Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2171 Little Marquis (12) [-]K, three in one
"Who do we, the Gao family clan members, think? We can't become outsiders instead!"

Gao Zhang's questioning made Gao Mengnan a little speechless.It's not that Gao Mengnan agrees with this, but although he understands the truth, it is difficult to convince these juniors.

The situation created by Gao Pragmatic cannot be found in history - while he was the de facto prime minister in the imperial court, he also controlled several "vassal states" outside his own dynasty. This was unprecedented. thing!
He is not one of those supernatural beings in ghost novels who can incarnate outside the body. Since he is the minister of the court, the "vassal state" in his hands can only be controlled by trusted people. This is human nature.However, even if there is a similar situation in history, this "confidant" is nothing more than his own brother, or an old relative for many years. How can there be any reason to hand it over to a wife and concubine?

If we have to make a comparison, then Gao Zhang's comparison of Huang Zhiting to Empress Lu is probably somewhat similar... No, no, what Gao Zhang just said didn't just compare Huang Zhiting to Empress Lu. What he said was "two Aunt", referring to Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin teaming up.

Huang Zhiting is not enough to be Empress Lu. She must join forces with Liu Xin to be similar to Empress Lu.

In the thousands of years of history of China, there have been more than one or two women who have held power, and there was even a female emperor like Wu Fu. But why did Gao Zhang mention Empress Lu, and Gao Mengnan also had a similar feeling at this time? vigilance?
Why Queen Lu?And why does it take Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin to join forces to become "Queen Lu"?
In the thousands of years of Chinese history, the names of most queen mothers that can be left in the minds of most future generations are probably no more than ten, and this has to include the various contributions of TV series.For example, Empress Dowager Mi Yuexuan and Guangxu's "biological father" Lafayette, and of course the aforementioned Wu Fu - she also became empress dowager before ascending the throne.

There are not many queen mothers in Chinese history who can be remembered and praised. The reason is that there are too few queen mothers who can do this job well, but there are many who fail at it, and the queen mothers often only do a little bit poorly. Where everything is satisfactory, there will be an effect of "one fat person destroys everything".

After all, this world is already a patriarchal society, and there must be many places that are intolerant to women, let alone female politicians.On the other hand, if we stay in a matrilineal clan society, men's status will obviously be low, and they will not be tolerated if they do something wrong.

Why is it so important to emphasize that female “politicians” are not good enough?Because women are easily scolded when they are in power, not only because of the intolerance of the world, but also because women actually have great inherent disadvantages when it comes to things like politics.

Politics is a test of rational thinking and the ability to balance interests. As we all know, women are naturally more emotional and are more likely to "follow their feelings" instead of calmly analyzing the pros and cons and coldly only looking at the pros and cons.

This is not prejudice or discrimination, it's just nature.Just like a little boy will love toys such as swords, guns, cannons, airplanes, and tanks if you don’t teach him, and a little girl will love dolls and all kinds of shiny toys if you don’t teach her.

This is nature, there is no right or wrong, good or bad, superior or inferior, and there is no need to cite a few special cases to refute it.What we are talking about here is the natural tendency shown in the reproduction and development of the entire human race.

Politics is a thing that cannot be controlled at any time. You have to carefully evaluate the power of multiple parties, understand the concerns of various interest groups, meet the basic demands of the three groups of people in the upper, middle and lower societies, and then find the best distribution of benefits—— Or the most suitable mode, etc.

As a politician, you should be like Doraemon, always able to conjure up something at critical moments to satisfy the interests of all parties - no matter what method you use to achieve it.Throughout the ages, politicians have often had only two choices: either redistribute the stock, or open up new channels, discover new points of interest growth, and use these increases to satisfy the interest groups that must be satisfied.

For example, various high-level reforms, to put it bluntly, focus on the latter and supplement the former.First open up the new channel and open up new profit growth points, and then use these obtained benefits to induce the interest groups in the old channel to slightly withdraw from some shares in the old channel and concentrate resources to follow the new channel.At this time, Gao Pragmatism distributes the share of the old waterway to the people at the bottom to ease social conflicts.

However, most politicians in history did not have the innate conditions of high pragmatism that only time travelers have. It was often difficult for them to find any new channels and they could only choose to redistribute interests.At this time, they can only sacrifice some groups that can be sacrificed to appease all groups that cannot be offended.When to compromise, when to be tough, and when to act, these are all issues that run through a politician's life.

Don't think that the emperor can do whatever he wants. An emperor who has this idea and puts it into practice will definitely not be able to do it for long. He will either rebel and be killed, or die unexpectedly...Anyway, there is always one that suits you.Holding the greatest power often also means facing the greatest backlash. If you insist on doing whatever you want, you will have a knife on your neck within two days. The representative figure is Liu He, the idiot who was abolished by Huo Guang.It only took 27 days for this guy to go from being in power to being deposed.

Therefore, a person in charge, especially a top decision-maker, is a person who must keep his mind alert at all times, and at the same time be diligent and skilled in calculations.However, it is very difficult to always have a clear mind and be rational.Because people are human beings after all, not machines. They always have their own likes, dislikes and needs, and will be subject to various temptations and influences.

