The Han Dynasty has had good weather in recent years, the people are healthy, there are no parties in the government, and the transfer of power has been smooth. On June 9, Crown Prince Liu Qi ascended the throne, honoring the Empress Dowager Bo as the Empress Dowager and the Crown Princess as the Empress. The queen has no children, and the crown prince is temporarily vacant. Due to the temporary absence of the crown prince, there was another commotion in the palace.
The new emperor ascended the throne and granted amnesty to the world. Chao Cuo was Liu Qi's think tank, so Liu Qi's era was Chao Cuo's era. Jia Yi had a bad life and met an emperor who didn't want to make a difference. In terms of displaying his talents, Chao Cuo was luckier than Jia Yi. He met an emperor who dared to think and act. Liu Qi and Liu Heng have many similarities, such as being lenient in government and caring for the people, and believing in Huang Lao's teachings. However, Liu Qi wants to make a difference more than Liu Heng. This is a major difference between the two father and son.
Liu Heng reduced the severe sentence to a light one, and Liu Qi reduced it again. During the "Wenjing rule", punishments were rarely used. Compared with the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty, people's lives were much better. Liu Heng did not want to die, let alone see others die in poverty, but Deng Tong had to die in poverty. If Deng Tong died in poverty, it would be difficult to eliminate the hatred and humiliation in Liu Qi's heart.
Arrangements were made for Liu Heng's burial, rewards for courtiers, and amnesty for the world... With everything in place, Liu Qi's first move after he ascended the throne was to target Deng Tong. When Liu Qi was still the prince, he suffered a mute loss from Deng Tong. Now that Liu Qi is the emperor, he is the greatest in the world, and it is time for Deng Tong to pay off his debts. Deng Tong is a man who only pretends to be flattering to his grandson, and has no knowledge.
In order to please my father and offend his son, only a person like Deng Tong who was destined to die in poverty would do such a stupid thing. Since ancient times, it has been difficult for people who are favored but have no ability to die well, and Deng Tong is one of them. Liu Heng gave Deng Tong copper mines to cast coins. Deng Tong's "Deng Qian" became famous all over the world, on par with Wu King Liu Bi's "Wu Qian". It stands to reason that he would not die in poverty. However, in order to please Liu Heng, Deng Tong offended Liu Qi. After Liu Heng's death, Liu Qi became the greatest in the world. Deng Tong was powerless, and it was easy for Liu Qi to kill him. There is a reason why Liu Qi insisted on killing Deng Tong.
In the past, Liu Heng favored Deng Tong, and Deng Tong was also loyal to Liu Heng. The two were constantly ambiguous. Liu Heng once suffered from carbuncle, and the wound oozed pus and blood. The pus and blood were very disgusting and had an unpleasant stench. In order to show his loyalty to Liu Heng, Deng Tong sucked Liu Heng every day. Deng Tong was willing to suck the pus and blood from Liu Heng's ulcer, but Jia Yi was definitely not willing. This is the difference between people. Deng Tong sucked it wholeheartedly, and Liu Heng was naturally grateful. He felt very sorry and asked who in the world respected him the most.
Liu Heng asked this, probably because he was grateful to Deng Tong for treating him so well, and wanted to use Deng Tong's words to say that Deng Tong was the most sympathetic person in the world. Languages all express the same idea, but when spoken from different mouths, the meanings are vastly different. Deng Tong said to Liu Heng "I love you" and Liu Heng said to Deng Tong "You pity me the most", the effect is completely different.
People who specialize in pleasing people tend to be a bit obedient. Deng Tong understood what Liu Heng meant, but he did not dare to respond directly. If he said that he was the one who respected and loved Liu Heng the most, Liu Heng might be happy, but the prince Liu Qi would definitely be unhappy; if he answered that it was the prince, Liu Heng might not be happy. , but the prince must be happy. Liu Hengming is not long in life and can be offended, but Liu Qi is the future emperor and cannot be offended. Liu Heng asked casually and squeezed Deng Tong into the gap. Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger.
Deng Tong then replied: "Of course he is the prince."
