Liu Heng was benevolent and kind, lenient in administration and caring for the people, and implemented a policy of recuperation and recuperation. Over the past few years, the country has become stronger and stronger, and the people's lives have gradually become more prosperous. In the past few years, when the country became stronger and stronger and the people's lives began to become richer, princes and courtiers from various places died one after another. Important figures who died include: King Liu Jiao of Chu, King Liu Xiang of Qi, Prime Minister Chen Ping, King Liu Ze of Yan and King Liu Zhang of Chengyang.
When Liu Heng proclaimed himself emperor, the three brothers Liu Xiang and Liu Xiang had ulterior motives, so they gave meager rewards to Liu Zhang, who was brave and accomplished, and Liu Xingju, who was tired from hard work. In the end, he cut off two cities of Qi State, and the three brothers complained to their chests. The most powerful Liu Xiang left, and so did the heroic Liu Zhang, leaving only the useless Liu Xingju. Liu Xingju is useless and lonely, and cannot make a big impact. Liu Heng can lie peacefully in the comfortable embrace of the Han Dynasty, raise his pillow, close his eyes and sleep soundly without worrying.
When Lu Pheasant was in power, several of Liu Bang's sons were executed one after another. After years of urging, Liu Bang only had two sons left alive in the world: Emperor Xiaowen Liu Heng and King Huainan Liu Chang. Liu Chang is young, but he is surly, arrogant and domineering by nature. He is a child who is difficult to discipline. Relying on Liu Heng's love for him, as soon as he stepped onto the stage of history, he performed a big drama of beheading first and then showing off, that is: beheading and eating him.
Shen Shiqi was Lu Pheasant's favorite, and even Lu Pheasant's best friend. As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together, and people flock together. Shen Shiqi followed Lu Pheasant, and his conduct was not much better. Someone once said to Liu Ying that Shen Shiqi had committed adultery with Lu Fei and was causing chaos in the palace. The relationship between Shen Shiqi and Lu Zhi was already ambiguous. After hearing this, Liu Ying did not dare to touch his mother and immediately ordered people to arrest Shen Shiqi and prepare to kill him. It is the custom of the Chinese court for a minister to commit adultery with his master, to kill the minister, and to cover up the master's fault. Liu Ying just followed the routine. Liu Ying was executed for adultery, and Lü Zhi knew that Liu Ying was concerned about her face and could not come forward to intercede.
The courtiers were deeply poisoned by Lu Pheasant's power. Everyone wanted to judge him and then die quickly, but no one came forward to intercede. Shen Shi was in jail and was afraid of being executed, so he asked Zhu Jian for help. Shen Shiqi once helped Zhu Jian, and Zhu Jian owed him a favor. Zhu Jian is of noble character and proud, so he must repay Shen Shiqi's kindness and strive to sever ties with Shen Shiqi as soon as possible. Zhu Jian's gentlemanly conduct is often said to be a culture of gratitude.
I believe that the culture of repaying gratitude will be deeply internalized in the individual soul. Individuals do not want to owe a debt of gratitude and must repay a debt of gratitude. If they do not repay a debt of gratitude, they will feel guilty.
Like Lu Jia, Zhu Jian was also from the Chu state. He was also a debater and had a sharp tongue. At first, Zhu Jian was Yingbo's prime minister, but later he committed crimes and was dismissed. Soon he resumed the position of Yingbo's prime minister. Yingbu rebelled. Zhu Jian tried to dissuade Yingbu, but Yingbu refused to listen. When Yingbu was defeated, Liu Bang was grateful for his advice to Yingbu, named him Prince of Pingyuan, and moved him to Chang'an. Liu Bang did things from beginning to end, moving Zhu Jian to Chang'an, but ignored his life, leaving Zhu Jian to fend for himself in Chang'an. Zhu Jian was conceited and aloof, and refused to make casual friends. Chang'an cooked Gui Cuan Yu, and soon Zhu Jian "the whole family often ate porridge on credit."
Although he is a mean person, he knows what it means to be a wise man. Seeing that Zhu Jian was good at eloquence and had a noble character, he came to make friends with him. Zhu Jian was deeply disgusted with the food, swept the floor and chased away the guests, and closed the door to refuse. Zhu Jian's old mother died and he had no money to bury her, so Zhu Jian asked Lu Jia for help. Lu Jia agreed to help, but not directly to pay Zhu Jian's funeral expenses, but indirectly.