Men who are more inclined to be rational often cannot do this job well, let alone women who are not good at rationality and are prone to excessive emotions.In Chinese history, from the time when Qin Shihuang proclaimed himself emperor to when Yuan Shikai stole the country, there were a total of 494 emperors. But the ones who can truly be regarded as wise emperors can be counted casually with your eyes closed, and you will have finished counting them in just a few times.

However, faced with such a job that most people cannot do well, Liu Bang's wife Lu Fei did quite well.Throughout the early Han Dynasty, due to Liu Bang's rogue leadership and the special environment during the transition period of the imperial system, the political situation after Liu Bang's death was unstable.Although all the kings with different surnames have been wiped out, there are still a bunch of old heroes!

A large number of heroes and generals used to drink and talk nonsense with the old emperor, slap him on the butt and slap him. Most of these people were not born nobles. They had learned "how to kowtow to the emperor" for many years.With such a group of people, whether they obey you and whether you can control them is very, very important to the young regime of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bang always shouted: "I will conquer this world immediately!" Yes, it is true, but although this kind of saying is very enjoyable, it will also set an example for others - yes, you didn't He's just the director of the neighborhood committee!Since you can fight, maybe I can too?Oh, you are indeed very powerful and have received all kinds of blessings from heaven, but your son may not necessarily be so favored by heaven!
So this involved the issue of Liu Bang's successor.Regarding this point, the history books are quite lively, and there are many descriptions of "changing the prince" in various lengths. But in fact, even though Liu Bang wanted to do this very much, when he really wanted to implement it, he had no choice.Because as long as he thinks that one day he will die prematurely, he will understand that after his death, only his wife, Empress Lu, or the Lu family headed by Empress Lu, will have such a large weight to suppress her. The empire of his Liu family.

But the problem is that these brothers and sisters of the Lu family are so powerful that they became a headache that troubled Liu Bang in the last few years of his life.How can life be perfect? ​​From the day Liu Bang started his business, Empress Lu has positioned herself as a boss lady, a good wife, and a political commissar. The Lu Family Group, headed by Empress Lu's brother Lu Ze, is one of the people in Liu Bang's world that cannot be ignored. large weight factor.

It can be said that because of the age gap between husband and wife and the fact that the average life span of men is always lower than that of women, Liu Bang had no choice but to leave his daughter-in-law to him in the end.

Don't worry, you can do the work. Just watch and do it.

Liu Bang's greatest advantage in his life was knowing and employing people. Empress Lu could still reassure him in terms of ability and position.

Empress Lu's birth name was Lu Pheasant. After Lu Taigong fell in love with Liu Bang, in order to express his love for the strange appearance that he had not seen for many years, he gave away his biological daughter. He thought that his extraordinary daughter was finally Found the real master.Lu Zhi also began an extraordinary life.

However, the so-called extraordinary means spending the first half of your life working hard and the second half working hard.In the first half of her life, she did not appear to be wealthy as her father said.Day by day, the beauty turned into an old woman, and Empress Lu looked through the autumn waters but still didn't see any possibility of a turnaround, not to mention being rich, she was simply treated as a man.

Since Liu Tingchang often wandered around the world and did not work, the money he earned was not enough to survive, so Empress Lu could only focus on production with one hand, and take care of the children with the other. She took the children to work in the fields herself.

However, Lu Taigong's tutoring was quite good, because even though he did not live a good life, Lu Pheasant still worked hard for the family day and night and helped Liu Bang without any regrets.I must express my admiration for Taigong Lu, because he raised a good daughter who took care of her husband and raised her children, was virtuous and prudent, and worked hard without complaining.

Lu Pheasant, who had been tired for half his life, faced a new challenge at the bottom of his life when Liu Bang was nearly fifty years old and buried up to his neck in loess.Because Liu Bang released the prisoners privately, he fled into Mangdang Mountain.He himself ran away, but Lu Pheasant was imprisoned for this.People often have no dignity in prison, just like how Zhou Bo sighed after he came out of the prison after being manipulated by Emperor Wen to be helpless: "I have tried to command millions of troops, but I know how expensive prison officials are! "

This is especially true for men, and even worse for women.In prison, you may be subjected to many unbearable insults.Lu Pheasant must have suffered a lot in prison.However, fortunately, Liu Bang had a good buddy named Ren Ao, who was also working in the prison at the time. One time, Ren Ao saw his colleague abusing Lu Fei, and in a rage, he wounded the jailer and declared in a high-profile manner: This woman will never No one can touch it again!
Lu Zhi was very grateful for this love. Later, when she came to power, she appointed this benefactor as the imperial censor, which was a big check for the friendship that had long been devoted to justice.

Speaking of Lu Zhi in the prison, the world was in chaos not long after, and she was released.It stands to reason that being implicated like this, even a clay figurine should be angry, but not only did she not get angry at Liu Bang for implicating herself, but she often went to Mangdang Mountain to give food and clothes to Liu Bang, who had become a primitive man. He often advertises for his men.

