Chapter 44 schizophrenia patients
Emperor Jing Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty was the son of Dou Yifang and Liu Heng. Dou Yifang was not originally the main family. When Liu Heng was the king, the queen died, and Dou Yifang was restored later.Originally, it was not Liu Qi's turn to be the crown prince, but because the three sons born to the original queen died one after another, it was Liu Qi's turn to be the crown prince.
Liu Qi is not like his father at all.
Throughout Liu Qi's life, he was small-minded, narrow-minded, selfish, and even had a tendency to rule brutally. Sima Qian did not praise Liu Qi very much.However, these shortcomings of character are only manifested when he deals with the internal problems of the ruling class. In terms of dealing with the common people, Liu Qi inherited his father's tolerance and practice of inaction, which promoted the development of social economy very well.
From this point of view, Liu Qi's split personality was hidden, because his father Liu Heng didn't realize that he had misjudged Liu Qi until his death.
Liu Heng was already thirty-two years old when he came to the throne. Counting the time backwards, Liu Heng gave birth to Liu Qi at the age of fourteen.I don't quite believe this kind of statement, because Emperor Jing has at least three older brothers, and the mothers of those three brothers are the same person, so it can be inferred that Liu Heng is too precocious.Therefore, Liu Qi may not have been thirty-two years old when he came to the throne.
Liu Qi is old and sophisticated, lacking the vigor of young people, and his political methods are far more sinister than his father.
However, all this did not show up at the beginning.
In the first year of Emperor Jing's first year (156 BC), Liu Qi made an edict to the censor: "I heard that in ancient times, people who were called 'ancestors' by later generations were those who made contributions to the world, and those who were called 'zong' They are all people who are virtuous to the world. The system of rites and music is graded. Singing is to carry forward the virtues of the ancestors; dancing is to commend the achievements of the ancestors. The dances of "De", "Wen Shi" and "Five Elements"; when toasting Emperor Xiaohui in Xiaohui Temple, the dances of "Wen Shi" and "Five Elements" should be performed.
"Emperor Xiaowen came to the world and abolished the checkpoints in the territory, so that the officials and people in our Han territory can flow unimpeded.
"He also abolished the crime of slander and the corporal punishment of amputating limbs, rewarded the elderly with high morals, cared for orphans, and raised the people of the world.
"He is indifferent and ascetic, does not accept tribute, and does not seek personal gain.
"He doesn't sit down with criminals, and doesn't kill innocent people indiscriminately.
"He abolished the cruel castration, released the women in the harem, and didn't do things that would make other families die...
"I am stupid by nature and have little knowledge. I think that even the emperors of ancient times would not be able to do these things, but Emperor Xiaowen did it. His virtues can stand shoulder to shoulder with the virtues of heaven and earth, and his grace spreads all over the world. , People all over the world have enjoyed his grace. Emperor Xiaowen's brilliance is like the sun and the moon. However, the etiquette of offering sacrifices to him in the ancestral temple does not match his merits, and I feel terrified.
"Ministers, I think it is necessary for us to create a dance performance called "Zhaode" for the Wendi Temple, so that people can perform it in the activities of offering sacrifices to Emperor Xiaowen, and then demonstrate Emperor Xiaowen's martial arts and martial arts.
"In this way, we can let the merits of our ancestors be recorded in the annals of history, so that they will last forever and be immortal. This is in line with the guiding ideology of the central government. You and the prime minister, all the princes, senior officials with more than two thousand stones, and Li Let's discuss with the officials and draft a plan for Emperor Xiaowen's sacrificial etiquette."
When Shen Tujia received this edict, I guess he didn't think much about it. Obviously, it was an order from the emperor to let the ministers preach his father. Under the autocratic system, the ministers are the most servile, and it is easy to flatter the master.Shen Tujia replied immediately: "Your Majesty, you are really a filial son, you actually thought of asking us to make a dance performance called "Zhao De" to show the virtues of Emperor Wen, such a thing is absolutely unexpected for fools like us. I discussed it with the ministers. When it comes to the achievements of our Han Dynasty, Gaozu Liu Bang is well-deserved No. 1; but when it comes to virtue, Emperor Wen is the chief architect of the reform! Therefore, Emperor Gaozu should enter the Taizu Temple. Emperor Xiaowen should enter the Taizong Temple. The son of heaven has worshiped the temple for sacrificing ancestors for generations, and the counties and states should also build sub-temples of the central Taizong temple. Princes and princes should send envoys to the center on time to worship Taizong together with the emperor. Ancestor, Emperor Taizong. Your Majesty, please write them into the government regulations and make them known to the world!"
