Chapter 285 The Little Marquis (2) 12K, three-in-one
"Who do we, the Gao family clan members, think? We can't become outsiders instead!"
Gao Zhang's questioning made Gao Mengnan a little speechless. It wasn't that Gao Mengnan agreed with what he said, but that although he understood the truth, it was difficult to convince these juniors.
The situation created by Gao Pragmatic cannot be found in history - while he was the de facto prime minister in the imperial court, he also controlled several "vassal states" outside his own dynasty. This was unprecedented.
What a matter!
He is not one of those people in fantasy novels who has great supernatural powers and can incarnate outside his body. Since he is the prime minister in the imperial court, the "vassal state" in his hands can naturally only be handed over to his trusted people. This is human nature.
However, even if there was a similar situation in history, the "close confidant" was just his brother or an old relative for many years. How could there be any reason to leave it to his wife and concubines to take care of him?
If we have to make a comparison, then Gao Zhang's comparison of Huang Zhiting to Empress Lu is probably somewhat similar... No, no, what Gao Zhang just said didn't just compare Huang Zhiting to Empress Lu. What he said was "two
"An aunt" refers to Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin joining forces.
Huang Zhiting is not enough to be Empress Lu. She must join forces with Liu Xin to be similar to Empress Lu.
In the thousands of years of history of China, there have been more than one or two women who have held power, and there was even a female emperor like Wu Fu. But why did Gao Zhang mention Empress Lu, and Gao Mengnan also had a similar feeling at this time?
vigilance?
Why Queen Lu? And why did Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin need to unite to become "Queen Lu"?
In the thousands of years of Chinese history, the names of most empress dowagers that can be left in the minds of most future generations are probably no more than ten. This also has to include the various contributions of TV series. For example, Empress Dowager Mi Yuexuan and Guangxu
The "biological father" Lafayette, and of course the aforementioned Wu Fu - she also became the Queen Mother before ascending the throne.
There are not many queen mothers in Chinese history who can be remembered and praised. The reason is that there are too few queen mothers who can do this job well, but there are many who fail at it, and the queen mothers often only do a little bit poorly.
Where everything is satisfactory, there will be an effect of "one fat person destroys everything".
After all, this world is already a patriarchal clan society, and there must be many places that are intolerant to women, let alone female politicians. On the other hand, if we stay in a matriarchal clan society, the status of men is obviously low, and we are doing something wrong.
Things will not be tolerated either.
Why is it particularly emphasized that it is not easy for female “politicians” to be? Because women are easily scolded when they are in power, not only because of the intolerance of the world’s eyes, but also because women actually have a lot of concerns when facing politics.
Innate disadvantage.
Politics is a test of rational thinking and the ability to balance interests. As we all know, women are naturally more emotional and are more likely to "follow their feelings" instead of calmly analyzing the pros and cons and coldly only looking at the pros and cons.
This is not prejudice or discrimination, it’s just nature. Just like if you don’t teach a little boy, he will also love toys such as swords, guns, cannons, airplanes, and tanks, and if you don’t teach a little girl, she will also love dolls and all kinds of shiny things.
toys.
This is nature. There is no right or wrong, good or bad, superior or inferior, and there is no need to cite a few special cases to refute it. What we are talking about here is the natural tendency shown in the reproduction and development of the entire human race.
In politics, you can't just act on your whim at any time. You have to carefully evaluate the various forces, understand the concerns of each interest group, satisfy the basic demands of the three groups of people in the upper, middle and lower society, and then find the best distribution of interests——
Or the most suitable mode, etc.
As a politician, you should be like Doraemon, always able to conjure up something at critical moments to satisfy the interests of all parties - no matter what method you use to achieve it. Throughout the ages, politicians often have only two choices: either
To engage in redistribution, we should either open up new channels, discover new points of interest growth, and use these increases to satisfy the interest groups that must be satisfied.
For example, various highly pragmatic reforms, to put it bluntly, focus on the latter, supplemented by the former. First, open up new channels and open up new profit growth points, and then use these obtained benefits to induce interest groups on the old channels and let them slightly
Withdraw some shares from the old channel and concentrate resources to follow the new channel. At this time, Gao Pragmatism will allocate the shares ceded from the old channel to the people at the bottom to ease social conflicts.
However, most politicians in history did not have the innate conditions of high pragmatism that only time travellers have. It was often difficult for them to find any new channels and could only choose to redistribute interests. At this time, they could only sacrifice some that could be sacrificed.
To appease all groups that cannot be offended. When to compromise, when to be tough, and when to act, these are all issues that run through the life of a politician.
Don't think that the emperor can do whatever he wants. An emperor who has such an idea and puts it into practice will definitely not last long. He will either rebel and be killed, or die unexpectedly... Anyway, there is always a way for you. Holding the greatest power often
It also means facing the biggest backlash. If you insist on doing whatever you want, a knife will be put on your neck within two days. The representative figure is the stupid Liu He who was deposed by Huo Guang. From the top to the time he was deposed, this guy was only 27 years old.
sky.
Therefore, a person in charge, especially the top decision-maker, is a person who must keep his mind alert at all times, and at the same time be diligent in calculations and good at calculation. However, it is very difficult to always have a clear mind and be rational. Because
After all, people are human beings, not machines. They always have their own likes, dislikes and needs, and are subject to various temptations and influences.