She told the elders of Pei County that it was because my old man always had clouds on his head that I could find him in the primeval forest.In fact, many of Liu Bang's advertising campaigns were the work of his own political commissar Lu Pheasant.

yes!Who would be so careful to look for his advantages if it wasn't his own man?If you didn't value this man more than your own life, how could you give so much without any regrets?If you don't tie your whole life to this man, how can you put money in your man's face whenever you find an opportunity?
Lu Pheasant is a good wife and a good helper, Liu Bang knows this.In fact, Liu Bang had only discussed with two people from the bottom of his heart in his life, one was Zhang Liang and the other was Lu Pheasant.

Years of ups and downs made Lu Fei gradually understand human nature. After constant beatings and falls, she understood a truth: never talk about your good qualities.Those who are grateful will know what they are doing; those who are ungrateful will be useless no matter how much they say, and will instead annoy people.

For so many years, until Liu Bang's death, Lu Zhi never yelled how much hardship he had suffered and how tired he had been.Even when Liu Bang was about to change the prince later, Lu Zhi never mentioned the years when he gritted his teeth and shed tears to bear it.She understands that the past is the past, and she has to rely on herself if she wants to keep her son's status.

As a wife, Lu Zhi must be wronged, and this has never changed from the beginning to the end.I suffered a lot with Liu Bang in the first half of my life, and finally the world was in chaos. Liu Bang raised his head and rebelled, and finally got out.However, when he was the king of Hanzhong, he did not send anyone back to pick up Lu Pheasant; when he broke Xiang Yu's hometown, he did not look for Lu Pheasant; it was not until he was beaten to pieces by Xiang Yu's counterattack that he remembered to pick up his married wife.

Ah, why did you go so early?You forget her when the scenery is good, but when something bad happens, you think of her?It can only be said that with Liu Bang's character, in the 21st century, he is guaranteed to be sprayed as the number one hot search.

This time, Lu Pheasant and Liu Taigong were captured by Xiang Yu, and they were captured for three years.It was not until the peace talks in Xingyang that Lu Cai was released, but when he returned to his man, Liu Bang had already doted on his concubines, and the most favored one among them was called Mrs. Qi.

Time flies like water, and women's good times have long passed.At this time, Queen Lu was almost 40 years old.She understood that her man's heart could never be pulled back, but she still showed her strength as always: I still have a pair of children, and this family business can be run.

Her father's original prophecy came true, even though it took such a long time, and her man had built the largest family fortune in the world, which she did not expect.But for Lu Zhi, perhaps this is not much different from before, her job is still to help Liu Bang manage the family business.

Although Lu Pheasant was a woman, she continued to expand her influence to the group of heroes and generals who followed Liu Bang to conquer the world. She was the only one among the founding queens of the past dynasties.Even Zhu Yuanzhang's Queen Ma is not the same as Lu Pheasant - Queen Ma's influence is mainly aimed at Zhu Yuanzhang himself, and although she also has some influence on Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates and courtiers, this influence is far less than that of Lu Zhi. Pheasant.

The difference between the two of them is that Queen Ma's influence mainly comes from her identity and personality charm, while Lu Pheasant, in addition to these, also has strength, skill, and determination.

Lu Pheasant killed Han Xin and chopped up Peng Yue with ruthless methods.When killing Han Xin, she thought carefully, and detained Xiao He first—or Xiao He took the initiative to surrender and chose to stand on her side; when killing Peng Yue, Peng Yue himself came to the door crying and begging.There is no doubt that if she did not have enough influence and political chips, Peng Yue would not be stupid enough to regard her as someone who could save his life.

Mrs. Qi relied on her favor and always hoped that her son, King Zhao Liu Ruyi, could inherit the throne. She would cry to Liu Bang whenever she had nothing to do.It is recorded in the history books that it even reached the point of "crying day and night".Her method is particularly in line with the stereotype of some mentally handicapped concubines. They always think that they can get everything they want by crying with their men.

However, this is not the case. Women are not children. Being able to cry does not mean that they will have milk.The reason why men have a high tolerance for infants is because they know that children who can’t even speak are not sensible at all. Reasoning with children is a fool’s errand. However, since they are their own children, they cannot do without food. Because the child doesn’t know how to find food on his own.

Women are different. You are an adult, and he thinks you should be sensible. So when you make demands on him, you must let him know what else he can get from you - especially what you, Mrs. Qi, are facing. The number one gangster.Madam Qi, what else can Liu Bang expect from you?

Entertaining people with sex will eventually come to an end.What's more, with Liu Bang's hooligan habits, he may not even care about whether he can win your heart!I am the emperor, you must serve me anyway, why should I be anxious?
But even if Mrs. Qi didn't do anything, Liu Bang really had the idea of ​​​​changing the prince.There are two reasons for this. One small reason is that the prince Liu Ying has a weak character and the son is not like his father.Another big reason is that the Lu family is so powerful.

Let’s talk about the first issue first, the personality of the successor.He, Liu Bang, was so heroic that he could kill a big snake when he got excited, he could also throw his scholar's hat on the ground and urinate, and he could even go back to his hometown and sing with tears in his eyes: "The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying!" But this son had such an unlikeable personality. You're the one who won, you don't look like my kind at all!