Deng Tong replied that the prince loved Liu Heng the most. Liu Heng was happy and disappointed at the same time. His heart was in a state of turmoil. His face was slightly angry. Little did he know that Deng Tong's words were calculated carefully and took a lot of difficulty. Just said it.
However, Deng Tong was more calculating, but failed to win Liu Qi's heart. Liu Heng had an abscess, and as his son, Prince Liu Qi was supposed to suck the pus and blood for his father. However, the pus and blood flowed and the stench was unpleasant. The prince was embarrassed, but he still sucked it disgustingly for the sake of the throne. Liu Qi was well-dressed and well-fed, and had never suffered any humiliation in his life. Sucking pus and blood was the greatest humiliation in life. How could he not hate it. The prince sent someone to inquire and found out that Deng Tong often sucked Liu Heng. Deng Tong specialized in showing his ugliness to please people and acting nice to please others. Liu Qi believed that Deng Tong was responsible for this incident and hated Deng Tong from then on. The more Deng Tong wanted to please Liu Qi, the more Liu Qi refused to buy it, and the end was miserable!
After Liu Heng's death, Liu Qi succeeded to the throne. Deng Tong didn't have anything to offer, so he made money at home after being dismissed from office. Later, someone accused Deng Tong of transporting the money he built privately across the country's borders. The imperial court immediately arrested Deng Tong and put him in jail. The case was opened for review and the evidence was conclusive. According to the law, after confiscating all of Deng Tong's property, Deng Tong still owed the court several million. From then on, Deng Tong's good days were completely over. The eldest princess was very kind and gave money to Deng Tong. As soon as the eldest princess gave it to him, the court immediately confiscated it, leaving Deng Tong still penniless. Unable to reward him with money, the eldest princess lent Deng Tong food and clothing. Liu Qi didn't do anything wrong and appointed the eldest princess to help Deng Tong. Deng Tong relied on the eldest princess's food and clothing to sustain his life, and spent his old age "poor". He died penniless and "sent to other people's homes."
This "send one's life in someone else's home" means to die in someone else's home. The house Deng Tong lived in also belonged to someone else, and when he died, he "sent himself to another family".
The Dou siblings reunited
Emperor Jing's mother, Dou, was named Dou Yifang. She was selected into the palace during the period of Lu Zhi's monopoly. Later, Lu Pheasant distributed the concubines in the harem to the kings. Each king sent five concubines, and Dou Yifang was on the list. Dou Yifang's family lived in Qinghe (now southeast of Qingyang, Hebei Province) and hoped to return to Zhao State. She went to the eunuch in charge of distribution and asked that she must be allowed to go to Zhao Kingdom. The eunuch agreed, and before leaving, Dou Yifang realized that he had been deceived. "Han Shu" records that the eunuch forgot and Dou Yifang was randomly selected and sent to Liu Heng's Dai Kingdom. According to the unspoken rules in the palace, if you are looking for someone to do something, especially a eunuch, you can't do it without giving generous gifts. Lu Pheasant is good at governing, but concubine Ji's life is difficult to protect, and her life can only be maintained. Dou Yifang was not a sharp-tongued person, she was not favored, she had no savings, and she did not give enough gifts, so the eunuch naturally forgot about her. Before leaving, Dou Yifang cried and fussed and refused to leave. However, the power of the court was so powerful that as a weak woman, how could she withstand it.
Later, when all five concubines came to Dai, Liu Heng favored only Dou Yifang. This is related to Dou Yifang's fondness for studying Huang Lao. It is said that Dou Yifang loved Huang Lao and became an idiot. After becoming the queen mother, he stipulated that only Huang Lao's books could be read in the palace. Otherwise, he would be punished at least, or demoted at worst.
Dou Yifang first gave birth to a daughter for Liu Heng, who was named the Princess Chang whoring; later she gave birth to brothers such as Emperor Xiaojing Liu Qi and King Liang Liu Wu. Dou Yifang liked Liu Qi, loved the princess who had been a prostitute, and doted on Liu Wu. As the king of a country, Liu Qi's words and deeds were normal. He was very scheming when he prostituted the princess, and Liu Wu was arrogant because of his favor. One dragon gave birth to nine sons, all of whom were different. Empress Dowager Dou was pure-hearted and had few desires, but some of the children she raised had ulterior motives.
