In 140 BC, the 16-year-old Emperor Wu of Han ascended the throne.
Grandmother, Empress Dowager Dou, hopes to reconcile with her nephew, Dou Ying, , so he asked Emperor Wu of Han to reuse Dou Ying. At that time, Dou family asked Emperor Jing of Han to pass the throne to his younger brother, Liang Wang, and Liu Wu, but Dou Ying opposed it. In anger, Dou swept Dou Ying out of the house and removed Dou Ying's name from the genealogy.
At this time, there were only two people in the three dukes: Prime Minister Wei Wan , Taiwei (vacuum), and the Censor.
Prime Minister Wei Wan is related to the deposed prince Liu Rong (the eldest brother of Emperor Wu), Li. Although he briefly served as the prince's tutor of Liu Che , blood relationship cannot be changed. The position of the Taiwei was vacant for nine years and has not been set since week, Yafu . The censor Zhiyi had a close relationship with Liu Rong, and although he tried hard to improve his relationship with Emperor Wu of Han, he still failed to do so.
Emperor Wu of Han removed two three dukes, appointed Dou Ying as prime minister, and his uncle Tian Fen as grand wei, and his confidant Qi Xiangniu Rei as the censor. Dou Ying and the cow hit the field flies in front and back, and the three-president team was destined to be in chaos.
Among the nine ministers, the Taifu Shi Qing was once the prince's tutor of the young Liu Che, and served as the Taifu during the reign of Emperor Jing. Dou Ying was favored by his favor and domineering power. He removed him from Shi Qing and transferred his confidant Huaiyang Prefect (third-rank official position) Guan Fu to the capital and serve as the Grandpa.
During the reign of Emperor Wu, Taipu, the nine ministers in charge of chariots and horses, held heavy troops.
When Liu Bang and Hun were married, the emperor could not find four horses with the same color as the fur, and the generals could only ride in a ox cart.
Thirty-six Gardens ( horse farm ) were built during the reign of Emperor Wen of Han, and 30,000 people were placed to raise horses. By the time Emperor Wu of Han ascended the throne, more than 400,000 horses were retained in the Thirty-six Gardens. Emperor Wen of Han also encouraged the people to raise horses. For example, the people could borrow three mares from the government and return four horses three years later. Three mares can produce six ponies within three years, return three mares and one ponies, and each family can earn a net profit of five ponies. When Emperor Wu of Han ascended the throne, horses filled the streets and alleys and flocked between the fields.
During the reign of Emperor Wu, the supply of war horses of each cavalry unit depends on the face of the Taifu. The number and advantages and disadvantages of war horse configurations depend on the words of Taifu. Among the nine ministers, the doctor ordered to be responsible for the safety of the emperor, and under the tent were Yulin Army , Huben Camp and other imperial guards. Emperor Wu used his confidant Wang Zang to replace Emperor Jing's old minister He, but Dou Ying did not object. This was the emperor's last bottom line. After Wang Zang took office, he conspired with Emperor Wu to kick the Empress Dowager Dou out of the core of power.
In 139 BC, Dou Ying and Tian Fen fought openly and secretly, almost leading the army to join forces.
After the matter was settled, Emperor Wu of Han calmed down and took the opportunity to adjust the three dukes again. First, he removed Prime Minister Dou Ying and appointed Dou Ying's confidant Taichang (one of the nine ministers) Xuchang as prime minister; then he removed Taiwei Tian Fu and no longer appointed Taiwei; then he dismissed the Censor Niu Ri, and appointed Emperor Wu's confidant Zhao Wan as the Censor. Among the nine ministers, Dou Ying asked the dismissal of the doctor Wang Zang, who later died in prison. Emperor Wu appointed another confidant, Shi Jian, as the doctor. He was the brother of Shi Qing, who had been dismissed before, and he had only Emperor Wu in his heart.
Taiwei Tian Fen made a huge sacrifice and also introduced a person. Emperor Wu promoted Tian Fen's confidant Beidi Duwei (the fourth rank of military post) Han Anguo to be the Great Ethnic Order (one of the Nine Ministers).
Emperor Wu, Dou Ying, and Tian Fen were all busy stuffing their own people among the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers. Emperor Wu wanted to control the overall situation, and the road was bumpy.