Liu Bang believed that his legitimate son was really worthless. He was not like his father, so he was an eyesore!But when Liu Bang frowned when he looked at the prince, he ignored that he was the originator of his son's weak character.

Since childhood, the child Liu Ying has never received much love from his father, because Liu Bang always disappears every two days.When he was a few years old, his father became a wanted criminal.During a war, he and his sister saw their father and shouted with excitement, feeling happily that they were finally saved.However, before he could sit firmly on his butt, he and his sister were kicked out of the car.

Uncle Xia Houying rescued them, but his father kicked them out of the car again.Liu Ying patted the dirt all over her body. From her father's fierce eyes and constant curses, he heard clearly that she was afraid that he and his sister would drag his father into escaping.

Shouldn’t a father be his children’s strongest shield?

In the midst of confusion and fear, fortunately, Uncle Xia Houying rescued them despite his ferocious father. But later he learned something else: his mother, who had been accompanying him all this time, was kidnapped.

Mother and son have been separated for more than three years.Liu Ying lacked father's love in his adolescence and suffered many drastic changes. His only support was his mother, but her mother was also forced to leave him.My father is a bastard who doesn't even care about his own children.

All this made his character weak and insecure.But fortunately, his mother came back.

Liu Bang has made achievements, but Lu Zhi's youth has passed away and will never come back.You can't expect your man to show mercy for all the hard work and effort you put in, so you should rely on yourself.

At this time, Liu Bang often went out to suppress rebellions, and his rear mainly relied on Lu Pheasant and Xiao He.Lu Pheasant slowly accumulated experience and strength while constantly handling government affairs.

Liu Bang once tested the issue of changing the prince in public, but the result was like poking a hornet's nest.As soon as he opened his mouth, people were speechless. All the elders in the court clearly stood on Liu Ying's side.

Shusun Tong said: Prince, the foundation of the country is the foundation. Once the foundation is shaken, the world will be shaken!

Zhou Chang was even more direct. He was so anxious that he was speechless, his face was red, and his veins were exposed as he said two words: No!

In addition to Liu Ying being the legitimate son, his place of origin in Peixian County and his mother's political influence helped him gradually consolidate his position as prince.Most of Conglong's heroes and generals originated from Huaisi, and many of them had known Empress Lu for a long time.For example, Xia Houying, if it weren't for the elders who watched these two children grow up, it would be difficult for him to have the courage to protect the two children at such a critical moment when he drew his sword and cursed at Liu Bang.

Lu Zhi's mother and son, for many ministers, there is another relationship besides the relationship between monarch and minister, that is nostalgia.We made friends in the flames of war, grew up in struggle, and united together to build this family business under the banner of a big gangster. If we don’t support Mrs. Liu, who else can we support?
In addition, in addition to Empress Lu's political skills, his natal family has also become a key factor in Liu Bang's decision to be the crown prince.Liu Bang's mood must be very complicated. The complexity is that on the one hand, he does not have to worry about his weak son not being able to secure the throne, but on the other hand, he is very suspicious of who he is working hard for in his life.

The power of the Lu family is too great.The Lu family belongs to a relatively special group of relatives throughout the ages. Their family is not a nouveau riche family with "females are the most important" in which one person can ascend to heaven. The Lu family has made a huge contribution to the military achievements of the Han Dynasty.

Although the Lu family was later destroyed by the Han Hero Group, resulting in a large number of historical facts being destroyed and covered up, some clues can still be found in the history books.Even the clues are shocking and scary enough.

For example, in the early Han Dynasty, Dingfu, the Marquis of Yangdu, who was granted the title of Gonghou, granted [-] households, ranking fifth after Xiao He's [-] households.Qu Chenghou Gu met (Chong Da) and sealed four thousand households, while Chen Ping only had five thousand households.These people are all generals who are clearly subordinate to Lu Ze.

Another example is Liu Bang's die-hard confidant, Jin She, who sealed [-] households, and Chen Xi, the key blaster in the previous battle who started from Wanqu. These heavyweights are also inextricably linked to Lu Ze. connect.

Some fragments of Lu Ze's strength and status remain in the history books:
"Brother Empress Lu started as a guest at the beginning and entered the Han Dynasty as a marquis. He also controlled the Three Qin Dynasties and sent his troops to Dang first. When the King of Han conquered Pengcheng, he followed it and returned troops to assist Gaozu to rule the world. He was a meritorious lord." "Historical Records: Gaozu's Heroic Officials" Hou Zhe Chronology".

"At that time, Empress Lu's brother Zhou Luhou was a general of the Han Dynasty and lived in Xiayi. The Han kings followed him and collected some of his soldiers." "Historical Records: The Chronicles of Xiang Yu". "Hou Hou's brother Zhou Luhou was a general of the Han Dynasty and settled in Xiayi. The king of Han followed him and gathered a few soldiers to form an army." "Historical Records: The Annals of Emperor Gaozu".

