One of the characteristics of the Han Dynasty is that foreign relatives have exclusive power, and the emperors trust foreign relatives very much, not only sealing the marquis, but also giving real power, so that the foreign relatives' power is tilted over the world, so that they are usurped by Wang Mang! However, most of the foreign relatives declined after the change of imperial power, and the new foreign relatives rose again, wave after wave, infinite cycle! There were many foreign relatives between the two Han Dynasties, but there were four main families who were hated by the world and exterminated. Xiaobian will introduce it to you today!
1. Lü's
Lü Yan's father, Lü Taigong, was very good at meeting people, could predict people's future, and always said that he would ration Lü Yan to nobles! At the banquet held for him by Pei Ling, he took liu bang who was still a pavilion chief at a glance, thinking that Liu Bang would be unspeakably precious in the future, despite the strong opposition of his wife, he immediately decided to mate his daughter Lü Yanxu to Liu Bang, became Liu Bang's wife, and gave birth to Liu Bang and Princess Lu Yuan, the Emperor of Xiaohui! After Liu Bang won the world, Lü Yan became an empress and Liu Ying became a prince! However, because Lü Yan was older, he rarely saw Liu Bang, and Liu Bang was favored by Lady Qi at that time, giving birth to Ruyi, the King of Zhao! Liu Bang thought that Liu Ying's personality was too cowardly, unlike himself, and several times he wanted to depose Liu Ying and establish Liu Ruyi, but under the resolute opposition of the chancellor, he still did not change the crown prince! After Liu Bang's death, Liu Ying became emperor, and Lü Yan became the empress dowager with great power, and immediately made Lady Qi a human being and poisoned and killed Ruyi, the king of Zhao! Within a few years, Emperor Hui of Han died, Lü Yan directly claimed to control the power of the imperial court, and the Lü family began its own golden age! Lü Yan made Lü Tai the King of Lü, and later Lü Chan was made the King of Liang; Lü Lu was made the King of Zhao, Lü Tong the King of Yan, Lü Zhuang was the Queen of Dongping, and his sister Lü Zi was the Marquis of Linguang. Lü Shi not only made the prince and marquis, but also occupied a key position in the imperial court, Lü Lu was a general and controlled the southern army of Chang'an; Lü Chan controlled the northern army and controlled the military power of the entire Chang'an! At the same time, her sister Lü Wei was also the wife of the hero Fan Duo, and let the daughters of the Lü clan marry the kings of the Liu clan, and the relationship was intertwined and complicated. The world has almost become the world of the Lü family! After Lü Yan's death, Chen Ping, Zhou Bo, and Zhu Xuhou were killed. Under the leadership of Dongmu Hou, the Zhulu rebellion was quelled, and the entire Lü clan was slaughtered and disappeared into the stage of history!
Empress Lü's film and television image
2. Dou's
The Dou family flourished from The Birth Mother of the Han Jing Emperor, Dou Yifang! Dou Yifang was originally Empress Lü's maid. One year, on a whim, Empress Lü rewarded five princes with a maid, and Dou Yifang was on the list of rewards! Because Dou Yifang was a Native of Qinghe and belonged to Zhao Di, she bribed the eunuch who held the power to distribute it and demanded that he be assigned to the State of Zhao, and as a result, the eunuch misremembered and assigned her to the State of Dai! When he arrived in the Dai Kingdom, he was favored by the Dai King, that is, the later Emperor Wen of Han, and gave birth to the Han Jing Emperor and the eldest princess Liu Yan! After Emperor Wen of Han succeeded to the throne, Dou Yifang became empress, Emperor Jing of Han became empress dowager after succeeding to the throne, and Emperor Wu of Han became empress dowager after succeeding to the throne! Dou Yifang had an older brother named Dou Changjun, a younger brother named Dou Shaojun, and a nephew named Dou Bao, who became a minister! Because Emperor Wen of Han, Emperor Jingdi of Han, and Emperor Wu of Han during the Dou period were all Ming Emperors and very accomplished, dou did not fly too high, and Dou Infant was also killed by Emperor Wu of Han. The time when the Dou clan really struggled was during the Eastern Han Dynasty! In the early period, Dou Shaojun's seventh