Today, we come to talk about the history of the Han Dynasty, Han Gaozu and the heroes killed the White Horse Alliance Oath before his death. Non-Liu surnames cannot be crowned kings, and no military merit cannot be crowned marquises. However, shortly after Han Gaozu's death, the two rules he had established were broken by his wife Lü Hou.
Lu Hou
Lü Hou, as the original wife of the Henkel group, and the Henkel group can be called a combination of hardships and hardships. Because of Han Gao's group, Lü Hou squatted in the qin dynasty's prison and lived in Xiang Yu's prisoner of war camp. Lü Hou's brother Lü Ze, Lü Shizhi, and brother-in-law Fan Duo were also in Han Gaozu's war against the birds and chu. Several times he made a great contribution to the rescue of king Qin. Although Han Gaozu felt that Liu Ying, the concubine born to Empress Lü, was benevolent and weak, unlike himself. Several times he wanted to change Liu Ruyi, the third son born to Lady Qi, as crown prince.
However, due to the key pillar of rule under the Henkel Group, the Fengpei Gongchen Clique was clearly opposed. In the end, it had to be abandoned. However, although the Gongchen clique made a great contribution to the issue of keeping Lü Hou's son Liu Ying's crown prince. However, Lü Hou did not trust these old people who had suffered together. After Han Gaozu's death, Lü Hou immediately recruited one of his most important cronies, the Marquis of Peiyang, to interrogate him. He was also one of henkel's fellow friends. Because of this, after Han Gaozu became the Duke of Pei in the Snake Slayer Rebellion, he often went out to fight and entrusted his family to Judge Qi.
Judge it
Therefore, among these founding heroes of the Han Dynasty, in addition to his brother-in-law Fan Duo, the one who was most familiar with Lü Hou was this judge. Therefore, after Han Gaozu's death, Lü Hou came to him for consultation. Both of them felt that these Conglong Gongchen who had followed Emperor Gaozu's army in Pei County were all ordinary people like Han Gaozu. They were already dissatisfied with Emperor Gaozu's face to the south.
Now let them assist the young lord, then there must be 10,000 unhappiness in their hearts. It is better to keep the secret in the first place and kill all these founding heroes who hold military power. Then, this matter was heard about by Zhuo Hou Lishang, who had a good relationship with the Lü family. He hurried to dissuade him from killing his own victims, and it was not feasible.
Han Gao Zu Liu Bang
After being persuaded by Li Shang, he went back to persuade Lü Hou. This was only four days after the death of Han Gaozu that he would be proclaimed to the world, and then the crown prince Liu Ying would succeed him as Emperor Hui of Han. Emperor Hui of Han was young and weak, so he succeeded to the throne. The power of the imperial court was all in the hands of his mother, Lü Hou, who was now the empress dowager. Thus began the 15-year-long Lühou era in the history of the Han Dynasty. During this time, Empress Lü initially ruled the country only in the name of the empress dowager. Later, after the death of Emperor Hui of Han, Lü Hou was even more directly weighed.
Calling themselves Yuan, orders called edicts, and all the etiquette specifications are no different from those of the emperor. Therefore, when Sima Qian later wrote the history, he did not write the Benji of Emperor Hui of Han. Instead, according to the emperor's specifications, he wrote a post for Empress Lü. The 15 years that Lü Hou took power can be regarded as a period of development that was quite important in the early years of the Han Dynasty. During this period, Lü Hou lightly gave up on thin endowments, encouraged production, abolished the science law, and enabled talents. Following the guidance of Huang Lao, he lived with the people's cultivation and established a frugal and simple social atmosphere in the early Han Dynasty, which laid the foundation for the subsequent rule of Wenjing.
In addition, Lü Hou, as the wife of the founding emperor, followed Liu Bang to pacify the world and guard the Jiangshan. Among them, Lü Hou and the lü family's children also bowed greatly. This also makes the historical image of Lü Hou somewhat different from those female protagonists who only relied on marriage to rule the world. Presumably, Lü Hou thought the same thing in his heart.
