Preface
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is a famous male lord in Chinese history, although he is moody, but it can also be regarded as a clear reward and punishment, in the life of this king, the only two ministers who have been favored all their lives should be two people, one is a slave but eventually the official to one person under the ten thousand people above the great Sima general Wei Qing, the other is Wei Qing's nephew, hussar general Huo Quai.
However, in the fifth year of Yuanzhen, that is, in 118 BC, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty traveled to the Ganquan Palace in Yongzhou for a safari, something happened that shocked the government and the opposition, that is, Li Kang, the son of the "flying general" Li Guang, died while accompanying the emperor on a safari!
Judging from the fatal wound Li Kang received, it is obvious that he was killed by an arrow, but the emperor claimed that Li Kang was killed by a deer while hunting, and such a clumsy lie shows that the emperor is sheltering the murderer, so even if the ministers know the murderer, they do not dare to disobey the will.
In fact, the person who shot Li Kang was Hou Huo Quai, the champion of the whole army at that time, but Li Kang was also the Marquis of Guannei, who had been sealed, so why did Huo Qubing dare to shoot the prince without authorization? Why did Emperor Wu of Han protect him?
1. General Fei's life of ambition is difficult to pay
Huo Qubing does not need to be introduced, the youngest and promising general in Chinese history, the first general to "seal the wolf", the young Yingjie who Chinese regretted his early death, and the nephew of Empress Wei Zifu and General Wei Qing...... Countless titles have made Huo Qubing a full portrayal of what a young general should be like for many people.
But the young general of the Han Wu Dynasty is not only Huo Quai, although there is not much record of him in the history books, but this young general is really promoted by military merits, and was finally made a marquis, this young general is Li Kang.
Speaking of Li Kang, we have to mention his father, "Flying General" Li Guang, Li Guang is a veteran of the Han Wu Emperor period, his military exploits are not only in the Han Wu Dynasty, but in the Wenjing and Wenjing dynasties before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
In the famous "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms" in the early Han Dynasty, Li Guang, as the general of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, actively faced the rebels of the vassal states and made great contributions, and began to make a name for himself in the court.
However, the Wenjing and Jingjing dynasties continued the political policy of the early Han Dynasty and the high school, respected the learning of Huang Lao, and the royal family took the lead in practicing frugality, giving the people who had experienced decades of war since the end of the Qin Dynasty a space to recuperate, so they were naturally not so active in the conquest.
But with the accession of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che to the throne, Li Guang will also be enabled, after the accumulation of the Wenjing and Jing dynasties, the Han Dynasty at this time both the people and the treasury have been quite rich, and Liu Che is a king with great talents, so after starting to govern in person, he will set his sights on the unstable frontier.
As a border general, Li Guang naturally ushered in a new spring in his career, during the military policy of following Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Arctic Xiongnu, Li Guang's was reused again, but perhaps it was the luck of not making meritorious contributions, even if he was reused by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Li Guang still frequently messed up the opportunity.
Now people on the Internet ridicule Li Guang as a "lost marquis" precisely because of many outrageous operations during Li Guang's leading of the army, such as in the battle of Mobei launched in the fourth year of Yuanzhen, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty specially equipped Li Guang with the "humanoid GPS" Zhang Qian, who had been sent to the Western Regions, as a deputy general, but when Wei Qing and Huo Qubing of the other two roads had been defeated, Li Guang was lost in the desert!
It was precisely because of this defeat without a fight that Li Guang lost face, so after collecting his troops and returning to the camp, he no longer defended himself to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and directly drew his sword and committed suicide.
Second, Li dared to disobey Wei Qing and retaliate
Li Guang has been fighting on the battlefield all his life, and wants to be a marquis like Wei Qing because of his military merits, but because he always can't make great achievements, and even offsets his merits several times, he has not reached the threshold of being a marquis throughout his life, which is also the source of "Feng Tang is easy to be old, Li Guang is difficult to seal" in the "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng" in later generations.
But his son made up for this regret for his father, Li Guang originally had three sons, but the eldest son and the second son died before Li Guang, so when Li Guang died, only Li Kang was left with an only son, so after Li Guang's death, Li Kang inherited his father's honor and official title.