grandson Dou Rong became the capital of Zhangye, because of his fame and ability, he gradually mastered the entire Liangzhou, that is, the Hexi Corridor, and later defected to the Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, becoming a great hero of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and was named the Marquis of Anfeng, four counties of Yiyi, and his younger brother was made the Marquis of Xianqin, two marquises of one gate, three princesses, and four high-ranking officials of two thousand stones. During the reign of Emperor Zhang of Han, Dou Rong's great-granddaughter was made empress, and after Emperor Zhangdi of Han died, Empress Dou became empress dowager, because Emperor Han and Emperor He were young, Empress Dou was in the imperial court, and her elder brother Dou Xian was a secret of internal affairs in the imperial service; the eldest brother Dou Du was the general of the Tiger Ben Zhonglang, and the younger brother Dou Jing was the middle and permanent attendant, all of which were key positions in the imperial court. Dou Shi's power for a time fell to the world! After Dou Xian's conquest of the Northern Xiongnu won a complete victory, Dou Xian was made a great general and ranked above the Three Dukes! So Dou Xian took Geng Kui, Ren Shang, etc. as his minions, Deng Die, Guo Huang as his confidants, Ban Gu, Fu Yi and other canonical articles, assassin history, shou, ling, more than one, became the most powerful person in the world at that time, so that some people saw Dou Xian kneeling and calling him Long live! Later, with the support of the eunuch Zheng Zhong, Emperor Han and Emperor Yan successfully staged a coup d'état, killing Dou Xian, Dou Du and Dou Jing, and successfully seizing power in the imperial court! Dou's family has been in a slump ever since!
Dou Yifang film and television image
3. Wang's family
The Wang family flourished since Wang Zhengjun, the mother of Emperor Cheng of Han! When Emperor Yuan of Han was crown prince, the favored Ma Liangdi died, and Emperor Yuan of Han was sullen all day. Emperor Xuan of Han knew about it, so he asked the crown prince to choose one of the palace girls to be his own concubine, Emperor Yuan of Han originally did not want to choose, but he was afraid of offending his father, so he casually pointed out a palace girl, that is, Wang Zhengjun! After Emperor Yuan of Han ascended the throne, he became empress, and after Emperor Yuan of Han died, his son Emperor Hancheng succeeded to the throne, and she became the empress dowager! Wang Zhengjun has an older brother and eight younger brothers, one of whom is Wang Chong! Emperor Hancheng was an emperor who paid great attention to foreign families, and after he ascended the throne, he let his great uncle Wang Feng be a great general to assist the government and hold the power of the entire imperial court! He was made the Marquis of Ancheng, and later his other five uncles, Wang Tan, Wang Shang, Wang Gen, Wang Hong, and Wang Fengshi, were once called the Five Marquises! Wang Fengfuzheng died in the eleventh year, and was assisted by Wang Shang and Wang Mang. Wang Mang's father, Wang Man, was also the younger brother of Wang Zhengjun, but he died early, so he could not be crowned marquis, and Wang Mang's family was the poorest in the entire Wang clan! On the contrary, Wang Mang was not like his cousins, who were clumsy children, but liked to read, folded corporals, and had a very good reputation, so Wang Shang recommended Wang Mang to assist the government before his death, and Chinese New Year's Eve was eight years old! Wang Mang assisted the government for more than a year, The Hancheng Emperor died, and Liu Xin, the King of Dingtao, succeeded to the throne as the Emperor of Han, who respected his foreign family, the Fu clan, and Wang Mang was also sent back to the new capital, and the Wang clan temporarily fell into underestimation. After the death of the Han Emperor, Wang Zhengjun returned to the mountains to take control of the imperial government, and installed the little emperor Liu Yan of Hanping, and let Wang Mangfuzheng take power. After Wang Mang took control of the Han Dynasty, he became emperor himself, established a new dynasty, and became the first person in Chinese history to be seized by foreign relatives, but after only a dozen years, Wang Mang was beheaded by the rebel army invading Chang'an!
