Dahan first prince

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袁盎
A native of Chu, his father was a bandit in the past, and later migrated to Anling.

During Empress Lu's period, Yuan An became Lu Lu's retainer. After Emperor Hanwen came to the throne, his brother Yuan Kui recommended him, and he was appointed Zhonglang.

Zhou Bo, Marquis of Jiang, made great achievements in killing the Lu family, and was named prime minister by Emperor Wen. Zhou Bo was very proud of this.Emperor Wen treated Zhou Bo very respectfully, and after his pilgrimage, the officials often watched him go down.

Therefore, Yuan Ang remonstrated and asked Emperor Wen: "What kind of person does your Majesty think the prime minister is?" Emperor Wen replied: "The prime minister is the minister who helps the country."

Yuan Ang said: "The prime minister is only a meritorious minister, and cannot be called a minister of the country; a minister of the country should be as prosperous as his majesty, and he will be harmed if he is hurt. When Empress Lu was in power, all the Lus acted recklessly and claimed to be king without authorization. Liu's The situation is extremely critical. At that time, Zhou Bo, as a captain, had the military power, but he couldn't do anything about it."

"And when Empress Lu passed away, Zhou Bo took control of the military power and acted according to the situation when the ministers jointly attacked Zhulu. Therefore, he can only be called a hero, not a minister of the state. Zhou Bo often has the look of arrogance and bullying, but Your Majesty Humility and concessions, without the courtesy of a monarch and ministers, privately think that your majesty should not do this."

Emperor Wen accepted Yuan An's suggestion, and when the officials went to court, they gradually became dignified, and Zhou Bo gradually began to fear the emperor.

Zhou Bo resented Yuan An because of this, and soon met him.He said to him: "I have friendship with your elder brother Yuan Kui, but today you are slandering me in the court." Yuan Ang did not back down and did not apologize for this.

Later, Zhou Bo was dismissed for some reason and returned to the fief. Someone wrote a letter accusing him of treason, and was summoned to the capital to be imprisoned. No princes and ministers in the court dared to intercede for him, only Yuan An declared Zhou Bo's innocence.

After Zhou Bo was released from prison, he was grateful for Yuan Ang's contribution and became a close friend with him.

In the third year of Emperor Wen (177 BC), Liu Chang, king of Huainan, proclaimed himself a kingdom and entered the pilgrimage to see him. He killed Piyang Hou Shen Shiqi without authorization.Yuan An said to Emperor Wen: "If the princes are too arrogant and overbearing, disasters will happen, and their fiefdoms can be appropriately reduced." Emperor Wen refused to listen, and the king of Huainan became more and more arrogant.

In the sixth year of Emperor Wen (174 BC), the eldest son of Chai Wu, the Marquis of Jipu, attempted to rebel. The incident was punished and implicated the King of Huainan. Emperor Wen demoted him to Shu and escorted him in a prison car.

Yuan Ang, who was the general of Zhonglang at that time, advised him: "Your Majesty has always indulged the king of Huainan without restraint, which led to such a situation, and now he is suddenly crushed. The king of Huainan is an upright man. If he encounters wind and cold on the road and dies in the In the middle of the journey, people will think that His Majesty can't tolerate others and bear the name of killing his brother, what should we do then?"

The emperor would not listen.Let the prison van go on.

When the prison cart arrived in Yongdi, King Huainan died of illness. Emperor Wen was very sad when he heard the news and went on a hunger strike.

Yuan Ang came to see him and comforted Emperor Wen and said: "When you were acting king, the queen mother was ill. For three years, you served wholeheartedly and tasted the decoction. Zeng Shen still felt embarrassed, but you did it. Your filial piety surpasses Zeng Shen too much; Queen Lu, you entered the treacherous and unpredictable capital from the country of Dai. Even Meng Ben and Xia Yu are not as courageous as Your Majesty. The ministers recommended you to be emperor, but Your Majesty declined five times, and the ancient sage Xu You only I declined once, Your Majesty surpassed Xu You four times."

"Your Majesty's three things are above the world, so you don't have to worry about your reputation being ruined. Besides, your Majesty's relegation to Huainan King was originally to make him reform. It was the carelessness of the escort officials that caused Huainan King's illness and death. Your Majesty is not to blame."

