"Who do we, the Gao family clan members, think? We can't become outsiders instead!"
Gao Zhang's questioning made Gao Mengnan a little speechless. It's not that Gao Mengnan agrees with this, but although he understands the truth, it is difficult to convince these juniors.
The situation created by Gao Pragmatic cannot be found in history - while he was the de facto prime minister in the imperial court, he also controlled several "vassal states" outside his own dynasty. This was unprecedented. Something!
He is not one of those supernatural beings who can incarnate outside his body. Since he is the prime minister in the imperial court, the "vassal state" in his hands can naturally only be handed over to his trusted people. This is human nature. However, even if there was a similar situation in history, these "confidant" people were just brothers or old relatives for many years. How could there be any reason to leave it to the wives and concubines to take care of them?
If we have to make a comparison, then Gao Zhang's comparison of Huang Zhiting to Empress Lu is probably somewhat similar... No, no, what Gao Zhang just said didn't just compare Huang Zhiting to Empress Lu. What he said was "two "An aunt" refers to Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin joining forces.
Huang Zhiting is not enough to be Empress Lu. She must join forces with Liu Xin to be similar to Empress Lu.
In the thousands of years of history of China, there have been more than one or two women who have held power, and there was even a female emperor like Wu Fu. But why did Gao Zhang mention Empress Lu, and Gao Mengnan also had a similar feeling at this time? vigilance?
Why Queen Lu? And why does it take Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin to join forces to become "Queen Lu"?
In the thousands of years of Chinese history, the names of most queen mothers that can be left in the minds of most future generations are probably no more than ten, and this has to include the various contributions of TV series. For example, Empress Dowager Mi Yuexuan and Guangxu's "biological father" Lafayette, and of course the aforementioned Wu Fu - she also became empress dowager before ascending the throne.
There are not many queen mothers in Chinese history who can be remembered and praised. The reason is that there are too few queen mothers who can do this job well, but there are many who fail at it, and the queen mothers often only do a little bit poorly. Where everything is satisfactory, there will be an effect of "one fat person destroys everything".
After all, this world is already a patriarchal society, and there must be many places that are intolerant to women, let alone female politicians. On the other hand, if we stay in a matrilineal clan society, men's status will obviously be low, and they will not be tolerated if they do something wrong.
Why is it so important to emphasize that female “politicians” are not good enough? Because women are easily scolded when they are in power, not only because of the intolerance of the world, but also because women actually have great inherent disadvantages when it comes to things like politics.
Politics is a test of rational thinking and the ability to balance interests. As we all know, women are naturally more emotional and are more likely to "follow their feelings" instead of calmly analyzing the pros and cons and coldly only looking at the pros and cons.
This is not prejudice or discrimination, it's just nature. Just like a little boy will love toys such as swords, guns, cannons, airplanes, and tanks if you don’t teach him, and a little girl will love dolls and all kinds of shiny toys if you don’t teach her.
This is nature, there is no right or wrong, good or bad, superior or inferior, and there is no need to cite a few special cases to refute it. What we are talking about here is the natural tendency shown in the reproduction and development of the entire human race.
In politics, you can't just act on your whim at any time. You have to carefully evaluate the various forces, understand the concerns of each interest group, satisfy the basic demands of the three groups of people in the upper, middle and lower society, and then find the best distribution of interests—— Or the most suitable mode, etc.
As a politician, you should be like Doraemon, always able to conjure up something at critical moments to satisfy the interests of all parties - no matter what method you use to achieve it. Throughout the ages, politicians have often had only two choices: either redistribute the stock, or open up new channels, discover new points of interest growth, and use these increases to satisfy the interest groups that must be satisfied.
For example, various highly pragmatic reforms, to put it bluntly, focus on the latter and supplement the former. First open up the new channel and open up new profit growth points, and then use these obtained benefits to induce the interest groups in the old channel to slightly withdraw from some shares in the old channel and concentrate resources to follow the new channel. At this time, Gao pragmatically distributed the shares ceded on the old waterway to the people at the bottom to ease social conflicts.
However, most politicians in history did not have the innate conditions of high pragmatism that only time travelers have. It was often difficult for them to find any new channels and they could only choose to redistribute interests. At this time, they can only sacrifice some groups that can be sacrificed to appease all groups that cannot be offended. When to compromise, when to be tough, and when to act, these are all issues that run through a politician's life.
Don't think that the emperor can do whatever he wants. An emperor who has such an idea and puts it into practice will definitely not last long. He will either rebel and be killed, or die unexpectedly... Anyway, there is always a way for you. Having the greatest power often means facing the greatest backlash. If you insist on doing whatever you want, a knife will be drawn on your neck within two days. The representative figure is the stupid Liu He who was deposed by Huo Guang. It only took 27 days for this guy to go from being in power to being deposed.
Therefore, a person in charge, especially a top decision-maker, is a person who must keep his mind alert at all times, and at the same time be diligent and skilled in calculations. However, it is very difficult to always have a clear mind and be rational. Because people are human beings after all, not machines. They always have their own likes, dislikes and needs, and will be subject to various temptations and influences.
