Dahan first prince

Chapter 113 Fanwai: Character Analysis - Lu's Relatives
After talking about Lu Ze, the representative figure of the Lu family's relatives in the early stage, the next step is the actual controller of the Lu family's relatives in the later stage: Gaohou Lu Zhi.

What needs to be mentioned is that the family of Lu's relatives is composed of the first generation grandpa Lu Wen and the second generation with a total of five children.

The five children of the second generation of Lu's relatives are: the eldest son Lu Ze, the second son Lu Shizhi, the third daughter Lu Changju, the fourth daughter Lu Zhi, and the fifth daughter Lu Mi.

And according to the practice of the Warring States period, Qin and Han Dynasties, the direct line took single-character names, and the common-law line took double-character names, as well as the subsequent performance of these five people, it can also be roughly inferred that: Lu Ze, Lu Zhi, and Lu Wei should be the grandson's sons, Concubine daughters, Lu Shizhi and Lu Changju are concubine sons and concubine daughters.

Of course, this is not judged solely from "whether the name is a single character or a double character", but also from the history, the sense of existence of these three people, the things they did, and the skills they showed.

Lu Ze doesn't need to go into details, but the two sisters, Lu Zhi and Lu Wei, both showed a very high level of political means and a view of the overall situation.

Lu Wei's marriage to Wuyang Hou Fan Kuai almost caused Liu Bang to "temporarily kill" Fan Kui in the end. It can also be seen what role his wife Lu Wei played in the process of Fan Kui's position becoming more and more biased towards the Lu family.

Under the strong pressure of the founding emperor Liu Bang, the empress Lu's pheasant forcibly protected the reserve position of the crown prince Liu Ying, and preserved the vital seeds for the bright moments of Lu's relatives in the future.

On the other hand, Lu Shizhi and Lu Changju both lack a sense of existence.

Among the historical records, the only record left by Lu Changju is that his son Lu Ping was granted the title of Marquis of Fuliu by Empress Lu.

From the fact that Lu Ping, the Marquis of Fuliu, followed his mother's surname, it can be inferred that Lu Changju's husband should be the son-in-law who was summoned; under the legal background of "the son-in-law breaking the law" in the Qin and Han Dynasties, Lu Changju's husband should have died in the Qin Dynasty. On top of the great cause of infrastructure construction—maybe it died at the foot of the Qin Great Wall.

As for Lu Shizhi, it was a little strange.

Logically speaking, even if he is a bastard, after his eldest brother Lu Ze died in battle, as the only remaining male in the second generation of the Lu family, Lu Shizhi should have provoked the Lu family's leadership, and then cooperated with the queen's sister Lu Zhi to survive until the end. The day Liu Bang died.

But the strange thing is: from the moment Lu Ze died, even from the moment Lu Ze left Chang'an and the political center of the court, it seemed that Lu Zhi had always been the speaker of the Lu family.

Why is this?

Is it because of Lu's status as empress pheasant?

Or is it that Lu Shizhi is really a fool, to the point where the Lu clan obeys the command of a woman and is unwilling to take Lu Shizhi as the backbone?

From the historical records, we can find that Lu Shizhi's title of Marquis Che was not a kindness in the absolute sense, but a lot of martial arts made during Liu Bang's fight against Qin.

Although he can't compare with his elder brother Lu Ze, and famous generals like Zhou Bo and Fan Kui, it should be justified.

As for the later period of the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, Lu Shizhi took on the role of guarding Lu Taigong Lu Wen and Liu Taigong Liu Xie in Fengpei most of the time.

From the fact that Lu Shizhi was able to cultivate a son like Lu Lu, it is not difficult for us to see that: Lu Shizhi, the second son of the Lu family, may indeed have some mediocre abilities in that era when the stars were shining, but he is definitely the same as the "stupid bag". Words are not related.

Using this as a reference, it can also be confirmed that in the era when patriarchy was the mainstream concept more than 200 years ago, Lu Zhi was able to gain control of the Lu family's relatives in the hands of a brother who was not a fool , How admirable it is.

As for the queen's status bonus, I personally think that it can be ignored-the queen is not the queen mother, and the theoretical power is limited to the affairs of the harem.

So, what role did Lu's pheasant play in Liu Bang's transformation from Qin Sishui pavilion chief to Han Taizu Gao Emperor?

