The ancient emperor had great power, but he was also constantly worried about the rebellion of others, and in order to seize the power of his courtiers, he would even kill them on charges, and his guard against the people in the imperial family was even heavier. Many dynasties also had such operations as cutting the clan, fearing that the development and growth of the clan king would endanger their own rule.
However, when cutting the domain, it is also possible to attract the rebellion of the king of the domain and lose his throne, in order to weaken the power of the king of the domain, successive emperors have exhausted their minds. During the Han Dynasty, King Jing of Zhongshan, in order to deal with Emperor Wu of The Han Dynasty, gave birth to more than 120 sons in one go, which was a clever means.
Pampered
Liu Sheng was the ninth son of Emperor Jing of Han, and although he was neither the eldest son nor a concubine, he was valued by the emperor from birth, and the reason for this result was not because this child was different from ordinary people, but because his mother was very favored.
It was once recorded in the history books that once the emperor took his mother to the suburbs to play, when the concubine went to the toilet, but not long after she entered the toilet, a wild boar suddenly came out, and the wild boar also rushed into the toilet, and the emperor was very panicked when he saw this scene, worried about the safety of his concubine.
Even despite the objections of others, he snatched the weapon from the guards and prepared to rush in, fortunately, under the protection of the guards, the wild boar escaped Liu Sheng's mother also saved her life, and from this incident we can also see how much the emperor likes his mother.
Therefore, after Liu Sheng was born, he was also valued by the emperor and was named the King of Zhongshan Jing at the age of 11.
The new emperor ascended the throne
When Emperor Jingdi of Han ascended the throne, the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms broke out, and after his death, the new emperor had just ascended the throne, and he was also very jealous of the prince's rebellion, and at that time, many courtiers began to target various princes and princes at his behest, often writing to the book to accuse the princes of misconduct.
Although the new emperor ascended the throne, most of the power in the court was in the hands of the empress, and these clan kings were also her descendants, and she did not agree with the emperor to deal with the clan king, so the courtiers were also suppressed. Later, the emperor wanted to implement the new policy, because it endangered the power of the princes, and was once again suppressed by the empress.
Although none of these policies were implemented, they also made King Jing of Zhongshan realize that with the death of Emperor Xian, everything had changed dramatically, and the newly enthroned emperor Liu Che had great revenge and would attack the king sooner or later.
More than 120 children were born
King Jing of Zhongshan indulged in wine in his fiefdom, listened to music every day to enjoy the dancing of beautiful women, and there were many women in the backyard at that time, his brother also accused him of not doing his job as the king of the clan, but he said that as the king of the clan, he did not need to do anything right, just need to have fun.
He was very angry that his brother could not afford to support him. Later, after the death of the empress dowager, the emperor began to implement the Tuien Order throughout the country, hoping to weaken the power of the king of the clan in this way, and the other clan kings were very troubled to think that their fiefs would be divided into several pieces for their children.
Only King Jing of Zhongshan did not care, he was even more dashing than before, one beautiful woman after another was carried into the backyard by him, and these concubines were also very capable, giving birth to one son after another. There are very clear records in the history books that there are more than 120 sons of King Jing of Zhongshan, and there are even more daughters who are not registered.
His approach also made other clan kings have some surprises, and even the emperors in the capital began to doubt whether there was any loophole in his Tuien Order, otherwise his fiefdom would be divided into more than 120 points, and the King of Zhongshan Jing would completely cease to exist, but after careful consideration, it was found that there was no loophole in the Tuien Order, and perhaps the other party was really just addicted to female sex and had no political vision.
Later generations will look at this history again, will find the wisdom of King Jing of Zhongshan, the ancient people for the heir bloodline is very important to say that there are many children and many blessings, on the one hand, because there are more children and more labor, on the other hand, there are more children, even if one of them becomes talented in the future, they can make the family glorious.
This practice of King Jing of Zhongshan also has this consideration, there are always more than 120 descendants who are not confused people, and his idea has indeed been realized, and many years later, one of his descendants is Liu Bei, who also created his own political power; in addition, there is also a consideration, that is, to dispel the emperor's suspicions through having more sons.
In the process of cutting the domain, there are some clan kings, because misconduct will easily be targeted by the emperor, not only lose the fiefdom and even lose his life, Zhongshan Jing King is in this way, showing that he is addicted to wine every day, unintentional politics dispels the emperor's suspicions, and avoids the emperor's targeting.
epilogue
The ancient emperor had the greatest power and highest status, and many people needed to take into account his ideas in doing things, and the same was true for the king of the clan, not that he could exert his ambitions with ability and vision in politics.
On the contrary, sometimes it is necessary to hide clumsiness in order to dispel the emperor's suspicions and save his own life, and King Jing of Zhongshan gave birth to more than 100 sons, and the means are still very clever.