vrcanaries Chapter 161 Liu Bingyi & Huo Guang
Chapter 161 Liu Bingyi & Huo Guang
Lin Ke continued, "A few years later, Liu Bingyi was brought into the palace and was arranged to grow up in the Yeting. At that time, the person in charge of the Yeting was named Zhang He, a former official of the deposed Crown Prince Liu Ju."
"Therefore, Zhang He took great care of the bloodline of this deposed crown prince. He paid for Liu Bingyi's schooling out of his own pocket and invited Fu Zhongweng from Donghai to teach him the Book of Poetry. It is said that he could make Chen Sui lose so much in a game of Liubo that he would lose all his underwear. In private, he loved to read the Shenzi."
"He was studious in his youth and called himself a wandering knight. He liked cockfighting and horse racing. Although he was raised in the palace, he was actually free-range and often lingered outside the palace. He had a style reminiscent of Emperor Gaozu."
All emperors of the Han Dynasty: ...
"A few years later, Zhang He looked around and thought, wow~ the little leader has grown into a handsome young man and it's time for him to get married! And he happened to have someone in mind, his daughter! Wouldn't that be a double blessing!"
"However, at this time, his younger brother named Zhang Anshi jumped out and said, 'I disagree. How can you marry our daughter to the son of a deposed crown prince?!'"
"So Zhang He didn't bring it up again, but the problem was where to find a wife. Then he remembered a man named Xu Guanghan, whose family had a daughter of marriageable age who was not yet married!"
"Therefore, Zhang He used his family fortune as a betrothal gift to arrange the marriage for Liu Bingyi. Liu Bingyi himself was very satisfied with his new wife, and the two made a vow to each other: 'Poverty and lowliness will not change our relationship, and wealth and honor will not diminish our friendship.'"
Zhu Baba of the Ming Dynasty: Zhang He is quite loyal, huh!
A bystander from the Song Dynasty: This couple is great!
A spoiled young master from the Tang Dynasty: Hahahaha, the legacy of Emperor Gaozu is hilarious!
Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty: ...What are you laughing at!
Big Han Liu Zhuzhu: ...
"After getting married, Liu Bingyi still had no house, no car, and no money, so the young couple moved into Xu Guanghan's house. Xu Pingjun did not look down on him at all. On the contrary, the two had a very good relationship and soon had a child—Liu Shi."
"As mentioned earlier, Liu Bingyi liked to travel. He often traveled between the imperial tombs in Chang'an and the Sanfu area. He also liked to go to places like Du County, south of his grandfather Liu Ju's Bowang Garden, to see what the lives of ordinary people were like in the nearby towns."
"This experience among ordinary people laid the foundation for his later remarkable political achievements."
A skilled farmer in the Song Dynasty: He is much better than the emperor who lives deep in the palace and knows nothing about the suffering of the people. No wonder he will do well in the future!
An old farmer from the Ming Dynasty: Oh my, I never expected there to be an emperor like this!
A romantic scholar from the Tang Dynasty: Hahahaha, the legacy of Emperor Gaozu!
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"Next, let me introduce the important figure in this event—Huo Guang."
"Let's rewind to n years ago. At that time, Huo Qubing and his brother's father, Huo Zhongru, was just an ordinary minor official. He made a rare trip to the Pingyang Marquis's residence and met a girl named Wei Shao'er."
"Thus, Liu Che's first SSR card - Huo Qubing was born. However, Huo Zhongru was a fool and quickly forgot about Wei Shao'er."
"Not long after, Piggy went to the Marquis of Pingyang's residence and fell in love with a girl named Wei Zifu. Because of her, Huo Qubing was also sent to the battlefield and did quite well! He achieved the feat of sealing the wolf's lair and became the ceiling of all subsequent military generals!"
"Once, he passed by his father's hometown and was about to buy some gifts to visit his biological father, who had given birth to him but not raised him. Unexpectedly, his father had another child named Huo Guang, so Huo Qubing brought the child to Chang'an."
A romantic and talented scholar of the Tang Dynasty: Actually, he was quite prolific, fathering one a top-tier military general and the other a powerful but loyal minister!
Huo Zhongru of the Great Han Dynasty: ...
A spoiled young master from the Song Dynasty: Hahahaha! I have to say, he really does have a good knack for fathering children!
A certain academically challenged boy in the Ming Dynasty: He has no other advantages besides this!
Huo Zhongru in the other timeline was very embarrassed, extremely embarrassed, because he hadn't even gone to the Marquis of Pingyang's residence yet.
