The great man will live forever

Chapter 104: Fog (Kings everywhere)
Liu Han thought about writing a letter to ask Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to send troops to pacify South Vietnam and Minyue in a few years.

But thinking about it, he felt like he was learning from an unknown source. For this reason, he specifically asked Shu Yuzhu to learn more about the history and love-hate entanglements.

First of all, in the third year of Jianyuan, that is, 138 BC.At that time, Liu Che had just come to power. The then King Ying of Minyue probably thought that the young Han ruler and unclear government affairs would provide a rare opportunity for expansion, so he followed the advice of Liu Bi's son Liu Ziju, who had fled to Minyue, and sent troops to besiege Dongou.

Dong Ou couldn't win, so he naturally asked for help like a big man, "Dad, big man, love me again."

After receiving Dong Ou's request for help, a big debate broke out within the Han court about whether to save or not. Zhuang Zhu, the Chinese doctor, advocated that he must be saved.

His name was also Yan Zhu, and he was still a good friend with Wei Qing. Unfortunately, he failed to control his lower body and slept with the Han socialite Liu Ling, the daughter of Huainan King Liu An. Then he was involved in the Huainan King's rebellion and was beheaded.

It can only be said that heroes are saddened by beauty. Wei Qing was deeply moved by this back then.

Yan Zhu made an impassioned clarification of the pros and cons, defeated Prime Minister Tian's suggestion of abandoning the plan and not saving it, and advocated sending troops.Liu Che publicly supported his opinion, but said: "I have just ascended the throne and I am not going to use tiger talismans to recruit troops from the county."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked Yan Zhu and Wei Qing to commandeer Kuaiji's army with the Talisman Festival.They went to Kuaiji, and after some twists and turns, they took control of the army and immediately led their troops across the sea by boat to rescue Dong Ou.Halfway through the journey, the Minyue army was afraid and withdrew from the siege, and Dongou took advantage of the situation and completely surrendered to the Han.

The Dongou people who surrendered were afraid that the Minyue people would attack them again, so they asked the whole country to move to the interior. With the permission of the imperial court, they all moved inland that year and settled between Jiang Zhun, approximately in the area of ​​today's Yangzhou and Huai'an.

As for why Liu Bi's son Liu Ziju, a former prince of the Han Dynasty, went to Fujian and Yue?How many times did he persuade the King of Minyue to send troops to Dongou?

There is a past event here, involving the famous Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, which was a cholera that the Han Dynasty could never avoid.

Liu Ziju's father Liu Bi was the initiator of the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion. He was the eldest son of Liu Bang's second brother Liu Zhong.

The Liu family has four brothers in total, Liu Bo, Liu Zhong, Liu Bang and Liu Jiao.Liu Bang ranked third, and he was also called Liu Ji. Uncle Liu died early, before Liu Bang started his army.

"Bo, Zhong, Uncle, Ji" were used in ancient times to express the ranking of eldest, second, third and youngest.According to the ranking, Liu Bang should be called Uncle Liu, but Liu Jiao is different from them. He is the son of Taigong Liu and his concubine. He is a concubine. His status is naturally different from Liu Bang. If the patriarchal law is strict, they may even be the masters. The difference between servants.

In this way, he cannot be counted in the ranking, and Liu Bang naturally becomes the youngest, so he is called Liu Ji. Ji means the youngest in ancient times, and Meng Zhong Ji is also the youngest.

If the patriarchal system was strict, the difference between direct concubines and concubines was very big. Even during the Three Kingdoms period, when wars continued, Yuan Shao's influence was much higher than Yuan Shu at that time, but as a direct descendant, Yuan Shu still looked down on Yuan Shao, who was a concubine.

After Liu Bang became emperor, he abolished all kinds of kings with different surnames and "wanted kings with the same surname to control the world." Because his children were young, he wanted to make his brothers kings, but they were "not virtuous."

But as soon as I gritted my teeth, I thought that brothers are still brothers, be a little stupider, they are more reliable than outsiders, so they have to be sealed.

