Liu Bang stayed on the road, but Mrs. Qi didn't understand
Lü Pheasant, the first queen in Chinese history, her prestige and viciousness are shocking. Her methods, especially the abuse of Mrs. Qi, are incredible. Mrs. Qi's ending is well known, she was cut off her hands and feet to make a ** bang, and finally died miserably.
And it is impossible for Liu Bang, who dotes on Mrs. Qi, not to consider what he will do to the weak Mrs. Qi with Lu Pheasant's character and means after his death. So, why didn't he leave a way for Mrs. Qi to survive, or point out the way to save her life?
In fact, Liu Bang did leave a way back for Mrs. Qi, but unfortunately, Mrs. Qi herself did not realize it, which made Liu Bang's plan completely ineffective, and also made herself fall into a situation from which she could not recover, and was finally tortured to death by Lu Pheasant.
Liu Bang knew Lu Pheasant's ruthlessness, and he knew her methods. After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, in order to stabilize his position, Lü Pheasant began to ruthlessly suppress some of the founding heroes.
And the first to fall victim was Han Shin. Taking advantage of Liu Bang's absence, Lü Pheasant ordered Xiao He to recall Han Xin back to the palace and capture him. In the end, she brutally killed Han Xin in the Changle Palace and exterminated his three clans.
It is said that when Lu Pheasant was **, he ordered someone to put Han Xin in his pocket, and then continued to stab him with a sharpened bamboo pole, this process lasted for several hours, and Han Xin's pocket was stained red with his blood, which means that he was stabbed to death.
Although Lu Pheasant's methods were so vicious, Liu Bang did not express any opinion on this, because he was also full of jealousy of Han Xin. However, Lu Pheasant's killing of Han Xin still made Liu Bang deeply feel her ruthlessness.
Lu Pheasant's harsh methods against the king with a different surname are terrifying. According to historical records, after Peng Yue was demoted to a commoner, he lived in Shu, but was captured by Lu Pheasant without informing Liu Bang.
In the end, Peng Yue was brutally murdered and chopped into meat sauce as a demonstration of deterrence. The same torture also occurred in the late Liu and Song dynasties of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, but the ruthlessness of Lü Pheasant was more prominent.
Liu Bang knew this, he had planned to abolish Liu Ying's crown prince and replace Mrs. Qi's son Liu Ruyi, which made Lu Pheasant's hatred for Mrs. Qi's mother and son even more surging.
Liu Bang is well versed in the principles of birth, old age, sickness and death, and he foresees that after his death, the future of Mrs. Qi and Liu Ruyi will be full of challenges and crises. Therefore, he carefully arranged a back road for the mother and son duo to ensure their safety.
He first made Liu Ruyi the king of Zhao, and then chose Zhou Chang as the prime minister of Zhao. Zhou Chang had repeatedly prevented Liu Bang from making Liu Ruyi the crown prince, and Lü Pheasant was grateful to him for this.
Therefore, Liu Bang believed that Zhou Chang's appointment as the prime minister of Zhao State could ensure that Lu Pheasant was at ease with Zhao State, so that he could open up to Mrs. Qi's mother and son, so that they could spend the rest of their lives in peace in the fief.
Liu Bang despised Lu Pheasant's viciousness too much and misestimated Mrs. Qi's strength. Perhaps, Mrs. Qi did not really understand the deep meaning of Liu Bang sealing Liu Ruyi as the king of Zhao and appointing Zhou Chang as the prime minister.
When Liu Bang died, all the power in the court fell into the hands of Lu Pheasant, and Mrs. Qi, who was in a weak position, kept quarreling with Lu Pheasant, which made Lu Pheasant feel very unhappy.
Therefore, Lu Pheasant often punished Mrs. Qi, such as letting her do heavy physical work, chopping wood day and night, and Mrs. Qi's hatred for Lu Pheasant gradually deepened, and in the end, a song "Song of Chung Mi" brought her death.
It can be said that Mrs. Qi lacks the ability to restrain her edge and judge the situation, and she still maintains a tough posture after Liu Bang's death, which is undoubtedly digging her own grave.
If she can be as far-sighted as Bo Ji, maybe Liu Heng's mother can take her son to Zhao and enjoy her old age in peace. In order to completely defeat Mrs. Qi, Lu Pheasant turned his target to Liu Ruyi.
She recalled Zhou Chang and summoned Liu Ruyi into the palace. Although Liu Ruyi has Liu Ying's protection, can the weak Liu Ying resist Lu Pheasant? As a result, Liu Ruyi was killed by Lu Pheasant, and in that era when mothers and sons were expensive, Mrs. Qi lost her greatest support, and her fate was doomed.
Everyone knows what happened next, Mrs. Qi was made into a "human biao" by Lu Pheasant, but she was not killed, so that Mrs. Qi suffered both mental and physical torture. Among all the tortures in history, the "human biao" invented by Lu Pheasant is undoubtedly the most cruel one.
Why did Liu Bang condone Lu Pheasant's atrocities, and why didn't he kill the killer? If he had executed Lu Pheasant at that time, then the worries about the life and death of Mrs. Qi's mother and son would have been easily solved, and there would have been no later interference in politics by relatives.
However, in fact, Lu Pheasant cannot be killed by Liu Bang no matter what, because her existence plays a vital role in Liu Bang. First of all, Liu Bang's rise is inseparable from the help of the Lu family, and their support has played a vital role in Liu Bang's career development.
Secondly, in the process of Liu Bang's gradual seizure of the world, Lü Pheasant always sat in the rear, so that Liu Bang could concentrate on dealing with the enemy in front of him without any worries.
If Liu Bang had chosen to kill Lu Pheasant at that time, his career might have suffered a heavy blow and might even end there. Therefore, although Lu Pheasant's brutality was intolerable, Liu Bang still chose forbearance and forgiveness, which also became an important choice in his life.
For Liu Bang, Lü Pheasant is not only a virtuous wife, but also a powerful political pillar behind him. Lü Pheasant's sister married Fan Xu, a general who held military power, and Lü Pheasant's brothers and nephews were also heroes of the Han Dynasty, and together they formed a huge political interest group.
Therefore, even if Liu Bang is in the position of emperor, he cannot easily shake the Lu group, and if he takes the risk of killing Lu Pheasant, it will definitely cause chaos in the country, and the country that he has worked so hard to build will fall into war again.
Secondly, Liu Bang felt guilty about Lu Pheasant, because in the process of seizing the world, Lu Pheasant was in danger twice because of him. The first time was after Liu Bang released the prisoner privately before Liu Bang raised his army, because Liu Bang was not caught, Lu Pheasant was arrested by the Qin court to confess the crime, and suffered heavy torture in prison.
Under the threat of Xiang Yu, Lu Pheasant became a hostage with Liu Bang's father and spent more than two years of terrifying days, which made Liu Bang feel very guilty about her and turned a blind eye to her behavior.
However, this connivance almost led to a repeat of the mistakes of the Han dynasty and the Qin dynasty. On the other hand, Mrs. Qi, if she can see the situation clearly and show weakness to Lu Pheasant, she may be able to save her life like Bo Ji.
However, with Lu Pheasant's personality and Liu Ruyi's former candidate for the crown prince, even if Mrs. Qi's mother and son can reach Zhao safely, they may be removed by Lu Pheasant under various excuses, so the end of their mother and son seems to have been doomed from the beginning.