Men who are more inclined to be rational often cannot do this job well, let alone women who are not good at rationality and are prone to excessive emotions. In Chinese history, from the time when Qin Shihuang proclaimed himself emperor to when Yuan Shikai stole the country, there were a total of 494 emperors. But the ones who can truly be regarded as wise emperors can be counted casually with your eyes closed, and you will have finished counting them in just a few times.
However, faced with such a job that most people cannot do well, Liu Bang's wife Lu Fei did quite well. Throughout the early Han Dynasty, due to Liu Bang's rogue leadership and the special environment during the transition period of the imperial system, the political situation after Liu Bang's death was unstable. Although all the kings with different surnames have been wiped out, there are still a bunch of old heroes!
A large number of heroes and generals used to drink and chat with the old emperor, slap his butt and slap him. Most of these people were not born nobles. They had learned "how to kowtow to the emperor" for many years. With such a group of people, whether they obey you and whether you can control them is very, very important to the young regime of Han Dynasty.
Liu Bang always shouted: "I will conquer this world immediately!" Yes, it is true, but although this kind of saying is very enjoyable, it will also set an example for others - yes, you didn't He's just the director of the neighborhood committee! Since you can fight, maybe I can too? Oh, you are indeed very powerful and have received all kinds of blessings from heaven, but your son may not necessarily be so favored by heaven!
So this involved the issue of Liu Bang's successor. Regarding this point, the history books are quite lively, and there are many descriptions of "changing the prince" in various lengths. But in fact, even though Liu Bang wanted to do this very much, when he really wanted to implement it, he had no choice. Because as long as he thinks that one day he will die prematurely, he will understand that after his death, only his wife, Empress Lu, or the Lu family headed by Empress Lu, will have such a large weight to suppress her. The empire of his Liu family.
But the problem is that these brothers and sisters of the Lu family are so powerful that they became a headache that troubled Liu Bang in the last few years of his life. How can life be perfect? From the day Liu Bang started his business, Empress Lu has positioned herself as a boss lady, a good wife, and a political commissar. The Lu Family Group, headed by Empress Lu's brother Lu Ze, is one of the people in Liu Bang's world that cannot be ignored. of large weight factors.
It can be said that because of the age gap between husband and wife and the fact that the average life span of men is always lower than that of women, Liu Bang had no choice but to leave his daughter-in-law to him in the end.
Don't worry, you can do the work. Just watch and do it.
Liu Bang's greatest advantage in his life was knowing and employing people. Empress Lu could still reassure him in terms of ability and position.
Empress Lu's birth name was Lu Pheasant. After Lu Taigong fell in love with Liu Bang, in order to express his love for the strange appearance that he had not seen for many years, he gave away his biological daughter. He thought that his extraordinary daughter was finally Found the rightful owner. Lu Pheasant also began an extraordinary life.
However, the so-called extraordinary means spending the first half of your life working hard and the second half working hard. In the first half of her life, she did not appear to be wealthy as her father said. As the days passed, the beauty turned into an old woman. Empress Lu looked through the autumn water but still did not see any possibility of change. Let alone wealth, she was simply treated as a man.
Since Liu Tingchang often wandered around the world and did not work, the money he earned was not enough to survive, so Empress Lu could only focus on production with one hand, and take care of the children with the other. She took the children to work in the fields herself.
However, Lu Taigong's tutoring was quite good, because even though he did not live a good life, Lu Pheasant still worked hard for the family day and night and helped Liu Bang without any regrets. I must express my admiration for Taigong Lu, because he raised a good daughter who took care of her husband and raised her children, was virtuous and prudent, and worked hard without complaining.
Lu Pheasant, who had been tired for half his life, faced a new challenge at the bottom of his life when Liu Bang was nearly fifty years old and buried up to his neck in loess. Because Liu Bang released the prisoners privately, he fled into Mangdang Mountain. He himself ran away, but Lu Pheasant was imprisoned for this. People often have little dignity in prison, just as Zhou Bo later was manipulated by Emperor Wen and was unable to resist. After he came out of prison, he sighed: "I have tried to command millions of troops, but I know how valuable the jailer is!" "
This is especially true for men, and even worse for women. In prison, you may be subjected to many unbearable insults. Lu Pheasant must have suffered a lot in prison. However, fortunately, Liu Bang had a good buddy named Ren Ao, who was also working in the prison at the time. One time, Ren Ao saw his colleague abusing Lu Fei, and in a rage, he wounded the jailer and declared in a high-profile manner: This woman will never No one can touch it again!
Lu Zhi was very grateful for this love. Later, when she came to power, she appointed this benefactor as the imperial censor, which was a big check for the friendship that had long been devoted to justice.
Talking about Lu Zhi in prison, not long after the world was in chaos, she was released. It stands to reason that after being implicated like this, even a clay figurine should be angry, but instead of being angry with Liu Bang for implicating her, she often went to Mangdang Mountain to deliver food and clothing to Liu Bang, who had become a primitive man. He often advertises for his men.