Lu Jia is a debater, and a debater is everywhere and knows nothing about anything. Zhu Jian refused to associate with Shen Shiqi, so he deliberately attracted Zhu Jian and Shen Shiqi. After seeing Zhu Jian off, Lu Jia went to congratulate Shen Shi Qi Da Dao and said that Zhu Jian's old mother had passed away. Shen Shiqi was very puzzled, saying that Zhu Jian's old mother died, how could Lu Jia come to his house to congratulate her. Lu Jia said that Zhu Jian was so poor that he had no rice to cook with. His old mother died and he was in urgent need of funeral expenses. If Shen Shi sent money to help him in time, Zhu Jian would definitely help Shen Shi if something happened to him in the future.
Shen Shi went there with gold and silver, but Zhu Jian did not refuse. Zhu Jian is a gentleman, and a gentleman must be filial. For himself, Zhu Jian maintains his body like jade, and would rather break than to bend; for his mother, Zhu Jian can bend and stretch, and would rather bend than to bend. It is a good story that Xu Shu left Liu and went to Cao because of his old mother. Zhu Jian and Xu Shu are very similar in personality.
Both were debaters, Lu Jia was well-connected, and he would never refuse anything as long as it was served to him; Zhu Jian was arrogant and arrogant, had a clean eye, and refused to surrender, resulting in poverty and loneliness. The difference between Zhu Jian and Lu Jia is not only in eloquence, but also in personality.
Shen Shi was trapped in prison and asked Zhu Jian for help. Zhu Jian said that the prison was under tight supervision and he did not dare to visit him. Zhu Jian did not go to see Shen Shiqi, but went to see Liu Ying's favorite minister Hong Jiru. He said to Hong Jiru: "Everyone knows that you are the emperor's favorite. The emperor wanted to kill Shen Shi, but everyone said that you wanted to kill Shen Shi and slander him. Shen Shi was the Queen Mother's favorite. Minister, if he is killed for trying to eat, the Queen Mother will definitely find a way to kill you to vent her hatred. If you say a few nice words in front of the emperor and he is pardoned for eating, the Queen Mother will be happy and it will be good for you." Hong Jiru was afraid of Lu Pheasant. With some kind words in Liu Ying's ears, Liu Ying really let go of Shen Shiqi.
It is said that favorite ministers can cause trouble, and it is indeed true. With just a few words from Hong Jiru, Liu Ying actually let go of a villain who was suspected of committing adultery with her own mother. What a joke. After Shen Shi was released from prison, he learned that Zhu Jian rescued him and felt deeply virtuous.
Zhu Jian saved Shen Shi's life, but he died as a result.
It's really deplorable.
The reason why Shen Shi escaped the disaster was because Liu Ying could not make a decisive decision. Liu Chang learned from Liu Ying's lesson and cut off when necessary, beheading first and playing later.
At first Liu Bang hated Zhang Ao very much and often insulted him. Zhang Ao had no other choice but to be nice and please him, and often gave Liu Bang something, especially beauties. Liu Bang escaped from Pingcheng, came to Daijun, and rested at Zhang Ao's house. Zhang Ao gave Liu Bang a beauty from Zhao.
Liu Bang, a lecherous man, got Zhao Meiren pregnant in one night. But as soon as Zhao Meiren became pregnant, he patted her butt and left. After Liu Bang left, Zhang Ao did not dare to treat Zhao Meiren lightly, nor did he dare to get close to Zhao Meiren, so he built a small room for Zhao Meiren near Prince Zhao's Mansion. Guan Gao and others were assassinated, and Zhao Meiren was also arrested and imprisoned.
Zhao Meiren told the jailer that she was pregnant with Liu Bang's child. The jailer was horrified and immediately reported the incident. Liu Bang was so angry that he just sat back and ignored him. Seeing that the matter was urgent, Zhao Jian, Zhao Meiren's brother, went to ask Shen Shi for help. He said that Zhao Meiren was pregnant with a dragon son, and begged Lu Pheasant to say something nice in front of Liu Bang. Shen Shiqi was a mediocre person with short-sightedness, so he only told Lu Pheasant about the matter. Lu Pheasant hated Liu Bang for being amorous, and was filled with jealousy and hatred. He wished he could skin Zhao Meiren alive.
