Chapter 26 4. Stability trumps everything

Liu Che left, like a gambler who made a bet and then left without looking back.The gamblers have left, and the game has just begun. To be precise, Liu Che's betting chips were on five people.Ranked by popularity index, it is roughly as follows: Huo Guang, Jin Rixun, Shangguan Jie, Sang Hongyang, Tian Qianqiu. The above popularity index is based on the degree to which Liu Che got close to and reused them during his lifetime.In terms of the number of appearances, this ranking has to be restarted.I believe that the judges have to pull one of the extremely unfamiliar names to the fifth place.

This person is Shangguan Jie. In fact, it was no accident that Sang Hongyang suddenly appeared in front of Liu Che's hospital bed and was worshiped as the imperial doctor.As mentioned earlier, Sang Hongyang has always been very good.Back then, when Liu Che was worried about not being able to find money, he appeared like a morning star in the east, and suddenly lit up Liu Che's dark night. Sang Hongyang was able to light up Liu Che because he appeared at the right time and launched a series of appropriate economic policies, which helped Liu Che earn an extremely rich fixed income.The economic policies of salt, iron, and liquor official operations, all lost, leveling, counting, suing, and unified minting are all outstanding masterpieces of Comrade Sang Hongyang.

Sang Hongyang comes from a family of merchants and has been good at making calculations all his life.It should not be unexpected for him to count himself in front of Liu Che's bed and be worshiped as a royal doctor.To his surprise, Ban Gu, the great man, didn't step on him, and didn't even set up a monument for him in his "Han Shu", not even a small biography. Sang Hongyang was not the most disappointed, Shangguan Jie was the one who enjoyed the same treatment as him. There is no biography of Shangguan Jie in the "Han Shu".At first I thought I was reading it wrong, so I searched the "Book of Han" over and over again, but in the end I could only find clues about them in other people's biographies.

I was very depressed.I believe even more that if Sang Hongyang and Shangguan Jie were alive, they would be more depressed than me.Among the two men, Shangguan Jie was the most depressed.Because, he always has no chance to play. In fact, before this, Shangguan Jie showed his face once.However, when he appeared that time, he was not the protagonist, but a walk-on.Playing tricks for whom?Li Guangli. Back then, when Li Guangli conquered the Western Regions, Shangguan Jie set off with the army.He was full of courage, killed countless enemies, and personally broke through Yu Cheng Kingdom.King Yu Cheng fled to the state of Kangju, Shangguan Jie beat the dog in the water, and chased him all the way to the state of Kangju, forcing King Kangju to hand over King Yu Cheng, and then returned.

Shangguan Jie was born in Shangju, Longxi, Western Han Dynasty.Before Liu Che's death, his promotion route was roughly as follows: Yubayashi Imperial Guard Officer (Habayashi Qimenlang) - Weiyang Palace Stable Manager (Weiyang Stable Order) - Court Attendant (Servant) - Minister of Communications (Taiwan Servant) - General Left. What kind of mysterious power pushed Shangguan Jie to the peak of power step by step?The answer is that Shangguan Jie is not Tian Qianqiu, not an upstart.The reason why he was able to make great strides all the way was because he held two sharp weapons.One is strength; the other is for show.

Shangguan Jie's strength is his specialty, that is, his superior arm strength and invincible courage.Back then, when Shangguan Jie was still the imperial guard of Habayashi, once Liu Che was going to Ganquan Palace, there was a sudden strong wind on the road, and the convoy couldn't move.Therefore, Liu Che ordered to hand over the yellow silk umbrella cover specially used by the emperor to Shangguan Jie.Shangguan Jie did not disgrace his mission, and marched forward with the yellow silk canopy high in the strong wind, as stable as Mount Tai.That time, Liu Che remembered his name and changed him to a slightly better job - to manage horses in Weiyang Palace.

Another time, Liu Che went to Weiyang Palace to watch horses.He had just recovered from a serious illness and was in a better mood.Unexpectedly, when he saw the horse raised by Shangguan Jie, he was in a bad mood.Because, looking left and right, I couldn't see a fat horse.Good horse, why is it thin?It's very simple, Shangguan Jie's work is not careless, but very irresponsible. So, Liu Che became angry.He pointed at Shangguan Jie's nose and yelled, "Do you think I'll never see a horse again?"Sending you to manage the horse is so perfunctory. After Liu Che finished speaking, he was going to call someone to take Shangguan Jie down and throw him in prison for ten or eight years.However, at this time a miracle appeared.

