However, he said that Chen Tang was originally a farmer in Shandong, and his family was so poor that he relied on loans to study and complete his studies. In order to repay his debts, he went to Chang'an to find an errand, and it happened that Emperor Han Yuan recruited people all over the network, and Chen Tang was selected because of his good knowledge.

While waiting for the assignment, his father died, and Chen Tang did not go home after hearing the news of his death. At that time, mourning and filial piety were very important, and Chen Tang was judged to have violated the requirements of filial piety because of this incident. Not only did he not have an official position, but he was also put in prison for several months.

When Emperor Xuan was declared, the internal contradictions of the Xiongnu intensified, and the five Shan Yu competed for the throne, Hu Han Evil Shan Yu and Zhi Zhi Shan Yu both sent their sons to the Han Dynasty as hostages. Later, Hu Han Xie Shan Yu also personally went to the Han Dynasty to meet Emperor Xuan, and Zhi Zhi Shan Yu went west to collect the place on the right side of the Xiongnu and unified them.

In the fourth year of the first century, Zhi Zhishan Yu sent an envoy to pay tribute, and by the way asked to take away the son of the servant, and the Han Dynasty sent Wei Sima Guji to escort his son back to China after consultation.

Unexpectedly, after seeing his son being sent back, Zhi Zhishan Yu was treacherous, and cut down Gu Ji and other envoys as soon as he turned his head.

Later, someone strongly recommended it, and Chen Tang was finally appointed as the deputy lieutenant of the Western Regions Protectorate, and he and the captain Gan Yanshou were ordered to envoy to the Western Regions.

After arriving in the Western Regions, Chen Tang suggested that other countries should be united to get rid of the Northern Xiongnu Zhizhi Shan Yu, and Gan Yanshou thought that he should first inform the imperial court before implementing this measure; However, Chen Tang thought that the emperor of the Han Dynasty no longer had his original demeanor, and if he rushed to play, he would inevitably be blocked, and it would be even more embarrassing if he could not enter the army at that time.

So without the emperor's permission, Chen Tang and Gan Yanshou privately mobilized 40,000 soldiers and horses for a large-scale campaign. They divided the army into two routes, all the way south to Dayuan, and all the way north to the city of Zhizhi. The Han army attacked the city and set fire to it on all sides, and Zhi Zhishan was seriously wounded and died.

After Chen Tang and Gan Yanshou returned to the dynasty in victory, the enemies fell into the well, the sword and pen officials exaggerated, and the officials also made all kinds of difficulties for them. Fortunately, Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty was not stupid, and issued an edict to reward Chen Tang and Gan Yanshou, each of whom was given 300 households, and another 100 taels of gold, and amnesty to the world to commend their merits.

In the first year of Jingning, Hu Han Yeshan invited himself to enter the court, and after the edict was approved, he set off from outside the Saiwai and arrived in Chang'an. He was happy and afraid because of Zhizhi's punishment, so this time he met and begged for relatives, and Emperor Yuan agreed to it.

When he retired from the dynasty, Emperor Yuan secretly thought that there had been a story of harmony in the previous generations, and they all married him as a princess with the daughter of the clan. Now it is not what it used to be, but it is enough to choose one of the palace maids to marry him. The idea has been decided, that is, he ordered to take the palace maid picture exhibition for a week, arbitrarily pick up the royal pen and select a person, and ordered the charge d'affaires to do the makeup, and choose an auspicious day to send the palace maid to the Huhan Evil Mansion to marry him.

However, it was said that the palace maid's surname was Wang Ming, the word Zhaojun, and she was the daughter of Wang Sui, who was elected to the palace at that time, and as usual, she had to be copied and painted by the painter and then presented to the royal court. Mao Yanshou is a famous painter and the most sketcher. It's just that he is greedy by nature, and repeatedly asks the palace maid for bribes, and the palace maid can't wait to be favored by the lord, and when she heard that Mao Yanshou came to paint her face, she asked him to add a few strokes to turn herself into a beautiful woman who captivates the country and the city, so the rich one gave him a thick sum of money; Those who have no money also borrow a sum of money and beg him to reward him. Each person bribed more than 100,000 yuan, and less than 50,000 yuan. Mao Yanshou saw that the money was accepted, so he added a bit of beauty to her appearance. But all the palace people who give away property can only draw a better appearance than the original, and there is no anti-ugliness. Mao Yanshou only wanted to get money, and he didn't care about his usual reputation and the big crime of bullying the king.

