Know all about the secrets of the harem

Chapter 56
Han Zigao was born in an ordinary family who made shoes for a living. 16-year-old Han Zigao has an appearance that women are jealous of and a graceful and slender figure. He is also good at riding horses and shooting swords.

When living in Jiankang, the capital, it was the time of Hou Jing's rebellion and the chaos of war. Even the capital could hardly escape the disaster of war. Those rebellious soldiers who were dazzled by blood waved their knives everywhere, shouting and hacking. Zhong Ye fought, killed and fled along with the crowd. Whenever he was in danger and the opponent's weapon was about to fall on his head, he was always amazed at his beauty and couldn't bear to strike.In this way, Han Zigao escaped from desperation several times.

One day, Han Zigao was about to go back to his hometown with a group of soldiers. It happened that Chen Qian, who was the prefect of Wu Xing at the time, was on patrol. Chen Qian couldn't help falling in love with Han Zigao, who was very handsome, and asked, "Would you like to join the army with me?"Looking at the warm smile on the face of the handsome general in front of him.Han Zigao unconsciously nodded in agreement, but Chen Qian didn't know that the combination of domineering and elegant in him also deeply attracted this stunning young man.

From then on, Han Zigao became a child molester who followed Chen Qian in and out of his daily life.Han Zigao was not immersed in Chen Qian's love. During that time, he obtained Chen Qian's consent and followed some generals to study martial arts and the art of using soldiers. Even Chen Qian was amazed by the rapid progress he made.During the battles with Chen Qian, he made many military exploits.His lack of arrogance or impetuosity, honesty and courtesy, gradually won the support of soldiers.

Chen Qian, who was born in a family of royal relatives and was once taken hostage by the enemy, has a very violent temper. Once she is offended by something, she will immediately fly into a rage and gnash her teeth.At this time, as long as Han Zigao came to comfort him, Chen Qian's anger would disappear immediately, and in turn, she would ask Han Zigao if she worried about him.

However, the love between the two is more than that. One day, when they chatted, Chen Qian said: "Some people say that I have the appearance of an emperor; if it is true, then I will make you a queen." Zigao replied calmly: " In ancient times, there were female emperors, and there should also be male queens. If your majesty does not give up, then I would rather be another Wu Mencius." (Wu Mencius, the queen of Lu Zhaogong during the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, they both belonged to the surname Ji, and marriage was regarded as a marriage at that time. Not in keeping with etiquette.)
Chen Qian, who really became the emperor, was not able to establish Zigao as the queen. For the sake of the country's constraints, she could only make Han Zigao the general of the right army and the regular servant of Sanqi.Han Zigao had no complaints, and still served Emperor Wen Wen thoughtfully and respectfully, because he knew that only when the country was stable, could the person he loved sit securely on the throne of the emperor.Therefore, during the years of Emperor Chen Wen's reign, he led the army to conquer the South, successively pacified Chen Chang, Liuyi, Chen Baoying, etc., helped Emperor Wen clear up civil strife, and once almost died in battle due to a neck injury.

Han Zigao's beauty was also a source of disaster. Chen Qian's cousin, the princess at the time, was betrothed to Wang Yan, the son of Wang Sengbian before she knew about Han Zigao's beauty. The princess was also very satisfied with the marriage, and asked by chance maid:
"This Wang Yan should be the most handsome person in the world, right?" The maid replied, "Compared to Han Zigao, he is much worse."

The princess didn't believe it, but when she saw Han Zigao, she fell in love at first sight, pursued hard, but failed, and became sick with lovesickness, and finally died of coughing up blood.Because of this scandal, Chen Qian was furious, but she couldn't blame Zigao, so she had to vent her anger on Wang Sengbian, and in the end, she was charged with regretting the marriage and executed by her family.Chen Wendi's move can truly be called "a blue face in anger at the crown"!A large family was wiped out.

The bright moon will always have waxes and wanes, and life is like this. A few years later, Emperor Chen Wendi was seriously ill, and everyone was shut out of the huge palace. , stayed together for a moment, and accompanied Chen Qian through the last time of her life.

After Chen Qian's death, Chen Xu, the younger brother of Emperor Chen Wen, seized the throne and imprisoned and killed Han Zigao and another minister, Zhongju, for treason. Zigao was only 30 years old.However, there was another reason why Chen Xu killed Han Zigao, and that was that Han Zigao only fell in love with Chen Qian.

