"Feng Tang Yi Lao, Li Guang is difficult to seal". In the long river of history, how many heroes and heroes have a bumpy fate, although they are amazing, but the evening scene is miserable and suffocating. Fei General Li Guang is a typical representative of it, but he failed to be a marquis with great achievements in his life!
Li Guang's ancestor was the Qin Dynasty general Li Xin, who led an army to defeat Yan Prince Dan, which can be described as a famous general, Li Guang joined the army all his life, through the three dynasties of Emperor Wen of Han, Emperor Jing of Han and Emperor Wudi of Han, guarded the northern border of the Han Dynasty for a long time, resisted the Xiongnu, and fought more than 70 battles with the Xiongnu. Throughout his life, he made outstanding achievements, and on many occasions defended the country's border security with fewer enemies and more enemies. Li Guang's talent is also outstanding in the world, with a divine shooting technique, and an arrow can penetrate a stone; The method of governing the army also has its own uniqueness, which makes the enemy fearful! Therefore, Li Guang was extremely famous for a while, and was called "General Han Zhifei" by the enemy, and he did not dare to approach Biansai when he heard his name. But such an excellent general failed to be made a marquis in his life, what is the reason? Shiye? Fate?
The reason why Li Guang failed to be made a marquis, first of all, the Han Dynasty's reward system was the basic factor that led to Li Guang's failure to be made a marquis. On the surface, the Western Han Dynasty's rewards were based on "meritorious rewards", but in fact, the rewards were only a tool for the emperor to rule the country. In the Western Han Dynasty, most of the foreign relatives of the imperial family were made marquises, did they make any significant contributions to the country? At the same time, rewards have become a means of domination, often a tool for adjusting the struggles of political interest groups. Under this unreasonable reward system, Li Guang's achievements can only make his miserable end even more tragic!
Secondly, the main reason why Li Guang failed to become a marquis was that he had privately accepted the general seal of King Liang. It can be said that accepting the general seal of King Liang was Li Guang's fatal wound and had a profound impact on his life. Liu Wu, the king of Liang, and Emperor Jing of Han had many contradictions and accumulated deep grievances over the issue of establishing the crown prince. Li Guang's acceptance of the general seal of King Xiao of Liang made Emperor Jing of Han have a strong dissatisfaction with him and heavy defenses, to put it bluntly, Li Guang was a victim of the court struggle of the Han Dynasty, laying the groundwork for the rest of his miserable life.
And Emperor Wudi of Han used Wei Qing and Huo Qubing at that time, favored Li Guang, and directly forced Li Guang to death. During the reign of Emperor Wudi of Han, Li Guang went on five expeditions, several times with fewer enemies and more enemies, but Emperor Wudi of Han still severely punished Li Guang for his character of only looking at the results. In 119 BC, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing fought against the Xiongnu, and Li Guang also went out with the army, but unfortunately was transferred away from the front, as a result, Li Guang and General Zuo lost their time, and finally Li Guang killed himself for dignity. Why did Wei Qing transfer Li Guang away from the front? It turned out that this was the arrangement of Emperor Wudi of Han, and he hoped that others would be made marquises, so that Li Guang was finally forced into a corner, so that he had to die to defend his dignity.
During the Han Dynasty, two types of knighthood systems were implemented, one was to make the clan a prince and a marquis, and the other was a knighthood for meritorious ministers, which used the twenty-rank knighthood system of the Qin Dynasty, and subsequent generations basically followed the Qin system, but with slight changes. For example, during the Cao Wei dynasty, the knighthoods were divided into princes, dukes, marquises, earls, sons, men, county marquises, township marquises, pavilion marquises, and Guannei marquis. In the Yuan Dynasty, all the clans and horses were called kings. In the Ming Dynasty, the prince was the prince, and the son of the prince was the county king. The titles of civil and military officials are duke, marquis, and count, and each of them is named with a title, but there is only a year and no actual fief. In the Qing Dynasty, the knighthood of the clan was 10 ranks, which were awarded according to the lineage of the clan relatives, and anyone in the clan who reached the age of 20 could be named. In addition, the knighthood system also granted titles to the emperor's concubines, daughters, sisters, and aunts, as well as the mothers and wives of meritorious figures.
Li Guang was difficult to seal, causing many sighs and deep thoughts. Li Guang failed to be made marquis because he could not tolerate that authoritarian era, was ostracized and suppressed by the emperor until his death, but he still fought silently and fought without words. Li Guang's experience exposes the horror of the authoritarian system. Helplessness, helplessness...