Chapter 148: A coup d'état
Chapter 148: A coup d'état
As soon as they crossed the Yellow River in the clouds, they were much more comfortable, and there were carriages all the way to Chang'an. According to the level, Huo Guang and Shangguan Ji each took a car. Several old envoys got into the carriage in groups of four.
The last group was Su Wu and Chang Hui who rode in the same car alone. Escorted by young men on horseback, they marched towards Chang'an.
Su Wu and Chang will have a chance to be alone. Chang Hui was worried: "Big brother, I really shouldn't have married a wife and had children in Hudi, now that my flesh and blood are separated, I feel really uncomfortable!
The three of them, mother and son, were bullied!"
Su Wu was also very uncomfortable, but his identity was different from theirs, and he couldn't say that he was also married to Mei Ga and had three children. But you can also comfort your subordinates, and at the same time, you can comfort yourself.
"Don't be like this! With Dr. Fukusa in front of you, there will be no danger for the time being! In the future, there is still a long way to go, let's find a way to make them return to Han in the name of justice!"
"Then I'll rely on the eldest brother! The eldest brother must be a meritorious hero in the court class this time, and he often meets the emperor, so please ask the eldest brother to say a lot of good things in front of the emperor!" Chang Hui said with tears in his eyes.
Su Wu's eyes were also red: "If you can really do what my brother said, my eldest brother will definitely do it!"
"Big brother-" Chang Hui hugged Su Wu and cried.
Su Wu couldn't help but burst into tears, he also missed his wife, daughter and two sons.
A month later, Su Wu and his nine living companions finally returned to Chang'an, which had been separated for 19 years. On this day, the autumn was crisp, and they went to the west gate of Chang'an, and the fifteen-year-old young emperor, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty came to greet him with hundreds of civil and military officials.
As soon as Su Wu saw this situation, he got out of the car and knelt on the ground with a bareheaded scepter, and prostrated forward and kowtowed: "Sinner Su Wu, knock to see the emperor!"
The young emperor looked at the white-haired Su Wu, and immediately got up and helped him: "Su Qing was ordered by the emperor to send an envoy to the Huns, bravely and unyieldingly uphold my Han integrity, what a crime!
In the court, after Emperor Zhao of Han told Su Wu to rest for a few days, he ordered Su Wu to bring a sacrifice to visit Emperor Wu's mausoleum and ancestral temple.
Su Wu and his entourage under the leadership of the eunuchs, after walking for two days, came to the mausoleum and ancestral temple of Emperor Maoling, Su Wu burned incense and worshiped the ancestors according to reason, lit candles and remembered the heart, presented the sacrificial items, and took the people back to kneel and kowtow.
It stands to reason that he should get up after kowtowing, but Su Wu didn't get up and stated with tears. "Minister, Su Wu, on the orders of Emperor Wu, the first emperor, took a hundred people to escort the Xiongnu envoys
The Huns, who knew that there was an accident in them, causing hundreds of people to stay with the Huns. In the past 19 years, Ru Mao has drunk blood and lived up to his mission......"
Su Wu said, and the brothers who came back alive with him also recounted their hard work in Hudi, and now they were picked up by Emperor Xianzhao...... Everyone swears: From now on, we must be more loyal, loyal to Emperor Zhao, and loyal to the Han Dynasty......
The eunuchs who came with him recorded these and reported them to the emperor.
Soon, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty announced in public in the early dynasty: Nian envoy Su Wu, in the nineteen years of the Xiongnu, suffered hardships, heroic and unyielding, and loyal to the Han Dynasty......
The appointment of Su Wu as a vassal state is the official in charge of royal sacrifices. 2,000 stones, 2 million money, 2 acres of official land, and one residence.
Chang Hui, Zhao Gen'er and Xu Sheng, who came back together, were in the prime of life, and were appointed as the emperor's bodyguards, and gave 200 horses of silk each. The rest of the people, who were nearly sixty years old, were allowed to go home for the elderly, and were given 100,000 yuan each, and they were exempted from forced labor for life.