Emperor Wu tried every means to fight for power with Dou. At this time, his confidant Han Yan was killed. Han Yan was the great-grandson of Han Wangxin and the grandson of Han Tuo, the Marquis of Gonggao. When Emperor Wu was the King of Jiaodong, he followed him to study and play. When Emperor Wu was the crown prince, Han Yan was appointed as the Eastern Palace. Han Yan is smart by nature and good at riding and shooting. After Emperor Wu ascended the throne, he ordered him to be the minister and often lie up with him on the same bed.
Emperor Wu of Han was good at hunting. Han Yan was often the front-driver and used projectiles made of gold to shoot birds, often abandoning golden bullets. So there was a group of teenagers in Chang'an City. When they saw Han Yan hunting, they would come in groups and follow him, looking at the place where Jinmao fell, and rushing to find them together. People at that time compiled two common sayings: bitter, hungry and cold, chase golden balls.
One day, King of Jiangdu Liu Fei entered the court, and Emperor Wu hunted Shanglinyuan with him.
Emperor Jing of Han has 14 sons, Li Ji gave birth to three sons, Cheng Ji gave birth to three sons, Mrs. Wang gave birth to four sons, Mrs. Jia gave birth to two sons, Tang Ji gave birth to one son, and Empress Wang gave birth to one son is Emperor Wu of Han. The above fourteen people, except for the crown prince Liu Rong born to Li Ji, who committed suicide after being deposed, and the other son Liu Yan died young. Emperor Wu of Han also had eleven brothers, all of whom were kings during the reign of Emperor Jing.
Cheng Ji has three sons, namely King Lu Liu Yu, King Jiangdu Liu Fei, and King Jiaoxi Liu Duan , both of whom were half-brothers of Emperor Wu of Han.
With Emperor Wu set off, he ordered Han Yan to patrol the beasts. Han Yan was ordered to take the sub-car and lead more than a hundred cavalry to speed away. At this time, Liu Fei, the King of Jiangdu, saw the chariot and cavalry. He mistakenly thought that Emperor Wu had arrived, so he waved everyone away and left the road alone to greet him.
Liu Fei knelt on the wrong person and was furious. He went straight into the harem to find the Empress Dowager Wang Zhi to complain, saying that Han Yan was favored and was unscrupulous in the palace, and had an affair with the palace maid, hoping that the Empress Dowager would kill Han Yan. At this time, Emperor Wu of Han had no children, and there was no evidence that Han Yan was filthy and insulted the palace. But the King of Jiangdu was arrogant and polite, and forced the Empress Dowager to order Han Yan to be sentenced to death. Emperor Wu of Han begged for his mother, but the Empress Dowager insisted on killing her. She knew that if the matter was not handled well, she would be verbal to these kings in the future and would cause endless troubles. Han Yan had to die by taking poison. Emperor Wu of Han could not even protect his most favored childhood friend, and he was quite embarrassed.
The situation faced by Emperor Wu can be said to be the ruler of the foreign relatives, and the princes and kings are eyeing each other.
In 138 BC (the third year of Jianyuan), Minyue launched a large-scale attack on Dongou and surrounded its capital. Dongouwang Zhou looked at Han Dynasty for help.
Minyue and Dongou are both barbarians. During the Qin Dynasty, it was considered as Minzhong County , which was commonly known as Baiyue as Baiyue .
After Liu Bang ruled the world, he was named Wuzhu as the King of Minyue and established the capital of Dongye (now Fuzhou, Fujian); he was named Zuoyao as the King of Dongou, and established the capital of Donghai (now Wenzhou, Zhejiang). These two kings are descendants of Yue King Goujian .
The rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms , King Wu Liu Bi was defeated, fled to Dantu, and was lured and killed by the people of Dongou. Wu Kingdom Crown Prince Liu Ju fled to Minyue, hoping to take revenge with the troops from Minyue. The King of Minyue, Zuo Ying, is the son of , Zuo Wuzhu , and is the strongest among the brothers, but his status is not reliable. The brothers , Yu Shan and others are also very strong. Zuo Ying then wanted to expand his territory to enhance his prestige and strength.
The Han Dynasty at this time was completely different from the early Han Dynasty, and had enough strength to fight south and north.