Wang Zhengjun film and television image
4. Liang's
The Liang clan flourished from the Han Zhang Emperor Liang Guiren. Liang Guiren was the biological mother of Emperor Han and was framed to death by Dou, and Emperor Han and Emperor did not know about this matter! After Empress Dou's death, Liang Guiren's sister wrote to Han and Emperor He and told the story, and Emperor Han and Emperor Were deeply saddened, and posthumously honored as Empress Gonghuai, and Empress Gonghuai's brother Liang Tang was made the Marquis of Leping, Liang Yong was the Marquis of Chengshi, and Liang Zhai was the Single Father Marquis, each with 5,000 households, and rewarded the first house, slaves, carriages, horses, crossbows, and things in huge numbers, and the Liang clan began to prosper! After Liang Yong's death, his son Liang Shang inherited the title of Marquis of Chengshi, and had a daughter named Liang Ne, who entered the palace and became a nobleman of Emperor Hanshun, very talented, and was made empress by Emperor Shun of Han! Therefore, Emperor Shun of Han worshiped Liang Shang as an auxiliary general, and Liang Shang died in the sixth year of the auxiliary government. His son Liang Ji succeeded him as the Marquis of Chengshi, and the official Bei general Assisted Zheng, with Liang Ji's younger brother Liang Bu undoubtedly the title of Yin of Henan! After the death of Emperor Shun of Han, Emperor Han Chong, who was still in his infancy, succeeded to the throne, Empress Liang listened to the government, and Liang Ji participated in the auxiliary government, and his power increased day by day. Within a few months, Emperor Han Chong died again, and originally the chancellor wanted to establish the older King of Qinghe, Liu Garlic, but Liang Ji and Empress Liang wanted to continue to hold power, and set up another eight-year-old Han Chong Emperor, and Liang Ji continued to hold power! Emperor Chong of Han said to Liang Ji once when he was in the dynasty: "This general is also!" After Liang Ji knew about it, he actually poisoned emperor Han Directly! After the death of two young emperors in a row, the Manchu dynasty ministers all supported a relatively old emperor, among whom Li Gu, Hu Guang, Zhao Jing, Du Qiao, and so on all wanted to support Liu Garlic, the king of Qinghe, but Liang Ji and the eunuchs hated liu garlic the king of Qinghe, who was too strict, and Liang Jili defied the public opinion, and supported the fifteen-year-old Marquis Liu Zhi, that is, Emperor Huan of Han, and Empress Liang still listened to the government! Because of his great merits, Liang Jiyi sealed 13,000 households, and his younger brother Liang Bu was undoubtedly the Marquis of Yingyang, Liang Meng was the Marquis of Xiping, and his son was the Marquis of Xiangyi, the Fourth Marquis of Yimen! Liang Ji then imprisoned Li Gu and Du Qiao on the pretext that they did not support Emperor Huan of Han, and violently killed them in Chang'an for more than ten days, claiming that they dared to punish those who collected the corpses together! Liang Ji's power was further expanded and consolidated, and he fully grasped the power of the imperial court! After Empress Liang's death, Emperor Huan of Han also enfeoffed Liang Ji, totaling 30,000 households; he also named Liang Ji's wife Xiangcheng Jun, with a revenue of 50 million yuan, and the treatment was the same as that of the eldest princess! A lot of doormen and slaves were sent to all parts of the country to loot wealth, and a rabbit garden was built in Henan, within a radius of tens of miles, and the rabbits inside ran out If someone accidentally killed, they were directly sentenced to death! It is said that a Hu merchant in the Western Regions did not know about this matter and killed a rabbit, because more than a dozen people died before and after this incident! When an official is promoted, he must first go to Liang Ji to give thanks, and if anyone who does not give thanks will find an excuse to kill him! Liang Ji yimen, the seven marquises before and after, the three empresses, the six nobles, the second general, the lady and the female food yi were called kings, the three princesses were three, and the remaining fifty-seven qing, generals, yin, and school. Later, Emperor Huan of Han, with the support of the eunuchs Shan Chao, Xu Huang, Gu Yan, Zuo Yi, and Tang Heng, launched a coup d'état and wiped out the Liang clan, abandoning the city!
Empress Liang's film and television image