Chapter 32 1. The Gang of Four in the Han Dynasty

We know that there were five people Liu Che entrusted to assist the government back then, and they were Huo Guang, Jin Rixun, Shangguan Jie, Sang Hongyang, and Tian Qianqiu.However, Liu Che had only left for a year, and Jin Ridun also left after him.As a result, there are only four of the bigwigs who assist the government. Don't get me wrong, Huo Guang and the other four are not the Gang of Four.If you say that, at least two people will be slandered.One is Huo Guang, and the other is Tian Qianqiu. In fact, among the four assistants, the division of labor is clear and there is no gang suspicion.Huo Guang was talking, basically he alone had the final say.Shangguan Jie raised his hand, and Huo Guang's opinion represented his opinion, and basically he raised his hand to express his approval.Sang Hongyang was hands-on, and he was inseparable from invigorating the economy of the Han Dynasty.Tian Qianqiu clapped his hands, and basically did not have his share in doing things and talking.His job is to be honest and obedient, and to clap hands and applaud honestly.The whole person is clearly a political spectator.

We all feel that Tian Qianqiu is pitiful, but he doesn't feel pitiful at all.What's so pitiful?He dared to put forward an opinion, and he was promoted.It doesn't matter if you get promoted, but you are still promoted all the way to the prime minister position where you can't be promoted any more.What an uncomfortable position this is. Unsuitable, that is because Tian Qianqiu thinks that his ability and position do not match.But he couldn't move, so he held on.There is nothing wrong with this, as a monk beats the clock for a day, and of course I can applaud for a day as a prime minister, and I still get a salary, what a comfortable job.

Tian Qianqiu is not acting, he is really satisfied.Therefore, Tian Qianqiu, who is self-satisfied, didn't think about embarrassing others in the past, and others didn't want to bully him.Ever since, he became a model of the Han Dynasty - no party, no selfishness, just a useless good man. Tian Qianqiu was like this, Huo Guang didn't want to make things difficult for him.So Tian Qianqiu not only has no sense of crisis, but the ass of the prime minister is still stable, and no one has come to kick his ass or hit him. As for Huo Guang, he doesn't have to form a party anymore.Quite simply, he is strong enough.Powerful people will always become adherents.The one who often clings to Huo Guang is of course Shangguan Jie.

The relationship between Shangguan Jie and Huo Guang can be described in one word: extraordinary.First of all, at work, they are friendly comrades and golden partners.Secondly, in life, they are married relatives, and they communicate with each other. Huo Guang is not a man of God, so of course he cannot work every day.Like normal people, he also has holidays.Whenever Huo Guang was on vacation, Shangguan Jie always exercised power on behalf of Huo Guang.Wait until Huo Guang returns from vacation before handing over the power to Huo Guang.The two cooperate so well, of course we can call them friendly comrades and golden partners.

Of course, Shangguan Jie didn't run errands for Huo Guang for nothing.He and Huo Guang kept a tacit understanding, just to do one thing, to climb the big tree of Huo Guang.As the saying goes, it is good to enjoy the shade under the big tree. In order to hold Huo Guang close to the big tree, Shangguan Jie decided to join forces and proposed a marriage to Huo Guang. Shangguan Jie gave birth to a son named Shangguan an.Shangguan Jie proposed a marriage to Huo Guang in order to let his son Shangguan An marry Huo Guang's eldest daughter.Without any suspense, Huo Guang agreed to get married.Soon, Shangguan An and Huo Guang's eldest daughter gave birth to a daughter.Five years later, Shangguan Jie made another request to Huo Guang.

This request is very explicit.According to what Shangguan Jie meant, he wanted his granddaughter, Huo Guang's granddaughter, to marry Liu Fuling. That year, Liu Fuling was only eleven years old.An eleven-year-old child, today, if he is arrogant, he has just graduated from elementary school.If it were a late bloomer like me, I would only be a fourth grader in elementary school.Such a little friend, Shangguan Jiehou was anxious to force his granddaughter to him, what exactly did he want to do? We don't need to say this clearly, and of course Huo Guang can't say it clearly.However, Huo Guang made a decisive decision and firmly disagreed.His reason is that the two children are still young.

