knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty is wise, and the minister will definitely arrest this man." ”

Liu Fuling lifted up Huo Guang and said to the group of ministers: "The great general is the assistant minister selected for me by the former emperor, loyal and loyal, who dares to slander the great general again, don't blame me for not being polite." ”

Weicheng County made Hu Jian very poor when he was young, when he served as a military official, and lived in a small broken house with his messenger, Hu Jian was very good to the servant, so the servant was very loyal to him.

The overseer Yushi chiseled through the walls of the Northern Army's fortress and built a room to sell goods for profit, and Hu Jian reported it upwards, saying that he would severely punish the imperial history of the overseer army.

Hu Jian said: "Piercing through the hole violates the regulations on the formation of camps, and according to military law, it should be punished by death." ”

The clerk said, "I'll reflect upwards, and you'll leave it alone." ”

Hu Jian later learned that the wen official had received money from the overseer Yushi, and when he returned, he said to his servants, "I want to kill someone." ”

The servant asked, "Why did the Lord kill him?" ”

Hu Jian said: "He bribed upwards and violated military law for personal gain, and now he does not care about the above." ”

The servant said, "In that case, I will help the adults kill him." ”

Hu Jian said: "But his official position is higher than mine. ”

The servant said, "Even if he is an emperor, if he violates heavenly reason, I will help the adults kill him." ”

Hu Jian said: "You can rest assured, I will bear the consequences with all my might." ”

On the day of the election of the horse, Hu Jian and the messenger went to the hall porch to meet the overseer Yushi, and Hu Jian gave the messenger a look, and the messenger drew his sword and killed the overseer Yushi.

Hu Jian wrote a letter of encapsulation and reported it to Liu Che, the Emperor of Han at the time, telling him about the whole process of killing the imperial history of the overseer army, and he committed the following crimes, killed his superiors without authorization, and asked Liu Che to punish him with death.

Liu Che said: "What is wrong with what you did?" ”

Liu Che promoted Hu Jian to weicheng county, and Hu Jian was politically clear-cut, selfless in iron-faced, and loved by the people.

Princess Gaichang's lover Ding Wairen had a conflict with Jingzhao Yin Fan Fu, and after Fan Fu resigned due to illness, Ding Wairen sent assassins to kill Fan Fu.

Hu Jian sent officers and soldiers to arrest Ding Wairen, and Ding Wairen hid in the Gaichang Princess Mansion, and Hu Jian surrounded the Chang Princess Mansion with his servants.

Princess Gaichang came to the door and said to Hu Jian, "Are you going to rebel?" ”

Hu Jian said: "The murderer who killed former Jing Zhaoyin escaped into the Princess Mansion, and it is my duty to ask the Princess to release him." ”

Princess Gaichang said, "I don't have any murderers here. ”

Hu Jian ordered the officers and soldiers to set up bows and arrows, and Princess Gaichang hurriedly closed the gate and hid inside, and the arrow shot at the door of the Princess Mansion.

Princess Gaichang shouted, "Do you dare to damage the gate of my house, and are you not afraid that I will exterminate you?" ”

Hu Jian was not moved, after a long time, still did not leave, Gai Chang ordered someone to pack a few boxes of gold and silver jewelry to Hu Jian, Hu Jian said: "I want the murderer, not these useless things." ”

Princess Gaichang had no way to let Ding Wairen put on the clothes of a domestic slave and run out of the back door in the middle, And Hu Jian hurriedly ordered someone to arrest him, because he did not know which was Ding Wairen, and the officers and soldiers injured many domestic slaves of the Princess Mansion when they were arrested.

Hu Jian was finally arrested and imprisoned by Ding Wairen, sentenced him to death after interrogation, and Princess Gaichang ordered someone to impeach Hu Jian for destroying the gate of the Princess Mansion without authorization and injuring domestic slaves.

