Dou Rong, the Marquis of Anfeng of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was a Fufeng Pingling man, who first served the First Emperor, and then saw that Liu Xiujia's soldiers were strong, and his orders were strict, and he intended to surrender. And Liu Xiu also heard that Hexi was rich, the soldiers and horses were strong, and he also received Long Shu, and he also wanted to isolate Kui Huan, so he sent envoys to contact. Soon after, he was attached to Liu Xiu and served as a high-ranking official.
Dou Rong was a clean and honest official throughout his life, and his political achievements were outstanding, however, his later years were not satisfactory. From the second year of Yongfeng, the sons of the Dou family indulged in lawlessness, causing resentment among the people, and Dou Rong was convicted of this and died in the desolation of the evening.
One. Early sinus melting
Dou Rong was an orphan in his youth, and during the wang mang period, he became a sima under the strong crossbow general Wang Jun, participated in the suppression of the Qu Yi and Zhao Ming uprisings, and was awarded the title of Jianwu Nan for military merit. His sister married The Great Sikong Wang Yi as his younger wife. The whole family migrated to Chang'an, "in and out of the nobles, connected with Luli Haojie, in the name of Renxia".
In the last years of Wang Mang's reign, the rebels swarmed. Wang Mang sent his master Wang Kuang to suppress it, and Wang Kuang asked Dou Rong to be an assistant and fought fan chong in the Qing and Xu areas. In the third year of Emperor Di's reign (22 CE), Dou Rongfu conquered Liu Xiu from Wang Yi, defeated Kunyang, and fled back to Chang'an. When the Han soldiers entered the pass, on the recommendation of Wang Yi, Dou Rong became the general of Boshui.
Two. King of Hexi
After Wang Mang's defeat, Dou Rong surrendered to the first army and became a lieutenant under Sima Zhao Meng, and was later recommended to serve as the Taishou of Julu. If it were not for the later honor of following the Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, Dou Rong might not have had the opportunity to become a famous courtier of the famous history.
Rong saw that the regime was unstable, the East was disturbed, and he was reluctant to go out. His great-grandfather was Zhangye Taishou, from his grandfather who was a lieutenant of the Qiang Dynasty, from his brother to Wuwei Taishou, who lived in Hexi for many generations, knew his local customs, and said to his brother: "The safety of the world is unknown, Hexi is rich, and the river is a country." Zhangye belongs to the national elite soldiers and horses, once the urgency is slowed down, the elimination of Hejin, enough to defend itself, this relic place also. ”
The brothers all agreed with him. Dou Rong then resigned from Julu Taishou and sought to guard Hexi and brought his family with him. There, the people of Hexi were united.
Three. Eastward dashing
After the Han Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu established the capital in Luoyang, Dou Rong and others wanted to annex the Eastern Han Dynasty, but due to the long west of the river, the area east of Jincheng to Tianshui was divided by Kui Huan, and the middle interval was blocked, and his wish could not be realized. In the 29th year of the Common Era (the fifth year of Jianwu), the envoy Liu Jun was sent to Luoyang to express his intention of submission.
At this time, although Kui Huan adopted the jianwu nian name, he "looked at the people from the outside and had different intentions on the inside", and sent the debater Zhang Xuan to Hexi to lobby and suggest that each side be divided. Say what "Now Haojie is expelled, male and female are undecided, when each according to its native characters, and Long, Shu and obey, Gao can be the Six Kingdoms, and the next does not lose Wei Tuo." Dou Rong summoned Hao Jie to consult with the counties of Taishou, and some people believed that Liu Xiu was ordered by Fu, and personnel, and there were other theories, "either the same or different." Dou Rong was cautious and cautious, "so he decided to go east."
At this time, Emperor Guangwu also saw that Dou Rong and others wanted to go east, and took the initiative to send emissaries to hold the edict.
Dou Rong took Liu Xiushu and sent Liu Jun back to the book, stating the meaning of surrender. At the same time, he sent his brother Dou You to Luoyang to face Chen Xinji. Dou You traveled to Gaoping, just in time for Kui to rebel, the road was isolated, and chi returned to Hexi. Dou Rong dispatched Xi Feng to carry the Shujian Dao Eastbound Tongshu. Liu Xiu also gave Dou Rong a letter of brotherhood to soothe him.