She told the elders of Pei County that it was because my old man always had clouds on his head that I could find him in the primeval forest. In fact, many of Liu Bang's advertising campaigns were the work of his own political commissar Lu Pheasant.
yes! Who would be so careful to look for his advantages if it wasn't his own man? If you didn't value this man more than your own life, how could you give so much without any regrets? If you don't tie your whole life to this man, how can you put money in your man's face whenever you find an opportunity?
Lu Pheasant is a good wife and a good helper, Liu Bang knows this. In fact, Liu Bang had only discussed with two people from the bottom of his heart in his life, one was Zhang Liang and the other was Lu Pheasant.
Years of ups and downs made Lu Fei gradually understand human nature. After constant beatings and falls, she understood a truth: never talk about your good qualities. Those who are grateful will know what they are doing; those who are ungrateful will be useless no matter how much they say, and will instead annoy people.
Over the years, until Liu Bang's death, Lu Pheasant never complained about how much hardship he had suffered and how tired he had been. Even when Liu Bang was preparing to change the crown prince later, Lu Pheasant never mentioned the years when he endured it through gritted teeth and tears. She understood that what was in the past was in the past, and if she wanted to keep her son's status, she had to rely on herself.
As a wife, Lu Pheasant must feel wronged, and this has never changed from the beginning to the end. I suffered a lot with Liu Bang in the first half of my life, and finally the world was in chaos. Liu Bang raised his head and rebelled, and finally got out. However, when he was the king of Hanzhong, he did not send anyone back to pick up Lu Pheasant; when he broke Xiang Yu's hometown, he did not look for Lu Pheasant; it was not until he was beaten to pieces by Xiang Yu's counterattack that he remembered to pick up his married wife.
Ah, why did you go so early? You forgot about her when the scenery was good, but when something bad happened, did you think of her? It can only be said that with Liu Bang's character, he will definitely be the most searched in the 21st century.
This time, Lu Pheasant and Liu Taigong were captured by Xiang Yu, and they were captured for three years. It was not until the peace talks in Xingyang that Lu Cai was released, but when he returned to his man, Liu Bang had already doted on his concubines, and the most favored one among them was called Mrs. Qi.
Time flies like water, and women's good times have long passed. At this time, Empress Lu was almost forty years old. She understood that her man's heart could never be pulled back, but she still showed her strength as always: I still have a pair of children, and I still have a family business to run.
Her father's original prophecy came true, even though it took such a long time, and her man had built the largest family fortune in the world, which she did not expect. But for Lu Fei, perhaps this is not much different from before. Her job is still to help Liu Bang manage the family business.
Although Lu Pheasant was a woman, she continued to expand her influence to the group of heroes and generals who followed Liu Bang to conquer the world. She was the only one among the founding queens of the past dynasties. Even Zhu Yuanzhang's Queen Ma is not the same as Lu Pheasant - Queen Ma's influence is mainly aimed at Zhu Yuanzhang himself, and although she also has some influence on Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates and courtiers, this influence is far less than that of Lu Zhi. Pheasant.
The difference between the two of them is that Queen Ma's influence mainly comes from her identity and personality charm, while Lu Pheasant, in addition to these, also has strength, skill, and determination.
Lu Pheasant killed Han Xin and chopped up Peng Yue with ruthless methods. When killing Han Xin, she thought carefully and detained Xiao He first - or Xiao He took the initiative to surrender and chose her side; when killing Peng Yue, it was Peng Yue who cried and begged and took the initiative to send him to her door. There is no doubt that if she did not have enough influence and political chips, Peng Yue would not be stupid enough to regard her as someone who could save his life.
Mrs. Qi relied on her favor and always hoped that her son, King Zhao Liu Ruyi, could inherit the throne. She would cry to Liu Bang whenever she had nothing to do. It is recorded in the history books that it even reached the point of "crying day and night". Her method is particularly in line with the stereotype of some mentally handicapped concubines. They always think that they can get everything they want by crying with their men.
However, this is not the case. Women are not children. Being able to cry does not mean that they will have milk. The reason why men have a high tolerance for infants is because they know that children who can’t even speak are not sensible at all. Reasoning with children is a fool’s errand. However, since they are their own children, they cannot do without food. Because the child doesn’t know how to find food on his own.
Women are different. You are an adult, and he thinks you should be sensible. So when you make demands on him, you must let him know what else he can get from you - especially what you, Mrs. Qi, are facing. The number one gangster. Madam Qi, what else can Liu Bang expect from you?
Entertaining people with sex will eventually come to an end. What's more, with Liu Bang's hooligan habits, he may not even care about whether he can win your heart! I am the emperor, you must serve me anyway, why should I be anxious?
But even if Mrs. Qi didn't do anything, Liu Bang really had the idea of changing the prince. There are two reasons for this. One small reason is that the prince Liu Ying has a weak character and the son is not like his father. Another big reason is that the Lu family is so powerful.