Soon, Huo Guang fell seriously ill, and Shangguan Ji entered the palace to handle political affairs on behalf of Huo Guang, and he ordered the officials to arrest Hu Jian and force Hu Jian to commit suicide in prison.

After Hu Jian's death, the people of Weicheng wept and mourned him and built an ancestral hall for him.

Shangguan Jie said to Princess Gaichang: "I heard that Huo Guang's illness is almost over, we forced Hu Jian to die, he will certainly not give up, it is better for the eldest princess to set up a banquet to celebrate Huo Guang's recovery from illness, and take the opportunity to kill Huo Guang at the banquet." ”

Princess Gaichang said, "Your Majesty will definitely pursue this matter." ”

Shangguan Jie said: "As long as Huo Guang dies, it will be easy to force Liu Fuling to abdicate. ”

Princess Gaichang said, "Then I will inform the King of Yan and ask him to raise an army in the Yan Kingdom to respond to us and welcome him to Chang'an to succeed to the throne." ”

When Shangguan Jie walked out of the Princess Mansion, he said to his entourage, "Then the King of Yan has no talent, how can he succeed to the throne as emperor?" ”

The retinue said: "The lord of this world is naturally no other than a general, and when the King of Yan arrives in Chang'an, sends someone to assassinate the King of Yan, and then seizes the military power of the King of Yan, the general will be able to ascend the throne and become emperor." ”

Shangguan Laughed loudly, and disappeared into the night with his entourage.

Yancang in Princess Gaichang's mansion just happened to return from an errand, and overheard the conversation between the two on the side, and said in his heart: "It turns out that Shangguan Jie wants to usurp the throne, so he must quickly tell the princess." ”

Yan Cang arrived at the door and thought again: "Just now Shangguan Jie and the eldest princess must have conspired with some plan, and it must have been the idea of the eldest princess to claim the emperor by the King of Yan, but Shangguan Jie and the princess had two hearts and wanted to call themselves emperors." I didn't know it beforehand, so I went to tell the eldest princess, what if the eldest princess saw that the plan was leaked and killed me? Moreover, rebellion is a big thing, extremely dangerous, if not successful, I will also be implicated, it is better to tell the general, I can not only not die, but also seek wealth. ”

So Yancang turned around and came to Huo Guang Mansion.

After Huo Guang recovered from his illness, Princess Gaichang set up a banquet and ordered someone to invite Huo Guang, and Huo Guang selected more than a dozen samurai to dress up as family members and followed him to the Palace of the First Princess.

At the banquet, Princess Gaichang signaled the assassins who were ambushed on both sides to kill Huo Guang, and a dozen samurai around Huo Guang took out the weapons hidden on their bodies and surrounded Huo Guang, at this time, the next person rushed in: "The eldest princess is not good, a large number of troops have surrounded the Princess Palace, the emperor personally brought troops to come, he said that someone reported that there are anti-thieves here." ”

The soldiers took a ladder to break into the Princess Mansion and rescued Huo Guang, Liu Fuling took Princess Gaichang into custody and imprisoned her, and Huo Guang led the soldiers to the Shangguan Palace and found a large number of weapons and utensils used for rebellion.

Both Princess Gaichang and Shangguan Jie committed suicide in prison, and Liu Dan, the King of Yan, saw that the matter had been exposed and hanged himself with a ribbon, and Liu Fuling pardoned the son of the King of Yan and reduced him to a commoner.

Shangguan Jie's entire family was exterminated, and Because Empress Shangguan was not involved in the rebellion and was not involved in this matter, Shangguan Jie could not enjoy the cemetery, so Empress Shangguan sent a private slave to guard the spirit of her grandfather Shangguan Jie.