It is said that women have long love, but even women do not necessarily have such loyalty and long love.It is said that same-sex love is against the secular world, but even if it is love between opposite sexes, how many people can be like Han Zigao and Chen Wendi?There is a poem praise day:
Peerless romantic and chaotic, she never bowed down to serve the emperor.

Vertical and horizontal ups and downs before overturning.The sword decides the country and the iron horse Xiao.

Love is deep and lifeless, and there is no room for hatred, it is better than the rumors in the backyard of Yushu.

It is difficult through the ages to stay together, how can the world hinder this heart.

When Han Zigao was 16 years old, he went from a poor boy who experienced the hardships of war and hardships, and the hardships of building a dynasty and starting a business, to finally passing away together with Chen Qian. Zigao lived so fulfillingly that he had nothing else to ask for.

Childhood sweetheart: Han Wudi and Han Yan

I can't blame Cao Xueqin for calling the Tang and Han dynasties "dirty Tang stinky men".In the early Han Dynasty, the famous emperors in history were indeed relatively promiscuous in their life style. They not only loved female sex, but also were infatuated with male sex.

After Han Gaozu Liu Bang favored men and children, the next few emperors seemed to be influenced by this "bisexual" gene, and they all followed suit.The cowardly Emperor Hui Liu of the Han Dynasty was like this, the gentle and loving Emperor Wen Wen of the Han Dynasty Liu Heng was like this, the Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty who was righteous and vigorous was like Liu Qi, and even the talented and bold Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che loved many male favorites tirelessly.

Han Yan, this man with a somewhat feminine name, was the most enamored male favorite of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in his life.If the emperors before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty still hid and scrupulous about the "eccentricity" of pampering male favorites, then Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty showed no taboo about favoring Han Yan, even openly.Sima Qian recorded in "Historical Records" that "Yi Zungui, the official is the highest doctor, and the reward is similar to that of Deng Tong. Shi Yan often sits up with her", which unobstructedly expresses the extraordinary love of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for Han Yan, and A well-known homosexual relationship between them.

Speaking of it, Han Yan is also a descendant of a famous family, the prince Housun, and the royal family of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period.After South Korea was destroyed by Qin Shihuang, Han Xin, the grandson of King Han Xiang (with the same name and surname as Han Xin, Marquis of Huaiyin), actively responded to Liu Bang and was named King of Han.After Liu Bang became emperor, he enfeoffed kings with the same surname, and tried every means to get rid of kings with different surnames. For King Han, Liu Bang’s strategy was to move his capital to Mayi, which was very close to the Xiongnu (later Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty launched a campaign here) The Battle of Mayi, which ambush the Huns, became the first battle against the Huns), let him act as cannon fodder against the Huns.

Han Xin is not a fool, of course he knows Liu Bang's intentions, so in the seventh year of the Han Dynasty, when the Xiongnu invaded Mayi and surrounded Mayi, Han Xin saw that he could not stop it, so he surrendered to the Huns.The Xiongnu sent Han Xin to lead troops to the south, and Liu Bangyu's personal conquest ended in the Xiongnu's plan, and was surrounded in Pingcheng. Finally, he fled back to Chang'an in embarrassment by bribing the Xiongnu's Yan family and making marriage with a woman.

When Han Xin surrendered to the Xiongnu, his wife was already pregnant. When he arrived in Tuidang City of the Huns, he gave birth to a boy.In the 14th year of Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty, Han Duidang abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side, and returned to the embrace of the great Han. He was named Gong Gaohou and made great contributions in the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion.

Han Yan is the grandson of Gong Gaohou.

Because of being a hero, Han Yan was fostered in the palace since she was a child, studying with the princes. Among them, he and Liu Che had the best relationship. After Liu Che was named the prince, their relationship has developed from ordinary friends to homosexuals. up.The reason why they developed this relationship can be analyzed from the following factors:
One is that the Han royal family has always had a homosexual tradition.Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty and Ji Ru, Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty and Hong Ru, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty and Deng Tong were all homosexual relationships recorded in history, so it is not surprising that Liu Che and his childhood sweetheart Han Yan developed into a homosexual.

