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

Chapter 232 The conspiracy was shattered and the monarch and his ministers were in harmony

"It turns out it's Brother Bai. I wonder if Brother Bai is here to stop my carriage. Does he have any advice?" Huo Guang recognized the person as soon as he saw him.

The person who came was none other than Bai Bin.

Bai Bin smiled and said, "I'm here to save the general's life."

Huo Guang was shocked, knowing that in their position, it was almost impossible to joke.

"I know that the general is on his way to attend the eldest princess's banquet, but I don't know if that's the case."

Huo Guang already believed Bai Bin's words in his heart.

"If the general believes me, please tell me in the car!" After saying that, Bai Bin made a gesture of invitation.

Huo Guang said to the guards and coachmen on the side: "You just follow Da Honglu's coach."

Huo Guang followed Bai Bin into the carriage and saw another person in the carriage, a woman in her forties.

Huo Guang saluted, the woman returned the salute, the three of them sat down, and the carriage moved forward slowly.

Huo Guang's eyes were fixed on Bai Bin. Bai Bin did not mince words and directly revealed the conspiracy of Shangguan Jie, Sang Hongyang, Yan Wang Liu Dan, the eldest princess and others.

"Well, the eldest princess is His Majesty's biological sister, and she also watched His Majesty grow up!"

Huo Guang believed that Shangguan Jie, Liu Dan and others were plotting a rebellion, and he could not figure out why the eldest princess would be involved.

Bai Bin knew that his words alone were not enough to convince him, so he introduced the woman beside him to Huo Guang.

"This is Shangguan He, the head of the Shangguan family in Anling. Their family told me all this, otherwise I wouldn't know about Shangguan Jie's conspiracy."

Huo Guang looked at Shangguan He.

"General, you are polite. I am the current head of the Shangguan family. I, the Shangguan family, have always been unwilling to participate in struggles. I only want the family to be rich and the children to be safe."

Huo Guang nodded, this was all understandable and he thought the same way.

"So the family fully supported Shangguan Jie's official career and wanted to ensure that the family would not be harmed by Xiao Xiao. However, we did not expect that since Shangguan Jie came to power, he had increasingly betrayed the family's original intention. He not only fought for power and profit, but also ignored family ties. This is how General Shangguan Yin was born. Sent to the palace.

We, the Shangguan family, originally strongly disagreed, but Shangguan Jiegui was the general of the left and the auxiliary minister. He had long been separated from the influence of the family. Instead, he encouraged many family members who did not know the truth to participate in it.

Fortunately, Shangguan Yin's father Shangguan An still has feelings for Yin'er and doesn't want Yin'er to get involved in this political turmoil, so he secretly informs us. However, we don't have the connections of a general, and even if we do, if we come here rashly, I'm afraid it will It made the general suspicious and the matter was urgent, but it delayed a good opportunity.

Therefore, I ask Da Honglu to tell you the conspiracy of Shangguan Jie and others. "

After listening to Shangguan He's story, and with Bai's guarantee, Huo Guang was 80% convinced.

Just as the carriage stopped at the General's Mansion, Huo Guang and Bai Bin said goodbye.

On the way back to the east of the city, Shangguan He asked Bai Bin: "Your Majesty, will the general believe it?"

Bai Bin smiled and said: "Yes, why don't you believe it? This is related to his own life, so he will definitely be interested. What's more, he has a lot of means, so he can easily check the authenticity of this matter.

Don't worry, if you come to explain the situation in person, the Shangguan family will not be implicated. However, those disciples who are close to Shangguan Jie in Chang'an may not be safe. You must distinguish the importance and do not contact them rashly because of family ties, so as to avoid Set yourself on fire. "

Shangguan He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. The Shangguan family understands the importance. If it weren't for the help of the Bai family, the Shangguan family would have ceased to exist after this incident. If the Bai family is driven in the future, the Shangguan family will never delay."

Bai Bin smiled and said: "Easy to say, easy to say."