After being scolded, Shangguan Jie looked like a wronged child, with tears on his face.I saw him kowtowed to the ground and said: "I heard that His Majesty is sick, and I only pretend to be Your Majesty in my heart. How can I remember the horse?" High, really high.As soon as this move was made, the world clicked their tongues.Shangguan Jie told us with practical actions that a person who always has a leader in his heart is always better than an employee who just works everywhere.Because of his excellence, Liu Che was impressed. The urgency of the leadership is urgent, and then the urgency of the work.Regarding the above two things, Liu Che gave Shangguan Jie a score: very reliable.Therefore, the reliable Shangguan Jie, who is thoughtful, artistic, and capable of doing things, was transferred back to Liu Che's side as a servant.

After quantitative changes in Shangguan Jie's life and politics, qualitative changes began to take place.In front of him was a golden avenue of stars. However, for the above five people, it is not the time for them to rank seniority and meritorious service.The most urgent task before them is how to fill the political vacuum of the Han Dynasty after Liu Che's collapse. This question must be answered by Huo Guang himself.And Huo Guang's answer is that in the current matter, stability is the most important thing. Since stability is to be achieved, the monarch and ministers, the central government and local governments must each perform their duties and do their duties well.And the first thing Huo Guang did was to assign tasks to the five adults who accepted the will and assisted Liu Fuling.

Huo Guang assigned tasks to the five of them, roughly as follows: Jin Rixun and Shangguan Jie were his deputies; Sang Hongyang was Tian Qianqiu's deputies. Then, he told Tian Qianqiu: I am in charge of palace affairs, and you are in charge of political affairs.You do your thing well, and I do mine well.We cooperate with each other, and the central idea is to serve the emperor. Huo Guang's words are called the distribution of power and the demarcation of territory.However, Tian Qianqiu declined. I think that many nouveau riche in modern China, who ascended to the sky overnight, often don't know their father's name or their mother's last name.So he gets carried away and jumps wildly in the sky. Often, if he is not careful, he is kicked off the clouds by some god, and his liver and gallbladder are torn apart.

