During the reigns of Emperor Wen of Han and Emperor Jing of Han, they paid great attention to economic development, so they opened the rule of Wenjing and gradually restored the country that had been damaged in the war. This also provided a material basis for the later Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to fight against the Xiongnu and expand his territory.
Before Emperor Wu of Han ascended the throne, the candidate for the crown prince was not him. At that time, the Han Jing Emperor Liu Qi was very fond of Li Ji, while Emperor Wu of Han's mother, Wang Shi, was unknown and unknown. Therefore, at first, Liu Qi's favored candidate was Li Ji's son, his eldest son Liu Rong. It can be said that this form is very unfavorable to Liu Che, the position of prince has been determined, although Liu Rong's intelligence is not as good as Liu Che, but his mother Li Ji is favored, and occupies the title of eldest son, and it is traditional to establish a concubine in all dynasties, not to mention that he does not have the support of the background, so the situation is worrying.
Soon after, Empress Bo was deposed by the Han Jing Emperor Liu Qi because she was not favored and had no heirs, in this case Li Ji was the biggest beneficiary, and her son had been made crown prince, and the empress position was also within reach. But just as the so-called no death will not die, Li Ji is a palace girl, she has no education herself, and her temperament is also relatively arrogant and arrogant, but she has always been favored by Liu Qi, but there is nothing wrong. However, her mistake was that she should not provoke Princess Liu Yan of Guantao, who was Liu Qi's sister and the eldest daughter of Empress Dou, and could be said to be from a noble birth and a smooth sailing.
Guan Tao herself was very ambitious, bent on making her daughter an empress, at first Guan Tao's favored candidate was the crown prince Liu Rong, but when she went to discuss this matter with Li Ji, she was fiercely rejected by Li Ji and ridiculed, how could the proud Liu Yan bear this anger! So he hated Kurihime in his heart and wanted to leave her with nothing. Guan Tao itself had a relatively good relationship with Liu Qi, the Emperor of Han Jing, and was still able to speak in front of him. So she began to secretly belittle Li Ji, originally the back seat was vacant, Li Ji has been waiting for the upper position, as a result, Liu Qi heard Guan Tao's words, but also felt that Li Ji was too small and childish, and could not bear the heavy responsibility of the lord of the harem, so Li Ji was never crowned empress, Li Ji knew that it was Guan Tao who secretly provoked, directly tore his face and threatened Guan Tao. So Guan Tao felt that he could not let Liu Rong ascend the throne, otherwise it would be very unfavorable to himself.
Just as Princess Guantao was thinking about the right person, Liu Che appeared in front of her eyes. Compared with the li ji who was stubborn, the Wang clan was gentle and polite, and the treatment of Guan Tao was also polite and friendly, Liu Che himself was also talented and unique, and what satisfied Princess Guan Tao even more was that in the face of the matter of wanting to give Chen Ajiao to Liu Che, wang clan agreed very smoothly. Liu Che even said something like "If you have a jiao, the golden house hides it". This made Princess Guantao overjoyed, thinking that Liu Che was an excellent candidate and would definitely treat her daughter Chen Ajiao well. Therefore, Princess Guantao began to vigorously support Liu Che's ascension to the throne, she first kept praising Liu Che's talent, insight and character in front of Liu Qi, and then looking for supporters for Liu Che in the imperial court, so Liu Che gradually appeared in front of everyone, compared to the arrogant Liu Rong, Liu Che's superior talk and humility can capture everyone's love.
Under the unanimous praise of everyone, Liu Qi's ideas also gradually changed, and he felt that Liu Che was more suitable for being an emperor than Liu Rong. At this time, the Wang clan also appeared frequently in front of Liu Qi, in the face of the gentle and whispering Wang clan, Liu Qi gradually pampered this concubine who had been forgotten by himself, in the face of these changes, Li Ji was in a hurry, only knew that the battle was oppressive, blindly suppressed, there was no strategy and method, so finally he was disgusted by the Han Jing Emperor, and even Liu Rong was deposed as the crown prince.