Therefore, after Lü Hou took power, he also made great efforts to support and consolidate the power and position of the Lü family. In addition to being older, Liu Fei, the eldest son of Han Gaozu, who was already married. The remaining sons of Han Gaozu may have almost all won over the Lü family women, and it is clearly recorded in the historical record that Liu Hui, the fifth son of Han Gaozu, won the niece of Lü Hou, and Liu You, the sixth son of Gao Zu, took the niece of Lü Hou.
Emperor Hui of Han Liu Ying
Even Empress Lü's second son, Emperor Hui of Han, Liu Ying, was forced to marry Empress Lü's granddaughter. That is, Emperor Hui's own nephew's daughter Empress Xiaohui of the Zhang clan. Liu Bang's seventh son, Liu Chang, the Prince of Huainan, did not marry the Lü family. This is probably because his mother died early and was raised by Lü Hou since he was a child, so he can be regarded as Lü Hou's own person. As for Gaozu's eighth son, Liu Jian, the youngest son of Han Gaozu. Although the history books do not record who his wife was. However, the historical record records that a beautiful man of Liu Jian bore him a son, and as a result, he was killed by Lü Hou, resulting in the extinction of the Yan state and the removal of the state.
Whether it is based on the political interests inherited by the title, or the competition between husband and wife. Lü Hou, as Liu Jian's concubine, would kill his son-in-law. The most reasonable inference is that Liu Jian's wife is also a woman of the Lu family. There is also the fourth son of Han Gaozu, Liu Heng, who is also the future Emperor Wen of Han. When it comes to The wife of Emperor Wen of Han, the first thing that comes to mind is the famous Empress Dou. In fact, Empress Dou was originally only a side chamber of Emperor Wen of Han. The real Masamune was replaced by someone else. However, the name and origin of the acting queen are not found in the historical records. The chronicles only briefly record that the empress died before Emperor Wen ascended the throne.
Emperor Wen of Han
Then, the four sons he and Emperor Wen gave birth to also died of illness at the beginning of Emperor Wen's ascension to the throne. In particular, the latter record naturally triggered the imagination of later generations of scholars. Therefore, there are views that this empress dowager who disappeared from the historical data should also be a woman of the Lü family. His four sons should be the same as the sons of Emperor Hui of Han. Later, he became a victim of Emperor Wen of Han, especially the anti-Lü hero clique, who feared the resurgence of the Lü family.
Even liu fei, who was already married, although he himself already had an official queen, Lü Hou still put his second son Liu Zhangzhang into the court. The niece and granddaughter who married Lü Hou actually became a hostage in Lü Hou's hands. In this way, liu fei still dedicated the Chengyang Commandery of his state of Qi to Empress Lü's daughter-in-law, Princess Lu Yuan, as Tang Muyi. This was the honor that had been exchanged, if not, Liu Fei would have ended up with his third brother Liu Ruyi, the King of Zhao.
Just now we talked about the relationship between several sons of the Henkel group and the Lu family. Among the many sons. The only one who fell behind was Liu Ruyi, the old Third Zhao King, who did not bring his family with him when he led his army west into Guanzhong. Lü Hou remained in Gaozu's peixian hometown to take care of a pair of children, namely Emperor Hui of Han and Princess Lu Yuan, as well as Han Gaozu's parents. Later, after Han Gaozu became the King of Han, he married a lady of the side chamber, which was Liu Ruyi's birth mother. Among all the wives and concubines in the Henkel group, Lady Qi was undoubtedly the most favored one. And his son Liu Ruyi was also considered by Han Gaozu to be the most similar to himself among all his sons. Therefore, at one time, there was a plan to abolish the position of crown prince of Liu Ying, the concubine born to Empress Lü, and to make Liu Ruyi the crown prince instead.
Mrs. Qi
Therefore, of course, there was a deep grudge between Lady Qi and Liu Ruyi's mother and son and Empress Lü. It was precisely because of Han Gaozu's favor that Lady Qi, after her son Liu Ruyi was crowned king of Zhao, did not go to the Zhao kingdom with her son. Instead, he continued to stay in the Chang'an Palace. Therefore, after the death of Han Gaozu, Lü Hou ordered lady Qi to be imprisoned in Yongxiang as a slave of Shumi. This Lady Qi also seems to be a person who has no city government. Now that Emperor Hui was in power for Empress Lü, she had become a slave, but she was still in Yongxiang, singing the songs she wrote every day: "The son is the king, the mother is the prisoner, and she is always in the twilight of the day, often in death!" Three thousand miles apart, whoever makes a confession shall be made. This means that the son is the king, but the mother is a servant, scooping rice every day until dark, accompanied only by the fear of death. But mother and son are 3,000 miles apart, who can tell you my situation?
