Chapter 62 Le Shi Yanran and the clever Liu Zhao
  The scroll on the sky curtain slowly unfolds,

A heroic young emperor appears in the sky
  ……

[Liu Zhao, Emperor He of the Han Dynasty, was the fourth son of Liu Jin, Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty. 】

[In 79 AD, Liang Gui gave birth to Liu Zhao. Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty placed Liu Zhao in the care of Queen Dou. However, Queen Zhang De and Dou were worried about the future success of the Liang family, so she assassinated him and his sister Liang Dagui in 83 AD. Later, Liu Zhao was Adopted to Empress Zhang De Dou to raise her personally. 】

……

Yanhan and Emperor Zhang period
  Liu Jin looked depressed.

Don’t I even deserve a golden light?
  ……

During the Yanhan Dynasty and the period of Emperor He,

The thin Liu Zhao stared blankly at the sky.

"The biological mother...was killed?"

Liu Zhao looked at the eunuch beside him and said angrily.

"Zheng Zhong! Do you know about this?"

The eunuch knelt on the ground in panic, kowtowed repeatedly:
  "Your Majesty is aware of it! I don't know, I don't know! When the late emperor and the Queen Mother were still in the humble Huang family, I don't have the right to know the secrets of the inner court."

Looking at the eunuch who kowtowed repeatedly and thinking that he was dedicated to helping him achieve great things, Liu Zhao could not help but feel soft and said:
  "Get up, I'm the one venting my anger on others."

Zheng Zhong, who was kneeling on the ground, looked up at Liu Zhao and said sincerely:
  "I understand that Your Majesty feels humble, but I have something to say."

Liu Zhao, who was depressed, couldn't help but be confused when he heard this.

"You said."

Zheng Zhong did not stand up, but bowed his head again and said:

"Your Majesty, I know that Your Majesty is depressed and wants to express his anger, but Your Majesty must not belittle the title of Queen Mother Dou."

When Liu Zhao heard this, he became furious!

But the next moment he suppressed it again.

He knew what Zheng Zhong meant,
  Logically speaking, it would be fine even if he deposed the title of Empress Dowager Dou. After all, the Dou family and Empress Dowager Dou were notorious, but the key point is...

After all, he was raised by Queen Mother Dou.

The Han Dynasty governed the country with filial piety, and he was adopted by Empress Dowager Dou. Legally speaking, Liang Guiren had nothing to do with him.

Now that he knows the truth about his biological mother's death, he cannot remain indifferent. This is filial piety.

But the title of Empress Dowager Dou cannot be taken away. This is also filial piety!

Liu Zhao closed his eyes helplessly.

"Zheng Zhong..."

"I'm here..."

"I honored the noble lady of Liang as the empress dowager, and she was given the posthumous title "Gonghuai". I followed the mourning system, and all the officials were in plain clothes. They were buried in the Western Tomb together with the noble lady of Liang."

"The etiquette is the same as that of a noble person in the Song Dynasty, and they are buried together in the same garden."

"...Posthumous posthumous title of Empress Dowager Dou as Empress Zhang De..."

"Go."

Looking at Liu Zhao with his eyes closed, Zheng Zhong kowtowed and responded:

"Here."

……

[In 82 AD, Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty deposed the crown prince Liu Qing as the king of Qinghe and established Liu Zhao as the crown prince. 】

……

On the sky, the rising sun of the Eastern Han Empire was shrouded in a dark shadow.

Four large black characters hang in the sky.