Therefore, Liu Bang's cousin Liu Jia was granted the title of King of Jing, with jurisdiction over 52 cities east of the Huaihe River; his second brother Liu Zhong was granted the title of King of Dai in 53 counties of Yunzhong, Yanmen and Daijun; and Xuejun and Donghai , Pengcheng 36 counties named the fourth brother Liu Jiao as the King of Chu; 73 counties in Jiaodong, Jiaoxi, Linzi, Jibei, Boyang, and Chengyang counties named the eldest son Liu Fei as the King of Qi.

How can I say that Liu Zhong, the second brother of Liu Bang, is a typical farmer. He has been honest since he was a child, timid and afraid of getting into trouble. He only knows how to immerse himself in the fields and has no ambitions. He works hard, saves a little, and buys a little property, so he gets the favor from his father. Praise, saying that he works hard and manages the family well.

With a character like his, farming is okay, but being a king really does not have the qualifications. If you want to wear the crown, you must bear the weight, which is no joke.

The Kingdom of Dai was an important land on the northern border, and the Huns were on guard against it. However, when the Huns invaded the Kingdom of Dai in 200 BC, Liu Zhong, who was the king of Dai but had no military talent, was unable to hold on to the border. In the end, he abandoned the country and fled back to Luoyang alone. .

Good guy, do you want to be Zhao Paopao in future generations?
Liu Bang was very angry about this, so he issued an edict to remove Liu Zhong from the throne and demoted him to the title of Marquis of Heyang. Liu Zhong was depressed and died within a few years.

But just because the father has no courage does not mean that the son is also timid. Maybe it is a genetic mutation that makes Liu Bi very courageous.

He was first granted the title of Peihou.Later, in 196 BC, King Yingbu of Huainan rebelled, and Liu Bang personally led his troops to attack him.Liu Bi, who was only 21 years old, followed Liu Bang as a cavalry general, and they defeated the Yingbo army.

However, Liu Jia, the king of Jing at that time, was killed by Yingbu and had no descendants.Liu Bang was worried that the Kuaiji people in Wu were frivolous and tough, and he would not be able to subdue them without a brave and majestic king.But his sons were still young, so he made Liu Bi the king of Wu, commanding three counties and 53 cities.

But Liu Bang's wanton enfeoffment laid the groundwork for the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion.It is said that Liu Bang summoned Liu Bi after he was granted the seal by an official.Liu Bang said to Liu Bi: "You look rebellious."

At this time, Liu Bang felt a little regretful, but he had already received the official seal, so he patted his back and shoulders and said: "The fortune teller said that 50 years after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, there will be a rebellion in the southeast. Is it you? Everyone in the world has the same surname. As a family, I hope you will be more cautious and not rebel."

Liu Bi kowtowed quickly and said, "I don't dare."

Later, he did rebel. It is unknown whether Liu Bang saw it in advance or whether it was the imperial color added to him by later generations.

Of course, even though he wasn't very respectful at first, he was a villain for a reason.

In the first month of 179 BC, Liu Qi, who was only ten years old, was officially established as the prince.At this time, Liu Xian, the eldest son of King Wu Liu Bi, came to Chang'an City, and Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty asked Prince Liu Qi to accompany Liu Xian in person.

Liu Xian's masters were all from Chu, which made him develop a frivolous and aggressive personality, and he was usually very arrogant.After all, in the land of Wu, he is the crown prince (Prince Prince), beneath one person and above ten thousand people.
When playing a game with Liu Qi, they argued over the chess moves and his attitude was disrespectful. Liu Qi picked up the chess board and hit Liu Xian in a hurry.At that time, Liu Qi was young and his attack was not serious. Unexpectedly, Liu Xian died on the spot.

At this time, Liu Qi was completely panicked, but Liu Heng was even more panicked than him. He almost wanted to depose the prince, but the queen and the queen mother persuaded him to stop him.