As the object of Lü Hou's attention, Lady Qi's song was of course quickly reported to Lü Hou. Lü Hou sent people to join liu ruyi, the king of Zhao, and wanted to poison him. However, Emperor Hui of Han and his third brother actually grew up together, and the relationship was very good, and Emperor Hui of Han had always been benevolent and weak. Therefore, Emperor Hui of Han did not dare to disobey his mother's wishes and let Liu Ruyi return to China, but he also could not bear to really let Empress Lü kill Liu Ruyi. Therefore, when Emperor Hui of Han was in Liu Ruyi's way to Chang'an, he personally went to pick him up, and then stayed by his side all day, and the two brothers were inseparable.
Liu Ruyi
Therefore, Lü Hou waited for more than a month before he finally found an opportunity. One day, Emperor Hui of Han got up early to hunt in the suburbs, saw that Liu Ruyi was sleeping soundly, and couldn't bear to wake him up. So Lü Hou quickly seized this opportunity, and while Liu Ruyi was alone in the palace, he sent someone to force him to drink poisoned wine and poison Liu Ruyi to death. Then Lü Hou sent someone to gouge out Mrs. Qi's eyes, smoke her ears, cut off her hands and feet, pour dumb medicine, and throw her into the toilet.
It is called human, which means a person like a pig. Because Mrs. Qi finally died tragically in the toilet, there is a saying that some regions of Shaanxi, Henan, and Hebei in China. Some people will sacrifice the seven gu of the toilet god in the middle of the Yuan Festival, in fact, this seven gu is the Qi lady who has been the side room of Han Gaozu. It may be because he was annoyed by Emperor Huidi of Han's protection of Liu Ruyi, or he may not like his son's weak character like Han Gaozu. After Lü Hou turned Lady Qi into a human, he also specially asked the eunuch to take Emperor Hui of Han to visit.
Emperor Hui of Han saw that his father's former favorite concubine was actually transformed into this look by his own mother, and he was frightened and cried on the spot. After returning to the palace, he was even more seriously ill. Then Emperor Hui of Han sent someone to send a message to Lü Hou, saying that this kind of thing was not something that people could do. As the son of the empress dowager, erchen no longer had the face to rule the world. From then on, Emperor Hui of Han did not ask about political affairs, but only drank and had fun in the harem, and after only six years, he died of illness.
Empress Zhang
During his lifetime, Emperor Hui was very dissatisfied with his mother Lü Hou's forcible arrangement for her to marry his niece Empress Zhang. It is said that Emperor Hui of Han was unable to accept this kind of incestuous marriage in his heart, so he never had a conjugal relationship with Empress Zhang. However, when one of Emperor Huidi's concubines was pregnant, Empress Lü asked Empress Zhang to pretend to be pregnant as well. After the concubine gave birth to a son, Empress Lü sent someone to kill the concubine and then pretended that the princess was born to Empress Zhang.
Therefore, after Emperor Hui's death, Empress Lü arranged for this child to inherit the throne, the former Young Emperor of the Western Han Dynasty. This year is also recorded in history as the first year of the Henkel Dynasty. However, at the funeral of Emperor Hui of Han, someone noticed something unusual. This wise man with bright eyes was Zhang Liang's second son, Zhang Peijiang.
At that time, Zhang Peijiang was serving as a waiter in the court, and of course, he also had to attend the emperor's funeral. Then Zhang Peijiang found that Lü Hou was just howling at the funeral, and did not shed a tear. He thought about it and understood why. So he went to see Chen Ping, the prime minister. Zhang Peijiang asked Chen Ping that the empress dowager only had one son, Emperor Hui, and now Emperor Hui had died, but the empress dowager was just pretending to cry and was not really sad. Prime Minister, do you know why? Chen Ping said that he couldn't understand it. Zhang Peijiang continued. Emperor Hui died without leaving an adult heir, so the empress dowager was worried that a founding hero like you would have a different heart. For this time, you might as well go and see the Empress.