Let’s talk about the first issue first, the personality of the successor. He, Liu Bang, was so heroic that he could kill a big snake when he got excited, he could also throw his scholar's hat on the ground and urinate, and he could even go back to his hometown and sing with tears in his eyes: "The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying!" But this son had such an unlikeable personality. You're the one who won, you don't look like my kind at all!
Liu Bang believed that his legitimate son was really worthless. He was not like his father, so he was an eyesore! But when Liu Bang frowned when he looked at the prince, he ignored that he was the originator of his son's weak character.
Since childhood, Liu Ying has not received much love from her father, because Liu Bang has always been missing for three days. When he was a few years old, his father became a wanted criminal. During a war, he and his sister saw their father and shouted with excitement, feeling happily that they were finally saved. However, before he could sit firmly on his butt, he and his sister were kicked out of the car.
Uncle Xia Houying rescued them, but his father kicked them out of the car again. Liu Ying patted the dirt all over her body. From her father's fierce eyes and constant curses, he heard clearly that she was afraid that he and his sister would drag his father into escaping.
Shouldn’t a father be his children’s strongest shield?
In the midst of confusion and fear, fortunately, Uncle Xia Houying rescued them despite his ferocious father. But later he learned something else: his mother, who had been accompanying him all this time, was kidnapped.
Mother and son have been separated for more than three years. Liu Ying lacked father's love in his adolescence and suffered many drastic changes. His only support was his mother, but her mother was also forced to leave him. My father is a bastard who doesn't even care about his own children.
All this makes his character weak and insecure. But fortunately, his mother came back.
Liu Bang made great achievements, but Lu Pheasant's youth passed away and would never come back. You can't expect your man to show mercy for all the hard work and effort you put in, so you should rely on yourself.
At this time, Liu Bang often went out to suppress rebellions, and his rear mainly relied on Lu Pheasant and Xiao He. Lu Pheasant slowly accumulated experience and strength while constantly handling government affairs.
Liu Bang once tested the issue of changing the prince in public, but the result was like poking a hornet's nest. As soon as he opened his mouth, people were speechless. All the elders in the court clearly stood on Liu Ying's side.
Shusun Tong said: Prince, the foundation of the country is the foundation. Once the foundation is shaken, the world will be shaken!
Zhou Chang was even more direct. He was so anxious that he was speechless, his face was red, and his veins were exposed as he said two words: No!
In addition to Liu Ying being the legitimate son, his place of origin in Peixian County and his mother's political influence helped him gradually consolidate his position as prince. Most of Conglong's heroes and generals originated from Huaisi, and many of them had known Empress Lu for a long time. For example, Xia Houying, if he hadn't been an elder who had watched these two children grow up, it would have been difficult for him to have the courage to protect these two children at that critical moment, when he drew his sword and cursed in front of Liu Bang.
For many ministers, Lu Pheasant, mother and son, have another layer of relationship besides the relationship between monarch and minister, and that is nostalgia. We made friends in the flames of war, grew up in struggle, and united together to build this family business under the banner of a big gangster. If we don’t support Mrs. Liu, who else can we support?
In addition, in addition to Empress Lu's great political skills, her natal family also became a key factor in Liu Bang's decision to become the crown prince. Liu Bang's mood must be very complicated. The complexity is that on the one hand, he does not have to worry about his weak son not being able to secure the throne, but on the other hand, he is very suspicious of who he is working hard for in his life.
The power of the Lu family is too great. The Lu family belongs to a relatively special group of relatives throughout the ages. Their family is not a nouveau riche family with "females are the most important" in which one person can ascend to heaven. The Lu family has made a huge contribution to the military achievements of the Han Dynasty.
Although the Lu family was later destroyed by the Han Hero Group, resulting in a large number of historical facts being destroyed and covered up, some clues can still be found in the history books. Even the clues are shocking and scary enough.
For example, in the early Han Dynasty, Dingfu, the Marquis of Yangdu, who was granted the title of Gonghou, granted 7,800 households, ranking fifth after Xiao He's 8,000 households. Qu Chenghou Gu met (Chong Da) and sealed four thousand households, while Chen Ping only had five thousand households. These people are all generals who are clearly subordinate to Lu Ze.
Another example is Liu Bang's die-hard confidant, Jin She, who sealed 4,600 households, and Chen Xi, the key blaster in the previous battle who started from Wanqu. These heavyweights are also inextricably linked to Lu Ze. connect.
Some fragments of Lu Ze's strength and status remain in the history books:
"Brother Empress Lu started as a guest at the beginning and entered the Han Dynasty as a marquis. He also controlled the Three Qin Dynasties and sent his troops to Dang first. When the King of Han conquered Pengcheng, he followed it and returned troops to assist Gaozu to rule the world. He was a meritorious lord." "Historical Records: Gaozu's Heroic Officials" "Chronology of the Marquis".
"At that time, Empress Lu's brother Zhou Luhou was a general of the Han Dynasty and lived in Xiayi. The Han kings followed him and collected some of his soldiers." "Historical Records: The Chronicles of Xiang Yu".
"Hou Hou's brother Zhou Luhou was a general of the Han Dynasty and settled in Xiayi. The king of Han followed him and gathered a few soldiers to form an army." "Historical Records: The Annals of Emperor Gaozu".