Only Wang Zhaojun is born with a natural appearance, and he is born with a beautiful orchid heart and jade appearance. Since he was elected to the palace, he has not seen Emperor Yuan. Today, when I heard that the painter came to paint the face, I saw that many palace maids had used money to buy orders, and I felt funny and angry in my heart. Her family is not without money, but she refuses to go with everyone to break the money. Zhaojun's meaning is that he feels that this kind of behavior is really shameful; Second, she can win the favor of the Lord by virtue of her appearance, and she does not need a painter to make up for her, so she has not broken a penny. Who knew that Mao Yanshou was very proud of being flattered by the palace maids, and felt that he deserved this kind of bribe. It's just that everyone has Zhaojun alone, isn't this intentionally breaking his rules? If everyone is made to learn from Zhaojun, who will send her money in the future? So he painted Zhaojun's appearance like a clay wood carving, although the position of the eyebrows remained the same, but the wind god did not show his spirit, and Emperor Yuan didn't care at first sight. In addition, there are all those who are not as good as Zhaojun, just because the painter got a heavy bribe and depiction, and he was summoned by Emperor Yuan to be favored. Emperor Yuan chose luck by drawing pictures, how did he know that there was such a beauty in the palace? Zhaojun snubbed the deep palace and did not accept grace, five years have passed, and she is still a palace maid waiting for the edict.

Five years is not a short time, it is longer than the time to study for an undergraduate. In addition to undertaking some light work in the palace, Wang Zhaojun has too much spare time to read, write, sing and dance. However, when I dreamed back at midnight, I felt bleak and lonely.

It is the deep autumn season of the fallen leaves and the mourning of autumn insects, the cold rain knocks on the window, and the lonely lamp is the most likely to provoke people's reverie. Thinking of the river in Xiling Gorge, and even more remembering the time of the happy reunion of the family, Wang Zhaojun was so sad that she took the pipa in her hand and sang while playing:

One watchday, the most heartbroken, my father and mother love me like a treasure, at home and in the world is hard to find; Now there is everything, the pearl is new, the lamb wine is endless, and the memory of the homeland is full of tears.

In the second watch, think carefully, endure and think about it for 3,000 miles, who does my father and mother rely on when they are old? There is no news in the palace, day and night I want to Zhaojun, I think about it at dusk, I am uncertain, and I only hope to enter Beijing to see the court.

In the third watch, half a day at night. The moonlit night at dusk is bitter and sorrowful, and the bottom of the tent is lonely and sleepless; Lovesickness is endless, thin life breaks off marriage, spring, summer, autumn and winter people are wasted, and infatuation is pitiful.

In the fourth watch, when the suffering, the miserable and miserable tears, the concubine's life was bitter and the intestines were broken; hateful Mao prolongs life, the brush deceives the king, he is not called to be a phoenix, and he is desolate in the palace.

In the fifth watch, the dream is difficult to come true, the inner courtyard of the deep palace is deserted, the good night is thrown in vain, the parents dream of the daughter, and the woman also misses her relatives.

This is the famous "Five More Grievances". Full of resentment, infinite sentimentality, mixed with a strong nostalgia and a trace of longing.

Wang Zhaojun silently passed the long night and day after day, depressed, "sighing that life is determined." However, in fact, fate always contains "indefinite" in "determined".

