In the above article "Zhao Feiyan's Little Broken Incident, Many People in the Palace Know Why Emperor Hancheng Didn't Believe These Reports", Dapeng once made a judgment that Emperor Hancheng liked to imitate Emperor Wu of Han.
As we all know, Emperor Wu of Han was a good man, and he often ate and slept with Han Yan. Therefore, Emperor Hancheng also found a male favorite, which was Zhang Fang, the grandson of Zhang Tang, a famous cool official during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Emperor Hancheng often drank and had fun with Zhang Fang, and sometimes changed into the clothes of ordinary people together and secretly traveled with them. Zhang Fang is "very pampered with the upper lying down", and the degree of favor is far beyond the Zhao sisters.
One day, the two were drinking together when Ban Jieyu's brother, Ban Bo, came. Emperor Wudi of Han was afraid that Ban Bo would talk about Zhang Fang, so he made a clever move and preemptively attacked.
Emperor Hancheng pointed to a screen depicting the King of Shangyi lying on his back on his back when he was drunk and said, "The King of Shangxi is absurd and unscrupulous, has it all reached this point?" ”
Ban Bo replied, "Actually, king Gong is far from being so bad!" However, people like to fall into the well. Since you are a bad guy, put all the bad things on you. ”
Emperor Hancheng said, "If this is not the case, then what does this painting exhort?" "Ban Bo took the opportunity to say: This is to persuade the king to drink less, because when the king is drunk, he will shout and scream and play drunk."
When Emperor Hancheng heard this, he was educated again, and he had to sigh: "I haven't heard a word of generosity for a long time!" Zhang Fang saw that the situation was not good, excused himself to go to the toilet, and slipped away.
Later, more and more people knew that Emperor Hancheng liked Zhang Fang, and slowly this matter reached the ears of the empress dowager Wang Zhengjun, who was looking forward to holding her grandson, and she was anxious when she heard it.
One day, Emperor Hancheng went to Changxin Palace to greet the empress dowager, and the empress dowager said with tears in her eyes: "Please the emperor put Li Min Sheji first, kiss Xian Yuanyou, and send that Fuping Marquis Zhang back to Fengyi, don't let him make a fool of himself here!" ”
After Emperor Hancheng listened, although he was unhappy, he was not good at opposing it in person, so he agreed to say "yes" and planned to go back and drag it out later.
Several of Empress Wang's uncles had long been so favored by Zhang Fang that they could not see it. After receiving the letter, he hinted at Xiang Xiang and Yu Shi and asked them to look for Zhang Fang's faults and drive him away.
Therefore, xue xuan, the chancellor, and Zhai Fang, the imperial master, entered the song: "Zhang Fang was arrogant and rude, extravagant and lascivious, harboring criminals, killing innocents, and requested that Zhang Fang be removed from his post and sent back to the feudal state." ”
Although Emperor Hancheng was emperor, he had little power, so he had no choice but to demote Zhang Fang to the rank of lieutenant of Beidi County. On the day of parting, he and Zhang Fang hugged and cried.
Originally, Emperor Hancheng planned to call Zhang Fang back after a while, but he could not wait for the opportunity, so Zhang Fang could not return to Beijing for a long time, and the two had to talk about their longing through letters.
Later, Zhang Fang's mother, Princess Jingwu, fell ill. Emperor Hancheng excitedly patted his thigh, and when the opportunity came, he immediately issued an edict, specially approved Zhang to be put back in Chang'an, and went to his mother's bed to perform filial piety.
The two of them were very affectionate when they met, but the good times did not last long, and a few months later, Princess Jingwu's condition improved, and Empress Wang, who was still worried about this matter, ordered Zhang Fang to be released as the governor of Hedong County.
Although Emperor Hancheng was reluctant to let Zhang go, he was forced by the pressure of the empress dowager and hindered by the minister's advice, and had to shed tears and once again sent Zhang away.
Later, Emperor Cheng of Han promoted Zhang Fang to the rank of Shizhong (侍中) and Guanglu Dafu (光禄大夫). However, just a year later, Zhai Fang, the prime minister, impeached Zhang Fang again, all kinds of incompetence, all kinds of incorrect.
Speaking of which, Liu Xiao, the emperor, was indeed quite a nest, there were empresses in the palace, there were Zhao Feiyan, there were several uncles outside the palace, and there were also ministers, and even a beloved man could not protect him.
Emperor Hancheng had no choice but to dismiss Zhang Fang from his official position and give him five million yuan to return to his fiefdom to recuperate. A few months later, Emperor Hancheng died, and Zhang Fang died because of excessive thoughts.
It is said that there is one kind of bird in the world that never lives alone, and when a partner dies, the other will also commit suicide or die of depression. Emperor Hancheng and Zhang Fang probably belong to this kind of bar!
References 《Zizhi Tongjian》