Helpless, Liu Heng could only send people to send Liu Xian's body back to Wu for burial, and go to express condolences to the King of Wu.But after arriving in the State of Wu, Liu Bi became furious and said: "The whole family is the same. If they die in Chang'an, they will be buried in Chang'an. Why should they be sent to the State of Wu for burial?"

So Liu Bi sent someone to take Liu Xian's body back to Chang'an for burial.From then on, he became resentful and gradually lost the etiquette expected of a vassal. He claimed to be ill and refused to come to see Emperor Wen of Han...

In June 157 BC, Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty Liu Heng died in Weiyang Palace at the age of 6.Before his death, he wrote a will to make the funeral arrangements as simple as possible.In this way, a great emperor passed away quietly and was buried in Ba Ling.

Since Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, he followed Huang Lao's idea of ​​governing by doing nothing, worked hard to govern, and was frugal and simple, which opened the prelude to the rule of Wenjing.He abolished the continuous sitting method that started with Shang Yang and the corporal punishment that had been implemented since the pre-Qin Dynasty.

The flesh shape mainly refers to the five punishments, which include tattooing (stabbing the face and inking), cutting off the nose (cutting off the nose), cutting off the feet (cutting off the feet), palace (cutting position), and Dapi (i.e. death penalty).

Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty changed all these corporal punishments into flogging and cane punishments, that is, whipping or hitting with a board.

At the same time, he also reduced taxes, reducing the land tax from fifteen taxes per one to thirty taxes per one, and also reduced the corvee service for adult men to only one service every three years.

At the same time, he is also the protagonist in "24 Filial Piety" who personally tastes the intestinal medicine for his mother Bo Ji, showing a deep sense of filial piety.

Therefore, his temple name was Taizong, his posthumous name was Emperor Xiaowen, and later generations were often called Emperor Hanwen.

In the same year, on June 6, Prince Liu Qi succeeded to the throne and became Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty.He canonized Concubine Bo as the queen. Concubine Bo was the daughter of the Bo family chosen by his grandmother, Queen Mother Bo, for him. However, Concubine Bo had not had children for a long time. Because she had no legitimate son, there was no crown prince for the time being.

In 155 BC, the second year of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, Chao Cuo, the imperial censor, wrote to Emperor Jing to reduce the vassal status.He said that if the vassal state is reduced, the princes and kings may rebel, but they will actually rebel if they do not do so. Therefore, if the vassal state is removed in advance, even if they rebel, the subsequent troubles will be smaller.

Therefore, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty adopted Chao Cuo's suggestion and prepared to reduce the vassal status.It can be said that the great Han Dynasty at that time was full of great kings and was extremely glorious.The northernmost King of Yan is Liu Dingguo, the grandson of Liu Ze. Liu Ze is the distant cousin of Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and was originally named King Langya.

Liu Ze supported Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty and had meritorious service.Therefore, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty changed the title of Langya King Liu Ze to King Yan.When Liu Qi ascended the throne, it was passed down to his grandson's generation named Liu Dingguo.

Then there is the Dai Wang, who is Liu Shen, Liu Heng's son, and Liu Han's grandfather.After Liu Heng ascended the throne, he first made his second son Liu Wu the acting king. Later, Liu Wu was renamed the King of Huaiyang, and his third son Liu Shen was made the acting king.

Originally, Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty's youngest son Liu Yi was named King of Liang, but he fell from his horse and died. Unfortunately, Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty changed the title of his second son Liu Wu to King of Liang.

Then there is King Zhao, who is Liu Sui, the son of the former King of Zhao Liu You, who is the son of Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

The most interesting thing is that during the period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, there were already seven vassal kings in Qi, including Liu Jianglu, the king of Qi, Liu Zhi, the king of Jibei, Liu Xian, the king of Sichuan, Liu Xiongqu, the king of Jiaodong, Liu Xian, the king of Jiaoxi, Liu Biguang, the king of Jinan, and Liu Xi, the king of Chengyang. .

In the early Western Han Dynasty, the State of Qi, which governed six counties and 73 counties, was the most powerful vassal state. The first king of Qi was Liu Bang's concubine Liu Fei.