Liu Qi replied: "...OK."
I thought, just read this nasty and touted text, don't take it seriously.
The Han Dynasty established the country with filial piety, and paid special attention to filial piety, so when the new emperor ascended the throne, he always had to find a reason to brag about his dead father. It is human nature and understandable.
After Liu Qi ascended the throne, he continued to amnesty the world as usual. On April 22, the people of the whole country were rewarded with a first-class title. At the same time, Taizong Temple ordered that the officials should not be allowed to see the imperial congratulations because of their proclaimed emperor.
Judging from Liu Qi's deeds, the Emperor Jing's dynasty must inherit the governance policy of the Emperor Wen's dynasty to rest with the people and rule by doing nothing.At the same time, Liu Qi at least knew how to pretend to be humble in face, which showed that he understood how an enlightened autocratic king like his father should be.
Liu Qi is narrow-minded, which can be seen from the narration in the previous chapters.Zhang Shizhi offended him, and he died in depression; Deng Tong provoked him, and he starved him to death in the end... Liu Qizhen is not generous at all.
In the spring of the second year of Emperor Jing's reign, Liu Qi named Xiao Jia, the grandson of Xiao He, the Marquis of Wuling, and stipulated that men at the age of 20 should register for household registration and pay taxes to the state. This is called "Fu Ji".In fact, it is written that the age of the man Fu Ji in the Han Law was 23 years old, while that of the man Fu Ji in the Qin Dynasty was 17 years old. This is already a great improvement.
On April 25, Empress Dowager Bo passed away and was buried in Nanling after her death.
In addition, Liu Qi also appointed his sons Liu Pengzu as the king of Guangchuan, Liu Fa as the king of Changsha, Liu De as the king of Hejian, Liu Yan as the king of Linjiang, Liu Yu as the king of Huaiyang, and Liu Fei as the king of Runan. .Liu Qi's method is called "controlling estrangement by relatives", wantonly entrusting his sons, in order to coerce those princes and kings who have evil intentions, those people can only be regarded as distant relatives to Liu Qi.
However, the plan is the plan, the children are still young, and they can be released in a few years, so only Liu Fa and Liu Pengzu went to their own feudal kingdom immediately under Liu Qi's arrangement.Liu Heng's move is quite intriguing, perhaps because of his different love and hatred for his son.
Among the enfeoffed kingdoms, only the Linjiang Kingdom was relocated from the original Linjiang County of the Han Dynasty, and the rest were all separated from the original princely kingdoms, or were originally expelled from the country.For example, King Liu Fu of Hejian died in the fifteenth year of Emperor Wen (165 BC), and was expelled from the country because he had no heirs. Liu Qi has now restored the Hejian Kingdom; King Jing Wu Zhu was also expelled from the country because he had no descendants, and now he is also restored.
On the surface, the total number of vassal states in the Han Dynasty has increased from 17 in the fifteenth year of Emperor Wendi to 22. However, in essence, the total territory of the vassal states has not increased.When Liu Qi divided the kingdoms, each of the six kingdoms had only one county.The purpose of Liu Qi's enfeoffment of the six countries is to let his sons monitor those countries that are about to move.
Liu Qi enfeoffed Huaiyang State and Runan State. These two countries could jointly resist the attacks of Wu State and Chu State with Liang State, while Linjiang State and Changsha State played a role in controlling Huainan State, Hengshan State and Lujiang State. "Using relatives to control sparseness" was the main policy of Emperor Jing's dynasty to deal with the kingdom's issues.
In August of the second year of Liu Qi's coming to power (155 BC), Tao Qing, the Marquis of Kaifeng who had been an envoy to the Huns, was appointed prime minister because Shen Tujia, the previous prime minister, had passed away.
With everything in place, the empire seemed to be in a state of normal operation, but strange omens followed one after another.
In the second year of Emperor Jingdi's Yuan Dynasty, a comet appeared in the northeast; in autumn, there was another hailstorm in Hengshan, the largest was five inches in diameter, and the longest was two feet; Mars moved to the position of the North Star, and later the moon also moved to the position of the North Star. Jupiter moved to Taiweiyuan, which is south of the Big Dipper.These astronomical phenomena were regarded as ominous omens by the ancients.
Sure enough, in the third year of the Yuan Dynasty before Emperor Jing, the Wu Chu Seven Kingdoms Rebellion broke out.
All of this started when Liu Qi was the prince.
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