The second is because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a martial artist, and the people he liked were all young, handsome, powerful, tall and mighty people.Han Yan just met these conditions.According to historical records, Han Xin was eight feet five inches tall, and one foot in the Han Dynasty was equivalent to 21.25-23.75 centimeters today, which is equivalent to between 1.80 and 2 meters. By Han Yan's generation, he must still be tall and large.Han Yan's ancestors have a background of the Huns, so his riding and shooting skills are passed down through his family, and he also has a lot of research on the tactics of the Huns.After Liu Che became emperor, he focused on fighting the Huns, so it is no wonder that he admired Han Yan very much.

The third reason is that Han Yan knows how to please Liu Che.One thing speaks volumes about this problem.Liu Che's mother was actually a divorced woman. Before she married Liu Che's father, she had already married a husband named Jin Wangsun and gave birth to a daughter named Jin Su.But when she became the empress and empress dowager, no one in the officials dared to mention this matter again. After all, it was not a glorious thing at the time of the opening up.

But Han Yan could see that the queen mother actually missed this daughter who had been living among the people very much, and Liu Che was a filial son who didn't stick to etiquette, so he decided to take the risk of being the one who poked the window.

Once, when the empress dowager was so thinking about her daughter that she couldn't eat, Han Yan secretly told Liu Che about the Jin family.Sure enough, Liu Che was not angry. Instead, he was very happy to hear that he had a sister among the people.He first sent troops to encircle the Jin family, frightened the Jin family into wild cats, thinking that the family was about to be wiped out.After Liu Che came to Jin's house in person, he finally found Jin Ya who was trembling with fright from under the bed. After the siblings recognized each other, everyone realized that the tragedy had turned into a comedy, and in the end, the empress dowager was also deeply moved.

With these few conditions, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty really developed feelings for Han Yan. He not only made him a senior doctor, but also often gave him extremely generous rewards. Besides sleeping with his concubine, he often called Han Yan to the palace to accompany him He sleeps.

Han Yan had too much money to spend, so he thought of a way to kill two birds with one stone, that is, playing golden marbles.One is that he likes to play slingshots, which satisfies his hobby; the other is "poverty alleviation".So once Han Yan went out to shoot slingshots, the children in the capital would sing the nursery rhyme "If you are hungry and cold, chase the golden pills", happily follow Han Yan to pick up the golden marbles Han Yan shot, and they can pick up more than a dozen each time. indivual.

But people can't be too arrogant. Once, the king of Jiangdu followed Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to Shanglinyuan to hunt. Before he set off, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Han Yan to drive the beasts out with more than 100 cavalry.King Jiangdu saw it and thought it was Liu Che who came in person, so he quickly lay down on the ground. Han Yan saw King Jiangdu kneeling there and didn't stop, but continued to drive away the beasts.After Han Yan passed by, Jiangdu Wang knew that the person in the car was not Liu Che but Liu Che's male favorite Han Yan. How about being a person like Han Yan!His cries inevitably made the empress dowager feel dissatisfied with Han Yan, which planted the root of disaster ever since.

Because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a deep relationship with Han Yan, he often called Han Yan into the palace to serve as a servant, and everyone in the officials knew about it, so Han Yan's entry and exit from the palace was always unimpeded, and no one cared about him. This can also be seen How much Liu Che doted on him.

But Han Yan was not an eunuch, so he and Liu Che might be the only two normal men in the palace.As time goes by, Han Yan, apart from flirting with the emperor, also inevitably flirts with the maids in the palace, because even if Han Yan doesn't provoke them, these long-term depressed palace ladies will take the initiative to flirt and flirt.

It is impossible for Emperor Wu of the Han not to know about this kind of thing, because of course he knew that letting a normal man enter the palace, and he can move freely, is like throwing a fat sheep into the mouth of a hungry tiger.But because he loves Han Yan so much, he doesn't care.But the Queen Mother couldn't be more appropriate to find fault with Han Yan.So the Empress Dowager sent someone to follow Han Yan, and when he was having an affair with the court lady, he caught a current one.

Just like that, the empress dowager heard that Han Yan was given a glass of poisoned wine to die.When Liu Che heard about it, he was so frightened that he hurried to the queen mother to intercede for Han Yan, but she begged again and again, but the queen mother did not let go, and finally gave Han Yan death.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the emperor, and sometimes he couldn't protect his lover. He wanted to watch his lover die in front of his eyes.

