Chapter 73
The Han Dynasty has had good weather in recent years, the people are healthy, there are no parties in the government, and the transfer of power is smooth. On June 9, Prince Liu Qi ascended the throne, and the Empress Dowager Bo was honored as the Empress Dowager, and the Crown Princess was the Empress. The Empress has no children, and the title of Prince is temporarily vacant.
.Because the crown prince is temporarily absent, there is another commotion in the palace.
The new emperor ascended the throne and granted amnesty to the world. Chao Cuo was Liu Qi's think tank, so Liu Qi's era was Chao Cuo's era. Jia Yi had a bad life and met an emperor who didn't want to make a difference. In terms of displaying his talents,
Chao Cuo was luckier than Jia Yi. He met an emperor who dared to think and do things. Liu Qi and Liu Heng had many similarities, such as being lenient in government and loving the people, and believing in Huang Lao's learning, etc., but Liu Qi wanted to have an emperor more than Liu Heng.
This is a major difference between his father and son.
Liu Heng reduced the severe punishment to a light one, and Liu Qi reduced it again. During the "Wenjing rule", punishments were rarely used. Compared with the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty, people's lives were much better. Liu Heng did not want to die, let alone see others.
He died of poverty, but Deng Tong had to die of poverty. If Deng Tong did not die of poverty, it would be difficult to eliminate the hatred and humiliation in Liu Qi's heart.
Arrangements were made for Liu Heng's burial, rewards for courtiers, and general amnesty for the world... After everything was arranged, Liu Qi's first fire after he ascended the throne was directed at Deng Tong. When Liu Qi was still the prince, he suffered the loss of Deng Tong's muteness. Now Liu Qi is in charge
He is the emperor, he is the biggest in the world, it is time for Deng Tong to pay off his debts. Deng Tong only pretends to be a grandson and flatters him, he has no knowledge.
In order to please my father and offend my son, only people like Deng Tong, who are destined to die in poverty, would do such stupid things. Since ancient times, people who are incompetent but favored have never died well, and Deng Tong is one of them. Liu Heng sent Deng Tong to
Coins were made from Tong copper mines, and Deng Tong's "Deng Qian" was famous all over the world, on par with Wu King Liu Bi's "Wu Qian". It stands to reason that he would not die in poverty. However, in order to please Liu Heng, Deng Tong offended Liu Qi.
After Heng's death, Liu Qi became the greatest in the world. Deng Tong was powerless, and it was easy for Liu Qi to kill him. There was a reason why Liu Qi insisted on killing Deng Tong.
In the past, Liu Heng was very fond of Deng Tong, and Deng Tong was also loyal to Liu Heng. The two were very ambiguous. Liu Heng once suffered from carbuncle, and the wound oozed pus and blood. The pus and blood were very disgusting and had an unpleasant stench. In order to express his love for Liu Heng,
Loyal, Deng Tong sucked Liu Heng every day. Deng Tong was willing to suck the pus and blood from Liu Heng's ulcer, but Jia Yi was definitely not willing. This is the difference between people. Deng Tong sucked Liu Heng with all his heart, and Liu Heng was naturally grateful. He felt guilty and asked
Who respects and loves him the most in the world?
Liu Heng asked this, probably because he was grateful to Deng Tong for treating him so well, and wanted to use Deng Tong's words to say that Deng Tong was the person who pities him the most in the world. The words express the same meaning, but when said from different mouths, the meanings are very different.
.Deng Tong said to Liu Heng, "I respect and love you" and Liu Heng said to Deng Tong, "You pity me the most." The effect was completely different.
People who specialize in pleasing people are a bit obedient. Deng Tong understood what Liu Heng meant, but he did not dare to respond directly. If he said that he was the one who respected Liu Heng the most, Liu Heng might be happy, but the prince Liu Qi would definitely not be happy; if
He answered that it was the prince. Liu Heng might not be happy, but the prince must be happy. Liu Heng was not dead for a long time, so he could offend him, but Liu Qi was the future emperor, so he couldn't offend him. Liu Heng asked Deng Tong casually and squeezed Deng Tong into the crack. It was really
Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger.