When Huo Guang made this decision, he shivered inexplicably. Shangguan Jie had a closed door at Huo Guang's place, feeling extremely depressed.No one knows what he has been working on for many years.When wishes are like flowers in spring and victory is in sight, Huo Guang disagrees with it, as if a burst of spring chills, making him chill from his feet. Did Huo Guang see something?When Shangguan Jie thought of this, his heart seemed to be stabbed by something, and he suddenly tightened his grip.Impossible, absolutely impossible.What a perfect plan, how could he see it.Taking a ten thousand step back, Huo Guang sees that there is a doorway coming. Could it be that he told me, Shangguan Jie, to give up everything and waste all my previous efforts?

The answer is, absolutely impossible. On the unknown road to the future, there is only one way.The arrow is on the string and has to be fired.Chess has come to this point, no matter how difficult or difficult it is, you have to bite the bullet and go on.So, Shangguan Jie, who seemed to be thrown into the ice cave by Huo Guang's palm, immediately thought of someone. The person Shangguan Jie thought of was not famous or loud, but it was very useful.This person is known as Dingwairen, a native of Hejian. Since ancient times, all the big conspirators have never taken the initiative to come forward.There are mainly two kinds of people who contact the outside world for the so-called great things, one is the agent, and the other is the horse boy.Shangguan Jie's reputation in the world is too great, so he can't make too many moves.His son Shangguan An stepped forward on his behalf and found Ding Wairen.

Ding Wairen is no one's pony, but he is a genuine agent.Whose agency?Princess Eyi's.Who is Princess Eyi?The elder sister of Emperor Liu Fuling, she is also called Princess Gai because she married Gaihou Wangchong.What is the relationship between Ding Wairen and Princess Eyi?lover. Shangguan An was very straightforward in his work. He straight to the point and said to Ding Wairen: "If you can let Princess Gai make my daughter a queen, I, Shangguan's family, will do my best to help you become a marquis." The so-called agents have always acted on behalf of others and charged intermediary fees.Ding Wairen has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and this is the first time he heard that doing things for others, he makes a lot of money. What a bargain.So, Ding Wairen took over the job without even thinking about it.

Soon, Shangguan Jie received a reply from Ding Wairen, saying that Princess Gai was very willing to fulfill the good deeds of the children of the Liu family and the children of the Shangguan family, so you can wait for the good news at home. Sure enough, not long after, an imperial edict came down from the palace, conferring on Shangguan An's five-year-old daughter Jieyu to become the eleven-year-old little emperor Liu Fuling's Jieyu.Jieyu was the first rank among the concubine wives of the emperor of the Han Dynasty.It is only one step away from the queen. 83 BC, spring, March 25th.Liu Fuling made Shangguan Jieyu the empress.Another year later, Liu Fuling named his father-in-law, Shangguanan, the Marquis of Sang Le.

