Empress Lü was Gaozu's wife when he was a lowly man, and gave birth to Emperor Xiaohui and his daughter Empress Dowager Lu. When Gao Zu became the King of Han, he got Qi Ji in Dingtao, who was very pampered and gave birth to Zhao Yin Wang Ruyi. Emperor Xiaohui was benevolent and weak, and Gaozu, not like himself, often wanted to depose the crown prince and set up another son of Qi Ji, Ruyi, who thought that Ruyi was similar to himself. Favored, Qi Ji often followed Gaozu to kanto, weeping day and night, and wanted to make her son the crown prince and replace the original prince. Lü Hou grew older, often stayed behind, rarely saw Gao Zu, and became increasingly distant. Ruyi was crowned Queen of Zhao, and on many occasions he almost replaced the crown prince, but thanks to the slander of the ministers and the strategy of staying with the marquis, the prince was not deposed.
Lü Hou was strong and resolute, assisting Gao Zu in calming the world and killing his ministers, most of which were due to Lü Hou. Lü Hou had two older brothers, both of whom were generals. The eldest brother Marquis Lü of Zhou was martyred in office, and his son Lü Tai was made the Marquis of Li and Lü Chan the Marquis of Jiao; The second brother Lü Shizhi was given the title of Marquis of Jiancheng.
Gaozu died on April 25, 12012 at Changle Palace, and the crown prince succeeded Gaozu as emperor. At this time, Gao zu had eight sons: the eldest son, Liu Fei, was the elder brother of Emperor Xiaohui, who was different from Emperor Xiaohui's mother and was crowned king of Qi; The rest were the younger brothers of Emperor Xiaohui, with Qi Ji's son Liu Ruyi as King zhao, Lady Bo's son Liu Heng as acting king, other concubines' sons Liu Hui as Liang Wang, Liu You as King of Huaiyang, Liu Chang as King of Huainan, and Liu Jian as King of Yan. GaoZu's younger brother Liu Jiao was made the King of Chu, and his brother's son Liu Hao was made the King of Wu. Wu Chen, the son of Wu Rui, a non-Liu disciple of the Fanjun, was made the King of Changsha.
Empress Lü was most resentful of Lady Qi and her son King Zhao, so she ordered Lady Qi to be imprisoned in Yongxiang and summoned King Zhao to the capital. The emissaries went back and forth several times, and Zhou Chang, the Marquis of Zhao Xiangjianping, said to the emissaries: "Emperor Gao entrusted the King of Zhao to me, and the King of Zhao was still young. I heard that the empress dowager resented Lady Qi and wanted to summon King Zhao to kill her, but I did not dare to send King Zhao. Moreover, King Zhao was also ill and could not go there according to the order. Lü Hou was furious and sent someone to summon Zhao Xiang to the capital. Zhao Xiang was summoned to Chang'an, and he sent someone to summon King Zhao again. King Zhao came, but had not yet reached the capital. Emperor Xiaohui was benevolent, and knowing that the empress dowager was angry, he personally went to Bashang to greet King Zhao, returned to the palace with King Zhao, ate with King Zhao, and lived together. The empress dowager wanted to kill King Zhao and could not find the opportunity. In December of the first year of the xiaohui emperor, the xiaohui emperor went out in the morning to shoot hunting. King Zhao was too young to get up early. When the empress dowager heard that King Zhao was alone at home, she sent someone to drink poisonous wine for him. By dawn, Emperor Xiaohui returned, and King Zhao was already dead. Therefore, Liu You, the king of Huaiyang, was moved to the king of Zhao. In the summer, XiaZhao pursued Hou Li's father as Marquis Lingwu. The empress dowager cut off Lady Qi's hands and feet, gouge out her eyes, burned her ears with fire, gave her dumb medicine, and let her live in the toilet, and gave her a name called "Ren Yan". After a few days, he asked Emperor Xiaohui to watch Ren Yan. After Emperor Xiaohui saw it, after inquiring, he learned that it was Lady Qi, so he cried loudly, and thus became ill and could not get up for more than a year. He sent someone to see the Empress and said, "This is not what people do. As the son of the empress dowager, I finally have no face to rule the world. From then on, Emperor Xiaohui drank and enjoyed himself every day and did not listen to the government, so he suffered from illness.
