Huo Guang
Huo Guang
Huo Guang (?)? He was born in Pingyang County, Hedong county (now Linfen City, Shanxi Province). In the Western Han Dynasty, he was a powerful minister, a politician, the half brother of Da Sima Huo Qubing, and the grandfather of emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty.
Huoguang is a large body, white skin, broad eyebrows and long beard. By virtue of the shade of the door, he was elected as Lang officer, and served as a former servant, a car captain and a doctor of Guanglu. Loyalty, diligence, justice and hardworking. On his deathbed, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty granted a great general and a great Sima, and was ordered to support the orphans. Emperor Zhao of Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, relieved the conspiracy of Shangguan Jie to support Liu Dan, and conferred the title of marquis Bolu. After the death of emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, he supported and abolished Liu He, the king of Changyi, and supported Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty to ascend to the throne. He was in charge of Regency, and his power went to the court and the opposition. His daughter was the second queen of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.
In the second year of Emperor Xuan's Earth Festival (April 21, 68 BC), he died and was given the posthumous title of Xuancheng. He was buried in Emperor Wu's mausoleum. According to the story of Xiao He, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, his funeral ranked first among the "eleven meritorious officials of Qilin Pavilion". Two years later, the Huo family conspired to rebel and poison queen Xu Pingjun's mother and son, and the whole family was executed.
Life of the characters
Early years
Huo Guang's father, Huo Zhongru, was sent to the Marquis's family of Pingyang around 141 BC as a county official. Huo Zhongru had an affair with Wei Shaoer, the daughter of Wei Yi, the maid of the Marquis's mansion in Pingyang, and gave birth to Huo Qubing. Huo Zhongru in Pingyang Hou home after the task back home, married another wife gave birth to Huo Guang, and Wei children no longer contact.
In the second year of Yuanshou (121 BC), Huo Qubing was worshipped as a general of Hushi. On the way to attack Xiongnu, he was welcomed to the pass house of Pingyang marquis by the governor of Hedong, and sent for Huo Zhongru to meet his father and son. Huo Qubing bought a lot of land, houses and slaves for Huo Zhongru, and then left.
When Huo Qubing triumphed in this battle, he visited Huo Zhongru again and took his half brother Huo Guang to Chang'an to take care of him. Huo Guang was only in his teens at that time. With the help of Huo Qubing, he first served as Lang Guan, and then moved to Cao Guan and Shi Zhong.
In the sixth year of Yuanshou (117 BC), Huo Qubing died. Huo Guang was promoted to the posts of serving Che Du Wei and Guanglu doctor. He served Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He had been in and out of the palace for more than 20 years, and had never made a mistake. Therefore, he was trusted by Emperor Hanwu.
Emperor Wu Tuogu
In the second year of Zhenghe (91 BC), after Prince Wei Li was forced to die by Jiang Chong, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty decided to appoint Liu Fuling, the son of Mrs. Gou Yi, as the crown prince, and planned to ask Huo Guang to assist him. Emperor Wu ordered the painter in the palace to give Huo GUANG the painting of the princes of the Zhou Dynasty, implying that he was ready to assist politics.
In the second year of the Houyuan Dynasty (87 BC), on his deathbed, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty clearly designated Huo Guang as the chief commander and general of the Han Dynasty. Together with Jin riji, Shangguan Jie and sang Hongyang, he assisted emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, who was eight years old at that time.
Before that, in the first year of the Houyuan Dynasty (88 BC), Huo Guang once defeated the rebellion plot of his servant mang He Luo and his younger brother Hou together with his official Jie and Jin RI Li. In the imperial edict of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, they were granted the title of marquis for this reason. But at that time, some people raised objection that Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty did not leave the imperial edict of enfeoffing the three.
Assist emperor Zhao
Huo Guang was married to Jin Rili and shangguan'an, who were also assistant ministers. His second son, Jin Shang, was married to his daughter. Shangguan an, the son of Shangguan Jie, another assistant minister, married Huo Guang's eldest daughter. Shangguan an plans to make the six-year-old Shangguan a queen, but Huo Guang opposes it, so he turns to Princess gaichang and achieves his goal successfully. In order to repay Princess Gai, the Shangguan family wanted to grant her lover Ding wairen the title of liehou and Guanglu doctor, which was also rejected by Huo Guang. Huo Guang had repeatedly prevented other relatives of Shangguan family from becoming officials. As a result, the two sides became enemies.