"The Dou Family's Dictatorship"

……

[In 88 AD, Emperor Zhang of Han passed away, and Liu Zhao, who was only 9 years old, came to the throne. Because Liu Zhao was young, Empress Dowager Dou took over the throne. 】

[Empress Dowager Dou is the great-granddaughter of Guo Shengtong and the great-granddaughter of Dou Rong, the Great Sikong. Her mother is Princess Xianyang, daughter of Liu Qiang, Prince Gong of the East China Sea. 】

[Starting from her, she set the precedent of the Eastern Han Dynasty in which the Empress Dowager took charge, the "Sixth Empress came to the court" and the exclusive power of her relatives, which was known in history as "the Dou family's exclusive power". 】

[After Empress Dowager Dou came to power, she reused her brother, her maternal great-grandmother Guo Shengtong’s tribe, and her best friend Mrs. Deng. 】

……

A picture appeared on the sky,
  The square red screen has the Chinese characters written on it.

The screen is then divided into three vertical columns.
  They are written respectively as the palace, the central and outer dynasties, and the outer dynasties.

Three heads appeared in it one after another.

……

First, the portrait with Dou Xian written on it appeared in the outer court.

[First, his brother Dou Xian was promoted from Hu Ben Zhonglang to Shizhong, in charge of court secrets, and responsible for issuing the Queen Mother's decree. 】

Then a portrait with Dou Du written on it appeared in the court.

[Then he let his younger brother Dou Du succeed him as General Hu Ben Zhonglang and take charge of the guards guarding the emperor and the palace. 】

Finally, the heads with Dou Jing and Dou Huan written on them appeared in China and North Korea.

[The younger brothers Dou Jing and Dou Huan were both appointed as regular servants, responsible for conveying edicts from the internal and external dynasties and managing court documents. 】

[In this way, the Dou brothers were appointed to prominent positions around the emperor. While they controlled the center of national politics, they also controlled the emperor's life. 】

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The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
  Liu Che looked at the sky and snorted coldly.

"It's Dou again!"

"My relatives and relatives... their ghosts are still here!"

……

Qing Dynasty and Kangxi Period

Kangxi held a volume of "Book of the Later Han" in his hand and looked at the sky.

"The situation of Emperor Hanhe is much more serious than mine."

Liang Jiugong, who was standing at the side with a bow, said with a smile:
  "Your Majesty's situation back then was much more dangerous than that of Emperor Hanhe. That Aobai power dominated the government and the public and had the intention to rebel. If it weren't for Your Majesty, this ancestral inheritance would have fallen into the hands of others."

When Kangxi heard this, he glanced coldly.

Liang Jiugong immediately fell to his knees in panic.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

"Pull it down, slap your mouth twenty."

After glancing at Liang Jiugong who was pulled down, Kangxi looked up at the sky again.

……

[In March 88 AD, Prince Liu Chang, the Duxiang Marquis of Qi Shang, came to pay homage to Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty. Empress Dowager Dou liked that Liu Chang had summoned him many times and sent him to serve at Shangdongmen, taking away some of Dou Xian's power over the palace and provinces. 】

[Dou Xian was worried about the loss of power and sent an assassin to assassinate Liu Chang. 】

[The seriousness of the matter was quickly discovered. Later, Empress Dowager Dou became furious and ordered Dou Xian to be imprisoned in the palace in order to explain it to the world. 】

[Dou Xian was frightened and offered to join the army to fight the Huns and use his military exploits to atone for his death penalty. 】

……

On the canopy,
  There was a lot of noise and commotion in the front hall of Nangong.

Nine-year-old Liu Zhaoduan sat at the top, neither crying nor making a fuss, looking at the quarrels of a group of His Highness's ministers with interest.

The Empress Dowager Dou next to him had a pale face.

A minister wearing a Jinxian crown held up a wat board and rushed up to Empress Dowager Dou, saying loudly:

"Your Majesty, Shi Lu Gong, the imperial censor, has something unclear. Now that the Southern Huns have surrendered, the Northern Huns also have squad leader Shi and the Protector of the Western Regions to deal with it. I really don't know why the Empress Dowager sent "Dou Shizhong" to fight against the Xiongnu because of her expedition."

"The Queen cannot only consider Dou Xian alone, but not hesitate to let tens of thousands of people be buried in a foreign land! And the teacher is unknown, how can the barbarians from all over the world be convinced by the Han in the future!"