But Li Dang himself is not a general, since he was a child, Li Dang, who followed his father to go on the expedition, also has some ability in the body, Yuan Hunt four years, Li Dang followed Huo Quai's cavalry to raid the Xiongnu Zuoxian King, and heroically killed a number of Xiongnu cavalry in the battle, and finally won the Hun Zuoxian King's banner, contributing to the victory of the battle. After this battle, Li Kang was greatly rewarded by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for his military exploits, and the position of marquis, which his father had not obtained during his lifetime, was also taken by Li Kang, and he was named the Marquis of Guannei, and his status was higher than that of his father.
But Li Dang is very concerned about his father's death after all, in his eyes, his father was not guilty to death, just lost, if the general Wei Qing led his troops to rescue in time, his father not only would not commit suicide in shame, but would catch up with the Huns and have a fighter.
Moreover, before sending troops, it was Wei Qing who took care of his own people, Gongsun Ao, so that his father, who was not good at hard fighting, led a team to pursue the Huns alone, and after the war, Wei Qing had to blame all the blame on his father and report the matter to the emperor, which made his father commit suicide because of shame, so his father's death was completely caused by Wei Qing.
Li Dang has always held a grudge against this matter, the young general's newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and he is not afraid of Wei Qing's status and power, let alone the emperor's will of "generals under the masses" to heart, and when he asked Wei Qing about this matter, he fought a lot, resulting in Wei Qing's injury.
Wei Qing is not a person who flatters and invites favor, because he understands the pain of Li Dang's loss of his father, he doesn't care about his offense to himself, and he doesn't report this matter to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but Huo Quai, who grew up under the care of his uncle, can't bear the fact that his uncle was injured by his former subordinates, and has held this matter in his heart since then.
3. Huo Qubing shot Li Dang and was shielded by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
The opportunity soon came, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who had always liked safaris, not long after the Battle of Mobei, in order to celebrate the victory of the war, he led the officials to the Ganquan Palace in Yongzhou for a safari.
This gave Huo Qubing a chance, on the way to Ganquan Palace, Huo Qubing had been thinking about taking this opportunity to avenge his uncle, and was finally caught by him after the safari began.
Because it was a hunting activity, the courtiers scattered to carry out activities, Huo Qubing followed Li Dang into the uninhabited dense forest, Huo Qubing had a lot of experience in silent marching, so it was too late when Li Dang found out that he was being followed, only to see that Huo Qubing had already opened his bow and arrows, aimed the arrow at Li Kang, and then shot out accurately, killing with one blow.
Huo Qubing did not hide this matter, after seeing Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he told Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that he had shot Li Kang to ask for guilt, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very shocked, and asked Huo Qubing why he did this, and after Huo Qubing told Li Dare to offend Wei Qing in 1510, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty became calm.
In the end, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not cure Huo Qu's disease, but relied on his status as an emperor to explain to the courtiers that the cause of Li Kang's death was killed by a deer, and the courtiers were not blind, of course, they knew that the emperor was favoring the hussar generals, so they did not dare to speak up, and this matter ended like this.
But why did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty shield Huo Qu's illness?
First of all, it is because the significance of Huo Qubing to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is quite unusual, for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Huo Qubing is simply equivalent to half of his son raised by himself, and even he is not so attentive to the crown prince Liu Ju, so it is natural to be partial to Huo Quai.
Secondly, the military status of Huo Quzhi and Wei Qing's uncles and nephews in the Han Wu Dynasty is too important, it can be said that all the military power is in the hands of Wei Qing, the great general of the Great Sima, and it is too late for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to win them over, as long as the brains are not confused, they will not do anything to push the pair of uncles and nephews out.
Third, Li Dang's injury to Wei Qing did step on the bottom line of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in the Han Wu Dynasty, it was a very common thing for the courtiers to be cleaned up by the emperor, the reason is that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty needed a smart but completely loyal courtier, most of the courtiers could not do it, so they were rectified by the emperor, and Li Dang was against the reverse scale of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, first of all, he was not smart, and the way to take revenge turned out to be a big fight, and secondly, he was disloyal, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued an edict "The ministers are generals" When he dared to rebel, this was not only beating Wei Qing, but also slapping Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the face, so he was judged by Liu Che to be an unworthy person to give up.
epilogue
You can say that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was ruthless and harsh, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was definitely a very qualified "emperor", but the "emperor" mentioned here is not the emperor himself, but the work of the emperor.
Being able to react quickly and make decisive choices about the causes and consequences of Li Dang's killing in a short period of time shows the thoughtfulness of his mind and the depth of his thoughts.