The great man will live forever

Chapter 181 Little people create big history
A few things have happened one after another over the years, but Liu Han didn't pay much attention to them.

In the second year of Taishi (95 BC),

Bai Gong, the senior official of the Central Military Commission, re-opened the canal and diverted Jingshui. It started from the mouth of the valley and ended up in Yueyang, then into the middle of Weizhong. It covered an area of ​​[-] miles and irrigated more than [-] hectares of farmland, so it was named Baiqu.When the people were granted the privilege, they sang: "Where is the field? Chiyang, Gukou. Zheng Guo is in front, and the white canal rises behind. Raise the clouds to become clouds, cut the canals to become rain. A stone in Jingshui, and several buckets of mud. And irrigate and The excrement grows my grain and millet. I feed and clothe the capital, and it feeds hundreds of millions of people." It is said that these two canals are sparing.

Du Zhou, the imperial censor doctor, passed away. In the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, he was the official official of the imperial court. He had one horse, who served for a long time, and was listed among the three Dukes. His two sons were the governors of the county. His family had tens of thousands of people, so he became the censor doctor with a sudden victory.

In the third year of Taishi (94 BC),

Emperor Wu made an eastward tour, went to Chengshan to worship the sun, climbed Zhifu, floated on the sea, and returned. Fortunately, he traveled to the East China Sea and caught red wild geese. He wrote "Song of the Red Wild Goose": "Xiang Zaiyu, Bai Jixi, eats nectar and drinks from the glorious spring. Red wild geese gather, There are six members, various men and women, and five literary works. When the gods see it, they give blessings, climb to Penglai, and tie Wuji. In the eighteenth year of Xiang Zaiyu, in the third year of Taishi, he traveled to the East China Sea and caught red geese. "

Because the teacher said that Emperor Qin and Han Wu were slightly inferior in literary talent, many people in later generations thought that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had average literary talent. However, the teacher used a metaphor to juxtapose Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty with Qin Shihuang.

But in fact, among the emperors of the past dynasties, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not bad in literary talent, at least better than Qin Shihuang. However, the achievements of the First Emperor did not need any literary talent to add to the cake. One Shihuang Emperor was enough to explain everything.

About 20 years ago, Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, who was only in his 40s, led his ministers to Fenyin County, Hedong County to offer sacrifices to Hou Tu. It was the time when the autumn wind was blowing and the wild geese were returning south.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took a boat on a boat in the Fen River, and during the banquet, he was moved by the scenery and filled with emotions, so he wrote a poem "Autumn Wind Ci":
"When the autumn wind rises, the white clouds fly, and the grass and trees turn yellow and the wild geese return to the south.

The orchid is beautiful, the chrysanthemum is beautiful, and the beautiful woman can’t be forgotten.

Pan-buildings and boats rush toward the Fen River, and there are waves in the middle of the river.

The flute and drums sing and sing, and they are extremely happy and sorrowful.

How long will it take to be young and old? "

This poem starts with the scenery, and then describes the lively scene of the singing and dancing feast in the building boat. Finally, it laments that extreme joy brings sorrow, and ends with the passage of time and the passage of time.

The whole poem uses a combination of metaphors and scenes, has a beautiful artistic conception, smooth phonology, and is suitable for singing. It has become a masterpiece of "Sad Autumn" in the history of Chinese literature and has always been praised.

Later Mr. Lu Xun praised it in the "Outline of the History of Chinese Literature": "Lingering and flowing, even if the poet can't pass it!"

"Gengxi Poetry Talk" also praised it and said: "Emperor Wu's "Autumn Wind Ci" has solid and majestic words, but there are also emotional words at the end, so it almost changed in his last years."

It can be seen that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was really good in literary talent. In addition, he also wrote "Ode to Mrs. Li", "Gou Zi Song", "Poems of Bailiang Terrace", "Song of Tianma", etc.

It's just that Tang poetry in later generations is very catchy and famous, while poetry written before the Han Dynasty naturally feels average.

As the emperor of the Han Dynasty, he enjoyed all the glory in his life, but like ordinary people, he could not resist aging and death. This was what he feared most. From then on, he continued to search for immortals.