While I was handling official business, someone came up to me and told me how awesome it is to have a baby!?
No! What's with those expressions?!
Okay, I might actually abandon them!
But with so many people hearing this, it feels like I can't stay any longer!
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Back to the live broadcast room.
"Thus, the young Huo Guang stayed by Emperor Wu's side from then on. Historical records state: He entered and exited the forbidden area for more than 20 years, and was careful and cautious, and never made a mistake."
"However, Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, was also Huo Guang's uncle because he had a younger aunt named Wei Zifu. At that time, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were still alive, and the Wei family was still a powerful maternal relative."
"And in 74 BC, the most alarming thing for the court officials was that the previous emperor had not left any heirs before his death!"
"Now I have to rant about this pig again. What were you thinking! Stirring up this witchcraft scandal? The crown prince was doing just fine! He's practically a grandfather now!"
"Look at you, you set up this family, and it still ended up with you dying young without any offspring! You went around in circles and came back. What were you trying to achieve!"
Big-Handed Liu Zhuzhu: Stop cursing! Stop cursing!
Han Dynasty chess player Liu Qi: ...Che'er! You...%? (Rambling and cursing)
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"At this moment, Huo Guang, the regent appointed by Emperor Wu, calmly stepped forward and said: 'A country cannot be without a ruler for a single day...'"
"What's the big deal that the previous husband didn't leave any children? Obviously not! So everyone present started looking through Emperor Wu of Han's family genealogy, and they actually found the son of Liu Xu, the Prince of Guangling."
"But some people said that it wouldn't be a bad idea to depose the eldest son and establish the younger one, and choose from the grandsons! In the end, after several rounds of debate among the ministers, it was decided that Liu He, the King of Changyi, would be the emperor's reserve.
"On the other side, Liu He was extremely excited when he received the news. Who would have thought that he would be emperor again? He hurried on his way with his entourage. It is said that he encountered roosters crowing and being embraced by chickens along the way, and he did not miss any beautiful women. He lived an exceptionally carefree life!"
"After Liu He became emperor, according to historical records, he arranged for all his officials to be placed in the court, and spent his days walking his cats and playing with his dogs, ignoring state affairs."
Huo Guang didn't express any opinion, but he expressed great concern to his subordinate Tian Yannian and asked him if we could entrust the Han Dynasty to this man.
"As a subordinate, Tian Yannian understood Huo Guang's thoughts quite well, so he said, 'Why don't we ask the Empress Dowager for his opinion? If it doesn't work, we'll replace him!'"
"To add to this, this Empress Dowager Shangguan was actually Huo Guang's granddaughter."
A scion of a prominent family in the Song Dynasty: I guess they thought it wasn't good enough, so they replaced him!
A top scholar from the Ming Dynasty: It is possible that these more than a thousand things were done for political purposes.
A Sui Dynasty official said: "Only twenty-odd days? That seems impossible! It's too outrageous!"
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"Everything should be done in a proper and legitimate manner, so Huo Guang led a group of ministers to have his granddaughter, Empress Dowager Shangguan, draft an edict, and Liu He, who knew nothing about it, was accused of more than a thousand crimes."
"Historical records state that Liu He, the King of Changyi, was licentious and tyrannical, but items related to Confucianism were found among the unearthed burial objects, so it is very likely that he liked to look at such things, which is why he chose to be buried with them!"
"Therefore, later generations have speculated that the Liu He recorded in historical books is not real, and that there was something fishy going on in the whole process of his dethronement. He just lost in this political game, which is why he ended up like this."
A bystander from the Han Dynasty: How tragic!
"Afterwards, Huo Guang had to choose a new emperor. At this time, following Du Yannian's praise of Liu Bingyi in his ear, Bing Ji also submitted a memorial to Huo Guang saying that other relatives of the emperor did not have much reputation among the people, but Emperor Wu's great-grandson named Liu Bingyi was very popular and had very high talent... I hope the general will consider it carefully."
"So in July of that year, Liu Bingyi received an imperial edict appointing him as emperor. He probably never imagined that he, who was still relying on his father-in-law, would one day be able to become emperor."
Big-Handed Liu Zhuzhu: ...Sigh! ...
A scion of a prominent family in the Song Dynasty: This person did a good job!
An official from the Tang Dynasty said: "If it weren't for Emperor Wu's later years, I don't think there would have been so many twists and turns, and it would have just ended up being a complete failure."
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