"Houhou Lu of Zhou, brother of Empress Lu, sent his troops to Xiayi, and the King of Han followed him. He gathered a few soldiers and set up an army." "Book of Han: Chronicles of Emperor Gaodi".
Don't worry about the position of the above sentence fragments, focus on a few key points. One is "guest obedience". What does "guest follower" mean? It means taking out a certain amount of equity and having its own team to join the business, which is similar to a shareholder, and it holds original shares.
Let’s give a few familiar examples. Xiao He, Li Shiqi, Wang Ling. It's no surprise that Li Shiqi and Wang Ling were both heroes who joined with their teams, but they didn't expect that Secretary Xiao, a senior civil servant in Pei County, also had a team, right?
Among the 143 feudal lords in the "Chronology of Emperor Gaozu's Meritorious Officials", there are 12 "guests", including the two brothers Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi.
Second, he entered the Han Dynasty and became a marquis, and also established the Three Qin Dynasties, and sent his troops to Dang first. He was included in the first wave of feudal lords of the Liu Bang Group, and he was also included in the Three Qin Dynasty. After counterattacking the Central Plains, he also took the lead in breaking into Dang County, the old base of the year.
Why do we need to talk about this "Dang" separately? Because the Lu family's hometown is Shanfu County, Dang County, they were "important guests" when they came to Peixian County, Sishui County to escape their hatred. In other words, the Lu family was a very powerful family in Dang County before the world was in chaos. This time they came to take back their own territory. There are as many as twenty-three people in Dang County who have started their own business, and many of them have a clear relationship with the Lu family.
Because of Yongchi's sudden rebellion, Liu Bang easily captured Dangdi when Fengyi was in dire straits at first, and he also recruited Dangjun's soldiers (5,000 to 6,000 people) who were more than twice his size at the time. It was a coincidence that history records There is no clue, but it is obviously quite mysterious.
The third and most critical thing is. "Chronology of the Marquis", "The Chronicles of Xiang Yu", "The Chronicles of Gaozu", and "The Chronicles of Emperor Gaozu" in Hanshu, after all the historical materials about Lu Ze were erased, one thing was left behind - because if this thing If you don't stay, the whole plot will not be connected.
This thing is: when Liu Bang abandoned his son and daughter in the Pengcheng Massacre and was almost chased to death by Xiang Yu, he fled to Lu Ze like a lost dog. What happened next? It was Lu Ze who sent troops to help him make a comeback!
This is "The King of Han liberated Pengcheng, followed it, and returned troops to assist Gaozu to rule the world, and he was a meritorious lord." "Historical Records: Chronology of Gaozu's meritorious officials and lords".
Among the highly similar sentences listed above in the historical data, several words are used very consistently: "juxiayi", "conongzhi", "slightly collect soldiers", and "jundang". What do these words mean?
"Ju Xia Yi" (today's Dangshan County) and "Cong Zhi" indicate that after Liu Bang had nothing, he ran to join his uncle. Please note that Liu Bang did not go to his subordinate generals, but ran to join him! This uncle is an independent armed force in Xiayi, not - at least not completely subordinate to him!
"Slightly collect the soldiers" and "Jun Dang" indicate that Liu Bang finally gained a foothold when he arrived here. This location is not far from Xiang Yu's home base of Pengcheng, and it is a place that Xiang Yu rarely left untouched after all his devastation. Obviously, if Liu Bang didn't have Lu Ze here to help him withstand Xiang Yu's outburst, he wouldn't be able to escape back to Xingyang, and he would be beaten to GG on the spot!
The "Chronology of the Marquises" says that "recurrence of soldiers assisted the emperor to determine the world", this sentence is of great weight. Among them, the words "zuo" and "tianxia" only appear in the merit books of three other great gods among the 143 merit lists.
"Assisting the superiors to control the princes" is a comment on Xiao He; "always making plans to bring peace to the world" and "making six strange plans to control the world" are comments on Zhang Liang and Chen Ping.
What a person like Xiao He does is called "assistant"; Zhang Liang and Chen Ping's suggestions to turn the tide of collapse are called "pacifying (pacifying) the world". Therefore, it can be seen that Lu Ze's ability and merit are at least on the same level as those of the Three Great Masters of the Early Han Dynasty, and not lower than them!
Let’s take a look at the merit list of his younger brother Lu Shizhi: “Brother Empress Lu started as a guest and attacked the Three Qin Dynasties. The king of Han entered the Han Dynasty, and Shi Zhi was still rich. He served King Lu Xuan and the Supreme Emperor. The world was at peace, and Shi was granted the title of “Shi Zhi”. It is called Jianchou."
The first sentence is the same as his brother's, "I will follow you and attack the Three Qin Dynasties", but the middle sentence is very interesting, "Serve to defend King Lu Xuan and the Supreme Emperor." King Lu Xuan is his father, and the Supreme Emperor is Liu Bang's father. Here King Lu Xuan was not only ranked in front of the Supreme Emperor, but after the fight actually broke out, both the Supreme Emperor and his daughter-in-law Lu Pheasant were captured by Xiang Yu, and King Lu Xuan lived in peace and contentment without any illness or disaster.
