Dong Xian (22 BC - 1 BC), the word Shengqing, the favored minister of Liu Xin, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, the official to the great Sima, and the title of Marquis of Gao'an. Dong Xian has a soft temperament and likes to welcome Emperor Han Ai, he serves Emperor Han Ai from morning to night, and Emperor Han Ai rewards Dong Xian in tens of millions. In the second year of Yuanshou (1 year ago), Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty died, and Wang Mang issued an edict in the name of the Empress Dowager to remove Dong Xian from the post of Da Sima, and ordered Dong Xian to resign and go home. Dong Xian and his wife committed suicide that day, and their family was so frightened that they were buried at night.
Biography of the characterEmperor Mourning lovesDong Xian, whose name is Shengqing, is a native of Feng Yi Yunyang (now northwest of Jingyang, Shaanxi). 's father, Dong Gong, when he served as the imperial historian, used Dong Xian as the prince's housekeeper. In the second year of Suihe (7 years ago), Emperor Liu Xin of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, and Dong Xian was promoted to Langguan. In the second year of Jianping (5 years ago), when Dong Xian played in His Royal Highness, he was complacent because of his beauty, and after Emperor Han Ai saw it, he liked his appearance very much, remembered and then asked him, saying: "Is it Dong Xian?" So he recruited him to come forward to talk to him, and was promoted to Huangmenlang, and thus began to be favored. When asked that his father was Yunzhong Hou Dong Gong, he was recruited to serve as the commander of Baling County that day and was promoted to Guanglu doctor. Dong Xian was very favored, serving as a lieutenant and servant, and Emperor Han Ai accompanied him to ride in the car, and when he entered, he was accompanied by the attendants, and the rewards he received within a month amounted to 10,000 yuan, and his wealth shook the court.
Grace reignsDong Xian has a soft temperament and likes to greet Emperor Wai of the Han Dynasty, and he will use flattery to consolidate his position. Every time Emperor Han Ai gave him a day off, he refused to go out, and often served Emperor Han Ai in the palace. Emperor Han Ai thought that it was difficult for Dong Xian to return home, so he issued an edict to allow Dong Xian's wife to enter the palace directly and live in Dong Xian's residence in the palace, just as the wife of a chief official could live in an official residence. He also summoned Dong Xian's sister to make her Zhaoyi, second only to the queen, and renamed her residence Jiaofeng to match the queen's pepper room. Dong Xian served Emperor Han Ai from morning to night, and Emperor Han Ai rewarded Dong Xian with tens of millions. Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty promoted Dong Xian's father, Dong Gong, to serve as the Shaofu, and gave the Marquis of Guannei to collect his taxes and eat, and later migrated to serve as a guard. Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty also made Dong Xian's father-in-law serve as a master craftsman, and Dong Xian's brother-in-law served as the ruling Jinwu. Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to make a master craftsman to build a large house for Dong Xian in the north of the Que, which has the front and back halls and the doors are opposite, and the building is extremely exquisite and gorgeous. The servants from Dong Xian to Dong Xian's house were all rewarded by Emperor Han Ai, and they were rewarded with arsenal weapons and treasures. When choosing things, Dong Xian was the best, and the clothes worn by the car were second only to the emperor. Until the coffin, the beaded shirt made of ** continuous sewing jewelry, and the jade sheng made of **continuous continuous jade pieces, there is nothing incomplete that is ready to reward them to Dong Xian. Emperor Han Ai also let the master craftsman build a tomb next to Dong Xian in the tomb of Yiling, there is a small room inside with a strong cypress to the inside, the outside is the way to patrol the guard, a few miles around, the door and the screen outside the door are many.