Huo Guang summoned the eunuch Xu Guanghan and asked him, "Are you in charge of searching the huts in Shangguan's mansion?" ”

Xu Guanghan said, "Yes Great General. ”

Huo Guang asked, "Have you been drinking again?" ”

Xu Guanghan hurriedly knelt down and said, "The Great General is angry, and the Great General is angry." ”

Huo Guang pointed to a large box in the corner, which was filled with ropes several feet long, and Huo Guang was furious: "This is what was found from the hut, this box can hold two people!" Why wasn't it found? What exactly are you doing? ”

Xu Guanghan served as a Lang official during the period of Emperor Wu of Han, and once followed Emperor Wu of Han to Ganquan Palace, mistakenly took the saddles of other Lang officials and used them on his horse, and was sentenced to death for theft, Xu Guanghan voluntarily accepted the palace punishment, at that time Xu Guanghan had only one daughter, named Xu Pingjun. Huo Guang originally wanted to execute Xu Guanghan, but also took pity on him for having only one daughter, punished him as a ghost salary, and went to the court to serve three years of hard labor.

Liu Xu, the King of Guangling, was the fourth son of Emperor Wu of Han, and he was able to fight bears with his bare hands, but because of his misconduct and lack of law-abiding, he was not considered as the heir of Emperor Wu of Han at the beginning, because Liu Fuling had been in poor health and had no sons, Liu Xu invited the famous local witch Li Nusu and asked her to curse Liu Fuling.

When Emperor Wudi of Han reigned, the state used troops for many years, financial resources were wasted, Liu Fuling adopted a policy of lightly dispensing with thin endowments, canceled the previous order that the people should raise horses to provide to the government, and for the sake of the national economy, Emperor Wudi of Han ordered that salt and iron wine be sold by the state, the people at that time paid attention to sacrifices, sacrifices needed to use wine, wine is also a necessity for medical use, Liu Fuling took the lead in canceling the liquor monopoly. One morning in the first year of YuanPing, the epidemic as big as the moon crossed the sky, and in the summer, Liu Fuling died of a serious illness.

Liu Xu, the king of Guangling, killed a cow to treat Li Nusu and said happily: "The witch is indeed miraculous, Liu Fuling died at such a young age, Liu Dan is dead, it seems that I am going to prepare to enter the palace to become emperor!" ”

Huo Guang and his courtiers discussed the new emperor's candidate, Liu Fuling had no sons, according to the qualifications, Liu Xu, the king of Guangling, was the most suitable, but Huo Guang was very worried in his heart.

One of the Lang officials saw Huo Guang's thoughts and said, "When Emperor Wu did not establish the King of Guangling, it was because he did not abide by the law many times, and we must also obey Emperor Wu's wishes." ”

Qunchen said, "But Emperor Wu's son, only King Guangling remains." ”

The Lang official said, "Among Emperor Wu's grandsons, Liu He, the King of Changyi, was nineteen years old and was a suitable candidate. ”

The courtiers all agreed.

Liu He was the eldest son of Lady Li's son, Liu He, who died very early and Liu He succeeded to the throne of Changyi when Liu He was only five years old.

When the edict arrived in Changyi Kingdom, it was late at night, Liu He was still drinking and playing with the palace women, and the drunken Liu He took the edict to the lamp and opened it, read it three times, still unsure, and ordered someone to find Lang Zhongling Gong Sui, Gong Sui put on his clothes and hurriedly ran into the palace, and read the edict to Liu He twice.

Liu He daxi: "I really want to be emperor!" ”

Gong Sui said: "Great King, the great general Huo Guang has served Emperor Wu for more than twenty years without any mistakes, and was appointed by Emperor Wu as an auxiliary minister, and the former emperor also listened to the great general in everything, and when the great king arrived in Chang'an, as long as he sat in the south with his hand down, the political affairs were decided by the great general..."

Where Liu He could hear it, he had already made people prepare to go to Chang'an's carriage.

Liu Xu, the King of Guangling, was horrified when he heard that Huo Guang had ordered Liu He to succeed to the throne: "Why did Emperor Wu's grandson become emperor instead?" ”

Liu Xu then summoned Li Nusu and asked her to curse Liu He.