Shangguan Jie knew that the imperial edict issued by Liu Fuling, whether he was conferred the title of Empress or Marquis, was all approved by Huo Guangtou.Why can Huo Guang nod?It's very simple, he compromised, and it was Princess Gai who forced him to compromise.Therefore, Shangguan Jie still owes Princess Gai a favor, and the whole family must express their gratitude to her.Of course, Shangguan Jie and his son are not just doing nothing. They promised to give Ding Wairen a Marquis, but it has not been implemented yet. Pay back the money owed, pay off the debt owed.Shangguan Jie's family mobilized to lobby Huo Guang in turn, saying that Ding Wairen is so outstanding, can he be made a Marquis?However, Huo Guanglei couldn't be moved, and there were only three words: disagree. In my opinion, Huo Guang's move was not to fight Shangguan Jie to the end, but to blame Shangguan An for giving him too high a bargaining chip. Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, if you want to be named a marquis, you have to meet three hard conditions: one is martial arts; the other is skill and luck; the third is becoming a relative of the emperor.If you want to build martial arts, you have to go to the battlefield, and you have the courage to ask your head where you are going.In fact, it is not enough to charge with one's life, there must be results, otherwise the loss of the head is nothing.Li Guang is a typical example. He has been on the battlefield for decades and fought until the last battle.In the end, he could only bring the regret of not being a Marquis, and passed away angrily. Of course, without going to the battlefield, without leaving any martial arts behind, some people are still named marquises.Don't you see, Gongsun Hong was a late bloomer and ascended to the position of prime minister.Seeing his humble status, Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, made him a Marquis.Since then, Gongsun Hong has established the custom that he can be named a marquis if he becomes a prime minister.But Tian Qianqiu picked up a big bargain, and was sealed as a marquis after becoming the prime minister.However, summing up Gongsunhong and Tian Qianqiu, we can find that if you want to be a marquis, you don't have Gongsunhong's wrist, you must have Tian Qianqiu's luck. Of course, if you are a relative of the emperor, the problem is simple.It was a glorious tradition of the Han Dynasty that the emperor's relatives were granted the title of marquis.At that time, Zhou Yafu took out Liu Bang's rules of being a marquis, and blocked Emperor Xiaojing Liu Qi, saying that the emperor should not be a relative of the queen mother.But what happened in the end?If it shouldn't be sealed, it should still be sealed.Rules are dead, people are alive.What kind of head does Zhou Yafu have? Rules are dead, people are alive.Of course Huo Guang knew this truth.The problem is, if the rules need to be changed, it can't be too outrageous.Ding Wairen wants to be named a marquis, just like we want to evaluate titles today, there must be some decent conditions.Then, under what conditions should Ding Wairen be granted the title of Marquis?Does he have martial arts?No.Is he the prime minister?no.Is he a royal relative?Nonsense, of course not. Ding Wairen didn't have any of the three major standards for feudal lords in the Han Dynasty.Could it be that just because he is Princess Gai's underground lover, he should be made a Marquis.When this matter got out, not to mention the people of the Han Dynasty, it is estimated that even the Huns would laugh their heads off. Now, we can draw a conclusion for Huo Guang: if Ding Wairen wants to be a marquis, it is simply nonsense. Now, no matter whether it was Shangguan Jie and his son, Ding Wairen, or Princess Gai, they all realized that Shangguan An's promise to give Ding Wairen the title of Marquis was indeed too much nonsense. So what to do? Easy to handle.Since Ding Wairen's appointment as a marquis is nonsense, then promotion is always possible, right?Therefore, Shangguan Jie put forward another condition to Huo Guang: Can you spare Ding Wairen the position of Doctor Guanglu? In the Han Dynasty, the doctor was the emperor's close minister, divided into three ranks.They are Doctor Zhong, Doctor Taizhong, and Doctor Jian.There is no fixed number of employees and no fixed positions.But when the emperor needs it, he will come if he must be recruited, and he will go away if he is waved.During the Han Wu period, Liu Che changed Zhongdafu to Guanglu doctor, with a rank and salary of two thousand shi. To Shangguan Jie, helping Ding Wairen only got a job running errands for the emperor, he seemed a little sorry for him.However, don't underestimate the position of Doctor Guanglu.Back then, Huo Guang also worked his way up from Doctor Guanglu. Therefore, in the Han Dynasty, as long as one became a doctor of Guanglu, it was equivalent to stepping into the ranks of ministerial officials.In the future, as long as Ding Wairen steps into the ranks of the ministers, he will not be far from the prime minister.When you become a prime