The Dou clan fell, the Liang clan was revived, and the eunuchs came to the fore, but the final victor of the He Emperor dynasty was a beautiful woman that no one expected.
After sweeping away the Dou family, Liu Zhao began to personally manage political affairs, listening to politics every day, reviewing the recital late at night, never slacking off on political affairs, and was known as "Lao Qian has the end" (Since Dou Xian's execution, the emperor bowed to ten thousand opportunities).
Internally, he issued many edicts to help the victims of the disaster (every time there is a disaster, he asked the secretary of state, and said the gains and losses), reduced taxes, resettled the displaced people, and the area of land cultivated by the emperor reached more than 7.32 million hectares, which was the largest in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the registered population also soared rapidly to 53.25 million.
Externally, Liu Zhao made every effort to expand.
Look at the north first: in the fifth year of Yongyuan, the Northern Xiongnu rebelled in the removal of the sheath.
Didn't the Northern Xiongnu have fled to Central Asia, and Yu Shan Yu came out again?
This is a small tail left by Dou Xian back then, see this article for details: Who is the person who made miraculous achievements and completely solved the problem of the Northern Xiongnu?
Liu Zhao sent Ren Shang, the general of the Huns, to destroy him. In the same year, the Southern Xiongnu also rebelled in Anguo and was beheaded by Hou Xi.
Ren Shang chased and killed in the removal of the sheath single in the rear, the new Northern Xiongnu and the Southern Xiongnu frequently fought, the Southern Xiongnu Shan in the master mishandled, in 94 AD, the Northern Xiongnu fifteen more than 200,000 people rebelled, coerced the former Southern Xiongnu Shan in Tuntu He son Ao Yan Ri to chase the king Feng Hou for the new single Yu, the Xiongnu civil war is about to break outThe pavilion is a corpse chasing the marquis and the master is single, and the Yongyuan is established in the sixth year. Five or six hundred people attacked the master at night, and Wang Tian of Anji Peng guarded the ** battle and broke it. So the new Hu Sui Xiang was alarmed, more than 200,000 people in the fifteenth department were opposed, and the former single was set up in Tuntu He Zi Xue Ji Ri to chase the king and the marquis for the single Yu, so he killed the officials, burned the post pavilion tent, and refocused the car to Shuofang, wanting to spend the desert north
Liu Zhao was very decisive, and immediately ordered the general Deng Hong, the captain of the Yue cavalry, Feng Zhu, the general of the Liao Dynasty, Zhu Hui, the general of the Liao, the left and right Yulin, the five soldiers of the Northern Army and the county and the border soldiers, and Ren Shang generals Wuhuan and Xianbei, a total of 40,000 people.
From mobilizing Xianbei to quell the rebellion with the Han army, it can be seen that Liu Zhao is well versed in the essence of using razing to defeat raze.
Feng Hou led the Northern Xiongnu troops to besiege Zhonglang General Du Chong, Deng Hong led the army to Meiji, Feng Hou did not dare to block the Han army peak, ready to retreat north, Deng Hong ordered the whole army to attack, Nandan Yu sent ten thousand horses, and Du Chong led four thousand horsemen to pursue Feng Hou in the big city, beheaded more than 3,000 ranks, and surrendered more than 10,000 people.
Feng Zhu, the captain of the Yue cavalry, made a long-distance attack and caught up with Fenghou, but the Northern Xiongnu had no will to fight and was beheaded more than 4,000 levels. Fenghou, who had been defeated repeatedly, rode the ice pass and turned to Manyi Valley.
As a result, I met a more ** Xianbei person.
Ren Shang led the Xianbei capital to protect Su Badian, Wuhuan Lord Beke 8,000 horses in the Manyi Valley to intercept the Northern Xiongnu, Fenghou fought against the water, the coalition army broke it, and cut more than 17,000 levels.
Fenghou desperately broke through the siege, escaped from the border fortress, and reoccupied the old land of the Northern Xiongnu.
Let's talk about the ending of this Northern Xiongnu.
Fenghou, who had lost all the main force, divided his troops into two parts, leading the right part of the Tunzhuo Evil Mountain (now the Edlunjin Mountains of Mongolia), and the left part of the northwest of Tunshuo (now Bayannur City, Inner Mongolia, and the area of the Alxa League), hundreds of miles apart.
In the winter of the eighth year of Yongyuan, the Xiongnu on the left fled through the south of Shuofang County and surrendered to the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty "divided it into the northern counties".