In the second year, King Yuan of Chu and King Hui of Qi came to see him. In October, Emperor Xiaohui and King Qi set up a banquet and drank in front of the empress, and Emperor Xiaohui believed that King Qi was his brother and arranged for the position of the head of the house, just like the etiquette of ordinary people. The empress dowager was very angry, so she had people pour two glasses of poisonous wine and put them in front of them, asking the king to get up and drink and celebrate his birthday. King Qi stood up, and Emperor Xiaohui also stood up, took the wine glass and wanted to wish the empress dowager a happy birthday together. The empress dowager was greatly alarmed and personally got up and poured the wine from Emperor Xiaohui's cup. King Qi felt strange, so he did not dare to drink this cup of wine, pretended to be drunk and walked away. Later, when I asked, I learned that it was poisonous wine, and king Qi was very afraid, thinking that he could not get out of Chang'an, and his heart was very worried. Qi NeiShishi advised the King of Qi: "The empress dowager only gave birth to Emperor Xiaohui and Princess Lu Yuan. Now you have more than seventy cities, and the princess only has a few food estates. If you dedicate a county to the empress, Tang Muyi as a princess, the queen will be happy, and you must have nothing to worry about. So the King of Qi offered Chengyang County and honored the princess as empress dowager. Lü Hou was very happy, agreed to the request of the King of Qi, and set up a banquet at the official residence of the King of Qi, happily drank a table of wine, and after the banquet, let the King of Qi return to the feudal kingdom. In three years, the construction of Chang'an City began, and in four years, half of the repair was completed, and in five years and six years, all of them were completed. The princes came to the capital to meet. In October, the princes paid tribute to the emperor.
On August 12, the autumn of the seventh year, Emperor Xiaohui died. At the time of mourning, the empress dowager wept dryly, but did not shed tears. Liu Hou's son Zhang Peijiang, who was fifteen years old at the time, said to Xiang Xiang: "The empress dowager only has such a son as Emperor Xiaohui, and now that she has passed away, she is not crying sadly, do you know the reason for this?" The minister said, "What is the reason?" Zhang Peijiang said: "The emperor has no adult sons, and the empress dowager is afraid of you ministers." You are now asking Bai Lütai, Lü Chan, and Lü Lu to be generals and command the northern and southern armies, and only when Lü's gang enters the imperial court and holds real power in the imperial court can you ministers get rid of the disaster. The chancellor did it according to Zhang Peiyi's plan. The empress dowager was very happy, and her cries began to mourn. Lü's power began to rise from then on. Grant amnesty to the world. On September 5, Emperor Xiaohui was buried. The crown prince took the throne as emperor and paid homage to Gaozu's mausoleum temple. In the first year, all the orders of the imperial court came from the empress.
The empress dowager took over the duties of the emperor and planned to make lü's sons kings, first asking the right chancellor for the tomb. Wang Ling said: "Emperor Gao killed baima and his ministers allied and said: 'It is not the son of Liu who is called king, and the people of the world will destroy him together.'" Now to make the sons of the Lü clan kings is a violation of the oath of the alliance. The empress dowager was very unhappy. Ask Zuo Cheng Xiang Chen Ping and Xiahou Zhou Bo. Zhou Bo and the others replied, "Emperor Gao pacified the world and made his sons kings, and now that the empress dowager is in charge of the dynasty, there is nothing wrong with making brothers and lü's sons kings." The empress dowager was overjoyed and retreated back to the palace. Wang Ling rebuked Chen Ping and Hou Dai, saying, "When you made a blood pact with Emperor Gao, weren't you present?" Now that Emperor Gao is dead, the empress dowager is in the imperial court, intending to make the sons of the Lü clan kings, even if you want to meet emperor and betray your oath, but after death, what face do you have to go down to the Nine Springs to see Emperor Gao? Chen Ping and Daihou said: "Today in front of the empress dowager, we are not as good as you; If you want to preserve the country and stabilize the kingship of the descendants of the Liu clan, you are inferior to us. The king was speechless. In November, the empress dowager wanted to depose Wang Ling, so she worshipped him as the emperor's concubine and stripped him of his position as a chancellor. Therefore, Wang Ling said that he was sick and dismissed the official and went home. Then, Chen Ping, the left chancellor, was the right chancellor, and the Marquis of Peiyang was the left chancellor. Zuo Cheng did not manage government affairs, and let him supervise the affairs of the palace, just like Lang Zhongling. Therefore, he was favored by the empress dowager, who often decided on government affairs, and the secretaries of state relied on him to decide important matters. He then posthumously honored Marquis Li's father as King Wu of Mourning, intending to use this as the beginning of the fenglu clan's sons as kings.
