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The emperor who was born in prison

In April, 74 BC, Liu Fuling, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, died at the age of 21. General Huo Guang established Liu He, the king of Changyi, as emperor. Unexpectedly, Liu he did not meet the emperor's standard in Huo Guang's eyes. Therefore, 27 days later, Huo Guang led his officials to depose him. Who should be the emperor is the top priority of the Empire.

General Huo Guang, cavalry general Zhang Anshi, and ministers discussed which one to appoint as the emperor, but they couldn't decide for a moment. An official named Bingji wrote to Huo Guang, saying that Emperor Wu had a great grandson named Liu Bingji. Now he is 18 or 19 years old, and he is proficient in Confucian classics. He is very talented, has a calm manner, and has a peaceful personality. The general can send someone to inspect him, and then refer to the divination results to see if he is suitable for the throne.

Du Yannian, the Minister of communications, praised Liu's illness and urged Huo Guang and Zhang Anshi to agree.

Who is Liu ill? It's about starting from the beginning.

At the beginning, Prince Wei Liu Ju married a woman of Lu state surnamed Shi, and was granted Liangdi (his wife was called "Princess of the Prince", and his concubine Ji was divided into two levels, namely "Liangdi" and "Ruzi". He gave birth to a son named Liu Jin, who was called shihuangsun (Liu Ju was called "Prince Wei" at that time, because his mother was weizifu). Liu Jin is known as Shi huangsun because his mother is Shi Liangdi. When the first wives are in groups, the children all use their mother's surname as the difference. When Liu Jin grew up, he took a woman from Zhuozhou county (Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province) and gave birth to a son named Liu Bingji, who was called "great grandson". In 1991, Liu Bing was just a few months old, and the disaster of witchcraft broke out. Liu Ju's mutiny failed and he committed suicide (please refer to my article "Jiangchong Daxing witchcraft prison, prince was forced to mutiny"), three sons, a daughter, and a bunch of wives and concubines were all killed, leaving Liu Bing alone. Liu, who was a few months old, was already ill and was put in the county prison of dahonglu (Department of vassal Affairs) for sitting in a row. As mentioned above, Bingji was the prison officer of Tingwei (prison administrator of the Ministry of Justice), and was sent to the imperial edict to hear the witchcraft case. Bingji thinks that Liu Ju is wronged and sympathizes with Liu Bingji's tragic life experience, so she chooses Hu Zu and Guo Zhengqing, the cautious and honest female prisoners, to find a relatively spacious and dry room for them to feed Liu Bingji. Bingji himself visited twice a day.

Sometimes prisons can protect people

There is an air of the emperor in Chang'an prison

There are so many people involved in the witchcraft case that it can't be ended for several years. At that time, Liu Che was 70 years old and often fell ill. He traveled between Changyang palace and wuzha Palace (both of which were in Zhouzhi County, Shaanxi Province). Liu Che's side has the alchemist who looks on the cloud, said,. Shocked and angry, Liu Che issued an edict to inform the authorities in Beijing that all prisoners in each prison, regardless of the seriousness of their crimes, would be executed. The inner visitor order (the palace's internal affairs officer), Guo Xuan (the one who denounced Liu Quxuan and Li Guangli's rebellion), came to the Jun Di prison at night to convey Liu Che's edict. Bingji closed the door and refused to let Guo Xuan in, saying that the emperor's great grandson was here, and others would not die, let alone the emperor's great grandson!

[Bingji's courage makes people excited]

Yi CI Lu said: openly fight with the emperor, Bingji's courage makes people blood hot.

The two sides deadlock until dawn, Bingji is not let Guo into prison. Guo was so angry that he blew his lungs. He told Liu Che about it and impeached Bingji for resisting the edict (this is a capital crime). Unexpectedly, Liu Che suddenly woke up again and said that it was God who asked Bingji to do so. So an imperial edict was issued to pardon the whole world. Therefore, all the prisoners in Chang'an, only the prisoners in jundi prison, survived by Bingji's "anti edict".

Yi CI Lu said: in front of the imperial power, people's lives are like weeds, not to mention prisoners! In a word, all the prisoners in Chang'an City were killed.