After listening to Yuan An's analysis, Emperor Wen felt a little relieved.Ask him: How to deal with the aftermath?Yuan An then suggested to properly dispose of Huainan King's heirs, and Emperor Wen obeyed, and made all three of Huainan King's sons kings.

After this incident, Yuan An became famous in the court.

The eunuch Zhao Tong (that is, Zhao Tan, Sima Qian wrote Zhao Tong to avoid his father's taboo) relied on Emperor Wen's favor and often spread rumors to slander Yuan An in front of Emperor Wen, and Yuan An was very worried.

Yuan An's nephew, Yuan Zhong, persuaded Yuan An to publicly humiliate Zhao Tong in the court to prevent Zhao Tong from continuing to slander.

One day, Emperor Wen was traveling in a carriage, and Zhao Tong was serving in the carriage. Yuan Ang knelt in front of the carriage and said to Emperor Wen: "Your Majesty, I heard that those who can sit with you on Chengyu are all heroes. Although big men lack heroes nowadays, how can your majesty sit with a eunuch now?"

Emperor Wen laughed when he heard the words, and immediately let Zhao Tong get out of the car.

Emperor Wen went up the mountain from Baling, intending to fly down the steep slope to the west.Yuan Ang was worried about Emperor Wen's safety, so he rode his horse close to the emperor's carriage and took the reins. Emperor Wen asked, "Why, is the general afraid?"

Yuan Ang replied: "I heard that the son of a thousand gold will not sit under the eaves, and the son of a hundred gold will not lean on the railing of the building, because he is afraid of danger; a wise monarch should not take chances in the middle of a crisis. Your Majesty Driving an express car, galloping down the steep mountain, if the horse is startled and the car loses, even if His Majesty does not spare himself, how can he be worthy of Gao Zu and the Queen Mother?"

After hearing this, Emperor Wen gave up his plan to fly down the mountain.

Mrs. Shen was very favored by Emperor Wen, and often sat at the same table with Emperor Wen and Empress Dou in the inner palace.

Once, Emperor Wen went to Shanglin Garden to play, and Empress Dou and Mrs. Shen followed.When it was time to sit down, Director Lang arranged the seats, and Yuan Ang pushed Madam Shen's seat back a little.Mrs. Shen was angry and refused to sit down. Emperor Wen was also very angry, so he got up and went back to the palace.

Afterwards, Yuan Ang persuaded Emperor Wen: "I heard that there is a difference between honor and inferiority, and only the upper and lower palaces can be harmonious. Now that His Majesty has established a queen, Mrs. Shen is just a concubine. How can a concubine sit at the same table with the Lord! This is a loss." Honor and inferiority. And if His Majesty loves Mrs. Shen, he should be generously rewarded. If there is no distinction between honor and inferiority, it is called favoring, but it actually hurts her. Doesn’t Your Majesty know that Mrs. Qi was made a "human pig" by Empress Lu? "

Emperor Wen was happy at this, and told Mrs. Shen what Yuan An had said.Mrs. Shen gave Yuan Ang gold fifty catties.

Yuan Ang was unable to stay in the capital for a long time because of his repeated blunt advice, so he was transferred to be the captain of Longxi.

After arriving in office, Yuan An was very kind to the soldiers and loved them so much that they all scrambled to serve him.

Soon, Yuan Ang was transferred to be the prime minister of Qi State, and then transferred to the prime minister of Wu State.

Yuan Zhong said to Yuan An when he said goodbye to him: "Wu Wang Liu Bi has been arrogant and bullying the Lord for a long time, and he often has rebellions. If you want to impeach him, Wu Wang will kill you if he does not write a letter to impeach you. The south is damp, You just drink to get by and don't care about affairs. Shi Ji just persuade King Wu not to rebel, so that he won't be killed."

"Yuan Ang adopted his plan, and the king of Wu really treated Yuan Ang generously and did not harm him.

Soon, Yuan An retired from old age and returned to his hometown. He met Prime Minister Shentu Jia on the road, so he got out of the car and went to pay his respects. Shen Tujia just expressed his gratitude in the car.