Before Dou Yifang was favored, Liu Heng, the acting king, had a queen, who gave birth to four sons. Before Liu Heng entered the Pass and proclaimed himself emperor, the queen died. After Liu Heng became emperor, the four sons born to the queen died of illness one after another. The queen died, and the prince died of illness. Liu Heng felt that he was virtuous and felt guilty, so he did not appoint another queen. The ancients believed in heaven, and a benevolent king like Liu Qi always felt that the sufferings his relatives suffered were all due to his lack of virtue and low merit.
A few months after proclaiming himself emperor, the ministers wrote to Liu Heng, requesting that he be granted the title of queen and crown prince. Liu Qi was the eldest, and Liu Heng loved him and made him the crown prince. Mother values her son, and soon Dou Yifang was canonized as queen.
Queen Dou's parents died young and she only had one older brother and one younger brother. Her brother's name is Changjun, and her younger brother's name is Shaojun. Dou Changjun has been living at home and is safe and sound. After Dou Yifang became the empress dowager, she took Dou Changjun to live in Chang'an. Dou Shaojun was sold when he was very young, and there was no news about him. His life and death were uncertain. Queen Dou missed him and asked Liu Heng to issue an edict to find him. It is human nature for Queen Dou to do this if they are of the same bloodline and long for reunion. Because his family was poor, Dou Shaojun was sold when he was four or five years old, and his whereabouts are unknown. Dou Shaojun was passed around by human traffickers several times, and was sold to more than ten families, and finally went to the mountains to burn charcoal for his master. At night, more than a hundred charcoal burners were sleeping under the cliff. The cliff collapsed and all of them were crushed to death except Dou Shaojun. After surviving the catastrophe, Dou Shaojun made a divination, which indicated that he would be granted the title of Marquis in a few days. Only Chang'an has the power to make a marquis. If you want to be granted a title, you must go to Chang'an.
Dou Shaojun, who came to Chang'an, heard that the new emperor was looking for someone named Dou who lived in Guanjin. Dou Shaojun wrote a book and reported his name, county and the incident where his sister fell while picking mulberries. After Queen Dou saw it, she confirmed that there was mulberry picking and told Liu Heng to summon Dou Shaojun. It is normal for Queen Dou to long for her younger brother and to see Dou Shaojun. As the emperor, Liu Heng was worried about others taking advantage of others, so he took a gamble under his own name and wanted to try his luck. Many years have passed since the incident, as if it were a lifetime ago. Both of them have changed greatly. No one knows each other and can only recognize each other based on memory.
The separation is most unforgettable to the person leaving. Dou Shaojun told his sister's words and deeds in detail when he parted with his sister. He said: "When my sister and I parted, my sister asked for some rice soup for me to drink." After hearing this, Queen Dou hugged Dou Shaojun and cried. Seeing this scene, the people accompanying him were so sad that they could not look up.
They had just escaped from death and wiped out the Lu family, and finally selected an emperor whose relatives were weak. When Zhou Bo and Guan Ying saw the sudden appearance of two brothers from Queen Dou, they were worried that the dictatorship of their relatives would arise and harm the royal family. Own. They found some virtuous elders to live next to the Dou brothers, hoping to influence them subtly. Sure enough, the two Dou brothers did not commit any crime and did not cause trouble. "Han Shu" records, "Dou Changjun and Shaojun became gentlemen who gave in and did not dare to be proud of their wealth." Mencius' mother moved three times and finally raised the powerful Mencius. The environment is really important to human growth.
However, history is moving forward. Zhou Bo and Guan Ying's lives are good, and they have never encountered the dictatorship of their relatives, which does not mean that there is no such thing. If the Dou brothers did not do it, there is no guarantee that their descendants will not do it either. The Dou family is getting richer and richer. Wealth can make people proud. When people are proud, they don't know how high the sky is.