At noon the next day, Liu He set out from ChangyiGuo, and when he arrived at Shen, Liu He had already ridden out of the horse for one hundred and thirty-five miles, and the horses of the attendants who followed behind him died of overwork, and Gong Sui stepped forward and said, "Great King, you take your time." ”

Liu He said excitedly, "You should call me Your Majesty now." ”

More than fifty attendants did not know how to get on the road because the horse was dead, and Gong Sui saw that Liu He was eager to rush to Chang'an immediately, and the persuasion was ineffective, so he had to let the more than fifty attendants return to Changyi.

When they arrived in Jiyang, Huo Guang's emissaries came to Gong Sui and said to him, "I saw that the King of Changyi had his men rob a folk woman and hide it in the car. ”

Gong Sui led the emissaries to Liu He's carriage and horse, and Liu He said, "There is no such thing. ”

The messenger refused to leave, and Liu He said angrily, "Do you still want to search my car?" ”

Gong Sui asked the emissary, "Do you see which subordinate snatched a civilian girl?" ”

The Prophet pointed to a man and said, "That is him." ”

Gong Sui grabbed the man by the hair, handed him over to the messenger, and said, "Leave it at your disposal." ”

When Liu He arrived at Bashang, Da Hongqi greeted Liu He on the outskirts and arrived at the Dongdu Gate together, and Gong Sui said: "According to the etiquette, the mourners will cry when they see the Dongdu Gate. ”

Liu He said: "My throat hurts so much that I can't cry. ”

When he arrived at the Chang'an City Gate, Gong Sui asked Liu He to cry again, and Liu He said, "Why do you have two city gates and you have to cry twice?" Isn't it the same? ”

Arriving at the gate of Weiyang Palace, Gong Sui said, "Great King, in front of you is the coffin of the former emperor, and now you must get off your horse and cry." ”

Liu He did not want to cry, Gong Sui stopped in front of him, Liu He helplessly got off the carriage, crying all the way.

Empress Shangguan awarded Emperor Liu He's seal and other items in front of Liu Fuling's coffin, and after Liu He returned, he opened the boxes one by one, touched the letter seals, and exclaimed: "If it is really well-made, much higher than the Yin Sui of the King of Changyi, it is really good to be an emperor!" ”

Liu He sat down and said to the people around him: "Tired all the way, quick, ask the musician to come up, and then go get some chicken and pork, and open the good wine I brought from Changyi." ”

Gong Sui saw that the box was opened and put aside, and hurriedly went forward to seal the boxes containing Yin Sui one by one.

After a while, Liu He's attendant reported from the newspaper: "The food supervisor said that His Majesty is now serving the funeral of the former emperor and can only eat vegetarian food." ”

Liu He said, "Is there such a thing? Go buy it for me outside the palace. ”

After a while, the attendant reported, "The guards guarding the temple gate heard that I was out of the palace to buy meat, and they would not let me go out." ”

Liu He scolded, "Why are you so stupid that you can't lie?" ”

The attendant said, "You cannot leave the palace without an edict." ”

Liu He opened the box that Gong Sui had already sealed, drew up an edict at the moment, and asked the attendant to go out again.

After Liu He became emperor, he spent every day in the palace playing freely, feasting and singing, riding horses in the palace, and also having sexual immorality with Liu Fuling's palace people, Gong Sui's persuasion was ineffective, and on this day he himself tied his hands and knelt down in front of Liu He, saying: "Your Majesty is so ruthless, it is all our courtiers who have no way to assist, please your majesty to punish the courtiers and exile them as a warning." ”

Liu He said: "Lang Zhongling has a heart, come on, give Lang Zhongling five hundred catties of beef, five stones of wine, and five pieces of dried meat." ”

Liu He sent Gong Sui away, but still went his own way, and the edict rewarding Gong Sui arrived at the Shangshu Mansion, and Shang Shuling asked the messenger, "What is the insignificant junling this time?" ”

