Why did Emperor Xuan of Han marry Xu Pingjun? What's the secret?
Liu Aiji, an emperor of the Western Han Dynasty in ancient China, his life is full of legends. He is the only emperor in Chinese history who was imprisoned before ascending the throne, which is what makes him unique.
He was born in the "witch curse", the whole family was involved, and he was forced to spend his infancy in prison.
At that time, the martyred emperor Liu was only three years old, and he lost the company of his parents at a young age, and could only live under the care of palace maids and eunuchs. His fate is unfortunate, but he can always meet noble people to help.
The first nobleman Bingji's **, if it weren't for him, Liu Ying might have spent the rest of his life in prison. Later, Liu Ai had already met the second nobleman, Zhang He, who had been adrift since childhood, and it was his relationship that allowed Liu Ai, who had been adrift since childhood, to meet Xu Pingjun, the most important woman in his life.
To explain why Liu Aiji married Xu Pingjun, a civilian girl, it is necessary to look back at his escape from death.
Liu Aiji, a grandson who was abandoned by fate in the witch curse, met the noble man Bingji, the court lieutenant, in the darkest moment of his life. Bingji is an upright and compassionate person who sees the tragic plight of Liu's family and decides to do everything in his power to protect and raise this innocent baby.
He had placed Liu Ai in a higher, drier cell in the prison, and although the prison environment was harsh, dark and damp, he still took good care of him, and arranged for Liu Ai to be nursed by two kind female prisoners.
Bingji's kindness and justice allowed Liu Aiji's life to continue, and also let us see the best side of human nature.
Could it be that the breath of the Son of Heaven rushed out of the prison is God's will! ”
With wisdom and kindness, Bingji helped Liu Ai get out of the predicament. Instead of pursuing Bingji's protests, he released his great-grandson from prison with an amnesty decree, so that Liu Ai was saved from exile.
However, three-year-old Liu is no longer able to take care of himself, his parents are dead, and he is helpless, and his life after his release is very worrying for Bingji. In desperation, Bingji placed Liu Ai in prison and was taken care of by the nursing mother Hu Group.
However, Hu Group's sentence expired, and Liu Ai's thoughts about her made Bingji very distressed. So, he decided to pay for it himself, so that Hu Group would continue to stay in prison and take care of Liu's illness.
Despite the poor prison conditions, Bingji still inquired in many ways and found Liu's maternal great-grandmother Zhenjun and uncle Shi Gong. He sent Liu to the Shi family and handed him over to raise, hoping that he could grow up healthily in a warm family environment.
Liu Aiji, a young man who spent the first half of his life in a hard life, finally regained his royal status under the care of Emperor Zhao Liu Fuling. However, despite his admission to the royal palace, he did not receive a knighthood and simply became an ordinary person.
In the process, he met a second nobleman, Zhang He, who was a disciple of Liu Yi's grandfather, the crown prince Liu Ju, who was sentenced to palace punishment because of the witch Gu case and became a eunuch.
Zhang He was in charge of everything in Yeting and became an important figure in Liu Yiji's life. Liu Yi has finally ended his wandering life and began to live a peaceful life.
Zhang He's care for Liu Aiji stems from his gratitude to his grandfather. He not only provided room and board, but also used his salary to pay for Liu Ai's schooling, and hired famous teachers to explain Confucian classics to him.
He even took Liu Yi to travel all over the world, and even provided him with the privilege of leaving the palace. Although Liu Yi is only a declining imperial grandson, Zhang He is very optimistic about him and sees him as a potential stock to invest in.
Under Zhang He's careful care, Liu Yi has gradually become a good boy who reads poetry and books and is familiar with the sufferings of the people. Thanks to the help of two nobles, Bingji and Zhang He, Liu Ying has been able to grow up safely, and he has a chivalrous heart, because he is at the bottom of society and understands social reality better than other noble sons.
Zhang He was worried about the marriage of Liu Aiji, a descendant of the deposed prince, and originally wanted to marry his daughter to him, but was opposed by his younger brother, saying that the Zhang family might be implicated. In desperation, Zhang He could only stop the plan, but he still ran around for Liu Aiji's marriage.
One day, he heard that his daughter Xu Guanghan was not yet married and was the same age as Liu Ai, so he invited Xu Guanghan to a banquet to ensure Liu Aiji's future, saying that he could be a Guannei Marquis at worst, and Xu Guanghan was Xu Pingjun's father.
Liu Aiji, a former poor boy, relied on the help of his friend Zhang He to marry his favorite woman Xu Pingjun. And Xu Pingjun's parents also learned that Xu Pingjun was rich and noble because of divination, and agreed to her marrying Liu Aiji.
But Xu Pingjun's mother expressed dissatisfaction with this decision, she believed that a fatherless, motherless, powerless and powerless emperor and grandson could not bring happiness to Xu Pingjun at all.
After learning what happened to Liu, Zhang He was worried that he would be wronged. In order to appease Xu's mother's dissatisfaction, he decided to use his property to prepare a dowry for Liu Ai, and personally managed the marriage of the two, escorting them all the way to their destination.