In the second year of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, that is, 193 BC, Liu Fei went to Beijing to meet Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty.In October of the same year, Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty and Liu Fei held a banquet and drank wine in the Empress Lu's palace. Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty had Liu Fei sit at the head of the table in accordance with family etiquette because Liu Fei was his eldest brother.

When Empress Lu saw this, she was furious and prepared to kill Liu Fei. She ordered two glasses of poisoned wine to be poured in front of Liu Fei, and asked Liu Fei to get up and use the wine to toast her.

Liu Fei didn't know the conspiracy, so he stood up and offered a toast. However, Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty was a good person, kind-hearted and noble in character. He was the opposite of his mother. In front of such a mother, he was destined to be a tragedy, so he died early in grief and anger. .

He didn't want to see his eldest brother die, so he stood up and picked up a glass of wine, preparing to toast Empress Lu with Liu Fei.Queen Lu was afraid of poisoning her son, so she hurriedly got up and knocked over the wine glass in Emperor Hui's hand.

Liu Fei was suspicious of Empress Lu's move, so he did not dare to drink the glass of wine and pretended to be drunk and left.Later, Liu Fei asked others and found out that it was poisoned wine. He was so scared that he thought it would be difficult to escape from Chang'an and was very worried all day long.

When the historians in Qi learned about this, they suggested to Liu Fei: "Queen Lu only gave birth to Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty and Princess Lu Yuan. She loved her two children very much. Your Majesty, you have the title of more than 70 cities." , but Princess Lu Yuan only had a few cities as her own food towns.

If you can dedicate a county fief to Empress Lu as the Tang Muyi of Princess Lu Yuan, Empress Lu will be very happy, and you will not be in danger of death. "

Therefore, in order to save his life, Qi Liufei listened to the advice of his internal historians and dedicated Chengyang County to Empress Lu. He asked Empress Lu to use the place as Tang Muyi for Princess Lu Yuan and respect Princess Lu Yuan as the King and Queen Mother of Qi.

Queen Lu was very happy and readily agreed to Liu Fei's request, so she held a banquet in Liu Fei's mansion to express her gratitude, and everyone drank to their heart's content.Later, Empress Lu did not pursue Liu Fei's original fault and let him return to his feudal country.

He had only been back for a few years, and he was probably a little frightened. Then he died, and his son Liu Xiang succeeded him as King of Qi.

The second Liu Xiang was a tragedy, only one step away from the throne.

At that time, Empress Lu died, and Lu Chan and Lu Lu attempted a coup. Liu Zhang knew of their plan and conspired with Liu Xiang to send troops into the pass to kill Lu in order to seize the opportunity to seize the throne. Liu Xiang then raised his troops to march westward.

When Lu Chan heard about it, he quickly sent Guan Ying to lead his troops to attack. Guan Ying went to Xingyang to garrison troops to make peace with Qilian.Later, Liu Zhang, Zhou Bo and other heroes killed Zhu Lu, and the ministers welcomed the acting king Liu Heng as emperor, that is, Emperor Wen of Han. Liu Xiang had to stop his troops and return to the country. He died of illness the next year and was given the posthumous title of King Ai.

Good guy, the emperor didn't take it seriously. He didn't come over for a breath and died in depression the next year.

After his death, his son Liu Ze inherited the position of King of Qi. In the 15th year of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, in 165 BC, Liu Ze, the third King of Qi in the Western Han Dynasty, died because he had no children.

Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty then divided the Qi Kingdom into six parts and named Liu Fei's six sons as kings respectively, namely, King Liu Jianglu of Qi, King Liu Zhi of Jibei, King Liu Xian of Sichuan, King Liu Xiongqu of Jiaodong, King Liu Xian of Jiaoxi, and King Liu Biguang of Jinan. .

Except for Chengyang King, who is Liu Zhang's son and Liu Fei's grandson Liu Xi, the other six are all Liu Fei's sons.