It's funny to say that human beings are always tirelessly pursuing what they don't have, but often when they get it, they discard it like worn out shoes.

Also in the third year of Taishi, Mrs. Quan became Jieyu and lived in Gouyi Palace. She was very favored and gave birth to the prince Liu Fuling, named Gouyizi.Ren Shen was born in the fourteenth month of the year, and it was said: "I heard that Yao was born in the fourteenth month of the past, and so is Gou Yi today." He named the door he was born in the door of Yao's mother. .

In the fourth year of Taishi (93 BC),

The increasingly older Emperor Wu visited Mount Tai in the east, and then to Anding and Beidi in the west...

Nothing can stop the passage of time. In the blink of an eye, in the first year of Zhenghe (92 BC), the general trend is about to fall...

On this day, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was taking a nap in the pavilion. Suddenly he dreamed that someone drew a sword and slashed at him. There was a pop and blood splattered everywhere.

"what?"

"There are assassins!"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was frightened and woke up, yelled and squinted his eyes.

"Take down the assassin."

"Catch the assassin, catch the assassin."

For a moment, the surrounding Yulin troops drew their swords, as if facing a formidable enemy, protecting Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the center, watching everywhere.

"This way!"

"there!"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty pointed casually, feeling confused as if there were assassins all around. Jin Rixi immediately asked the Yulin Army to block Weiyang Palace and conduct a large-scale search. However, after searching for a long time, nothing was found.

A captain came to report tremblingly, "Your Majesty, I have searched every corner of the palace and have not found any assassins."

Emperor Wu of Han's voice suddenly became louder, "You mean I'm lying?"

"I really don't dare." The captain broke out in a cold sweat. He knew that there was a high probability that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was dim-sighted, but could this be said?

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would never admit that his eyesight was dim. He yelled angrily, "Pull him down and chop me down."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am wronged."

The captain shouted, but he was doomed to tragedy. This is a feudal society. If the emperor wants you to die, you must die.

"Send an order to blockade Chang'an City and capture the assassin!"

"promise!"

For a time, people in Chang'an City were panicked. In addition, during this period, many alchemists and various kinds of witches gathered in the capital. Most of them used otherworldly fantasy and sorcery to confuse everyone and did anything.

Some witches came in and out of the palace to teach the beauties how to ward off disasters and avoid disasters. They buried wooden figures in every room for sacrifice.When they quarreled because they were jealous of each other, they took turns telling each other to curse the emperor, which was treason.

At this time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was furious and executed all the relevant people. Many ministers who were implicated were also executed, and there were hundreds of them.

"Have you caught the assassin? Who is it?"

Obviously, regardless of whether he was dazzled or not, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty decided that there was an assassin. He wanted to turn a deer into a horse. If there was no assassin, you must find one for me.

Jiang Chong was smart and immediately said: "Your Majesty, I suspect it is Zhu Anshi. Rumors say that he is highly skilled in martial arts. I heard that he recently came to Chang'an."

"Yes, Your Majesty, it must be him." Su Wen confirmed.

Zhu Anshi, known as the Yangling Hero, was considered a representative of the knights of the Western Han Dynasty. He was good at martial arts. He often robbed the rich and gave to the poor, which made some places in the Han Dynasty uneasy. The government arrested him several times but failed to catch him. Su Wen and Jiang Chonghe naturally said He is an assassin.

"Send the order to arrest this Zhu Anshi, and I will make him a marquis." Good guy, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is spending a lot of money at this time. The whole court is gearing up to capture this Zhu Anshi.

Everyone was eager to try it out, but there was one place that was particularly peaceful, and that was the Lanling Marquis Mansion.

"The trend is about to begin. It will take at least a year. Are you ready?"

Liu Han looked at Shu Yuzhu, and the two looked at each other. They had obviously been preparing for this day for a long time, and had been looking forward to it for a long time.

Shu Yuzhu smiled, "Are you asking me or yourself?"

"Yes, since you have to leave, just keep going unswervingly. No matter what the result is, don't I have you? I know the general trend, so what are you afraid of?"