"Empress Lu's brother Zhou Lvhou, the generals lived in Xiayi, and the King of Han followed him. A little soldiers were collected, and the army was Dang." "Han Shu·Gao Di Ji".

Don't worry about the position of the above sentence fragments, focus on a few key points.First, "customer from".What does "guest follower" mean?It means taking out a certain amount of equity and having its own team to join the business, which is similar to a shareholder, and it holds original shares.

Let’s give a few familiar examples.Xiao He, Li Shiqi, Wang Ling.It's no surprise that Li Shiqi and Wang Ling were both heroes who joined with their teams, but they didn't expect that Secretary Xiao, a senior civil servant in Pei County, also had a team, right?
Among the 140 three feudal lords in the "Chronology of Emperor Gaozu's Meritorious Officials", there are [-] "guests", including the two brothers Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi.

Second, he entered the Han Dynasty and became a marquis, and also established the Three Qin Dynasties, and sent his troops to Dang first.He was included in the first wave of feudal lords of the Liu Bang Group, and he was also included in the Three Qin Dynasty. After counterattacking the Central Plains, he also took the lead in breaking into Dang County, the old base of the year.

Why do we need to talk about this "Dang" separately?Because the Lu family's hometown is Shanfu County, Dang County, they were "important guests" when they came to Peixian County, Sishui County to escape their hatred.In other words, the Lu family was a very powerful family in Dang County before the world was in chaos. This time they came to take back their own territory.There are as many as 23 people in Dang County who have started their own businesses, many of whom have clear relationships with the Lu family.

Because of Yongchi's sudden rebellion, Liu Bang easily captured Dangdi when Fengyi was in dire straits at first. He also recruited soldiers from Dangjun who were more than double his size at the time (6000 men). This coincidence is unknown in history books. However, it is obviously quite mysterious.

The third and most critical thing is. "Chronology of the Marquis", "The Chronicles of Xiang Yu", "The Chronicles of Gaozu", and "The Chronicles of Emperor Gaozu" in Hanshu, after all the historical materials about Lu Ze were erased, one thing was left behind - because if this thing If you don't stay, the whole plot will not be connected.

This thing is: when Liu Bang abandoned his son and daughter in the Pengcheng Massacre and was almost chased to death by Xiang Yu, he fled to Lu Ze like a lost dog. What happened next?It was Lu Ze who sent troops to help him make a comeback!

This is "The king of Han solved Pengcheng, went to follow it, and returned to assist Gaozu to rule the world, and he was a meritorious prince." "Historical Records Chronological Table of Gaozu's Meritorious Officials".

Among the highly similar sentences listed above in the historical data, several words are used very consistently: "juxiayi", "conongzhi", "slightly collect soldiers", and "jundang".What do these words mean?
"Ju Xia Yi" (today's Dangshan County) and "Cong Zhi" indicate that after Liu Bang had nothing, he ran to join his uncle.Please note that Liu Bang did not go to his subordinate generals, but ran to join him!This uncle is an independent armed force in Xiayi, not - at least not completely subordinate to him!
"Receive soldiers a little bit" and "Jun Dang" show that Liu Bang has only gained a little foothold when he arrived here.This location is not far from Pengcheng, Xiang Yu's hometown, and it is a place where Xiang Yu has rarely been moved after he has been destroyed.Obviously, if Liu Bang didn't have Lu Ze here to help him carry Xiang Yu's outbreak, he wouldn't be able to escape back to Xingyang at all, and he would be kicked out of GG on the spot!

The statement in "Hou Zhe Chronology" that "the relapse of soldiers assists Gaozu to rule the world" is very important.Among them, the words "zuo" and "tianxia" only appear in the merit books of the other three great gods in the 140 three merit lists.

"Assisting the superiors to control the princes" is a comment on Xiao He; "always making plans to bring peace to the world" and "making six strange plans to control the world" are comments on Zhang Liang and Chen Ping.

What a person like Xiao He does is called "assistant"; Zhang Liang and Chen Ping's suggestions to turn the tide of collapse are called "pacifying (pacifying) the world".Therefore, it can be seen that Lu Ze's ability and merit are at least on the same level as those of the Three Great Masters of the Early Han Dynasty, and not lower than them!

Let’s take a look at the merit list of his younger brother Lu Shizhi: “Brother Empress Lu started as a guest and attacked the Three Qin Dynasties. The king of Han entered the Han Dynasty, and Shi Zhi was still rich. He served King Lu Xuan and the Supreme Emperor. The world was at peace, and Shi was granted the title It is called Jianchou."

The first sentence is the same as his brother's, "I will follow you and attack the Three Qin Dynasties", but the middle sentence is very interesting, "Serve to defend King Lu Xuan and the Supreme Emperor."King Lu Xuan is his father, and the Supreme Emperor is Liu Bang's father.Here King Lu Xuan was not only ranked in front of the Supreme Emperor, but after the fight actually broke out, both the Supreme Emperor and his daughter-in-law Lu Pheasant were captured by Xiang Yu, and King Lu Xuan lived in peace and contentment without any illness or disaster.