Fenghou, who had only one left, did not give up, and took advantage of the Eastern Han Dynasty's revocation of the Western Regions to protect and abandon the Western Regions, and re-entered the Western Regions to coerce the countries.
In the early four years of the Yuan Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty finally quelled the Qiang Rebellion that lasted for several years, and after freeing up his hand, the imperial court immediately turned the target to Fenghou, and Deng Zun broke it. In the first five years of the Yuan Dynasty, Fenghou led more than 100 people to Shuofang County to surrender to the Eastern Han Dynasty.
At this point, the remnants of the Northern Xiongnu were completely wiped out by the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Xiongnu problem that had plagued the two Han Dynasty for hundreds of years was completely resolved. Liu Zhao commended the Xianbei capital for his exploits in protecting Su Batdian, and issued an edict to entitle Su Batdian as the leader of the kings. However, Xianbei, who made great contributions to the Eastern Han Dynasty, began to replace the Xiongnu and gradually became a hidden danger for the Han people.
Do you still remember the reason why Shangshu Song Yi opposed Dou Xian's use of troops?
Today, Xianbei Fengshun, won tens of thousands, China enjoys great achievements, and the people do not know their labor, and Han Xing is martyred. Yu Si is prosperous. Therefore, if the Han soldiers are not harmed, if they lead the troops to pay for the capture of the south, they will lose their chances, and they will be in danger if they go to safety. Honesty is not allowed.
The core of the two forces is to maintain the balance of the two forces, if the Northern Xiongnu are destroyed, who can guarantee that other grassland forces will not take their place?
Let's look at the situation in the West:
In the sixth year of Yongyuan, Ban Chaoda broke the Qi Kingdom, the Yuli Kingdom, and the Weixu Kingdom, beheaded the kings of Yanqi and Weili, and teleported their heads to Luoyang, the capital division, and surrendered to the Western Regions, and the power of the Han Dynasty extended to the west of the Pamir Plateau. Tiaozhi, Anxi, and the coastal countries as far away as Luoyang, 40,000 miles away, all translated as NagongAll protect the west, then the translation is 40,000
In communication with the Western countries, Ban Chao learned that there was another superpower thousands of miles away: Great Qin (Roman Empire).
In the ninth year of Yongyuan, Ban Chao sent Gan Ying to envoy Daqin, the mission set off from Qiuzi (now Kucha, Xinjiang), arrived at Tiaozhi (Antioch City), and returned to the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea, on the way, Macedonian Mace Titianus and Gan Ying met, this was a great moment, the two empires finally had face-to-face contact, Rome was also very interested in the mysterious empire in the East, in the twelfth year of Yongyuan, the Macedonian envoy Meng Qi arrived in Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty (called Sera in the West, transliterated as "Saila") Liu Zhao gave the Macedonian king a golden seal and purple ribbon.
This was the first official exchange between the Han Dynasty and Rome, and the first direct interaction between Europe and China in history.
In the thirteenth year of Yongyuan, Pakoros II, the monarch of the Rest Empire, paid tribute to the Han Dynasty with lions and "big birds" (ostriches), which were called "resting birds" at the time.
Northeast: In the seventh year of Yongyuan, Liu Zhao issued an edict to protect the capital of Xianbei as the king of Subadian, and Xianbei surrendered to the Han Dynasty.
Qinghai: In the spring of the 14th year of Yongyuan, the soldiers of Anding County attacked and burned He Qiang, and there was no longer Qiang Kou in the Xihai (Qinghai Lake) and the land of the Great and Small Elm Valleys, and Liu Zhao set up Xihai County in his place, and officially incorporated the land of Qinghai Lake and the Great and Small Elm Valleys into the territory.
At this point, the national strength of the Eastern Han Dynasty reached the peak of its heyday, and the people of the time praised "the crown of the past generations, the dying of all countries", and the history was called "the dragon of Yongyuan".
It's time to introduce Liu Zhao's harem.
In the spring of the eighth year of Yongyuan, Liu Zhao canonized the noble Yin as the queen.
Yin's great-grandfather is Yin Lihua's elder brother Yin Zhi, and his mother Deng is the granddaughter of Deng Yu, the head of the 28 generals of Yuntai.
In the fourth year of Yongyuan, the imperial court held a draft, and the 13-year-old Yin was selected into the harem for his beauty, and was canonized as the queen a few years later
Following Yin Lihua and the Yin family, they tied for first place with the Dou family on the Eastern Han Dynasty queen list.