Liu He's emissary said, "You just have to stamp and do it, don't blaspheme the emperor." ”

After the messenger left, Shang Shuling said to the people around him, "Well, I know that in just a few days, more than a thousand such chaotic edicts have been issued." We, the great Han, really let this emperor govern, and the Xiongnu don't know how to laugh at us in the desert north. ”

Dasi Nong yannian was Huo Guang's old subordinate, and he was very trusted by Huo Guang, and on this day Huo Guang alone brought Tian Yannian to him, closed the door, and said sadly: "Your Majesty's behavior, I think you must know it." ”

Tian Yannian said, "Well, the whole of Chang'an is about to spread, this King of Changyi is not worthy to be emperor at all, the great general is entrusted by Emperor Wu, is the pillar of the country, should ask the empress dowager, another selection of Xianming." ”

Huo Guang said: "I also want to do this, but I don't know if there is a precedent for the previous dynasty. ”

Tian Yannian said: "The Yin Dynasty prime minister Yi Yin abolished Taijia for the sake of the national community, and later generations praised Yi Yin as a loyal subject, and the great general deposed the king of Changyi today, and in the future he will also gain the same reputation as Yi Yin." ”

In the evening, Tian Yannian came to the palace of Yang Chang, the chancellor, told him about Huo Guang's plan to depose Liu He, and asked Yang Chang if he agreed, Yang Chang listened, sweating, and did not know how to answer, Yang Chang's wife hid behind and listened clearly, and when Tian Yannian walked away, Lady Yang walked in and said to Yang Chang: "Tian Yannian came to visit late at night, it must be that Huo Guang has already made a decision, you just need to agree, and it is good to go along with the general." ”

Yang Chang listened to his wife's words and promised Tian Yannian.

Huo Guang summoned the chancellor, the imperial master, the general, the waiting, the doctor, the doctor, and the officials of more than two thousand stones to the Weiyang Palace for a meeting, and after Huo Guang sat down, he said bluntly: "The king of Changyi is faint and promiscuous, so the Han family's world is not safe, and I have decided to ask the empress dowager for instructions to abolish the king of Changyi." ”

The Qunchen was stunned and did not dare to speak, and Tian Yannian stared at Yang Chang, signaling him to take the lead in coming out to express his position, but Yang Chang did not dare to look directly at him.

Tian Yannian stood up, pressed the hilt of his sword, and said, "When Emperor Wu entrusted the young lord to the great general, he entrusted the world to the great general, and today everyone is discussing the abolition of the establishment, all for the sake of the state society, who dares to hesitate, please ask the great general to allow me to kill him on the spot!" ”

Yang Chang immediately stood up and said, "I agree with the opinion of the Great General. ”

The group of ministers immediately knelt down one after another and said, "The great general thinks for the people of the world, is bold and loyal, and we all obey the command of the great general." ”

Huo Guang immediately led his courtiers to see Empress Shangguan, who came to Weiyang Palace and issued an edict to see Liu He.

Liu He came to Weiyang Palace, and as soon as he entered the palace, the eunuch behind him closed the palace door and closed all the attendants behind Liu He, and Liu He asked, "What is this for?" ”

Huo Guang knelt down and said, "The empress dowager summoned her alone and did not allow anyone else to come in." ”

Liu He saw that Empress Shangguan was sitting on it, and the Qunchen Hou was on either side, and he was very frightened, and said, "Great General, why are you scaring me?" ”

At the same time, Huo Guang ordered the general Zhang Anshi to lead the Yulin army to bring Liu He from Changyi to bring more than two hundred officials all tied up.

Empress Shangguan sat in the tent and ordered Shang Shuling to read the song book, and Shang Shuling counted Liu He's various behaviors since entering the palace, believing that Liu He could not bear the Mandate of Heaven and became the parent of all the people, and should be abolished.