You know, Lu Ze's "juxiayi (now Dang County)", the place where Liu Bang can stand, is only eighty miles, or 40 kilometers, away from Liu Bang's hometown Fengyi (now Feng County).What does it mean?It shows that the Lu family group is not completely subordinate to Liu Bang, otherwise it is impossible for him to be indifferent to the big boss's father, or he regards his own father as far more important than the big boss's father!How is this possible?
They are not engaged in ordinary entrepreneurship. If it doesn't work, they will break up. I will kick the boss and quit - they are rebelling. There is no turning back, okay?If you don't take the big boss's father seriously, it means you don't take your whole family's heads seriously.But that's what people did, and it proved to be without consequences.So if you think about it, it's naturally because the Lu family is not completely subordinate to Liu Bang, and Liu Bang can't blame the Lu family for this.

After this large series of clues are connected together, some things can be seen: first, the Lu family brothers were shareholders when Liu Bang started his business, and they have strong share capital; second, they have a group of very powerful generals, Ding Fu, Chen Xi, Gu Feng, etc. are the same; thirdly, they were among the first wave of feudal lords; fourthly, the Lu family was very capable of fighting, and they were determined to be the main force in the key battles of the Three Qin Dynasty, and they took back Shandong first His hometown was the first to occupy the Dangjun base not far from Xiang Yu's core area. Later, when Xiang Yu counterattacked with a massacre, his family was not moved. Fifth, he was not completely subordinate to Liu Bang. Sixth, in the battle behind Liu Bang, It is at least as important as Xiao He and Zhang Liang to have "Zuo" to set "the world".

Therefore, the two brothers of the Lu family have power, connections, military exploits, and qualifications, and are of great importance to the Liu Bang Group.In this way, Liu Bang had huge ambivalence about whether to support Liu Ying or not.

What he didn't have to hesitate was that Liu Ying's uncle's family could definitely help him secure his position, and the empress dowager Lu Fei's political ability would definitely be a plus.But he hesitated. The Lu family, from the daughter-in-law to the brothers-in-law, was so damn powerful. What if the Lu family kicked this nephew away?Don't worry about me trying to conquer the world, but I end up making wedding clothes for your family.

This is the real reason why dramas about the ownership of the crown prince in the early Han Dynasty occurred so frequently!
He kept wiping out the kings with different surnames but did not take the land back, but arranged it for his relatives. A big key was that he was guarding against the Lu family.He gave the best Qi Land to his eldest son Liu Fei, and paired him with the best Prime Minister Cao Shen.This has to be said to be a very deep calculation arrangement.

However, Liu Bang's major doubts were largely dispelled in the eighth year of Emperor Gaozu's reign because the head of the Lu family, Lu Ze, died in this year.However, Liu Bang still had not made up his mind about the crown prince position.He was still worried about the Lu family: the eldest son was indeed dead, but the second son Lu Shizhi was still there, and with his sister who would become the Queen Mother in the future, this force was still very powerful.

So far, we can use Empress Lu as a template to compare the fineness of Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin.

Compared with Empress Lu, Huang Zhiting certainly did not suffer as much as Empress Lu in her early years.After all, Gao Pangshi went to Guangxi and got acquainted with her under the arrogance of Gao Wenzhenggong's direct descendant, Sixth Number One Scholar, Emperor Faxiao, etc. He also held an important position as the governor of Guangxi, holding the power of the provincial officials' conduct and discipline, and the major chieftains. I don't dare to offend him for any reason.

Huang Zhiting herself is not bad either. As a super big toast who exists like the queen of Guinan, although there are many internal troubles, Guangxi's wolf soldiers are famous all over the world, and no one dares to provoke them easily.

But after all, when Gao Pragmatic went to Guangxi, he was nominally demoted and released. Huang Zhiting followed Gao Pragmatic at that time, and they were able to share the hardships together.What's more, when she was recapturing Annan, she stood up for Gao Pragmatic Zhenzhen. This friendship should not be underestimated in any era.Of course, outsiders don't know much about the two of them walking through the Shiwan Mountains, falling into the bottom of a pool together, and sneaking into underground rivers, otherwise they would still have to keep a close eye on them.

Liu Xin doesn't seem to have experienced hardships together, but it is known that she has known Gao Pragmatic much earlier than Huang Zhiting, and to some extent, she has a special affection for a childhood sweetheart - at least in the eyes of outsiders.

As a result, their status in the Jinghua Group is comparable to that of Empress Lu.Huang Zhiting was in charge of southern Xinjiang, just like Empress Lu was in Guanzhong during the confrontation between Liu Bang, Chu and Han. She was the general representative of her husband's rear, highlighting a key function of guarding the family property.

Although Liu Xin joined halfway, she quickly started working on Xiao He's job.Specifically, he is responsible for summarizing complex work reports so that Gao Pragmatic can approve the most important matters in the shortest time.At the same time, she also fulfills Zhang Liang's task to a certain extent, which is to conduct key discussions with Gao Pragmatic on major matters and help Gao Pragmatic make up his mind. This cannot be ignored.