Later, Liu Che successfully ascended the throne and became emperor, but Liu Che was not Liu Qi, and in the face of Princess Guantao and others who wanted to gain more power, he could not bear it, lying on the bed, and would not allow others to snore. So Princess Guantao and others who once helped them inherit the throne have now become a stumbling block, and if they want to become a real emperor and have great power, they must get rid of these people, and the oath they once took in front of Liu Che has also become a joke. On the one hand, he connived at Chen Ajiao's dominance in the harem and was arrogant, on the other hand, in the former dynasty, he gathered the hearts of his courtiers and constantly cultivated his own confidants. Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty was different from the previous emperors who advocated Taoist thought, he advocated Confucian doctrine, so he vigorously advocated Confucianism to govern the country, for which he was respected and followed by Confucian scholars.
In order to suppress the power of the princely states, Liu Che implemented the Tuien Order, and used the rule of law to promote the princes to divide the sons as waiting, so that the fiefs of the princes had to reduce themselves. At the same time, the local assassin history was set up, responsible for supervising the localities, so as to strengthen the centralization of power and consolidate their own rule. It also brought the core economy of the country such as boiling salt and smelting iron under the central management, making the central government an economic center.
In addition, Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty advocated Confucianism, and began to reuse Dong Zhongshu, who proposed "deposing hundreds of families and respecting Confucianism alone", and established Taixue in Chang'an, importantly teaching Confucian education. At this point, Emperor Wu of Han had gradually grasped the power of the country, and at this time, he was no longer the weak and unreliable Liu Che he once was, so he could also begin to clean up those who had threatened him before.
First of all, Emperor Wu of Han gradually overshadowed the forces in the hands of Princess Guantao and others, and later broke them one by one, and from then on, these people no longer had any threat to Liu Che. And Chen Ajiao, because her mother is the second generation of the emperor, her uncle is the emperor, and her grandmother is the empress dowager with real power, all of them are free from childhood to adulthood, and they have what they want, so they love to make small children. Even in the face of his own emperor husband Liu Che is also moody and angry, for the self-esteem is strong, for the Han Wu emperor who has endured for so many years to come out, Chen Ajiao is provocative, is pampered and proud, so the heart is tired of marrying the empress out of interests, and it is even more tired early.
Just at this time, the appearance of Wei Zifu made Liu Che feel the warmth of a long absence. Wei Zifu, who was born in Maiji, is young and beautiful, and has a meek personality, and for Liu Che, who is tired of Chen Ajiao, the two are even more different. At this time, the forces behind Chen Ajiao did not dare to directly confront Emperor Wu of Han, after all, this once out-of-power teenager was not the same as the domineering emperor at this time. Chen Ajiao herself is not a person who is good at patience, and she is full of anger when she faces Wei Zifu, who has captured Liu Che's favor, and is always looking for things. However, Wei Zifu was from a lowly background, and she was also very good at observing the color of speech, she knew that Emperor Wudi of Han did not like this Empress Chen, especially hated her arrogance and willfulness, so in the face of the imposing Chen Ajiao, she was even more weak and retreating, ChuChu pitiful look, and sure enough, Emperor Wudi of Han was completely fascinated by her, and made up his mind to let his beloved Wei Zifu replace Chen Ajiao.
In fact, in addition to the fact that Emperor Wudi of Han did this because he loved Wei Zifu and hated Chen Ajiao, more importantly, he did not want the imperial court to be swayed by the harem, so he needed to cultivate a new force, and Wei Zifu, who was from a humble background and gentle and beautiful, naturally became the ideal candidate in his mind. Moreover, Wei Zifu's brother Wei Qing was a general, who made great contributions to Emperor Wu of Han's great cause of the Southern Expedition to the North, and Wei Qing's nephew Huo Fu was also loved and valued by Emperor Wu of Han. Therefore, it became logical to abolish Chen Ajiao and make Wei Zifu empress.
In this way, Chen Ajiao, who had been threatened by Liu Che to hide the golden house, eventually retired to Nagato Palace and died between Yuan Ding and Yuan Feng.