At the very beginning, Liu Bang was wanted for the "Dangshan Release Prisoner", and Lu Zhi stayed at home to ensure that the family affairs were cured in an orderly manner, and he also took care of Liu Bang's meals.

Although it sounds like "delivering food" is just a trivial matter, but when we think about it carefully, it is not difficult to find that it is precisely this trivial matter that proves Lu Zhi's ability.

——Liu Bang fell into the grass and became a bandit. He didn't go into the deep mountains alone, but entangled dozens of old brothers and formed a bandit group in the mountains!
However, under the arrest of her husband by the Qin government, Lu Zhi, as a family member, guaranteed such a huge meal for such a group of people without any setbacks until the world was in chaos.

This already reflects good wisdom.

Later, when Pei Gong went down the mountain to revolt, Lu Zhi acted as Liu Bang's queen mythologist, weaving myths and stories that will be sung by later generations.

Such as killing the white snake at night, knowing where Liu Bang is when you see the cloud, etc., these are all familiar stories.

But after Liu Bang established Han Zuo, these "rumors" that seemed quite petty in the past became the common people's emperor Liu Bang to calm people's hearts, consolidate his throne and imperial lineage, get rid of the theory of "competing for the deer" and replace it with "Heaven's Mandate". The key to Liu Bang's monarchy.

After the Hongmen Banquet, Lv Zhi, who became the Queen of Han, was bound to Fengpei by the overlord Xiang Yu together with his father Lv Taigong and father-in-law Liu Taigong.

After the first battle in Pengcheng, Lu Zhi was imprisoned by Xiang Yu, and he was not able to return to Liu Bang until the next battle in Gai.

During this time, one character seems to have aroused the interest of readers and friends.

——Biyanghou, examine and eat him.

I probably read the opinions of those readers, and it was nothing more than remarks such as "Shen Shiqi, Gao Houshouye", "Hui Emperor Liu Ying, or Shen Shiqi's son".

When I saw this speech, I thought of the wind theory that appeared in Xianyang, the capital of Qin Dynasty, just a few decades ago.

——Lu Buwei, the former master of Zhao Empress; Qin Wangzheng, the son of Lu Buwei...

It can only be said that the history is always surprisingly similar: the source of Ying Zheng's blood is suspected to be Lu Buwei, the source of Liu Ying's blood is suspected to be Shen Shiqi, and later, the former and later young emperors even had "Lu's relatives" The promiscuous harem, and all the sons of Emperor Hui, are all of Lu's blood."

That's right, the people who uttered these words were Zhou Bo and Chen Ping, who colluded with the courtiers and princes both inside and outside, bloodbathed Lu's relatives after Lu Zhi's death, and welcomed the successor King Liu Heng.

For this, my opinion is: absolutely impossible.

The first point: At the time when Lu Zhi was captured by Xiang Yu, Han Wang Liu Bang was over fifty years old. As a wife, no matter how young Lu Zhi was, she could not be younger than 30 years old.

Judging from the fact that Lu Zhi died in 180 BC, according to the woman's life expectancy of about 60 years old at that time, Lu Zhi was already over 35 years old when he was captured by Xiang Yu.

In modern times, 35 is naturally not considered "old", but in the Qin and Han Dynasties when the folks got married at the age of fourteen or five, had children at the age of sixteen or seventeen, and began to fade at the age of 20, Lu Zhi at the age of 35 could already be called "old". For the 'yellow face woman'.

What's more, at that time, Lu Zhi was imprisoned by Xiang Yu as a captive, and he kept his face secretly in the prison, which is a bit far-fetched.

From the historical records, we can get the information that the Marquis of Piyang who tried Shiqi was the servant who served Lu's pheasant since Liu Bang's uprising. During the years when Lu's pheasant was imprisoned by Xiang Yu, all It was Shen Shiqi who was taking care of Lu's pheasant.

After the death of Emperor Hui Liu Ying, Hou Shen Shiqi of Piyang also served as Prime Minister of Han for a short time.

From these records, we can draw a conclusion: the "secret news in the palace" between Lv Zhi and Shen Shiqi should also be the successor of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty Liu Heng, in the "Black Lu family" and "Black Liu Ying". A product that emerges in a political context.

As for Emperor Hui Liu Ying's blood, there is no need to discuss it.

If Liu Ying's bloodline is in doubt, then when Liu Bang intends to be easy to reserve, it is impossible for Baiguan Gonghou to resist Liu Bang's order so firmly and support a prince with doubtful bloodline to continue to sit on the throne.