Men who are more inclined to rationality often cannot do this job well, let alone women who are not good at rationality and are prone to excessive emotions. In Chinese history, from the time when Qin Shihuang proclaimed himself emperor to when Yuan Shikai stole the country, there were a total of 494 emperors, but
To truly be considered a wise king, if you close your eyes and count casually, you will finish counting in just a few times.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, faced with such a job that most people cannot do well, Liu Bang’s wife Lu Fei did quite well. Throughout the early Han Dynasty, due to Liu Bang’s own gangsterism
The special environment of the changing leadership and the transition period of the imperial system made the political situation after Liu Bang's death unstable. Although all the kings with different surnames were wiped out, there are still a group of old heroes!
A lot of heroes and generals used to drink, talk, slap and slap the old emperor. Most of these people were not born nobles. They just learned "how to kowtow to the emperor" for many years. They are just a bunch of them.
People, whether they obey you and whether you can control them are very, very important to the young regime of the Han Dynasty.
Liu Bang always shouted: "I will conquer this world immediately!" Yes, it is true, but although this kind of saying is very enjoyable, it will also set an example for others - yes, you didn't
You are just the director of the neighborhood committee! Since you can fight, maybe I can too? Oh, you are indeed very powerful and have received all kinds of blessings, but your son may not necessarily be so favored by heaven!
So this involves the issue of Liu Bang's successor. Regarding this point, the history books are quite lively, and there are many descriptions of "changing the prince" in various lengths. But in fact, even if Liu Bang really wanted to do this, when he really wanted to implement it
At that time, he had no choice. Because as long as he thought that he would die prematurely one day, he would understand that after his death, only his wife, Empress Lu, or the Lu family headed by Empress Lu would have
Such a large weight can control the Liu family's empire.
But the problem is that the brothers and sisters of the Lu family are so powerful that they became a headache that troubled Liu Bang in the last few years of his life. How could life be perfect? Empress Lu positioned herself as the boss lady from the day Liu Bang started his business.
, a virtuous wife, a great political commissar, and the Lu family group headed by Empress Lu's brother Lu Ze is a large factor that cannot be ignored in Liu Bang's destiny.
It can be said that because of the age gap between husband and wife and the fact that the average life span of men is always lower than that of women, Liu Bang had no choice but to leave his daughter-in-law to him in the end.
Don't worry, I'll take care of you. Just watch and do it.
Liu Bang's greatest advantage in his life was knowing and employing people. Empress Lu could still reassure him in terms of ability and position.
Empress Lu's birth name was Lu Pheasant. When Taigong Lu fell in love with Liu Bang, in order to express his love for the strange appearance that he had not seen for many years, he gave away his own daughter. He thought that his extraordinary daughter was finally
The real owner was found, and Lu Pheasant began an extraordinary life.
However, the so-called extraordinary means that the first half of her life is hard work and the second half of her life is hard work. In the first half of her life, she did not show any appearance of wealth and wealth as her father said. As the days passed, the beautiful woman turned into an old woman.
Empress Lu looked through Qiu Shui but still didn't see any possibility of change. Not to mention wealth, she was simply treated as a man.
Since Liu Tingchang often wandered around the world and did not work, the money he earned was not enough to survive, so Empress Lu could only focus on production and raise the children with one hand, and took the children to work in the fields herself.
However, Lu Taigong's tutoring was quite good, because even though he did not live a good life, Lu Pheasant still worked day and night for the family and helped Liu Bang without any regrets. I must express my admiration to Lu Taigong, because he raised a good person.
A good daughter whose husband teaches her son, is virtuous and prudent, and works hard without complaining.
Lu Zhi, who had been tired for half his life, faced a new challenge at the bottom of his life when Liu Bang was nearly fifty years old and buried up to his neck in loess. Because Liu Bang released the prisoners privately and fled into Mangdang Mountain, he himself ran away.
, but Lu Pheasant was imprisoned because of this. People often have little dignity in prison, just like how Zhou Bo was later manipulated by Emperor Wen and had no power to resist. After he came out of prison, he sighed: "I have tried to kill hundreds of people."
Tens of thousands of troops, you know how valuable the jailer is!"
This is especially true for men, and even worse for women. In prison, you may suffer a lot of unbearable insults. Lu Pheasant must have suffered a lot in prison. However, fortunately, Liu Bang had a good buddy named Ren Ao, who was also there at that time.
When he was working as a prison guard, Ren Ao once saw his colleague abusing Lu Fei. In a rage, he injured the jailer and declared loudly: No one can touch this woman again in the future!
Lu Zhi was very grateful for this love. Later, when she came to power, she appointed this benefactor as the imperial censor, which was a big check for the friendship that had been devoted to public affairs and righteousness.
Talking back to Lu Zhi in prison, not long after the world was in chaos, she was released. Logically speaking, after being implicated like this, even a clay figurine should be angry, but instead of being angry with Liu Bang for implicating herself, she often went there
In Mangdang Mountain, he gave food and clothes to Liu Bang, who had become a primitive man. After he returned, he often advertised for his men.