In April, the empress dowager planned to make Lü's sons Marquis, so she first made Gaozu's meritorious servant LangZhongfeng the Marquis of Bocheng. Princess Lu Yuan died and was given the title of Empress Dowager Lu Yuan. Her son was given the title of King of Lu. King Lu's father was Zhang Ao, the Marquis of Xuanping. Liu Zhang, the son of King Hui of Fengqi, made Him the Marquis of Zhu and married Lü Lu's daughter to him. Qi Shou was given the title of Marquis of Pingding. Shaofu Yangchengyan was given the title of Marquis of Wu. Then lü zhong was made the Marquis of Pei, Lü Ping the Marquis of Fuliu, and Zhang Mai the Marquis of Nangong.
The empress dowager wanted to make Lü's sons the king, and liu qi, the son born to emperor Xiaohui's harem, was made the prince of Huaiyang, Liu Bu was undoubtedly the king of Changshan, Liu Shan was the marquis of Xiangcheng, Liu Chao was the marquis of weaving, and Liu Wu was the marquis of Huguan. The empress dowager signaled to the chancellor with a whisper, and the chancellor asked lü tai to be made the prince of Lü, and the empress dowager agreed. Lü Shizhi, the Marquis of Jiankang, died, and the son of Xi Feng was guilty and deposed, and his younger brother Lü Lu was made the Marquis of Huling and succeeded Kanghou. In the following year, King Changshan died, and his younger brother Liu Shan, the Marquis of Xiangcheng, was made the King of Changshan and renamed Yi. In November, Lü Tai, the Prince of Lü, died, and his son Lü Jiadai was made king. For three years, nothing major happened. In the fourth year, Lü Wei was made the Marquis of Linguang, Lü He was the Marquis of Yu, Lü Geng was the Marquis of Yu, Lü Qi was the Marquis of Lü Cheng, and in addition to the five princes and ministers as marquises.
When Marquis Xuanping's daughter was Empress Xiaohui, she had no sons, pretended to be pregnant, took a beautiful son to call her own son, and then killed the child's mother and made the child the prince. Emperor Xiaohui died, and the crown prince became emperor. When the Emperor grew up, he heard that his biological mother was dead, and that he was not born to the Empress, so he released a message: "How can the Queen Mother kill my biological mother and call me her son?" I haven't grown up yet, and when I grow up, I'm going to make her rebel. When the empress dowager heard this, she was deeply worried and afraid that he would rebel, so she imprisoned him in Yongxiang, saying that the emperor was very ill, and the attendants left and right could not see the emperor. The empress dowager said: "Whoever can rule over the people of the world must cover everything like the heavens, and accommodate all things like the earth, and the emperor will comfort the people with a joyful mood, and the people will serve the emperor happily, and the feelings of the upper and lower levels will be happily blended, and the world will be able to rule." Now the emperor has been ill for a long time, so confused and confused, that he cannot be the heir of the emperor to worship the temple, and it is not possible to entrust the world to him, and he should find someone to replace him. The ministers all bowed their heads and said, "For the benefit of the people of the world, the Empress Dowager has considered the Temple of Tranquility and The Temple, and we have all bowed our heads and carried out your edict." "The emperor was deposed, and the empress dowager secretly killed him. On May 11, Liu Yi, the King of Changshan, became emperor and changed his name to Hong. (The emperor is on the throne), and the year is not changed, which is called the first year, because the empress dowager is an important matter in the world. With Liu Chao the Marquis of Xuan as the King of Changshan. The official position of taiwei was set up, with Zhou Bo as the taiwei. In August of the fifth year, the King of Huaiyang died, and his younger brother Liu Wu the Marquis of Huguan was made the King of Huaiyang. In October of the sixth year, the empress dowager said that Lü Jia, the king of Lü, was usually arrogant and indulgent, and deposed him, and made Lü Chan, the younger brother of Lü Tai the Prince of Su, the king of Lü. In the summer, amnesty is granted to the world. Liu Xingju, the son of King Hui of Fengqi, was made the Marquis of Dongmu.
