Storms in the early Han Dynasty: Emperor Wen of Han was enthroned as a hero, Empress Dou A sea of people were looking for brothers
It is said that Emperor Wen of Han had been enthroned, and suddenly it was October, and he issued an edict to change the Yuan Dynasty according to the old system. On the first day of the lunar month, he visited the high temple and returned to the court after the ceremony. He was congratulated by the officials and issued an edict to reward the meritorious officials. It says: Qian Lu Chan made himself the prime minister, and Lu Lu became the general. He sent general Guan Ying to attack all the troops, hoping to replace the Liu family. Guanying Liu Xingyang conspired with the princes to kill the Lu family. Lu Chan Wanted to do evil, Prime Minister Chen Ping and Taiwei Zhou Bo and others plotted to seize Lu Chan and other troops. Zhu Xuhou Liu Zhang first captured Lu Chan, and Taiwei Zhou Bo led the Marquis of Xiangping Liu Tong. He joined the Northern Army with the imperial edict, and Dianke uncovered and captured Lu Lu's seal. Yi was granted the title of Taiwei Zhou Boyi to ten thousand households, and was given a thousand catties of gold. Prime Minister Chen Ping and General Guanying each had three thousand households, and two thousand catties of gold. Zhu Xuhou Liu Zhang, and Xiangping Marquis Liu Tong were each granted two thousand households, and they were granted a thousand catties of gold. He was named Marquis of Yangxin and was given a thousand catties of gold in exchange for rewards. No need to say goodbye!
Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty had completed the reward, so he respected his mother Bo as the empress dowager, and sent chariots and cavalry generals Bo Zhao, bringing Lu Bo with him to welcome her. After his posthumous title, the former king of Zhao, Liu You, was the king of You, the king of Zhao, Liu Hui, was the co-king, and the king of Yan, Liu Jian, was the spiritual king. The two kings of Gongling had no heirs, but King You Liu You had two sons. The eldest son was named Sui. He was granted the title of King of Zhao by Emperor Wen, and King Langya and Liu Ze were transferred to King of Yan. All the former Qi and Chu lands were ceded by Zhu Lu. After sealing, everything will be returned and the country will no longer be established. Chinese and foreign people are happy, and the officials and the people are holding hands.
Suddenly, the right prime minister Chen Ping wrote a letter saying that he was ill and could not enter the court, so Emperor Wen gave him a few days off. When the leave was over, Chen Ping had no choice but to accept his resignation and resign. Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty was surprised and asked why? Chen Pingfu said: "When Emperor Gao founded the country, Zhou Bo's merits were not as good as those of his ministers. Now he has to punish Zhu Lu, whose merits are not as good as those of Zhou Bo. I would like to give you the post of prime minister and let Zhou Bo take office, so that I can feel at ease." So Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty ordered. Zhou Bo became Prime Minister of the Right, moved Chen Ping to Prime Minister of the Left, and then left to examine and eat him. Guan Ying was appointed Taiwei. After Zhou Bo was appointed, he looked arrogant when he went out to court, but Emperor Wen paid special tribute and sent Zhou Bo off with attention. The doctor Yuan An watched from the side and came out of the class alone to start a memorial: "What do you think of the Prime Minister as a person?" Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty said: "The Prime Minister can be called a minister of the State!" Yuan Ang said: "The Prime Minister is a meritorious official and cannot be called the Minister of the State. The ministers of the country. In ancient times, the actions of the ministers of the country were determined by the survival of the king and the death of the king. When the prime minister was in charge of the Lu family, he was a Taiwei and could not save the emperor. Later Empress Lu had collapsed, and all the ministers conspired. To challenge rebellion, the Prime Minister has to take the opportunity to claim credit. Now that His Majesty has ascended the throne, he has given special rewards and salutes. The Prime Minister does not reflect on himself, but has a virtuous look on his face. Is this true for ministers of the country?" Emperor Wen listened silently and did not answer. Later, when he saw Zhou Bo entering the court and speaking cautiously, Zhou Bo also felt something was wrong and did not dare to praise him anymore. Gradually, he became arrogant and fearful.