She told the elders of Peixian County that it was because my old man always had clouds on his head that I could find him in the primeval forest. In fact, many of Liu Bang's advertising campaigns were the work of his own political commissar Lu Pheasant.
That’s right! If it’s not your own man, who would search for his advantages so carefully? If you don’t regard this man as more important than your own life, how can you give it so without regrets? If you don’t put your life and
This man is tied together, so how can he try to put money in his man's face whenever he finds an opportunity?
Lu Pheasant was a good wife and a good helper, Liu Bang knew this. In fact, Liu Bang had only discussed with two people from the bottom of his heart in his life, one was Zhang Liang and the other was Lu Pheasant.
Years of ups and downs have allowed Lu Zhi to gradually understand human nature. After constant beatings and falls, she understood a truth: Never talk about your good deeds. Those who are grateful will know it; those who are ungrateful will never say goodbye.
There is no use in using too much, and it will only make people bored.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Over the years, until Liu Bang's death, Lu Fei never complained about how much hardship he suffered and how tired he was. Even when Liu Bang was about to change the prince, Lu Fei
Pheasant has never mentioned the years she endured through gritted teeth and tears. She understands that what is past is past, and if she wants to keep her son's status, she has to rely on herself.
As a wife, Lu Fei must be wronged, and this has never changed from the beginning to the end. She suffered a lot with Liu Bang in the first half of her life, and finally the world was in chaos. Liu Bang raised his head to rebel and finally got out. However, he was
When Hanzhong was the king of Han Dynasty, he did not send anyone back to pick up Lu Pheasant; when Xiang Yu's hometown was in a state of drunkenness and death, he did not look for Lu Pheasant; it was not until he was beaten to pieces by Xiang Yu's counterattack that he remembered to pick up his married wife.
Ah, why did you go so early? You forgot about her when things were going well, and then you thought of her when something bad happened? It can only be said that with Liu Bang's character, he will definitely be sprayed with heat in the 21st century.
Search first.
This time, Lu Pheasant and Liu Taigong were captured by Xiang Yu, and they were captured for three years. It was not until the Xingyang peace talks that Lv Cai was released, but when he returned to his own man, Liu Bang had already doted on his concubine Cheng Yun, and among them the most popular
The one I love is called Mrs. Qi.
Time is like water, and the good times of women have long passed. At this time, Queen Lu was almost forty years old. She understood that her man's heart would never be taken back, but she still showed
She is as strong as ever: I still have two children and a family business to run.
Her father's original prophecy came true. Although it took such a long time and her man had built the largest family fortune in the world, this was something she did not expect. But for Lu Pheasant, perhaps this was nothing like before.
What a difference, her job is still to help Liu Bang manage the family business.
Although Lu Pheasant is a woman, she has continuously expanded her influence to the group of heroes and generals who followed Liu Bang to conquer the world. She is the only one among the founding queens of the past dynasties. Even Zhu Yuanzhang's Empress Ma and Lu
Pheasant is not the same - Empress Ma's influence is mainly aimed at Zhu Yuanzhang himself, but for Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates and ministers, although she also has some influence, this influence is far less than Lu Pheasant.
The difference between the two of them is that Queen Ma's influence mainly comes from her identity and personality charm, while Lu Pheasant also has strength, skill and determination in addition to these.
Lu Pheasant killed Han Xin and chopped up Peng Yue with ruthless means. When she killed Han Xin, she was very thoughtful and detained Xiao He first - or Xiao He took the initiative to surrender and chose her side; when she killed Peng Yue, it was Peng Yue who cried on his own.
She was begged and sent to her door. There is no doubt that if she did not have enough influence and political chips, Peng Yue would not be stupid enough to regard her as someone who could save his life.
Mrs. Qi relied on her favor and always hoped that her son, King Zhao Liu Ruyi, could inherit the throne. She would cry to Liu Bang when nothing happened. According to historical records, she even reached the point of "crying day and night". This method of hers is particularly in line with some stereotypes.
The impression of mentally handicapped concubines is that they always think that they can get everything they want by crying with their men.
However, this is not the case. Women are not children. Being able to cry does not mean that they will have milk. Men have a higher tolerance for infants because men know that children who cannot speak are not sensible at all. Unlike children,
To be honest, it's my own fault, but since it's my own child, I can't do without food because the child doesn't know how to find food on his own.
Women are different. You are an adult, and he thinks you should be sensible. So when you make demands on him, you must let him know what else he can get from you - especially what you, Mrs. Qi, are facing.
The number one gangster. Madam Qi, what else can Liu Bang expect from you?
Entertaining people with sex will eventually fade. Not to mention Liu Bang's rogue habits, he may not even care if he can win your heart! I am the emperor, and you must serve me anyway, so why should I be anxious?
But even if Mrs. Qi didn't do it, Liu Bang really wanted to change the prince. There are two reasons for this. One small reason is that the prince Liu Ying has a weak character and the son is not like his father. The other big reason is that the power of the Lu family is too special.
So big.
Let’s talk about the first issue first, the character of the successor. Liu Bang was so heroic that he could kill a big snake when he wanted to, he could also throw his scholar’s hat on the ground and urinate, and he could even go back to his hometown and sing with tears in his eyes: “The wind is blowing and the clouds are blowing.”