In the first month of the seventh year, the empress dowager summoned Liu You, the King of Zhao, to the capital. Liu You married Lü's daughter as queen and did not like her, but liked other concubines. This daughter of the Lü clan was jealous and angrily left, and went to the empress dowager to say bad things about him, falsely accusing him of committing crimes, saying that the King of Zhao had said, "How can the Lü clan be crowned king!" After the Empress dowager is a hundred years old, I will definitely destroy them." The empress dowager was furious, so she summoned King Zhao to the capital. King Zhao came to the capital, placed him in the official residence, did not receive him, and ordered the guards to besiege him and not give him anything to eat. Some of his subordinates secretly brought him food to eat, and they were arrested and convicted. When King Zhao was hungry, he sang a song: "The dictatorship of Zhu Lu, the Liu clan is in danger; He coerced the prince and insisted that I marry the daughter of the Lü clan as a concubine. My concubine is jealous, and slanders me for sin; The emperor did not understand the chaos of the country. I have no loyal subjects, otherwise why did I lose my fiefdom? Suicide wilderness, the heavens can do things to uphold justice! Alas, there is no regret, I would rather cut my neck early. Who has mercy on me when he starves to death for the king? Lü Shi was unreasonable, so he had to entrust heaven to avenge me. "On the eighteenth day, King Zhao was imprisoned to death, and he was buried next to the graves of the people of Chang'an in the manners of ordinary people.
Thirty days, eclipses, dark day. The empress dowager was disgusted and sullen, so she said to the attendants on the left and right, "This is because of me." ”
In February, Liu Hui, the prince of Liang, was made the King of Zhao. Lü Chan, the king of Lü, moved his apprentice to the king of Liang, and the king of Liang did not take up the position of fief and stayed in the capital as the emperor's eunuch. Emperor Li's son Liu Tai the Marquis of Changping was made king of Lü. Liang was renamed Lü, and Lü was renamed Jichuan. Empress Dowager Lü's sister Lü Mi had a daughter who was the wife of Liu Ze the Marquis of Yingling, and Liu Ze was a general. The empress dowager made Lü's sons kings, and fearing that after her death, General Liu would rebel, so she made Liu Ze the evil king of Lang to soothe his heart.
Liu Hui, the King of Liang, was moved to the State of Zhao to claim the title of King, and he was very unhappy. The empress dowager made Lü Chan's daughter the queen of King Zhao. The queen's attendant officials were all members of the Lü family, who had monopoly power and secretly monitored the King of Zhao, who was unable to do whatever he wanted. King Zhao had a favored concubine, and the queen sent someone to kill her using poisoned wine. So King Zhao composed four chapters of poetry and asked the musicians to sing. King Zhao was deeply saddened and committed suicide in June. When the empress dowager heard about this, she believed that King Zhao had betrayed the etiquette of his ancestors for the sake of women and would no longer let his descendants inherit the throne.
Zhang Ao, the Marquis of Xuanping, died, because his son Zhang Yan was the King of Lu, so he gave Zhang Ao the title of King of Luyuan.
In the autumn, the empress dowager sent emissaries to tell the Dai Wang that she wanted to move him to Zhao Di as king. The DaiWang refused, hoping to guard the borderlands of the Dai Kingdom.