When Yuan An returned home, he felt ashamed in front of his subordinate officials, so he went to the prime minister's mansion to meet Shen Tujia; Shen Tujia came out to meet Yuan An after a long time, and his attitude was very arrogant.

Yuan An then said, "I hope others will avoid you and meet alone."

The prime minister said: "If what you are talking about is an official matter, please go to the official office to discuss with the chief historian, and I will report your opinion; if it is a private matter, I do not accept private conversations."

Yuan An knelt down and persuaded, "As the prime minister, please measure yourself. Compared with Chen Ping and Zhou Bo, how are you?"

The prime minister said: "I am not as good as them."

Yuan Ang said: "Okay, you can say that you can't compare with them. When Chen Ping and Zhou Bo assisted the ancestors, pacified the world, became generals, killed Zhu Lu, and preserved the Liu family, you were just a crossbow. Later, he was promoted to the captain, and his achievements made him the governor of Huaiyang County, but he did not have any military exploits such as strategizing, attacking the city, or fighting in the wild."

"Besides, Your Majesty came from Dai. Every time he went to court, Lang Guan submitted a memorial. He never stopped to listen to their opinions. If the opinions cannot be adopted, they will be put aside. If they are acceptable, they will be adopted. Never. No one does not praise approbation. Why is that?"

"I want to use this method to attract talented people from all over the world. The emperor hears things that I have never heard before, understands truths that I have never understood before, and becomes wiser and wiser every day."

"Now you have closed the mouths of the people of the world, and you are becoming more ignorant every day. If you use a sage monarch to supervise the ignorant prime minister, in my opinion, the day when you will suffer disaster is not far away!"

Then Shen Tujia bowed twice and said, "I am a vulgar and vulgar person, but I am not smart. Fortunately, I was taught by the general." Shen Tujia led Yuan Ang into the inner room and sat with him as the guest of honor.

Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo had always been at odds, one party was there, the other party left, and the two had never spoken together.

After Han Jingdi came to the throne, Chao Cuo served as the doctor of imperial history, so he sent people to investigate the property of Liu Bi, the king of Wu, who Yuan An had received when he was Wu Xiang.

In the third year of Emperor Jing's Yuan Dynasty (154 BC), the seven kingdoms of Wu and Chu rebelled. After hearing the news, Chao Cuo believed that Yuan An accepted Liu Bi's favor and must have known of his plan, so he discussed with his subordinate Cheng Shi and planned to take the opportunity to attack Yuan An.

Cheng Shi disagreed, so Chao Cuo hesitated.

After Yuan An heard the news, he was very frightened, and asked to see Dou Ying overnight, explaining the reason for King Wu's rebellion, and asked to meet Emperor Jing in court.

Dou Ying reported to Emperor Jing, and Emperor Jing summoned Yuan An.

After Yuan Ang entered the palace, he found that Chao Cuo was present, so he asked Emperor Jing to retreat from others.

After Chao Cuo went out, Yuan An suggested: "The purpose of Wu Chu's rebellion is to kill Chao Cuo and restore the original fief; as long as Chao Cuo is beheaded, the crimes of the seven kingdoms of Wu and Chu are pardoned and their original fief is restored. The rebellion was eliminated without bloodshed."

Emperor Jing adopted Yuan An's suggestion, and made Dou Ying a general, and Yuan An a Taichang, and asked him to pack up his luggage secretly and go to Wu as an envoy.

After Chao Cuo was killed, Yuan An was sent to the state of Wu as Taichang.

The king of Wu wanted to appoint Yuan An as the leader of the army, but Yuan An refused; the king of Wu then sent a captain and 500 men to surround Yuan An in the army, intending to kill him.

Sima, the captain who besieged Yuan An, used to be Yuan An's servant. He absconded in fear of crime because of having an affair with a maidservant. After Yuan Ang caught up with him, he was not punished. .

The school captain Sima knew how to repay his kindness, so he sold his belongings, drunk the soldiers guarding the city, took advantage of the night, cut open the tent, and rescued Yuan An.

After Yuan Ang was rescued, he walked seven or eight miles. At dawn, he encountered Liang Guo's cavalry, fled Wu on horseback, and reported the situation of his envoy to Wu to Emperor Jing.