Interestingly, like Yin Lihua, the Yin clan also encountered a strong opponent: Deng Sui.
Deng Sui's background is not far from that of the Yin family, he is from a noble background, and he has been a prince for generations!Deng Yu, the first hero of the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, his father is Deng Xun, a famous expert on Qiang issues in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the interesting thing is that Deng Sui's mother is the niece of Empress Yin Lihua.
Pay attention to this feature: the six families are more intertwined!I have you, you have me.
Deng Sui only likes to read since he was a child, and his mother Yin expressed dissatisfaction with her daughter's hobby(Xi female workers, now is not business, rather be a doctor?)）
Deng Sui has a very good personality, she never confronts her face, but "saves the country with a curve". After her mother's lecture, she learned to work Xi a female worker during the day and continued to study tirelessly at night(After violating the mother's will, sewing during the day, and buying fat candles to read the scriptures at night).
High EQ!While the family is harmonious, he still does not give up his life ambition.
Deng Sui studied hard day and night, at the age of six, he read the "Historical Records", and at the age of twelve, he read the "Book of Songs" and "Analects".'All beings'(Zhusheng is roughly equivalent to the senior talents of the Ming and Qing dynasties).
Deng Sui, who is highly educated, is still a great beauty, Deng Sui, who is seven feet two inches long, has an extraordinary temperament, a compelling brilliance, and a beautiful posture, which is absolutely different from the crowd!This can be clearly proved by the reaction in the palace after Deng Sui entered the palace: both left and right were shocked.
Why did Deng Sui, who is a combination of talent, appearance and wisdom, lose to the Yin family in the posterior?
The two did not enter the palace at the same time, and when the Yin family participated in the draft, Deng Sui's father Deng Xun died of illness. After the three-year filial piety period expired, Deng Sui participated in the draft again.
As a result, just one year after entering the palace, Deng Sui was named a nobleman and lived in the Jiade Palace, and the Yin family of the Changqiu Palace was called the harem double beads.
How Empress Dou ascended to the throne, everyone should still remember it vividly, see this article for details, but Deng Sui told everyone that in addition to intrigues and tricks, you can also take another way: to convince people with virtue.
After Deng Sui entered the palace, he followed the etiquette and served the queen of the yin, and was cautious(Be careful, there is a law to move.) After undertaking the yin, I trembled all night).
Here are a few examples.
One: Whenever Deng Sui gets along with Queen Yin, Deng Sui never sits upright, but leaves the seat to stand aside, and when the slender Deng Sui walks, he tries to hunch his body so as not to appear that she is high behind the Yin(If you enter at the same time, you will not dare to sit and stand upright, and you will be inferior).
Two: If Liu Zhao asks the concubines about something, Deng Sui will never steal the limelight from the queen in public, and must wait for the Yin family to speak first before saying respectfully(Every time the emperor asks, he often patrols and then responds, and he doesn't dare to speak before he speaks).
Three: The palace held a banquet, and the beauties of the harem naturally did not want to let go of this opportunity to show their beauty in front of the emperor. Only Deng Sui is dressed in plain clothes, without modification, and unpretentious. If your outfit matches your shirt, take it off immediately and change into another outfit(And then he was dressed in plain clothes without ornaments.) Its clothes have the same color as the yin queen, and it is immediately solved).
Four: Once, Deng Sui fell ill and was bedridden for several days. Liu Zhao was very pitiful and allowed her to summon her family members to visit the palace for an unlimited period of time. Deng Sui tried his best to excuse himself: the palace is heavily guarded, and if outsiders stay in the palace for a long time, it will make the ministers criticize His Majesty for favoritism, ridicule the ministers and concubines for not being content, and it is not suitable for public or private affairs(The palace ban is extremely heavy, and the outer house has been introspective for a long time, and His Majesty has the honor to ridicule him privately, and he has made the concubine get the slander of discontentment.) Up and down to the loss, honest unwilling).
Liu Zhao was very impressed, everyone is proud of counting, but the nobles are worried, deeply self-contained, and it is difficult to reach it.
Five: Deng Sui is very considerate to palace maids and chamberlains. Receiving the same column, often self-denial below, although the palace people are subordinate, they are all borrowed.
Summarize Deng Sui's fighting skills:
Be humble and careful with the Yin family, indicating that his status is humble (so that the other party can't grasp the handle).
Favors and help to the palace and the servants who do miscellaneous servitudes, and to win hearts (unite all forces).