You must know that Lu Ze "lived in Xiayi (today's Dang County)". This place where Liu Bang could establish a foothold was only 80 miles, or 40 kilometers, away from Liu Bang's hometown of Fengyi (today's Feng County). What does it mean? This shows that the Lu family group is not completely subordinate to Liu Bang, otherwise it would be impossible not to care about the big boss's father, or that he regards his own father as far more important than the big boss's father! How is this possible?
They are not engaged in ordinary entrepreneurship. If it doesn't work, they will break up. I will kick the boss and quit - they are rebelling. There is no turning back, okay? If you don't take the big boss's father seriously, it means you don't take your whole family's heads seriously. But that's what people did, and it proved to be without consequences. So if you think about it, it's naturally because the Lu family is not completely subordinate to Liu Bang, and Liu Bang can't blame the Lu family for this.
After this large series of clues are connected together, some things can be seen: first, the Lu family brothers were shareholders when Liu Bang started his business, and they have strong share capital; second, they have a group of very powerful generals, Ding Fu, Chen Xi, Gu Feng, etc. are the same; thirdly, they were among the first wave of feudal lords; fourthly, the Lu family was very capable of fighting, and they were determined to be the main force in the key battles of the Three Qin Dynasty, and they took back Shandong first His hometown was the first to occupy the Dangjun base not far from Xiang Yu's core. Later, when Xiang Yu counterattacked with a massacre, his family was not moved. Fifth, he was not completely subordinate to Liu Bang. Sixth, in the battle behind Liu Bang, At least like Xiao He and Zhang Liang, he has the key contribution of "assistant" in determining "the world".
Therefore, the two brothers of the Lu family have power, connections, military exploits, and qualifications, and are of great importance to the Liu Bang Group. In this way, Liu Bang had huge ambivalence about whether to support Liu Ying or not.
What he didn't have to hesitate was that Liu Ying's uncle's family could definitely help him secure his position, and the empress dowager Lu Fei's political ability would definitely be a plus. But he hesitated. The Lu family, from the daughter-in-law to the brothers-in-law, was so damn powerful. What if the Lu family kicked this nephew away? Don't worry about me trying to conquer the world, but I end up making wedding clothes for your family.
This is the real reason why dramas about the ownership of the crown prince in the early Han Dynasty occurred so frequently!
He kept wiping out the kings with different surnames but did not take the land back, but arranged it for his relatives. A big key was that he was guarding against the Lu family. He gave the best Qi Land to his eldest son Liu Fei, and paired him with the best Prime Minister Cao Shen. This has to be said to be a very deep calculation arrangement.
However, Liu Bang's major doubts were largely dispelled in the eighth year of Emperor Gaozu's reign because the head of the Lu family, Lu Ze, died in this year. However, Liu Bang still had not made up his mind about the crown prince position. He was still worried about the Lu family: the eldest son was indeed dead, but the second son Lu Shizhi was still there, and with his sister who would become the Queen Mother in the future, this force was still very powerful.
At this point, we can use Empress Lu as a template to compare the quality of Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin.
Compared with Empress Lu, Huang Zhiting certainly did not suffer as much as Empress Lu in her early years. After all, Gao Pangshi went to Guangxi and got acquainted with her under the arrogance of Gao Wenzhenggong's direct descendant, Sixth Number One Scholar, Emperor Faxiao, etc. He also held an important position as the governor of Guangxi, holding the power of the provincial officials' conduct and discipline, and the major chieftains. I don't dare to offend him for any reason.
Huang Zhiting herself is not bad either. As a super big toast who exists like the queen of Guinan, although there are many internal troubles, Guangxi's wolf soldiers are famous all over the world, and no one dares to provoke them easily.
But after all, when Gao Pragmatic went to Guangxi, he was nominally demoted and released. Huang Zhiting followed Gao Pragmatic at that time, and they were able to share the hardships together. What's more, when she was recapturing Annan, she stood up for Gao Pragmatic Zhenzhen. This friendship should not be underestimated in any era. Of course, outsiders don't know much about the two of them walking through the Shiwan Mountains, falling into the bottom of a pool together, and sneaking into underground rivers, otherwise they would still have to keep a close eye on them.
Liu Xin doesn't seem to have experienced hardships together, but it is known that she has known Gao Pragmatic much earlier than Huang Zhiting, and to some extent, she has a special affection for a childhood sweetheart - at least in the eyes of outsiders.
As a result, their status in the Jinghua Group is comparable to that of Empress Lu. Huang Zhiting was in charge of southern Xinjiang, just like Empress Lu was in Guanzhong during the confrontation between Liu Bang, Chu and Han. She was the general representative of her husband's rear, highlighting a key function of guarding the family property.
