\nI dis\u00adcov\u00adered by chance that read\u00ading clas\u00adsi\u00adcal Chi\u00adnese to my daugh\u00adter before bed\u00adtime can help her sleep, so late\u00adly I\u2019ve been using the Zizhi Tongjian as a bed\u00adtime sto\u00adry. I read a pas\u00adsage from the orig\u00adi\u00adnal text and casu\u00adal\u00adly explain it (skip\u00adping over any unclear expla\u00adna\u00adtions or parts I don\u2019t under\u00adstand myself). Some\u00adtimes I skip explain\u00ading alto\u00adgeth\u00ader. My daugh\u00adter chimes in when she finds it inter\u00adest\u00ading, then clos\u00ades her eyes and rests when she finds it bor\u00ading. She usu\u00adal\u00adly falls asleep soon after.
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\nSome\u00adtimes, how\u00adev\u00ader, I\u2019d find some\u00adthing so cap\u00adti\u00advat\u00ading that even chil\u00addren would find it so engag\u00ading that they\u2019d for\u00adget about sleep. One evening, I found the sec\u00adtion about Liu Heng (then Prince of Dai, lat\u00ader Emper\u00ador Wen of Han) being recruit\u00aded to become emper\u00ador quite fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading, espe\u00adcial\u00adly because it so thor\u00adough\u00adly (and quite suc\u00adcinct\u00adly, actu\u00adal\u00adly) described Liu Heng\u2019s excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly cau\u00adtious char\u00adac\u00adter.
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\nThe sto\u00adry takes place in 180 BC. After the death of Empress L\u00fc, Liu Bang\u2019s wife, Empress L\u00fc, dis\u00adcon\u00adtent with the L\u00fc fam\u00adi\u00adly\u2019s pow\u00ader, the Liu fam\u00adi\u00adly\u2019s kings, led by the King of Qi, revolt\u00aded. The min\u00adis\u00adters, led by Prime Min\u00adis\u00adter Chen Ping and Grand Mar\u00adshal Zhou Bo, seized the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to launch a palace coup, destroy\u00ading the L\u00fc fam\u00adi\u00adly\u2019s pow\u00ader fos\u00adtered by Empress L\u00fc. At this time, there was a lit\u00adtle emper\u00ador, Liu Hong (12 years old), in the palace. How\u00adev\u00ader, that child was giv\u00aden to her daugh\u00adter-in-law (also her grand\u00addaugh\u00adter) to raise. The min\u00adis\u00adters were afraid that he would be detri\u00admen\u00adtal to every\u00adone when he grew up (such as set\u00adtling scores after the autumn har\u00advest), so they said that he was not the bio\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal son of Emper\u00ador Hui of Han (God knows if it was true), and planned to find some\u00adone to replace him as emper\u00ador to ensure the puri\u00adty of the Liu fam\u00adi\u00adly\u2019s blood\u00adline and their own safe\u00adty. So they dis\u00adcussed -
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\nThe min\u00adis\u00adters con\u00adspired togeth\u00ader and said, \u201cThe Shao\u00addi and the kings of Liang, Huaiyang, and Heng\u00adshan are not the true sons of Emper\u00ador Xiao\u00adhui. Empress L\u00fc schemed to false\u00adly claim the sons of oth\u00aders, killed their moth\u00aders and raised them in the harem, then made the sons of Emper\u00ador Xiao\u00adhui and estab\u00adlished them as empress\u00ades along with the oth\u00ader kings in order to strength\u00aden the L\u00fc fam\u00adi\u00adly. Now all the L\u00fc clans have been wiped out, and the eldest has been appoint\u00aded as the queen and is in charge of affairs. We are no longer of the same kind. It would be bet\u00adter to estab\u00adlish the most vir\u00adtu\u00adous among the kings.\u201d Some\u00adone said, \u201cThe King of Qi is the eldest grand\u00adson of Emper\u00ador Gao, and he can be estab\u00adlished.\u201d The min\u00adis\u00adters all said, \u201cThe L\u00fc fam\u00adi\u00adly is evil because of their rel\u00ada\u00adtives and almost endan\u00adgered the ances\u00adtral tem\u00adple and dis\u00adturbed the mer\u00adi\u00adto\u00adri\u00adous offi\u00adcials. Now the uncle of the King of Qi is Si Jun, who wears a tiger crown. If the King of Qi is estab\u00adlished, the L\u00fc fam\u00adi\u00adly will return to the fam\u00adi\u00adly. The King of Dai is the eldest son of Emper\u00ador Gao, who is kind, fil\u00adial, and gen\u00ader\u00adous. The Queen Moth\u00ader\u2019s fam\u00adi\u00adly, Bo, is cau\u00adtious and good. Besides, estab\u00adlish\u00ading the eldest son is in har\u00admo\u00adny with the peo\u00adple, and he is known through\u00adout the world for his kind\u00adness and fil\u00adial piety!\u201d So they con\u00adspired togeth\u00ader and secret\u00adly sent some\u00adone to sum\u00admon the King of Dai.