This time, Emperor Yuan wanted to marry a Han girl because of the Han evil Shan Yu, so he ordered the drawing to be submitted, and he also wanted to choose a person with a little color to match Shan Yu. So he flipped the picture over and over, and finally lifted the imperial pen and pointed to Zhaojun. It's just because although the Zhaojun on the drawing is far from the real Zhaojun, it is slightly better than the average palace maid, so others don't choose it, and they choose Zhaojun alone. Emperor Yuan never expected that Zhaojun was a stunning. After the selection on the day, he ordered the priest to select the roster, prepare the dowry and choose the auspicious day, and prepare to send the marriage to the single.

Wang Zhaojun heard that the emperor was going to marry her to Huhan Evil Shan Yu. Her heart of yearning and chasing love was rekindled, didn't you choose me, Emperor Han Yuan? I'm going to get out of this depressed sky. Wang Zhaojun stared at his face in the bronze mirror, intently smeared the bright rouge, and then stopped in his costume and took his leave in front of the throne. Emperor Yuan raised his eyes and saw that it was a beautiful Lishu, only to see that she was low and green, pink cheeks, beautiful makeup, very charming, beautiful and moving, the most pitiful thing was the two eyebrows, shallow cheeks and slightly frowned, as if she had a resentful appearance. Seeing her willow waist folded slightly, she bowed down to the seat, and gently whispered: "The queen will see you." She called herself the name, and she felt charming and moving. Emperor Yuan couldn't help but ask, "When did you enter the palace?" "Wang Yan has described the years and months. Emperor Yuan was secretly surprised when he thought about it, thinking that although my harem Zhaoyi and Jiehao were born beautiful, they were not as good as this person, and they were clever in language and elegant in their actions. It's a pity that such a beauty is enjoyed by Waiyi, which is a pity. wanted to keep her for another person, but the roster had been made, and Shan Yu had already heard about it; If it is temporarily replaced today, the subjects will say that I covet women and distrust outsiders, so I have no choice but to calm down and ask a few words, and only after she gets up and goes out will she brush her sleeves and enter the palace.

At this time, the Central Plains is in March, and it is still a cold and windy season outside the plug. Wang Zhaojun finally fell ill in the long road, had to temporarily stop advancing, during the recuperation, she thought of her parents and brothers, but also thought of the Han Emperor, so she picked up the lamp and clothed clothes, Confucian tears and ink, wrote a poem to the Han Yuan Emperor:

The face is full of sand and mane,

The eyebrows are smoky and the face is red.

Sorrowful and haggard,

Now it's like a picture.

The Han envoy sent a message back to the court,

When will the gold redeem the eyebrows?

If the king asks the color of the concubine,

Mo Dao is not as good as when he was in the palace.

Emperor Yuan saw Zhaojun's poem and regretted and hated! Wang Zhaojun just wants to make him regret! He remorseful will kill Mao Yanshou! Emperor Yuan went to check the picture of the palace maid again, and Zhaojun's image was only two or three points out of ten, and it was still hastily depicted as lifeless. He compared the palace people who had been summoned, and felt that the painting was exquisite, and it was a few points better than himself, and Emperor Yuan couldn't help but be angry: "I hate the painter and deliberately destroy the beauty." If it's not cheating, there must be another reason! "Immediately summoned the priest to find out who the painter was? There is a division of Chang'an painters all interrogated, on the spot found out that the painter is Duling Mao Yanshou, who had painted the face of Wang Yan, asked for bribes but did not get it, and deliberately painted the flower and jade appearance as a clay sculpture wood carving. Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty immediately ordered Mao Yanshou to be beheaded, and Mao Yanshou was supposed to die.

However, it was said that Hu Han Xie Shan Yu brought Wang Zhaojun to the outside of the Saiwai, and his name was Ning Hu Yan. A year later, Wang Zhaojun gave birth to a boy, who was later the king of the right day. After the death of Hu Han Evil Single, the eldest son carved Tao Mo Gao's heir, according to the customs of the Xiongnu, Wang Zhaojun became the wife of Mo Gao. The young Shan Yu was even more fond of Wang Zhaojun, and the married life was very sweet, Wang Zhaojun gave birth to two daughters one after another, the eldest daughter was called Yun, and the second daughter was called Dang, and later married Xiongnu nobles.

