Everyone pointed their finger at Dong Xian, and Dong Xian could only find one scapegoat.
There is still a long way to go. In order to go well, Dong Xian decided to first arrest the person who poses the greatest threat to him as a scapegoat. Dong Xian felt that the person who threatened him the most was Fu Yan; Fu Yan also felt that the person who threatened him the most was Dong Xian. It's like an old enemy reunited, both of them determined not to give up until they achieve their goals.
Recalling the past, after Liu Xin became emperor, under the control of Fu Zhaoyi, she used all her strength to gradually force the Wang Group out of Chang'an. After the Wang Group withdrew its troops, senior officials in the imperial court reorganized their personnel, and the Fu Group's power suddenly expanded, like a big balloon flying high over Chang'an. Fu Xi, who had the best moral character, disliked politics and was relegated to the sidelines by Fu Zhaoyi. After Fu Xi left, Fu Yan became the member with the most development potential in the Fu Group. Do you remember that since Liu Xin was about to make Dong Xian a marquis, Fu Yan wanted to fight Dong Xian for 300 rounds and show off.
As the largest representative of the male doting force, Dong Xian devoted himself to studying politics and knew that Chunyu Chang was thrown into prison by Wang Mang because of a late move. Dong Xian learned the lessons from his predecessor Chun Yuchang and took a preemptive strike by saying that there was a solar eclipse in the sky. He could not be said to be the cause of the disaster, because the cause of the disaster was someone else, namely Fu Yan and Xi Fu Gong. When they meet on a narrow road, the brave will win. Dong Xian made the first move and gained a 20% advantage.
This is the first time Dong Xian has taken action since he was favored, and it seems reasonable that he did it for his own safety. What Dong Xian said was not nonsense, because the day of the solar eclipse coincided with Fu Yan preparing to lead the army out of the fortress. Anyone who knows the news knows that Dong Xian is extremely popular and has become the focus of everyone's attention. With everyone focusing on Dong Xian, they naturally failed to pay attention to some major events that were happening, even major events that were quietly changing history. If it hadn't been for Dong Xian's counterattack, the border fortress might have been at war again.
The northern border of the Han Dynasty has been quiet for thirty years since the beautiful Queen Zhaojun came out to make peace. In the thirty years from 33 BC to 3 BC, the Han army did not fight a single battle. In 3 BC, Xifu Gong, who had a particularly sensitive sense of smell, wanted to enhance his political status by claiming that the Xiongnu Chanyu was ill. Xifu Gong wanted to make things more lively, so he asked Fu Yan, who was incompetent but had status to make things more lively, to help. The two worked together and prepared for a big fight.
Since Wang Zhaojun's marriage, the Xiongnu came to pay homage every year, but the 18th Chanyu suddenly refused to pay homage due to illness. Xifu Gong said that the Huns were plotting, and suspected that there were rebel generals in Wusun who would unite with the Huns and prepare to rebel. The Han Dynasty was the protector of the Wusun Kingdom, which was located between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu. Xifu Gong quoted the saying "the first step is to attack the enemy with troops, and the second is to attack the enemy", and suggested that Liu Xin send troops to attack first to gain strength. Xifugong is a master at using political pretense, and his words are vague words such as "doubt" and "inference".
The Han Dynasty had not fought a war for thirty years, and Xifu Gong suddenly suggested sending troops. His political status must have suddenly improved. Xifu taught by words and deeds, and many politicians used this trick to suddenly enhance their status. There are no capable people in the court, but not everyone is a fool. General Gongsun Lu of the left pledged his wealth and life to ensure that the Xiongnu would never have second thoughts.
People who fall in love want to express themselves. The big man has not had a fight in thirty years, and Liu Xin wants to make an exception. The court officials did not agree to send troops, so Liu Xin summoned Xi Fu Gong alone. Xifu retreated and asked for the next best thing, saying that even if there was no war, it would be good to send an army to the border fortress to inspect the fortifications and repair armaments, so as to shock the border.
