Chapter 55 The Rise of Wang Zhi

In history, all empress dowagers with strong interference in the political situation tended to have a preference for their youngest sons. Luping, she has always been particularly devoted to her youngest son, Yelu Lihu, but Yelu Lihu is really too fatuous and cruel, with no political talent, and belongs to the type of person who cannot be supported.We can also see from this that the old people's love for their young children is often unprincipled. The same is true of Queen Mother Dou. When the crown prince Liu Rong was deposed, the old lady and Liu Wu started to make trouble again. How was Liu Rong abolished?

All this had to start from his mother Li Ji. Liu Qi originally had a queen, who was appointed wife by his grandmother, Empress Dowager Bo.The Empress Dowager Bo was also very scheming back then, and wanted to rely on the marriage between the Bo family and the Liu family to strengthen the power of the family, but the Crown Princess Bo family has never been favored by Liu Qi. The husband and wife became the emperor and queen, and the relationship did not improve. Therefore, Empress Bo has been childless.There are three kinds of unfilial piety, and the greatest thing is to have no descendants. Empress Bo, who had no heirs, naturally fell out of favor even more, and was deposed in the sixth year after Liu Qi ascended the throne.At this time, Empress Dowager Bo had already buried in Nanling on Bailuyuan. The Bo family, who lost her support, spent another four years of ordinary life in resentment, and then died. After her death, she was buried in the south of Dongping Wangting in Chang'an City.

The death of Empress Bo meant that there was a vacancy for the position of empress of the Han Empire, and there was no direct prince, so Liu Qi could establish a prince according to his own temperament. Liu Qi originally loved Li Ji.Li Ji is a native of Qi. She and Liu Qi have three sons, Liu De, King of Hejian, Liu Yan, King of Linjiang, and Prince Liu Rong.Judging from the life development of these three people in the future, they all have very good tempers: Liu De respects Confucianism and has the style of a great Confucian; Liu Rong was later abolished as the crown prince and was bullied by others, and I have never heard of him arrogating or rebelling; There are not many records of Liu Yan in the history books, which shows that this person is at least ordinary and has no evil deeds.Looking back at the mother from the three sons, Li Ji should be a kind and simple person.However, in fact, in the vortex of court struggle, kindness will become weak, and innocence will become naive. Li Ji's ultimate tragedy is due to her character.

Since Li Ji is deeply favored by Liu Qi, and her son is the crown prince, it will be no problem for her mother to honor the world in the future.The couple had a happy life, but they didn't realize that they were not ordinary couples. In the palace, there were endless conflicts of interests and the power and wealth coveted by the people in the outer court. This annoying third party is called Wang Zhi, and her goal is to take away everything that has or will soon belong to Li Ji. Wang Zhi is from Huaili, Fufeng County. Huaili County used to have a name called Feiqiu, which was the capital of the Yong Kingdom after Qin General Zhang Han was named King Yong by Xiang Yu.Wang Zhi's mother was called Zang'er, and it was obvious that she was a master with a surname and no name.This person is the granddaughter of Zang Tu, king of Yan in the early Han Dynasty, but Zang Tu later rebelled against Han, so the Zang family also declined.

After Zang'er married in Huaili, she married a man named Wang Zhong at first, and gave birth to two daughters, Wang Zhi and Wang Erqian, and a son, Wang Xin.As a result, Wang Zhong died not long after. Zang'er remarried to a man named Tian near Changling, and had two sons Tian Fu and Tian Sheng with this man surnamed Tian. Later, Zang Er married his eldest daughter Wang Zhi to a man named Jin Wangsun.This name sounds very domineering, but according to common sense, the more vulgar the name, the lower the pursuit. Probably Jin Wangsun is not a man who can make a woman fall in love at first sight. It is guessed that he is at most a local rich man.

Once Zang'er went out to seek a fortune teller for his two daughters, and the divination said that the two daughters were both noble figures.So Zang Er thought to himself that the lives of the two daughters are not considered rich now, and it seems that there is still room for appreciation, and seeing that the two daughters are not bad in appearance, and they are rare goods to live in, so he forcibly snatched Wang Zhi from Jin Wangsun's house When he came back, he forced the eldest daughter to divorce her son-in-law, and then sent Wang Yan and Wang Erqian to the prince's residence together.At this time, it was still in the reign of Emperor Wen, and the prince would naturally be Liu Qi, Emperor Jing of Han in the future.

