In the winter of the first year of Houyuan (143 BC), the Zhongdafu Ling was renamed Weiwei. On the Dingyou day of March, a general amnesty was issued, and each citizen was granted a higher-level title. All the officials of 2,000 Stones and the prime ministers of the vassal states were granted the title of Youshuzhang. In April, an order was issued to allow the people to gather and drink. On the Bingxu day of May, an earthquake occurred, and another earthquake occurred during breakfast. The earthquake in Shangyong County lasted for 22 days and the city wall was damaged. On the Yisi day of July, a solar eclipse occurred. Prime Minister Liu She was dismissed. On the Renchen day of August, the Imperial Censor Wei Wan was appointed as Prime Minister and was canonized as Marquis Jianling.
In the first month of the second year of Houyuan (142 BC), three earthquakes occurred in succession within one day. General Zhidu led his army to attack the Huns. An order was issued to allow the people to gather and drink for five days. The imperial edict ordered the internal historians and the counties not to feed horses with grain, and those who violated the order would have their horses taken back by the government. It was stipulated that criminals and slaves were only allowed to wear rough clothes. It was strictly forbidden to use horses to pound rice. Due to the poor harvest that year, the emperor ordered the people of the world not to eat up the food they had harvested that year within a year. Reduce the number of marquises stationed in the capital and let them all return to their fiefdoms. In March, the Huns invaded Yanmen County. In October, the farmland around Changling, the tomb of Emperor Gaozu, was rented to farmers for cultivation. A severe drought occurred. Plagues were prevalent in Hengshan State, Hedong County, and Yunzhong County.
In October of the third year of Houyuan (141 BC), there was a solar and lunar eclipse, and the sun and moon appeared red for five consecutive days. On the last day of December, there was a thunderstorm. The sun turned purple. The five planets, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, and Saturn, all retrograde and stay near the Taiwei Palace. The moon crossed the sky horizontally. On the Jiayin day of the first month, the crowning ceremony of Crown Prince Liu Che was held. On the Jiazi day, Emperor Xiaojing died. His will granted a higher level title to each of the heirs of his father among the princes and the common people, and 100 coins to each household of the people across the country. The palace maids were sent back to their hometowns and exempted from taxes and corvée for life. The crown prince ascended the throne and became Emperor Xiaowu. In March, the Empress Dowager's younger brother Tian Niu was canonized as Marquis of Wu'an and Tian Sheng as Marquis of Zhouyang. The coffin of Emperor Jing was placed in Yangling.
Taishigong the Grand Historian said: After the rise of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Xiaowen showed great kindness, and the people of the world were able to live in peace. By the time of Emperor Xiaojing, there was no need to worry about the rebellion of the princes of different surnames. However, Chao Cuo severely deprived the princes of the same surname as their fiefs, which led to the rebellion of the seven states of Wu and Chu, and they jointly attacked the court to the west. This was because the princes were still too powerful, and Chao Cuo did not take the approach of gradually weakening them. It was not until Zhufu Yan made suggestions and gradually weakened the power of the princes that the country was able to stabilize. Isn't the key to national security and danger determined by strategy?
后元年冬，更命中大夫令为卫尉。三月丁酉，赦天下，赐爵一级，中二千石、诸侯相爵右庶长。四月，大酺。五月丙戌，地动，其蚤食时复动。上庸地动二十二日，坏城垣。七月乙巳，日食。丞相刘舍免。八月壬辰，以御史大夫绾为丞相，封为建陵侯。
后二年正月，地一日三动。郅将军击匈奴。酺五日。令内史郡不得食马粟，没入县官。令徒隶衣七緵布。止马舂。为岁不登，禁天下食不造岁。省列侯遣之国。三月，匈奴入雁门。十月，租长陵田。大旱。衡山国、河东、云中郡民疫。
后三年十月，日月皆食赤五日。十二月晦，雷 ，日如紫。五星逆行守太微。月贯天廷中。正月甲寅，皇太子冠。甲子，孝景皇帝崩。遗诏赐诸侯王以下至民为父后爵一级，天下户百钱。出宫人归其家，复无所与。太子即位，是为孝武皇帝。三月，封皇太后弟蚡为武安侯，弟胜为周阳侯。置阳陵。
太史公曰：汉兴，孝文施大德，天下怀安，至孝景，不复忧异姓，而晁错刻削诸侯，遂使七国俱起，合从而西乡，以诸侯太盛，而错为之不以渐也。及主父偃言之，而诸侯以弱，卒以安。安危之机，岂不以谋哉？
The end of A11
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