The feudal marquis is in powerIn March of the fourth year of Jianping (3 years ago), Emperor Han Ai wanted to give Dong Xian the title of marquis but there was no reason. Just when Zhao Sun Chong, Xifu Bow and others accused Wu Chen, the wife of Liu Yun, the king of Dongping, of suing the ghosts and gods during the sacrifice, so that they could bring disaster to the people they hated, Emperor Han Ai entrusted the matter to the relevant departments to deal with, and they all confessed. At this time, Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty ordered Sun Chong and Xifu to accuse the King of Dongping through Dong Xian, and because of his merits, he issued an edict to entitle Dong Xian as the Marquis of Gao'an, Xifu as the Marquis of Yiling, Sun Chong as the Marquis of Fangyang, and 1,000 households each. Soon, Dong Xian was added to 2,000 households. Prime Minister Wang Jia suspected that King Dongping was wronged, and hated Xifu and others very much, and repeatedly admonished Emperor Han Ai, thinking that Dong Xian had disrupted the state system, and Wang Jia finally died in prison for talking about this matter. In August, Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty sent Zhonghuangmen to the arsenal to get weapons, ten times before and after, and sent them to Dong Xian's residence. When Emperor Han Ai had just ascended the throne, his grandmother Empress Dowager Fu and mother Empress Dowager Ding were still alive, and the Fu and Ding families became rich and noble first. Empress Dowager Fu's cousin Fu Xi initially served as the assistant to the Great Sima, and repeatedly advised Emperor Han Ai, but against Empress Dowager Fu's intentions, he was dismissed. Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty's uncle, Ding Ming, served as the Great Sima and was also very competent, but he was very jealous of Dong Xian's favor. In March of the first year of Yuanshou (2 years ago), Prime Minister Wang Jia was killed for his crimes, and Ding Ming sympathized with him very much. Emperor Han Ai valued Dong Xian even more and wanted to give him the highest position, but Ding Ming was not satisfied, so he counted Ding Ming's crimes in the form of an edict and removed him from office and let him go home. On the sixth day of December of the same year, Emperor Ai of Han asked Dong Xian to replace Ding Ming as the Great Sima and General Wei. At that time, Dong Xian was twenty-two years old, although he was the third duke, he was often a deacon in the palace, in charge of Shangshu, and hundreds of officials relied on Dong Xian to perform affairs to Emperor Han Ai. Dong Xian thought that his father Dong Gong should not be in the position of secretary, so he was transferred to Guanglu as a doctor, and Yu Lu was the middle 2,000 stones. Dong Xian's younger brother Dong Kuanxin replaced Dong Xian as the lieutenant of the horses. The relatives of the Dong family were all invited by the court as the servants of Zhu Cao, and they were favored by Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty above the Ding and Fu families.
Hole light avoidanceIn the first month of the second year of Yuanshou (1 year ago), the Xiongnu Shan came to the dynasty, and the Han Emperor summoned the envoy when he gave a banquet, and the ministers were in front. Xiongnu Shan Yu was surprised by Dong Xian's youth, so he asked the interpreter, and Emperor Han Ai ordered the translator to reply: "Da Sima is young, because he is very capable of holding official positions. The Xiongnu Shan Yu then got up to pay a visit and congratulated the Han Dynasty on obtaining a virtuous minister. At first, Prime Minister Kong Guang served as the imperial historian, and Dong Xian's father, Dong Gong, served as the imperial historian at that time. On the second day of the fifth month of the second year of Yuanshou (the first year), the imperial court officially determined the names of the three officials and their respective division of labor. appointed Dong Xian as the Grand Sima; Prime Minister Kong Guang is the Great Situ; Peng Xuan is the great Sikong, and he is the Marquis of Ping. Emperor Han Ai intended to let Dong Xian secretly surpass Kong Guang. Kong Guang was extremely respectful, knowing that Emperor Han Ai wanted to make Dong Xian be respected by others, and when he heard that Dong Xian was coming, Kong Guang put on his clothes and hat and went out to wait, and when he saw Dong Xian's car in the distance, he retreated. Dong Xian arrived at the middle gate, Kong Guang entered the hut next to the door again, after Dong Xian got out of the car, Kong Guang came out to greet him, and greeted him very cautiously, not daring to receive him with the same courtesy of receiving people of the same status. After Dong Xian returned, Emperor Han Ai was very happy when he heard about this incident, and immediately promoted the sons of Kong Guang's two elder brothers to serve as regular attendants. Dong Xian had the same power as the emperor from then on. Desire to be a lawAt that time, Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty's relatives Wang family declined, only the son of Ping'ahou Wang Tan, Wang Quji, was favored as a concubine when Emperor Han Ai was the crown prince, and after Emperor Han Ai ascended the throne, he served as a lieutenant in the waiter. Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty thought that the Wang family did not have a high official position, so because of his old favor, he was close to Wang Quai, and promoted his younger brother Wang Hong to serve as a regular attendant. Wang Hong's father-in-law, Xiao Xian, was the son of the former general Xiao Wangzhi, who served as a county guard for a long time, but was dismissed due to illness and served as a lieutenant general. Xiao Xian and Xiao Yu brothers were in the imperial court, and Dong Xian's father, Dong Gong, was very envious of them and wanted to marry them. Wang Hong begged to marry Xiao Xian's daughter for Dong Xian's younger brother Dong Kuanxin, Xiao Xian was afraid and did not dare to be, and secretly said to Wang Hong: "Dong Gong is the great Sima, and the emperor's book says 'honesty in charge of affairs in the court', this is the text of Yao Chan's position to Shun, not the old system of the Three Princes, and there is no one who is not afraid when the older people see this." Is this something my daughter can afford? Wang Hong has a wise and strategic temperament, and after listening to Xiao Xian's words, he also understood in his heart. So he went back and told Dong Gong, subtly expressing Xiao Xian's self-humility and not daring to climb high. Dong Gong sighed and said: "My family is afraid of people in the world because of what, and it is feared to this extent!" "I'm not happy. Later, Emperor Han Ai held a banquet in the Linqi Palace, and drank with Dong Xian's father and son and relatives. Emperor Han Ai had some alcohol, looked at Dong Xian and smiled unhurriedly, and said, "I want to follow the example of Yao Chan Shun, how about it?" Wang Hongjin said: "The world is the world of Emperor Gao, not His Majesty's own." Your Majesty inherits the imperial lineage, and shall pass on the throne to your descendants until infinity. Major events that have been passed down from generation to generation are very important, don't say it casually, the emperor! Emperor Han Ai was silently unhappy, and the people on the left and right were afraid. So he drove Wang Hong out, and he was not allowed to serve any more banquets in the future.