After giving birth to a child in prison, Zhao Meiren was so sad and resentful that she hit her head against a wall and died. After Zhao Meiren crashed into a wall and died, Liu Bang regretted it so much that he named Zhao Meiren's orphan Liu Chang and gave it to Lu Pheasant to raise. Naming him Liu Chang naturally means that he hopes that he will grow up healthily, tall and strong, and be strong and mighty. The "Book of Han" records that "King Li has the material and strength to carry the cauldron." This King Li refers to Liu Chang. Liu Chang indeed grew up to be majestic and powerful, but instead of growing up healthily, he grew up filled with resentment and anger, resulting in a surly and irritable character.
Liu Chang, who grew up in the palace, saw the ambiguous relationship between Shen Shiqi and Lu Fei every day, and saw Shen Shiqi's hateful horse face every day. Liu Chang believed that his mother's death was all due to Shen Shiqi's unwillingness to speak kindly to Lu Fei's ears and poured out his resentment on Shen Shiqi. The enemies looked at each other, extremely jealous. Liu Chang was young, and his immature chest could not hold hatred, but he could not kill Shen Shi to vent his hatred.
After Liu Bang killed Ying Bu, he named Liu Chang King of Huainan. While the Lu family was in power, Liu Chang's life was hanging by a thread and he had no chance to take revenge. After Liu Heng became emperor, Liu Chang believed that he was Liu Heng's closest relative, so his arrogance grew day by day and he became arrogant and arrogant.
Liu Heng was benevolent. He pitied Liu Chang's tragic life experience and suffering, so he loved Liu Chang very much. Liu Chang made a mistake and did not abide by the laws of the country, but Liu Heng turned a blind eye, so Liu Chang became more and more arrogant.
Yuan Ang once advised Liu Heng to strictly discipline Liu Chang, but Liu Heng refused to listen.
In 177 BC, the third year of Emperor Wen's reign, Liu Chang went to Chang'an to pay homage. Liu Heng took Liu Chang to hunt and asked Liu Chang to sit in the imperial chariot. Liu Chang has a close family relationship and talks about blood relations. He calls Liu Heng "big brother" in both mouth and mouth. He has a very close relationship with Liu Heng. Everyone, including Bo Ji, respects him and is afraid of him.
After returning from hunting, Liu Chang went straight to inspect his house. Shen Shiqi hurriedly came out to greet him, but Liu Chang didn't say anything, and without questioning his guilt, he took out the golden vertebrae from his sleeve and stabbed Shen Shiqi to death with one vertebra. When Liu Bang entered Guanzhong, he made an oath to the people: "Whoever kills will die", so Liu Changming accompanied him and tied him up, and went to plead guilty to Liu Heng and be executed. Facing the topless Liu Chang, Liu Heng felt pity and didn't know what to do.
Liu Chang said that there were three reasons why he killed Shen Shiqi: First, his mother was arrested and imprisoned because of Zhang Ao's incident. As Lu Fei's favorite, Shen Shiqi did not try his best to persuade her, causing his mother to die in prison. He committed the crime of not remonstrating when he was tried to eat; secondly, Liu Ruyi, Liu Bang's beloved concubine and his beloved son, Liu Ruyi's mother and son were physically destroyed, and innocent people were killed. He did not remonstrate when he was tried to eat, and just sat back and ignored, committing the crime of not remonstrating; thirdly, Lu Pheasant was a master of power, and the Lu family was domineering and prosperous, endangering the Liu family. He refused to remonstrate with him, and committed the crime of not remonstrating. As a favored minister, during the period when Lu Fei was in power, Shen Shi not only committed the crime of not admonishing him, but also committed the crime of aiding the tiger.
Seeing the forgiving look on Liu Heng's face, Liu Chang knew that "big brother" wanted to forgive, and immediately said loudly: "I will kill the traitor on behalf of the people of the world and avenge my mother. It is only natural and right."
The soft-hearted Liu Heng sympathized with Liu Chang's plight and pitied his intentions. Considering that he was the only surviving brother, he pardoned his sins and let him return to Huainan.
Liu Chang killed people because of his personal likes and dislikes, which was against the law, but after all, he did something that everyone wanted to do but could not do or did not dare to do. Gao Shi of the Tang Dynasty wrote a poem, "Buyang City", which aimed to illustrate the evil of eating food:
The deserted city is on the high bank, overlooking Qingqi. He preached to the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and he was granted the title of judge and eaten.
It is better to commit adultery and not to kill people in thatched soil. How can a heroic master return to order his children to bully him?
The good manners of the mother have been lost, but the integrity of the ministers is not the same. Taixi's one-day incident was derisive.