Wang Zhaojun's brother was named a marquis by the imperial court, and was ordered to send the Xiongnu to meet his sister many times, and Wang Zhaojun's two daughters also went to Chang'an to wait for the empress dowager.

Since Zhaojun is married to a Hu person, he should naturally obey Hu Li. Originally, she was not allowed to be convicted of violating her modesty according to the Chinese etiquette system. But later generations took pity on her beauty and married a foreign land, because she compiled a song into music, called "Zhaojun's Resentment". It is ridiculous that the good deeds said that Zhaojun did not obey Hu Li and died of poison. In fact, marrying a Hu person is also better than the old death palace. Later generations have poems that sigh:

Zeng Wen Han master slash painter,

He is the painter Ding Yanyuan.

How many people in the palace are like flower girls,

I don't know if you don't marry a single person.

Later, Wang Zhaojun died of old age, and the Huns. He was buried on the south bank of the Dahei River, and the cemetery is still there, on the bank of the Yellow River, fifty miles southwest of Baotou, Inner Mongolia.

Speaking of the cold grass in the border area, the grass is yellow, but the grass on the tomb of Zhaojun is green, and the people of the time call it a green mound. Later generations have poems that sigh:

Mountains and ravines go to Jingmen,

Grow Ming Fei's own village.

Once I went to the Zitai Lianshuo Desert,

Leave the green mound alone to dusk.

Draw a picture of the spring breeze face,

The soul of the moon and the night.

Thousands of years of pipa as nonsense,

Distinguish between resentment and resentment.

In the fourth year of Jianzhao, Liu Jing, the king of Zhongshan, died of illness. Liu Jing is the younger brother of Emperor Yuan, because he is still in Chang'an because he is young, he has not yet entered the country. When the prince heard the letter, he went to hang. Emperor Yuan was crying, looking at the arrival of the prince, remembering that the king of Zhongshan had always lived with the prince as a classmate, and he was even more sad. When the prince approached, Emperor Yuan saw that his color was not very sad, and he did not feel angry in his heart. After the prince left, Emperor Yuan summoned Shi Dan to come and told the prince about the situation. Stan was in a hurry, and hurriedly kowtowed: "The minister saw that His Majesty was too sad, so he told the prince not to cry, so as not to increase His Majesty's sentimentality, and the minister deserved to die!" "Not only to defend the crown prince, but also to show loyalty to himself. Emperor Yuan was deceived by him and calmed down his anger.

and Emperor Yuan was seriously ill, and Empress Wang and the crown prince Liu Biao rarely got to see each other, but Fu Zhaoyi and King Dingtao were always around. Emperor Yuan's illness increased, so he often summoned Shangshu to ask Emperor Jing the story of the King of Jiaodong. Shi Dan saw that Emperor Yuan had the intention of abolishing the establishment, and thought to himself that if I didn't say anything, no one else would dare to say it. However, with Fu Zhaoyi and King Dingtao by his side, it was inconvenient to speak. When Emperor Yuan was alone in the bedroom, Stan kept walking into the bedroom and kowtowed and said: "It has been more than ten years since the crown prince was canonized, and the world is not going to return to his heart." Today, there are rumors that King Tao is favored by the road, and the prince has a rumor that he is shaken. If there is such a thing, the minister will definitely fight, and the minister will ask for death first. Emperor Yuan was greatly moved when he saw Shi Dan's passionate words, and sighed: "I am seriously ill, the prince and the two kings are young, and there is no such discussion when they are very in love, and the queen has always been cautious, and the first emperor loves the prince, how can I disobey." Stan stood and withdrew. It was only because of Stan's words that the prince was saved.

In the summer and May of the first year of Jingning, Emperor Yuan died in Weiyang Palace. Emperor Yuan ascended the throne at the age of twenty-six, reigned for sixteen years, changed the Yuan four times, lived forty-two years old, and was buried in Weiling.