Caught between the Wang Group and the Fu Group, Liu Xin felt that instead of being an emperor, she was sitting in a bellows like a rat. Establishing imperial power is what Liu Xin dreams about. Liu Xin summoned Prime Minister Wang Jia and asked him if he agreed to hold military drills. Wang Jia refused, saying that Xifu Gong would only flatter and confuse the public. Wang Jia continued to argue, and Liu Xin couldn't bear it. As long as Liu Xin has a chance, Wang Jia will die.
Liu Xin conferred the title of Dong Xian on behalf of the marquis Wang Jia. Liu Xin wanted to send troops to the Xiongnu, but Wang Jia denied it. This aroused the emperor's rebellious mentality, and he had to force himself. Whatever Wang Jia didn't want Liu Xin to do, Liu Xin had to do it. If Wang Jia knew politics was an art, he would have quit the game long ago. The emperor was angry, but the prime minister was still fighting to the death, as if he was seeking death.
In 2 BC, on the first day of the first lunar month, Liu Xin made Fu Yan, the Marquis of Kongxiang, the Grand Sima and General of the Guard; he made Dingming, the Marquis of Yang'an, the Grand Sima and the General of the Hussars. Liu Xin had no political ability, so he made a big political joke by appointing two great ministers. On the day when these two unpromising guys set off to the frontier fortress, the sun suddenly disappeared in the sky. The sun is gone, which in technical terms means a solar eclipse.
While everyone was confused about the meaning of the solar eclipse, in order to protect himself, Dong Xian seized this opportunity and said that Fu Yan and Xi Fu had deliberately provoked a war to anger God and arouse public resentment, thus causing a solar eclipse.
For the sake of her lover Dong Xian, Liu Xin dismissed Fu Yan and kicked him out of Chang'an. Dong Xian fought for the first time and won the championship under the referee of his lover Liu Xin.
Some people were tortured to death, while others were angered to death. Fu Zhaoyi was probably pissed off. First of all, her opponent is Wang Zhengjun, who holds power, and she cannot compare to him no matter what; secondly, the Fu Group she leads is very deformed. Those who are capable do not like politics, and those who are incompetent will only be punished. .
On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, Fu Yan, who was able to see the big scene, was kicked back to his fief; on the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, Fu Zhaoyi died of anger. Wang Zhengjun sits elegantly, and his opponent dies without fighting. This is the highest state of political struggle. Only Phoenix can enter this realm. Fu Zhaoyi is just a reed chicken that has landed on the ground. After fighting the phoenix for so long, he is considered capable.
Grandson Liu Xin is obedient and Fu Zhaoyi is even more blessed. After Fu Zhaoyi's death, Liu Xin honored Fu Zhaoyi as Queen Xiaoyuan Fu and buried her with Liu Shi. Wang Zhengjun was the head wife of Emperor Yuan of Han Dynasty. Because his son had never had children, Wang Zhengjun advocated adopting Liu Xin as his grandson. After Liu Xin became emperor, he devoted himself to attacking the Wang Group and kicked Wang Mang out of Chang'an. At this time, the Wang Group suddenly deflated like a balloon.
Liu Xin said that we can share the same bed when we are alive, and we can share the same acupuncture point after death. How loving it is. Wang Zhengjun said that we can share the same bed during life, but not the same acupuncture point after death. This is so painful.
After taking care of Fu Zhaoyi's funeral, Liu Xin granted Dong Xian two thousand households in the name of Empress Dowager Fu. So far, Liu Xin's expressions of love for Dong Xian have gone too far. Liu Xin loves Dong Xian and is afraid that others will see it. However, her deceitful methods are very poor, making everything more obvious. Every time Dong Xian was awarded a reward, he would add a few people as foils, and this time he added Fu Yan's name. Fu Yan was squeezed out of Chang'an by Dong Xian. If he knew that he would become Dong Xian's foil, he would be so angry that he would hit the wall and die.
Human beings have a very strange phenomenon. If they cannot realize certain ideals, they hope that their descendants will do it for them. In order to make their son the emperor, Fu Zhaoyi and Wang Zhengjun tried their best. However, Fu Zhaoyi was not good at martial arts and was demoted to Dingtao, where he has been labeled as Dingtao ever since. When his son failed to live up to expectations, Fu Zhaoyi pinned his hopes on his grandson. She raised her grandson herself and trained her carefully. Emperor Tian paid off his hard work, and Liu Xin finally defeated the short-lived ghost Liu Xing and won the title of prince. In terms of the meaning and logic of children realizing the ideals of their elders, it can be said that Liu Xin realized his father's dream.
