As a dynasty in Chinese history that has once again unified after the Qin Dynasty, the imperial order of the Western Han Dynasty can be easily said by many people: Gao Huiwen Jingwu Zhaoxuan, Yuan Cheng mourning the baby. It is true that the baby is the king of the country, but the difference between him and the king of other dynasties is that others are the emperors of the emperor, but he is the emperor of the emperor, but he is the emperor of the emperor, but he is the emperor of the crown prince. What suffering did he experience after the fall of the country? What was his end?
The widow was originally named Liu Bao, he was the grandson of Emperor Xuan of Han and the son of Liu Xian, the Marquis of Guangqi, in 6 AD, the 15-year-old Han Ping Emperor died of illness, at this time as the actual ruler of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang wanted to take his place, but considering that the actual conditions were not yet available, Wang Mang's technique was repeated according to the previous practice of establishing the Han Ping Emperor, choosing to appoint another young son of the royal family surnamed Liu as the heir of the empire, and Liu Infant was so "lucky" selected.
It is said that the selection of liu as the heir of the empire is naturally to ascend the throne as emperor according to the normal procedure, but Wang Mang, who has the heart of usurping The Han, did not let Liu Infant go according to the normal procedure, but refused to make Liu Infant emperor under the pretext of liu infantity, but only agreed to make him crown prince, and gave him a title with a derogatory nature. (In March, Emperor Xuan's grandson was made crown prince and nicknamed a widow.) ）
It is simply unheard of for a monarch to be the crown prince, but it did happen in the Han Dynasty. Why did Wang Mang refuse to make Liu Bao emperor? It turned out that Wang Mang himself at this time wanted to be an emperor without a name, so he constantly instructed his henchmen to forge physical examples of his destiny, for example, in the month when Liu Infant was on the throne, Meng Tong, the governor of Wugong County, when digging a well, found a large white stone with the words "Tell An Han Gong Mang to be emperor" written on it. With physical evidence, it is also necessary to obtain the consent of his aunt, the empress dowager, Wang Zhengjun. In order to force Wang Zhengjun, who was willing to agree to the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang used his own opinion as the opinion of the courtiers to persuade Wang Zhengjun with affection and reason, but forced to agree, Wang Zhengjun had to agree.
Emperor Ping, childless, was the youngest son of Emperor Xuan of Mangzheng xuan, liu bao, the marquis of Guangqi, who was two years old, and entrusted Bu Xiang as the most auspicious. Naifeng Gongqing asked Li Bao to be a widow, and made Zaiheng An Han Gong Mang Practice Zuoju, such as the story of Zhou GongFu Chengwang. The empress dowager did not think that it was okay, and her strength could not be forbidden, so Mang became the regent emperor and changed his title to Zhi Yan. (Book of Han, Volume 98, Yuan Hou Bian No. 68)
After Wang Mang became a false emperor as he wished, his intention to usurp the throne to replace Sima Zhao of the Han Dynasty was already well known, and many courtiers who wanted to show loyalty to Liu's "orthodox" concept of han room chose to either retire or go into hiding, which embarrassed Wang Mang, but what bothered him even more was the attack of Liu Clan and local powerful men, such as the rebellion of Liu Chong, the Marquis of Anzhong, and the attack of Taishou Zhai Yi of Dong County. In order to quell the turmoil of the rebel army, Wang Mang, on the one hand, declared that he had no intention of usurping the Han, and when the baby and the widow grew up, he took the initiative to resign and go home to recuperate, winning the sympathy of the people of the world; on the other hand, he sent troops to severely suppress it.