After Han Wudi lost his most beloved male favorite, Han Yan, out of instinctive need for handsome men, he quickly transferred his love for Han Yan to his younger brother Han Shuo and eunuch Li Yannian.Although there is a "new love", Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty still misses Han Yan, just like Jia Baoyu in "Dream of Red Mansions" after Qin Zhong's death, although he showed "envy" to the actress Jiang Yuhan, but he always forgot I can't stop thinking about Qin Zhong's grave from time to time, which has the feeling of "the love between ghosts and humans is not over".

Too Much to Book: The Sins of Shi Hu and Zheng Cherry
Shi Hu, courtesy name Jilong, was born in the fifth year of Yuankang (295) of Emperor Hui of Jin Dynasty and died in the fifth year of Yonghe of Emperor Mu of Jin Dynasty (349).A native of Shangdang Wuxiang County (now north of Yushe County, Shanxi), nephew of Shi Le, Emperor Zhao after the Sixteen Kingdoms period.

Shi Hu's father died young, and he lived with his mother since he was a child. He was raised by Shi Le's father, the later Zhao Emperor, so some people call Shi Hu Shi Le's younger brother.When Shi Hu was six or seven years old, a person who was good at face-to-face said: "This boy has a strange appearance and strong bones, so he is so precious." In the middle of Yongxing, Shi Le was robbed and sold as a slave to Shandong due to hunger and cold. Mother still stays in Shanxi.

After that, Shi Hu and Shi Le lost contact. It was not until the fifth year of Yongjia that Liu Kun sent Shi Le's mother and Shi Le to Shi Le, and the two brothers were able to meet again.Shi Le attached himself to Liu Yuan, the Hun, and had become a general. At this time, Shi Hu was 17 years old.

But it didn't take long for Shi Le to be disappointed in him.Shihu has a cruel personality and loves hunting, especially shooting people with a slingshot, which made the army quite worried.Shi Le wanted to kill him, but his mother, Wang, persuaded him, "When Kuai Niu is a calf, he can break a car. You can bear with it for a while."He was seven feet five inches in length, brave and agile, and skilled in bow and horse. At that time, everyone in the army feared him bravely. Shi Le regarded him very highly and worshiped him as General Zhenglu.Shi Le recruited the younger sister of Guo Rong, the northern general, as his wife.But Shi Hu is very fond of Youtong (male pet) Zheng Cherry (Tang Dynasty Li Qi's "Zheng Cherry Song" has "Shi Jilong, tyrant Tianlu, good at heroes, the beauty's surname is Zheng Mingying Cherry.

The beauty of the cherries is fragrant and lustrous, and E'e serves the bedroom and specializes in the palace.There are 3 people rolling clothes in the backyard, and the emerald eyebrows are not kissable..." and other sentences, the poem mistakenly thinks that Zheng Cherry is a woman).

Shihu is very masculine, and Zheng Cherry is frivolous and jealous, so he uses all kinds of charming methods to win Shihu over.He tried every means to slander Shi Hu's wife, Guo Shi, by his pillow every night, and often ridiculed and laughed in front of Shi Hu, without showing any sympathy.Gradually, Mrs. Guo couldn't bear it anymore, and once she even retorted, but Shi Hu protected Zheng Cherry and didn't let Mrs. Guo intervene.Mrs. Guo held back her sulking for many days and couldn't bear it anymore. In addition, Shi Hu was so partial to his concubine, so she had a dispute with Shi Hu.Shi Hu's nature was like a fire, he beat and kicked Guo Shi to death on the spot.

Later, Shihu married Qinghe Cui's daughter as his stepmother, and they got along for more than a year, and Zheng Cherry slandered her again.Shihu was furious, fetched a bow and arrow, and hurriedly summoned Mrs. Cui for questioning.Cui came to Shi Hu barefoot, crying and pleading: "Your Majesty, don't kill my concubine, listen to my concubine first!" Shi Hu grinned and said, "If you have no malicious intentions, why bother to panic. You sit down first. , I will give you time to speak slowly." So Cui Shi turned around and took her seat, but she heard the sound of bowstrings behind her, she was eager to dodge, but it was too late, an arrow pierced through her back into her chest, blood shot out quickly, and immediately fell dead.

Shihu, the master of the later Zhao Dynasty, enslaved the Han people in history, and his cruel and murderous crimes have long been unspeakable, and Zheng Cherry's shameful and despicable practices of slandering innocents and mutilating rivals in love are also despised by the world.Therefore, this is not only a beautiful story, but also a bloody record of crimes, and long chants of pain and grievances, which are heinous and thought-provoking...

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