(Emperor Xuan of Han, Liu Yiji)
Zhenghe II, 91 BC.
Emperor Wu of Han's favorite son, Liu Zhao, whose eldest son was also the crown prince, committed suicide.
The death of the prince, known as a virtuous man, in an elaborate political conspiracy, is a complicated statement, if you put it more simply, it is that the prince was wronged and died unjustly.
Under the so-called nest cover, there is no finishing egg. Naturally, all the old and young behind the prince will also suffer.
Among the victims, there was a baby whose name was very eye-catching.
What's your name?
Liu is ill.
Liu Jin's father was Liu Jin, and Liu Jin was the son of the crown prince Liu Zhao, so although Liu Yi, as the grandson of the crown prince, was still in infancy, he still had to be implicated.
"Although the great-grandson is still in the diaspora, he is still sitting in the county jail." - Book of Han and The Chronicle of Emperor Xuan
He left the cradle of fine clothes and was sent to prison instead.
It was gloomy, gray, damp, and dark, and Liu Was already in it, as if he were in hell on earth.
There, no one took him as an imperial grandson, he did not have any special treatment, and he was the most ordinary prisoner like everyone else.
I don't have enough to eat, I don't have warm clothes, and I am often abused.
2nd year after the 2nd century BC, 87 BC.
In February, the spring is cold and steep, and everything grows new branches and willows, but the real spring is far from coming.
This year, a strange thing happened in the prison of Chang'an City.
Those who hope for qi say that there is Tianzi qi in Chang'an Prison. - Book of Han
What does this sentence mean?
That is to say, someone found that above the Chang'an City Prison, there was the weather of the Son of Heaven.
Historical data do not give tianzi meteorology specifically what it means, but according to inference, it should be similar to the spectacle of thunder and lightning when there is nothing to do, the sky is glowing red, and the prison is smoking smoke.
In today's terms, this is actually a good explanation.
Complex changes in heaven and earth often make people mistakenly think that they are strange and chaotic gods, but the ancient people did not pay attention to science, found abnormalities, and immediately ran to report to the emperor.
When Emperor Wudi of Han heard this, there was a king's qi in the prison, and there was the qi of the son of heaven, that is to say, there might be a person in the prison who could become an emperor.
(Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che)
The Great Han had only one emperor, and that was himself.
The people in the prison have the weather of the Son of Heaven, don't you mean that there are people here who will rebel and become emperors when they are released later?
Emperor Wudi of Han was very angry, and the consequences were very serious.
He approached officials and demanded that the prisoners in the prison be counted one by one and then executed, regardless of the gravity of the crime.
Some of the prisoners were just petty thieves who came in and were locked up for a few days, but they did not expect to be notified temporarily, and the emperor ordered them all to be beheaded.
But soon after, the emperor took this order back, because he suddenly remembered that the reason why there was a heavenly son in prison was probably because his great-grandson Liu Yi was still locked up inside.
At this time, Emperor Wudi of Han had reached the twilight of his life, and when he was young, he grew up in the treacherous and ferocious political struggle in the court and became an iron-blooded and ruthless king, killing and conquering, which was the portrayal of the life of Emperor Wudi of Han.
He once killed Dou Bao, a retainer left to him by emperor Xian, and also killed his favorite concubine Lady Hook Yi with his own hands, and he even personally forced the death of his favorite eldest son, Liu Zhao.
Kill it! Kill it!
Only by constantly killing can Emperor Wudi of Han feel that the world is too peaceful and that the empire is in his own hands.
And now, he had reached his twilight years, when the young man with the Axe of heaven was gone, replaced by an old man who had calmed down.
He was very lonely, he was very lonely, and on this imperial road, Emperor Wudi of Han personally tasted the cold in the heights.
Now, he couldn't kill anymore, and he didn't want to kill anymore. So he personally issued this order:
"Angels, for forgiveness of the world." - Book of Han
Maybe it was predestined by Heaven, but if that was the case, then why should I raise a butcher knife and aim it at my own child? It is better to pardon the world and give him a way to live.
Fortunately, Liu Yi did not die in prison or on the execution ground, but was released under the policy of amnesty for the world by Emperor Wu of Han.
His childhood family was broken, the teenager was imprisoned, and now, he finally left the prison and stood in Chang'an City, looking at the surging crowds, not knowing where to go.
He was no longer the pampered royal heir, nor was he an ant in a dark prison.
He has grown up, but he has also become an ordinary person completely and utterly.
But no one knows that this young man with an uncertain future will one day become the son of the Great Han.
Of course, that day is still far away, and at this moment, he must live like a normal person.
He wants to eat, he wants to drink, he has to have a place to live.
For Liu Yi at this time, everything needs to be struggled by himself.
Without relatives and no reason, Liu Yi has met a person.
This person's name was Xu Guanghan.
Xu Guanghan's life experience is very legendary, he was once a servant of Emperor Wu of Han, who was responsible for leading the horse for the emperor, and once led the wrong horse and put someone else's saddle on his horse.
It is reasonable to say that if you accidentally take the wrong one, it is understandable.
But the laws of the Western Han Dynasty were severe, and Xu Guanghan's behavior was tantamount to stealing.
According to the law, stealing a pair of saddles should be executed immediately.
But After all, Comrade Xu was the emperor's attendant, and he should be given preferential treatment in law, so the death penalty became a palace punishment.
Of course, being tortured by the palace is no different from the death penalty for men.
But fortunately, before Xu Guanghan was castrated, he had a daughter named Xu Pingjun.
