Chapter 363: Restraining one's hands and overvaluing the opinions of the world
Bai Lingjun, who had arrived at the door downstairs, smiled and turned around and said softly: "My husband is really more transparent now than in previous years. After all, there are not many powerful officials in the past who can die as well as Emperor Wu. If you care too much about others,
In my opinion, it will be difficult to get a good result if you restrain your hands!"
Cao Shuang nodded with a smile and said: "Lingjun is right. If you still place too much emphasis on the opinions of the people in the world when you are in danger, you will definitely be constrained and unable to achieve great things, which will eventually lead to greater defeat."
The earliest usurpation of the throne by a powerful official in Chinese history can be traced back to the Xia Dynasty. This is the famous Taikang lost state. Taikang was the second emperor of the Xia Dynasty and the son of Xia Qi. Taikang was obsessed with hunting and ignored political affairs.
The power of the Xia Dynasty was usurped by Hou Yi, the leader of the Youqiong clan. Later, Hou Yi was usurped by his subordinate Han Cu. In the end, Shaokang, the grandson of Taikang's brother Zhongkang, regained the power of the Xia Dynasty and restored the Xia Dynasty.
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During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period), the usurpation of the throne by powerful officials reached a small climax. The more famous ones include the three families of Jin State dividing Jin and the Tian family of Qi State replacing Qi.
The three officials of the Han, Zhao, and Wei families of the Jin State divided up all the land of the king of Jin, abolished the Jin State, and established three new vassal states, which were recognized by the Emperor of Zhou. The Tian family, the official of the Qi State, usurped the Qi State.
The power of the king of the country, the king of Qi was exiled, the Tian family was replaced by the Jiang family, and the name of the country was not even changed. If you care too much about the opinions and morals of the world, how can you accomplish these great things?
In the sixth year of Yuanshou, Huo Qubing died young. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was heartbroken, which was even worse than the death of his son. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had true love for Huo Qubing, so he loved Huo Qubing deeply and began to promote Huo Guang.
It is worth mentioning that Huo Guang was a handsome boy with good looks, so Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked him to stay with him as a minister and his follower.
During the more than twenty years that he served Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Huo Guang set a Guinness record in that he did not make a single mistake.
He clocks in on time and is never late for work or leaves early; he is meticulous in his work, and he checks the documents above several times. There is not a single typo in the documents that have passed through his hands in the past twenty years;
Whenever you pick up a copper coin, you have to make a report and hand it in.
How cautious is Huo Guang? For example, every time he walks from his residence to the government office, how many steps he has to take, and how many steps he takes from the gatehouse of the government office to the interior of the government office, he follows the system exactly, and he does it every day for decades.
Huo Guang's diligent work will definitely reach the ears of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty one day. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty found out, he felt that Huo Guang was a talented person, and appointed Huo Guang as the Captain of Fengche and the Doctor of Guanglu.
In this way, within two years, Huo Guang was promoted from a follower to a senior official in the empire.
Everyone knows what happened later. Before his death, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used the example of Zhou Gong to assist Huo Guang's youngest son Liu Fuling.
From here we can't be sure that Huo Guang was faking it, but at least we can be sure that Huo Guang was forced to do this.
Think about it, everyone, Huo Guang must be careful when he comes to Chang'an, a place where bricks fell and killed several high-ranking officials of the empire. Moreover, he is also a connected household. The most important thing is that his patron Huo Qubing is dead.
, can he live without his tail between his legs?
Wei Qing was a general at that time, his sister was a queen, and his nephew was a prince. He was still trembling when he saw his brother-in-law, and he didn't dare to say anything wrong.
So when Huo Guang gained power, how did he behave? Was he still so honest? The answer is no. Although he made great contributions to the resurgence of the Han Dynasty, he gradually deviated from his original intention.
The two most controversial aspects of Huo Guang are:
One is that he deposed Liu He, the king of Changyi, and established Liu Bingji instead.
Yes, it was the Haihunhou who was in Nanchang some time ago.
During his twenty-seven days in office, this king committed more than a thousand crimes, an average of nearly fifty crimes per day. I really don’t know how this brother-in-law is an emperor.
Huo Guang had never made a single mistake in more than 20 years. When this news spread, Huo Guang probably collapsed.
So Huo Guang asked the Empress Dowager Shangguan to depose Liu He, and then the famous Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty came into being.
However, some people in later generations believed that Huo Guangxing's deposing and establishing the emperor actually created a good reason for rebellion by some people with ulterior motives.
