A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 231: Knowing the Small Things
As the news of the break between the Shangguan family and the Huo family spread further and further, it reached all the way to Yan State.

King Liu Dan of Yan was the third son of Emperor Wu, and his half-brother to King Liu Xu of Guangling. He was the elder brother of the current Emperor of Han.

As early as the period of Emperor Wu, the crown prince Liu Zhi was abandoned because of his rebellion. Just as Emperor Wu was deciding who would be the crown prince, King Liu Dan of Yan was already ready to make a move. He even sent an envoy to Chang'an to greet Emperor Wu on his behalf and contact the court at the same time. In the power, let them speak out to support you.

But what kind of person was Emperor Wu, and he could see his purpose at a glance. In order to make other princes and kings stop coveting the throne of the prince, Emperor Wu directly ordered the envoys of Yan State to be killed to put an end to their speculations.

Seeing Emperor Wu using the knife, Liu Dan immediately became obedient and did not dare to do anything.

Now that he heard that Shangguan Jie and Huo Guang were at odds with each other in the court, and that the eldest princess had resentment against Huo Guang, he knew that his opportunity had come, so he sent someone to sneak into Chang'an quietly to contact Shangguan Jie.

In this way, Shangguan Jie, King Liu Dan of Yan, Princess Chang, and Ding Wairen secretly formed a political alliance against Huo Guang. Even though their ultimate goals were not consistent, they all became hostile to Huo Guang, the obstacle that stood in their way, so The first goal of this alliance is to get rid of Huo Guang.

Therefore, even with Bai's secret help, Huo Guang still had some constraints.

The fifth year of the Han Dynasty (the fifth year of the First Yuan Dynasty)

Du Yannian suggested implementing the policies of Emperor Wen's period, advocating frugality and being lenient to the people. Huo Guang adopted it and ordered the three assistants and Taichang to appoint two "virtuous" people each, and each county to appoint one "literary" person.

The sixth year of the Han Dynasty (the sixth year of the First Yuan Dynasty)

February
Huo Guang summoned the virtuous writers who arrived in the capital to discuss the policy of abolishing salt, iron, wine and other monopolies. At the meeting, the virtuous literature from the private sector and Sang Hongyang, the censor in charge of economics, had a heated debate on the domestic and foreign policies of Emperor Wu's period, including economic policies such as salt and iron.

July
End of the meeting. Through this meeting, Huo Guang successfully used virtuous literature to criticize and attack his political opponents, and won the widespread support of the big clans in the world. However, it also led to the contraction of official policies and the dismissal of county and state winemakers and Guan Neiguan.

In order to fulfill his promise to Ding's foreigners and to win the eldest princess's faction to his side, Shangguan Jie sent someone to tell Liu Dan the recorded faults of Huo Guang, and asked him to write a letter to the Han Emperor to report Huo Guang, and to serve for Ding. Outsiders seek the title of marquis.

Liu Dan was very happy to see that he had a place to use himself, so he sent a eloquent memorial to the Han Emperor. Because of the previous relationship between Jin Rixi, Shangguan Jie and Huo Guang, whenever Huo Guang went out on vacation, At that time, Jin Rixi and Shangguan Jie took his place in handling national affairs.

Because of Sang Hongyang's outstanding economic policies during the Emperor Wu period, which have continued to this day, he often boasted of his achievements and used them as capital to seek offices for his children, but was repeatedly rejected by Huo Guang.

As a result, the conflict between Sang Hongyang and Huo Guang gradually intensified.

On the other hand, because of Jin Rixi's death, it was Shangguan Jie who filled the vacancy for Huo Guang when he went out. Even though the two were at odds, Huo Guang followed the etiquette and still asked Shangguan Jie to take his place when he went out. government affairs.

Although Huo Guang rarely rests or goes out as much as possible nowadays, Huo Guang is a human being and cannot stay in the official office day and night, so Shangguan Jie always has time to deal with political affairs on his behalf.

So King Yan's letter came to the Han Emperor on the day Huo Guang Xiu Mu.

"I, the King of Yan, Liu Dan, respectfully invite you to the Holy Ann. I read ancient books, especially the Spring and Autumn Period. The book says: Zilu's sister died. After the first anniversary, Zilu did not take off his mourning clothes, so Confucius criticized him.

Zilu said, "Unfortunately, I have no brothers, so I cannot bear to take off the mourning clothes I wore for my sister." 'So it is said that 'you can know whether a person is kind or unkind by looking at his faults'.

Now I and Your Majesty only have one sister, the eldest princess. Your Majesty has graciously asked Ding to serve the princess, but if the name is not correct, the words will not go smoothly. Therefore, I think that Ding should be given a title of reward to prevent the royal reputation from being damaged. "

After the Han Emperor saw the memorial, he did not rush to deal with it. Instead, he waited until Huo Guang went to work and asked him for his opinion. Huo Guang insisted on disagreeing, thinking that Ding was just serving the eldest princess and had no merit in the country. It will only reduce the prestige of the court. In the end, it was His Majesty who suffered the damage.

Emperor Han temporarily agreed to Huo Guang's proposal.

Later, King Yan wrote again: "I heard that General Huo Guang gathered Lang Guan and Yu Lin's troops for training in Shanglin Garden, and the roads around Chang'an were under martial law."

He also said: "The former Zhonglang General Su Wu was sent as an envoy to the Huns, but was detained for twenty years without surrender. He was so persevering and loyal to the Han Dynasty that he became a vassal guest after returning to the court.

However, Yang Chang, the chief official of the general's palace, became the captain of Sosu without merit. Not only that, Huo Guang also selected and increased the number of captains in his shogunate without authorization.