Therefore, if Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin are determined to become political allies, their political influence within the Jinghua Group may actually exceed that of Queen Lu.

However, at this time, they have not yet compared their respective families’ influence on Jinghua Group.Behind Empress Lu are "Zhu Lu", but mainly two brothers, Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi.These two people have a huge influence on Liu Bang Entrepreneurship Group.

Huang Zhiting has no elder brother, only two younger brothers.The eldest brother Huang Yinglei committed suicide. Now he has been deposed and is in a state of confinement, so it's okay not to talk about it.

The younger brother Huang Yingpin took over the Huang family's foundation. He had a large hereditary territory in Annan and hundreds of thousands of people under his command.However, his influence on Jinghua Group is far less than that of Erlu, because he was too young and missed the era of the Great Opening of Xinjiang when Jinghua made rapid progress in southern Xinjiang.

But he also has an advantage, that is, he has two towns of wolf soldiers with high pragmatic approval, with a total of 5000 people in the two towns.

Looking at 5000 people alone, this scale does not seem too big. It is just two towns of soldiers. How big a deal?The six major garrison armies in southern Xinjiang have a total of 22 towns, with a total strength of 28 (279400). This does not include the "reserves" actually established during the implementation of the household registration and naturalization system, and does not include several garrison armies in the Nanyang Islands that are being expanded. The military town does not include the sailors of the Nanyang Fleet, nor does it include the armed servants of Jinghua in the Ming Dynasty.

In short, among the entire super armed group in Jinghua, his two town wolf soldiers looked inconspicuous.

However, in the eyes of Gao Mengnan and even other members of the Gao family, this is not how the accounts were settled.Now that Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin are to be guarded as possible "Queen Lu", how can we only count the troops in Huang Yingpin's hands?

First of all, you have to count the wolf soldiers directly led by Huang Zhiting, right?That was also the two town troops, also 5000 people.What is especially critical is that there are 5000 people here who are permanently stationed in Dingnancheng. Together with the 8000 Liu family troops who Liu Xin stayed in Dingnancheng, the total number is [-], forming the so-called "Siam Palace Guards."

At present, Gao Pragmatic has not mentioned any changes to the defense of Dingnancheng in the future with the Gao family clan members. They can only analyze based on the current situation.Then, these eight thousand palace guards are like the Southern Army in Chang'an City in the early Han Dynasty, and the first town of Dingnan Garrison stationed in the big city is like the Northern Army in Chang'an.

Or to make another comparison, the status of the Royal Palace Guards is equivalent to the Ming Dynasty's Jin Yiwei + Jingjun, responsible for the defense of the palace; the first town of Dingnan Guard Army is like the Ming Dynasty's Imperial Guards, responsible for the defense of the entire capital, especially the capital (except for outside the palace).

It stands to reason that the combat effectiveness of the Royal Guards is infinitely higher than that of the Jinyi Guards and the Pure Army. If this comparison is made, the First Town of Dingnan should be far more powerful than the Royal Palace Guards.

But there are two problems here: first, the number of the Royal Guards is not large, as many as [-], and almost all of them are elites who have seen blood; second, the Royal Guards keep weapons and ammunition fully equipped at all times, while the garrison troops are in Africa. In wartime, "guns are fired but no ammunition is fired." The ammunition is delivered to their camp from the nearest arsenal only after receiving an order.

In other words, when the garrison did not receive combat orders, they only had cold weapons at hand and could not threaten the palace guards at all.On the contrary, if the incident happened suddenly and there was an extreme situation, then the palace guards could forcibly disarm Dingnan No. [-] Town with a sneak attack.

Even if Gao Yushi adjusts the defense of Dingnan City in the future, Huang Zhiting and Huang Yingpin's siblings will still have [-] troops in their hands. This is the basic situation of the Huang family. Variety.

More than that, if we plan for the worst case scenario, for example, if Gao Pragmatic is no longer around, will the Huang family be the only unstable factor?Of course not. In that case, all the toasts who moved from Guangxi would become unstable factors, including Cen Ling.

Why?Because of Gao Pragmatism, no one in southern Xinjiang dared to have evil intentions. However, if Gao Pragmatism was not there and Huang Zhiting became the "Queen Mother" in fact, the situation would be very different.Those chieftains have every reason to stand on her side and help her suppress her political opponents - we are all township party members. If we don't support the madam, who else can we support?In this way, at least 10,000+ wolf soldiers might stand on the opposite side of the Gao clan.

Liu Xin has not been considered here yet.Liu Xin brought not many Liu family troops to southern Xinjiang, just 3000 people, which was not a big problem in terms of military strength.And although she has a famous brother who is a famous general, Liu Wei is a general of the imperial court, not a general of Southern Xinjiang.Although many of his troops were servants and private soldiers, the laws of the imperial court were not useless. Liu Wei could not have casually dragged the Liu family's army from the Ming Dynasty to southern Xinjiang to support his sister with force.

However, Liu Xin's source of strength did not originally lie in the army.She has been the secretary-general for many years, and most of the pragmatic military and political orders are issued through her hands. There are also many lower-level matters that are negotiated and issued by the secretariat itself. This is actually She was given the power of a prime minister, enough to establish prestige in all walks of life in southern Xinjiang.