Although Liu Xin joined halfway, she quickly started working on Xiao He's job. Specifically, he is responsible for summarizing complex work reports so that Gao Pragmatic can approve the most important matters in the shortest time. At the same time, she also fulfills Zhang Liang's task to a certain extent, which is to conduct key discussions with Gao Pragmatic on major matters and help Gao Pragmatic make up his mind. This cannot be ignored.
Therefore, if Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin are determined to become political allies, their political influence within the Jinghua Group may actually exceed that of Queen Lu.
However, at this time, they have not yet compared their respective families’ influence on Jinghua Group. Behind Empress Lu are "Zhu Lu", but mainly two brothers, Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi. These two people have a huge influence on Liu Bang Entrepreneurship Group.
Huang Zhiting has no elder brother, only two younger brothers. The eldest brother Huang Yinglei committed suicide. Now he has been deposed and is in a state of confinement, so it's okay not to talk about it.
The younger brother Huang Yingpin took over the Huang family's foundation. He had a large hereditary territory in Annan and hundreds of thousands of people under his command. However, his influence on Jinghua Group is far less than that of Erlu, because he was too young and missed the era of the Great Opening of Xinjiang when Jinghua made rapid progress in southern Xinjiang.
However, he also has an advantage, that is, he has two towns of wolf soldiers with high pragmatic approval, with a total of 25,000 people in the two towns.
Looking at 25,000 people alone, this scale doesn't seem too big. It's just two town soldiers. How big a deal? The six major garrison forces in southern Xinjiang have a total of 22 towns, with a total strength of 280,000 (279,400). This does not include the "reserves" actually established during the implementation of the household registration and naturalization system, and does not include the expanding Nanyang Islands. The garrison military town does not include the sailors of the Nanyang Fleet, nor does it include the armed servants of Jinghua in the Ming Dynasty.
In short, among the entire super armed group in Jinghua, his two town wolf soldiers looked inconspicuous.
However, in the eyes of Gao Mengnan and even other members of the Gao family, this is not how the accounts were settled. Now that Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin are to be guarded as possible "Queen Lu", how can we only count the troops in Huang Yingpin's hands?
First of all, you have to count the wolf soldiers directly led by Huang Zhiting, right? There were also two town soldiers, also 25,000 people. What's especially critical is that there are 5,000 people here who are permanently stationed in Dingnancheng. Together with Liu Xin's 3,000 Liu family troops who stayed in Dingnancheng, the total is 8,000 people, forming the so-called "Siamese Palace Guards."
At present, Gao Pragmatic has not mentioned any changes to the defense of Dingnancheng in the future with the Gao family clan members. They can only analyze based on the current situation. Then, these eight thousand palace guards are like the Southern Army in Chang'an City in the early Han Dynasty, and the first town of Dingnan Garrison stationed in the big city is like the Northern Army in Chang'an.
Or to make another comparison, the status of the Royal Palace Guards is equivalent to the Ming Dynasty's Jin Yiwei + Jingjun, responsible for the defense of the palace; the first town of Dingnan Guard Army is like the Ming Dynasty's Imperial Guards, responsible for the defense of the entire capital, especially the capital (except for outside the palace).
It stands to reason that the combat effectiveness of the Royal Guards is infinitely higher than that of the Jinyi Guards and the Pure Army. If this comparison is made, the First Town of Dingnan should be far more powerful than the Royal Palace Guards.
But there are two problems here: first, the number of the palace guards is not large, as many as eight thousand, and almost all of them are elites who have seen blood; second, the palace guards keep weapons and ammunition fully equipped at all times, while the security forces are in Africa. During the war, it was "no firearm". You need to get the command to send the ammunition to their camp by the nearest arsenal.
In other words, when the police army did not get a combat order, there was only cold weapons on hand, which could not threaten the Gong Palace Melly Guard. On the contrary, if the incident suddenly occurred and the extreme situation occurred, then the Royal Palace Melly Guard can forcibly disarm the first town of Dingnan. The first town without firearms must not be able to prepare the Wanquan Royal Melly Guard.
Even in the future, Gao and pragmatic adjustment of Dingnan City's defense, Huang Yanting and Huang Yingying's sister will still have 50,000 troops in hand. This is the basic disk of the Huang family. Unless a cup of wine is also released, it is difficult to have something to do. Variety.
Not only that, if you plan to be the worst case, for example, if the pragmatism is gone at that time, is it the unstable factor in the Huang family? Of course not, the toasts that moved from Guangxi that year would all become unstable factor, including Cen Ling.
Why? Because of the pragmatism, no one dares to be unlikely in the southern Xinjiang, but if the pragmatism is not there, and Huang Yanting actually becomes the "queen queen", the situation will be very different. Those toasts have a reason to stand on her side to help her suppress her political enemy -everyone is the township party. Who can we support his wife? In this way, at least more than 100,000 wolf soldiers stood on the opposite side of Gao's relatives.
Liu Xin has not been considered here. There are not many Liu Jiajun in the southern Xinjiang, and the three thousand people are not a big problem in terms of military strength. And although she has a well -known star brother, Liu Ye is the general of the court, not a general in Southern Xinjiang. Although many of his soldiers and horses also belong to the nature of Jiading's private army, the law of the court is not a waste paper. It is impossible for Liu Ye to casually support Liu Jiajun from Daming to southern Xinjiang to support his sister.