Foolish people are blessed, Liu Xin is incompetent, but miracles always happen to him. It is already a miracle that he has realized the dream that his biological father Liu Kang failed to realize; now, he is preparing to realize the dream that his adoptive father Liu Ao failed to realize and make his male favorite the Great Sima. God gave Liu Xin, a single-minded man, to Dong Xian, and people have to sigh that Dong Xian has great virtues in his ancestors. Liu Xin deposed Fu Yan, killed Wang Jia, and ignored the government affairs. All this was for Dong Xian. Liu Xin's favor for Dong Xian has broken the record of the Han Dynasty emperor.
Emperors of the past dynasties all wanted to live forever, but their first goal was to make themselves immortal, with the exception of Liu Xin. Liu Xin is an alternative among emperors. He is an emperor who is deeply in love with Dong Xian and cannot extricate himself. Liu Xin wants to have the ability to live forever, not so that he can live forever, but for Dong Xian. Liu Xin loves Dong Xian madly and hopes Dong Xian can live forever.
But Liu Xin's body was getting worse day by day, and he seemed to feel that he was going to die. His father Liu Ao's attempt to make his male favorite Chunyu Chang the Great Sima failed, so Liu Xin is about to fulfill his father's last wish. Previously, in order to conduct military exercises, Liu Xin sealed two great Sima, namely Fu Yan and Ding Ming. Dong Xian put the hat of disaster on Fu Yan's head, and Fu Yan was demoted back to his fiefdom by Liu Xin. When Liu Xin heard that Ding Ming had objections to Wang Jia's death, he dismissed Ding Ming from his post and demoted him back to his fiefdom.
Without Fu Zhaoyi, the Fu Group would be finished. Wang Zhengjun relied on his status and did not fight with Liu Xin; Wang Mang was assigned to a fiefdom and had no control over Chang'an's affairs. The Wang Group had no strong opponents to compete with Liu Xin, and no one in the court dared to raise eyebrows. Liu Xin began to become a real emperor. Liu Xin was finally able to sit on the emperor's throne upright, and he finally realized the beauty of life. It's a pity that I answered the sentence "The sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it's almost dusk." Since then, Liu Xin's health has deteriorated day by day.
On December 6, the first year of Emperor Ai Yuanshou (2 BC), Liu Xin issued an edict and appointed Dong Xian as the Grand Sima and concurrently as the Director of Records. Si Lu was the garrison commander of Chang'an, that is, Liu Xin entrusted the safety of Chang'an to Dong Xian. On this day, Dong Xian was only twenty-two years old. In comparison, Wang Mang was already thirty-eight years old when he was named Grand Sima. Compared with Wang Mang, a master of forgery, Dong Xian, the great Sima, is really young. If Dong Xian had one ten thousandth of Shi Xian's ability, maybe Wang Mang would die in his hands. However, Dong Xian, who was so favored by Liu Xin, was worthless, which could be described as God's will.
At this time, Chang'an's forces were occupied by three parties. The Wang and Fu Groups are gradually weakening, and the Dong Group is rising. In the bustling city of Chang'an, no one knows Dong Xian. Dong Xian is young and has a long road ahead; Liu Xin is also young, but his road is not long.
During the year when Dong Xian was appointed as Grand Sima, Liu Xin also enjoyed a quiet world for the two of them for more than a year. The two of them lived so peacefully and happily that God couldn't help but not destroy this stability.
On June 26, the second year of Yuanshou (1 BC), Liu Xin, Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty, who had reigned for only six years, abandoned Dong Xian. He was only 25 years old and was buried in Yiling. His posthumous title was Xiao Ai. emperor.
Liu Xin's death made Dong Xian hear the footsteps of death. Dong Xian, who had lost his support, couldn't help but feel fear in his heart.