In the following more than a thousand years, a large number of people rebelled under the banners of Yi Yin and Huo Guang, and carried out Yi Yin and Huo Guang's affairs. For example, Dong Zhuo deposed Liu Bian, the young emperor of Han Dynasty, and established Liu Xie, the emperor of Han Dynasty.
Another controversial aspect of Huo Guang is that he covered up his wife's murder of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.
After Liu Bing ascended the throne, he wanted to make his first wife Xu Pingjun his queen.
As we all know, Liu Bing was the only emperor in the Han Dynasty who had lived in a dormitory. After he was released from prison, he went through ups and downs and tasted the ups and downs of the people. Xu Pingjun never left him, and the couple had a deep relationship.
But at this time, Huo Guangquan was in power, and all affairs in the court had to be reviewed by Huo Guang before being reported to Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, a group of ministers suggested that Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty make Huo Guang's daughter Huo Chengjun his queen.
But Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty and Xu Pingjun had already looked at each other, and finally found an excuse and made Xu Pingjun the queen.
Originally, Huo Guang thought this matter would be over, but his wife quit and bribed the imperial doctor to poison Empress Xu to death.
When Huo Guang found out, he was so angry that his scalp was numb. This was the crime of killing the nine tribes.
He did not confess the matter to Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, but helped his wife cover it up.
Although this matter was settled, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty would never let it go. This also paved the way for the annihilation of his family after Huo Guang's death.
The poisoning of Queen Xu was just a reflection of Huo Guang's control over the government. In fact, after he wiped out Shangguan Jie and Sang Hongyang, he began to get lost in the whirlpool of power. He killed his son Huo Yu, two grandnephews, and multiple sons-in-law.
, there are also several cousins, grandchildren, etc. who are all placed in important positions.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This is also the reason why Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty did not hold the Huo family responsible after his wife poisoned the wife of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, Huo Guang's loyalty and honesty back then were most likely an act, or at least forced.
Only when he truly becomes a powerful official who is less than one person and more than ten thousand people, can his real scene be revealed. So from this point of view, Huo Guang was really wise and foolish back then, but he was still too concerned about the opinions of the people in the world.
After all, you have already committed the crime of killing the queen. How can you escape unscathed? Only by taking one step further can you control your own destiny!
As a relative of the Western Han Dynasty royal family, he inherited the tradition of relatives holding power in the Han Dynasty, and gradually moved from being a relative to a powerful minister.
Wang Mang was humble, courteous to the virtuous, and had the moral character to destroy relatives for justice. Therefore, he rose step by step from an ordinary powerful son to the head of a powerful family. Finally, with his extremely high reputation and a bloodless palace coup, Wang Mang became China's leader.
The second usurper of the throne in the era of feudal imperial power.
Wang Mang was the only duke in the Western Han Dynasty, and his title was Anhan Gong. He was originally the nephew of Wang Zhengjun, the empress of the Han Yuan Emperor. In addition, the Wang family had exclusive power as a relative of the Han Dynasty at that time, and the power of the Han Dynasty gradually fell into
In the hands of Wang Mang.
After welcoming Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty to the throne, Wang Mang accepted the title of "Anhan Gong". In the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty (AD 4), Wang Mang was given the title Prime Minister, ranking above the princes and princes, and was awarded the honor of Jiuxi by the court.
Wang Mang was a famous reformer in Chinese history. His new regime only existed for fourteen years. The reason why it was so short-lived was mainly due to his bold but failed reforms.
According to the principle of a successful king or a defeated bandit, Wang Mang became a notorious figure in history and the image spokesperson of the "hypocrite" brand. If Wang Mang had died before he usurped the throne, he might have become a model of good ministers and virtuous ministers.
Eight hundred years later, a poet named Bai Juyi lamented this: "Xiang Shi died at the beginning, and who knows whether he will be true or false in his lifetime."
In the first year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wang Mang forced his aunt Wang Zhengjun to hand over the imperial seal, accepted Ru Ziying's abdication, and proclaimed himself emperor. He went to the Gaozu Temple to worship him, and the royal crown became the emperor's throne, and the country's name was changed to "Xin".
It was the first time in Chinese history that he became emperor through abdication. However, Wang Mang's "advanced" reforms caused chaos in the world, and eventually a peasant uprising broke out. In September of the fourth year of Emperor Di Huang (23rd year), the Green Forest Army invaded Chang'an, and Wang Mang was captured by Shang County.
Du Wu was killed, and the new dynasty was destroyed. After all, a coup without bloodshed is not very convincing and cannot be deeply remembered.