……

[No one in the Manchu Dynasty, civil or military, agreed to send troops to attack the Northern Huns. 】

[After all, firstly, this matter was unnecessary, secondly, the teacher was unknown, and thirdly, the ministers did not want Dou Xian to escape the charge so easily. 】

[When Empress Dowager Dou was at a loss what to do, the Southern Huns volunteered to be the vanguard to encircle and suppress the Northern Huns. 】

[Subsequently, Empress Dowager Dou became arbitrary and arbitrary, forcing decisions and resolutely sending troops. 】

……

On the sky screen, a terrain map appeared on the sky.

The red Han army set out from Jilusai near Shuofang County, Manyi Valley, and Choyang to the east of Manyi Valley.

……

[In 89 AD, he appointed Dou Xian as general of cavalry and Jin Wu Geng Bing as deputy commander. He mobilized 1000 elite cavalrymen from twelve counties and troops of Hu and Qiang people to attack Jilusai in Shuofang. 】

[The Chanyu of the Southern Xiongnu went north from the Manyi Valley, and Deng Hong, the general who conquered the Liao Dynasty, set out from Chooyang. The three armies, totaling about 5 horses, met at Zhuoxie Mountain as scheduled. 】

……

On the sky, in front of Jiluo Mountain,

The green Northern Huns army collapsed at the first touch and continued to rush north to Dragon City.

[In June of 89 AD, the army traveled to Jiluo Mountain, encountered the Shanyu of the Northern Xiongnu, and defeated the Northern Xiongnu. Taking advantage of the victory, they pursued them to the private channel Beihai, killed more than people under the king of the large tribe, and obtained more than a million miscellaneous animals. They made an emergency landing with people in front of and behind the deputy king and Xiao Wang, a total of more than people. 】

[Subsequently Dou Xian and Geng Bing traveled more than three thousand miles from the fortress and climbed Yanran Mountain to carve stones to record their merits. 】

[After Dou Xian returned to Beijing, he was promoted to general and Marquis of Wuyang, with a settlement of 20,000 households. The position of general was originally below the Three Dukes, but from Dou Xian onwards he was ranked above the Three Dukes. 】

[Because of Dou Xian’s great achievements, the Dou family became more and more arrogant]

[His younger brother, Zhi Jinwu Dou Jing, allowed his slaves to behave wildly, bullying the people, seizing property, raping and occupying women. The merchants in Luoyang City did not dare to go out to do business, but "Si Mo dared to raise a flag." 】

[In 91 AD, Empress Dowager Dou felt that Dou Xian's "Le Shi Yanran" should be tied for first place with Huo Qubing's "Sealing Wolf Junxu", so she gave Dou Xian the title of "Champion Marquis"]

...... The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
  "You fart!"

Liu Che jumped up angrily and walked around the hall angrily.

As he walked, he pointed at Empress Dowager Dou on the sky screen and cursed.

"What a shameless person! How dare you put him on par with me, Zixu!"

"The Pobei Xiongnu were beaten into dogs by the Western Region Guards! Li Guang was granted the title of Marquis even after he went there! Can they be compared with the Xiongnu Zixu faced?!"

"Damn it! It's so abominable!"

"How dare you insult my champion Hou Yongguan's name in the Third Army like this! Damn it!"

Liu Che was so angry that he had no choice but to use all his life's knowledge to insult the shameless two people.

Wei Zifu couldn't help but turn his head when he heard those words.

It's too dirty, it's really too dirty.

……

[In February 91 AD, Dou Xian sent the left captains Geng Kui and Sima Renshang to lead a large army out of Juyansei to attack Jinweishan, surrounded the Beidan Chanyu, and defeated the main force of the Beidhan Chanyu. 】

[Captured Beidan Yu Mulan's family, and killed more than 5,000 people from each king and below. Beidan Yu fled in a hurry and disappeared without a trace. 】

[The Han army marched more than 5,000 miles from the fortress before taking charge. 】

[The Battle of Jinweishan also ended the more than two hundred years of disputes between Han and Hungary, and the Han Dynasty won the final victory. 】

……

Ji Han,

Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang beside him with a curious expression.