Both Taifu Lüchan and Chen Pingping both said that the marquis of Wuxin, Lü Lu, was on the top, and the order was in the first order, so please make him the King of Zhao. The empress dowager agreed, and posthumously honored Lü Lu's father, Marquis Kang, as King Zhao of Zhao. In September, Liu Jian, the King of Yanling, died, he had a beautiful son, the empress dowager sent someone to kill this son, the King of Yanling had no heirs, and the kingdom was abolished. In October of the eighth year, Lü Tong, the son of King Lü Su of Dongping, was made the Prince of Yan, and Lü Tong's younger brother Lü Zhuang was made the Marquis of Dongping.
In March, Lü Hou held a ceremony, and when he came back and passed by the xuandao, he saw something like a black dog, hovering under the armpit of Gao Hou, and suddenly he couldn't see it again. After divination, it was said that King Zhao was doing his best. So gao hou underarm got a problem.
Because her grandson Zhang Yan the Prince of Luyuan was young and prematurely lost his parents, he was lonely and weak, so he made the two sons of Zhang Ao's former concubines Hou, Zhang Luxury the Marquis of Xindu, and Zhang Shou the Marquis of Lechang, in order to assist Zhang Yan, the King of Luyuan. He also made Zhang Shi the Marquis of Jianling and Lü Rong the Marquis of Zhuzi. Those who were appointed by eunuchs in the palace were all enfeoffed as Marquis of Guannei, and each person ate five hundred households.
In July, Gao Hou's condition deteriorated, and he ordered Lü Lu the Prince of Zhao to be a general and command the Northern Army; Lü Chan, the King of Lü, commanded the Southern Army. Empress Lü warned Lü Chan and Lü Lu: "After Emperor Gao pacified the world, he made an agreement with his ministers that 'he who is not a son of Liu shi but a king, the people of the world will destroy him together'. Now that lü is king, the ministers are indignant. I was going to die, the emperor was still young, and I was afraid that the ministers would start a rebellion. You must control the army, defend the palace, and do not send me a funeral, do not be controlled. "On August 1, Gao Hou died, leaving an edict to reward the princes with a thousand catties of gold each, and the generals, xiang, marquises, and lang officials all rewarded gold according to their ranks. Amnesty for the world. With Lü Chan, the king of Lü, as the xiangguo, and Lü Lu's daughter as the empress.
After Gao Hou was buried, Zuo Cheng interrogated him as the emperor's concubine.
Liu Zhang, the Marquis of Zhuxu, was very powerful, and Liu Xingju, the Marquis of Dongmu, was his younger brother, and they were both younger brothers of King Qi'ai, who lived in Chang'an. At that time, Lü Shi's gang had monopoly power and wanted to cause trouble, but they were afraid of the former Emperor Gao's ministers, Such as Daihou and Dou Bao, and did not dare to launch. Zhu Xuanhou's wife was a child of Lü Lu and (therefore) secretly knew of their plot. Fearing that he would be killed, he privately sent someone to tell his brother King Qi that he wanted him to send an army westward to exterminate Lü's sons and establish himself as emperor. Marquis Zhu intended to echo with the King of Qi, including his ministers. The King of Qi wanted to send an army, but his chancellor refused to comply. On August 26, the King of Qi was preparing to send someone to kill The Prince of Qi, and the King of Qi was about to send people to kill the King of Qi, and the King of Qi took the opportunity to kill the King of Qi, so he sent an army to the east and used fraudulent methods to seize the army of the King of Lang, and both armies were led by him to march west. This incident is recorded in the "Qi Mourning Huiwang Family".
