Once, in the spring and February of the first year of the Han Zhao Emperor YuanPing, when the twenty-three-year-old Han Zhao Emperor died, Liu He, the king of Changyi, was first made the son of heaven. At the beginning of his reign, Liu He was anxious to seize power, and used his former courtiers at the time of the submerged residence to balance the courtiers headed by Huo Guang. As a result, the dragon chair had not yet been warmed by the ass, and after twenty-seven days, it was pulled off the horse and was attached with many crimes. This situation also corresponds to the old saying in the village, "If you are in a hurry, you can't eat hot tofu." In today's workplace, we often hear the saying that "new officials take office with three fires", and Si thinks that it is better to "play with fire" or be cautious.
Then it was Emperor Xuan's turn to appear. Since it is "before there is a car and a rut in the back", why Emperor Xuan is self-reliant is quite worthy of our deep consideration. We always talk about how history often repeats itself; in the final analysis, I am afraid that the way of the world and the people's hearts have not changed for eternity.
In the first month of the seventy-eighth year BC (that is, the third year of Emperor Yuanfeng of the Han Dynasty), not far from Mount Tai, in the south of Laiwu Mountain, the clamor of the crowd spread in all directions like a wave of water; the people who came from all sides to watch gathered more and more. In the center of the crowd was a large stone, which stood up on its own. According to the historians, (the boulder) is five feet tall, forty-eight meters large, eight feet deep into the ground, and three stones are enough. After the boulder stood on its own, thousands of white birds flew around it for a long time. According to the Yi Chuan of Jingfang, this is a sign that "when there are people who are the son of heaven".
At the same time, Shanglin Yuan was not idle. There was a big willow tree, which had long since dried up and fell to the ground, and not only was it reborn, but at this time it also stood up on its own, and the leaves were gnawed out of the words by insects, and the book "Gongsun disease has been established."
Gongsun was ill, that is, Emperor Xuanzong Liu was ill, and at this time, Liu Was already a royal bloodline that had been abolished as a Shuren in the early years. Therefore, the above two signs are here to praise Xuanzong.
How much truth is in these two stories from the Book of Han, I am afraid that the officials have already made up their minds. Nevertheless, we seem to have seen something from it, that is, the historians' affirmation of Emperor Xuan's achievements, which is why such a story is attached.
After Liu He the Prince of Changyi, Bingji and other ministers recommended Liu Yiji. First, The Empress Dowager Shangguan issued an edict that Liu Yi had been introduced to Weiyang Palace; then, without saying a word, he pressed it to the dragon bed; the Hundred Officials Chaohe, that is, the Heavenly Son. Not long ago, Liu He's ascension to the throne seems to be not too different, and it is a scene directed by Huo Guang.
The most important thing for the Son of Heaven to ascend to the throne is naturally to pay homage to the High Temple. In order to "highlight the honor of the new emperor", the Great Sima and the great general Huo Guang personally "rode" for Emperor Xuan, in the words we are familiar with, that is, to make a horse for the emperor! It is said that when Emperor Xuan was lowly, he was already deeply afraid of Huo Guang's might. At this time, riding in the same car, the heart will naturally be uneasy, such as "the thorn in the back". Later, when Ban Gu wrote the Book of Han, he said that "the Xuan emperor clan destroyed the Huo clan", which is "Meng Yu Yu Cheng". In fact, there are many ambiguous words here, if the heart of the clan destroying the Huo clan is in the Qi, then why is the "mang thorn in the back" during the Xun Ride? When he was a lowly man, he was deeply afraid of Huo Guang's power, so why?
In the spring of the second year of the Han Xuan Emperor's Di Festival, Huo Guang died, and Emperor Xuan really kissed the government. On the one hand, he said that he would repay the virtue of the great general; on the other hand, he greatly increased his title and was careful to collect power. It is also the Huo family that should have this difficulty! After Huo Guang's death, his wife Huo Xian became the axis of the Huo family. Huo Xian was originally a vicious and fierce woman, and his descendants had to be even more proud of Huo Guanggong's high achievements, and his arrogant attitude did not diminish in the slightest, and eventually became intolerable with the emperor.