Feiyang!" But this son is so unlike a man of temperament, he simply doesn't look like my kind!
Liu Bang thought that his legitimate son was really worthless, he was not like his father, and it was an eyesore! But when Liu Bang frowned when he looked at the prince, he ignored that he was the originator of his son's weak character.
Since childhood, Liu Ying has not received much love from his father, because Liu Bang always disappears every three days. When he was a few years old, his father became a wanted criminal. During a war, he and his sister saw
The father shouted with excitement and felt happily that he was finally saved. However, before he could sit firmly on his butt, he and his sister were kicked out of the car.
Uncle Xia Houying rescued them, but his father kicked them out of the car again. Liu Ying patted the dirt all over her body, and from her father's fierce eyes and constant curses, he heard clearly,
It turned out that he and his sister were afraid that he and his sister would drag his father into escaping.
Shouldn’t a father be his children’s strongest shield?
In the midst of confusion and fear, fortunately, Uncle Xia Houying rescued them despite his ferocious father, but later he learned something else: his mother, who had been accompanying him all this time, was kidnapped.
The separation between mother and son lasted more than three years. Liu Ying lacked father's love during her teenage years and went through many drastic changes. Her only support was her mother, but her mother was also forced to leave him. This father of his own is a man who cannot even care about his own children.
You're a bastard who doesn't even care.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! All this made his character weak and insecure. But fortunately, his mother came back.
Liu Bang made great achievements, but Lu Pheasant's youth has passed away and will never come back. You can't expect your man to pity you for the hard work and hard work you put in, so you have to rely on yourself.
At this time, Liu Bang often went out to quell rebellions, and the rear mainly relied on Lu Pheasant and Xiao He. Lu Pheasant slowly accumulated experience and strength while constantly handling government affairs.
Liu Bang once tested the issue of changing the crown prince in public, but the result was like poking a hornet's nest. As soon as he opened his mouth, people were speechless. The elders in the court all stood clearly on Liu Ying's side.
Shusun Tong said: The prince is the foundation of the country. Once the foundation is shaken, the world will be shaken!
Zhou Chang was even more direct. He was so anxious that he was speechless, his face was red, and his veins were exposed as he said two words: No!
In addition to Liu Ying being the legitimate son, his place of origin in Peixian County and his mother's political influence helped him gradually consolidate his position as prince. Most of Conglong's heroes and generals originated from Huaisi, and many of them were related to Empress Lu for a long time.
For example, Xia Houying, if he had not been an elder who had watched these two children grow up, it would have been difficult for him to have the courage to protect these two children at that critical moment, when Liu Bang drew his sword and cursed loudly.
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Mother and son Lu Pheasant, for many ministers, in addition to the relationship between monarch and minister, there is another layer of relationship, that is, nostalgia. We made friends during the war, grew up in the struggle, and our common unity established this family under the banner of a big gangster.
Industry, if we don’t support Mrs. Liu, who else can we support?
In addition, in addition to Empress Lu's great political skills, his natal family also became a key factor in Liu Bang's decision to become the crown prince. Liu Bang's mood must be very complicated. The complexity is that on the one hand, he does not have to worry about himself.
The weak son could not secure the throne. On the one hand, he had great doubts about who he was working hard and busy for in his life.
The power of the Lu family is really too great. The Lu family belongs to a relatively special group of relatives in the past and present. Their family is not a nouveau riche family with "females are the most noble" family. The Lu family has great influence on the Han Dynasty.
His military contribution was very huge.
Although the Lu family was later destroyed by the Han Hero Group, resulting in a large number of historical facts being destroyed and covered up, some clues can still be found in the history books. Even the clues are shocking and scary enough.
For example, in the early Han Dynasty, Ding Fu, the Marquis of Yangdu, who was awarded the title of Gong Hou, granted 7,800 households, ranking fifth after Xiao He's 8,000 households. Qu Chenghou Gu Feng (Chong Da) granted 4,000 households.
And Chen Ping only has 5,000 households. These people are all generals who are clearly subordinate to Lu Ze.
Another example is Liu Bang's die-hard cronies, Jin She, who sealed 4,600 households, and Chen Xi, the key blaster in the last battle who started from Wanqu. These heavyweights are also inextricably linked to Lu Ze.
connect.
Some fragments of Lu Ze's strength and status remain in the history books:
"Brother Empress Lu first served as a guest and entered the Han Dynasty as a marquis. He returned to the Three Qin Dynasties and sent his troops to Dang first. When the King of Han liberated Pengcheng, he followed it and returned troops to assist Gaozu to rule the world. He was a meritorious lord." "Historical Records: Gaozu's Meritorious Officials"
"Chronology of the Marquis".
"At that time, Empress Lu's brother Zhou Luhou was a general of the Han Dynasty and lived in Xiayi. The Han kings followed him and collected some of his soldiers." "Historical Records: The Anthology of Xiang Yu".
"Hou Hou's brother Zhou Luhou was a general of the Han Dynasty and settled in Xiayi. The king of Han followed him and gathered a few soldiers to lead the army." "Historical Records: The Annals of Gaozu".