Further south, the king of Huaiyang is Liu Yu, the son of Liu Qi, and the king of Chu is Liu Wu, the grandson of Liu Jiao (Liu Bang's fourth brother).

Perhaps because he missed his younger brother, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty did not kill him even if King Liu Chang of Huainan rebelled. Instead, in the 16th year of Emperor Wen's reign, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty granted titles to Liu Chang's three sons, Liu An, Liu Bo, and Liu Ci. King, divided the Huainan Kingdom into three parts, namely the King of Huainan, the King of Hengshan and the King of Lujiang.

Further south, there is the King of Changsha, close to South Vietnam. He is Wu Hui, the grandson of Wu Rui's grandson.

Good guy, if Shu Yuzhu hadn't introduced him, Liu Han wouldn't have known there was such a king with a different surname.

It is a joke that Liu Bang, who is not named Liu but is a king, will be punished by the whole world.

"Then why is it gone now?"

Shu Yuzhu slowly explained, "Back then, Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, granted a total of eight kings with different surnames, King Zang Tu of Yan, King Xin of Han, King Han Xin of Chu, King Pengyue of Liang, Wang Yingbu of Huainan, King Lu Wan of Yan, King Zhang Er of Zhao, and Wu Rui, King of Changsha.

Except for King Zhang Er of Zhao and King Wu Rui of Changsha, no one died well. Not long after Zhang Er's son Zhang Ao inherited the throne, Liu Bang found a reason to depose him. Otherwise, he would have died if he had married Liu Bang's daughter. "

Having said this, she thought for a moment and then said: "What's a bit suspicious is that King Wu Rui of Changsha died just one year after he was granted the throne and celebrated his 40th birthday."

"How did you die?" Liu Han narrowed his eyes. He felt that it was not simple.

"Three possibilities. The first one is that he had great prestige and Liu Bang couldn't do it openly, but he felt that Liu Bang might do it at all costs before his death. He also knew Liu Bang's methods and committed suicide for the sake of his descendants and family.

The second type was those who were poisoned. At that time, Liu Bang made Li Cang, who had followed him to conquer the world in his early years, the title of Bian Hou and asked him to go to Changsha to become the prime minister. He brought his wife Xin Zhui and his son Li Xi who had just turned one year old. It is possible that Liu Bang or Empress Lu ordered him to serve in the Changsha Kingdom. They poisoned Changsha King Wu Rui to death. It is not even ruled out that Xin Zhui used a beauty trap.

It is said that Xin Zhui was extremely beautiful and was also known as the Sleeping Beauty of the East. In 1972, her body was found in Mawangdui beside the Liuyang River in the eastern suburbs of Changsha City. Her body was complete, her body was moist, her skin was intact, her hair was still there, and her fingers were The toe lines are clear, the muscles are still elastic, and some joints can move. It is the best preserved wet corpse in the world.

The third type is death from natural illness, but this possibility is not as high as the previous ones.

Then, in the late period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, in 157 BC, Wu Rui's great-great-grandson King Wu of Changsha died, and he was posthumously named King Jing. He had no descendants and the country was eliminated. The last king with a different surname in the Han Dynasty came to an end.The Wu family's Changsha king passed down for five generations, and then entered the era of the Liu family's Changsha king. "

After finishing speaking, Shu Yuzhu did not forget to add, "Moreover, none of the Changsha kings of the Wu family lived very long."

At this moment, Liu Han seemed to have peeled away the fog of history and saw many things.When King Wu of Changsha dies, even if he has no descendants, he can obviously choose to find his brother or uncle to succeed him as King of Changsha, but if he has no heir, the country will be wiped out.

Can a gentleman be beheaded in five lifetimes?This is so cleverly grasped.

The struggle for power is often accompanied by the flash of swords and shadows. This is only visible, but the rough waves and undercurrents under the lake are invisible.

　Every time I review The Three-Body Problem, I have a different feeling. The description of human nature and the fantasy of science fiction are breathtaking. I think that if I could write such a work in this life, I would die immediately, and I would be willing to do so. .

　　
　
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