At this time, Chang'an was Wang Zhengjun's stage, and she immediately jumped out and collected the emperor's jade seal. The jade seal is the representative of the emperor. Seeing the jade seal is like seeing the emperor. After taking possession of the jade seal, Wang Zhengjun summoned Dong Xian in the east chamber. Wang Zhengjun was very elegant and summoned Dong Xian instead of looking for him. If Fu Zhaoyi encountered such a major event in power, he would definitely jump into the court and point fingers at the ministers. Wang Zhengjun quietly told Dong Xian what to do in the east chamber instead of jumping into the court. This is called elegance.
The emperor is dead, what should we do? Wang Zhengjun asked Dong Xian. Dong Xian was dumbfounded, he didn't know what to do. Facing the nonchalant Wang Zhengjun, Dong Xian knelt down on the ground, took off his official hat, kowtowed, and cried until his face was covered with snot and tears. Dong Xian cried, not because of the death of his lover Liu Xin, but because of fear. The more calm and calm Wang Zhengjun became, the more scared Dong Xian became.
Wang Zhengjun, who has rich political experience, has become a master. She asked Dong Xian what to do, just to see how capable Dong Xian was. Dong Xian showed no merit, so Wang Zhengjun gave him an idea, saying that when Wang Mang, the Marquis of Xindu, was serving as Chief Sima, Liu Ao died and Wang Mang took care of the funeral.
The opportunity is in front of everyone, whoever is the most powerful will be the king. When Wang Mang was the Grand Sima, he handled Liu Ao's funeral very well; now that Dong Xian is the Grand Sima, he doesn't know how to handle Liu Xin's funeral. The emperor died, but Wang Mang did not stand up directly, but asked for three invitations and four invitations. This is hypocrisy. The Fu Group collapsed, Liu Xin died, Dong Xian was a fool, and Chang'an belonged to Wang Mang.
After Wang Zhengjun summoned Wang Mang, he issued an edict, handing Wang Mang the seal talisman for mobilizing the army, and ordered Wang Mang to handle the court officials' memorials. The power of mobilizing the army was given to Wang Mang, and the memorial was also given to Wang Mang. This meant that Wang Mang was allowed to exercise all power. Wang Mang finally waited for the day when he would take power.
The world hated Dong Xian's incompetence, and Wang Mang hated Dong Xian's ruthlessness even more. Wang Mang said that when Liu Xin was ill, Dong Xian, a male favorite, never gave Liu Xin any medicine. This charge is absurd. However, if you think about how Wang Mang took care of the sick Wang Feng, you will know what Wang Mang wants to say. Wang Mang wanted to say that Dong Xian was not worthy of Liu Xin's favor. In other words, compared with Dong Xian, Wang Mang is the real master of acting, and he has achieved a good start and a good end.
After deposing Dong Xian as his male favorite, Wang Mang ordered people to prevent Dong Xian from entering Sima Gate. As a great Sima, you cannot enter the Sima Gate, just like you are a human being, but you cannot say that you are a human being. Wang Mang's meaning is very simple. Dong Xian should hand over the post of Chief Sima. Wang Mang wants to be a saint. Even if he punishes people, he will not give direct orders. Playing politics with Wang Mang requires understanding, not words. Dong Xian didn't understand what Wang Mang meant, so he played the same trick he used against Wang Zhengjun again, taking off his official hat, barefoot, and cried and shouted in front of the Weiyang Palace.
Dong Xian's move severely damaged Wang Mang's reputation, and Wang Mang had no choice but to come to terms with it. Then Wang Zhengjun issued an edict to remove Dong Xian from the post of Grand Sima. That night, Dong Xian and his wife committed suicide.
Dong Xian's family did not dare to tell anyone, so they buried Dong Xian and his wife overnight. The next day, Wang Mang dug the grave and opened an autopsy. Wang Mang confirmed that the deceased was indeed Dong Xian.
Wang Mang firmly believed in this principle of life to take precautions in everything he did, so even if Dong Xian died, he would open the coffin and conduct an autopsy.
After the death of the former emperor, his favored ministers will definitely encounter a round of purges, which is an inevitable manifestation of the replacement of the throne.
As the saying goes, there is one emperor and one courtier.
This is the beginning of Wang Mang's period of power in both the government and the public!
