A general of the Han Dynasty who irrigated babies

We are accustomed to calling people with the same age of life, similar life experience, and comparable achievements, such as Li Du, and also such as Dai Guan, Dai Hou Zhou Bo, and Qiu Yin Hou Irrigation Baby.

There are really too many similarities between douba and Zhou Bo. They were all born into poverty, Zhou Bo was in the business of weaving, and in the business of feeding babies, they were in the business of selling silk; after Liu Bang became the Duke of Pei, they successively followed them as Zhongjuan and participated in the anti-Qin war; during the Chu-Han War, they were all the first to be crowned marquises with their military merits; Zhou Bo was named the Marquis of Weiwu after he also fixed the Three Qins, and the infants were given the title of Marquis of Changwen after dingtao defeated the dragon; Gao Zu was called empress dowager, and they were all awarded the title of top ten in merit, and they received more than 5,000 households. After Emperor Wen ascended the throne, Dou Bao first succeeded Zhou Bo as a lieutenant and then succeeded Zhou Bo as a chancellor. The irrigation baby is like The shadow of Zhou Bo, following closely behind him.

They also tend to act together on many important things. When Chen Ping defected to Liu Bang and was used heavily, they once conspired against Liu Bang, saying that Chen Ping was like a crown jade on the outside, but he might not have real talent and practical learning on the inside. When he was at home, he stole his sister-in-law, served outside the country and was not loyal to his master, and now defected to the King of Han, and was still greedy for money and gold.

After Empress Dowager Wen found her long-lost brother Dou Guangguo, Zhou Bo and Dou Bao, fearing that Dou's relatives would emulate Lü's foreign relatives and mutilate the chancellor, discussed selecting virtuous elders for Dou Guangguo's brothers as masters and living with them. Dou Changjun and Dou Shaojun have since become humble and courteous gentlemen, and dare not be arrogant and domineering by virtue of their eminent status.

Of course, the irrigation baby is not Zhou Bo after all, he also has his own personality and style. His distinguishing feature in combat is his speed. The Chronicle of Fan Li Teng records his battle experience: "Initially, Zhongjuan defeated The Eastern Commandery Yu Chengwu and the Qin army fought in a hurry"; "Battle in Lantian, Rapid Force"; "Attacking Xiang Yu general Long Ji and Wei Xiang Xiang He army fixed Tao Nan, and fought quickly". We have reason to believe that when he fights and fights, he always rides a fast horse, takes the lead, and leads the way. When the King of Han was in Xingyang, in order to deal with Xiang Yu's cavalry, he selected people in the army who could serve as cavalry generals, and everyone elected Li Bi and Luo Jia, the original Qin Dynasty knights Chongquan (formerly located in pucheng County, Weinan City). But the two of them were afraid that the Han soldiers would not trust them, so they asked the King of Han to appoint a close courtier who was good at riding and shooting as a knight. Therefore, the King of Han appointed Dou Bao as the Zhongdafu and led the Langzhong cavalry to engage the Chu cavalry.

At that time, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry was very strong, so the battle achievements of the infant were very prominent. In all the major battles, he followed Liu Bang to capture a total of two officials of 2,000 stones, and he led his troops to break sixteen branches of the enemy army, surrendered forty-six cities, pacified one princely state, two counties, and fifty-two counties, and captured two generals, one each of Zhu Guo and Xiang Guo, and ten officials of two thousand stones.

Not only was he strong in combat effectiveness and outstanding in battle, but he also seemed to be particularly good at handling the relationship between superiors and subordinates, whether in the era of Gaozu, the era of Emperor Hui, or the period of Zhulu's power, he could gain enough trust from the supreme ruler. Therefore, after Lü Hou's death, when Liu Xiang, the King of Qi, raised an army to the west, Lü Lu appointed Dou Bao as a general and went to attack him. However, Lü Lu did not expect it, and the infant arrived in Xingyang, and instead joined forces with qi soldiers to threaten the Beijing Division.

In the Xuelu incident, the irrigation baby did not move, and it seemed that there was no merit, in fact, his merit could be completely comparable to Zhou Bo. Lü Hou collapsed in July of the eighth year, and Zhou Bo and others did not immediately destroy Zhu Lü by force, until a month later, when emissaries from the State of Qi brought the news of the alliance between Dou Bao and Qi Chu to the capital, and Lü Lu was forced to surrender his military power, and he joined the army to take power and bled the Beijing Division. It can be said that the infant irrigation at that time was a key figure, and if he was careful to obey Lü Lu's orders and fight qi chu, it would be difficult for Zhou Bo and other meritorious groups to launch a coup d'état in the capital; and if the irrigation of the baby gang defected before the enemy and united with Qi Chu, Zhu Lü was doomed to escape the fate of being cursed.

