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Chapter 048: The Great Sima, the Great General, and the Marquis of Bolu, surnamed Huo

"After Huo Guang gained Emperor Wu's trust, in the second year of Zhenghe, Prince Wei Ru was forced to death by Jiang Chong due to witchcraft. Emperor Wu decided to make Liu Fuling, the son of Mrs. Gou Yi, the crown prince, and planned to ask Huo Guang to assist him."

"So Emperor Wu ordered the painter in the palace to draw a picture of the Duke of Zhou assisting the princes of the dynasty and gave it to Huo Guang, hinting that he was ready to assist the government."

"In the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was dying, he clearly designated Huo Guang as the Grand Sima and General, and together with Jin Rixi, Shangguan Jie, and Sang Hongyang, he assisted the eight-year-old Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty."

"In the previous year of the Yuan Dynasty, Huo Guang, Shangguan Jie and Jin Rixi jointly defeated the rebellion plot of the servant Shemang Heluo and his brother Chonghehou."

"For this reason, Emperor Wu made the three of them marquises in his edict."

Zhou Wenwen was about to continue talking when He Miao remembered something and said, "But I saw in the book that some people also raised objections at that time, thinking that Emperor Wu did not leave any edict to divide the three people."

Zhou Wenwen shook his head and defended, "The legacy is not important, the important thing is the rationality. If we don't make them a lieutenant and force them into this position, what if one of them can't think of it and goes against it."

He Miao understood, nodded and replied, "Yes, that's the same idea."

Zhou Wenwen continued, "Huo Guang is related by marriage to Jin Rixi and Shangguan An, who are both auxiliary ministers."

"The wife of Jin Rixi's second son Jin Sheng is his daughter."

"Shangguan An, the son of Shangguan Jie, another auxiliary minister, married Huo Guang's eldest daughter and had a daughter named Shangguan."

"Shangguan An planned to make Shangguan, who was only six years old at the time, the queen, but Huo Guang objected, so Shangguan An turned to the path of Princess Gai and successfully achieved his goal."

"In order to repay Princess Gai, the Shangguan family wanted to confer the title of Liehou and Guanglu to her lover Ding, but this was also rejected by Huo Guang."

"In addition, Huo Guang had repeatedly prevented other relatives of the Shangguan family from being appointed officials, and the two parties became enemies and became political enemies."

At this point, He Jin was puzzled. With his IQ, he couldn't understand it, so he asked, "Why is this?"

Hearing this, He Miao immediately looked at He Jin with the eyes of a fool. When He Jin was taken aback, He Miao said matter-of-factly, "What's more, just to avoid suspicion, I'm not like you, I'm very I care about my brother and the Huo family."

Zhou Wenwen, however, held his chin with his right hand to think about it and Xu Hui replied, "Maybe it's more than that."

"Everyone knows that the tripartite alliance is stronger, but there is always one side that is rational, one that is conservative, and one that is progressive."

Zhou Wenwen sighed, then continued.

"Shangguan Jie and his son joined forces with Princess Gai, King Liu Dan of Yan, and Assistant Minister Sang Hongyang to form an alliance against Huo Guang."

"In the name of King Yan, while Huo Guang was on vacation, he sent a letter to Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty to falsely accuse Huo Guang of being disobedient. He coordinated internally and externally, and made preparations to capture and kill Huo Guang in one fell swoop."

"However, Emperor Zhao, who was only fourteen years old at the time, saw through their conspiracy and ignored it. He comforted Huo Guang and ordered the origin of the petitioner to be traced."

"Later, Emperor Zhao also ordered that anyone who writes a letter to slander Huo Guang will be investigated to the end."

"Shangguan Jie and others saw that they could not take action from Emperor Zhao, so they decided to launch a coup to kill Huo Guang, depose Emperor Zhao, and establish King Yan as emperor."

"But the plan was leaked, the Huo Guang clan killed Shangguan Jie and his son and Sang Hongyang, and the eldest princess of Eyi and Yan King Liu Danxian committed suicide. After that, Huo Guang became the actual decision-maker of the government."

"In the end, the warrior also turned into a demon, but Huo Guang's conservativeness prevented him from rotting so quickly."