Empress Shangguan said, "I agree with the ministers. ”

Liu He said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I have heard that as long as there are seven detractors around the Son of Heaven, he can still govern the world well." ”

Huo Guang stepped forward and said, "The empress dowager has already deposed you, and you still call yourself the Son of Heaven." ”

Huo Guang untied the jade seal on Liu He's body, handed it to Empress Shangguan, and then helped Liu He out of Weiyang Palace.

The ministers said to Empress Shangguan: "In ancient times, the deposed people were exiled to remote areas to prevent him from interfering with the state power, and we requested that the king of Changyi be exiled to Fangzhong County." ”

Empress Shangguan said: "Still let him return to Changyi, abolish the feudal state, and give him all the property of the original Changyi state." ”

Liu He's Changyi Qunchen was all sentenced to death because of his poor assistance, and Gong Sui was exempted from the death penalty because of his repeated exhortations, and shaved his hair and went to the Great Wall to serve in labor.

Liu He was emperor for a total of twenty-seven days, that is, he was deposed.

Liu Xu, the King of Guangling, held a banquet to treat Li Nusu and said, "The witch is indeed very skilled! At this moment, I will be able to enter the palace and ascend the throne. ”

On this day, a man wearing a yellow flag painted with turtles and snakes, wearing a wide yellow robe, came to the door of the north building of the palace and shouted loudly: "I am the former prince Liu Zhao, I am not dead, I have returned to succeed to the throne." ”

The incident caused an uproar, and the people of Chang'an City rushed to the palace gate to watch, and Huo Guang sent an army to control the situation and sent someone to lead the man to the palace.

Huo Guang arranged for him to stay and let Emperor Wu's old ministers go to see and identify, and when the ministers came out, they all said: "Looks really like Prince Wei, and he is also familiar with poetry, but after all, so many years have passed, it is really difficult to say." ”

Su Wu said to Huo Guang, "The Great General will just invite him to a meal." ”

Su Wu was detained in the Xiongnu for nineteen years, and later he caught a lot of geese, tied a wooden block to their feet, and one of the geese flew all the way to Chang'an, and later when someone was hunting, he saw that there was a word on the wooden block, and reported the matter to Liu Fuling, who ordered people to go to the Xiongnu to take su Wu back and make him a vassal state.

Huo Guang set up a banquet, the man feasted, Huo Guang suddenly slapped the table and said sharply, "You are not Prince Wei at all!" ”

The man was weak-hearted, frightened to stand up, and Su Wu beside him said: "You behave rudely, there is no etiquette at all, which point is like Prince Wei, you say, what kind of person are you?" ”

The man said, "I... I've only been in the folk for too long. ”

Su Wu stepped forward and pointed at the man and said, "When Prince Wei was born, I happened to be in the palace, and he had a birthmark on his abdomen, would you like to take off your clothes and look at it?" ”

The man was frightened and knelt on the ground, constantly prostrating his head: "The great general spares his life, the great general spares his life, the villain's name is Cheng Fangsui, when the prince fled to Hu County, the villain was also in Hu County, telling people's lives for people, the prince's entourage once came to find the villain to tell fortunes, inadvertently said that I look very much like the prince, so the little man risked death to ask for a rich man, please ask the great general to spare my life." ”

Su Wu said, "If you admit it yourself, there is no birthmark on the prince's abdomen at all." ”

Huo Guang had people pull Cheng Fang down, but the question of the heir had always caused him a headache, and he really did not want to establish Liu Xu, the King of Guangling.