However, Liu Xin's power source was not in the soldiers and horses. After many years of her secretary -general, most of the military and political orders of high pragmatism were issued through her hands, and there were many low -level things. She gave her the power like the prime minister, enough to establish prestige in all walks of life in the southern country.
Once the Gao Jiazong relatives are considered from the worst case, they must worry about this threat, that is, Liu Xin has a huge influence on various materials such as weapons, ammunition, grain and crickets. This is an inestimable force, because this is one of the two most important starting points for the highly pragmatic control of the police forces (the other is the personnel aspect, such as the high -level officer's rotation system, etc.).
In this case, in case of that day, Huang Yanting and Liu Xin joined forces, and their strength is only stronger than Lu Hou!
Of course, it is similar to Liu Bang's situation at the time. Gao Yuan is like Liu Ying. He does not have to worry about anything, because even if the mother's power is strong and the strength is strong, these must be left to him.
I was afraid that I was afraid that the family would move my mind, and when the mother's brain was stretched, I eventually took the nephew's foundation. Or Gao Yuan is as short as Liu Ying, which is even worse. If it is not good, it is a chaos in the southern Xinjiang version.
However, there are two variables here, one is Huang Yingting and the second son Gao Ji, and Gao Luo, who has "passed",; the other is that Liu Xin also has his son Gao Chun. Speaking of which, even if Gao Yuan has nothing and does not leave a son -in -law, there is still Gao Ji to inherit it, and it should not be the worst case.
Unless Gao Ji is gone, then Gaolin's reasons for being made public. Because Gao Chun is not a sister -in -law, the status of both sides is embarrassing, and the biological mothers on both sides are strong. It's more complicated.
However, in any case, the ancestors are obviously a disadvantaged side in these possible changes, and they are very weak. They do not master the fame, nor do they master the strongest power, and pure is a state of being crushed.
In fact, if the family members of the Gao family are really united, their strength is not weak. Some of them have soldiers, some have land (in the jurisdiction), and they can also affect some police generals more or less.
From Gao Gaoxian, there are as many as six bedrooms. In the early years, the pragmatic Jinghua expanded too fast. The family of their six -bedroom family was not enough, so many people were promoted from the family of several other rooms.
These people are now in the military and political circles of the southern Xinjiang, and there are a lot of faces and faces. These are all the power that the ancestors may affect -our family members are indeed new, but you are from my family. Jia Ding, Ri Xin is gone now, can you listen to what I speak?
Even if you don't dare to listen completely, you will listen to it, at least some things may open your eyes and close your eyes. This is human nature.
But even so, there are too few troops that the ancestors have, and they are too widely distributed, and their strength is too scattered. You must know that in the struggle of power, unless you determine your mind and rebellion, and it is used to enter the center from the outside and the inside in a similar way in the Qingjun side, the forces scattered in various places are actually useless.
As long as the "Jingshi" is not in his hands, the name of the righteousness is often nothing about you, and the probability of success is cut off, and even the ankle is cut. At least from the current situation, the central downs of the southern Xinjiang are obviously controlled by Huang Yanting and Liu Xin. If there is any accident in high pragmatism, it must be them who have the initiative in the first time.
The architecture of power is countless concentric circles. The closer to the core of power, the more noble, the more legitimacy is. If Gao is pragmatic, of course, the most orthodox heirs are Gao Yuan, and the core circle around Gao Yuan is his mother Huang Yingting and teacher and aunt Liu Xin.
If these two are still fighting, but they are actually alliances, it means that the biggest right cake is taken away by them. What else can the Gao Jiazong relatives be divided?
Even if you are not killed, you will definitely suppress it. Maybe the result will be the same as the Zongwang in Daming. There are many fields in name. In fact, the local yamen is controlled by the local yamen. I only give you the converted money at the end. I won't miss you at all.
Will Gao Jiazong agreed? Gao Mengnan asked himself that he would agree, because he was much older than Gao Gao, and he had no children. What could he do to do much right?
But he also knew that these juniors would not agree and could not convince it.
Gao's base industry is Gao's family, and Gao Yuan is the uncle's sister -in -law. He can really get it, but why does the Huang family do? Why does the Liu family do? You Gao Yuan does not take our own brothers as brothers, so don't blame us to separate our strength! ——
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PS: Like the title, the three chapters are united. Before writing this chapter, I thought about it seriously. The ratio of the current situation in southern Xinjiang may be in the early Han Dynasty, so the comparison of the current power and influence of Lu Hou Hou Hou and Huang Yanting and Liu Xin. Among them, I deliberately hidden some details without explanation. If you are interested, you can analyze from the aspects of personality and style, and deduct the possible trend of follow -up plot.
In fact, I have many foreshadowing of Huang Yanting and Liu Xin's respective personality and logic in this book. Everyone may be able to use this to introduce several trends, which should be quite interesting. Oh, don't forget the character and style that Gao Yuan has shown.
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