"Houhou Lu of Zhou, brother of Empress Lu, sent his troops to Xiayi, and the king of Han followed him. He gathered a few soldiers and set up an army." "Book of Han: Chronicles of Emperor Gaodi".
Don't worry about the position of the above sentence fragments. What you need to pay attention to are a few key points. First, "Ke Cong". What is "Ke Cong"? It means taking out a certain amount of equity and having its own set of teams to join the business.
, similar to a shareholder, and holds original shares.
To give a few examples that everyone is familiar with, Xiao He, Li Shiqi, and Wang Ling. Not surprisingly, Li Shiqi and Wang Ling were both heroes who joined with their teams. But I didn’t expect that Secretary Xiao, a senior civil servant in Pei County, also had a team.
Bar?
Among the 143 feudal lords listed in the "Chronology of Emperor Gaozu's Meritorious Officials", there are 12 "guests", including the two brothers Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi.
Secondly, he entered the Han Dynasty as a marquis, and also established the Three Qin Dynasty, and sent his troops to Dang first. Liu Bang's group included him in the first wave of feudal lords, and also appointed him among the Three Qin Dynasties. After counterattacking the Central Plains, he also took the lead in entering the old base area.
Dang County.
Why do we need to talk about this "Dang" separately? Because the Lu family's hometown is Shanfu County, Dang County, and they were "important guests" when they came to Peixian County, Sishui County to avoid revenge. In other words, the Lu family was not in chaos before the world.
At that time, it belonged to a very powerful family in Dang County. This time they came to take back their territory. There were as many as 23 people in Dang County who joined the feudal lords who started their businesses, many of whom were related to the Lu family.
Make the relationship clear.
Because of Yongchi's sudden rebellion, Liu Bang easily captured Dangdi when Fengyi was in dire straits at first, and he also recruited Dangjun's soldiers (5,000 to 6,000 men) who were more than twice his size at the time. This was a coincidence in history books
There is no record, but it is obviously quite mysterious.
The third and most crucial thing is that after all the historical materials about Lu Ze were erased in "The Chronology of the Marquis", "The Chronicles of Xiang Yu", "The Chronicles of Gaozu", and "The Chronicles of Emperor Gaozu" in the Book of Han, they all remained.
One thing - because if this thing is not left, the whole plot will not be connected.
This thing is: when Liu Bang abandoned his son and daughter in the Pengcheng Massacre and was almost chased to death by Xiang Yu, he fled to Lu Ze like a lost dog. What happened next? It was Lu Ze who sent troops to help him make a comeback!
This is "The king of Han conquered Pengcheng, followed it, and returned troops to assist Gaozu in ruling the world, and he was a meritorious lord." "Historical Records: Chronology of Gaozu's meritorious officials and lords".
Among the highly similar sentences listed above in the historical data, several words are used very consistently: "juxiayi", "conongzhi", "slightly collect soldiers", "jundang". What do these words mean?
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Ju Xia Yi" (today's Dangshan County) and "Cong Zhi" indicate that after Liu Bang had nothing, he ran to join his uncle.
Note that Liu Bang did not go to his subordinate generals, but ran to join him! This uncle was an independent armed force in Xiayi, not - at least not completely subordinate to him!
"Slightly gather the soldiers" and "Jun Dang" indicate that Liu Bang finally gained a foothold when he arrived here. This location is not far from Xiang Yu's home base of Pengcheng, and it is a place that Xiang Yu rarely left untouched after his overwhelming defeat. Obviously,
If Liu Bang hadn't had Lu Ze here to help him withstand Xiang Yu's outburst, he wouldn't have been able to escape back to Xingyang, and he would have been beaten to GG on the spot!
The "Chronology of the Marquises" said that "the repeated troops assisted the great ancestor to determine the world", this sentence is of great weight. Among them, the words "zuo" and "tianxia" are respectively used in the list of 143 meritorious lords.
It only appears in the credit books of three other great gods.
"Assisting the superiors to control the princes" is a comment on Xiao He; "always making plans to bring peace to the world", "making six strange plans to control the world" is a comment on Zhang Liang and Chen Ping.
What a person like Xiao He does is called "assistant"; Zhang Liang and Chen Ping's suggestions to turn the tide of collapse are called "pacifying (pacifying) the world." Therefore, it can be seen that Lu Ze is at least as close as the early Han Dynasty.
The abilities and merits of the three heroes are on the same level, and they are only higher, not lower!
Let’s take a look at the merit list of his younger brother Lu Shizhi: “Brother Empress Lu started as a guest and attacked the Three Qin Dynasties. The king of Han entered the Han Dynasty, and Shizhi was still abundant. He served King Lu Xuan as the Supreme Emperor. The world was at peace, and Shizhi was granted the title of “Shizhi”.
He is the Marquis of Jiancheng."
Like his brother in the beginning, "We are a guest and attack the Three Qin Dynasties", but the sentence in the middle is very interesting, "Serve to defend King Lu Xuan, the Supreme Emperor." King Lu Xuan is his father, and the Supreme Emperor is Liu Bang's father. Here King Lu Xuan is not only ranked second to the Supreme Emperor
In the front, and after the fight actually broke out, both the Supreme Emperor and his daughter-in-law Lu Fei were captured by Xiang Yu, and the fallen King Lu Xuan lived in peace and contentment without any illness or disaster.