Your Majesty is strict and your ministers are respectful, and there is nothing to do for the rest of the month. The chariot and cavalry general Bo Zhao has arrived on behalf of the Empress Dowager Bo. When Emperor Wen heard that the Empress Dowager had arrived, he led all the civil and military officials out of the suburbs to greet her. After waiting for a while, they saw Empress Dowager Bo arriving, and they all knelt down. Even Emperor Wen also bowed to his mother. Empress Dowager Bo sat peacefully in the public court with a pleasant smile, but she ordered the cavalry general Bo Zhao to pass the order and refrain from courtesy. Bo Zhao had already dismounted and obeyed the order, so Emperor Wen stood up, and all the officials stood up, leading and then supporting, and entered the capital in a chariot until they reached Changle Palace, where Emperor Wen supported his mother and gave birth. After ascending to the main palace, he went to the north to pay homage to all the officials, and then the ceremony began to disperse. The biography of Empress Dowager Bo has already been narrated. It was the Bo family who got a son and gave birth to Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty. Not only did the mother value her son, but Emperor Wen also tried his best to show his filial piety. After a long period of time, he personally served him, working day and night without slacking off. He tasted the food and decoctions before taking them in. As a result, the Bo family recovered, so he became virtuous and filial, and eventually became emperor. A mother and concubine who fell out of favor was actually respected as the empress dowager, and she adapted to what Xu negative said. It can be seen that all hardships are over and everything is settled, so there is no need to force it. There are many people who satirize and persuade the world.
Strange to say, what happened to Empress Dowager Bo was due to accidents, and Emperor Wen of Han's step-sibling, Dou, also turned misfortune into blessing and unintentionally found a romantic destiny. The Dou family is from Guanjin, Zhaodi. He lost his parents early and has only two brothers. His elder brother is named Dou Jian, also known as Changjun, and his younger brother is named Dou Guangguo, also known as Shaojun.The young prince is very young, and the eldest prince is also still young. He is not good at making a living, and the war is not over yet, and the people are separated. The Dou family and his two brothers can hardly survive on their own. It happened that the Han Palace was recruiting girls, so Dou went to the palace to serve Empress Lu. Then Empress Lu distributed palace servants to the kings, five to each king, and the Dou family was also on the way. Because he was affiliated with Guanjin, he voluntarily went to Zhao so that he could be closer to his hometown. He immediately asked the eunuch in charge to state his opinion. The eunuch in charge also agreed, but unexpectedly lost his memory and sent Dou's name to the Daiguo . When Dou learned about it and questioned him, he knew that he was wrong, but he had already informed Empress Lu that she could not change it any more, so she had to accept it. Words of comfort, perfunctory. Mr. Dou shed many tears because he felt sorry for his fate and left the capital in despair. There were four women traveling with me. Although I was not lonely on the way, I felt infinitely desolate. Unexpectedly, when they arrived in the Kingdom of Dai, the King of Dai specially appreciated and selected a number of concubines. The spring breeze gave them a beaded fetus. The first child gave birth to a girl, named Piao, the second and third children were boys, named Qi and Wu. At that time, Mrs. Wang originally had four sons. Qi and Wu were born as concubines, so of course they were not as good as those born from the direct family. However, Mrs. Dou also took care of her duties, respected the princess, and asked her second son to obey her fourth brother, so she knew the etiquette on behalf of the king and loved her very much. On the occasion of Princess Dai's illness and death, although there are still several people in the harem, Dou is always considered the leader, and there is a faint hope of a successor, but the name has not been confirmed yet. When the king came to the capital and became the emperor, the four sons of the former princess died one after another, so the two sons of the Dou family also had to stand out and stand out.
