During the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Western Han Dynasty, there was a period of time when the city of Chang'an was very non-stop.
Why don't you stop, because the alternation of imperial power in the Western Han Dynasty was a little too frequent at that time, the eighth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Zhao of Han had no son, the emperor had no son, and as soon as the emperor died, Huo Guang, the minister of power, could only pull Liu He, the king of Changyi, over to save the scene.
Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty is the son of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Liu He is the grandson of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so it is more appropriate to arrange it this way.
However, Liu He is very suitable, but Huo Guang thinks that he is not suitable, because at that time Huo Guang was the number one minister, he was the master of the house and spoke and counted, he supported Liu He to ascend the throne, to put it bluntly, he found an obedient and obedient baby to be a puppet, the problem is that Liu He is not willing to be a puppet, Liu He is not only unwilling to be a puppet, but also shows obvious rebellion in a series of political activities after ascending the throne.
Huo Guang looked at it, hey, this little brother is not easy to control, so he immediately stigmatized Liu He by various means, saying that he was immoral and dissolute, and he had done more than a thousand ridiculous things in less than a month since he ascended the throne.
After Liu He was deposed, the new emperor was Liu Xun, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.
The first crown prince of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was Liu Ju, but as we all know, Emperor Wu broke out in the later period of the witch curse, that is, someone in the court secretly tied a small paper figure, and also wrote the name of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty on the paper figure, and then secretly took a needle to pierce this paper figure day and night.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was annoyed when he heard this, this is not pure and is cursing me, so he seriously dealt with these people who engage in witchcraft, but he didn't think about it, the prince Liu Ju also participated in it, the emperor was even more angry and the prince was self-explanatory, so he had to commit suicide to apologize.
Liu Ju died in vain.
Liu Ju's son is Liu Jin, and Liu Jin's son is Liu Xun, and Liu Xun is the great-grandson of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty Liu Xun).
Because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was guilty of Liu Ju's heirs, Liu Xun was born as a slave and was imprisoned when he was a child.
Liu Xun grew up in the people, has no power and no background, isn't this the best candidate for Huo Guang to support the puppet emperor?
Therefore, after getting Liu He down, Huo Guang pushed the folk Liu Xun to the throne after several rounds, that is, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.
Although Emperor Xuan was born in the people, like Liu He, he is not the kind of person who will be easily manipulated by others.
If Liu He is a perverse flower raised in a greenhouse, then Liu Xun is a plant and tree that has been trained in the social wave.
Of course, Emperor Xuan wants to get rid of Huo Guang, but that will be a matter for the future.
Let's take a look, Emperor Zhao, Emperor Xuan, these are the three emperors, the power is constantly alternating, then it is inevitable that there will be a vacuum period, once there is a vacuum period, the government is turbulent, the situation is unstable, and the people are prone to change.
At that time, Chang'an, the capital of the Western Han Dynasty, its social security was not very good, mainly reflected in the fact that there were many thieves in Chang'an City, and cases of property theft would occur at every turn.
Chang'an, that is where the king's qi is, the residence of the Son of Heaven, this kind of thing happens in Chang'an City, it must not work, so the imperial court immediately appointed Yin Zhangchang, the Jingzhao of Chang'an at that time, to deal with this matter.
Zhang Chang, with a high character, his original hometown is Linfen, Shanxi, and he was just a township official who did not enter the stream at first, and it can be said that he has no political career.
However, in this world, some people's attitude towards life and the way they live are very different from ordinary people.
Those who truly love life, even if it is nothing more than a goldfish, will swim in the bathtub to ride the wind and waves in the sea.
Zhang Chang) is just a petty official, but Zhang Chang works hard and seriously, and was soon discovered by the imperial court, the court looked good, this gentleman came from a humble background, but he stooped to keep his points, and did a good job, this is a talent, so he began to give Zhang Chang a promotion intermittently, and Zhang Chang began to show his talents in the court.
When the abolished emperor Liu He was in power, you can't say that Huo Guang buried him, he himself is indeed a bit absurd, from Liu He's point of view, he became the emperor after he did not abide by the rules and regulations, in fact, it is undoubtedly a challenge to Huo Guang's dictatorship, but in Zhang Chang's view, the Son of Heaven represents the spirit of this empire, represents the will of the dynasty, and the emperor's every move will be imitated by hundreds of officials and all the people, so he thinks that Liu He is obviously not right, so he often advises Liu He.
After Zhang Chang's advice for more than ten days, Liu He was deposed, and the court thought that Zhang Chang's advice was for the loyalty of his ministers, and promoted him to his position, and arranged for him to be the assassin of Yuzhou.
Yuzhou, which is not a state, refers to most of Henan, so the official position and power of this place he got are already very great.
After Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, he also had a good impression of Zhang Chang, so he was crowned as the Taizhong doctor, which is an official title, and his main job is to discuss the government.