A few people who stayed with the emperor were conscientious and loyal to the emperor. When they were looking for an opportunity to explain their family affairs to the emperor, something big happened in the court.
Shangguan Ji and Huo Guang were both ministers and generals appointed by Emperor Wu to assist Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty.
When the eight-year-old emperor first succeeded to the throne, he really worked together to assist the emperor and came up with ideas to stabilize the Han and stabilize the people's hearts.
As the emperor grew older and the power of the imperial power was concentrated, Shangguan Ji's father and son and Huo Guang competed for power and profit, and they had ghosts in their hearts, so they couldn't pee in a pot. Speaking of Shangguan Ji and Huo Guang are still in-laws, Huo Guang's daughter married Shangguan An, the son of Shangguan Ji.
Previously, Shangguan An wanted to give his six-year-old daughter to the little emperor as the queen, and discussed with his father-in-law Huo Guang, but Huo Guang did not agree because his granddaughter was too young. Later, their father and son did their best to take care of the emperor's eldest princess of Hubei and others, but they still let their daughter become the queen.
The eldest princess of Eyi is also a woman, he is the daughter of Emperor Wu and the emperor's sister. Just because the emperor was only eight years old when he succeeded to the throne, he had no relatives to take care of. At that time, the assistant ministers discussed and asked her to accompany her younger brother.
Shangguan Ji's father and son thought that Huo Guang was powerful, and they entangled the emperor's elder brother Liu Dan and the minister Sang Hongyang behind their backs, collected Huo Guang's negligent materials and handed them to King Yan, so that King Yan could write to the emperor.
Liu Dan, the king of Yan, felt that he was also the son of Emperor Wu, much older than Emperor Zhao, but he did not inherit the throne and was resentful.
They also accused the general Huo Guang of dictatorship for personal gain and cronyism. said that the chief historian under his command had no merit and was promoted to the rank of commander of Sosu. And Su Wu, who sent an envoy to the Xiongnu and was determined to observe festivals and be loyal to the Han Dynasty, only made a small pawn country......
Su Wu and Shangguan Ji and Sang Hongyang have old friendships and have a good relationship. They also pulled Su Wu's son, Su Yuan, among them. They wrote to the emperor to deal with Huo Guang, and saw that the emperor was indifferent. secretly prepared to kill Huo Guang and rebelled, planning to abolish Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty and establish Liu Dan, the king of Yan, as the king.
Who knows, the emperor's sister Eyi eldest princess's rice field envoy, who is the official who manages the rice field tax tax, accidentally learned about this matter, felt that it was a major matter, and reported it to his superior, Yang Chang. Yang Chang is also a person, he is Sima Qian's grandson-in-law, this person is upright.
Yang Chang thought about it, my Han Gang country is rich and the people are strong, and there can be no more mistakes. He told Du Yannian, an official who was dedicated to the emperor at that time. Lao Du gave advice to Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty.
Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty and Huo Guang began to hear that Shangguan Ji was still doing people's affairs, but now that they were completely in control, their armed coup plan was very angry. They negotiated a pre-emptive strike, and when they were about to act, they immediately eliminated their men.
Su Wu's son participated in the rebellion and was beheaded, and the official in charge of the prison considered the relationship between Su Wu and Shangguan Ji, and wrote to the emperor to ask Su Wu to be imprisoned.
The general, Huo Guang, put aside the prison officer's recital. Later, the emperor remembered that Su Wu was strong and unyielding in the 19th year of the Xiongnu and kept the festival for the Han Dynasty, and finally only removed Su Wu from his official position.
This incident gave a great warning and a lesson to the people who returned from the Huns. Su Wu was removed from his official position, and there was no chance to meet the emperor, and the other two often did not dare to talk about their own affairs with Zhao Gen'er.