You must know that Lu Ze "lived in Xiayi (today's Dang County)". This place where Liu Bang could establish a foothold was only 80 miles, or 40 kilometers, from Liu Bang's hometown of Fengyi (today's Feng County). What does this mean? It means that the Lu family group
He is not completely subordinate to Liu Bang, otherwise it is impossible not to care about the big boss's father, or he regards his own father as far more important than the big boss's father! How is this possible?
They are not engaged in ordinary entrepreneurship. If it doesn't work, they will break up. I will kick the boss and quit - they are rebelling. There is no turning back, okay! If you don't take the big boss's father seriously, it means you don't take care of your whole family.
People's heads are taken seriously. But they just did it, and it was proved that there were no consequences afterwards. So if you think about it, it is naturally because the Lu family is not completely subordinate to Liu Bang, and Liu Bang can't blame the Lu family for this.
After this large series of clues are connected together, some things can be seen: first, the Lu family brothers were shareholders when Liu Bang started his business, and they have strong share capital; second, they have a group of very powerful generals, Ding Fu,
Chen Xi, Gu Feng, etc. are all there; thirdly, there were two of them in the earliest wave of feudal princes; fourthly, the Lu family was very capable of fighting, and was determined to be the main force in the key battles of the Three Qin Dynasty, and they took back Shandong first
His hometown was the first to occupy the Dangjun base not far from Xiang Yu's core area. Later, when Xiang Yu counterattacked with a massacre, his family was not moved; fifthly, it was not completely subordinate to Liu Bang; sixthly, in the battle behind Liu Bang,
At least like Xiao He and Zhang Liang, he has the key contribution of "assistant" in determining "the world".
Therefore, the two brothers of the Lu family have power, connections, military exploits, and qualifications, and are very important to Liu Bang's group. As a result, Liu Bang has a huge ambivalence about whether to support Liu Ying or not.
What he didn't have to hesitate was that Liu Ying's uncle's family would definitely help him secure his position, and the Queen Mother Lu's political ability would definitely be a plus. But he also hesitated. The Lu family, from the daughter-in-law to the brothers-in-law,
That's so damn powerful. What if the Lu family kicks this nephew away? Don't worry about me trying to conquer the world, but I end up making wedding clothes for your family.
This is the real reason why dramas about the ownership of the crown prince in the early Han Dynasty occurred so frequently!
He kept wiping out the kings with different surnames but did not take back the land, but arranged it for his relatives. A big key was that he was guarding against the Lu family. The best land was given to his eldest son.
Liu Fei was paired with the best Prime Minister Cao Shen. This must be said to be a very deep calculation and arrangement.
However, Liu Bang's major doubts were largely dissipated in the eighth year of Emperor Gaozu's reign because the head of the Lu family, Lu Ze, died in that year. However, Liu Bang still had not made up his mind about the crown prince position.
The Lu family is still worried: the eldest brother is indeed dead, but the second brother Lu Shizhi is still there, and with the sister who will become the Queen Mother in the future, this power is still very powerful.
At this point, we can use Empress Lu as a template to compare the quality of Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin.
Compared with Empress Lu, Huang Zhiting certainly did not suffer as much as Empress Lu in her early years. After all, Gao Pingshi went to Guangxi and got acquainted with her under the guise of Gao Wenzhenggong's direct descendant, the Sixth No. 1 Scholar, and the Emperor Faxiao.
He holds the important post of Inspector of Guangxi and has great power over the conduct of officials in the province. The chief chieftains do not dare to offend him.
Huang Zhiting herself is not bad either. As a super toast who is like the queen of Guinan, although there are many internal troubles, Guangxi's wolf soldiers are famous all over the world, and no one dares to provoke them easily.
But after all, Gao Pragmatic was nominally demoted to exile when he went to Guangxi. Huang Zhiting followed Gao Pragmatic at that time, and they could be considered to have shared the hardships together. What's more, when retaking Annan, she actually blocked the knife for Gao Pragmatic.
Friendship should not be underestimated in any era. Of course, the two of them hiked through hundreds of thousands of mountains, fell into the bottom of a pool together, and sneaked into underground rivers. Outsiders did not know much about it, otherwise they would have continued to take a high look.
Liu Xin doesn't seem to have experienced hardships together, but it is known that she has known Gao Pragmatic much earlier than Huang Zhiting, and to some extent, she has a special affection for a childhood sweetheart - at least in the eyes of outsiders.
As a result, their status in the Jinghua Group is no less than that of Empress Lu. Huang Zhiting is in charge of southern Xinjiang, just like Empress Lu was in Guanzhong during the confrontation between Liu Bang, Chu and Han, and is her husband's general representative in the rear.
Highlight a key function of looking after the family business.
Although Liu Xin joined halfway, she quickly started doing Xiao He's job. Specifically, she was responsible for summarizing complex work reports so that Gao Pragmatic could approve the most important matters in the shortest time. At the same time, she also held concurrent functions to a certain extent.
Gu Zhangliang’s task, which is to conduct key discussions with Gao Yingshi on major matters and help Gao Yongshi make up his mind, cannot be ignored.