Deng Tong then replied: "Of course he is the prince."
Deng Tong replied that the prince loved Liu Heng the most. Liu Heng was happy and disappointed at the same time. His heart was agitated. His face was slightly angry. Little did he know that Deng Tong's words were calculated carefully and took a lot of difficulty.
Just said it.
However, Deng Tong had many calculations, but failed to win Liu Qi's heart. Liu Heng had an abscess, and as his son, Prince Liu Qi was supposed to suck the pus and blood for his father. However, the pus and blood flowed and the stench was unpleasant, and the prince looked embarrassed, but
It was disgusting to suck for the sake of the throne. Liu Qi was richly clothed and well-fed, and had never suffered any humiliation in his life. Sucking pus and blood was the greatest humiliation in life. How could he not hate it. The prince sent someone to inquire and found out that Deng Tong often sucked Liu Heng.
Deng Tong only showed his ugliness to please and acted well to please Liu Qi. Liu Qi believed that Deng Tong was responsible for this incident and hated Deng Tong from then on. The more Deng Tong wanted to please Liu Qi, the more Liu Qi refused to buy it, and his final life was miserable!
After Liu Heng's death, Liu Qi succeeded to the throne. Deng Tong had no wealth, so he made money at home after he was dismissed from office. Later, someone accused Deng Tong of transporting the money he built privately out of the country. The court immediately arrested Deng Tong and put him in jail, and opened a case for investigation.
, the evidence of the crime was conclusive, and according to the law, after all Deng Tong’s property was confiscated, Deng Tong still owed millions to the court. From then on, Deng Tong’s good days were completely over. The eldest princess was very kind and gave money to Deng Tong. The eldest princess just gave it,
The imperial court immediately confiscated the money, but Deng Tong was still penniless. Unable to reward him with money, the eldest princess lent her food and clothing to Deng Tong. Liu Qi did not hesitate to accept the eldest princess's help, so he allowed the eldest princess to help Deng Tong. Deng Tong relied on the eldest princess's food and clothing to sustain his life, and spent his later years "poor"
, he will die penniless and "send his life to others".
The word "send one's death in someone else's home" means to die in another's home. The house Deng Tong lived in also belonged to someone else, so when he died, he "sent one's death in another's home".
The Dou siblings reunited
Emperor Jing's mother, Dou, was named Dou Yifang. She was selected into the palace during Lu Zhi's monopoly. Later, Lu Zhi distributed the concubines in the harem to the kings. Each king sent five concubines. Dou Yifang was on the list. Dou Yifang's family lived in
Qinghe (now southeast of Qingyang, Hebei Province), wanted to be assigned back to the State of Zhao. She went to the eunuch in charge of the assignment and asked that she must be allowed to go to the State of Zhao. The eunuch agreed, and before leaving, Dou Yifang realized that she had been deceived. "Hanshu" records
, saying that the eunuch had forgotten, Dou Yifang was randomly selected and sent to Liu Heng's country. According to the unspoken rules in the palace, if you are looking for someone to do something, especially an eunuch, you can't do it without giving generous gifts. Lu Pheasant is good at governing, Ji
The concubine's life was hard to save, and her life was just a matter of survival. Dou Yifang was not a very articulate person, was not favored, had no savings, and did not give enough gifts, so the eunuch naturally forgot about her. Before leaving, Dou Yifang cried and made noise.
, refused to leave; however, the imperial court was powerful, and as a weak woman, how could she withstand it.
Later, when all five concubines came to the Kingdom of Dai, Liu Heng favored only Dou Yifang. This was related to Dou Yifang's fondness for studying Huang Lao. It is said that Dou Yifang loved Huang Lao so much that after becoming the queen mother, he stipulated that only one in the palace could do so.
Read Huang Lao's book, otherwise, you will be punished at least, or demoted at worst.
Dou Yifang first gave birth to a daughter for Liu Heng, who was named Princess Chang whoring. Later, she gave birth to brothers such as Emperor Xiaojing Liu Qi and King Liang Liu Wu. Dou Yifang liked Liu Qi, Princess Chang whoring and doted on Liu Wu. Liu Qi was a
There is nothing unusual about the words and deeds of the king, but the princess who has been a prostitute is very scheming, and Liu Wu is arrogant because of her favor. One dragon gave birth to nine sons, and the nine sons are all different. Empress Dowager Dou is pure-hearted, but some of the children she raised have ulterior motives.