With the suppression of the rebel army, Wang Mang began to become complacent, believing that no one could stop him from pretending to be true, and began to attack the real emperor's throne. In 8 AD, Wang Mang accepted Liu Bao's Zen concession to the throne of the True Emperor on the grounds that the Mandate of Heaven had been attributed, and changed the name of the country to "Xin", and since then the Western Han Dynasty has become history. (In the first year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Marquis Qingshi of Mangshuai served the Emperor Empress Dowager Xi, and the Empress Dowager shang, following the orders of the Emperor, went to Han.) ）
After the fall of the Western Han Dynasty, in order to show his benevolence, Wang Mang did not kill his widows and babies, but greatly named him the Duke of Anding, and made the 5 counties of Pingyuan County, such as Pingyuan, Ande, Luoyin, Mane, and Chongqiu, with thousands of households and hundreds of miles in the place, as the Principality of Ding'an, allowing Liu Infant to neutralize the temple of the ancestors of the Han Dynasty in the country and sacrifice for generations. However, although Liu Infant was sealed as a principality, Wang Mang did not allow him to return to the feudal state, but instead rebuilt the Dahongxu Mansion in the capital into "Anding Gongdi", raising the young Liu Infant in the Anding Gongdi, isolating any contact with the outside world, and even the nursing mother was not allowed to talk to him, resulting in Liu Infant not knowing six animals after becoming an adult, and his knowledge was no different from that of young children. (With the DahongFu as the Ding'an Gongdi; all were supervised by the emissaries of the janitors.) Nursing mothers are not allowed to speak with babies, often in the four walls, and as for growing up, they cannot be named six animals. ）
From the imprisonment of the Western Han Dynasty in 8 AD to the fall of Xinmang in 23 AD, he stayed in Ding'an Gongdi for fifteen years, and he was no different from a caged bird in these fifteen years. After the fall of the new dynasty, the baby originally thought that he could usher in a new life, but unfortunately it backfired, and greater suffering awaited him.
Between the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was not only the new dynasty built by Wang Mang, but also the Xuan Han built by the first emperor Liu Xuan. After the fall of the new dynasty, the more first emperor Liu Xuan entered Chang'an and became the lord of the world, but unfortunately the reality proved that he was not a wise lord, unable to calm the internal and external contradictions, many generals have deviated from him, Liu Xiu, Fang Wang, and others are the same, but the difference is that Liu Xiu broke with the more first emperor on the grounds that he was a relative of the Han Dynasty, and Fang Wang rebelled against the first emperor with the help of the late Western Han Emperor's widow.
Fang Wang once said to the Anling people Bow Lin and others: "Liu Bao, the former Duke of An, is the heir of the Han Ping Emperor, and although Wang Mang usurped the throne, Liu Bao was once the lord of Han. Now people say that Liu Shi's concubines should be appointed as emperors, and I want to work with you to establish great achievements. "In ancient times, orthodoxy often played a dominant role, especially when the liu royal family still had influence in the folk, so there is nothing more justified than supporting Liu Bao, the late emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, to re-establish the emperor. After listening to Fang Wang's proposal, Gong Lin and the others agreed, so they found Liu Bao in Chang'an and took him to Linjing to officially establish him as the Son of Heaven. (In the first month of the third year, the Pingling people Fang Wangli established his former widow Liu Bao as the Son of Heaven.) At first, seeing that there was more political turmoil and that it would be defeated, it was said that the Anling people, Bow Lin, etc., said: "Former Ding'an GongBao, the heir of Emperor Ping, although Wang Mang usurped it, he tasted it as the lord of Han." Now that liu shi zhenren is more ordained, he wants to make great achievements together, how can he? "Lin waited for the baby in Chang'an, and he will stand in Linjing. ）
Fang Wang and others thought it was good, but they were too hasty and their forces were not good, and after they were established as emperor, they were opposed by Liu Xuan, the first emperor of the Restoration Dynasty with the same surname, because once Fang Wang and others gained a firm foothold in the name of the baby and the widow, their legitimacy would be questioned, and in order to never end the problem, Liu Xuan sent the minister Li Song to suppress the situation, and soon this newly established restoration force was broken, and the baby was also killed by the rebels. (Spring, the first month, Fang Wang and the Anling people Bow Lin before the establishment of the An Gong Infant as the Son of Heaven, gathered thousands of people, living in Linjing.) Even more dispatched to Smash The Pine and others were cut off. ）
The last emperor of a generation hastily ended his puppet life, perhaps death is also a relief for him, but he did not die at the hands of the usurper, but died at the hands of the clan with the same surname, inexplicably a little ironic.
Reference: Book of Han, Volume 98, Yuan Hou Zhuan No. 68
Book of Han, Volume 99, Biography of Wang Mang, 69
"Later Han Shu , Vol. XI , Liu Xuan Liu Penzi Column Biography No. 1 " , etc.