Chapter 56 Zhidu's death

Li Ji's tragedy is not only created by external forces of Wang Zhi and Liu Xing, but she also has her own shortcomings.Once Liu Qi was not feeling well and was in a bad mood, and Li Ji was serving beside him, so Liu Qi told Li Ji a lot to let Li Ji take good care of the princes after his death, saying: "Be kind to Li Ji after he is a hundred years old. "("Historical Records · The Chronicle of Xiaojing") But Li Ji thought, that is your child with other women, why should I take care of it?So displeased.When Liu Qi saw Li Ji's expression, he was also a little annoyed, and felt that Li Ji's little girl was annoying.

The way Liu prostitutes dealt with Li Ji was to whisper bad things about her in Liu Qi's ear every day, saying that she often cursed and spit behind her back when Liu Qi favored another concubine Ji, and "told evil and flattered her" ("Historical Records A Family of Foreign Relatives") ").Qian Zhongshu said that "the way of bewitching" means "disgusting charms", which is also the art of witchcraft.With such a serious crime placed on Li Ji, it would be difficult for Liu Qi not to hate Li Ji. Liu Xun never directly praised Wang Zhi in front of Liu Qi, but kept talking about Liu Che's goodness.Liu whoring is very scheming, she knows that if she speaks well of her sister-in-law in front of her younger brother all day long, it is clear that she is in collusion with her sister-in-law, but it is different to say Liu Che is good, this is called caring for the younger generation, caring for the next generation of the power center of the empire .Liu Qi listened to Liu whoring nagging in his ear every day, and after a long time, he also thought that Liu Che was a good kid, and when he thought of Wang Zhi's "dream day in his arms" when he was pregnant with Liu Che, his balance in his heart was tilted towards Wang Zhi and Liu Che, but he still couldn't make up his mind .

In the end, it was Wang Zhi who gave Li Ji a "finishing kick". When she knew that Liu Qi had begun to be dissatisfied with Li Ji, she deliberately sent people to persuade the ministers to write to Liu Qi, demanding that Li Ji be made queen.After one downfall, the Daxing (in charge of the official reception) at that time said to Liu Qi: "A son is more valuable than his mother, and a mother is more valuable than his son. Today, the prince, son and mother have no titles, so they should be established as queens." ("Historical Records Xiaojing Benji" ) There was nothing wrong with saying this when Li Ji was favored, maybe Liu Qi would return Long Yan Daoyue and reward him with something; but saying it now would undoubtedly push Li Ji and her mother into the fire pit, so Liu Qi was furious on the spot , probably thinking that this is Li Ji looking for someone to force him, so she scolded Daxing: "Could it be that this is a fucking thing that you manage?" In a rage, he killed Daxing and demoted the prince Liu Rong Linjiang King, and Li Ji finally died of grief and anger.

This big business is really stupid, autocratic emperors are all cruel and domineering people, what they hate the most is others interfering in their family's affairs.Because in their eyes, except for the people of their own family, the rest are people who are inferior to themselves.It's not that they don't listen to advice, but they feel from the bottom of their hearts that ministers are not right to point out their private lives.A few years later, when Tang Gaozong Li Zhi wanted to abolish the queen and replace him with Wu Zetian, he pretended to ask the veteran Li Ji (Xu Shiji), and Li Ji said directly, "Why should you ask outsiders about your Majesty's family affairs?" (Volume 199) Compared with the words of the great master of the Han Dynasty, what he said is really a lot more slick, shrewd!

Carefully analyzing Li Ji's tragedy, her political simplicity and childishness single-handedly ruined her.She should have snatched the queen's throne early when she was favored; she should have promised a marriage when Liu whore came to propose marriage; she should have been more generous and tolerant in front of Liu Qi... But she failed to do all of these, Maybe she thought that this kind of little woman's temperament could please Liu Qi, but the harem was always political, and the emperor didn't play the role of a husband in it. To put it bluntly, he was just a It's all about breeding for your own family.He doesn't care about you love me and I love you, he only cares about whether his family's control of the highest power can be continued.The women in the harem, from the queen to the concubine Ji, have always been humble in front of their nominal "husband". Therefore, only despicableness can succeed, and only collusion can win. Wang Zhi understands, but Li Ji does not.