After Liu Bang's death, the high queen Lu Zhi, who was generally believed by the parties to be "greedy for power" and "intended to subvert Liu Han Sheji", did not actually make any move to usurp the throne.

During the reign of Emperor Hui Liu Ying, the Han Dynasty still implemented the political program of allowing the people to rest and govern by doing nothing. During the seven years after Lu Zhi ascended the throne, the Manchurian Communist Party did a few things.

——Kill Zhao Wang Liu Ruyi;
——Torturing and killing Mrs. Qi;
——Almost killed Qi Wang Liu Fei;
But these few seemingly vicious things were not all out of Lu Zhi's selfish desires.

Zhao Wang Liu Ruyi's mother and son once threatened Hui Emperor Liu Ying's position as the crown prince, and were even named Zhao Wang, in charge of the defense of the North Wall.

Under such circumstances, even if there was no past enmity, just Zhao Wang's "Geomantic Treasure Land" was enough to cause Liu Ruyi to die tragically.

Later, Lu Zhi successively killed three Zhao kings of the Liu family, and finally took Lu's children as Zhao kings. We can have two completely different, but not contradictory, possibilities.

First, Lu Zhi could not trust outsiders, or even the Liu family, and the only way to feel at ease was to let his nephew sit on the throne of King Zhao.

Second, under the background that different surnames cannot be kings, it seems that only the Liu family can take the position of King Zhao, but the key point is: every child of the Liu family is theoretically qualified to inherit the throne.

In this case, it would be safer and more trustworthy for Lu's relatives who are not qualified to inherit the throne to be King Zhao.

Because King Zhao of the Lu clan rebelled, no one would follow him; and King Zhao of the Liu clan rebelled, and he would inevitably gain the support of some speculative forces.

——Anyway, they are all surnamed Liu, so who sits on the throne is different?
Of course, it is not ruled out that Lu's pheasant wants to use this to allow the Lu family to gain more power and military power, but as the biological mother of Emperor Hui Liu Ying, Lu's pheasant should not have the intention of "replacing Liu with Lu". It also did not clearly reflect the event that Lu Zhi intended to usurp the Han.

Later, Emperor Hui Liu Ying died early, and during the eight years of the reign of Emperor Shao for four years, the logic of Lu Zhi's behavior was the same as usual.

Emperor Hui Liu Ying is on the throne, with the righteous status of "Heirsong" and the support of all officials in the court, the throne is not in great danger.

However, the Shaodi brothers who succeeded to the throne after Liu Ying's death, whether it was the former Young Emperor Liu Gong or the later Young Emperor Liu Hong, were not actually the "eldest sons": the former Young Emperor Liu Gong was the eldest son of Liu Ying's concubine, and the later Young Emperor Liu Hong was Liu Ying's concubine second son.

Coupled with the "lord's less national suspicion", Lu Zhi must grasp more power if he wants to support his grandson on the throne and keep Liu Han Jiangshan for his husband and son.

Therefore, the Empress Dowager Lu conferred the titles of the relatives of the Lu family as princes and princes, and she went up the business.

Today, many history buffs believe that the posthumous Lv pheasant has been conferred on all Lus, but it is for his own selfish desires.

But in fact, from historical records, it is not difficult for us to find that the fact is probably not the case.

First of all, there are two relatives who were named princes and kings by Lu Zhi: Lu Wang, Lu Chan, and Zhao Wang, Lu Lu.

These two locations are undoubted strategic points-Lu State is the renamed Liang State, which is located at the gateway of Guanzhong; Zhao State is the strategic center of the northern defense line.

Lv Zhi used his own sons, nephews and relatives to control these two strategic locations, obviously to ensure the stability of the regime: control of Zhao State is to guard against the Xiongnu, and control of Liang State is to guard against the clan princes of the Kanto.

Maybe when I say this, I mean to whitewash Lu Zhi, but please think about it: If Lu Zhi really wants to fight for the interests of the family's nephews and descendants, why does he turn a blind eye to the extremely wealthy Qi State?
If it is for the benefit, Qi State is obviously a better choice; while Liang State and Zhao State's geographical and strategic significance, it proves from the side that Lu Zhi sealed Lu Chan and Lu Lu controlled Liang State and Zhao State, or more For reasons of political stability.

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