In the first year of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty (179 BC), in the month of Mengchun, all the officials below the prime minister jointly submitted a letter asking Yu to establish a crown prince. Emperor Wen repeatedly humbled himself, saying that a wise king should be elected in the future and that it would not be appropriate to create heirs privately. The ministers also wrote a letter to confirm the request, briefly saying that for three generations, the heir must be a son. Now the prince and Liu Qi are the eldest, kind and kind, and it is suitable to establish him as the prince. He will inherit the ancestral temple and support the people's hearts. Emperor Wen agreed and established the East Palace as requested, making the prince Liu Qi the crown prince. The crown prince was established, and the ministers asked for the appointment of a queen. Just imagine, since the prince Liu Qi was born to the Dou family, there is no doubt that the Dou family should be the queen? However, the ministers did not name the matter, leaving it to Emperor Wen to make the decision. Emperor Wen also had a queen mother, so he had to accept his mother's orders before seeing Xiaosi. When Empress Dowager Bo issued an edict, she ordered the crown prince's mother, Dou, to be the empress, and Dou became Emperor Wen's successor and took the throne in the palace. This is called an unexpected encounter, which comes unexpectedly. If the eunuch in charge at that time had not forgotten his entrustment, it would be best to become a concubine. How could he be promoted to the mother of the country by leaping out of thin air? At that time, the two kings of Yougong had fierce women. If Mrs. Dou became his concubine, she would probably die in vain. Not only would she not be able to become the mother of the country!
Since the Dou family became the queen, their eldest daughter Liu Wu was granted the title of Princess Guantao, and her second son Liu Wu was also granted the title of King of Huaiyang. Even Empress Dou's parents were favored by Empress Dowager Bo and granted the title of Mu Rong. It turns out that both Empress Dowager Bo's parents died early, her father was buried in Kuaiji and her mother was buried in Yueyang . Since Emperor Wen came to the throne, he honored Bo's father as Lingwen Marquis, and built 300 gardens in Kuaiji County to guard the ancestral tomb. Bo's mother was Mrs. Lingwen, and she also bought a garden in the north of Yueyang, like Lingwen Hou Yuanyi. Empress Dowager Bo said that her parents were in charge of the canon. She could not favor one person over another, so she ignored Empress Dou's parents. He then issued an imperial edict to honor Empress Dou's father as Marquis Ancheng and his mother as Mrs. Ancheng. He then established 200 gardens and towns in Guanjin County, Qinghe County, and the etiquette of guarding the ancestral and tombs was as follows: Lingwen Garden same. There was also a chariot general, Bo Zhao, who was the younger brother of Empress Dowager Bo and was granted the title of Marquis of Zhi. Therefore, Empress Dou's brother Dou Changjun was also granted a decree to give him a generous land and house, so that he could move to Chang'an . Queen Dou naturally felt grateful for her kindness and bowed her head in clay to thank her. When the emperor came according to the order, the brother and sister would naturally be filled with sorrow and joy when they met, and they would talk about their departure. Talking about Ji Di Dou Shaojun , Changjun shed tears, saying that he was snatched away and had not been heard from for many years. His life and death were uncertain. Empress Dou was in love with her brothers and could not help but shed tears. When Changjun left, she sent him away. When I arrived in Qinghe County, I ordered the local officials to look for Shaojun, but I couldn't find him for a while.