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\nThe term \u201ccon\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adcy\u201d isn\u2019t meant to be pejo\u00adra\u00adtive; it sim\u00adply meant a secret dis\u00adcus\u00adsion, one that the young emper\u00ador could\u00adn\u2019t know about. Hence the \u201csecret sum\u00admons to the King of Dai,\u201d a move that meant secret\u00adly send\u00ading some\u00adone to invite him. The min\u00adis\u00adters con\u00adsid\u00adered the two best can\u00addi\u00addates: Liu Bang\u2019s eldest grand\u00adson, Liu Xiang, the King of Qi, and his old\u00adest son, Liu Heng, the King of Dai. Liu Heng was cho\u00adsen, not only for his rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtion for benev\u00ado\u00adlence and fil\u00adial piety, but also pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly because his moth\u00ader, the Bo fam\u00adi\u00adly, was known for its low-key, envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adly friend\u00adly, and pol\u00adlu\u00adtion-free approach.
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\nNow, let\u2019s move on to the reac\u00adtion of King Dai, Liu Heng. While there aren\u2019t many words about him, they\u2019re pow\u00ader\u00adful, clear\u00adly and con\u00adcise\u00adly out\u00adlin\u00ading his char\u00adac\u00adter. The com\u00adments in brack\u00adets are from some\u00adone named A.
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\nWhen the King of Dai asked his atten\u00addants (Liu Heng had no reac\u00adtion when he heard that the min\u00adis\u00adters had sum\u00admoned him to the cap\u00adi\u00adtal, so he imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly lis\u00adtened to the opin\u00adions of those around him), the Impe\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal Physi\u00adcian Zhang Wu and oth\u00aders said, \u201cThe min\u00adis\u00adters of Han are all for\u00admer gen\u00ader\u00adals of the Emper\u00ador Gao, expe\u00adri\u00adenced in mil\u00adi\u00adtary affairs, and full of deceit. Their inten\u00adtions are not lim\u00adit\u00aded to this, they are just afraid of the pow\u00ader of the Emper\u00ador Gao and the Empress Dowa\u00adger L\u00fc. Now that the L\u00fc clan has been exter\u00admi\u00adnat\u00aded and the cap\u00adi\u00adtal has just been drenched in blood, they are using the name of wel\u00adcom\u00ading the King to see the King, which is real\u00adly not cred\u00adi\u00adble. I hope the King will feign ill\u00adness and not go, so as to see how the sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion devel\u00adops.\u201d (The Impe\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal Physi\u00adcian was in charge of guard\u00ading the inner court. Judg\u00ading from this opin\u00adion, Zhang Wu tend\u00aded to be con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive.) Lieu\u00adtenant Song Changjin said, \u201cThe opin\u00adions of the min\u00adis\u00adters are all wrong. When the Qin Dynasty lost its pow\u00ader, the princes and pow\u00ader\u00adful peo\u00adple rose up, and every\u00adone thought they had won the throne, and it was the Liu fam\u00adi\u00adly who final\u00adly ascend\u00aded to the throne. The world was hope\u00adless, that\u2019s one thing. The Emper\u00ador Gao grant\u00aded titles to his princes and broth\u00aders, and the lands were con\u00adtrolled by each oth\u00ader. This is what is called a rock-sol\u00adid clan, and the world was sub\u00addued by its strength, that\u2019s two. When the Han Dynasty rose, it abol\u00adished the harsh poli\u00adcies of the Qin Dynasty, made laws and decrees, and bestowed ben\u00ade\u00adfits on every\u00adone, so that every\u00adone was at peace. It\u2019s dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to shake, for the third time. Empress Dowa\u00adger L\u00fc\u2019s strict rule estab\u00adlished the L\u00fc clan as the Three Kings, allow\u00ading them to usurp pow\u00ader and dic\u00adtate the dic\u00adta\u00adtor\u00adship. Yet, the Grand Com\u00adman\u00addant, with a sin\u00adgle call to arms, entered the North\u00adern Army, and the sol\u00addiers all sided with the Liu clan, rebelled against the L\u00fc clan, and ulti\u00admate\u00adly destroyed them. This was a gift from Heav\u00aden, not human effort. Even if the min\u00adis\u00adters desire change, if the peo\u00adple are unwill\u00ading to fol\u00adlow their lead, how can their fac\u00adtions tru\u00adly unite? Inter\u00adnal\u00adly, we have close allies with Zhuxu and Dong\u00admu, while exter\u00adnal\u00adly, we fear the might of Wu, Chu, Huaiyang, Langya, Qi, and Dai. Of Emper\u00ador Gao\u2019s sons, only the King of Huainan and the Great King remain. The Great King is also the eldest, renowned through\u00adout the land for his virtue, benev\u00ado\u00adlence, and fil\u00adial piety. There\u00adfore, the min\u00adis\u00adters, guid\u00aded by the will of the peo\u00adple, want to wel\u00adcome and enthro\u00adnize the Great King. The Great King should not doubt it. (Lieu\u00adtenant Song Chang, with scant infor\u00adma\u00adtion, accu\u00adrate\u00adly guessed the inten\u00adtions of the court min\u00adis\u00adters through log\u00adi\u00adcal rea\u00adson\u00ading. The Lieu\u00adtenant com\u00admand\u00aded the gar\u00adri\u00adson at the cap\u00adi\u00adtal. Song Chang\u2019s words demon\u00adstrate his excel\u00adlent judg\u00adment and sug\u00adgest that he is more suit\u00aded to over\u00adsee\u00ading for\u00adeign affairs. His advo\u00adca\u00adcy on this mat\u00adter was very pos\u00adi\u00adtive.)
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\nLiu Heng received two opin\u00adions: Zhang Wu\u2019s and Song Chang\u2019s. Judg\u00ading from Song Chang\u2019s com\u00adments, Zhang Wu\u2019s opin\u00adion was like\u00adly the major\u00adi\u00adty, as few sup\u00adport\u00aded Song Chang\u2019s view at the time. How\u00adev\u00ader, Song Chang\u2019s opin\u00adion clear\u00adly moved Liu Heng, per\u00adhaps align\u00ading with his own judg\u00adment, and he began to be tempt\u00aded. Even so, he did\u00adn\u2019t take action. He then con\u00adsult\u00aded rel\u00ade\u00advant indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals.
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\nThe King of Dai report\u00aded this to the Queen Moth\u00ader. (At the time, Liu Heng was 23, and it was only nat\u00adur\u00adal to con\u00adsult his moth\u00ader, Lady Bo, regard\u00ading such a major mat\u00adter. Besides, Liu Heng was a renowned fil\u00adial son.) Unde\u00adcid\u00aded, he con\u00adsult\u00aded a div\u00adina\u00adtion (even his moth\u00ader hes\u00adi\u00adtat\u00aded, sug\u00adgest\u00ading a genet\u00adic pre\u00addis\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion). So they con\u00adsult\u00aded a div\u00adina\u00adtion. The pre\u00addic\u00adtion was \u201cDa Heng.\u201d The div\u00adina\u00adtion said, \u201cDa Heng Geng Geng, I will be the Heav\u00aden\u00adly King, and Xia Qi will be the Light.\u201d The King of Dai replied, \u201cI am already a king, so what king am I?\u201d The div\u00adina\u00adtion replied, \u201cThe Heav\u00aden\u00adly King is the Son of Heav\u00aden.\u201d (Whether this div\u00adina\u00adtion was true or false, a clas\u00adsic exam\u00adple of suc\u00adcess\u00adful pre\u00addic\u00adtion, or sim\u00adply a sim\u00adplis\u00adtic pre\u00addic\u00adtion by the for\u00adtune teller? Only God knows. How\u00adev\u00ader, it is true that the Han peo\u00adple believed it.)
