On the last night before Emperor Wu died, he lay on the bed with cloudy eyes and held Huo Guang's hand tightly.
He murmured in a weak voice: "Huo Guang, Huo Guang... my big man, big man..."
Huo Guang pursed his lips and without saying a word, he clenched Emperor Wu of Han's skinny hands and knocked his forehead deeply, silently responding to Emperor Wu's worries.
So the man who had been proud all his life breathed a sigh of relief, closed his eyes and passed away.
Huo Guang stood up, helped the ignorant young emperor Liu Fuling, and walked step by step towards the throne of the God King.
The old king finally died. The villains from all directions who were ready to move could no longer restrain their greedy eyes. Countless jackals, tigers and leopards bared their fangs and drooled with fishy saliva! !
No one paid much attention to Huo Guang, a little guy who had been working as a secretary for Emperor Wu for thirty years.
In their opinion, Emperor Wu was looking for death by leaving such a large stall to Huo Guang!
No one in the court would accept him. Huo Guang asked him to be the first assistant minister next to the young emperor. Isn't that a joke?
The first to bear the brunt was Emperor Wu's third son, Liu Dan.
He was very dissatisfied with the fact that he did not become the emperor. He looked down on Liu Fulin, a sick little boy, and Huo Guang, who couldn't be beaten with three sticks. He jumped around unscrupulously, and even He hinted to Yan that there was a problem with the throne.
Regarding his behavior, Huo Guang had a very indifferent attitude and didn't pay much attention to it.
Until Liu Dan lost his composure and secretly colluded with members of the down-and-out royal family to plot a rebellion.
As a result, before the chat could even begin, Huo Guang's people over there kicked in the door with thunderous force and pushed the person to the ground on the spot! !
Except for Liu Dan, who took the lead, all those who participated in the rebellion were exterminated! !
Huo Guang only gave Liu Dan one sentence: Since you are the late emperor's child, I will save your face.
A king and a prince, and the building collapsed in an instant! !
No matter what kind of idiot Liu Dan is, in the final analysis, he is at least a prince! ! And the precision and sharpness of Huo Guang's methods almost sent chills down the backs of everyone! !
There was a lot of silence in the court for a while, and everyone realized one thing.
Your Majesty is still your Majesty after all.
Someone who even Emperor Wu could like could not be an easy guy to mess with.
In front of the canopy.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty hissed and took two breaths of cold air, staring at the man with his eyes lowered and calm on the sky with bright eyes, and clapped his thighs excitedly.
"Okay! Okay!! This is done beautifully! I just have to slap him hard to realize that the sky is high and the earth is high, and the little brat dares to rebel!!"
Many of the ministers secretly gasped.
Damn it, even though this guy is a brother to the champion, who can tell? ! !
They are completely two extremes, okay? ! !
Damn it, two completely different phoenix eggs can be laid in one nest! !
Some people are even thinking about it, why don't we discuss the breeding with the champion's father, ah, don't be more controlled when we are guests. We don't want powerful ministers and stars, but a great poet who has been famous for generations will do! !
Wei Qing teased Huo Qubing with a smile.
"Why didn't Qu Bing learn some of your brother's ideas?"
Huo Qubing raised his eyebrows, crossed his arms in dissatisfaction and snorted.
"What did uncle say! I'm not stupid!!"
Liu Che laughed loudly and hugged him, tapping the young general's nose affectionately.
"Yes, yes! We are smart when we go to the hospital! But you haven't told me where your brother is now? Why don't you call him!!"
Huo Qubing paused, glanced at Liu Che with an unclear emotion, curled his lips and snorted again.
"I don't know."
Liu Che choked:...
…
And later.
Shangguan Jie, Sang Hongyang, Shangguan An, Ding Wairen and others also rebelled.
Among them, Shangguan Jie and Sang Hongyang were not only important ministers in the court, but also two of them who were trusted by Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Power is really such a fascinating thing, it can erode people beyond recognition.
No matter how sincere and flawless your dreams and wishes were at the beginning.
Huo Guang cooked these old friends in silence.
When he first came to power, Liu Dan failed to pose a threat to him, let alone now that he has firmly established himself in the court.
The process of dealing with them was so easy that it seemed that Sang Hongyang, Shangguan Jie and other former heavyweight ministers were mentally retarded.
In front of the canopy.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who had been laughing and chatting just now, suddenly fell into a deathly silence.
Sang Hongyang's face was blank, his body stiffened and he looked at the sky. For a moment, he felt that all the pictures around him were fading.
Who... rebelled?
Liu Che's face twitched and he sneered for a while.
"Very good."
Sang Hongyang burst into tears and fell to his knees in a state of weakness.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I would never dare to have such thoughts!!"
Liu Che was silent for a long time, then walked over and pulled him up.
"Forget it, if you want to sort out the future events one by one, you won't be able to do it. I'm sorry you don't have the courage in this life."
Sang Hongyang's eyes were red with emotion: Your Majesty——! !
Liu Che silently added another sentence in his heart.
I will live at least a hundred and twenty years in this life. It’s not certain who will survive and who will die. I don’t believe that both I and Qubing Zhongqing are alive and there are still people who dare to risk their lives! !
…
At this point, all the forces that opposed Huo Guang throughout the court had been wiped out.
He had monopolized power, and as the pillar of the Han Dynasty, he firmly held back this swaying huge beast! !
Subsequently, he meticulously followed the policies left by Emperor Wu in the "Edict of Sin" in his later years, eliminated all excessive taxation and extortionate policies in the court, reduced or reduced taxes, and rested with the people.
Everything he has done during his reign can be summed up in two words.
--appease.
This dynasty, which was once full of turmoil and chaos, was smoothed out bit by bit by Huo Guang as patiently as cleaning up a ball of thread, making it regain its vitality.
He had no ambition to achieve immortality, and never bothered the people. He just calmly completed the tasks assigned to him by the emperor before his death.
But the peaceful days did not last long.
[In 74 BC, Emperor Zhao of Han Dynasty Liu Fuling, who had been in poor health, died of illness at the age of 21. 】
(It’s not that no one conspired about this matter with Huo Guang, but I personally think it has more to do with his mother’s insistence on keeping it secret for fourteen months.
Huo Guang would gain nothing by killing him at this time, because Liu Fulin had no heirs at the time. If he was killed, the emperor would have to look for him everywhere, and he would be an extremely unstable factor, so why bother? Waiting for a few years for him to give birth to a cub and then killing him, it would obviously be more cost-effective to control the cub! )