"Since Emperor Wu sent out troops, there has never been an attack so far and reached such a far place, right?"

"My Lord, never before."

Zhuge Liang looked at the sky with a look of fascination.

Liu Bei glanced at Dou Xian on the sky screen again. He didn't know what he thought of, and asked Zhuge Liang:
  "So who is better, Le Shi Yanran, or Feng Langjun Xu?"

"Le Shi Yan can be praised and praised, but Dou Xian just took advantage of the right time, place and people. He is far better than the hussar general."

……

[After that, Dou Xian's reputation became more and more prosperous, and local governors, guards, and officials rushed to collect taxes from the people and use them to bribe Dou Xian. 】

[Grand Situ Yuan An and Grand Sikong Renkai wrote to impeach these officials, and then Liu Zhao dismissed more than 40 local officials who Yuan An had petitioned. Dou's relatives hated Yuan An very much. 】

[Shang Shupu She Lehui Shangshu opposed his relatives’ interference in politics. After the memorial was submitted, no instructions were given. Le Hui said he was ill and asked for permission to retire and return to his hometown Changling. 】

[After Le Hui returned to the prefecture and county, Dou Xian forced him to commit suicide by taking poison. The courtiers were frightened and all flattered Dou Xian. No one dared to disobey him. Yuan An often cried over this. From the emperor to the ministers, everyone relied on Yuan An. 】

[The new minister Pu Shezhi Shou wrote a letter to impeach Dou Xian for his arrogance, and told the story of Wang Mang usurping the Han Dynasty to draw a warning to the country. As a result, Dou Xian was forced to commit suicide. 】

……

Under the canopy, Liu Zhao, who was sitting in the Weiyang Palace, issued the edict with the heroic voice of a young man.

"Among the meritorious officials of Emperor Gaozu, Xiao He and Cao Shen made the greatest contributions. The family of meritorious officials should be passed down from generation to generation, but the Cao family has become extinct since the Marquis of Rongcheng."

"I stand at the east gate of Changling and look out into the distance. I can see the tombs of the two meritorious officials in the distance. When I think of the integrity of the two meritorious officials, I feel very emotional."

"Those who are loyal and righteous should be favored. This is an eternal truth."

"I sent envoys to honor them in the prison, and ordered Da Honglu to find the descendants of the Cao family to inherit the title of the Cao family in recognition of the contributions of the Xiao and Cao families."

……

[In October of the same year, Liu Zhao visited Chang'an and issued an edict to seek out the close relatives of Xiao He and Cao Shen, the heroes of Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty, so that they could inherit their fiefdoms. At the same time, he ordered Dou Xian to accompany him to Chang'an. 】

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Han Dynasty, period of Emperor Wu

Liu Che burst into laughter when he saw this scene.

"Hahahaha! What a boy! He's quite smart!"

Wei Zifu didn't know why, but seeing Liu Che so happy he smiled and asked:

"Your Majesty, how smart is this kid?"

Liu Che happily drank a sip of fine wine, and then said to Wei Zifu:

"This guy Liu Zhao seems to be looking for Cao Shen's descendants to express the contribution of Xiao He and Cao Shen, but what are the contributions of Xiao He and Cao Shen?"

When Wei Zifu heard this and thought about it carefully, his eyes widened suddenly.

"Loyal to the Liu family! This makes the Lu family dare not act rashly after the death of Emperor Gaozu!"

Liu Che laughed loudly after hearing this:

"That's right! That's right!"

"This guy is hinting to the ministers that he needs loyal ministers like Xiao He and Cao Shen! Such people are qualified to gain the emperor's favor!"

But Wei Zifu looked worried after hearing this.