Liu Han then turned around and came to the secret room. There were more than 50 people inside, all of whom were his confidants, or the backbone of Jin Yiwei.

"How many people are there in Jinyiwei in Chang'an now?"

"There are only 1000 people." The person who spoke was that Xiong Er has become older and older over the years. Not only him, but also Xiong Da and Bald Qiang have become older and older over the years. Xiong Da can no longer hold a knife, so his son Xiong Da Mao will take over. Location.

"Are they all elites?"

"One in a hundred, if it weren't for the Marquis who wanted elites and kept it secret, we could have brought together tens of thousands of people. Do you want to speed up?"

"No, what about other places?"

"There are about 4000 people scattered in various places, most of them in the border areas. Do you want to find a way to recruit them?"

"Deploy elites and slowly enter Chang'an in batches. It's easy to lead us this way. Remember, only 1500 people are enough. 1500 people will not attract attention when entering Chang'an, a city with tens of thousands of people. Plus Chang'an's original 10 people, a total of 1000 people, is enough. There are not many soldiers, but more soldiers are more likely to be leaked."

"Yes!"

"Should I contact the prince in advance?"

"No, he will do his thing and I will do mine. He will be forced to that point without me pushing him."

……

While Liu Han was quietly preparing, another big event happened in Chang'an, and the servant Gong Sun Jingsheng was arrested.

The Western Han Dynasty inherited the Qin Dynasty to a large extent, such as the Sangong and the Nine Qings, the prime minister, the Taiwei, and the Yushi doctor were the three Gongs.The nine ministers are Fengchang, Tingwei, Zhisu Neishi, Dianke, Lang Zhongling, Shaofu, Weiwei, Taipu and Zongzheng.

There were slight reforms. For example, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty dismissed the Taiwei officer and assigned his responsibilities to the prime minister. He also issued an edict to make the imperial censor the highest prosecutor in the country.

Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty changed "Fengchang" to "Taichang"; "Weiwei" to "Zhongdafuling"; "Tingwei" to "Dali"; "Dianke" to "Daxingling"; "Governing millet internal history" was changed to "Tainong Order."

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, major reforms were carried out.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fundamentally strengthened the centralization of power, highlighted the imperial power, weakened the power of the overly powerful prime minister, and divided central officials into external court officials and internal court officials.

He replaced Taiwei with "Da Sima", changed "Tainong Ling" to "Da Sinong", "Da Xing Ling" to "Da Honglu", "Lang Zhong Ling" to "Guang Luxun"... …

But no matter how it changes, the framework of the Three Gongs and Nine Qings has not changed. These 12 people are the most powerful people in the Han Dynasty except the emperor.

If it was just a servant, it wouldn't be a big deal. There were quite a few three princes and nine ministers who died at the hands of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the prime ministers came one after another. The problem was that Gongsun Jingsheng was the son of the prime ministers Gongsun He and Wei Junru. This Wei Junru is Wei Zifu's biological sister.

At that time, it should be accurate that it was Wuyin, the first month of the second year of Taichu (103 BC), when the prime minister Shi Qing passed away.

Emperor Wu wanted to worship Gongsun He, which meant that his brother-in-law was the first of the three princes, because since the time of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, prime ministers had been appointed by Lieutenant Colonel.

Therefore, Emperor Wu granted Gongsun He the title of Marquis of Ge Yi on Ding Mao in the leap month of the third month of that year, and ordered him to continue his post as prime minister. However, Gongsun He did not want to do it.

Because the court was in troubled times at that time, the requirements and supervision of ministers were very strict.Since Prime Minister Gongsun Hong died of old age and took office, Li Cai, Zhuang Qingzhai, and Zhao Zhou, who were prime ministers successively, all committed suicide due to crimes...

Good guy, this prime minister is a hot potato. He is committing suicide one by one. Who dares to do it?

Although his predecessor Shi Qing adhered to his family's rigorous style, he was reprimanded by Emperor Wu several times. In his later years, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty became more and more angry and murderous.