Liu Qi was less than thirty-two years old when he came to the throne, and he and Wang Zhi had three sons and one daughter together, that is to say, Wang Zhi married Liu Qi when he was twenty-eight years old at the latest.Before entering the palace, Wang Zhi had a daughter named Jin Su with the grandson of King Jin. It can be seen that Wang Zhi was already very familiar with the relationship between men and women at that time, while Liu Qi was just a young man who didn't like his first wife very much. Liu Qi's scheming and ability naturally fascinated Liu Qi very quickly, so the two had four children.Wang Erqian probably got his sister's true biography, and he had four sons with Liu Qi, but these four sons were not of good quality, especially Liu Shun, who was a licentious and immoral person.The mother often affects a child's character, and in turn, the child's conduct can also reflect the quality of the mother.The most essential purpose of Wang Yan and Wang Erqian in the palace is to earn power and create benefits for their families. No matter how passive or unwilling they are, this contemptible idea has long been an integral part of their inner world .Therefore, when Wang Zhi saw Li Ji being favored, seeing Liu Qi and Li Ji's affection, seeing Li Ji's son Liu Rong being made the crown prince, she had a strong desire to fight in her heart.She wished she could skin Li Ji, but she didn't have that ability. In the face of scheming, maturity, kindness, and simplicity, Liu Qi chose the latter, which was Li Ji.Wang Zhi was jealous, but there was nothing she could do. She could only wait for the right time.

It was the eldest princess Liu Xing who brought the opportunity. Regarding how the good thing about the pie in the sky happened to Wang Zhi, we still have to go back and look at Li Ji.Simple but favored women are often confused by love, just like Dingtao Qiji who Liu Bang loves.The eldest princess Liu Xun took the initiative to find Li Ji and wanted to make friends with her, because according to the situation at that time, it was almost indisputable that Li Ji would become a queen in the future. In order to consolidate his power, Liu Xun dedicated his precious daughter Chen Ajiao , intends to marry Liu Rong.

Liu Xing was originally a very powerful and powerful person. As the beloved daughter of Empress Dowager Dou and Liu Qi's sister, there was almost nothing in the world that she wanted to do but couldn't do. Li Ji should be happy that she came to make friends with Li Ji.However, in fact, because Liu Xing prefers to set up red lines for his younger brother and introduces many beauties to Liu Qi, Li Ji has always been dissatisfied with her. When an enemy comes to your door, you don't get angry, and you have a bit of a little girl mentality.When I heard that Liu Xing wanted to marry Chen Ajiao to Liu Rong, I was even more unhappy.

Liu Xing's hot face was put on a cold buttocks, so of course he was not happy; Li Ji also missed the opportunity due to her lack of political vision.The combination of the two finally led to a good opportunity for Wang Zhi.Seeing that she couldn't convince Li Ji, Liu Xun immediately turned to find Wang Yi, who was "a rare commodity to live in". Wang Zhi had already given birth to Liu Zhi, King of Jiaodong, on the morning of July 7, the first year of Emperor Jing (156 BC), at the Yilan Hall.When pregnant with this child, Wang Zhi "dream day into his bosom". This is naturally another old-fashioned story made up by the ancients when they "deified" a certain person, but the prince Liu Zhi who was born was indeed very smart since he was a child, so when he was seven When he was 18 years old, Liu Qi changed his name to Liu Che. "Han Wu Stories" records: "The Shang said: 'The pig, Che Ye.'" Liu Qi also explained the word "彘" specifically for the name change.In short, when Liu Zhi was seven years old, he was "excellent", so he liked his father very much.

It also happened that when Liu Che was seven years old, Liu whoring came to his door.Don't forget, everyone, that Wang Zhi came to the palace for power and wealth, so when Wang Yan heard that Liu Xun wanted to marry her daughter to Liu Che, Wang Zhi was immediately happy and agreed on the spot.Later, Liu Xun brought Gillian to see Liu Che in person, and Liu Che said to the little beauty in front of him with a wink, "If you get Gillian to be a wife, you can store it as a golden house." ("Hanwu Story") Liu Xun once He was also very happy to hear that the two married immediately. This political marriage bound the interests of Wang Zhi and Liu Xing together. Liu Xing had to help Wang Zhi and Liu Che so that his daughter could have a chance to be the mother of the world. However, Chen Ajiao followed in the footsteps of Empress Bo. She was childless during Emperor Wu's reign, and was finally deposed in the Nagato Palace in the name of practicing "witchcraft" to curse Liu Che.Afterwards, she specially invited the great talent Sima Xiangru to write "Ode to the Long Door" in order to win back Liu Che's heart, but Liu Che was already in a hurry to spoil the other concubine Ji and forgot about her. With Wang Zhi and Liu Xing joining forces, the good times of Li Ji and Liu Rong should come to an end, and the mother and son will eventually bear the suffering brought about by their political naivety.