There was a man named Xu Fu in Maoling County, who saw that Huo's deeds would sooner or later cause disasters, and wrote to Emperor Xuan three times, saying, "Huo's family is too prosperous, your majesty loves houzhi, it is advisable to suppress it in time, and there is no way to die." At this time, in Xu Fu's view, Emperor Xuan was "loving Houzhi" to Huo Shi. In the blink of an eye, the Huo Clan was wiped out. Although huo shi plotted rebellion and caused his own crime, I am afraid that Xuanzong was also somewhat suspected of "Zhuang Gongke Duan Yu Yan".
After that, the story was even more interesting, and afterwards Xu Fushang was rewarded and told a story to Xuanzong, saying: There is a person who often goes to a family to be a guest, and sees that the smoke is set up directly, and the firewood and grass are piled under the smoke, so he told the owner of this house that you want to set up a smoke stick and move away from the firewood, so as not to cause a fire. The owner of the house did not listen to his advice, and as a result, a fire was really launched, and the neighbors all came to put out the fire, and when the fire was saved, the master wanted to reward the firefighter, and the one who burned his head and broke his head was rewarded with heavy money; the other participants were also rewarded accordingly; only the guest who told him that he needed to change the smoke stove and remove the firewood was not rewarded at all.
This story actually reads well. In connection with the previous story, it is also very interesting: since Xu Fushang said that "Huo Shi is too prosperous, His Majesty loves it, and it is advisable to suppress it in time, and it is not necessary to make it to death", it is already quite suspicious of Huo Shi Yu Dang, and he even wants to ask for a reward on his own, "Shang Nai blessed ten horses, and then thought that he was Lang." "How can we not be suspicious, there will be cats and cats in the meantime?"
At times, there were East Sea Lanling people Shuguang and his nephew shuguang, famous in the township. Shu Guang was recruited as the Doctor Taizhong Doctor, and Shu Was also made the Prince of The Crown Prince's Order. Later, he was promoted to Prince Taifu of Shuguang, and was made a young prince of Shuguang, and was also made a prince master. The crown prince was twelve years old and had already passed through the Analects and the Book of Filial Piety.
At that time, Emperor Xuan of Han and Crown Prince Yanju lived. The crown prince had a gentle personality and was quite good at Confucianism, and seeing that Emperor Xuan had exhausted all the grammar officials, he often treated him with severe punishment, but he advised his father, "Your Majesty's punishment is too deep, and it is advisable to use Confucianism." Emperor Xuan was furious and said that the Han family had its own system and regulations, and used it as a mixture of hegemony and royal ways; was it possible to use virtue and Zhou Li to govern the country, and confucian preaching was the most impractical. And sighed, "Mess with my family, the prince also." ”
Therefore, in Emperor Xuan's view, "Confucian preaching is the most unrealistic." That being the case, why should we worship Shuguang and neglect my uncles and nephews as imperial teachers, and govern the study of the Analects and the Filial Piety? This can't help but think that in the film and television drama "Kangxi Dynasty", there was such an imperial master - Ji Shi. The young Kangxi Emperor asked him why the former emperor had asked a former emperor to be an imperial teacher. Ji Shi was also real, saying, "A scholar enters the dynasty, and the world's disciples return to their hearts."
At this point, we seem to have enough reasons to say that Emperor Xuan may be an out-and-out adulterous male. His hidden tolerance for Huo Guang and his "connivance" of the Huo family were aimed at completely destroying the Huo clan. And Xu Fu, how clever he was, his so-called reward of The Shangshu, why not say, but also hoped that the emperor would give me some rewards, admitting the fault of the Huo clan because he failed to "suppress it in time". Otherwise, some people will say that the emperor is playing the trick of "Zhuang Gongke Duan Yu Yan". Even so, Emperor Xuan of Han was a pragmatic and accomplished emperor, and the "rule of filial piety" was not also praised by historians.