Zhang Chang is a person with a relatively upright personality, and it can be seen from his advice to Liu He that when Huo Guang was in power, Zhang Chang and Huo Guang did not deal with each other very well, Huo Guang simply used means to squeeze him out of the court, and Emperor Xuan of course also saw all this, but at that time, the power of the Huo family was too great, Huo Guang could even interfere with who he wanted to set up as the queen, and the emperor wanted to protect Zhang Chang, but he couldn't keep it, but since Huo Guang wanted to drive Zhang Chang out of the power center, Emperor Xuan simply sent Zhang Chang to Shanyang to be the Taishou.
Political struggles are complex, and changes in the political environment are also sensitive, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty was the Ming Emperor of the post-Western Han Dynasty, and every move he made was carefully considered by him.
Emperor Liu He).
Shanyang, that is the fief of the abolished emperor Liu He, after Liu He was taken down by Huo Guang, he was placed in Shanyang, so for this "former emperor" who lost the emperor but is still alive, Emperor Xuan is inevitably vigilant, so he simply used Zhang Chang to spy on Liu He.
In fact, Emperor Xuan was inevitably overwhelmed.
Zhang Chang once met Liu He when he was in Shanyang, and he told Liu He that there are many birds in Shanyang, and their calls are loud.
Liu He responded, yes, when I was in Chang'an, there was a majestic place, and there were no sounds of birds and insects, and now I can only hear these sounds again when I return to the fiefdom.
Liu He's life, very legendary, he was named the king of Changyi at the age of four or five, and was deposed as a marquis after being the emperor for twenty-seven days, his position on the throne was not won by him on his own initiative, and almost Huo Guang let him do it with a semi-forced nature, we can think that Liu He lacks a deep political background, but can we also think that Liu He was not here?
In the history books, we can see that after returning to the fiefdom, Liu He "wore short clothes, wore a military crown, put a pen on his head, and held a simple in his hand", which was obviously much better than his mental state when he was in Chang'an.
Some people say that the Three Emperors and Five Emperors have been as vast as smoke in the subset of history, and its core is only four big characters - striving to be the emperor.
In fact, this view is too one-sided.
Because there is a kind of person in this world, and his state of life is to live in the present.
Any life that is not painful, not enslaved, and has dignity can make them feel satisfied, such as Liu He, what will happen in the future, what will the future be, that is not what he will consider, if he is always obsessed with the throne when he is crowned king, and then laments the loss of the throne after becoming the Marquis of Haidu, then what is the meaning of his life?
Therefore, Liu He is a person who knows how to reconcile with life.
Zhang Chang did a good job of monitoring Liu He, and he himself governed Shanyang in a good way, and Emperor Xuan of Han saw that he was really a cadre, so he transferred him back to Chang'an and made him serve as Jing Zhaoyin, the purpose of which was to let him deal with the situation of thieves.
Jing Zhaoyin in the Western Han Dynasty was a very special official position, because although he mainly managed Chang'an, he was essentially a county official, but because Chang'an was the capital of the Western Han Dynasty, he also had the right to participate in the government.
You can see that Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty at this time has actually recognized Zhang Chang, and has counted Zhang Chang as a powerful assistant to his political team.
Later, of course, Chang'an's bandits were well governed by him, and the history books used to say that "Chang'an City steals a lot, and Baijia suffers", which means that there are too many people who steal things in Chang'an City, and the people who are stolen will not say, mainly these businessmen who do business in Chang'an City, that is too miserable, thieves steal, often bankrupt, and as a result, Zhang Chang is governed, Chang'an City "is sparsely sounded, and there is no theft in the city" , which means that there are fewer people who even watch the night at night, because social security has improved, and basically they don't leave anything behind, and they don't close their doors at night.
Moreover, when Zhang Chang was Jing Zhaoyin, a very interesting thing happened, Zhang Chang's wife is a beautiful woman, the relationship between the two is very good, Mrs. is naturally beautiful, there is only one point, that is, when he was a child, he was injured between his eyebrows, and there are scars on his face, and there are injuries on his face, so Zhang Chang gets up every morning, and the first thing he does is to paint a thrush for his wife, and cover the wounds on his wife's face with his superb makeup level。
Zhang Chang thrush) Zhang Chang every day for the lady thrush, that is rain or shine, this matter is spread in the market is very open, a come and go to the court is also discussing this matter, when the emperor of the Han Xuan Dynasty asked, said Zhang Chang, why do you give your wife eyebrows every day?
Zhang Chang was not polite, and immediately replied, Emperor, you asked me if I did a good job, I should answer you carefully, but I painted my wife's eyebrows, what is this, what do you have to ask and manage?
Zhang Chang's words were a little impolite, but Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty was not angry, but set the story of Zhang Chang and his wife as a model of love between husband and wife in the Western Han Dynasty at that time.
Zhang Chang became Jing Zhaoyin in the second year of Yuankang, in 64 BC, and that year, it had been seven years since the death of Xu Pingjun, the first empress of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.
Emperor Xuan also had moments of deep love for the sword back then, so he understood the affection of Zhang Chang and his wife, because, at the moment when these anecdotes happened in the court and the opposition, the emperor would also recall his original self.
Maugham once said that people have to pay the terrible price of disillusionment for the beautiful vision of the future when they were young.
The poor boy Emperor Xuan of Han stood in his own future, so would he look forward to the good times in the past?