Chen Ping
Several of the empress's nephews were appointed as general commanders, responsible for the participation of the southern and northern armies of the first imperial palace in the imperial government. In this way, the empress dowager will be at ease, and you will be able to avoid disasters. After Chen Ping listened, he felt that Zhang Peijiang's words were very reasonable, so he hurried into the palace to play. After Listening to Chen Ping's words, Lü Hou was very happy in his heart, and there would be tears when he cried again. Lü Hou then ordered his nephew Lü Tai to be the King of Lü, Lü Chan the King of Liang, Lü Lu the King of Zhao, and a nephew, Lü Tong, the King of Yan. Moreover, several of them did not have to go to the fiefdom to take the domain, and remained in the dprk to hold official positions.
Another had gone to Wang Ling and resolutely opposed Lü Hou, which violated the alliance of white horses left by Han Gaozu and divided lü's sons as kings. However, it did not stop Lü Hou, but instead Wang Ling's own position as chancellor fell into the hands of Lü Hou's cronies. At this time, the former Young Emperor, who had gradually grown up, once did not know where to hear about his own origins. Therefore, the mouth complained that the empress dowager could kill my mother. Now that I am young, when I grow up, I must avenge my mother. Soon these words reached Lü Hou's ears.
Former Young Emperor
Lü Hou immediately imprisoned the former Shao Emperor in Yongxiang, and then lied that the emperor was seriously ill and could not come to the court. However, the country could not be left without a master for a day, so he abolished the former Young Emperor and replaced him with his younger brother. That is, another grandson of Lü Hou, Liu Hong the Prince of Hengshan, was emperor, which was the Later Shao Emperor of the Western Han Dynasty. Then the former Young Emperor was poisoned by Empress Lü. After that, Lü Hou continued to control the Western Han Dynasty for about four years. Until 180 BC. That is, the third day of the third month of the third month of the lunar calendar in the eighth year after Henkel In the song dynasty, the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar was a very important festival, known as the Shangfen Festival.
According to the custom of the time, on this day people had to go to the river to bathe with running water. Let the disease and doom also be washed away by the flowing water. However, a major event occurred on the Festival of Upper Hun in 180 BC. On his way back to the Chang'an Palace, Lü Hou was attacked by a black dog that suddenly ran out. Legend has it that this black dog was poisoned by Lü Hou and the ghost of Liu Ruyi, the King of Zhao. A few months later, Lü Yan, the heroine of the generation of power and power, died of illness. According to research, it is rabies that died after being bitten by a dog.
Before lü hou died, he still made arrangements for his posthumous affairs, and he married one of his nieces and granddaughters to Emperor Hou Shao and made empress. He appointed his confidant Peiyang hou to interrogate him and assist Empress Dowager Hou as Taifu. Lü Hou then appointed two of his nephews, Lü Chan the Prince of Lü and Lü Lu the Prince of Zhao, as chancellors and generals respectively. He was in charge of the military and political power of the Han Dynasty. In particular, he was in charge of the Gongwei Jing Division, the commander of the Janissaries who guarded the palace. Both Changle Wei Wei and Wei Yang Wei Wei were also replaced by nephews, Lü Lu's cronies. In the end, Lü Hou recruited her nephews, Lü Chan and Lü Lu, leaving her last will.
Lü Hou warned his two nephews that when Emperor Gao had pacified the world, he had agreed with his ministers that those who were not the king of the Liu clan would attack the whole world together. Now that many of the Lü family's sons and daughters have been crowned kings, the ministers must be unconvinced in their hearts, and after my death, the emperor is young, and the ministers are afraid that they will have different hearts.
Therefore, you must personally lead your troops to guard the palace, and never go out of the city to mourn for me, so as not to be known to others. After Lü Hou's death, there was no longer a single figure of prestige and talent in the Han Dynasty court who was sufficient to suppress all sides. The power struggle between the Lü family, the Han Dynasty clan and the Meritorious Group is about to emerge. So, who will spend the final victory on? This will have to wait for the next decomposition.