Chapter 13 11. Chen Yuanda Locked His Waist to Admonish Liu Cong

Although Liu Cong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, conquered Luoyang, he was considered the most outstanding among the five emperors of the Han Dynasty, but it can be seen from the ambiguous relationship between him and his father, Queen Shan, that he himself Very lewd. Liu Cong's original queen was the Huyan family, the younger sister of his father Liu Yuan's queen, the Huyan family.Since the Huyan family was a famous family among the various tribes of the Huns, and had a strong influence in the Han Dynasty, Liu Cong did not dare to be presumptuous on the issue of the harem at that time.But I didn't expect that after only two years, Queen Huyan would die, so Liu Cong immediately summoned the daughters of many high-ranking officials in the court into the harem, and sealed two Zhaoyis, three wives, and one imperial concubine in one go. All of them even gave them the golden seal and purple ribbon that only queens could have.This was not enough. Liu Cong heard that the two daughters of Taibao Liu Yin, Liu Ying and Liu E, were both talented and beautiful, and wanted to accept them, but they were opposed by the royal family. His younger brother Liu Yi believed that "the same surname cannot be intermarried."Liu Cong was unwilling, so he told the ministers about this matter. Some people who understood Liu Cong's thoughts catered to him at the time and said: "I heard that Liu Yin, the Taibao, is the descendant of Liu Kanggong in the Zhou Dynasty. He is not of the same origin as your majesty. Of course, he can be included in the harem." It’s done.” Liu Cong was overjoyed, and sent people to worship Liu Yin’s two daughters as the left and right noble concubines (the noble concubines were above Zhaoyi at the time), and then he learned that Liu Yin’s granddaughters were also good, so he sent his four granddaughters He was granted the title of nobleman, second only to noble concubines.Since then, the six Concubines Liu have been specially favored in the harem. Liu Cong seldom went to the court to be a council member, and everything was handled by the Zhonghuangmen (that is, the eunuch organization that handles political affairs).

However, Liu Cong's mother, the Empress Dowager Zhang, was very dissatisfied with this. Liu Cong was forced to enshrine the two daughters of his uncle Zhang Shi as nobles. Take a look at the power of the harem. Liu Cong indulged in the beauties of the harem day and night, and his temper became violent.There were many tyrants in the Sixteen Kingdoms period, and Liu Cong seems to be difficult to rank, but compared with his old father, his various behaviors are indeed gradually leading the Han Dynasty to the road of subjugation.Because he did not pay tribute on time, Liu Cong beheaded the official in charge; because the palace for the two concubines was not repaired, he killed the minister of supervision;General Wang Zhang insisted, and Liu Cong almost beheaded Wang Zhang in a rage. After the persuasion of his mother Zhang and the officials, he accepted the advice and pardoned Wang Zhang.

Strange to say, as long as Liu Cong made him a queen, he didn't seem to live long. After the death of the Empress Dowager Zhang and Queen Zhang, Liu Cong finally had the opportunity to do whatever he wanted in the harem.He soon made his concubine Liu E the queen, and planned to build a palace in the harem for his beloved woman. Chen Yuanda, who has always been trusted by Liu Cong, ran to the back garden of Liu Cong's palace immediately after learning about it, and remonstrated with Liu Cong: "The first emperor Liu Yuan started his business with simplicity and love for the people, but since your Majesty came to the throne, he has built a lot of construction and has already built a large building. There are more than forty palaces and pavilions, and the people have suffered various disasters and complained. What's more, Guanzhong and Jiangnan are still the land of the Jin Dynasty; Li Xiong is guarding Bashu; Jin generals Wang Jun and Liu Kun are still guarding Youzhou, Bingzhou and other places; The others are even more ambitious. The real strength of the Han Kingdom is not strong, all the land is only two counties, how can it be so extravagant on the issue of the harem now?"

Liu Cong said angrily: "As the Son of Heaven, if I build a palace, do I still have to ask such a bastard like you? If I don't kill this slave, how can I build my palace! Push it out and behead it, and together with my wife and children, I will head to the east market. Let you rats live in the same den!" Chen Yuanda shouted: "What I said was for the sake of the country, and Your Majesty killed me. If the deceased knows, I will appeal to His Majesty to the Heavenly Court, and to the late Emperor." I have to travel with Long Feng and Bigan Underground, enough!' I just don’t know what kind of emperor Your Majesty is!" He had locked his waist with a lock before entering, and now he wrapped the lock around the big tree in the garden and tied himself His body was locked with the tree, and he couldn't move him for a while.At this time, the ministers on the side persuaded Liu Cong to forgive him, but Liu Cong remained silent.There was a commotion in the back garden, which alarmed Empress Liu who was in the back hall.When Empress Liu heard what was going on, she immediately wrote a letter by hand and secretly ordered her subordinates to hand it over to Liu Cong.