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\nAfter con\u00adsult\u00ading his moth\u00ader and receiv\u00ading a favor\u00adable div\u00adina\u00adtion, 23-year-old Liu Heng should have tak\u00aden action. Not yet! He still felt it was\u00adn\u2019t safe enough and con\u00adtin\u00adued to test the waters.
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\nSo the King of Dai sent the Queen Moth\u00ader\u2019s broth\u00ader, Bo Zhao, to meet with Mar\u00adquis Jiang. (This time, he asked his uncle to go first and ask ques\u00adtions, specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly to Mar\u00adquis Jiang, Zhou Bo, who had been most instru\u00admen\u00adtal in exter\u00admi\u00adnat\u00ading the L\u00fc clan. The choice of Zhou Bo over Prime Min\u00adis\u00adter Chen Ping was sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant: Zhou Bo was known for his hon\u00adesty and dis\u00adliked the round\u00adabout ways of schol\u00adars, while Chen Ping was known for his cun\u00adning and schem\u00ading. To inquire about the sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion, one nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly sought the most direct.) Mar\u00adquis Jiang and the oth\u00aders explained to Zhao their inten\u00adtion to wel\u00adcome the king. Bo Zhao replied, \u201cIt is true, beyond any doubt.\u201d The King of Dai smiled and said to Song Chang, \u201cIt is just as you said.\u201d
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\nAfter send\u00ading his uncle to ask Zhou Bo, Liu Heng was basi\u00adcal\u00adly con\u00advinced that Song Chang\u2019s judg\u00adment was cor\u00adrect. He decid\u00aded that it was time to set off, but was it just a sim\u00adple mat\u00adter? No, he still need\u00aded to make some prepa\u00adra\u00adtions.
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\nHe ordered Song Chang to accom\u00adpa\u00adny him on the jour\u00adney, and Zhang Wu and six oth\u00aders to ride on the car\u00adriage to accom\u00adpa\u00adny him to Chang\u2019an. (Liu Heng did not bring many peo\u00adple with him, but they were all his most trust\u00aded peo\u00adple.)
\nAt Gaol\u00ading, they rest\u00aded, while Liu Heng sent Song Chang ahead to Chang\u2019an to observe the sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion. (Gaol\u00ading was still dozens of miles from Chang\u2019an, so Liu Heng stopped here to send Song Chang, his most dis\u00adcern\u00ading advi\u00adsor, to scout the route. This way, in case of dan\u00adger, there would still be a chance for escape.) Chang arrived at Weiqiao, where he was greet\u00aded by the prime min\u00adis\u00adter and his sub\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnates. Chang returned with his report. (Song Chang report\u00aded that all the high-rank\u00ading offi\u00adcials, from the prime min\u00adis\u00adter down, had arrived; there was clear\u00adly no sign of a trap to cap\u00adture him!) The King of Dai rushed to Weiqiao, where his min\u00adis\u00adters paid their respects and swore their loy\u00adal\u00adty. The King of Dai dis\u00admount\u00aded and bowed in return. Grand Mar\u00adshal Bo stepped for\u00adward and said, \u201cI would like to ask for a brief\u00ading.\u201d Song Chang replied, \u201cIf you are speak\u00ading pub\u00adlicly, I will speak pub\u00adlicly; if you are speak\u00ading pri\u00advate\u00adly, the king is impar\u00adtial.\u201d (Zhou Bo\u2019s state\u00adment like\u00adly meant that he invit\u00aded the King of Dai to a qui\u00adet place to dis\u00adcuss pri\u00advate\u00adly, pre\u00adsum\u00adably sug\u00adgest\u00ading that he still felt the need to \u201csecret\u00adly\u201d present the impe\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal seal and mil\u00adi\u00adtary tal\u00adis\u00adman. How\u00adev\u00ader, Song Chang imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly stopped him, which was actu\u00adal\u00adly Liu Heng\u2019s inten\u00adtion.) The Grand Mar\u00adshal knelt and pre\u00adsent\u00aded the impe\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal seal and tal\u00adis\u00adman. The King of Dai thanked him, say\u00ading, \u201cWe will dis\u00adcuss this mat\u00adter at the Dai res\u00adi\u00addence.\u201d