On the other side, Huo Guang, who returned to the mansion, immediately sent someone to investigate the banquet, and also sent someone to pay attention to the movements of Shangguan Jie, Sang Hongyang, Ding Wairen and others.

Sure enough, they found something fishy and arrested a person who knew the inside story. After interrogation, they found that it was exactly the same as what Shangguan He said, without any discrepancy.

Huo Guang decisively showed the collected evidence to the Han Emperor.

The Han Emperor became angry and put General Huo Guang in charge of the matter.

So under the order of the general, the three auxiliary captains Jing Zhao, Zuo Fengyi, and You Fufeng began to arrest people according to the list provided by Huo Guang, and the entire Guanzhong Tiqi was scattered in all directions.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that something big is going on.

Soon, Shangguan Jie and his son were captured and their clan was exterminated. Because Shangguan Yin was young and did not participate in the rebellion, and because she was Huo Guang's granddaughter, she was not deposed as queen and still served as queen.

However, the Anling Shangguan family was saved from trouble because of their merits in reporting, and Shangguan Jie was no longer held responsible for his birth in Anling. As for all the Shangguan family's descendants in Chang'an who were related to Shangguan Jie and his son, they were imprisoned and scheduled to be executed at a later date.

Secondly, Sang Hongyang, the imperial censor, was involved in it and his family was wiped out. The people outside Ding were also exterminated.

The eldest princess and King Yan Liu Dan committed suicide because they felt they were guilty.

In Dahonglu, Bai Bin was appointed as the imperial censor. After Bai Zong, Bai Shi once again served as one of the three princes.

Because Huo Guang foiled Shangguan Jie and others' plan to establish Liu Dan as King of Yan, the Han Emperor granted him the title of Marquis of Bo Lu.

After eliminating his political enemies, Huo Guang, the maternal grandfather of Empress Shangguan, added the general, Grand Sima, Dr. Guanglu, and Assistant Minister to the throne. He was "mighty at home". As the "Eternal Youth" of the court, the Bai family recognized Huo Guang's Ability, support him, so he became the actual decision-maker of the Han Dynasty, the largest political power in the world.

The ninth year of Han Dynasty (the third year of Yuanfeng)

When Emperor Han was sixteen years old, he was officially crowned and took charge of the government.

Amnesty to the world.

However, Huo Guang still controlled the affairs of the court. Because the Han Emperor believed that his ability was inferior to him, and he believed in his character, he decided to still entrust Huo Guang with the government, and gave him swords and shoes to go to the palace. privilege.

Although the Han Emperor gave Huo Guang great honors, he still adhered to the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers. He never used the sword and shoes given by the Han Emperor to go to the palace once.

Whenever there were big or small matters, he would still go to the palace to discuss with the Han Emperor, thus gaining the Han Emperor's trust.

Thirteen years of the Han Dynasty (the first year of Yuanping)
June 2
Emperor Liu Fuling of the Han Dynasty died of illness at the age of only 21 years old. The officials were deeply saddened. In view of the fact that Liu Fuling appointed virtuous ministers during his reign and saw through treachery, he was given the posthumous title "Zhao". Zhao; wisdom that detects subtle things is called Zhao; virtue and etiquette that are not wrong are called Zhao; virtue and brilliance that are inherent in it are called Zhao.

They also discussed the name of the temple, but all the ministers believed that Emperor Zhao's achievements were not enough to establish a temple, so they did not name it. However, they all believed that the Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety and made plans for the people. The word "filial piety" could be used to represent the Han Dynasty. Emperor Xiaozhao.

Since Emperor Zhao died young and had no heirs, the ministers discussed that the new emperor should come to Chang'an to host the funeral.

Finally, the general Huo Guang believed that Liu He, the king of Changyi, was neither too old nor too young, had no complicated background, and was the grandson of Emperor Wu, so he was suitable as the successor of Emperor Zhao and succeeded him as emperor.

Seeing what Huo Guang had said, the others agreed, and then sent people to Changyi State to welcome the new emperor.