The treasury in the early Han Dynasty was empty and everything was in trouble. During the reign of Emperor Wen of Han, there were light taxes and levies, and the land rent was once changed from 1/15 to 1/30, and even exempted land rent for 11 years. In terms of corvee service, it has been changed from one year to three years to one month, so that farmers can farm with peace of mind.
So the capital's money was huge, and it was rotten but it could not be cleaved; Taicang 's millet was filled with dew and was accumulated outside, and it was rotten and it could not be edible.
Before the rebellion of the Seven Kings , the court only controlled more than 20 counties. After the rebellion of the Seven Kings, the court controlled 44 counties, leaving only 26 counties in the princes and kings. Later, Emperor Jing further reduced the vassals and divided the fiefs of his younger brother King Liang into five, not to mention other princes. Before Emperor Jing of Han passed away, a great country was just a county. The so-called great country was only more than ten cities, and the small marquis only had more than ten miles. This way of breaking the whole into pieces makes a single prince no longer able to threaten the court.
send troops Minyue is certain, but Emperor Wu of Han could not command the Han Dynasty's army, and the Dou family was not willing to hand over the military power.Emperor Wu did not want to mobilize his troops with tiger talisman , which would be risky. Once the tiger talisman falls into the hands of some people, the consequences will be unimaginable. At this time, Emperor Wu of Han had neither the military power nor the confidence in fighting.
Zhongdafu (Guanglu Dafu, fourth rank of official position) Zhuangzhu was ordered to lead Yulin and Hu Ben hundreds of people, and arrived at Kuaiji County , and handed over the imperial edict of Emperor Wu and ordered the prefect to send troops. Kuaiji Prefect (third rank of official position) saw Zhuang Shun’s official position as a lower level and without a tiger talisman, so hesitated and the new emperor was far from being afraid of obedience in the country. Zhuang Zhuang pretended to be angry and killed a Sima of Kuaiji to demonstrate. He lowered his posture and explained to the prefect that Emperor Wu did not send the tiger talisman. The prefect was furious and had to dispatch troops and generals, and Zhuang Shu led the way.
Minyue and Dongou are connected to the territory of the two countries. The terrain is close to the southeast, the south Vietnam in the west, and the two counties of Kuaiji and Yuzhang in the northwest. At the junction, there are all mountains and steep mountains, clouds and moist foundations, and the roads are difficult to walk. Now Zhuangsu wants to save Dong'ou, so he specially went from the sea channel to go.
Zhuang Help led the army, boarded a warship, floated south on the sea, and landed on the east coast of Donghai City. King Zuo Wang from Dong'ou came to reward him with a ox cart full of good wine, and was overjoyed.
Minyue King Zuo Ying thought that the road was dangerous and the Han soldiers might not come to rescue him. The Dongou Kingdom would be unable to resist and could definitely annex his country. When Zhuangsuke heard that the army was advancing from the sea channel, he was frightened and led his army to retreat after hearing the news.
Zhuang Zhuang saw that Minyue retreated, but he did not dare to attack in depth. If he could not win, all his previous efforts would be wasted. Zhuang Zhuo did not want to add anything to the point, so he sent someone to report the victory to Emperor Wu of Han, so he planned to return to the court.
Dong'ou Wang Zuo saw Zhuang Zhu retreating, afraid that Minyue would attack again. Once the army is defeated, the people of the whole country will not be killed or plundered and become slaves. If he asks the Han court, he may offend Zhuang Zhu and others. Moreover, Han soldiers come to rescue him from afar, and it may be too late. Instead of being worried and restless day and night, it is better to abandon the country and move to the mainland, and still be able to save your life and live a peaceful life.
Emperor Wu of Han agreed to his request and appointed Zuo Wang as the Marquis of Guangwu. Zuo Wang led more than 40,000 troops and 200,000 to 300,000 people. He moved to the country and settled in Lujiang County.
Emperor Wu of Han did not want to conquer Minyue, but unfortunately he could not even conquer the three dukes and nine ministers in front of him. He did not dare to expect the army to be like a hand-in-arm, and could only stop when he saw it. A few years later, Emperor Wu of Han dismissed the prefect of Kuaiji and placed Zhuang Shuo in this position to further control military power.