minister, isn't it natural to be a Marquis? This trick is called a roundabout tactic, a long-term plan.Wonderful, really wonderful. In fact, the situation is not good at all.Huo Guang asked Shangguan Jie if he wanted Ding Wairen to be Doctor Guanglu, right?I can tell you clearly now that there is no way. Counting it, this is the third time that Shangguan Jie asked Huo Guang to do something, but he failed to do anything.Yes, it was a big loss of face.The anger in Shangguan Jie's heart seemed to burst out as soon as a straw was lit. Back then, Shangguan Jie was ranked among the nine officials, and Huo Guang was just a captain of the car and a doctor of Guanglu, and the two of them became admirable.Today, Shangguan Jie is the left general, Shangguan An is the chariot general, and the queen is his own daughter.The Shangguan family can be said to have power over the world.Even so, he could only act on Huo Guang's face, which was simply too compelling. Give you face, shameless.Then, we had no choice but to turn around. Shangguan Jie believes that the living space and appreciation space of the Shangguan family has been severely suppressed by Huo Guang.To move forward, Huo Guang must be brought down.However, Shangguan Jie saw soberly that Huo Guang's boulder could not be moved by the Shangguan family alone.The so-called uneven road, everyone shovels.At this moment, Shangguan Jie thought of someone. The person Shangguan Jie thought of was Sang Hongyang.In fact, Sang Hongyang has contributed a lot since the administration.Marx said that the economic base determines the superstructure.The so-called primary task of the economy is to liberate and develop productive forces.Over the years, in order to invigorate the economy of the Han Dynasty, Sang Hongyang also organized a large-scale economic research meeting.This is the famous salt and iron conference in history, which was later written as "On Salt and Iron". Objectively speaking, without the leadership of Sang Hongyang, there would be no rapid economic recovery of the Han Dynasty.However, as one of the four standing committee members of the auxiliary government and one of the meritorious figures of the Han Dynasty, Sang Hongyang lived a very depressed life.No one expected that, like Shangguan Jie, he was crushed by Huo Guang and couldn't move. The thing is like this, Sang Hongyang thinks that he has earned a lot of money for the country, and the country should give something in return.Therefore, Sang Hongyang made a small request to Huo Guang, saying that his brother's job is not good, can he change a better job for him.The so-called good job means that Huo Guang should vacate an official position for him.Sang Hongyang believes that this should be a trivial matter.Unexpectedly, as soon as his words came out, Huo Guang rejected him without thinking too much. Now, Sang Hongyang was also humiliated by Huo Guang.What's the use of making a great contribution and even assisting the government under the guise of a name?For a long time, there was no internal democracy at all, and everything was decided by Huo Guang alone.What's the point of this? Everyone does the work together, so why do you have the final say? However, the reason does not make sense, but the words cannot be spoken.Sang Hongyang felt as if his teeth had been knocked out, so he had to rot into his stomach, and he was so stuffy.Unexpectedly, just when Sang Hongyang was depressed and unable to vent, Shangguan Jie found him and came to his door. When the two met, they confided in each other.In the end, the two came to two conclusions.Looking around the world, Huo Guang didn't just have trouble with Shangguan Jie alone, nor did he only have trouble with Sang Hongyang, he was simply supercilious and had trouble with everyone who didn't like him.This is one of them.Huo Guang could not be brought down by relying on Shangguan Jie and Sang Hongyang, two auxiliary political standing committee members alone.To lift him off the stage, you must find a few more helpers.This is the second. So, who to go to? In fact, Shangguan Jie already knew who he wanted to find.The great Chinese invented an unbreakable political principle a long time ago: the enemy of the enemy will always be our good friend.According to this theory of class struggle, Shangguan Jie and Sang Hongyang found two important figures together. One is Liu Fuling's older sister, Princess Gaichang, and the other is Liu Fuling's older brother, King Yan Liudan.If Huo Guang didn't find a job for Ding Wairen, it would be tantamount to slapping Princess Gai in the face.This face is not for nothing, Princess Gai has been looking for opportunities to fight.Huo Guang ruined Liu Dan's grand plan to rebel, which was tantamount to ruining Liu Dan's glorious future as emperor, and this revenge must be avenged. Therefore, Shangguan Jie quickly took the lead to meet secretly with Sang Hongyang, Princess Gai, and Liu Dan, and held a meeting to discuss how to deal with Huo Guang.Finally see it clearly.The above alliance of four is the legendary Gang of Four in the Han Dynasty. A good show is about to begin.