Among the five people including Huo Guang, Tian Qianqiu is an upstart, we can even call him Tian Baofa.However, Tian Qianqiu thought that he had exploded, but he was very clear-headed. Because he was sober, he fully understood how much he weighed.And he also knows that everyone must have two brushes in this seemingly peaceful political arena with hidden steel knives.And Tian Qianqiu believes that besides showing off at the right time with his two talents, he also has a commendable specialty-humility. When a person is humble, many things are often easier to handle.Therefore, Tian Qianqiu, who was extremely humble, told Huo Guang: "Well, what's yours is yours, and what's mine is yours."The political affairs of the DPRK and China are up to you. Tian Qianqiu's subtext seemed to be telling Huo Guang, I know how I got here.Prime Minister, I will protect you temporarily. If you want to change, you can do so at any time.You don't have to leave a place for me, you can't leave me alone.Politics, that's what it is anyway, I'll just play tricks for you, it doesn't matter. Tian Qianqiu's move is called being able to afford it and letting it go.To put it in a simple phrase, this is called understanding the overall situation.As the saying goes, those who know current affairs are heroes.So, when Huo Guang heard Tian Qianqiu's humble words, he was stunned. Suddenly, a sense of admiration welled up.Tian Qianqiu, what a comrade. In fact, for Comrade Huo Guang, there is a long way to go to stabilize his job.To paraphrase Qu Yuan's words, the road is long and long, and he will go up and down and put out the fire endlessly.If there is a fire, there must be a fire.The person who lit the fire first and wanted to burn Huo Guang's butt finally appeared. In this world, there are many things that don’t belong to us. We see them being taken away by others. We call it jealousy when we see them being taken away by others. Take away, this kind of mood, we call it resentment. Liu Dan has always been on the verge of a volcanic eruption.In his opinion, since Liu Ju left, the crown prince should be his, so why did it fall into Liu Fuling's hands?Liu Fuling, a little bastard, still young, hasn't learned how to walk well, what's wrong with him, why should he come to be emperor. But the throne of emperor has already fallen into Liu Fuling's hands, what should we do now? Easy to handle.Since he is not willing to watch others eat the fat, and since others are robbing it unreasonably, why should Liu Dan stare rationally.The impulsive devil, like thousands of currents converging into the sea, impacted Liu Dan's restless heart.Suddenly, a terrible idea came to Liu Dan's mind: I can't help my fate, it's against his mother. Therefore, Liu Dan was ready to grab Liu Fuling's throne. If Liu Fuling is a little abbot wearing cassocks, then Huo Guang, Shangguan Jie and other five people are the Five Great Vajras.The little abbot is not scary, what is scary are the Five King Kongs.With Liu Dan's skill alone, he can't do it for others. Therefore, if Liu Dan wants to deal with Huo Guang and other masters, he must do two things: one is to practice his internal skills well; the other is to form cliques and prepare for a fight. In this world, if you want to rebel, there is never a shortage of people who are afraid of death.Soon, Liu Dan found two evil people.One is Liu Chang, the son of Liu Chang, the king of mourning in Zhongshan; the other is Liu Ze, the grandson of Liu Jianglu, king of Qi Xiao. In fact, the helper is easy to pull, but the internal strength is not easy to practice.The so-called internal strength is not easy to practice, not that it is not well practiced, but that it cannot be practiced. We know that in the early Han Dynasty, the kings of the vassal states were quite prosperous.Apart from having no legislative power, the executive power they possess is frighteningly great.For example, if the central government can collect taxes, they can also collect taxes; if the central government has an army, they can also form an army.The center can appoint officials, and they can appoint officials.The slightly different thing is that high-ranking officials with more than 2,000 shi are appointed by the central government, and high-ranking officials with less than 2,000 shi are decided by the princes and kings. However, this beautiful and wonderful day is gone forever.The person who ended the good life of the princes and kings was none other than Liu Bi, the first victim of the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion.Back then, when Liu Bi was in a big place, Chao Cuo saw it and was anxious, so he advocated cutting the country.As a result, Liu Bi jumped up in a hurry, pulled a group of Liu family brothers, rushed up and started fighting with the central government. Fortunately, the Central Committee of the Han Dynasty not only withstood Liu Bi's attack in the end, but also completely wiped him out.Therefore, after the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, the central government of the Han Dynasty learned a lesson and carried out a series of power reduction actions against the princes and kingdoms.The most important point is that the monarch of the feudal state is not allowed to interfere with the administration of the feudal state. Of course, appropriate taxes can still be collected; they still have the right to seal officials with a few hundred shi; the central government still allows a palace self-defense force with hundreds of people. Now, Liu Dan's so-called internal strength training is to form his own army and conduct drills.You know, back then, Liu Bi worked hard to practice internal skills for forty years, but he was also beaten back before liberation.You, Liu Dan, have no money, no soldiers, no guns, and want to rebel?I think it's better to tell him to wash up and go to bed early. The so-called rebellion, don't be afraid of death.The people are not afraid of death, but why should they be afraid of death? This is what Confucius said.I am not afraid of death, so why do you still use the central government to scare me? This is what Liu Dan said. Now, in Liu Dan's view, the so-called executive power is not decided by the central government.Who decides?he himself.How can he have the final say?Just because he is Liu Che's son, because he fell to the earth earlier than Liu Fuling, and ate a few more years of sage books and whole grains. So, soon, Liu Dan declared to the outside world: When my father was alive, he took special care of me, saying that I have the right to appoint and dismiss officials in the feudal country.Once Liu Dan can use administrative power freely, he can immediately attract people.It's not enough to just recruit a few people who are living on dead wages.If you want to really rebel, there must be someone with a