Lü Pheasant, the first empress and empress dowager recorded in Chinese history, was also the first woman to be crowned by the emperor system after Qin Shi Huang established the emperor system. It was she who opened the precedent of the dictatorship of foreign relatives in the Han Dynasty, and Ma Qian of the Taishi Company included it in the book of recording the emperor's political affairs in the "Historical Records", and was called "Lu Wu" together with another strong woman Wu Zetian in later generations. During this woman's reign, the Han Dynasty was given a chance to recuperate, laying a good foundation for the subsequent reign of Wenjing.
After Lü Pheasant's death, Lü Chan and Lü Lu were in charge of the northern and southern armies, why were they quickly slaughtered?
In the simplest terms, Lu Pheasant has his legitimacy in power, and he is the "co-master" recognized by the princes and kings and the meritorious group, and as soon as Lu Pheasant died, the politics were broken, and both sides wanted to control the political situation, but there is a premise here that must be completed, that is, to eradicate the Lu group, only the eradication of the Lu group can make the supreme power vacant, only the eradication of the Lu group can ensure the legitimacy of the coup, and the crime of rebellion must be deducted on the head of the Lu brothers in order to demonstrate its own legitimacy and legitimacy, to put it bluntly, This was a coup d'état, and unfortunately the Lu clan lost.
I have to say that the essence of the Lu family is in women, and the sisters Lu Pheasant and Linguang Hou Lu Xiao (Fan Xu's daughter-in-law) are shrewd and capable, and they are decisive in killing. But Lu Chan and Lu Lu are too far apart, it can be described as a human head and pig brain, when Lu Xu learned that Lu Chan and Lu Lu handed over the military power, he scolded: You two hand over the military power, and we will die without a place to bury. Then he threw all the gold, silver and jewelry at home on the street, and said: These things will be everyone's in a few days, why should I guard them for others now. Here Lü Xu pointed out a question, why did Lü Chan and Lü Lu lose when they were in charge of military power, and they also took the initiative to give up military power.
There are three reasons why Lü Chan and Lü Lu perished so quickly:
1. The Han Dynasty was established by Liu Bang, the emperor's surname was Liu but not Lu, and Liu was orthodox.
2. Rebellion after Lu. During the reign of Empress Lü, he wantonly suppressed the Liu clan, vigorously promoted the power of the Lü family, killed Liu Ruyi, the king of Zhao, Liu You, the king of Zhao, cracked down on dissidents, established the emperor at will, and broke Liu Bang's rule that a different surname was not allowed to be crowned king, causing chaos in the government, and Empress Lü could still control the situation during his reign.
3, Lu Chan and Lu Lu are both nephews of Lu Pheasant, they are really incompetent, they are in important positions, they have heavy troops, but they have no ability to control the situation, a good hand of cards is sparse, and they are facing the famous general Zhou Bo and the famous minister Chen Ping, it is not surprising that they were quickly killed.
The military coup d'état after Lü Pheasant's death has no right or wrong, only winning or losing. Lü Pheasant is the head of the various factions (relatives, meritorious groups, princes and kings), is the boss, as Liu Bang's wife has natural legitimacy, Lü Pheasant is actually another Liu Bang, and after Lü Pheasant's death, the various factions have no leader, and the meritorious group and the princes and kings lost their suppression and balance, but the two factions quickly united and reached a "spoils sharing agreement". In this case, Chen Ping and Zhou Bo instigated the Lu brothers to hand over the military power of the north and south, and led by Liu Zhang, to kill the Lu family. Brother Lu was fooled by the merit group and the kings surnamed Liu. The extermination of Zhu Lu was not because the Lu clan endangered the Liu family's world and rule, but because it was a redistribution of political interests. Specifically, the Lu clan is no longer able to protect its own rights and interests.
After the meritorious group and the princes and kings group took control of the political situation, the four surviving sons of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ying, the king of Changshan, Liu Hong, the marquis of Xiangcheng, Liu Chao, and Liu Wu, the marquis of Huguan, were all killed, and they did not think that they were the heirs of Emperor Hui, and Liu Ying belonged to the lineage, and at the same time, I don't know what happened to the princess of the king of the era Liu Heng and the four sons born to the princess (it should be the Lu family), almost all the sons and heirs of the power class and the Lu family were all killed. The power struggle is so brutal. Similarly, if the Lu brothers finally come to power, the hero group will also end up in this way.
Empress Lu wanted to strengthen the Lu family with her own selfish intentions, but she didn't expect that it would actually harm the Lu family. Liu Bang's world is fought down with strategists and military generals, and the people of the Lu clan have no merit but are in a high position, which is very dangerous, but Empress Lu gave them the possibility of endangering the imperial power, so they increased their danger again, in fact, even if Lu Chan and Lu Lu succeeded in seizing the imperial power, it was impossible to sit firmly, because the opposition they had to face was too great, no matter what, it was self-inflicted, and Empress Lu put them in a very high position, but as the saying goes, the higher they stand, the harder they fall, It's a fitting phrase for them.