The King of Qi wrote to the princes: "Emperor Gao pacified the world, made his sons king, and king Mohui was crowned king in Qi. After the death of King Hui, Emperor Xiaohui sent Zhang Liang, the Marquis of Liu, to make me the King of Qi. Emperor Xiaohui died, Gao Hou came to power, she was old, listened to the advice of Lü's gang, deposed the emperor without authorization, killed three Zhao kings in succession, abolished the Liang state, the Zhao state, and the Yan state, and used to seal lü's sons as kings, and the state of Qi was also divided into four pieces. The loyal servants gave advice, but the high queen was confused and confused, and refused to accept it. Now that Gao Hou has died, and the emperor is still young and cannot govern the world, he can only rely on ministers and princes, and the Lü clan and his gang have honored their positions without authorization, gathered troops, and coerced the loyal ministers of the Marquis with great majesty, under the pretext of commanding the world, so the Liu Clan Sect Temple was in danger. I led an army to the court to remove those who should not be kings. When the Han court heard this news, Xiangguo Lü Chan and others sent Marquis Yingyin to lead an army to attack the King of Qi. When the infant reached Xingyang, he consulted with the people and said: "The Lü clan and his gang controlled the army in Guanzhong, and wanted to eliminate the Liu clan and establish themselves as emperors. If I now crush the army of the State of Qi and return to my life, this will further strengthen the power of the Lü clan. So he sent emissaries to warn the King of Qi and the princes of various countries. We must unite with them and wait for the Lü clan to rebel and jointly get rid of the Lü clan. When the King of Qi heard the news, he withdrew his army to the western border of the State of Qi, waited for the news, and acted according to the agreement.
Lü Lu and Lü Chan wanted to launch a rebellion in Guanzhong, but internally they were afraid of QiHou and Zhu Xuhou and others, and outside they were afraid of the armies of the State of Qi and the State of Chu, and they were worried about the rebellion of the infants, and they were ready to wait until the army of the infants exchanged troops with the armies of the State of Qi before launching a rebellion. At this time, Liu Tai the Prince of Jichuan, Liu Wu the Prince of Huaiyang, Liu Chao the Prince of Changshan, and King Lu Yuan, who were nominally the younger brothers of the Young Emperor, all lived in Chang'an because they were young and did not take up the kingdom. Zhao Wang Changlu and Liang Wang Lü Chan each commanded troops to live in the Southern and Northern Armies, and they were all lü people. None of the princes felt that they would be able to save their lives.
The lieutenant Zhou Bo could not enter the military camp and take control of the army. Marquis Li shang of Quzhou was old and sickly, and his son Li Ji and Lü Lu were friendly. Emperor Daihou consulted with the chancellor Chen Ping and sent someone to kidnap Li Shang and ask Li To send him to deceive Lü Lu, saying: "Emperor Gao and Lü Hou jointly pacified the world, Liu Shi was crowned with nine kings, and Lü Shi was made three kings, all of which were agreed upon by the ministers, and this matter has been announced to the princes, and the princes all think it is appropriate." Now that the empress dowager is dead and the emperor is young, and you wear the seal of the King of Zhao, you do not hurry back to the country to guard the country, but as a general, you lead the army to stay here, and you are suspected by the ministers and princes. Why don't you return the general's seal and hand over the army to the lieutenant?" And asked the King of Liang to return the Seal of Xiangguo, make a covenant with the ministers, and go to his own fiefdom, so that the King of Qi will inevitably stop the army, the ministers can be stable, and you can sit back and relax, and call Wang Qianli, which is beneficial to future generations. Lü Lu believed Li Yu's suggestion and prepared to return the general seal and give the army to the lieutenant. Send someone to tell the old people of Lü Chan and the Lü clan that some of them thought it was appropriate, some said it was inappropriate, hesitated, and did not decide the idea. Lü Lu believed in Li Ji very much and often went out hunting with him. Once passing through her aunt Lü Miao's house, Lü Mi was furious and said, "If you give up the army as a general, the Lü clan will have no place to live." So he took out all the jewels and jade treasures and scattered them in the hall, saying, "Don't guard these things for others." ”
Zuo Cheng was deposed.