Xu Guanghan, who had been sentenced by the palace, was exiled to the rivers and lakes, and he happened to know Liu Yi, who had been released after completing his sentence.
Comrade Xu Guanghan had a discerning eye, and without saying a word, he married his daughter Xu Pingjun to Liu Yiji.
(Xu Pingjun image)
Before Liu Yi could react, he "sat at home, and his daughter-in-law came up to heaven."
Of course, although it came suddenly, Liu Yi was still very happy.
Now, he is no longer the criminal that everyone spurns, nor is he a lonely man with nowhere to go.
He had a home and a wife.
Xu Pingjun was gentle and virtuous by nature, and she did not dislike her husband's poverty and depression, but on the contrary, she respected Liu Yi as a guest and was very caring.
They were poor, but settled.
Their lives are difficult, but there is a kind of happiness outside the world.
Liu Yi had felt the warmth of home and the affection of the world for the first time, and it was at this moment that he solemnly made a lifelong commitment to Xu Pingjun:
Death and life are broad, and Zi Cheng said.
No matter the vicissitudes of the sea and the change of time, you will always be the person I love the most.
At the time, the promise seemed solid, but it wasn't romantic.
Liu Yi is just a flat-headed commoner, and being able to marry Xu Pingjun is already a jackpot, so why should he love others again.
But the magic of history is that anything that is impossible becomes possible.
Today's flat-headed people are tomorrow's young heavenly sons.
Let's switch to another time online.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who was dying in his twilight years, passed away, and the life of a generation of great emperors came to an abrupt end.
The emperor died, and the newly enthroned Han Zhao Emperor Liu Fuling (Emperor Wu's youngest son) did not work for two days and received a bento.
Emperor Zhao had no sons, so the inheritance of the throne was a big problem.
At this time, the most powerful minister in the imperial court was called Huo Guang.
This benevolent brother had two dynasties, great power and great ability, so the task of selecting the emperor was entrusted to Comrade Huo Guang.
Of course, the emperor was chosen from among the Liu clan relatives, and the selection came and went, and it was chosen by Liu He (emperor Wu's grandson) the prince of Changyi.
Comrade Liu He can be said to be a strange thing in the history of Chinese emperors.
(Emperor Liu He of the Han Dynasty)
During his 27-day reign, he did 1127 bad things.
Comrade Huo Guang really couldn't look at it and directly took Liu He down.
Liu He was gone, and the throne was vacant again.
The Western Han Dynasty is vast and fertile, and in the blink of an eye, it is piled up like a mountain, and the major events of the state are one after another, unresolved, without an emperor, and cannot play for a day.
Huo Guang was anxious, and began to pull in the Liu clan relatives, and when he pulled and pulled, he found Liu Yi, who was living in exile.
This is the heir to the throne of Gen Zheng Miao Hong.
Don't say anything, it's you!
Liu Yi, who was sitting at home, had just experienced the daughter-in-law's heavenly ascension, and immediately experienced the imperial throne heavenly ascension.
His reason for being chosen by Huo Guang was also simple, the powerful Minister of the Three Dynasties hoped to find a puppet emperor with weak roots and no background to act as the mascot of the Western Han Dynasty.
On September 10, 74 BC, a criminal, a prisoner, and a commoner finally became a generation of emperors.
Liu Yi, who had just become emperor, was already very confused, because all this was too sudden for him.
The dazzling brilliance of Weiyang Palace made him unable to open his eyes.
The courtiers bowed their heads to the ground, and the sound of the mountain shouting long live made him deaf and deaf.
Who am I? Where am I? Why did I suddenly become emperor?
Too late to think, he soon encountered the first problem of his imperial career.
Huo Guang, who had supported Liu Yi's ascension to power, wanted to further control the emperor, so he married his daughter Huo Chengjun to Liu Yiji.
Not only that, this old man also actively instigated the Manchu Dynasty to coerce the emperor to make Huo Chengjun empress.
The crowd of courtiers threatens and seduces, and if you don't make Huo Chengjun the empress, we will play with your life.
The young Liu Yi was already unstable and did not have the slightest political background, how could he confront these fierce ministers?
The emperor did not say a word, but issued a holy decree lightly:
I wanted to find a sword that I had worn when I was younger.
The emperor's meaning is obvious, and the person I love, like the sword that has gone through the world with me, cannot be abandoned, cannot be abandoned.
Who is his beloved?
It was Xu Pingjun, who accepted him and helped him when he was most depressed.
The emperor said that he could do it, overcame all difficulties, and made his wife Xu Pingjun empress.
This clothed heavenly son fulfilled his promise, and this holy will became the most romantic one in Chinese history.
Death and life QiKuoJun Ask, and the old love with his son will last forever.
I will always love you and I will never abandon you.
This is my initial commitment to you, the first.
(Huo Guang)
The emperor and the empress you and me, Huo Guang on the side realized a problem.
Maybe his choice was wrong again.
Many years ago, he used to think that Liu He, the king of Changyi, was faint and could be used for himself, but he did not expect that Liu He was a master who was not afraid of heaven and did not listen to anyone's words.
And now, Liu Yiji, who seems weak and incompetent, is actually a person with an unusually firm mind, and no matter who it is, there is no way to influence his decision.
But now that the wood is in a boat, what can Huo Guang do?
The powerful minister finally felt a hint of panic.
The mountain rain is about to fill the building, and it seems that the Western Han Dynasty is about to change the sky.