"During the period of Emperor Zhao, Huo Guang gained the full trust of Emperor Zhao and was able to monopolize power. He took measures to recuperate and recuperate, offered amnesty to the world many times, and encouraged agriculture, which restored the national strength of the Han Dynasty to a certain extent."

"Externally, the relationship with the Huns was also eased, but the peace policy was restored."

(This period and the subsequent Xuan Dynasty are collectively called the Zhaoxuan Zhongxing. Historians believe that the national strength of the Western Han Dynasty that had been depleted by Emperor Wu's aggressive military policies since the Wenjing Dynasty was restored during this period.)

On the day of Guiwei in the summer of the first year of Yuanping, Emperor Zhao died, but he had no son.

"Huo Guangduan welcomed Emperor Wu's grandson Liu He, King of Changyi, to the throne, but after twenty-seven days, he reported to the Queen Mother Shangguan to depose him on the grounds of promiscuity and immorality."

"After discussing with the officials, Huo Guang decided to welcome Emperor Wu's great-grandson Liu Bingji (later renamed Liu Xun) from the public to succeed him to the throne. This is Emperor Xuan."

"Huo Guang followed the example of Yi Yin of the Yin Shang Dynasty and abolished the throne and established the emperor. From then on, people collectively called him "Yi Huo"."

"When Emperor Xuan came to the throne, Huo Guang expressed his return to the emperor."

"But Emperor Xuan did not accept it, and the decision on court affairs was still subject to Huo Guang's intervention before reporting to the emperor."

"Emperor Xuan trusted Huo Guang on the surface, but he was very fearful in his heart. When riding with him, he felt like there was a thorn in his back."

"It can be said that it was Huo Guang himself who was so outstanding that he laid the foundation for the subsequent destruction of the whole family."

"After Emperor Xuan ascended the throne, he did not follow the suggestions of his ministers to make Huo Guang's daughter Huo Chengjun the queen. Instead, he euphemistically expressed his intention to make his wife Xu Pingjun the queen in the name of Xun Gujian."

"Huo Guang did not object, but because Empress Xu's father Xu Guanghan had been castrated, he objected to Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty following the Han Dynasty's practice of making his father a prince."

"Huo Guang's step-brother was dissatisfied that his daughter did not become the queen. He took advantage of the opportunity of Queen Xu's delivery to bribe the doctor Chun Yuyan and poisoned Queen Xu."

"After the death of Empress Xu, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty held the doctor responsible. Chunyu Yan was imprisoned and tried. He was afraid and confessed the matter to Huo Guang."

"Huo Guang was horrified and wanted to hold Xian responsible, but in the end, due to the relationship between husband and wife, he covered up the past for her, and Huo Chengjun was finally made queen."

"In the spring of the second year of the Earth Festival, in the third month of the month, Huo Guang died of a serious illness."

"Huo Guang, before his death, wrote a letter requesting to allocate 3,000 households in his fief to his nephew Huo Shan, so as to inherit the incense of his brother Huo Qubing."

"After Huo Guang died, Emperor Xuan and the Empress Dowager Shangguan attended the funeral together. They compared him with Xiao He and buried him in Maoling with emperor-level funeral rites."

"At his funeral, there were jade clothes, Zi Palace, Bianfang, Huangchangtizuo and other funeral utensils. He was buried in a Qiang chariot and a yellow house. His posthumous title was "Xuancheng"."

"But Huo Guang's widow still felt that it was not grand enough and expanded the size of the tomb arranged by Huo Guang during his lifetime, which ultimately led to disaster."

"In July of the fourth year of Dijie, the rebellion of the Huo family was exposed. Huo Yu was cut in half, Huo Yun and Huo Shan committed suicide, and the entire Huo family was executed."

"At this point, Huo Guang's wife, sons, nephews, son-in-law and other family members were all killed or committed suicide, except for the son-in-law Jin Shan who was pardoned for reporting rebellion. His daughter Huo Chengjun was also deposed in Zhaotai Palace. He committed suicide twelve years later. In Chang'an City Thousands of families were implicated and exterminated."

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To be continued

Chapter 049 Preview of lessons learned from the past