Chapter 5 1. The Iron Triangle of the Han Dynasty

Among the several co-governors announced by Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty Liu Bing, it seems that an important name was missed, and that person was Huang Ba.Where did Huang Ba go?Let me tell you that he has bid farewell to Liu Bingji ahead of time and has reported to heaven. So, who has Liu Bing given the prime minister position vacated by Huang Ba? Who can give it to, and who else can it be given to? Bingji is a prime minister who can manage affairs. Liu Bing already thought that Huang Ba was also a piece of material. He didn't expect that his piece of material could be used for local work, but when he came to the central government, he would only look for it. Xiangrui came to make up the number.Therefore, he somewhat regretted it. He could no longer be confused about Huang Ba's successor.And so, before he dies, he must find someone who can and will do things to take over.

Before Liu Bing died, he picked several times and finally locked on one person: Yu Dingguo.Facts have proved that if you want to become a high-ranking official, it is not enough to be promoted, you must have good luck.Yu Dingguo has two good things in his turn. According to the promotion rules of the Han Dynasty, if you want to be promoted to prime minister, you must first be promoted to doctor censor.Yu Dingguo is just a court lieutenant, and he is still two days away from the prime minister, so far away.In fact, with luck, the impossible becomes possible. In 52 BC, Du Yannian, the doctor of imperial censors, was sick and old, and was dismissed from office. Yu Dingguo took over the post of doctor of censors.From Ting Wei to prime minister, it took only one year. In the officialdom of the Han Dynasty, it was a rocket speed.

Later facts proved that Yu Dingguo, the prime minister, was competent enough, only doing things, not causing troubles, and his political achievements far surpassed Huang Ba.However, it is really strange that Liu Bing has not elected him as assistant government. Back then, before Liu Che's death, at least Che Qianqiu, who played a low-key role, was selected as one of the assistants.Now, Liu Bing has been quickly promoted to Dingguo at any cost, but he has not been made a co-governor. What exactly is he planning? At first, I couldn't figure it out either.Later, I seemed to figure it out.At the beginning, when Liu Che asked Huo Guang and others to help the government, he never thought that those people would fight.When Liu was sick, he wanted to choose a co-government, and he might wonder whether the co-government he chose would fight like Huo Guang and the others.

I believe that Liu Bing already knows that politics is exclusive.However, Liu Bing has not been selected as an auxiliary government in Dingguo. In the long run, he is doing it for the good of Dingguo.Perhaps in the dark, he felt that after his death, there would be a magnitude 7 earthquake similar to Huo Guangdou, Shangguan Jie and the Gang of Four in the officialdom of the Han Dynasty. Unfortunately, he predicted it. Let's take a look at the basic resumes of these three people who assisted Liu Shi, and maybe we can see some tricks.Liu Bingji's relatives have two forces, one is from his grandmother's Shi family, and the other is from his Empress Xu's family.Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, the power of foreign relatives has been very obvious and powerful.Shi Gao, the great Sima and chariot general, is the representative of the power of foreign relatives in the era of Liu's illness.

Xiao Wangzhi, from Lanling, Donghai (now Lanling Town, Cangshan, Shandong), a master in the study of "Poetry of Qi"; Zhou Kan, from Qijun (now northeast of Zibo, Shandong).One is the Taifu and the other is the Shaofu. In terms of work, they are colleagues; in terms of birthplace, they are fellow villagers; more importantly, Zhou Kan also studied under Master Xia Housheng and studied "Shangshu" , so the two of them are still from the same school.More importantly, both of them are representatives of scholar-bureaucrats. The representatives of scholar-bureaucrats and the power of foreign relatives were the two most important forces in the Han Dynasty at that time.Liu Bing has chosen the above three people to serve as assistants, not out of carelessness, but with great strategic intentions.Of course, the most worrying thing is whether the two forces are in harmony. He can't solve this problem for Liu Xi.

It can be said that whatever you worry about comes, the discordant situation that Liu Bing no longer wants to see still happened. His relatives represent Shi Gao, who knows how he climbed up.Since Liu Bang established the country, there have been some representative officials of foreign relatives who are big enough, but there seem to be very few who are capable.To count those with a certain level, they may be Dou Ying, Tian Fu, and Huo Guang in the era of Han Wu Liu Che.The three of them are all scholars, so there is nothing wrong with them. However, Shi Gao's knowledge and political energy are indeed questionable.First of all, before Liu Bingji became emperor, people in the Han Dynasty had never heard of Shi Gao. However, he has a hobby of reading, but he even opens up his face and mingles with scholars.

In short, Shi Gaozhi's success today is entirely due to Liu's sickness, and there is nothing to show off. As for Xiao Wangzhi, his family has been farming for generations, but he is very competitive. He studied under Xia Housheng and became famous very early.He and Zhou Kan became a group, they were like-minded, and they didn't know each other so late. According to the principle, the three assistants have something to discuss.The question is, who will make the decision after the discussion?From the point of view of reason and theory, of course it is Mr. Da Sima Shigao.Didn't Huo Guang do the same before?