Therefore, if Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin are determined to become political allies, their political influence within the Jinghua Group may actually be greater than that of Empress Lu.
However, the influence of their respective families on Jinghua Group has not yet been compared at this time. Behind Queen Lu are "Zhu Lu", but mainly two brothers, Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi. These two people have a huge influence on Liu Bang's entrepreneurial group.
Huang Zhiting has no elder brother, only two younger brothers. The eldest brother Huang Yinglei committed suicide. Now he has been deposed and is in a state of imprisonment, so it is okay not to talk about it.
The younger brother Huang Yingpin took over the foundation of the Huang family. He had a large hereditary territory in Annan and hundreds of thousands of people under his command. However, his influence on the Jinghua Group was far less than that of Erlu because he was too young and missed the opportunity.
Jinghua made rapid progress in southern Xinjiang in the era of the Great Opening of Xinjiang.
However, he also has an advantage, that is, he has two towns of wolf soldiers with high pragmatic approval, with a total of 25,000 people in the two towns.
Looking at 25,000 people alone, this scale does not seem too big. It is just two towns of soldiers. How big a deal? The six major garrison armies in southern Xinjiang have a total of 22 towns, with a total strength of 280,000 (279,400). This
It also does not include the "reserves" actually established during the implementation of the household registration and naturalization system, the several garrison towns in the Nanyang Islands that are being expanded, the sailors of the Nanyang Fleet, and the armed servants of Jinghua in the Ming Dynasty.
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In short, among the entire super armed group in Jinghua, his two town wolf soldiers looked inconspicuous.
However, in the eyes of Gao Mengnan and even other members of the Gao family, this is not how the accounts were settled. Now that Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin are to be guarded as possible "Queen Lu", how can we only count the troops in Huang Yingpin's hands?
First of all, you have to count the wolf soldiers directly led by Huang Zhiting, right? They are also two town soldiers, also 25,000 people. The most important thing is that there are 5,000 people here who are permanently stationed in Nancheng, and Liu Xinliu
The three thousand Liu family troops in Dingnan City totaled 8,000 people, forming the so-called "Siam Palace Guards".
At present, Gao Jingshi has not mentioned any changes to the defense of Dingnancheng in the future with the Gao family clan members. They can only analyze based on the current situation. So, these eight thousand palace guards are like the Southern Army in Chang'an City in the early Han Dynasty.
The first town of Dingnan garrison stationed in the big city is like the Chang'an Northern Army.
Or to make another comparison, the status of the Royal Palace Guards is equivalent to the Imperial Guards of the Ming Dynasty, responsible for the defense of the palace; the first town of Dingnan Guard Army is like the Imperial Guards of the Ming Dynasty, responsible for the defense of the entire capital, especially the capital (except for the palace)
outside the city).
It stands to reason that the combat effectiveness of the Royal Guards is infinitely higher than that of the Jinyi Guards and the Pure Army. If you compare it to this, the First Town of Dingnan should be far more powerful than the Palace Guards.
But there are two problems here: first, the number of the Royal Guards is not large, as many as eight thousand, and almost all of them are elites who have seen blood; second, the Royal Guards keep weapons and ammunition fully equipped at all times, while the garrison troops are in Africa.
In wartime, "guns are fired but ammunition is not fired". Only after receiving orders will the ammunition be delivered to their camp from the nearest arsenal.
In other words, when the garrison has not received a combat order, it has only cold weapons at hand and cannot threaten the palace guards at all. On the contrary, if the incident occurs suddenly and an extreme situation occurs, then the palace guards can defeat Dingnan with a sneak attack.
The first town forcibly disarmed. The first town without firearms would definitely not be able to defeat the well-prepared palace guards.
Even if Gao Pragmatic adjusts the defense of Nancheng in the future, Huang Zhiting, Huang Yingping and her brother and sister will still have 50,000 troops in hand. This is the basic strength of the Huang family. Unless Gao Pragmatic also has a drink to release his military power, things will be difficult to do.
Variety.
More than that, if we plan for the worst case scenario, for example, if Gao Pragmatic is gone, will the Huang family be the only unstable factor? Of course not, in that case all the chieftains who moved from Guangxi will
Become a factor of instability, even including Cen Ling.
Why? Because of Gao Pragmatism, no one in southern Xinjiang dares to have evil intentions. But if Gao Pragmatism is not there and Huang Zhiting becomes the "Queen Mother" in fact, the situation will be very different. Those chieftains have every reason to stand
On her side, help her suppress her political opponents - everyone is a township party. If we don't support the madam, who else can we support? In this way, at least hundreds of thousands of wolf soldiers might stand on the side of the Gao clan.
opposite.
Liu Xin has not been considered here. Liu Xin brought not many Liu family troops to southern Xinjiang, just three thousand people, which is not a big problem in terms of military strength. And although she has a famous general brother, Liu Wei is a general of the imperial court.
He is not a general in Southern Xinjiang. Although many of his soldiers and horses are servants and private soldiers, the court's laws are not waste paper. It is impossible for Liu Wei to casually drag Liu Jiajun from the Ming Dynasty to Southern Xinjiang to support his sister with force.
However, the source of Liu Xin's strength does not originally lie in the army. She has been the secretary-general for many years and is highly pragmatic. Most of the military and political orders are issued through her hands, as well as many lower-level officials.