Huo Guang was so authoritarian and indulgent that I suspected that he had evil intentions. I am willing to return the Fu Jie Seal and return to the capital to serve as a guard in the palace to guard against any unexpected changes by the treacherous minister. "

At this time, Emperor Han was somewhat suspicious of Liu Dan's approach.

Although Emperor Han is only fourteen years old now, due to Huo Guang's personal teachings and his own talent, he still has no problem with the basic distinction between right and wrong.

Shangguan Yin became the queen, and she had a nanny who was very insightful. The Han Emperor who often came to play with her also heard a lot of the nanny's experienced words, so the Han Emperor could learn even more things.

As for the nun beside the queen, she was sent by the Anling Shangguan family to prevent Shangguan Yin from being harmed in the palace. Originally Shangguan Jie disagreed, but Shangguan An agreed. He believed that his daughter was in the palace. It is always good to have someone to help and teach you when you have no friends or family.

Therefore, he determined that there was some conspiracy, but his vision was too short-sighted to see it. However, he knew who to believe, so he did not take any action.

When he went to court the next day, Huo Guang heard about this and stayed in the studio, not daring to enter the palace. The painting studio is the room in the west pavilion in front of the emperor's palace. It is called because of the carvings and paintings of ancient emperors such as Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Jie and Zhou. When Emperor Han saw that all the ministers had arrived, but Huo Guang was not there, Emperor Han asked, "Where is the general?"

Shangguan Jie then replied: "Because King Yan has exposed his crime, he dare not come in."

The Han Emperor ignored Shangguan Jie's provocation and issued an edict to summon Huo Guang into the palace.

Huo Guang took off his hat and kowtowed in apology. Emperor Han said: "General, please put on your hat. I know the loyalty of the general and know that this memorial is false. You are not guilty."

Huo Guang said: "How did your Majesty know this?"

Emperor Han said with a smile: "It was only recently that you went to Guangming to train troops, and the selection of captains was also recent. It was not even ten days ago. How could King Yan know about it when he is thousands of miles away? Besides, you often go in and out of the palace. If you need to report in advance and do bad things, you don’t need to increase the number of captains.”

Huo Guang and the people around the Han Emperor were shocked when they heard what the Han Emperor said. It was a great fortune for the Han Dynasty to have only a small amount of skills at such a young age. Huo Guang became more loyal.

The person who wrote the letter learned that Emperor Han had seen through the plot and escaped. Emperor Han ordered Yousi to pursue him within a time limit, so Yousi pursued him in a hurry.

Shangguan Jie and others were horrified and said to the Han Emperor: These are all trivial matters and not worth investigating.

But the Han Emperor said: "How can it be said that it is a trivial matter to slander a court minister who is also my auxiliary minister?"

After that, Shangguan Jie and others made slanderous accusations against Huo Guang again. Emperor Han said angrily: "The general is a loyal minister. The late emperor asked him to assist me. Anyone who dares to slander him will be punished according to law."

From then on, Shangguan Jie and others did not dare to say anything. In the days that followed, the Han emperor became closer to Huo Guang and alienated Shangguan Jie and others.

The seventh year of Han Dynasty (the first year of Yuanfeng)

September
Feeling the alienation of the Han Emperor, Shangguan Jie gradually became angry and angry. Seeing that the Han Emperor was so smart, he was very frightened that his plot to frame an important minister would be exposed. I think this moment has reached the point where the arrow has to be fired.

So he secretly gathered his party members to plot to kill Huo Guang, then deposed Emperor Zhao, established King Yan Liu Dan as emperor, and then asked Liu Dan to make himself king.

Shangguan An asked at this time: "What should the queen do?"

Shangguan Jie said without hesitation: "Can a hunting dog chasing a moose care about a little rabbit? Besides, relying on the queen to obtain the honorable position, once the emperor changes his mind, it will be impossible for him to become a commoner. This is true in any dynasty. of."

Shangguanan stopped talking.

He just waited until the secret room meeting was over and gave a small note to a steward in the mansion.

The steward, on the other hand, flew all the way and brought the information to Anling.

According to Shangguan Jie's plan, he planned to let the eldest princess hold a banquet for Huo Guang, and then ambush soldiers to kill him, taking the opportunity to depose the Han emperor and install Liu Dan as the new emperor.

25th
At the invitation of the eldest princess, General Huo Guang prepared to attend the banquet. The carriage was traveling on the road from the west of the city to the eldest princess's mansion.

Huo Guang, who was sitting in the carriage concentrating, was suddenly awakened by the stopped carriage.

"what happened?"

"Master, there is a carriage blocking the road ahead." The coachman turned around and said respectfully.

"Oh?"

Huo Guang raised the curtain and saw that the carriage was parked in a secluded place. The carriage blocking the road on the opposite side did not look like an ordinary person. It was either a wealthy family or one of the three nobles and nine nobles. He looked around again, and it didn't look like he was planning to commit an assassination.

In addition, he usually travels with many soldiers. For example, there are hundreds of soldiers guarding him to prevent assassins. The carriage opposite is not only quite luxurious, but also has only a dozen guards. Even if it goes out, there should be no risk.

He also thought that the person on the other side was either rich or noble, and when he saw so many people on his side, he still blocked the way. They must be people he knew, and maybe they had something important to do. Wouldn't it be convenient for them to come to the house to negotiate with him in this way?

Thinking of this, Huo Guang got out of the carriage, raised his hands in the direction of the carriage and said, "Which friend is joking with Guang?"

Not long after, a person emerged from the carriage opposite.

"Brother Zimeng, you are polite." The visitor saluted.

(End of this chapter)