Liu Rong was established as the prince in the fourth year of Emperor Jingyuan (153 BC), and was abolished in the seventh year of Emperor Jingyuan (150 BC). Emperor Jing died in the fifth year of Yuan Dynasty (152 BC), so Liu Rong was named King of Linjiang.In the second year of Emperor Jing's Zhongyuan (148 BC), Liu Rong, who had been the king of Linjiang for nearly three years, committed a crime. Called into Chang'an.Before setting off, I sacrificed to the God of the Road at the north gate of Jiangling, but the axle broke. The elders in Jiangling thought it was a bad omen, and said in tears, "Our king will never come back after leaving here", so "the gate will not be opened from now on." (Sheng Hongzhi's "Jingzhou Ji").

When Liu Rong arrived in Chang'an, he would naturally go to the lieutenant for trial.The lieutenant at that time was a well-known cool official, Zhidu, who once accompanied Liu Qi on a tour, and forcibly prevented Liu Qi from saving his beloved concubine Jia Ji.Jia Ji went to use the toilet, but a wild boar rushed into the toilet, Liu Qi picked up a weapon and planned to save it himself, Zhi Du said: "Isn't she just a woman, if you lose it, you can find another one, there are so many women in the world "Your Majesty, if you go to rescue Jia Ji and encounter an accident, how will you explain to the people of the world and the Queen Mother?"

Liu Qi then gave up.Of course, Jackie was fine afterwards. The wild boar went in to make soy sauce, and ran out after turning around.Empress Dowager Dou was very happy when she heard about Zhidu's behavior. She thought he was a good servant, so she praised him greatly and rewarded him with a hundred gold. Zhidu is very ruthless in dealing with people, even Zhou Yafu, the powerful minister, is not in his eyes.So the princes and nobles in the court at that time gave him the nickname "Goshawk". Liu Rong fell into the hands of "Goshawk", and the fate can be imagined.Liu Rong wanted to find a pen and paper to write a letter to Liu Qi to defend himself, but Zhi didn't even let his servants give him a pen and paper.At the critical moment, Wei Qihou Dou Ying extended a helping hand to Liu Rong.Dou Ying used to be Liu Rong's teacher when Liu Rong was the prince. Seeing the students in trouble, he was of course obliged to help. After all, he is a foreign relative, and Zhidu fears him far more than Zhou Yafu.However, Liu Rong had long been disheartened, and he was not afraid of being broken into pieces. He wanted to stay innocent in the world. He handed over the statement of defense and committed suicide immediately. After his death, he was buried in Lantian. The common people sympathized with Liu Rong very much.

Liu Rong died, obviously, he was forced to death by Zhidu.After Dou Yifang heard about this incident, he wanted to charge Zhidu Luozhi to kill him. After all, Liu Rong is his eldest grandson, and the old lady loves him very much.However, Liu Qi went against his mother.Zhi is a good chess piece worth using. This dog slave is so ruthless and loyal, so Liu Qi felt that it was not worth letting such a person die for a dead son he didn't like, so he decided to He secretly sent someone to send Zhidu to Yanmen County, where he was made the prefect. In Yanmen County, Zhidu still has a vigorous and resolute style. In addition, Liu Qi gave him the privilege of doing things cheaply, and this guy is even more arrogant.The bloody and brutal Zhidu terrified even the Huns, who were proficient in horse bows and horses.The Huns are quite cute. In order to study how serious the soldiers’ fear of Zhidu is, I once made a special one, and asked the soldiers to use it as a target. As a result, none of the Xiongnu athletes who are usually sharpshooters If he could hit the target, the Xiongnu regarded Zhidu, a murderous devil, as a serious problem.

However, no matter how powerful Zhidu is, if he offends the Queen Mother, there will be no good results.Dou Yifang deserved to be a veteran in the political arena, and in the end Zhidu was executed on the charge of Luo Zhi. Liu Qi argued with his mother: "Zhi is a loyal minister, you shouldn't kill him." Dou Yifang replied: "He is a loyal minister, isn't the King of Linjiang?" You see, slaves with foreign surnames will never be as good as their own, that's what Dou Yifang thinks.