"The king of Changyi was ordered to send Shi Lecheng, Zongzheng Liude, Guanglu doctor Bingji, and Zhonglang general Lihan, who were acting as agents to carry out Dahonglu affairs, to summon the king and take a seven-carriage chariot to the Changyi Kingdom in Chang'an. Mansion.”

The edict came to Changyi State at midnight, so Liu He opened the seal with a candle.

After reading the seal, Liu He felt as if a big piece of gold had hit his head. He was so excited all night that he set off for Chang'an at noon that day and arrived in Dingtao in the afternoon, having traveled almost 135 miles. , causing the horses of the attendants to die on the road one after another.

Because I feel that as an emperor, I should ask for and take everything from the world.

Therefore, he not only spent people's time and money searching for rare treasures, but also allowed his slaves to rob people's girls.

Soon Liu He arrived at Bashang, and was greeted by Da Honglu in the suburbs. The official in charge of carriages and horses presented the emperor's car to him. Liu He asked his servant Shoucheng to drive the car, and his doctor ordered Gong Sui to ride with him.

Arriving at the Dongdu Gate of Guangming at dawn, Gong Sui reminded: "According to etiquette, if you go to a funeral and see the capital, you will cry. This is the Dongguo Gate of Chang'an."

Liu He said embarrassedly: "I have a sore throat and can't cry."

When he arrived at the city gate, Gong Sui urged him to cry again, and Liu He replied: "The city gate is the same as Guo Gate."

When they were about to arrive at the east gate of Weiyang Palace, Gong Sui said: "The mourning tent of Changyi Kingdom is on the north side of the road outside this gate. There is a sidewalk running north and south before the hanging tent. It is less than a few steps away from here. Your Majesty should get down." Car, face west toward the palace gate and prostrate yourself, weeping until you can grieve to your heart’s content.”

This time Liu He agreed.

July rd
Liu He accepted the emperor's seal and ribbon, succeeded Emperor Xiaozhao, and succeeded to the throne, but did not visit Gaomiao. In accordance with the etiquette, he respected Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty and Queen Shangguan as the empress dowager.

July 21

Emperor Zhao was buried in Pingling.

When Emperor Zhao was in power, because he was too young, most of the political affairs were handled by Huo Guang. When Emperor Zhao came of age, he believed that his moral ability was not as good as that of Huo Guang, so he still entrusted him with political affairs. As a result, mutual trust between the emperor and his ministers was the key to the safety of the court. At this time, the coup was put down and the stability of the Han Dynasty was maintained.

Under Huo Guang's suggestion, Emperor Zhao still used the harsh punishment methods of Emperor Wu's late period and attached great importance to official governance. But the difference is that it did not condone officials' arbitrary interpretation of Han laws. Instead, it focused on investigating the sufferings and injustices of the people, official dereliction of duty and other matters, and dealt with the Shaofu Xu Ren, Tingwei Wang Ping, Zuo Fengyi, Jia Shenghu, etc. who connived at rebellion. people.

He also promoted virtuous people four times, and after Tian Qianqiu resigned as prime minister, he appointed Tian Yannian, who was also a master farmer, as prime minister, thus showing his attitude of attaching importance to farming.

Not only that, during his reign, he solved the problems of multiple invasions by the Xiongnu and multiple rebellions by the southwestern barbarians. He also sent the famous minister Fu Jiezi to solve the problem of dissatisfaction in the Western Regions.

The Han court sent Fu Jiezi to Loulan. In the name of distributing rewards from the Han court, he brought gold and brocade to Loulan. He killed King Angui of Loulan at the banquet, and established Loulan Zhizi Wei Tu Qi as king in the Han Dynasty, and changed the name of his country. Shanshan moved its capital to Muni City.

In addition, the number of doctoral students in Taixue was increased, bringing the number of doctoral students in Taixue to more than 100, which further effectively encouraged the people's enthusiasm for learning and played a major role in promoting the spread of culture.

(End of this chapter)