After the rebellion was put down, Yuan An was appointed as Prime Minister of Chu. Soon after, he resigned due to illness and lived at home. Emperor Jing still often sent people to ask him for advice.

When King Liu Wu of Liang entered the dynasty, Empress Dowager Dou wanted to persuade Emperor Han Jing to appoint Liu Wu as the crown prince in the name of "Yin Dao's relatives". There is no way to establish a younger brother, but to establish a son", and asked to see the Queen Mother Dou, and asked her: "The Queen Mother said that she wanted to establish the King of Liang, and the King of Liang will die soon. Who do you want to establish?"

Empress Dowager Dou said: "I will restore the emperor's son."

Yuan An and others quoted the story of Duke Xuan of Song Dynasty to explain that this method would cause disaster, and Queen Mother Dou gave up the idea of ​​establishing Liu Wu and let Liu Wu return to the feudal state.

Liu Wu heard that it was the Queen Mother Dou who was persuaded by Yuan An, so he resented Yuan An and sent someone to assassinate him.

After the first assassin came to Guanzhong, they asked what kind of person Yuan Ang was, and everyone was full of praise.The assassin gave up the assassination plan, and reminded Yuan An that more than ten groups of people would come to assassinate him in the future, and asked him to be careful.

Yuan Ang felt very unhappy, and many strange things happened one after another in the family, so he went to the doctor's place to ask for good or bad luck.

When returning home, outside the gate of Anling City, he was assassinated to death by Liang Guo assassins who were sent later.

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Deng Tong

A native of Nan'an County in Shu County, he was a "yellow head man" in the palace because he could hold a paddle and shake a boat. .

Emperor Wen dreamed that he wanted to go to heaven, but he couldn't. A yellow-headed man pushed him to go to heaven. Looking back, he saw a hole in the back of his clothes under his belt.

Emperor Wen went to Jiantai after waking up from his dream, and followed the scene in his dream to silently observe and look for the yellow-headed man who pushed him to the sky. He saw Deng Tong with a hole in the back of his clothes.

After asking his name, Emperor Wen believed that the dream was completely fulfilled ("Deng" and "Deng" are homophonic), so he was very happy and became more and more intimate with him.

Deng Tong was originally honest and cautious, and he didn't like to associate with outsiders. Even if Emperor Wen gave him a vacation, he still didn't want to go out.

So Emperor Wen rewarded Deng Tong hundreds of millions of dollars, and the official is the highest doctor.

Emperor Wen often went to Deng Tong's house to play in his free time, but Deng Tong had no other skills, so he couldn't recommend any talents, he just pleased Wen Emperor because of his caution.

Emperor Wen sent a physiognomist to Deng Tong, who said, "Maybe he died of poverty and hunger."

Emperor Wen said: "It is I who can make Deng Tong rich. How can he be poor?"

So Deng Tong was rewarded with the copper mountain in Yandao, Shu County, and Deng Tong was allowed to make money by himself.

Emperor Wen once had a carbuncle on his body, and Deng Tong often sucked the pus for him.

Emperor Wen was not happy, and calmly asked Deng Tongdao: "Who in the world loves me the most?"

Deng Tong said: "No one should be comparable to the prince."

The prince Liu Qi came in to inquire about his condition, and Emperor Wen asked him to suck the carbuncle. Although the prince sucked the carbuncle as required, he looked embarrassed.

Later, when he heard that Deng Tong often sucked carbuncles for Emperor Wen, the prince felt ashamed and hated Deng Tong ever since.

When Emperor Wen died, Prince Liu Qi ascended the throne as Emperor Jing. Deng Tong was dismissed from office and lived at home.

Soon, it was reported that Deng Tong had secretly gone abroad (in the southwestern Yi area) to mint money. Emperor Jing put Deng Tong in prison for interrogation, and found that the situation was true, so he finalized the case, confiscated all the properties of Deng Tong's family, and owed hundreds of millions of dollars.

Princess Guantao rewarded Deng Tong with some things, but the officials confiscated them immediately, without even a hairpin on him.

Princess Guantao sent someone to give him food and clothing so that he could barely make ends meet.

In the end, Deng Tong didn't get any money and died in the family where he lived.