Empress Liu E was a very outstanding woman in the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms. There is a biography of her in "Book of Jin". (Many of the women recorded in "Book of Jin·Biography of Lie Nu" are concubines of emperors in the Sixteen Kingdoms, and many of them participated in political affairs. It is said that Liu E's sister Liu Ying is more proficient in political affairs than her, and Liu Cong Once lived in the harem and did not come out, all political affairs were decided by Liu Ying, and she did it in an orderly manner, which is admirable, but it is a pity that she died relatively early.) Her handbook is very well written. Thoughtful, I'll transcribe it below anyway.

Liu Cong looked at the queen's hand, his expression changed immediately, and he said slowly, "I've been in poor health recently, and I'm a little moody. Yuan Da is a loyal minister, I feel ashamed of myself!" He showed the queen's hand to Chen Yuanda, Said: "Outside I have someone like you to assist me, and inside I have someone like the queen to assist me, so why should I worry about it?" Then he smiled and said to Chen Yuanda: "You should be afraid of me, why is it that I am afraid now?" What about you?" He ordered to change the name of the back garden to Naxian Garden and the back hall to Shame Hall.This is the end of a good show of direct remonstrance and accepting remonstrance.

Liu Cong did not change the nature of his licentious life. The decline of the Han Dynasty had a lot to do with him, but he was not a subjugated king. Unlike many subjugated monarchs, he knew how to accept advice, although sometimes it did not seem to be out of Sincerely, but at least he knows how to handle the relationship between the monarch and his ministers. He has adopted the suggestions of the ministers who directly advised him many times, and he can put down his airs to admit his mistakes to the ministers and listen to the opinions of his subordinates. May have good effect.As for Chen Yuanda, who is familiar with Liu Cong's character, he seems to be risking his life in admonishing, but he has left himself a way out, because he also understands that admonishing requires a strategy. will make a real difference.The behavior of locking the waist seems to be greedy for life, but in fact it gave Liu Cong himself a period of time to think about it, because as long as someone persuades him, Liu Cong will definitely change his mind. The truth and falsehood here are probably only the monarch and his ministers themselves. get it.From this, I thought of ministers like Bigan who died of direct admonition. Although we can cite several reasons to show that Bigan could not use Chen Yuanda's method to persuade him, the end of his life would not make him die. The emperor suddenly came to his senses; on the other hand, I think of Li Cunxiao in the Five Dynasties period. He didn't seem to be killed because of admonishment, but when Li Keyong wanted to kill him, he hoped that someone around him could say a few words for him. , to give himself a step down, but Li Cunxiao made too many enemies, and no one persuaded him.My conclusion is: admonishment (of course you can extend this to present-day suggestions or something) must know yourself and the enemy, and pay attention to strategy.To have wisdom, of course it is best to learn from Chunyu Kun's hidden language to remonstrate with King Zhuang. If wisdom is not enough, the next best thing is to learn from Chen Yuanda, and it is very possible to achieve your goal.For Liu E, the other protagonist in this incident, she was able to reflect on herself from a historical perspective. Her phrase "concubines are viewed by future generations is the same as concubines are viewed by predecessors", why is it just a woman? I thought we all You should think about your own words and deeds, and think about how others will see and think.Of course, it is impossible for everyone to look at it with the same standard, but history is ruthless, so we should be cautious when dealing with things.

The topic is far away, let's go back to history.The army of Zhongshan King Liu Yao of the Han Dynasty attacked Chang'an and suffered another setback.In contrast, Shi Le in the northeast has become the largest separatist force in the north after capturing Yecheng. His opponent, Wang Jun of Youzhou, did not actually regain the lost ground for the Jin Dynasty because of the legendary prophecy. Thoughts, while doing his own "emperor's dream", his subordinates became more and more dissatisfied with him, and they all went to Murong Xianbei in the northeast.Zhang Bin proposed a plan to Shi Le, thinking that Wang Jun should be eliminated in one fell swoop.