[Volume 1] Section 200: Selfishness

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Huo Guang effortlessly got rid of Shangguan Ji and others, he acted quickly, his methods were so spicy, Princess Gai, Liu Dan, Shangguan Ji, and Sang Hongyang had such a luxurious lineup of political enemies, but they were all killed by his words, and they couldn't accept it.

In fact, when Huo Guang was framed for the first time, he expected that his opponents would not give up, and he knew who was harming him, however, he didn't dig deeper, let alone take it to heart.

On the contrary, he thanked his opponent for giving him a blessing in disguise and an invincible weapon.

With this weapon, those who oppose him will end up extremely miserable.

What is this weapon?

Trust, absolute trust.

The most precious thing between people is trust. And between the king and the ministers, the most precious thing is also trust, and the courtiers have the most powerful weapons with the trust of the emperor.

Huo Guang's prestige, means, power, and courage all came from the emperor's trust.

Emperor Wu Liu Che trusted him, he was able to assist the government, Liu Fuling trusted him, and he was able to reform.

Huo Guang's ears are quiet, and his cultivation and recuperation strategy can be implemented to the greatest extent.

Huo Guang's punishment was harsh, but his assistant Du Yannian assisted him with leniency.

For example, during the Yangai Rebellion, Sang Qian, the son of Sang Hongyang, hid in the house of Hou Shiwu, the former official of Sang Hongyang, and Hou Shiwu was forced to arrest him under pressure.

Emperor Zhao issued an amnesty, and Hou Shiwu released Sang Qian privately. The incident sparked a war of words between the DPRK and China.

When Tingwei Wang Ping and Shaofu Xu Ren learned about it, they also sympathized with Sang Qian, thinking that Sang Hongyang was the mastermind, Sang Qian was only an accomplice, and Hou Shiwu hid Sang Qian, which was not a crime.

However, there are servants who do not buy it, they think that Sang Qian knows the law, and knows that his father is rebelling but does not dissuade him, which is no different from rebellion, and Hou Shiwu, as a three-hundred-stone official, harbors the first rebellion and should not be pardoned.

The two points of view are competing against each other, and they have already quarreled when they went to court. As the situation progressed, the ministers who were in favor of the punishment even proposed to punish Wang Ping, the court governor, and Xu Ren, the Shaofu, on the grounds that they were suspected of exculpating the criminals.

Prime Minister Tian Qianqiu originally had the attitude that more things were better than less, and he didn't want to join any party, but when he heard that Xu Ren was going to be punished, he was anxious.

Xu Ren is his son-in-law, his son-in-law was bitten, although he has no real power, but in the end, he is the prime minister, and a few people still listen to a few words.

Therefore, Tian Qianqiu also stood on the side of Tingwei and indirectly expressed his support for his son-in-law.

Huo Guang, the actual decision-maker, did not immediately take a stand.

Tian Qianqiu was not sure, in order to force Huo Guang to give a word as soon as possible, he had always been considerate of others and kind-hearted, and he did something ridiculous and confused.

Tian Qianqiu organized a group of officials below 2,000 stones, and the doctor gathered at the bus gate.

The prime minister is confused to this extent, it's not easy, the prime minister, what can't be solved in the court, you have to organize a group of people to go to the bus door to make trouble, isn't this giving people a handle?

Huo Guang sent someone to the bus door to dissuade him, the person who came was Huo Guang's cronies, although he didn't hear Huo Guang's decision, but he knew Huo Guang's tendencies, he told everyone, "Hou Shiwu will definitely be punished, please don't make trouble!" What to do, what to do. ”

Tian Qianqiu and the others didn't believe it, and they had to ask Huo Guang to come out in person and say it clearly.

But Huo Guang never gave him this face.

The next day, Tian Qianqiu once again wrote to express his opinion.

Tian Qianqiu, who didn't know the current affairs, annoyed Huo Guang, and Huo Guang immediately decided not to play with them at all.

So, Huo Qubing issued an order in the name of Liu Fuling.

On the grounds that Tian Qianqiu had summoned officials below 2,000 stone without authorization, he imprisoned Wang Ping, the imperial commander, and Xu Ren, the Shaofu. Looking at Wang Ping, Xu Ren was dragged out by the armor soldiers, the ministers were dumbfounded, and Tian Qianqiu's body was already trembling slightly.

Huo Guang glanced coldly at the court, his eyes were contemptuous and majestic, as if to say, "My attitude is this, if you are not convinced, you can go with them." ”

Many officials sweated for the prime minister, worried that the prime minister would be punished by Huo Guang.

At this time, they all looked at Du Yannian, the servant who had just been promoted, and now in the court, only Du Yannian has the ability to persuade Huo Guang.

In fact, even if the ministers don't say it, Du Yannian will stand up and admonish. He defended Huo Guang, and he was also worried that Huo Guang's momentary annoyance would damage Huo Guang's reputation, so he stood up.

He said a word to Huo Guang, reminding him not to punish too harshly, which would affect the general's reputation and be unfavorable to the general.

Du Yannian's words made sense, but Huo Guang only listened to half of them.

