I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Small discussion: Is Huo Guang a member of Prince Ru and Wei Qing Group?

I have seen some authors put forward this view: Huo Guang is a violent prince, so the election and dethronement of Liu He is just a formality, the purpose is to allow Liu Bing to succeed to the throne legitimately.

At least there is no detailed content to support this view in the information I checked.

The first is the issue of blood relationship.

It is true that Huo Qubing and his mother, Wei Shaoer, are Wei Zifu's sisters, so they are related by blood. They are the nephews and nephews of Wei Qing and Wei Zifu, so they naturally have feelings for each other.

However, Huo Qubing's father, Huo Zhongru, returned home to retrieve it and gave birth to Huo Guang. More than ten years later, Huo Qubing took Huo Guang back to Chang'an.

At this time, Wei Shaoer had remarried Chen Ping's great-grandson Chen Chang, and there was no longer any correspondence with Huo Zhongru.

Judging from the blood relationship, Huo Guang and Huo Qubing have the same father and mother, and have no relationship with Wei Qing and others.

What does this story look like when we look at it from Huo Zhongru’s perspective?

Huo Zhongru worked as a waiter in the Pingyang Marquis Mansion as a county official. He met a female slave, Wei Shao'er, with whom he had a brief love affair and gave birth to an illegitimate son Huo Qubing.Then he abandoned him and returned to his hometown. Ming Media married and gave birth to his legitimate son Huo Guang, and that relationship was forgotten.

Unexpectedly, more than twenty years later, the family of the slave girl he slept with would become prosperous, and his illegitimate son would become a hussar general.So I wanted to cling to him, but I didn't know how to speak.

At this time, the illegitimate son passed by his hometown and took away his legitimate brother, promising that he would have a good future for his father.

At this time, Wei Shaoer had already married Chen Ping's great-grandson Chen Zhang, and Huo Qubing was nominally Chen Zhang's son.

How did Wei Qing see Huo Zhongru, this cheap brother-in-law?

He slept with his sister and ran away.

Will Wei Qing have feelings for his brother-in-law and his wife's son, who was always in trouble but finally abandoned him?I'm afraid there won't be.

The Wei family has many children and nephews, and they will never train a person with no blood relationship. The other person's father has even brought harm to his family.

There seems to be no mention of Wei Qing's care for Huo Guang in the historical materials (of course, it may be that I didn't find it).

Huo Guang became the valet of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It was obviously recommended by Huo Qubing, his brother, and he probably had nothing to do with Wei Qing.

Later, Huo Guangneng was placed in a position of great importance by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and he had little relationship with Wei Qing.It is clearly written in the history books that Huo Guang was cautious and never made any mistakes.

Therefore, Huo Guang relied on Huo Qubing's recommendation to become an official, and his ability to be reused depended on his own efforts and Emperor Wu's trust in Huo Qubing.

On the other hand, it is precisely because Huo Guang and Wei Qing have an indifferent relationship, or even have a quarrel, that Huo Guang was not implicated in the witchcraft chaos and was elected as the auxiliary minister.

It would be too bizarre to say that Huo Guang was an idle chess piece made by Wei Qing when he first arrived in Chang'an, in order to prevent the rising prince from being deposed and to use his grandson again.

The most important thing is that there seems to be no interaction between Huo Guang, Wei Qing and others in the historical data.Second, the process of establishing Liu He.

The records in the Han Dynasty are very clear, and several different biographies have relatively clear and specific records.

When Huo Guang selected Liu He, no one mentioned Liu Bingji, and after Huo Guang selected Liu He, he was very satisfied.

Then, after deposing Liu He, Bingji proposed to Huo Guang that Liu Bingjin could be the emperor.

So Huo Guang chose Liu Bingji.

So logically, Liu He is the first in line. After Liu He is deposed, Liu Bing is the first in line.

Because there is no one left to choose from Emperor Wu’s lineage.

Some readers said that Bingji had been working for Huo Guang for a long time, which means that Bingji had been entrusted by Huo Guang to take care of Liu Bing.I'm afraid this is untenable, because there are many people who have served as subordinate officials for Huo Guang, but the order must be clarified.

During the Witchcraft Rebellion, Bingji, who had served as the right prisoner of the Tingwei, was summoned to the court. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered him to handle the Witchcraft case in the prison in Chang'an.

At that time, Liu Ju's grandson Liu Bing was just a few months old and was implicated and imprisoned.Bingji sympathized with the innocence of the prince and Liu Bingji, and chose a spacious and dry room for Liu Bingji. He also found the prudent and generous Hu Group from the female prisoners in the prison to take care of the sick person, and appointed Wu Zun, a petty official, to take care of him at any time.

Then Zhang Anshi's brother Zhang He also joined in.

After that, Huo Guangcai was promoted to high rank, and Bing Jicai served as his chief minister.

Later, Emperor Xiaowu exempted Liu Bingji from the crime through amnesty, but did not make other arrangements and was only raised in Yeting.

Therefore, when Huo Guang chose Liu He, he knew about Liu Bingji's existence, but never thought that he could be the emperor. This was all because Liu He later failed to live up to expectations and had to make a choice.

In addition, Bingji was also Liu Bingji's helper when he later defeated Huo. If Huo Guang wanted Liu Bingji early on and colluded with Bingji, how could he also deal with Huo Guang?

In addition, the records in the Han Dynasty about Huo Guang deposing the emperor and establishing the emperor are very clear, which is consistent with what I just said.

To sum up, Huo Guang has nothing to do with Wei Qing, let alone Liu Ju, and he has never thought of using Liu He to occupy his seat.

As for the rest of the conspiracy theories, they can be regarded as romantic imagination, but I'm afraid they can only be imagined.

Add the relationship between Liu He's mother clan and Liu Zhi.

Jiang Chong falsely accused Liu Ju, Liu Ju raised an army, and Liu Qumo was sentenced to justice (91 BC). Later, Liu Qumo was punished by Emperor Xiaowu many times. Someone reported that his wife practiced witchcraft and cursed Emperor Xiaowu. Liu He's father Liu Kuang, who wanted to join forces with Li Guangli, was cut in half (90 BC).Therefore, I am afraid that Liu Quyou and Li Guangli did not force Liu Zhi to death. (I checked in a hurry, there may be some omissions)

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