On the morning of August 10, Cao Ji, the Marquis of Pingyang, who was acting as imperial master, met with Xiangguo Lü Chan to discuss matters. Lang Zhong ordered Jia Shou to return from an envoy to the State of Qi, accusing Lü Chan, saying, "If you didn't go to your own fiefdom earlier, even if you want to leave now, can you still go?" He told Lü Chan all about the alliance between the douba and Qi and Chu clans and the preparation of the removal of the Lü clan, urging Lü Chan to enter the palace quickly. When The Marquis of Pingyang heard these words, he rode off to report to the chancellor and the lieutenant. The lieutenant wanted to enter the Northern Army, but could not. Marquis Jitong of Xiangping was in charge of the Fu Festival, and Tai Wei asked him to hold the festival and pass on the edict to make Tai Wei enter the Northern Army. Tai Wei also asked Li Ji and the pawn Liu Jiexian to advise Lü Lu: "The emperor sent Tai Wei to lead the Northern Army to let you go to your own fiefdom, quickly return the general's seal, and leave here, otherwise there will be a great disaster." Lü Lu thought that Li Ji would not deceive himself, so he untied the general seal and handed it to the pawn and gave the military power to the lieutenant. After seizing the military power, the lieutenant entered the military gate and ordered the army to say: "Those who support The Lü clan reveal their right arm, and those who support the Liu clan reveal their left arm." The sergeants all bared their left arms in favor of Liu. When the lieutenant came to the Northern Army, the general Lü Lu had already removed the general's seal and left, so the lieutenant commanded the Northern Army.
However, there were still Confederates who were not in control. Hou Pingyang heard some of Jia Shou's words to Lü Chan and told Lü Chan about Lü Chan's plot to Chen Ping, who summoned Zhu Xuanhou to assist Tai Wei. The lieutenant asked Zhu Xuhou to guard the camp gate. The Marquis of Pingyang told Wei Wei, "Don't let Xiangguo Lü Chan enter the palace gate. Lü Chan did not know that Lü Lu had left the Northern Army, so he entered weiyang Palace and wanted to make trouble, but there was no way to enter the temple gate and wander back and forth there. Worried that he would not be able to win, Hou Pingyang rode off his horse and told the lieutenant about the situation. Tai Wei was still afraid that he would not be able to defeat Lü's gang, so he did not dare to publicly declare the destruction of Lü Shi, so he dispatched Zhu Xuanhou and said to him: "Hurry into the palace to protect the emperor." "Zhu Xuanhou asked for some troops, and the lieutenant allocated more than a thousand soldiers to him. Zhu Xuhou entered the gate of Weiyang Palace and saw Lü Chan in the court. At dusk, he attacked Lü Chan, who fled. The sky was blowing strongly, so Lü Chan's entourage was in chaos and did not dare to resist. Zhu Xuhou chased after Lü Chan and killed him in the toilet of Lang Zhongling's official residence.
Zhu Xuhou had already killed Lü Chan, and the emperor sent a gurudwara to comfort Zhu Xuhou with a festival, and Zhu Xuhou wanted to snatch the Jiexin over, but the Gurudwara did not agree, so Zhu Xuhou rode with him, used the Jiexin to drive around, and killed Lü Gengshi, the guard of Changle Palace. When he returned, he drove into the Northern Army and reported to the lieutenant. Tai Wei stood up and said to Marquis Zhu Xuan, "All we are worried about is Lü Chan, who has now been killed, and the overall situation of the world has been decided." Immediately, people were sent to arrest the men and women of the Lü clan separately, young and old, and all of them were executed. On September 11, Lü Lu was captured and beheaded, and Lü Zi was beaten to death with a whip and a stick. He sent people to kill Lü Tong, the King of Yan, and deposed Zhang Yan, the King of Lu. On September 12, he also made the emperor's wife Fu the Emperor of the Imperial Household. On September 18, the King of Jichuan was made the King of Liang, and Liu Sui, the son of King You of Zhao, was made the King of Zhao. Liu Zhang, the Marquis of Zhu, was sent to inform the King of Qi about the removal of the Lü clan and ask him to withdraw his army. The infant army also marched from Xingyang to the capital.