After a while, Bingji felt that the emperor's great grandson was living in prison, so he asked Shoucheng (prison officer) who Ru (surname unknown) to write a letter to Jing Zhaoyin (Chang'an special municipal government) and wanted to send Liu Bing and Hu Zu to the prison. Jing Zhaoyin refused to accept it and had to stay in prison. At the end of Hu's sentence, Liu Bing was very attached to the prisoner's nanny, so Bingji hired Hu to stay and asked her to raise Liu Bing with Guo Zhengqing. A few months later, Hu Bing was released. Later, shaoneisifu (Financial administrator of the palace Affairs Department) told Bingji that without the imperial edict, Liu Bing had no food expenses. Bingji took out rice and meat from his salary to support Liu Bingji. Liu Bing has been ill and almost died several times. Bingji always urges the nursing mother to ask for a doctor to give her medicine. She has been very kind to Liu Bing. Bingji heard that Liu Bingji's great grandmother Zhenjun (Liu Bingji's grandmother Shi Liangdi's mother) and Shi Liangdi's elder brother Shi Gongshang were there, so he gave Liu Bingji to them to raise them. Although Zhenjun was very old, she was very pitiful when she saw her daughter's grandson, so she raised her in person.

Later, the Emperor (should be Liu Fuling, Emperor Zhao) issued an imperial edict, ordered yeting to raise Liu Bingji, and ordered Zongzheng (Royal Affairs Department) to register him as a member of the royal family. At that time, Zhang He, a yeting order (the general manager of Court Affairs), once served as a guest of Liu Ju in Taigong. He felt sorry for Liu Ju's old kindness and felt sorry for his illness, so he took care of him and even paid for his daily use to teach him to read. After Liu Bing had grown up, Zhang he wanted to marry his granddaughter to him. Zhang he's younger brother, Zhang Anshi, is a right general. He praised Liu Bing and wanted to marry his daughter to him. He told Zhang He that Liu Bing is the grandson of Prince Wei. It's a lucky thing that he can be supported by the state as a civilian. Don't mention marrying his daughter any more! So Zhang He gave up.

Yizilu said: Zhang he and Zhang Anshi are the sons of Zhang Tang, a cruel official in the reign of Emperor Wu. It's very strange that generous people often appear in the descendants of cruel officials, such as Zhang he and Zhang Anshi, as well as Du Yannian, the son of Du Zhou, another famous cruel official. Zhang he also has a story. He is Liu Ju's subordinate. After Liu Ju failed in the Wugu case, all the officials and guests of Taigong were killed. Zhang Anshi wrote a plea for his elder brother, and Liu Che was granted immunity from death, but he had to be sentenced to court punishment - the same as Tai Shigong. After Zhang he was castrated, he became an eunuch in yeting.

Although Zhang he didn't want to marry his daughter, he didn't give up. At that time, Xu Guanghan, a prison administrator attached to the textile Office of the palace affairs department, also had a daughter. So Zhang he set down a banquet and invited Xu Guanghan to drink. When he got to Xingnong, Zhang he told Xu Guanghan that Liu Bing was a close relative of the emperor. He was likely to be rich again in the future. At worst, he should be a marquis in Guannei. Don't you have a daughter waiting to be in the boudoir? It's better to marry Liu Bing. Xu Guanghan immediately agreed (this Xu Guanghan also became a eunuch after being punished by the palace. Mr. Bo Yang gave Emperor Wu Liu Che a nickname: Emperor Diao).

Xu Guanghan's wife won't do it! My good daughter, why should she marry an orphan with a gloomy future! Just cry with Xu Guanghan. But the marriage was arranged by Zhang He, who is Xu Guanghan's immediate superior. Crying is crying, and it's time to get married. Zhang he is not ambiguous. Liu Bing is a poor man. All the affairs of marriage are arranged by Zhang He. Since then, Liu Bing has relied on Xu Guanghan's brothers and his grandmother's family as historians, and followed Shu zhongweng, a native of Donghai (Tancheng County, Shandong Province), to study the book of songs. Liu Bing is smart and studious, but he also likes to be a knight errant, fighting chickens and running dogs, and calling friends. Therefore, he is very clear about the evils and evils of the lower society and the gains and losses of officials. Liu Bing has toured the imperial tombs for many times, and his footprints have been all over Sanfu area (Sanfu area: Jingzhao [capital Chang'an special city], Zuo Fengyi [North Chang'an City], youfufeng [West Chang'an City], namely the capital area). As a registered member of the royal family, Liu Bing has participated in court meetings from time to time and lives in shangguanli, Chang'an.

[born in the market, happy]

In other words, I'm afraid there are still many royal family members and court ministers who have known Liu Bingji.

In July, 74 BC, on the recommendation of Bingji and seconded by Du Yannian, Huo Guang convened Prime Minister Yang Chang and other ministers to agree that Liu Bing had become the successor to the throne and was reported to the Shangguan empress dowager for approval.