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Before Dou Yifang was favored, the acting king Liu Heng had a queen, who gave birth to four sons. Before Liu Heng became emperor, the queen died. After Liu Heng became emperor, the four sons born to the queen died of illness one after another. The queen died,
The prince died of illness, and Liu Heng felt that he had little virtue and felt guilty for not appointing another queen. The ancients believed in heaven, and a benevolent king like Liu Qi always felt that the suffering his relatives suffered was all due to his lack of virtue and low merit.
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A few months after he proclaimed himself emperor, the ministers wrote to Liu Heng, requesting him to be crowned empress and crown prince. Liu Qi was the oldest, and Liu Heng loved him, so he made him crown prince. Mothers valued their sons, and Dou Yifang was canonized as queen soon after.
Queen Dou's parents died young and she only had one older brother and one younger brother. Her older brother was named Changjun and her younger brother was named Shaojun. Dou Changjun had been living at home and was safe and sound. After Dou Yifang became the empress dowager, she took Dou Changjun to live in Chang'an. Dou Shaojun was very young.
He was sold without any news, and his life and death were uncertain. Empress Dou missed her and asked Liu Heng to issue an edict to find her. It was human nature for Empress Dou to do this because they were related by blood and wanted to be reunited. Because of his poor family, Dou Shaojun was born when he was four or five years old.
He was sold and his whereabouts were unknown. Dou Shaojun was passed around by human traffickers several times and sold to more than ten families. Finally, he went to the mountains to burn charcoal for his master. At night, more than a hundred charcoal burners slept under the cliff, and the cliff collapsed.
All of them except Dou Shaojun were crushed to death. However, Dou Shaojun survived the catastrophe and made a divination. The divination indicated that he would be made a marquis in a few days. Only Chang'an had the power to make a marquis. If he wanted to be granted a title, he had to go to Chang'an.
Dou Shaojun, who came to Chang'an, heard that the new emperor was looking for a person named Dou who lived in Guanjin. Dou Shaojun wrote a book and reported the name, county, and the incident of his sister picking mulberry trees. After reading it, Queen Dou confirmed that there was a mulberry picking incident and told her.
Liu Heng asked Liu Heng to summon Dou Shaojun. It is normal for Queen Dou to miss her younger brother very much and eager to see Dou Shaojun. As an emperor, Liu Heng was worried that others would take advantage of others and take a gamble under false pretense, hoping to try his luck. Many years have passed, and it seems like a lifetime ago, and they have changed.
It's so big that no one knows anyone and can only identify each other based on memory.
Partings are most unforgettable to the person who is parting. Dou Shaojun described in detail the words and deeds of his sister when he parted with his sister. He said: "When my sister and I parted, she asked for some rice soup for me to drink." Queen Dou
After hearing this, he hugged Dou Shaojun and cried loudly. Seeing this scene, the people accompanying him were so sad that they could not look up.
They had just escaped from death and wiped out the Lu family, and finally selected an emperor whose relatives were weak. When Zhou Bo and Guan Ying saw the sudden appearance of two brothers from Queen Dou, they were worried that the dictatorship of their relatives would arise again, which would harm the royal family.
themselves. They found some elders with high moral character to live next to the Dou brothers, hoping to influence them subtly and influence the Dou brothers. Sure enough, the Dou brothers did not commit any crimes and did not make trouble. "Hanshu" records, "Dou Changjun,
"Young Master therefore gives way to a gentleman, and dare not boast of his wealth." Meng's mother moved to another country three times, and finally raised the arrogant Mencius. The environment is really important to a person's growth.
However, history is moving forward. Zhou Bo and Guan Ying have good lives, and they have not encountered the power of their relatives again, which does not mean that there is no power. The two Dou brothers have not done it, and there is no guarantee that their descendants will not do it either. The Dou family is becoming more and more prosperous.
Chapter completed!