The ministers consulted with each other privately, saying, "Neither Emperor Shao nor The King of Liang, the King of Huaiyang, and the King of Changshan were really the sons of Emperor Xiaohui. Lü Hou used fraudulent means to call other people's sons the sons of Emperor Xiaohui, killed the child's mother, raised them in the harem, and made Emperor Xiaohui his own son, and established him as the heir of the emperor and crowned as kings, in order to strengthen the power of the Lü clan. Now that the Lü clan has been completely eliminated, if they let the people they establish become emperors, when they grow up and take power, those of us will be killed. It is better to choose the wisest of the kings to become emperor. Some say that "King Hui of Qi was the eldest son of Emperor Gao, and now his concubine is the King of Qi, and he has sought the source from the aspect of pro-alienation, and King Qi is emperor's eldest grandson and can be made emperor." The ministers all said: "Lü's identity as a foreign relative was evil, almost endangering the Liu Clan Sect Temple and destroying the meritorious people." Now King Qi's mother's mother's family is a bad person, and if King Liqi is emperor, there will be another Lü clan. "I want to establish the king of Huainan, but I also think that he is young and his mother's mother's family is also very fierce." Everyone said, "The Daiwang is one of Emperor Gao's living sons, the longest, and a man of benevolence and filial piety." Empress Dowager Bo's family was cautious and kind. Moreover, the one with the longest order of establishment was originally righteous, and coupled with the fact that the acting king was known to the world with benevolence and filial piety, it was completely appropriate to be established as an emperor. So together they secretly summoned the king to the capital. The king sent someone to resign. The messenger went to greet him a second time, and then the king rode six horses and passed the carriage (and began the journey.) At the end of leap September, he arrived in Chang'an and lived in the official residence of the DaiWang. The ministers all went to see him, presented the seal of the Son of Heaven to the King, and unanimously honored the King as the Son of Heaven. The DaiWang repeatedly pushed back, the ministers insisted on their request, and the Daiwang finally agreed.
Liu Xingju, the Marquis of Dongmu, said, "I have no merit in removing the Lü clan, please let me clean up the palace." He entered the palace with his servant Marquis Teng of Ruyin and went up to the young emperor and said, "You are not a member of the Liu clan, and you should not be made emperor." So he turned around and ordered the guards of the Young Emperor to lay down their weapons and leave. Several people refused to lay down their weapons, and Zhang Ze, the leader of the eunuchs, went to talk, and they also laid down their weapons. Teng Gong called a car to drive the young emperor out of the palace. The Young Emperor said, "Where do you want to pull me?" The knee man said, "Go out and live." "The Young Emperor was placed in the Shaofu Accommodation. Then he used the Heavenly Son's Dharma to greet the Acting King. Reporting to the DaiWang, he said, "The palace has been cleaned up. "The DaiWang entered Weiyang Palace that night. Ten Gurudwara guards the main gate with halberds and says, "The Son of Heaven is here, what are you doing when you go in?" The Acting King told the lieutenant about the situation. The lieutenant went to give an explanation, and all ten Gurudwara lay down their weapons and walked away. The Acting King then entered the palace to listen to political affairs. At night, the officials killed the Liang King, the Huaiyang King, the Changshan King, and the Shao Emperor in the official residence.
The King was made the Son of Heaven. He died after twenty-three years on the throne and was made Emperor Xiaowen.
Tai Shi Gong said: Emperor Xiaohui and Gao Hou period, the people were freed from the suffering of the Warring States era, the emperor and the ministers wanted to rest and recuperate, and ruled without doing anything, so the Xiaohui Emperor bowed his clothes and bowed his hands, (Quiet and inactive), Gao Hou took the place of the emperor as the female lord, and the political affairs did not leave the door, and the world was peaceful. Punishment is rarely used, and there are very few sinners. The people are diligent in farming, and their food and clothing are increasing.
When Han Gaozu had just started an incident, Lü Yan became his wife. When the world was pacified, Lü Hou secretly acted as a blessing. Lü Hou was a stoic person with a cruel and suspicious personality, poisoning Liu Fei, the king of Qi, with poisonous wine, and cruelly cutting off the hands and feet of Concubine Qi and calling him a human, and when Emperor Hui died, Lü Hou was not sad to cry. Appoint relatives with the same surname and privately control the world. Kill the ministers, cut off the heirs of the queens of the Liu clan, and plague the people, and the people will not be able to live.
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