Once the members of the Gao family consider the worst-case scenario, they must worry about this threat, that is, Liu Xin has a huge influence on the mobilization of weapons, ammunition, food and other materials.This is an immeasurable force, because it is one of the two most important means of controlling the garrison in a highly pragmatic manner (the other is personnel, such as the senior officer rotation system, etc.).

Calculating it this way, if one day, Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin join forces, their strength is only stronger than Empress Lu!

Of course, similar to the situation Liu Bang faced at that time, Gao Yuan is like Liu Ying. He does not have to worry about anything, because no matter how powerful and powerful the mother is, in the end all these will have to be left to him.

I'm afraid that my uncle's family will have some evil ideas, and my mother will have a seizure, and in the end my uncle will take away my nephew's inheritance.Or maybe Gao Yuan was as short-lived as Liu Ying, which would be even worse. It might be a Southern Xinjiang version of Zhu Lu's Rebellion or Zhu Huang's Rebellion.

However, there are two variables here. One is that Huang Zhiting has her second son Gao Ji, and the two sons Gao Luo who have been "adopted"; the other is that Liu Xin also has a son Gao Chun.Speaking of which, even if Gao Yuan is gone and there are no heirs left, there is still Gao Ji who can inherit it, so the worst case scenario should not be reached.

Unless Gao Ji is gone, then because Gao Luo was publicly adopted and Gao Chun was not the legitimate son, the status of both parties is relatively embarrassing, and both biological mothers are powerful, so they may face competition... Then this It's more complicated.

But no matter what, the clan sect is obviously the weak side in these possible changes, and it is very weak.They have neither the right to justice nor the strongest power, so they are simply in a state of being crushed.

In fact, if the clan members of the Gao family can really unite as one, their strength will not be weak.Some of them have soldiers, some have land (the area where they serve), and they can more or less influence some garrison generals.

From Gao Shangxian down, the Gao family has as many as six families. In the early years, Gao's pragmatic Jinghua expanded too fast, and their family of six families did not have enough servants, so many servants from other families were promoted.

Nowadays, there are quite a few of these people who are considered prominent in the military and political circles of southern Xinjiang. These are the forces that the clan sect may influence - the patriarch of our family is indeed Rixin, but you are from my family after all. Jia Ding, Rixin is gone now, will you listen to me?
Even if you don’t dare to listen completely, you will listen to some extent, and at least you may turn a blind eye to some things.This is human nature.

But even so, the clan sect directly controls too few troops, and they are too widely distributed, and their power is too dispersed.You must know that in a power struggle, unless you are determined to rebel by force and attack the center from the outside and inside in a similar way to the Qing Dynasty, the power scattered in various places is actually of little use.

As long as the "Beijing Master" is not in your hands, you will often have nothing to do with righteousness and fame, and the probability of success will be cut in half, or even your ankle.At least judging from the current situation, Dingnancheng, the hub of southern Xinjiang, is obviously firmly controlled by Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin. If something unexpected happens to Gao Pragmatic, they will be the first to take the initiative.

The structure of power is composed of countless concentric circles. The closer the circle is to the core of power, the more noble and legitimate it is.If Gao Pangshi is not around, the most orthodox heir is of course Gao Yuan, and the core circle around Gao Yuan is his mother Huang Zhiting and teacher and aunt Liu Xin.

It would be fine if these two fight among themselves, but they are actually an alliance, which means that the biggest power cake will be taken away by them. What else can the Gao family clan members get?

Even if they are not killed, they will definitely be suppressed.Maybe the result will be the same as the clan kings in the Ming Dynasty. In name, they have a lot of fields, but in fact they are managed by the local government. They will only give you the converted money at the end. As for the real power, forget about it. Nothing will be left out to you.

Will the Gao clan members agree?Gao Mengnan asked himself, he would agree, because he was much older than Gao Pragmatic, and he had no heirs. No matter how much power he had, what could he do and who could he leave it to?

But he also knew that these juniors would not agree, and they couldn't be persuaded.

The foundation of the Gao family belongs to the Gao family, and Gao Yuan is the son of the sixth uncle. He can indeed take it, but why should the Huang family?Why does the Liu family?If you, Gao Yuan, don't treat us brothers as brothers, then don't blame us for dividing up the family based on our own strength! ——
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PS: Just like the title, three chapters in one.Before writing this chapter, I thought carefully about it. The analogy that best fits the current power situation in southern Xinjiang may be the early Han Dynasty, so I focused on the comparison of the current power and influence of Empress Lu, Huang Zhiting, and Liu Xin.I have deliberately hidden some details without explaining it. If you are interested, you can analyze it from aspects such as personality and behavior, and deduce the possible direction of the subsequent plot.

In fact, I have made many foreshadowings about Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin's personalities and behavioral logic in the previous articles of this book. You may be able to deduce several trends based on this, which should be quite interesting.Oh, and don't forget Gao Yuan's character and style that he has shown so far.

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