Huo Guang sent Zongzheng (Minister of royal family affairs) Liu De to shangguanli's home to teach Liu Bing to bathe (it was a great event for the ancients to bathe). He changed the royal clothes given by the empress dowager, and the eunuch used a light vehicle to welcome Liu Bing to Zongzheng's house for fasting.

From prison to Jinluan palace, Liu Bing has never thought of it

On July 25, Liu Bing entered the Weiyang palace. He met with the Empress Dowager and was first granted the title of marquis Yang Wu. Then, a group of officials presented the emperor's seal and ribbon. Liu Bing officially became the emperor and was Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty. Then, he paid a visit to Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, to worship the Empress Dowager as the Empress Dowager.

Yi said: this year, the 15-year-old empress dowager was promoted to the 15-year-old empress dowager, which makes people feel serious and funny.

On August 5, Yang Chang, Prime Minister and Marquis of Anping, died.

Mr. Bo Yang commented: I think Yang Chang was scared to death. After more than a month of pounding bombs, every one of them would make the old official feel nervous and scared. This kind of person didn't think about the country, but only wanted to be wise and protect himself. (in this month, an emperor died, an emperor was established, an emperor was abolished, and another emperor was established. Although the decision-making was made by Huo Guangding, the prime minister still had to take the lead in these work, It's a little thrilling.

Yi CI Lu said: Why did Liu Bing become emperor in the end? At that time, there was only one Guangling king, Liu Xu, who was the son of Liu Che, Emperor Wu. Before Liu he was made emperor, he was bypassed. This time, it would be even more useless. Otherwise, the first thing Liu Xu did was to find a way to kill Huo Guang. We can speculate that all princes, or candidates who might become emperors, must have been carefully evaluated. For example, Liu Qu, the king of Guangchuan, is proficient in Confucian classics, smart and capable, but his atrocity makes people not want to eat three days later. I'm hesitating to talk about him later. In a word, another emperor can not be easily dismissed. Liu Bing has won precisely because he has no background, has nothing to do with all forces, and has no ability to fight against Huo Guang. Therefore, this lonely young man who has been in prison since he was born has become a handle of the Han Dynasty! In fact, it should be that Huo Guang and others had already agreed that Liu was ill before Bingji wrote; It is not because of Bingji's writing that Liu's illness has been achieved.

However, the imperial power is really magical. Liu Bing has been alone in the imperial court. When general Huo Guang died, Liu Bing was immediately surrounded by people. His father-in-law Xu family and his grandmother Shi family are marching to all important leading positions, hehe.

In the spring of 73 years ago, Liu Bing ordered the relevant departments to agree on the commendation for the meritorious personnel of Anding temple. General Huo Guang increased the income of 17000 households in the Food Town, and added the previous income to share the income of 20000 households. Under Zhang Anshi, the cavalry general Fuping, there were a total of ten additional feudal families, five as liehou, and eight as neihou.

General Huoguang, in the palace of Jinluan, used the most ceremonious etiquette to touch the ground with his head, and asked for the return of the government to Liu's disease. Liu was dead and refused to accept it. He also ordered that the state affairs should be ruled by the general army before playing the emperor.

"Huoguang and Liu are already first-class drama essence, and they are not known to the public," he said.

In the liufuling era, Huo Yu, the son of Huoguang and Huo Guang's brother Huo quyi's grandson, were appointed as general of the middle Lang (Royal Guard commander), Huoshan, his brother, was appointed to serve the captain of the car (chief of the imperial car), the waiter (the court follower), and he was in charge of the army composed of Hu and Yue people (a corps of Huns and Nanyue people), and Huoguang's two sons-in-law, Fanmingyou served as Weiyang Wei (Weiyang palace security officer), dengguanghan as Changle guard (Changle palace security officer, Liuhe, houhouhe haifainted, was established as emperor, and immediately granted his subordinates Anle as Changle Wei, which was the top position of dengguanghan. Is this not to give Huoguang eye medicine?). Brothers, sons-in-law and grandsons all participated in the imperial meeting, serving as Zhucao (head of all departments of the palace Secretariat), doctor (state officer), Captain riding (chief cavalry officer), and in the service (former imperial supervisor). The family of the Huos family, together with their bones and flesh, was deeply rooted in the court. When Liu he was deposed, Huoguang had more power. Every time I see you, Liu is very humble and humble, which makes people feel like emperor.

Clothing give resume said: look at the list of Huo family officials, there is a feeling of cold behind it? The disaster of killing the door is in the wall.

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