Since Dou Rong had surrendered to Han, he had written to Kui Kui, criticizing him for rebelling, not knowing the affairs of the world, and disregarding the people's livelihood, and asking him to think deeply about the way of disobedience. Kui Huan ignored it. Dou Rong was prepared to fight with the Five Counties Taishou and wrote to ask for battle.
Liu Xiu was quite appreciative of Dou Rong's attitude and performance, and established a relationship with him, saying that Dou Rong was a descendant of Emperor Wen's dou family and that he was the son of Emperor Jing, who was born to Dou Hou; It was also said that the Han soldiers were about to march westward, hoping that Dou Rong would "meet in anticipation." Dou Rong received the edict, and immediately entered Jincheng with the guards of zhu county, and attacked the xianzhi Qiang who had surrendered to Shun Kui, and broke it.
Liu Xiu was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Anfeng because of his merits, and ate the four counties of Anfeng, Yangquan, Yu, and Anfeng. He made his brother Dou You the Marquis of Xianqin. The generals were also rewarded. After the reward was completed, Liu Xiu led the crowd to return to the east, and Dou Rong and others returned to their hometowns.
Four. Let go of power
At the end of the Western Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the Central Plains was in turmoil and the people were not happy, Dou Rong adopted a relatively lenient policy in Hexi, "learning martial arts and cultivating literature, protecting the border and the people," which promoted the development of production, and the Hexi area became a relatively peaceful area. In particular, Guzang is more fertile.
Dou Rong's brothers were also under the title of Marquis, and they had long been preoccupied with the West and were afraid of themselves. He wrote several times and asked for his resignation. Liu Xiu ordered retention. When Long and Shu had been pacified, Dou Rong was ordered to play the Jingshi with the Five Counties Taishou, and the riders were more than a thousand, and the horses, cattle and sheep were wild.
Dou Rong went to Luoyang and sent Liangzhou Mu, Zhangye's capital, and Marquis Yin of Anfeng. Liu Xiu also returned his Marquis of Anfeng with the title of prince, "rewarding grace and pouring out the capital division".
A few months later, in April of the thirteenth year of Jianwu (37 AD), Ren Dourong became the pastor of Jizhou, and more than ten days later, he was moved to Dasikong.
Dou Rong knew that he was not Liu Xiu's old vassal, so he was cautious and resigned his title many times, and Emperor Guangwu said to retain it. Dou Rong did not dare to make another request. It was not until the twentieth year of Jianwu (44 AD) that Liu Xiu was relieved of Dou Rong's official position.
Five. Boom and bust
In the twenty-third year of Jianwu (47 AD), Dou Rong made Yin Xingxing a wei weishi ( 衛尉事 ) , and was also a general as a master. His brother Dou You was a lieutenant at the city gate, and his brother was also a soldier. Dou Rong again demanded his resignation, and Emperor Guangwu repeatedly rewarded him. At this time, the Dou clan had a noble family, with "one duke, two marquises, three princesses, and four or two thousand stones, and they were in harmony with each other."
Since the ancestors and grandchildren, the official residences look at each other in Jingyi, and the number of slaves is in the thousands, which is incomparable among relatives and heroes. ”
Dou clan a noble favor, before and after a duke, two marquises, three princesses, four or two thousand stones, the mansion looks at Jingyi, slaves and thousands of slaves, at that time noble qi heroes can not be compared, Dou Rong's descendants indulged, many illegal acts, causing people's resentment.
In the second year of Yongping (59 AD), Dou Rong was imprisoned and died from his brother Dou Lin for his sins. Emperor Ming repeatedly issued edicts to dou rong, and "abstained from dou babies and tian yi's misfortunes."
Dou Rong panicked, begged for bones, and was rehabilitated. A year later, Dou Rong went to Wei Wei to seal the seal. Later, his eldest son Dou Mu, relying on his power and misdeeds, ordered Liu Xu, the Marquis of Liu'an, to remove his wife and marry his daughter.
In the fifth year of Yongping (62 AD), the defendant made this matter. Dou Mu and other officials were dismissed, and their families were returned to their hometown counties by Zhu Lian, leaving only Dou Rong in the Capital Division. Soon, Zhao Zhu Dou returned to the Capital Division.
For more than a year, captain yin silk. Soon after, he died of illness in Luoyang.