Shangguan Jie and his son, together with Princess gaichang, King Yan Liu Dan and assistant minister sang Hongyang, formed an alliance against Huo Guang. In the name of King Yan, they wrote a letter to Emperor Zhao of Han Dynasty while Huo Guang was on vacation, falsely accused Huo Guang of being unwilling to submit to the Emperor. They made preparations to capture and kill Huo Guang.
Emperor Zhao, who was only 14 years old at that time, saw through their plot, ignored it, appeased Huo Guang, and ordered to trace the source of Shangshu. Later, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty also ordered that anyone who wrote a letter against Huo Guang would be investigated to the end.
Seeing that they could not start from emperor Zhao, Shangguan Jie and others decided to launch a coup to kill Huo Guang, depose emperor Zhao and establish King Yan as emperor. But the plan leaked, Huoguang clan destroyed Shangguan Jie father and son and sang Hongyang, and princess Eyi and King Yan Liu Dan committed suicide. After that, Huo Guang became the actual decision maker of the court.
In the period of emperor Zhao, Huo Guang gained the overall trust of emperor Zhao, so he was able to monopolize power. He took measures to recuperate, granted amnesty to the world many times, encouraged agriculture, and restored the national strength of the Han Dynasty to a certain extent. It also eased the relationship with Xiongnu and restored the policy of peace and kinship.
This period and the later Xuandi Dynasty were collectively called Zhaoxuan Zhongxing. Historians believe that the national strength exhausted by Emperor Wu's militaristic policy was restored during this period after the reign of Wenjing in the Western Han Dynasty.
Abolish Liu He
In the first year of Yuanping (74 BC), Emperor Zhaodi of the Han Dynasty died on April 7 in the summer, and he had no son. Huo Guang welcomed Liu He, king of sun Changyi, Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, to the throne, but on the 27th day, he reported to the Empress Dowager Shangguan for abolishing him on the grounds of immorality. Huo Guang and others abolish the king of Changyi to be the Empress Dowager
After discussing with the officials, Huo Guang decided to welcome Liu Bing, the great grandson of Emperor Wu, from the people to inherit the throne. This is Emperor Xuan of Han Dynasty. Huo Guang imitated Yiyin, the Yin merchant, and abolished the emperor. From then on, he was known as "Yihuo".
Support Emperor Xuan
At the beginning of Emperor Xuan's accession to the throne, Huo Guang said that he would return to the throne. Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty did not accept it, and the decision-making of the Court Affairs was still first inquired by Huo Guang and then reported to the emperor. Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty believed in Huo Guang on the surface, but he was afraid of Huo Guang in the heart. When he was in the same car with Huo Guang, he was "stabbed at the back if there was anything.". Huo Guang himself made great achievements and laid a curse for the whole family.
After Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, he did not propose to make Huo Chengjun, Huo Guang's daughter, Queen. Instead, he euphemistically expressed that he wanted to make his wife Xu Pingjun queen in the name of xugujian. Huo Guang didn't object, but because Xu Guanghan, the father of empress Xu, had been punished in the palace, he objected to Emperor Xuandi's conferring empress Xu's father as Marquis according to the custom of the Han Dynasty. Huo Guang's stepmother is dissatisfied with his daughter's failure to become a queen. He takes advantage of empress Xu's opportunity to bribe doctor Chun Yu Yan and poison empress Xu. After empress Xu died, Emperor Xuandi of Han Dynasty investigated the doctor for responsibility. Chunyu Yan was put on trial in prison. He was afraid and confessed the matter to Huo Guang. Huo Guang is horrified and wants to investigate Xian's responsibility, but in the end, due to the separation of husband and wife, he covers up the past for her. Huo Chengjun was finally made queen.