A few days later, Huo Guang received a letter from Guanglu's doctor, Feng Ji, who was dealing with things in the field at the time, and he wrote to Huo Guang: "The great general must be troubled by the establishment of a new emperor, and there is no capable person among the princes of the clan who can bear the burden of the state, and I have one person recommended to the great general." When the Wu deception case was carried out that year, I tracked down this matter as a court lieutenant, Prince Wei had a grandson, who had just been born for a few months, I pitied him, chose a spacious and dry place, and let two female prisoners raise him, the emperor's great-grandson grew up in the folk, so he took the common name Liu Yiji, now eighteen years old, the court ordered Zhang He to be favored by Prince Wei, has been carefully teaching the emperor's great-grandson to read, and for him to marry Xu Guanghan's daughter as a wife, I quietly visited him a few years ago, the emperor's great-grandson is familiar with reading scriptures, can be outstanding, and has noble conduct, I think the emperor's great-grandson can provoke the Great Han Dynasty. If the great general is afraid of the recurrence of the king of Changyi, he can first let him enter the palace to serve the empress dowager, and then decide whether to take my advice or not. ”

Huo Guang asked Empress Shangguan to go to the court to greet the emperor's great-grandson Liu Yiji, first gave him the title of Marquis, and after observing it for a while, he felt that Liu Yi was indeed like What Feng Ji had said, so he suggested that Empress Shangguan let Liu Yi succeed to the throne.

On that day, Liu Guang had gone to the Gaozu Temple to pay homage according to the etiquette, Huo Guang rode on Liu Yi's side as a donkey, Liu Yi was already uncomfortable, seemed to be very nervous, Huo Guang found out about this, and said to the general Zhang Anshi: "I am not very comfortable, you come to do it for me for a while." ”

After Zhang Anshi sat down next to Liu Yi, Liu Yi had relaxed and his whole body was stretched out.

Liu Xu, the king of Guangling, was angry and asked Li Nusu to curse Liu Yi.

After Liu Yi had become emperor, he was afraid that Liu He, the king of Changyi, would make trouble, so he sent a secret edict to Zhang Chang, the Taishou of Shanyang, asking him to pay close attention to Liu He, when the state of Changyi was abolished and changed to Shanyang County.

Soon, Zhang Chang replied to Liu Yi's secret edict, saying: "Liu He lives in the original palace, there are a total of one hundred and eighty-three slaves, and the ministers have hired soldiers to guard the palace to guard against thieves, and sent inspectors to patrol day and night." The gates of the palace were often closed, and the courtiers sent an official every day to collect money from the small door and buy the necessary items to be sent in through the small door. In the middle of September, I met Liu He, who was tall, dark, had small eyes, had a light eyebrow and beard, was suffering from wind paralysis, had a lot of difficulty walking, and behaved like an idiot. His father, the King of Changyi, had a dancer Zhang Xiu and a dozen others who danced for him, Liu He asked them to guard the cemetery, in the winter, Zhang Xiu and others were sick, I sent people to treat them and send them back to their hometowns, Liu He said to me: They are just some slaves, and when they die of illness, they should be buried with my father, why did Taishou still let them go back to their hometown? Liu He is such a person who does not understand benevolence and righteousness at all. ”

After Liu Yi had read the secret edict, he felt that Liu He was not afraid, and the next year, he issued an edict to make Liu He the Marquis of Haixia and feed four thousand households.

After Liu He came to Yuzhang to serve as the Marquis of Haixia, Sun Wanshi, the former taishou of Yuzhang, was dismissed from his post for many favoritisms, and Sun Wanshi's life was embarrassing, so he took the initiative to associate with Liu He.

Sun Wanshi said to Liu He, "When you were deposed that day, why didn't you stick to the palace and kill the great general Huo Guang, so you let him take the jade seal?" ”

Liu He said, "Yeah, that's what it should have been done at the time." ”

Sun Wanshi said, "Maybe in the near future, you will be proclaimed emperor in Yuzhang?" ”

Liu He said, "Yeah, that's what it will be." ”

Shi Shi Ke of Yangzhou played the conversation between the two to Liu Yiji, who had ordered Liu He to cut off three thousand households.

On this day, Liu He was lying on the bed sleeping, when suddenly several people broke in, and Liu He asked, "Who are you?" ”

The men said, "We heard that Hou Ye was ill, so we came specifically to treat Hou Ye's illness." ”

A few days later, Liu He died.