Those who win the hearts of the people win the world. Water can carry a boat and also capsize it. The main reason is that she went against the interests of many vested interest groups, and most of these people were meritorious officials and relatives of the Liu family who followed Liu Bang to conquer the world. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Liu Bang made an oath with his ministers - "No one who is not a member of the Liu family can be crowned king." However, Lu ignored this and insisted on naming her Lu brothers king.
When Empress Lu was in power, she cultivated a group of Lu family relatives, which intensified the conflicts within the Han ruling class. Therefore, after her death, they immediately formed the Liu family group and the Lu family group. bloody struggle.
Empress Dowager Lu died without completing her political plan. The internal contradictions within the Han ruling class suddenly intensified, and pro-Liu forces emerged in droves. King Liu Xiang of Qi made trouble externally, and Chen Ping and Zhou Bo responded internally. The Liu kings then gathered together to kill Zhu Lu. A bloody struggle between the Liu family's royal group and the Lu family's relatives group ended with the victory of the royal group.
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Queen Lu has exclusive power. King Zhao Liu You married a daughter of the Lu family. Liu You liked the new and disliked the old, so he didn't love Lu Nu very much. Lu Nu asked her family to frame Liu You to Empress Lu, and Empress Lu imprisoned Liu You and starved to death.
Therefore, many people in the court were dissatisfied with Empress Lu's actions. However, Empress Lu had monopolized power at that time and established the Lu Group. Therefore, they had troubles that they could not tell, but they dared to be angry. I dare not say anything, so I can only obey on the surface.
After Liu You was imprisoned, many such ministers secretly sent food and water to Liu You, but how could Empress Lu allow this to happen, so anyone who had an affair with Liu You would , they were all arrested, regardless of right or wrong, and beheaded immediately. In the end, Liu You starved to death. Before he died, he looked up to the sky and sighed, hoping that God would punish the Liu family. It was very sad.
However, Liu's snobbery can also be seen from this. He was starved to death just because of family conflicts. One can imagine Lu's snobbery.
Of course, this matter may not be due to Lu's cruelty and unkindness. The cruelty and unkindness mentioned here refers to the fact that he only recognizes punishment, just to break up the snobbery of the Liu Group step by step, because although it is now Lu's The family group has great power, but the world still has the surname Liu.
Therefore, if Lu wants her snobbery to last longer, she must prepare for the future. Killing her only opponent-the Liu Group is her main target. Therefore, the death of Liu You is a bit embarrassing. However, he is actually a victim of political struggle, not a simple family conflict.
After King Zhao died, Empress Lu moved Liang King Liu Hui to King Zhao. Liu Hui married Lu Chan's daughter. Lu Nu was domineering and monitored Liu Hui everywhere. Liu Hui was not free and lived under Lu Nu's power all day long. In the end, he was forced to commit suicide.
To be fair, although Empress Lu was cruel and tyrannical in court battles, she was still able to implement Liu Bang's policies in terms of the country's major policies, rest with the people, and develop production. Empress Lu actually took charge of the government after Liu Bang's death. After Liu Ying's death, she took charge of the government and ruled exclusively for 15 years.
In the later period, in order to further expand the snobbery, the Lu family developed the Lu family group without restraint. This was also one of the main reasons for her ultimate failure and one of the root causes of the Zhu Lu Rebellion.
In July of the eighth year of Empress Lu (180 BC), the 61-year-old Empress Lu fell seriously ill. She knew very well that given her physical condition, she might not be able to survive for long, so she quickly began to deploy In order to consolidate the Lu Group's snobbery and prevent Liu's counterattack, Queen Lu gave all military power to the Lu clan and warned them to be careful and not to allow Liu to take advantage of it.
This clearly reflects Lu's strategic vision. Although Lu's approach did suppress the snobbery of the Liu group, it also laid a deep foundation for the subsequent rebellion. Go to a funeral and don't let anyone take advantage of you.
The southern army and the northern army were the Imperial Guards, which were the elite troops of the Han army at that time. Empress Lu let Zhu Lu take control of the military power, and then she left an edict to make Lu Chan the prime minister and took control of the political power. Empress Lu's final arrangements were obviously intended to allow the Lu family to continue to control the government.
But the ideal is very full and the reality is very skinny. The people of the Lu family hold great power and even pay attention to becoming emperors. However, these people only have ideas and no actions. They just think about it. , because the Liu regime still has the support of a group of veterans. Lu's idea was accidentally leaked by his own family members, and the King of Qi found out about it.
The King of Qi announced to all the princes and kings, condemned Queen Lu, and exposed Zhu Lu's conspiracy. But the situation at that time was that Lu Chan and Lu Lu controlled the elite Northern and Southern armies respectively. As the highest military officer, Taiwei, Zhou Bo was sidelined and could not join the army as the main force. Therefore, Zhou Bo and other veterans and the kings surnamed Liu outside were all Don't dare to act rashly.
When Zhu Lu wanted to launch a rebellion, he was also afraid of Zhou Bo, Liu Zhang and others internally, and externally he was afraid of the Liu kings, so he hesitated. So the two sides secretly confronted each other for a while, waiting for the opportunity.
At this time, the wily Zhou Bo and Prime Minister Chen Ping discovered each other's weaknesses. They discovered that Najii, the postal merchant's son of the Marquis of Quzhou, and Lu Lu were good friends, so they kidnapped Najii, and then ordered Li Ji to trick Lu Lu into handing over military power. Lu Lu trusted Li Ji very much. After Li Ji's repeated lobbying, he finally handed over military power, and Taiwei Zhou Jie was able to take control of the Northern Army.
Before Zhou Bo entered the military camp, in order to test the morale of the troops, he sent an order: Anyone who supports the Lu family will be on the right side, while those who support the Liu family will be on the left side.
As a result, all the generals and officers in the army were Zuozu. It can be seen from this that Lu's conspiracy is unpopular. At this time, Lu Chan didn't know that Lao Tie Lu Lu had been disarmed, and he rushed into Weiyang Palace, preparing to start a rebellion here.
Before he rolled up his sleeves, he ran into Liu Zhang who came to suppress him. Lu and Liu were sworn enemies. As a result, Lu Chan was killed by Liu Zhang in minutes. After killing Lu Chan, Lu Chan Lu was of no use, and Lu Lu was also killed. In this way, the two heavyweights in the Lu Group's military power were gone, and the Lu Group no longer had any snobbery.
Therefore, when the Liu family launched a full-scale counterattack, all the Lu family were killed. The rebellion of Zhu Lu was thus put down.
After the rebellion subsided, the ruling Empress Lu fell and decided to welcome Liu Heng, the benevolent, filial and generous king who was far away from the center of power, as emperor, and became Emperor Wen of Han. After Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty came to the throne, in order to stabilize people's hearts, he issued an edict on the night of his accession to convict Zhu Lu, saying: "Zhu Lu used his power to do things for himself and planned great treason, and wanted to endanger the Liu family's temple. The generals, ministers, princes, and ministers all punished her, but they all betrayed her. "Lv, who was smart and capable, never thought that she would devote all her efforts to cultivating the power of the Lu family, but she would end up in the abyss of destruction." This calamity of genocide is really in line with Lao Tzu’s famous saying: “Misfortune lies on the back of blessing, and blessing lies on the back of misfortune.
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Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Lv Pheasant