Forbidding his relatives to enter and leave the harem, so that Emperor He, who was wary of the dictatorship of his relatives, was greatly appreciated, and Liu Zhao, who had been oppressed by the Dou family for several years, was very disgusted with the dictatorship of his relatives, and he was cautious in order to truly please Emperor He (who could read the emperor's mind).
Deng Sui's strategy can be completely appropriated to office politics, if you meet people who often see you unhappy and make you stumble, you can also Xi learn Deng Sui's strategy, don't argue with him, and don't let others grab the handle;Reach out to other colleagues and let everyone say helloFor the boss, you have to deeply understand the spirit, so do you still need to worry about those birdmen?
The effect of Deng Sui's style of play is quite obvious, so that Liu Zhao sighed: The work of cultivating virtue is like this!
The emperor's mind was on Deng Sui, and he became more and more alienated from the queen of yinEmperor Shen Jia Aiyan。The Yin family naturally hated it, but they couldn't find Deng Sui's mistakes. Deng Sui was also very vigilant, becoming more and more cautious in his words and deeds, and whenever the emperor summoned him, he often said that he should not be sickAfter the yin gradually thinned, whenever the royal sees, the resignation is sick
In the thirteenth year of Yongyuan, Liu Zhao suddenly became seriously ill, and the Yin family said privately: I am proud, and I will not let the Deng family have a relic!
When Deng Sui heard this, he snorted left and right, saying that he wanted to drink medicine to commit suicide, but Zhao Yu, a palace person, resolutely stopped him, and lied that a messenger had come just now, saying that the emperor's illness had been cured. Deng Suixin believed it was true, so he dispelled the idea of suicide.
Reading this paragraph, I wonder if you have a new understanding of Deng Sui?
Since it is a secret word, how did Deng Sui know about it?can only prove one point: the left and right of the Yin family have been bought by Deng Sui, what tricks do you have, what hole cards, the other party can see it clearly, how can you fight with Deng Sui? !
Deng Sui used to retreat as advance, did not accept the emperor's summons, and held back, just to find an opportunity to bring down the Yin family. Sure enough, the Yin clan did not have a city government, and soon revealed flaws, and this farce of suicide was nothing more than a performance for Liu Zhao.
I have to say that Deng Sui's performance is top-notch, after Liu Zhao recovered, after learning about the farce in the palace, he immediately had the idea of abolishing the queen.
The Yin family panicked and urgently summoned his grandmother Deng Xuan into the palace to discuss countermeasures, Deng Xuan offered a witch Gu plan, who expected the news to leak again!
Deng Sui quickly denounced that the Yin clan wanted to do wrong, and Liu Zhao sent Zhang Shen, a monk from Zhongchang, to investigate the matter, and the evidence was conclusive!
Liu Zhao immediately confiscated the Yin family's seal ribbon and threw it into the cold palace, Yin Gang learned that his daughter was deposed and chose to commit suicide very wisely, Yin Gang's three sons, Yin Fu defended his last dignity with death, Yin Yi Yin Chang was exiled to Bijing County, Ni Nam County (now Hanoi, Vietnam), and the Yin family, who had been a double queen, completely left the top power circle of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
In October of the 14th year of Yongyuan, Liu Zhao issued an edict after the book: The queen's respect, the same body as me, the temple of Chengzong, the mother of the world, how easy it is!Only Deng Guiren's virtue crown backyard is deserved.
Deng Sui repeatedly excused himself and ascended to the throne of the queen.
After four years of forbearance, 21-year-old Deng Sui finally ascended to the throne of the queen, but she was not complacent and still maintained a good style:
During the reign of the Yin family, luxury was the fashion in the palace, and the four countries paid tribute, most of which were precious and gorgeous things;Since Deng Sui became the queen, the extravagance contributed by all countries has been forbidden, and only paper and ink need to be paid in the season. This move provided material conditions for Cai Lun to improve papermaking.
Every time Liu Zhao wanted to knight the Deng Sui family, Deng Sui often humbly begged and begged not to let it go, so Deng Sui's elder brother Deng Qiu was not a general in the He Emperor Dynasty.
Empress Deng's actions won praise both inside and outside the court, and Ban Zhao took her as a lesson and wrote the famous work "The Female Commandment".
Is Deng Sui really not interested in power at all?Here comes the real test:
In 105, Emperor He died in the front hall of Zhangde, and Deng Suiyi, who was only twenty-four years old, was promoted to the queen mother