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\nLiu Heng\u2019s jour\u00adney to Chang\u2019an was a dan\u00adger\u00adous one. If a trap were set, or if some\u00adone (like the King of Qi, who knew the news) inter\u00adcept\u00aded him, he might nev\u00ader return. There\u00adfore, he was extreme\u00adly cau\u00adtious. But when Zhou Bo knelt and pre\u00adsent\u00aded the impe\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal seal, he did\u00adn\u2019t hap\u00adpi\u00adly accept this gift. Instead, he polite\u00adly said, \u201cLet\u2019s dis\u00adcuss it at the Dai State Guest\u00adhouse.\u201d Why? On the one hand, he was indeed very low-key. On the oth\u00ader hand, only the Grand Mar\u00adshal Zhou Bo and a few min\u00adis\u00adters pre\u00adsent\u00aded the impe\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal seal. What about the more impor\u00adtant civ\u00adil offi\u00adcial, the Prime Min\u00adis\u00adter Chen Ping? Liu Heng still felt uneasy.
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\nOn the last day of the ninth month of the fol\u00adlow\u00ading year, the King of Dai arrived in Chang\u2019an and took up res\u00adi\u00addence in the Dai Palace, accom\u00adpa\u00adnied by his min\u00adis\u00adters. Prime Min\u00adis\u00adter Chen Ping and oth\u00aders bowed twice and said, \u201cZi Hong and oth\u00aders are not sons of Emper\u00ador Xiao\u00adhui and should not serve in the ances\u00adtral tem\u00adple. Your Majesty, as the eldest son of Emper\u00ador Gao, should be the heir. May Your Majesty ascend the throne.\u201d The King of Dai ges\u00adtured west\u00adward three times and south\u00adward twice, then ascend\u00aded the throne. The min\u00adis\u00adters fol\u00adlowed the cour\u00adte\u00adous orders.
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\nArriv\u00ading at the Dai King\u00addom Hotel, which was, in a sense, the Dai King\u2019s per\u00adson\u00adal ter\u00adri\u00adto\u00adry (the equiv\u00ada\u00adlent of a con\u00adsulate), Prime Min\u00adis\u00adter Chen Ping led the civ\u00adil and mil\u00adi\u00adtary offi\u00adcials in plead\u00ading with him to become emper\u00ador. He should have agreed, and indeed he did, but he had to offer his seat fac\u00ading west three times, then twice more for a seat fac\u00ading north and south, before final\u00adly, \u201creluc\u00adtant\u00adly,\u201d agree\u00ading. How tir\u00ading!
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\nDong\u00admu Mar\u00adquis Xingju said, \u201cI have no mer\u00adit in exter\u00admi\u00adnat\u00ading the L\u00fc clan. I request to be removed from the palace.\u201d He entered the palace with Grand Coach\u00adman Ruyin Mar\u00adquis Teng\u00adgong and addressed the young emper\u00ador, say\u00ading, \u201cYou are not a descen\u00addant of the Liu clan, so you should not be enthroned!\u201d He then turned and ordered the hal\u00adberd bear\u00aders around him to with\u00addraw their weapons. Sev\u00ader\u00adal refused to dis\u00adband, but the eunuchs ordered Zhang Shi to announce their deci\u00adsion, and they too with\u00addrew. Teng\u00adgong then sum\u00admoned the impe\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal car\u00adriage to take the young emper\u00ador out. The young emper\u00ador asked, \u201cWhere do you want to take me?\u201d Teng\u00adgong replied, \u201cI will go to my res\u00adi\u00addence.\u201d He then left the palace with the Grand Cham\u00adber\u00adlain. Then, in the impe\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal car\u00adriage, he wel\u00adcomed the King of Dai to his res\u00adi\u00addence and announced, \u201cThe palace has been removed.\u201d
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\nThat evening, the King of Dai entered the Weiyang Palace. Ten her\u00adalds hold\u00ading spears were guard\u00ading the Duan\u00admen Gate, say\u00ading, \u201cThe Emper\u00ador is here. Why are you enter\u00ading?\u201d The King of Dai then spoke to the Grand Mar\u00adshal. The Grand Mar\u00adshal went to explain, and the ten her\u00adalds all drew their weapons and left, allow\u00ading the King of Dai to enter.