In the spring of the second year of Dijie Festival, Huo Guang died of serious illness on the afternoon of Geng (April 21, 68 BC). On his deathbed, he wrote to his nephew Huoshan asking him to divide his 3000 families to inherit the fragrance of his elder brother Huo Qubing.
After death
After Huo Guang's death, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty and the Empress Dowager of Shangguan went to the funeral together, comparing it with Xiao He, and buried it in Maoling as an emperor. At the funeral, there were jade clothes, Zitong palace, Bianfang, Huangchang Tiao and other burial utensils. The funeral was carried out in Huangwu, with the name of Xuancheng. Huo Guang's widow obviously did not think it was dignified enough, so she expanded the size of the tomb arranged by Huo Guang himself.
In July of the fourth year of Dijie (66 BC), Huo Yu was beheaded, Huo Yun and Huoshan committed suicide, and the Huo family was killed. At this point, Huo Guang's wife, son, nephew, son-in-law and other family members were all killed or committed suicide except his son-in-law Jin Shang, who was pardoned for reporting the rebellion. Huo Chengjun's daughter was also abandoned in Zhaotai palace, and committed suicide 12 years later. Thousands of families in Chang'an City were involved in the clan annihilation. After the extinction of the Huo family, Huo Guang's tomb was still buried in Maoling.
In the third year of Ganlu (51 BC), Emperor Xuan of Han Dynasty accepted the surrender of the southern Xiongnu. Recalling the past, he helped the meritorious officials. Eleven meritorious officials were painted in Qilin pavilion to commemorate and praise. Huo Guang was the first. After his death, his family rebelled and his family was killed, so he was not named Huo Guang in full, but was honored as Huo Guang
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Da Sima, Da Jiang Jun, Bo Lu Hou, surnamed Huo
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Since then, Huo Guang has been worshipped by the emperor of the Han Dynasty. During the reign of emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, there were 100 more tomb keepers. In the second year of the first year of emperor Ping of Han Dynasty, Huo Yang, the great grandson of Huo Guang's cousin, was the Marquis of Bo Lu, worshipping Huo Guang.
Character evaluation
Liu Xun, Emperor Xuandi of Han Dynasty: therefore, the great Sima, the great general and the Marquis of Bolu, Suwei, Emperor Xiaowu for more than 30 years, and Emperor Xiaozhao for more than 10 years, suffered great calamities, bowed to friendship, led Sangong, Jiuqing, and the officials to make a list of all ages, so as to ensure the safety of the country and the prosperity of the world. I'm very grateful to you for your great merits and virtues. After the restoration of his later generations, he chose his Jueyi, which was like Xiao Xiangguo. Bo Lu Xuancheng, Hou Guangsu, Wei Zhongzheng, a hardworking country.
Yan Yannian: Huo Guang is good at abolishing and establishing, but he is not good at morality.
Ban Gu: Huo Guang was entrusted by his swaddling clothes to be sent by the Hanshi. He helped the country, set up the country, supported Zhao and established Xuan. Why did Zhou Gong and ah Heng add this! However, Huo Guang didn't learn the art of death, but he was more insidious than Dali. His wife was evil, and he set up his daughter as the empress. Zhan drowned his overflowing desire to increase the disaster of subversion. He died only three years ago, and the clan killed the barbarians. Alas!
Xu Jing: Xiying Qiu Yizhou, Zhang Yue zhuanzheng, Bo Lu zuohan, Huben Jingbi.
Dugu Ji: Han Xing, Xiao He, Zhang Liang, Huo Qubing, Huo Guang, with the Wenwu strategy, assist han to Taiping, one is not good enough, is Wenzhong, Wencheng, Jinghuan, Xuancheng posthumous title.
Sima Guang: Huo Guang was loyal to the Han Dynasty, but he couldn't protect his family? A man's wealth is a man's weapon. It's not enough for a person to hold on to it for a long time. Kuang Xiaoxuan ascended to the throne on the 19th. He was smart and resolute, and knew the sufferings of the people. Kuang Xiaoxuan, however, did not know how to avoid them. He set up many pro parties and filled the imperial court, which made the people angry at the top, the officials and the people resentful at the bottom
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