He insisted that Wang Ping and Xu Ren go to prison, and that the prime minister could not be held accountable.

Later, Wang Ping was beheaded, Xu Ren committed suicide, and Tian Qianqiu was still his prime minister.

It can be said that if there was no Du Yannian's lenien, there would be many people offended by Huo Guang, and it was precisely because of Du Yannian that Huo Guang did not punish Tian Qianqiu, so that Tian Qianqiu could die.

While Huo Guang governed the country, he never showed mercy to his disobedient neighbors in the world.

However, generally speaking, Huo Guang will not take the initiative to provoke a war, as long as people don't offend me, he won't offend anyone.

The Xiongnu are naturally the key neighbors on the border, but because of the good intelligence work, Huo Guang learned the news in advance of several Hun sorties and ambushed them.

For example, in the third year of Yuanfeng (78 years ago), the Xiongnu were single to Zhangye, and the Jiuquan Han army was weak in defense, and wanted to enter the city to grab it. However, the news was learned by the Han court in advance, and Huo Guangyan ordered the border to strengthen the guard, and as a result, the Xiongnu troops were ambushed and almost all the troops were annihilated.

The Xiongnu did not dare to provoke the Han, but they set their sights on Liaodong Wuhuan, who was also a neighbor of the Han. Wuhuan is not only the descendant of Donghu who was destroyed by the ancestor of the Xiongnu, but also the Donghu in the past hundred years of reproduction, divided into Wuhuan and Xianbei.

After Emperor Wu defeated the Xiongnu, he moved it to Liaodong and set up Wuhuan captains. Emperor Wu's idea at that time was to use Wuhuan as an outpost to monitor the Xiongnu, the so-called Hu to govern Hu.

Later, Wuhuan gradually became stronger, and he no longer listened to the orders of the Han Dynasty. Because of the fact that Wuhuan dug up the ancestral grave of the Xiongnu, the Xiongnu were so angry that even the defeated generals of the past dared to come and take a bite, wouldn't it be too faceless. Therefore, the Xiongnu raised 20,000 troops and sent troops to attack Wuhuan.

When Huo Guang learned about this military situation, he had a brilliant idea.

You can attack the Huns openly and Wuhuan secretly.

He consulted the general Zhao Chongguo for advice on this matter, and Zhao Chongguo thought that it was impossible, he thought that the Xiongnu would fight Wuhuan, and it was us who would reap the benefits, so there was no need to attack.

Huo Guang asked another general, Zhonglang General Fan Mingyou, and Fan Mingyou thought that he could attack.

That's enough, that's what Huo Guang wants.

He worshiped Fan Youming as the general of Duliao, leading 20,000 troops, before sending troops, Huo Guang also warned Fan Mingyou, "Fight the Huns, first condemn, if the Huns retreat, then you can attack Wuhuan." ”

It should be said that Huo Guang's inference is correct. When the Han army reached the border, the Xiongnu were really frightened by the Han army and retreated, and Fan Mingyou attacked Wuhuan according to the established strategy, beheaded 6,000, and shocked Liaodong.

Of course, the First Battle of Liaodong was not worth mentioning at all in the Han Wu era, but this battle showed Huo Guang's position on foreign strategy, and he was not soft on his dishonest neighbors.

Another example is that among the countries of the Western Regions, the two countries of Loulan and Guizi often repeatedly, and a person named Jie Zi made a suggestion, and Huo Guang immediately agreed. This was a real beheading operation, Jie Zi took a hundred strong men to visit Loulan in the name of envoys, beheaded the king of Loulan during the banquet, and supported the pro-Han Wei Tuqi, and changed Loulan to Shanshan.

In this way, those small countries in the Western Regions that are disobedient can only be honest and obey orders.

Salty in the sea.

In the fourth year of Yuanfeng (77 BC), Liu Fuling was eighteen years old, and Huo Guang added a crown gift to him.

It stands to reason that Liu Fuling is an adult, and he should be afraid of the ministers, but this Liu Fuling has no intention of taking power back.

Of course, this is not difficult to understand, Liu Fuling has been an orphan and a hard-working person since he can remember.

It was Huo Guang who cultivated him.

He looked at Huo Guang like he looked at his father.

The son always trusts and relies on his father, but Huo Guang does not fully understand Liu Fuling's feelings.

Huo Guang also has selfish intentions.

In order to let his grandchild give birth to a prince, it happened that Liu Fuling was unwell, Huo Guang thought that the emperor should prohibit other concubines from sleeping in bed, and Huo Guang ordered the medical officer and attendants to only say this.

As a result, Liu Fuling, who married early, did not have a boy and a half girl by the age of eighteen, but his health was getting worse and worse.

Of course, at this time, no one will be in a hurry, eighteen years old is still young, and it is not a serious illness, it will always be fine. Didn't Emperor Wu give birth to a prince at the age of twenty-nine?

However, Liu Fuling's time is really running out.

In June of the first year of Yuanping (74 BC), Huo Guangcai realized that he had made a serious mistake. 21-year-old Liu Fuling died suddenly, leaving no heirs.