Matters were discussed and issued by the Secretariat on its own, which actually gave her the same power as a prime minister, enough to establish prestige in all walks of life in southern Xinjiang.
Once the Gao family clan members consider the worst-case scenario, they must worry about this threat, that is, Liu Xin has huge influence on the mobilization of weapons, ammunition, food and wages and other materials. This is an immeasurable power, because it itself is Gao
One of the two most important factors in pragmatically controlling the garrison (the other is personnel aspects, such as the rotation system for senior officers).
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In this way, if one day, Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin join forces, their strength is only stronger than Queen Lu!
Of course, similar to the situation Liu Bang faced at that time, Gao Yuan is like Liu Ying. He does not have to worry about anything, because no matter how powerful and powerful the mother-in-law is, all these will have to be left to him in the end.
I'm just afraid that my uncle's family may have some evil ideas, and my mother's brain may be convulsed, and in the end my uncle will take away my nephew's inheritance. Or maybe Gao Yuan will be as short-lived as Liu Ying, which will be even worse.
The Zhulu Rebellion was followed by the Zhuhuang Rebellion.
However, there are two variables here. One is that Huang Zhiting also has a second son, Gao Ji, and two sons, Gao Luo, who have been "adopted"; the other is that Liu Xin also has a son, Gao Chun. Speaking of which, even if Gao Yuan is gone, and
If there are no heirs left, then there is still Gao Ji who can inherit the throne, so the worst case scenario should not be reached.
Unless Gao Ji is gone, then because Gao Luo was publicly adopted and Gao Chun was not the legitimate son, both sides are in an awkward position, and their biological mothers are both powerful, so they may face competition... Then this
It's even more complicated.
But no matter what, the clan sect is obviously the weak side in these possible changes, and it is very weak. They neither have a right to justice, nor do they have the strongest power, so they are simply being crushed.
In fact, if the clan members of the Gao family can really unite as one, their strength is not weak. Some of them have soldiers, some have land (areas where they serve), and they can more or less influence some garrison generals.
From Gao Shangxian down, the Gao family has as many as six families. In the early years, Gao's pragmatic Jinghua expanded too fast, and their family of six families did not have enough servants, so many servants from other families were promoted.
Nowadays, there are quite a few of these people who are considered prominent in the military and political circles of southern Xinjiang. These are the forces that the clan sect may influence - the patriarch of our family is indeed Rixin, but you are from my family after all.
Servant, Rixin is gone now, do you listen to what I say?
Even if you don’t dare to listen completely, you will listen to some extent, and at least you may turn a blind eye to some things. This is human nature.
But even so, there are still too few troops under the direct control of the clan faction, and they are too widely distributed, and their power is too dispersed. You must know that in a power struggle, unless you are determined to rebel by force, and do it from outside in a similar way to the Qing Dynasty.
The center must be penetrated internally, otherwise the power scattered in various places will be of little use.
As long as the "capital master" is not in your hands, you will often have nothing to do with your righteous status, and the probability of success will be cut in half or even to the ankle. And at least from the current situation, the center of southern Xinjiang in Ding Nancheng is obviously Huang Zhiting and Liu Zhiting.
Xin and the two are firmly in control. If something unexpected happens to Gao Pragmatic, they will be the first to take the initiative.
The structure of power is composed of countless concentric circles. The closer the circle is to the core of power, the more noble and legitimate it is. If Gao Pragmatic is not around, the most orthodox successor is of course Gao Yuan, and the core circle around Gao Yuan is
His mother Huang Zhiting and teacher and aunt Liu Xin.
It would be fine if these two fight among themselves, but they are actually in alliance, which means that the biggest power cake will be taken away by them. What else can the Gao family clan members get?
Even if they are not killed, they will definitely be suppressed. Maybe the result will be the same as that of the clan kings in the Ming Dynasty. In name, they have a lot of fields, but in fact they are managed by the local yamen, and only in the end.
The converted money will be given to you. As for the actual power, forget about it. Nothing will be leaked to you.
Will the members of the Gao family agree? Gao Mengnan asked himself, he would agree, because he was much older than Gao Jingshi, and he had no heirs. No matter how much power he had, what could he do and who could he leave it to?
But he also knew that these juniors would not agree and could not be persuaded.
The foundation of the Gao family belongs to the Gao family. Gao Yuan is the legitimate son of the sixth uncle. He can indeed take it, but why should the Huang family? Why should the Liu family? If you, Gao Yuan, don't treat us brothers as brothers, then don't blame us.
Separated based on strength!
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PS: Just like the title, three chapters in one. Before writing this chapter, I thought carefully about it. The analogy that best fits the current power situation in southern Xinjiang may be the early Han Dynasty, so I focus on Empress Lu and Huang Zhiting, and Liu Xin’s current power and influence.
Comparison. I have deliberately hidden some details without explaining it. If you are interested, you can analyze it from aspects such as personality and behavior, and deduce the possible direction of the subsequent plot.
In fact, I have made many foreshadowings about Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin's respective personalities and behavioral logic in the previous articles of this book. You may be able to deduce several trends based on this, which should be quite interesting. Oh, don't forget that Gao Yuan himself has already