Gongsun He was afraid that he would not be able to take on this important task and that if he made any mistakes, he would be in trouble, so he refused to accept the golden seal and purple ribbon from the prime minister. He had no choice but to accept it until he saw Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty angry.

After Gongsun He was promoted to the throne, the position of Taiwen became vacant, so Emperor Wu promoted his nephew Gongsun He, who was a servant at the time, and Gongsun Jingsheng, the son of Wei Junru, to Taipu.

This can be regarded as a way to make up for and please Gongsun He to a certain extent. The subtext is: "Don't worry, we are relatives. I will not treat you and your family badly. Look, I will immediately promote my nephew." Okay, that’s interesting, I can’t possibly trick my brother-in-law.”

Gongsun He is so smart. He understands the leader's cake. He also understands the temper of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In the following days, Gongsun He did not have the joy and arrogance of becoming the prime minister. He was walking on thin ice, not seeking merit, but seeking success. No matter what, I live my life in fear every day.

Although he was inevitably scolded by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, at least his life was safe. He lived peacefully for 11 years, which was not bad. He became the longest-serving prime minister during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty reigned for 54 years and used 13 prime ministers, namely: Jianlinghou Weiwan, Wei Qihou Douying, Baizhihou Xuchang, Wuanhou Tianfan, Pingjihou Xueze, Pingjinhou Gongsunhong, Le'anhou Li Cai , Wuqiang Hou Zhuang Qingzhai, Gaoling Hou Zhao Zhou, Muqiu Hou Shi Qing, Ge Yihou Gongsun He, Pengcheng Hou Liu Quyou, Fumin Hou Tian Qianqiu.

On average, a person can work for about 4 years. This Gongsun He has been working for 11 years, which is really impressive.

But, while the father was frightened, the son began to cheat on him. Who is Gongsun Jingsheng?My father is the prime minister, my aunt is the queen, my uncle is the current emperor, and the prince is my cousin...

In Dahan, he can learn to walk like a crab. No, it should be that crabs can learn to walk like him, walking sideways. I guess even crabs can't walk as well as him.

After he became the servant, he did nothing else but spend his days and nights. When he ran out of money, he directly embezzled the military expenditures of the Northern Army. Over the years, he had embezzled as much as 900 million yuan.

What is the Northern Army?That was the emperor's forbidden army. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Northern Army was expanded and the middle base of the Northern Army was changed to the middle base captain.Seven more lieutenants were added, including Tunqi, Infantry, Yueqi, Changshui, Huqi, Shesheng, and Huben. They were stationed in and around Chang'an City and went into battle with the army. The lieutenant was also renamed Zhijinwu and no longer commanded the Northern Army.

The Northern Army can be said to be the most important and elite force of the Han Dynasty. The security of Chang'an, fighting the Huns, and suppressing the rebellion basically all point to it. It is too late to treat it properly. But now, the military expenditure of 900 million is gone. What should I do if I accidentally trigger a mutiny?
When things got to this point, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty naturally could no longer tolerate it. He immediately issued an order to put Gongsun Jingsheng in prison and give an explanation to the Northern Army.

According to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's habit of disowning his six relatives, Gongsun Jingsheng was probably dead. Of course Gongsun He couldn't just watch his son die, otherwise it would be one of the four major tragedies, losing a son in old age.

He knew that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued an order to search for Zhu Anshi from Yangling County but had not yet captured him. He was eager to arrest him and brought him to justice. He even issued an imperial edict that if he could be captured, he would be made a marquis. So Gongsun He himself requested to hunt down Zhu Anshi to atone for Gongsun Jingsheng's crime.

He was not too young, almost the same as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He came to the Emperor with snot and tears, saying that he could not lose his son in old age, and he was playing the emotional card. Seeing his brother-in-law acting like this, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty reluctantly agreed to Gongsun He's request. .

Later, Gongsun He used all his connections, and after about a month or two, he captured Zhu Anshi and handed him over to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

It was originally a happy event for everyone, but little people often make history. Zhu Anshi's confession directly ignited the fuse of the witchcraft disaster.

(End of this chapter)