knife.These people, of course, are the army. Then, Liu Dan began to rectify the army, practicing every day, and his internal strength increased every day.Everything is ready, but the east wind is still owed.If he wanted to rebel, Liu Dan was short of a reason to use the knife. If you want to add to the crime, there is nothing to worry about.If you want to really do it, are you afraid that you have no excuses?People have a mouth, not only for talking, but also for making excuses to fight.Soon, Liu Dan held a meeting with Liu Ze and others.After the meeting, they split up. First of all, Liu Ze wrote a document to publicly accuse Liu Fuling that he was not born to Liu Che.The reason why Liu Fuling got to where he is today is because a group of Han officials with malicious intentions helped him up.The princes and people of the world cannot be fooled like this.Now, it's time for us to act. After Liu Ze wrote the document, he sent people to copy more than N copies and distributed it all over the country.Then, they sent a rumor-mongering task force to various places to stir up trouble, lest the world would not be chaotic. However, when Liu Ze was in full swing, and when Liu Dan's military training was so good that he didn't turn his back on his back, someone sued them to the central government. The person who sued Liu Dan was named Liu Cheng.Liu Cheng was the son of Liu Jian, king of Zichuan at that time.After all, Liu Cheng and Liu Chang are still biological brothers.Suing Liu Dan is equivalent to suing Liu Chang.It seems that the brothers are not very reliable. In fact, Liu Cheng didn't want to really tell his brother.He just wanted to save someone, and this person's name was Juan Budu.What is the relationship between Liu Cheng and Jun Busu?have no idea.However, it is not difficult to imagine that Liu Cheng and Jun are undoubtedly wearing the same pair of trousers.Otherwise, Liu Cheng would not think of saving him at the critical moment. Liu Cheng wanted to save Jun because Liu Ze wanted to kill him.According to the plan of Liu Dan, Liu Ze and others, Liu Ze was responsible for assassinating the governor of Qingzhou and launching a mutiny.And this governor of Qingzhou is Jun Buyi. 86 BC, August.Jun did not doubt that he made the first move.At the beginning, Jun did not doubt that he attacked Liu Ze and arrested him; then, Jun did not hesitate to send someone to report to the central government.In the end, the news that Liu Ze was about to rebel spread to Huo Guang in no time. Those who should have left didn't go, and those who shouldn't have come, but they just came.Huo Guang felt as if he had been stung by something, and he tightened his grip. What moved Liu Ze's heart?Is it the autumn wind in August?Is it endless desire?Or a vengeful devil?Oh, Huo Guang suddenly remembered a person, Liu Jianglu. Liu Ze's grandfather is Liu Jianglu.We may not be familiar with Liu Jianglu, but we definitely know his father-Liu Fei.Liu Fei, the eldest son of Liu Bang, was once the fattest and richest prince among the princes and kings in the world.Because he is fat and rich, Lu Zhi always wants to attack him.In the end, Liu Fei reluctantly gave up the land and gave a piece of fertile land to Princess Lu Yuan, Lu Zhi's daughter, and Lu Fei let him go. Later, Lu's pheasant died, and the Liu clan rose up to seize power.In the struggle for power, Liu Fei's sons did their best.In particular, Liu Fei's eldest son, Liu Xiang, second son, Liu Zhang, and third son, Liu Xingju, should be commended by name.Together with Zhou Bo and Chen Ping, the three of them settled down Lu Lu and others, successfully seizing power. But at that time, what I didn't expect was that the result of the robbery was given to Liu Heng, the acting king, by Chen Ping and his gang of conspiratorial people.Liu Xiang and Liu Zhang stretched their legs to the sky in depression, which made Liu Xingju shout to rebel, but it didn't happen, and he was forced to commit suicide.Emperor Wen Liu Heng pitied his brother Liu Fei and had no successors, so he divided Qi into six and granted Liu Fei six sons.Among them, Liu Jianglu picked up a big piece and was named King Qi, and he was also called King Xiao of Qi. During the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, Liu Bi entangled a group of princes to take control of the central government.At that time, five of Liu Jianglu's six brothers, except King Jibei, signed up for the rebellion.But when Liu Bi shouted to charge, Liu Jianglu was suspicious and kept defending the city.Liu Jianglu's move made his younger brothers very upset, and they united to beat him.Finally, Luan Bu of the Han Dynasty sent troops to fight the fire.Liu Jianglu finally escaped temporarily. However, Liu Jianglu still did not escape death.In the end, he was found to have attempted rebellion, and he committed suicide in fear. Having said so much, let me sum up one thing: Liu Ze's grandfather, Liu Jianglu, was killed by Liu Fuling's grandfather, Liu Qi.To rebel against Liu Fuling is to rebel against Liu Qi.To rebel against Liu Qi is to avenge his grandfather Liu Jianglu. It turned out that all this was caused by revenge. Since it is revenge, the problem is much simpler, because class conflicts can be ruled out in this way, and it can be defined as internal conflicts within the family.However, excluding the possibility of Liu Ze getting water in his head or short-circuiting due to fever, he is not alone in the rebellion.Behind him, there must be a group of supporting experts and cheerleaders. We must follow the clues and find out these people one by one.Huo Guang handed over the task of figuring out the melon to Da Honglu. Soon, news came back that Liu Ze was indeed not fighting alone.Those who are ready to fight with him are Liu Chang, the son of King Ai of Zhongshan, and Liu Dan, who has always been coquettish and defiant. Huo Guang suddenly woke up.In the final analysis, it turned out that Liu Dan was to blame.Liu Ze is just a murderous knife in Liu Dan's hand. What should we do now?To kill, or not to kill? Huo Guang's answer was that he must be killed.Kill two and keep one. It was Liu Ze and Liu Chang who were killed, and Liu Dan was left behind.Why not kill Liu Dan?It's very simple, Huo Guang is not Lu Zhi, so he can't strike too hard.According to the rules of Liu's ancestors, treat class enemies as hard as you can; treat your own brothers with warmth like spring.Have to be forgiving and forgiving. In my opinion, this is not an illusion, but it is not the essence of the problem either.In the final analysis, Huo Guang is practicing his political philosophy - stability, stability.Stability trumps everything. However, Liu Dan was not born to live for Huo Guang's stability.Liang Zi, the two of them, finally came to an end, and the good show just kicked off.