Since ancient times, the struggle for the throne has been accompanied by conspiracies and killings, and in order to ascend to the throne of the Nine-Five, all feelings and morals will be forgotten, and some are only the pursuit of power and the ambition to win. From this point of view, as a loser in the battle for the throne, the end can be imagined, after all, everyone understands the principle of cutting grass and rooting. Many successful emperors in history will be cruel to their enemies to avoid future troubles. Therefore, those princes and princes who failed to compete for the throne almost did not have a good end. However, there are also deposed princes in history who have died well, who is he, and what has he experienced?
As a deposed prince who rarely received a good death in history, Liu Jiang was not easy. Liu Jiang was the eldest son of Emperor Liu Xiu of han guangwu and empress Guo Shengtong, and was made crown prince at a young age. However, with the loss of power in Guo Shengtong's mother's family and the abolition of Guo Shengtong, Liu Jiang sat like a needle in the position of prince. Later, Liu Jiang voluntarily resigned from the position of crown prince and was crowned the King of the East Sea. From this point of view, this Life of Liu Jiang is both unfortunate and fortunate, so why does Liu Jiang have such an experience? This has to start from the grudge of his father Guangwu Emperor's generation.
Liu Xiu, the ninth grandson of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, belonged to the line of Liu Fa, the Ding King of Changsha, the Emperor of Hanjing. In the last years of the new Mang, natural disasters and man-made disasters made the lives of the common people more and more difficult, and the uprisings in various places also rose and fell, and later the Liu family brothers also saw the opportunity and vigorously revolted. But where there is war, there will be bloodshed and sacrifice, the uprising did not take long, Liu Xiu's eldest brother was killed, the death of the eldest brother is a big blow to Liu Xiu, which makes Liu Xiu deeply realize: his own power is still far from reaching the level of confrontation with the strong, if he does not grow up, he can only become the prey under the butcher's knife of others.
Therefore, in order to expand his own power and enhance his combat effectiveness, Liu Xiu used his marriage as an exchange to marry Guo Shengtong, the niece of Liu Yang, the king of Zhending in Hebei. At that time, there was a folk proverb: "You can't get it, in Hebei." From this proverb, it is enough to see the importance of the Hebei region for the seizure of power. However, it is worth mentioning that before marrying Guo Shengtong, Liu Xiu had already married Yin Lihua, who was with his own green plum bamboo horse. Although in Liu Xiu's heart, Yin Lihua is the best candidate for his wife, after all, marrying a wife should marry Yin Lihua, but in the face of politics, where is the position of love? Therefore, although Liu Xiu felt guilty about Yin Lihua in his heart, in Liu Xiu's heart, power was more important!
Moreover, people at the time said that Liu Xiu married Guo Shengtong, just to achieve political goals, he really loved only Yin Lihua, and Guo Shengtong was cannon fodder on the road of love between the two. However, the credibility of this sentence is not very high, if it is only for political purposes, why would he give birth to so many children with Guo Shengtong? If it is only used, why would guo Shengtong be treated kindly? Although he married Liu Xiu late, Guo Shengtong's luck was better than Yin Lihua.com. Because Guo Shengtong gave birth to a son one step at a time before Yin Lihua, this was Liu Jiang, who was later made crown prince. However, this good fortune also runs out of time. After Liu Xiu laid the foundation of Jiangshan, the forces behind Guo Shengtong were gradually uprooted, and even Guo Shengtong himself was deposed for one reason or another.
One has no foreign family as a backer, the second has a deposed mother, the third liu Jiang's fourth brother Liu Zhuang (yin Lihua's son) is obviously more favored than himself, Liu Xiu's heart has long been biased, in the face of such a situation, if he takes the initiative to resign, maybe he can have a good ending, if he is forced to occupy the hut, he will not know what is waiting for him! Therefore, Liu Jiang saw that the timing was right, and several times made a request to Liu Xiu to take the throne. However, liu Jiang did not rebel and did not have cholera, and Liu Xiu did not directly deprive Liu Jiang of his position as crown prince. After several years of stalemate, Liu Xiu finally "reluctantly" had been wronged by his son, so he agreed to Liu Jiang's request to demote himself to the position of king of the domain.
Subsequently, Liu Jiang was crowned king of the East Sea. Emperor Liu Xiu of han guangwu felt that his son was not deposed because of negligence, so he let Liu Jiang have both the rich Lu County and made Lu the capital of the country. Liu Jiang was also awarded two titles, with a total of twenty-nine counties. After Liu Jiang's death, Liu Zhuang, the Hanming Emperor who had become emperor, was very sad and buried with a very solemn ceremony. From this point of view, the most important reason why Liu Jiang was able to die as a deposed prince was that Liu Jiang himself had enough eyesight, and at the same time had enough strength and wisdom, and Liu Xiu also had a certain amount of guilt in his heart for Liu Jiang, otherwise, the end would be unpredictable!