Suicide by dismissalOn June 26, the second year of Yuanshou (the first year), Emperor Han Ai died. The Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun summoned the great Sima Dong Xian, met him in the East Chamber, and asked him how to arrange the funeral. Dong Xian was worried in his heart, and he couldn't answer, so he apologized without a crown. Wang Zhengjun said: "Wang Mang, the marquis of the new capital, has dealt with the funeral of the first emperor as a great Sima before, and knows the old rules, so I ask Wang Mang to help you." Dong Xian kowtowed to show that he was greatly favored. Wang Zhengjun sent an envoy to summon Wang Mang. After Wang Mang arrived, with the help of the Empress Dowager, he instructed Shangshu ** Dong Xian not to serve medicine when Emperor Han Ai was sick, and Dong Xian was forbidden to enter and leave the gate of Sima Mansion in the palace. Dong Xian didn't know why, he went to the palace to take off his hat and walk barefoot to apologize. On June 27, Wang Mang sent an edict to Dong Xian under the palace in the name of the Empress Dowager's edict, saying: "Since Dong Xian entered the palace, yin and yang have been out of harmony, disasters have come, and civilians have suffered. The third duke is the most important auxiliary minister of the emperor, and Dong Xian, the Marquis of Gao'an, does not understand the truth of things, and serving as the great Sima cannot satisfy everyone, and cannot be used to defeat the enemy and pacify remote places. took back the seal of the Great Sima and ordered Dong Xian to dismiss and go home. Dong Xian and his wife committed suicide that day, and their family was so frightened that they were buried at night. Wang Mang suspected that he was pretending to be dead, and a priest asked him to open Dong Xian's coffin and go to inspect it. Wang Mang also hinted that Da Situ Kong Guang played: "Dong Xian is good at flattery by nature, colluding with ** unrighteous people to obtain the feudal marquis, father and son control the government, brothers and favored, accept too many rewards, build large-scale residences, build tombs, imitate the king without moderation, and the emperor's mausoleum is no different, and its cost is calculated in tens of thousands of dollars, so the country is empty." The father and son were arrogant and disobedient, until they disrespected the messenger sent by the emperor, and did not bow down when they accepted the reward, and the sin was very obvious. Dong Xian committed suicide and confessed, after his death his father Dong Gong and others did not repent, and painted the coffin with cinnabar, and carved the color of the four seasons, the left is the dragon, the right is the white tiger, the gold and silver sun and moon are attached to the top, and the burial is decorated with jade clothes and beads, and its supreme is incomparable. Dong Gong and the others were lucky enough to be spared the killing, and they should not be in the imperial court. I request that his belongings be confiscated to the Imperial Court. All those who relied on Dong Xian to hold official positions were dismissed. Dong Xian's father Dong Gong and younger brother Dong Kuanxin moved to Hepu with their families, and Dong Xian's mother returned to her hometown of Julu. The people of Chang'an were noisy and weeping at Dong Xian's mansion, hoping to steal his treasure. The imperial court sold the Dong family's property for a total of 430,000 yuan. After Dong Xian's coffin was opened, his body was exposed for examination before being buried in the tomb. Zhu Xu, an official of Peiguoren who was heavily treated by Dong Xian, left the Great Sima Mansion by self-impeachment, bought coffin clothes to clean up Dong Xian's body and buried him. February** Dynamic Incentive Program
Dong Xian's habit of breaking sleevesDong Xian often slept and sat with Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty. Once when he slept during the day, Dong Xian's head was pillowed on the sleeve of Emperor Han Ai, Emperor Han Ai wanted to get up, but Dong Xian didn't realize that Emperor Han Ai didn't want to alarm Dong Xian, so he cut off the sleeve with a sword before getting up. This is the idiom allusion to the habit of breaking sleeves, and later generations generally referred to homosexual behavior between men.