However, Shi Gao is not Huo Guang, the difference between the two is hundreds of grades.Just because of this, Xiao Wangzhi was very dissatisfied, so he decided to cooperate with Zhou Kan to challenge Shi Gao.Soon, Xiao Wangzhi saw that with the two of them, the power might not be too weak, and it was necessary to call in representatives of individual powers.At this time, he thought of a person. This person is Liu Xiang, a famous scholar in the history of the Western Han Dynasty. Liu Xiang, originally named Liu Gengsheng, changed his name to Liu Xiang after the death of Emperor Han Yuan.Anyone who knows a little bit about Chinese history knows that there was Liu Xiang in the Western Han Dynasty, who edited "Warring States Policy" and wrote "Shuo Yuan" and other books, but he has never heard of a guy named Liu Gengsheng.Therefore, for the sake of convenience, I still call Liu Gengsheng Liu Xiang in advance.

Who is Liu Xiang representing?Royal representative.At that time, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, had a half-brother named Liu Jiao.In his early years, Liu Jiao followed Liu Bang to work hard in the world, and he was uniquely talented and easy to make friends with Confucians. Later, he became the queen of Chu and wrote many articles.Liu Xiang is the fourth-generation grandson of Liu Jiao. He has inherited the excellent tradition of the Liu family who loves literature and art. Unfortunately, in his generation, his literary talent has become more and more outstanding, and his ability to become an official has not been as good as the previous generation. .

Xiao Wangzhi chose Liu Xiang, which is called academic congeniality, and the master appreciates the master.Also, scholars who climbed the big tree of the royal family must enjoy the shade.Therefore, Xiao Wangzhi and Zhou Kan jointly wrote a letter of recommendation, and there was no suspense, and Liu Xiang was worshiped as Sanqi Zongzheng. Liu Xiang's position, to put it nicely, is to accompany the emperor in and out, and supervise the emperor's mistakes.Actually!Xiao Wangzhi just asked Liu Xiang to stare at Liu Shi to death, and act according to the wind. Of course, to keep an eye on Liu Shi, Liu Xiang alone is not enough, and an assistant must be found.At this moment, Xiao Wangzhi thought of someone.

Some people may think, is that person Zhang Chang?Zhang Chang and Xiao Wangzhi used to be good friends. Logically speaking, since Xiao Wangzhi has developed, it is reasonable to recommend Zhang Chang.In fact, we were all wrong. Of the seven deadly sins mentioned in the "Bible", Xiao Wangzhi took two of them, one was jealousy and the other was pride.At the beginning, because of jealousy, he spared no effort to kill Han Yanshou, a rookie in the political arena; because of pride, he didn't take Bingji seriously, but in the end, Liu Bing had taken him from the position of doctor censor and transferred him to be an official. The prince and Taifu.Jealousy comes from fear, inferiority complex and strong possessiveness.Do you think it is reliable for such a person to recommend Zhang Chang, the hero who has become popular all over the world? Of course Xiao Wangzhi would think that Zhang Chang is too strong, if he is a so-so friend, and if he is promoted, he will not be able to control him, so it is useless.Therefore, he could only ignore Zhang Chang.Just because Xiao Wangzhi doesn't care, doesn't mean others don't ask.Soon, someone in the central government wrote a letter of recommendation to Liu Shi, saying that Zhang Chang was a good person and could be the prince's teacher. Liu Xi took a look, then called Xiao Wangzhi, and said that let Zhang Chang be the prince and tutor, what do you think, teacher?When Xiao Wang heard this, he suddenly dismissed Liu Xi's thoughts. He said: "Zhang Chang is indeed good at doing things, but he is frivolous, and he is not at all expected to be a prince's master." If Xiao Wangzhi slandered Zhang Chang, it would be a bit unfair to him.Zhang Chang is frivolous, this is not Xiao Wang's personal opinion, but represents the general opinion of all the officials of the Han Dynasty. Anyone with a long memory should remember that in the era of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Chang was a thrush for his wife, who was exposed by some political paparazzi, and at the same time wrote a letter to impeach him.Apart from this, when Zhang Chang went to the street of prostitutes in Zhangtai, he looked lewd.Is this kind of person reliable for letting him be the prince's master? Liu Xi thought for a while, and what Teacher Xiao said was not unreasonable.However, since someone recommends it, I have to give an explanation.Liu Xi believed that Zhang Chang was unreliable to be the master of the prince, so it should be possible to fight gangsters!Ever since, he decided to change Zhang Chang's post and transfer him to the central government as Zuo Fengyi. Then, Liu Shi sent envoys to recruit Zhang Chang.Soon, the envoy came back frustrated and told Liu Xun: Zhang Chang can't come! Liu Shi was very surprised. Before he could ask any questions, the messenger continued, "Zhang Chang was very unlucky. When we saw him, he had just died of illness." Zhang Chang was finished.He has sung a good show all his life, and he is a role that cannot be dismantled by others, so he bid farewell to us and left. Zhang Chang left, not knowing what Xiao Wangzhi felt like.However, what it feels like doesn't matter anymore, Xiao Wangzhi is striding forward towards his dream of design.Xiao Wangzhi, Zhou Kan, and Liu Xiang, an iron triangle group in the Han Dynasty, is here to announce its establishment!