During the Western Han Dynasty, in the third year of the Yingchuan Festival, in 67 B.C., an amazing thing happened here. In a wealthy family, two brothers shared a family, and they each took wives and did not divide the family.
The eldest brother marries before the younger brother, so the eldest brother's wife conceives first, while the younger brother's wife conceives later. However, the eldest brother's wife had complications during pregnancy, and the child unfortunately died in the womb.
Although the eldest brother and his wife were silent, the incident remained on their hearts and made them feel painful. On the contrary, the younger brother's wife gave birth to a healthy baby, which made the eldest brother feel very unbalanced.
The eldest brother could not understand why his child was stillborn, while the younger brother's child survived. Not only did it make him miserable, but it also made him worry about the future.
Because, although they are now a family, one day, they will need to separate families. The issue of ownership of property will be a key point of contention during the separation.
Since the eldest brother does not have a son, while the younger brother has a son, the younger brother and his children may receive more property regardless of the distribution. However, the eldest brother did not give up hope.
He believes that no matter how many difficulties he encounters in life, as long as he perseveres, one day he will be rewarded as he deserves. Although his life is full of challenges now, he is confident about the future.
Because, he believes, as long as he perseveres, one day he will let his fate change.
In order to divide the family property, the eldest brother and sister-in-law snatched the newborn son when the younger brother's wife gave birth, and claimed to be his own child. Although this practice seems bizarre in modern times, in the Western Han Dynasty, without DNA identification, the child became a problem between the two brothers, and it is difficult to judge.
The elder brother smugly raised the child, while the younger brother complained to the yamen. This case has been in trouble in the county government for more than three years, and there is no result. In the end, this file was submitted to the higher department, and Huang Ba was responsible for handling it.
Huang Ba is the Taishou of the Yingchuan region, and he has always hoped to enter the office to show his talents. In the Western Han Dynasty, commoners could only become officials through the recommendation of the local governor, and if they did not get the recommendation, they could also spend money to buy fame.
During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, this was common.
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the frequent use of foreign troops and the huge pressure on the country's economy made Emperor Wu aware of the importance of the common people. In order to raise funds, the imperial court stipulated that wealthy families could donate money and grain to the imperial court in exchange for fame.
Huang Ba originally entered the officialdom by donating grain, but he was attentive, did not covet money and things, and had a clean reputation among the people. Huang Ba handled a lot of money during his work, but he never did it.
During the period of Emperor Wu, the political ecology was harsh, but Huang Ba was a special case, he valued harmony, treated people with sincerity, and loved the people very much, so he was highly praised among the people.
After the death of Emperor Zhao, he had no children to inherit the throne, so he temporarily put Liu He, the king of Changyi, on the throne, and Liu He was the emperor of the Han Dynasty. Most of the historical records of this emperor are that he was extravagant and lost his virtues, and even said that he committed more than a thousand incomprehensible ** things in less than a month.
These claims may be debatable, after all, after the death of Emperor Zhao, power was in the hands of Huo Guang, and he naturally wanted the emperor he supported to be docile, courteous, and easy to control. However, Liu He does not seem to be such a person, although he is out of town, he is still the grandson of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so he does not want to become Huo Guang's puppet.
However, he had a plan for power, but he lacked the necessary political experience, and the slightest sign of maintaining the monarchy would be stigmatized by Huo Guang, and he was finally deposed after only 27 days as emperor.
After the abolition of the emperor, Emperor Xuan ascended the throne. Emperor Xuan was born in poverty, and his father was Liu Jin, the grandson of Emperor Shi, and Liu Jin's father was the deposed prince Liu Ju, who died unjustly due to the scourge of witchcraft. Because this royal family was punished by Emperor Wu, Emperor Xuan spent time in prison when he was young, burdened with family crimes.
Later, Emperor Wu granted amnesty to the world, and only then did he remember this great-grandson, release him from prison and exile him to the people. Before becoming the emperor, Emperor Xuan spent most of his time living among the people, knowing the difficulties of the people and the sufferings of the world, and deeply experiencing the gains and losses of the imperial court.
Therefore, after becoming emperor, he does not see the social environment as a change in data, because he understands that not only the ruling class needs to survive, but also the poor people need to survive, and they have the right to live.
Huang Ba was in Yingchuan Taishou and encountered a case of brothers fighting for their son. With many years of political experience in the private sector, he knows that there is no unreasonable human affection in the world, and he is just righteous and fair-minded.
He asked the servants to bring the child and put it in the hall, so that the concubines could fight with each other by force, and whoever snatched the child in his hands would belong to whomever the child was. As a result, the eldest brother's wife snatched the child without scruples, pulling and dragging hard, and the child cried in pain; The younger brother's wife was afraid of hurting the child, so she never dared to use force when she scrambled, and when she heard the child crying, she was so anxious that tears fell.
Huang Ba saw it in his eyes and immediately knew who the child's real mother was. This fully reflects Huang Ba's wisdom and fairness.
Huang Ba and Lu Gong: The tacit understanding of the two historical ** In ancient society, evidence was not always the key factor in determining the facts of a case, but reason occupied an important position.
Huang Ba served as Taishou in Yingchuan for eight years, and his achievements were simply recorded as "healing", which is already the highest praise. Huang Ba was later appointed as the Son of Heaven and died at the age of eighty-two.
It is recorded in the Unification Chronicles of the Ming Dynasty that his tomb is located in the northeast eleven miles of Kaocheng County, although we do not know why the ancient books of the Tianshun period of the Ming Dynasty can record the cemetery of the Han Dynasty in such detail, but Zhu Yuanzhang once said that as long as the county can have a virtuous person like Huang Ba, it can be governed in an orderly manner.
In fact, Huang Ba and Lu Gong are such talents**. Huang Ba is a figure from the Western Han Dynasty, while Lu Gong is a figure from the Eastern Han Dynasty. Lu Gong paid great attention to virtue and edification when he was a county magistrate, and he did not abuse the criminal law, but by convincing the offenders to make them feel guilty.
Although Huang Ba and Lu Gong lived in different eras, they both had the concept of being officials who implemented common sense and human feelings, righteousness and justice, and their ideas and actions reached a tacit and amazing agreement.
In the rise and fall of dynasties, the fate and life trajectory of individuals seem to be insignificant, and the rise and fall and changes of dynasties are only tiny particles in the long river of time.
However, human beings are not left with nothing in the starry sky of the universe, although we are only fleeting stars, but people like Huang Ba and Lu Gong, they have become their true selves in a short life.
Their conduct in the world, their virtue and education, and their righteousness and righteousness have all become their own marks, and their deeds will forever be recorded in the annals of history, both in the past and in the future.