Although the irrigation baby did not participate in the establishment of Liu Heng as emperor, he provided a strong guarantee for the smooth ascension to the throne. After the destruction of Zhu Lü, the irrigation of babies actually prevented the King of Qi from seeking the throne by force. At that time, the two armies were facing each other in Xingyang, and Liu Xiang was not willing to resign his troops and return to the east, so he summoned the general Wei Bo of the State of Qi and asked him why he had raised troops without the imperial edict. Wei Bo replied, "In the house of the fire, don't you have time to put out the fire after you have spoken first!" But after answering, the stock trembled, and finally there was no other word. Dou Bao smiled contemptuously and said, "Someone Wei Bo is brave, I think he is just a mediocre person, what can he do?" His rebuke banner clearly expressed his attitude of resolutely preventing Liu Xiang from advancing westward, and his domineering spirit also shook Liu Xiang's military heart to a certain extent. Suppose that The Infant Irrigation unites with the King of Qi and helps him seize power by force, or if the Infant Irrigation stays out of the matter and acquiesces in allowing the Qi-Chu alliance to advance into the Jing Division, Zhou Bo and other ministers are likely to make concessions and support Liu Xiang as emperor.

Therefore, as empress dowager, Emperor Wen also rewarded him with a rich reward, second only to Zhou Bo, Yiyi 3,000 households, and 2,000 gold. In his position, Emperor Wen also asked Dou Bao to succeed Zhou Bo as a lieutenant and ranked third duke. Later, Chen Pingxue died, Zhou Bo resigned, and Emperor Wen made Dou Bao a chancellor, a very popular subject.

After the infant was appointed as the chancellor, Emperor Wen simply no longer set up the post of lieutenant, and the relevant duties were under the control of the chancellor. This not only reflected Emperor Wen's jealousy of the position of taiwei, the highest military commander in the country, but also reflected Emperor Wen's trust in the baby. At this time, the irrigation baby was below one person and above ten thousand people, and its power had surpassed that of Zhou Bo on that day.

In this year, the Xiongnu invaded The Northern Territory and Shangjun in a big way, and the Emperor ordered Xiang Xiang to lead 85,000 cavalry to meet the Xiongnu. The two sides did not engage in battle, and the Huns withdrew.

Hearing of the Xiongnu invasion, there was a prince who plotted against him, and he was Liu Xingju, the king of Jibei. Emperor Wen did not let Dou Bao lead this cavalry that had been assembled but did not engage in any battle to suppress the rebellion, but appointed Chen Wu the Marquis of Jipu as a general and Qihou Jiaohe as the general Tun Xingyang to meet the battle. Perhaps Emperor Wen felt that Liu Xingju's forces were weak, and it was a cattle knife to kill chickens and make a fuss about letting the infants go to counter-rebellion; it may also be that Emperor Wen also had some scruples about the irrigation of babies, afraid that the irrigation babies would join forces with Liu Xingju as they did four years ago, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

As a member of the Hero Group, Emperor Wen may also be suspicious of infant irrigation, but compared with Zhou Bo, Emperor Wen is more trusting of infant irrigation. In both kingdoms of the princes, the infants had important positions and did not have to return to the feudal state. During his nearly four years as a lieutenant and chancellor, there was no record in the history books of Emperor Wen's suppression of infant irrigation.

In the fourth year of Emperor Xiaowen's reign (176 BC), he died in the post of Chancellor and was given the title of "Marquis of Yi". After the death of the infant, he was buried in the north of Xiguan Village, Jiezhuang Town, Rencheng District, Jining City, Shandong Province, it is said that in the Spring of March, the weather is clear, the breeze blows, and the upper ground of the infant irrigation will be covered with white smoke, and the "Irrigation Tomb Clear Smoke" has become one of the eight scenic spots in ancient Jining. The Qing Dynasty scholar Wang Qing had seven poems "Passing the Irrigation Tomb": Qi Xiangxing Liu Mo Dagong, who at that time did not care about heroes. The west wind is barren and the unicorn is old, and the grass is far away from the falling photo.

Reference: "History of Fan Li Teng's Biography"

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