Emperor Wen of Han is all too familiar to us, his achievements are obvious to all, and he is also one of the famous representatives of Renjun in Chinese history.
However, during his reign, there was still a rebellion between the King of Jibei and the King of Huainan, so Jia Yi went up to Shangshu and asked to divide the power of the princes and strengthen the imperial power, but Emperor Wen of Han did not accept it.
Later, Chao Que put forward the proposal to cut the domain, but Emperor Wen of Han still did not accept it. Emperor Wenming of Han knew that the suggestion they made was very good, so why not adopt it? There are two main reasons.
1. Emperor Wen of Han was cautious
Emperor Wen of Han was very cautious, which led him not to make the decision to cut the domain easily, because he was afraid that cutting the domain would cause greater turmoil, ruin the difficult stability and even threaten his throne.
So why was Emperor Wen of Han cautious? Because his mother Bo Ji was not favored by Liu Bang, and after Lü Hou came to power, Liu Heng went to the fiefdom, and he never thought that he would become emperor.
Therefore, when Chen Ping and Zhou Bo supported him as emperor, he was very cautious and sent people to investigate the facts, and after the situation was true, he went to Chang'an to ascend the throne.
Liu Heng was absent from the imperial court for a long time, and Lü Hou was very fierce, so Liu Heng had to be cautious in order to protect his own safety.
The rebellion of the two kings was also caused by the problem of the succession to the throne, so Emperor Wen of Han did not want to expand the contradiction, if the use of cutting the domain, it may lead to the possibility of rebellion of all kings, then Emperor Wen of Han will encounter great trouble.
In order to stabilize the throne and stabilize the current situation, Emperor Wen of Han could not anger the princes, and the ministers were not necessarily his confidants, if there were ministers in the court and the king of the clan colluding inside and outside, Emperor Wen of Han could not say that the throne was not secure, and his life might be lost. Considering these problems, Emperor Wen of Han did not dare to rush to cut the domain.
2, the time is not ripe
Emperor Wen of Han created the rule of Wenjing, so in the early days of his reign, the economic and social development of the Han Dynasty was not very good, so Emperor Wendi of Han considered how to enhance economic strength and did not focus on the matter of cutting the domain.
Moreover, at this time, the Xiongnu were also eyeing the Han Dynasty, so Emperor Wen of Han also had to strengthen the military strength of border defense, so economic development was a very important thing at that time.
Although Jia Yi and Chao's suggestions could be appreciated by Emperor Wen of Han, the situation at that time did not allow Emperor Wen of Han to do so. During the reign of Emperor Wen of Han, although there were rebellions by the princes, they were not large in scale, and the chaos was soon quelled.
Emperor Wendi of Han felt that this problem was not very big, there was no need to spend too much energy, and it was the fundamental task to improve agriculture and economic development.
Emperor Wen of Han did not accept the cutting of the domain, not because he was unwilling to cut the domain, but because it was a top priority, not to cut the domain. If you rush to cut the domain, it will lead to a joint rebellion of the clan kings.
Then it is very likely that a series of development policies formulated by Emperor Wen of Han will be shelved, not to mention the risk of the throne and the loss of life. It is also reasonable for Emperor Wen of Han to consider this.
Emperor Wendi's approach also told us that everything should be divided into priorities and orders, and we should not blindly deal with some contradictions and problems. In modern society, when we encounter problems, we cannot treat the headaches and feet, but we must find the root cause of the problem and then deal with the problem.
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History of Filial Piety Chronicle No. 10
Hanshu Liu Hengji IV
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