In this way, in the sixth year of Yuanfeng (75 years ago), the 16-year-old emperor Liu Yi and the 14-year-old civilian girl Xu Pingjun were married. Zhang He's vision is really unique, Xu Pingjun admires Liu Aiji's talent very much, and she is very kind, and she feels very sympathetic to Liu Aiji's experience.
After she married him, she took care of his life wholeheartedly, giving him the most sincere love and the warmest home. Under Xu Pingjun's care and care, Liu Ai has spent the happiest time of his life, with her by his side, someone to dress when it is cold, someone to use an umbrella when it rains, someone to cook when he is hungry, and someone to accompany him when he has insomnia.
Xu Pingjun ** Liu's psychological trauma made him fall in love with his wife deeply. He vowed that he would definitely spend his life with Xu Pingjun in the future, and his love was stronger than Jin.
This young couple is deeply affectionate, often tired of being together, and they are inseparable. Two years after getting married, Xu Pingjun gave birth to a child, which brought more joy to the small family.
Although life was not perfect, Liu's civilian life was quite comfortable. Some people may ask, how can a down-and-out emperor grandson and an ordinary girl fall in love?
Because they have all struggled at the bottom of society, they have all tasted the ups and downs of life, and they have not become **cunning because of the hardships of life.
Although their marriage is the order of their parents and the words of the matchmaker, the life of a commoner makes them each other's soul mates. Liu Aiji, a fallen emperor's grandson, has an innate "disappearance".
The hair on his body is recorded in the Book of Han, and although the room he lived in with Xu Pingjun was small and broken, there was always a strange light passing through it. Every time he patronized a shop, the business of the shop would prosper, so everyone called him "God of Wealth", and even his mother-in-law changed her opinion of him.
In the second year of marriage, he had a precious son, and in the third year, he was taken on the throne by someone from the palace, and although it was sudden for him, he believed that it was his fate.
Liu Aiji, an ordinary person who has been wandering among the people for 18 years, became the Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty in history because of an accident. All this happened in 74 BC, when Liu Fuling, the youngest son of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, died suddenly, leaving no heirs.
Under the manipulation of the powerful minister Huo Guang, Liu He, the grandson of Liu Aiji, was made emperor. However, Liu He's behavior was too absurd and wanted to squeeze Huo Guang out of the core of power. Huo Guang saw through his intentions and decided to appoint an easy-to-control imperial family as emperor.
At this time, Liu Aiji's noble Bingji appeared, and he took the initiative to recommend Liu Aiji to Huo Guang, saying that he was of good character and a suitable candidate. After Huo Guang sent someone to investigate, he had a good impression of Liu Yi and decided to make him the next emperor.
Who is Huo Guang? Why can he influence the succession to the throne, and why are the many heirs of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty alive, why did he choose Liu Ai alone? Could it be providence, or is there another plan behind it?
Huo Guang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's favorite hussar general, the maternal grandfather of Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, Empress Shangguan of the Han Dynasty, Huo Quai's half-brother, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty entrusted Gu to him before his death, and reused him during the reign of Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty.
Huo Guangquan leaned towards the government and the opposition, and he basically had the final say on who the emperor appointed. It can be said that he was one of the most powerful court officials in the entire Han Dynasty for more than 300 years, and he can even be compared with Cao Cao, who later "coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes".
Huo Guang connected Liu Yi to the palace, allowing him to ascend to the throne in a daze. However, Xu Pingjun, the "wife of the dregs" who shared the hardships with him, was not named the queen, but only got the title of "Jieyu".
Some old ministers who had experienced the battlefield noticed Huo Guang's true intention, that is, to leave the queen's position to his daughter. Because of Huo Guang's power, they began to write a letter, asking Liu Yi to canonize Huo Guang's daughter as empress.
At this time, Liu Ying had realized that he was just Huo Guang's puppet. If he refuses, he may suffer Liu He's fate, or worse, even lose his life, and possibly his wife and children.
After careful consideration, Liu Yi issued an edict: "I used to have an old sword, and now I miss this old sword very much, can you help me find it?" "Everyone understands that the old sword refers to the old love.
As a result, the courtiers also changed their tone one after another, and wrote a letter requesting that Xu Pingjun be appointed as the queen. In this way, the turmoil of "Lihou" passed calmly. Xu Pingjun, a commoner girl, became the first empress of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.
There are always things in life that make people lament the impermanence of fate. A vivid example of this is the experience of Liu Aiji, who came from a poor background and was well aware of the sufferings of the people, so under his leadership, the Western Han Dynasty reached its peak.
What's more valuable is that he did not forget his wife Xu Pingjun, and their love story has become an eternal story of "deep love for the old sword" and "love for Nanyuan". Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty was one of the most accomplished emperors of the Western Han Dynasty, and his leadership made the Han Empire the Xiongnu and a superpower.
These are all things worth thinking about and learning from at the 2022 Vitality Conference.