I saw that some authors put forward such a point of view: Huo Guang is the person of the crown prince, so the election and abolition of Liu He is a formality, the purpose is to make Liu Yi rightfully succeed to the throne.

At least in the information I have checked, there is no detail to support this view.

The first is the issue of kinship.

It is true that Huo Quai's mother Wei Shao'er is Wei Zifu's sister, so they are related by blood, and they are the sons and nephews of Wei Qing and Wei Zifu, so they are naturally affectionate.

But Huo Quai's father, Huo Zhongru, went home and gave birth to Huo Guang, and more than ten years later, Huo Qubing took Huo Guang back to Chang'an.

At this time, Wei Shao'er had remarried Chen Ping's great-grandson Chen Chang, and there was no correspondence with Huo Zhongru.

From the perspective of blood, Huo Guang and Huo Quzhi are half-siblings and have nothing to do with Wei Qing and others.

What does this story look like from Huo Zhongru's point of view?

Huo Zhongru worked as a waiter in the Pingyang Marquis Mansion as a county official, met a female slave Wei Shao'er, had a brief love affair with her, and gave birth to an illegitimate son, Huo Quai. then abandoned it and returned to his hometown, Ming Media was marrying and giving birth to his sister-in-law Huo Guang, and that relationship was forgotten.

Unexpectedly, more than 20 years later, the slave girl family who slept with that year soared, and her illegitimate son became a hussar general. So I wanted to climb, but I didn't know how to speak.

At this time, the illegitimate son passed by his hometown, took away his brother-in-law, and promised his father that he would have a good future.

At this time, Wei Shao'er had already married Chen Ping's great-grandson Chen Zhang, and Huo Quzhi was nominally Chen Zhang's son.

How did Wei Qing see Huo Zhongru, a cheap brother-in-law.

I slept with my sister and ran away.

Will Wei Qing have feelings for this brother-in-law and his wife's son who have been abandoned from the beginning? I'm afraid not.

The Wei family has many children and nephews, and they will never cultivate a person who is not related by blood with a foreign surname, and even the other party's father has brought harm to his family.

And there seems to be no mention of Wei Qing's care for Huo Guang in the historical materials (of course, it may be that I didn't find it).

Huo Guang became the close attendant of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, obviously recommended by Huo Quzhi's elder brother, and he probably has nothing to do with Wei Qing.

Then, Huo Guang was reused by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and he had little to do with Wei Qing. It is clearly written in the history books that Huo Guang is cautious and has never made a mistake.

Therefore, Huo Guang relied on Huo Quzhi's recommendation, and he was able to be reused by his own efforts and Emperor Wu's trust in Huo Quzhi.

On the other hand, it is precisely because Huo Guang has an indifferent relationship with Wei Qing, and even has suspicions, that in the witch rebellion, Huo Guang was not implicated, and then was elected as an auxiliary minister.

If you have to say that Huo Guang was an idle chess player that Wei Qing played when he first arrived in Chang'an, in order to prevent the prince from being deposed and re-activating his grandson, then it would be too bizarre.

The most important thing is that there does not seem to be any interaction between Huo Guang and Wei Qing and others in the historical materials.

Second, the process of establishing Liu He.

The records in the Book of Han are very clear, and several different biographies have relatively clear and unambiguous records.

When Huo Guang chose Liu He, no one mentioned that Liu was ill, and after Huo Guang selected Liu He, he was very satisfied.

Then, after deposing Liu He, Bingji proposed to Huo Guang that Liu Ai could be the emperor.

So Huo Guang chose Liu Aiji.

So logically, Liu He is the first priority, and after Liu He is deposed, Liu Yi is already the first priority.

Because there is no one left to choose from in the line of Emperor Wu.

Some readers said that Bingji had a long history for Huo Guang, so it was inferred that Bingji had been entrusted by Huo Guang to take care of Liu's illness. I'm afraid this is also untenable, because there are many people who have served as subordinate officials to Huo Guang, but the order must be clarified.

During the Wu Gu Rebellion, Bingji, who had been the right eunuch of the court lieutenant, was summoned to the imperial court, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered him to be in charge of handling the Wu Gu case in the county prison in Chang'an.

At that time, Liu's grandson, Liu Zhizhi, had just been born for a few months and was implicated and imprisoned. Bingji sympathized with the innocent of the crown prince and Liu Aiji, chose a spacious and dry room for Liu Aiji, and found the cautious and generous Hu Group from the female prisoner in the prison to nurse the sick man, and appointed the little official Wu Zun to take care of him at any time.

Then Zhang Anshi's brother Zhang He also joined them.

After that, Huo Guangcai was promoted, and Bingji served as his long history.

Later, Emperor Xiaowu exempted Liu from the crime by means of amnesty, but did not make other arrangements, but only put him in the court to support.

Therefore, when Huo Guang chose Liu He, he knew that Liu was ill, but he never thought that he could be the emperor, all because Liu He was not angry and had to choose.

In addition, after Huo fell to Huo, Bingji was also Liu Aiji's help, if Huo Guang wanted Liu Ai to be sick early on and colluded with Bingji, he might also deal with Huo Guang?

In addition, the record of Huo Guang's abolition of Emperor Li in the Book of Han is very clear, and it is consistent with what I just said.

To sum up, Huo Guang has nothing to do with Wei Qing, let alone Liu Ju, and he has never thought of taking Liu He to occupy a seat.

As for the rest of the conspiracy theories, it is okay to think of them as romantic imaginations, but I am afraid they can only be imagined.

Add a relationship between Liu He's mother clan and Liu Ju.

Jiang Chong framed Liu Ju, Liu Ju raised troops, Liu Quyu Ping sentenced Liu Ju (91 BC), and later Liu Quyu was disposed of by Emperor Xiaowu many times, and someone reported that his wife cursed Emperor Xiaowu with witchcraft, and at the same time wanted to establish Liu He's father Liu Ji with Li Guangli, and was beheaded (90 BC). So I'm afraid there is no such thing as Liu Quyu and Li Guangli forcing Liu Ju to death. (Hasty investigation, may be missing)