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\nThis pas\u00adsage is also quite inter\u00adest\u00ading. After the palace was cleared, Liu Heng and his men attempt\u00aded to enter the Weiyang Palace, but ten armed guards barred their entry. Log\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, hav\u00ading already seized the impe\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal seal, Liu Heng could have ordered them exe\u00adcut\u00aded or dri\u00adven away. How\u00adev\u00ader, he polite\u00adly sum\u00admoned the Grand Mar\u00adshal Zhou Bo, who gave the order before allow\u00ading Liu Heng into the palace.
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\nThat night, Song Chang was appoint\u00aded Gen\u00ader\u00adal of the Guards to paci\u00adfy the armies of the north and south; Zhang Wu was appoint\u00aded Impe\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal Sec\u00adre\u00adtary to march through the palace. Offi\u00adcials dis\u00adpatched troops to exe\u00adcute the kings of Liang, Huaiyang, and Heng\u00adshan, as well as the young emper\u00ador, at his res\u00adi\u00addence. Emper\u00ador Wen returned to the front hall, and that night, he issued an impe\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal edict grant\u00adi\u00adng amnesty to the entire nation. (From Vol\u00adume 13 of \u201cZizhi Tongjian\u201d)
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\n\u2014 Ear\u00adli\u00ader, we\u2019ve dis\u00adcussed how Liu Heng hes\u00adi\u00adtant\u00adly fol\u00adlowed his min\u00adis\u00adters into Chang\u2019an and the palace to become emper\u00ador. How\u00adev\u00ader, once inside, he imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly made sev\u00ader\u00adal deci\u00adsions: first, he appoint\u00aded Song Chang as com\u00adman\u00adder-in-chief of the cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u2019s gar\u00adri\u00adson, com\u00admand\u00ading both the South\u00adern and North\u00adern armies (when the L\u00fc fam\u00adi\u00adly was exter\u00admi\u00adnat\u00aded, Zhou Bo had sim\u00adply swin\u00addled the North\u00adern army\u2019s mil\u00adi\u00adtary pow\u00ader to seize con\u00adtrol, demon\u00adstrat\u00ading the impor\u00adtance of this posi\u00adtion). He then appoint\u00aded the rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive yet equal\u00adly loy\u00adal Zhang Wu as com\u00adman\u00adder of the palace guard. With\u00adout hes\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion, he dis\u00adpatched var\u00adi\u00adous depart\u00adments to imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly exe\u00adcute the young emper\u00ador, Liu Hong, and sev\u00ader\u00adal oth\u00ader Liu princes sus\u00adpect\u00aded of hav\u00ading L\u00fc ties, essen\u00adtial\u00adly erad\u00adi\u00adcat\u00ading the prob\u00adlem at its roots\u2014a strat\u00ade\u00adgy like\u00adly echoed by the min\u00adis\u00adters them\u00adselves. And that very night, he ascend\u00aded to the throne as emper\u00ador, unable to wait even for the next day! Just look at how thrilling this day was!
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\nFrom this last para\u00adgraph, we can see that Emper\u00ador Wen of Han, Liu Heng, was very low-key, hum\u00adble and respect\u00adful on the sur\u00adface, but his polit\u00adi\u00adcal tal\u00adent was also extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnary. He han\u00addled things very quick\u00adly and neat\u00adly. This aspect may have been inher\u00adit\u00aded from his father, Liu Bang.
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\nJan\u00adu\u00adary 4, 2012, Argen\u00adtine Primera Diary in Bei\u00adjing<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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