Chapter 56 busy traffic

After the death of Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, the prince Liu Zhuang came to the throne, which was Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty.In order to commemorate the heroes who helped Emperor Guangwu rejuvenate the Han Dynasty, he ordered the painter to paint their portraits in the Yuntai of Nangong.Among these portraits of heroes, there is no portrait of Ma Yuan, General Fubo, a great hero.Why is that?It turned out that Queen Ma Shi was Ma Yuan's daughter.In order to avoid the suspicion of pampering his relatives, Emperor Ming deliberately did not draw them. Empress Ma kept in mind the lesson that her father was framed by jealousy and died wronged, and treated others with humility.Empress Ma had no biological son at that time, and Emperor Ming appointed Jia's son as the prince and entrusted Empress Ma to raise him.Empress Ma treated him like her own son and carefully raised him, and the mother and child were very affectionate.After the death of Emperor Ming, the 18-year-old prince succeeded to the throne, Emperor Zhang of Han.Empress Ma was honored as the Empress Dowager.

According to the suggestions of some ministers, Emperor Zhang of Han planned to ennoble the brother of Queen Mother Ma.Empress Dowager Ma resolutely opposed the system in accordance with Emperor Guangwu's rule that "the concubine's family shall not be a marquis".She said: "The scene of my relatives going out in the past is really 'cars are like flowing water, horses are like dragons'. It is really not good to be so ostentatious!" Later generations abbreviated "cars are like running water, horses are like swimming dragons" into the idiom "cars and horses are like a dragon", which describes the lively scene of endless cars and horses.