"But Your Majesty, won't the Dou family also understand this meaning?"

Liu Che laughed disdainfully.

“You can know a person by listening to his words and watching his actions.”

"This Dou family is so arrogant that they won't think carefully about the meaning of this child's words!"

"Power is charming..."

……

The marquee continues to play
  In Chang'an Weiyang Palace,

The courtiers were whispering.

"The general is coming soon. The general has made great contributions to the country. We should respect him even more!"

"What do you want?"

"Why don't we shout long live when we pay homage to the general?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a minister angrily accused:

"Yi said: Don't flatter me when you surrender, don't blaspheme when I turn you in!"

"How can he be called Long Live when he is a minister?"

……

[At that time, Dou Xian arrived in Chang'an, and the courtiers shouted "Long Live" when they were discussing in private to pay homage to him. Han Leng, the Minister, said angrily: "It is a system that no minister can call Long Live for etiquette!" This farce was stopped. 】

……

The period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty
  Liu Heng looked at the sky and said leisurely.

"This man has a way of taking death."

Hearing this, Liu Qi beside him couldn't help but shudder.

"Father, what does this mean?"

Liu Heng glanced at Liu Qi lightly.

"I asked you to read "Zuo Zhuan", did you read it?"

Liu Qi shrank his head and did not look at Liu Heng.

Seeing his son's cowering look, Liu Heng sighed secretly, and then said slowly:

"In the past, the Empress Dowager Wu Jiang of Zheng State doted on her young son Ji Duan, and the King of Wei State, Duke Zhuang of Wei, doted on his concubine Zhou Xu."

"But they only pampered their son but did not discipline him, which eventually led to violence between the two."

"From these two examples, pampering children to such an extent is like feeding them poison when they are hungry, which is harmful to them."

Liu Heng looked at Liu Qi's thoughtful look, glanced at Dou Yifang next to him, then looked at the sky screen and said:

"The Dou family's relatives were cruel and harsh to the people, were extravagant and licentious to themselves, and killed innocent officials, just to get their own gratification."

"The past events of Ji Duan and Zhouxu's rebellion are not far away."

……

Period of Emperor Guangwu of Yanhan Dynasty

Liu Xiu was furious when he saw the shameless Dou Xian on the sky screen.

"Long live? Dou Qing, your great-grandson is indeed ambitious."

Hearing the anger in Liu Xiu's tone, there was silence in the hall.

Dou Rong, on the other hand, knelt down in fear.

Seeing Dou Rong's panicked look, Liu Xiu felt heartbroken.

Dou Rong's painstaking management of the five counties in Hexi made Hexi warehouses rich, the people wealthy, and the army strong.

He also used great force when he broke through Kaixiao in the east.

He is also cautious and humble.

Liu Xiu looked at Dou Rong who was kneeling on the ground and sighed:
  "Dou Qing, women of the Dou family are not allowed to enter the palace in the future."

"You...retire and return to your hometown."

……

[In November, Liu Zhao worshiped Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty and other Western Han Tombs. 】

[In December, news came that Ban Chao had subdued Qiuci, Gumo, Wensu and other countries in the Western Regions. Liu Zhao ordered the restoration of the Protector of the Western Regions and appointed Ban Chao to take up this post. 】

[In the same month, Liu Zhao returned to Luoyang from Chang'an. 】

[In 92 AD, Guo Huang, the nephew of Dou Xian's confidant Guo Shengtong, served in the Changle Palace where the Empress Dowager Dou lived. His son Guo Ju served as a minister and served as the captain of Shesheng. He often entered the palace to accept the favor of the Empress Dowager Dou, because Liu Zhao was of good age. They began to plan to kill Liu Zhao. 】

[Liu Zhao, who had always been wary of the Dou family, secretly learned of their plot and planned an uprising with his brother Liu Qing. 】

 Le Shi Yanran didn’t write too thinly but it was still so long! My plot control ability is limited and needs to be tempered.

  
   
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