Queen Dou was thinking about it very much. One day, a book was handed in by the chamberlain. When he opened it, he saw that Dou Shaojun had arrived in Chang'an and came to recognize his relatives. The book talks about a love affair when they were young. When they went out to pick mulberry trees with their sister, they accidentally slipped and fell to the ground. Empress Dou recalled that this was indeed the case, so she immediately explained it to Emperor Wen, who summoned Shaojun to see him.Shaojun and Empress Dou had been separated for more than ten years. They were only four or five years old at the time. When they met again after a long separation, they were barely acquaintances. Empress Dou was shocked and found it difficult to recognize them so suddenly. Emperor Wen was here to ask carefully, so Shaojun carefully explained that after he separated from his sister, he was robbed, sold to other people as a slave, and moved to more than ten families until he arrived in Yiyang, when he was sixteen or seventeen years old. . The master of Yiyang ordered the young master and his servants to go into the mountain to burn charcoal, and at night they pitched tents at the foot of the mountain and stayed overnight. Unexpectedly, the mountain suddenly collapsed, and about a hundred of the servants were crushed to death. Only Shaojun escaped. The owner was also surprised by the preferential treatment. Shaojun had been working as a servant for several years. He thought that he would survive the catastrophe and might have good fortune in the future, so he asked a fortune teller for him. The fortune teller got a divination for him, saying that if he was exposed to extremes and recovered, he would have an adventure, and not only could he avoid poverty, but he would also be lucky. And he also needs to be granted a title. The young master laughed dumbly, suspecting that it was ridiculous, and did not dare to believe it. Coincidentally, the master of Yiyang moved to Chang'an, and Shaojun followed him. When we arrived in the capital, it was the time when Emperor Wen had established a new queen, and all the civil and military officials came to congratulate her. Cars and carriages were coming and going, which was very lively. There is a legend in the capital that the queen's surname is Dou, who is from Guanjin. She used to be a palace slave but now she has been promoted to the mother of the country. It is really strange. After hearing the rumors, Shaojun recalled that his sister had entered the palace as a candidate. Could it be that my sister is the queen today? Therefore, after many inquiries, it turned out that it was her sister. Fang boldly submitted a letter to include the mulberry picking incident as evidence. After being summoned to the palace, Emperor Wen and Yan asked about it and told the whole story in detail. Empress Dou was still doubtful, so she asked again: "Do you remember how you farewell to your sister?" Shaojun said: "When my sister went west, my brother and I sent her to the post office. My sister took pity on me because I was young. , I once begged for rice soup from the post office to wash my head, and begged for a bowl of rice before I left." At this point, I couldn't help but choke up. After hearing this, Empress Dou was even more sad than the young master. She didn't care that Emperor Wen was sitting on the throne, so she stood up and said in tears: "You are really my young brother! How pitiful! Fortunately, today, your sister has been blessed by the emperor's grace. I My brother is also blessed by God, let's meet again!" When he said the first word, he couldn't say any more, but he held hands with Shaojun and started crying bitterly. The young master also burst into tears. The servants and other servants stood around and also wept. Even Emperor Wen, who was sitting above, was moved when he saw the two people's sad words of love. After the two of them had been weeping for a long time, they stopped them and summoned Dou Changjun, the queen's brother, to meet him. The brothers retold each other, and even had some painful questions and answers.
But Emperor Wen ordered his brothers to live together, and also gave him many fields and houses. The eldest prince and the younger prince then paid homage to the emperor and returned home hand in hand. Right Prime Minister Zhou Bo and Taiwei Guan Ying heard about this and discussed privately: "In the past, the Lu family had exclusive power, and we were lucky enough to survive. Now the brothers of Queen Dou are together in the capital. In the future, they may rely on their descendants to get officials and participate in politics. Aren't our lives hanging in the hands of two people again? Moreover, the two of them are from humble backgrounds and have no understanding of etiquette. If they succeed, they will surely follow Lu's example. Now it is better to take precautions and carefully choose his mentor and friend Qu Wei Tao Rong. There will be no future troubles!" The two agreed and immediately reported to Emperor Wen, asking him to choose upright men to associate with Empress Dou's brothers. Emperor Wen of the People's Republic of China accurately selected the talents and places. As expected, the Dou brothers gave in politely and did not dare to rely on the powerful Lingren. Moreover, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty also punished his past and ignored his future, but allowed him to live in Chang'an without granting him a title. Until Emperor Jing came to the throne, he respected Empress Dou as the empress dowager, and planned to confer the title of second uncle on him. It happened that the eldest monarch was dead and could not be granted the title. He had a son, Peng Zu, who was granted the title of Nanpihou. The younger prince was still alive, and was granted the title of Zhang Wu. Hou. In addition, there is Wei Qihou Dou Ying, who is the son of Empress Dou.
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