Chapter 31 grandson's strange terminal illness

Mr. Liu Ao poisoned Mr. Zhai Fangjin, hoping that the death of the prime minister could replace the death of the emperor.It's a pity that King Yan Luo doesn't seem to buy into the political power of the Yang world, so not long after Mr. Zhai Fangjin was poisoned, Mr. Liu Ao still raised his hair. After the death of Mr. Liu Ao, Mr. Liu Xin, a 20-year-old nephew, became the thirteenth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty.The situation in the palace also changed accordingly.Ms. Wang Zhengjun was promoted from empress dowager to empress dowager, and Ms. Zhao Feiyan was promoted from empress to empress dowager. Ms. Zhao Hede, who tried every means to get in touch with the new emperor Liu Xin's grandmother, Mrs. Fu, after the death of Mr. Liu Ao, saw that the situation was not good. Well, like Mr. Zhai Fangjin, he also committed suicide by taking poison, and did not catch up with the new lively scene.

According to the patriarchal system of Confucianism, that is, according to political conventions, although Mrs. Fu is the emperor's grandmother, and Mr. Liu Xin's mother, Ms. Ding Ji, is the emperor's mother-in-law, but Mr. Liu Xin has already entered the lineage—— It was Mr. Liu Xin who succeeded from the Xiaozong to the Dazong, not his grandmother and his mother who became the Datong and Dazong, so they are still the Xiaozong status of the feudal state. ——"Da Zong" and "Xiao Zong" are the backbone of the patriarchal system. This issue of succession to Datong and Dazong has always been used by pedantic Confucian disciples and ambitious careerists in the ancient Chinese government. It's a mess every time.In the eleventh century AD, the government of the Song Dynasty had a dispute over "Pu Yi";

In the 16th century, the government of the Ming Dynasty had another dispute over the "Great Rituals", which not only turned the world upside down, but also caused bloodshed and exile, which split the government. From the perspective of modern people, it looks really boring, but the intellectuals at that time thought it was very useful. Therefore, the status of Mrs. Fu and Ms. Ding Ji in the central government has become a problem.Old lady Fu is ambitious, so of course she is not willing to be at a disadvantage. So, soon there was a hot scene.One day, the Empress Dowager, Ms. Wang Zhengjun, had a big banquet in Weiyang Palace (one of the earliest unjust prisons in the Western Han Dynasty—the place where the famous general Mr. Han Xin was framed).The first place is of course Wang Zhengjun, the clerk is next to Ms. Wang Zhengjun, and the old lady Fu's seat is not taken down, followed by the Empress Dowager, Ms. Zhao Feiyan; as for the Emperor Liu Xin's mother, Ms. Ding Ji, takes the fourth place.The seats had just been set up when Mr. Wang Mang, the nephew of Ms. Wang Zhengjun, Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense (Da Sima), came to check, and suddenly lost his temper, and asked the head of the court affairs (introspection order)

Said: "Why are there two seats up there?" The chief banquet officer of the palace said: "The one in the middle is the Empress Dowager Tai, and the one next to it is the Empress Dowager Ding Taofu." Mr. Wang Mang jumped high and said: "The Empress Dowager Dingtaofu is just a feudal empress dowager, how dare she sit on an equal footing with the Empress Dowager? You haven't moved the chair away!" The palace banquet chief had no choice but to move the chair away and put it in the second seat.When the old lady Fu got the news, she trembled with anger.When everyone was here, she sent someone to urge her again and again, but the old lady Fu refused all of them.The banquet had to go on, but because of the most important role——

The emperor's direct grandmother - did not attend, this is an ominous omen, so everyone's heart is covered with a shadow. This seat dispute caused Mr. Wang Mang to leave.Under the wrath of his grandparents and grandchildren, Gai had to submit his resignation.With the main obstacle gone, the titles of Mrs. Fu and her daughter-in-law Ms. Ding Ji are like a chameleon, changing with power.At first, Mrs. Fu was honored as the "Empress Dowager Ding Tao Gong" of the feudal country, and Ms. Ding Ji was honored as "Empress Ding Tao Gong".Then the word "Dingtao" was removed, the old woman Fu was honored as the "Emperor's wife" of the central government, and Ms. Ding Ji was honored as the "Emperor's queen".Then, Mrs. Fu was revered as the "Empress Dowager", and Ms. Ding Ji remained the same.Therefore, in the court of the Western Han Dynasty after the last decade of the first century BC (the 1990s), four empress dowagers stood side by side, and each empress dowager occupied a palace, and there were many maids and servants.

Of course, the most powerful person is the old lady Empress Fu.This old grandmother, who is a grandmother, still remembers the past events that she hated because of "standing up as a bear" when she was young thirty years ago (38 BC).She wants revenge.And in the second year (first six years) when Mr. Liu Xin became emperor, the opportunity came. It turned out that Mr. Liu Xing died suddenly in the year when Liu Xin became emperor (the first seven years). Strange thing), only Liu Jizi, a child suffering from "hepatic Jue Syndrome", was left behind.He suffered from hepatic seizures from time to time. During the attacks, his hands and feet were convulsed, and his nails were nailed.Even the lips are blue in color.Ms. Feng Yuan suffered a serious blow after losing the battle for the Crown Prince.Then his son died, and the pain was even worse.Unexpectedly, the only grandson who was still in his infancy would look like this again. He was both pitiful and loving. He was afraid that Ms. Wei Ji, who was a mother, had no experience in raising children, so she would raise her by herself and recruit a group of doctors.However, even if the little baby is a prince, it can't be cured, and the old grandmother has no choice but to resort to witchcraft when the doctors have stopped.This cannot be blamed on her superstition.Not to mention that she was born in the first century BC, even today in the twentieth century, when people feel helpless, they still beg God—Buddhists beg Bodhisattva Guanyin, Christians beg Jesus God.At that time, there was no Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, and Mr. Jesus had not yet been born, so Ms. Feng Yuan had to pray and offer sacrifices to various ghosts and gods in the sky.

In terms of seniority, Liu Jizi is Liu Xin's cousin.When Mr. Liu Xin got the news of his cousin's illness, he ordered an official (Zhong Lang's visitor), Mr. Zhang You, to take the imperial doctor to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment.