Zhao Wang Zhang'er stills
The first King of Zhao in the Western Han Dynasty was Zhang Er, who followed Liu Bang to rebel against Qin at the end of Qin, assisted Han Xin in pacifying the homeland of the Zhao state, and was awarded the title of King of Zhao for his merits.
After Zhang Er's death, his son Zhang Ao inherited the title.
Since then, the title of "King of Zhao" seems to have been cast by a spell, which is very strange, and the successors have been deposed at the slightest, and poisoned, starved, and killed...
Zhang Ao's status was very noble, in addition to the title of King of Zhao, he was also the son-in-law of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gaozu, his wife was Princess Lu Yuan, and his daughter Zhang Yan was the empress of Liu Ying, the Emperor of Han Hui.
In the seventh year of Han Gaozu (200 BC), Han Gaozu's Liu Bang was defeated in his northern expedition against the Xiongnu and was besieged for seven days and seven nights.
Liu Bang adopted Chen Ping's strategy and bribed the Xiongnu Shan Yu's wife Fu Shi (阏氏) to break the siege and return to the capital to pass through the fiefdom of his son-in-law Zhang Ao.
Zhang Ao warmly received his father-in-law with respect. Who knew that Liu Bang, who had a belly full of fire, did not appreciate it, and came up with vigor and scolded his son-in-law.
Zhao Guo's ministers, Guan Gao, Zhao Wu, and others were extremely angry and plotted to assassinate Liu Bang and save face for their master.
Whoever thought that the matter would be revealed, Liu Bang was furious and wanted to kill Zhang Ao, but thanks to Guan Gao's initiative to take the blame, coupled with Lü Hou's intercession, Liu Bang deposed Zhang Ao as the Marquis of Xuanping, and the State of Zhao was removed.
Liu Bang's beloved beauty Qi Ji gave birth to a son Liu Ruyi, who Liu Bang liked very much, so he restored the state of Zhao and made Liu Ruyi the King of Zhao.
Lu Yan stills
After Liu Bang's death, Lü Hou frantically retaliated against qi Ji's mother and son, Zhao Ruyi was poisoned, and Qi Ji was cut off "hands and feet, eyes, ears, drinking medicine, making him live in the toilet, and his life was called 'Ren Yan'".
In the first year of Emperor Hui of Han (194 BC), shortly after Liu Ruyi the Prince of Zhao was poisoned, Lü Hou renamed Liu You, the sixth son of Liu Bang, the Prince of Huaiyang, as King of Zhao.
Liu You disliked Queen Lü (suspected to be Empress Lü's niece) and often flirted with other concubines, causing Queen Lü to be jealous.
In the first month of the seventh year of Lü Hou's reign (181 BC), Lü Shi falsely accused her husband Liu You of rebellion against Lü Hou.
Stills of Liu You, King of Zhao
Enraged, Lü Hou imprisoned Liu You and cut off his diet, and Liu You, the King of Zhao, was starved to death.
In February of the same year, Lü Hou renamed Liu Bang's fifth son Liu Hui the Prince of Liang as the King of Zhao, and there were frequent accidents in the position of King of Zhao, and Liu Hui was "unhappy".
In order to comfort Liu Hui, Lü Hou married the daughter of her nephew Lü Chan to Liu Hui as queen.
Liu Hui and his sixth brother Liu You made a mistake and did not like their queen. This queen Lü was even more vicious, and all concubines who were favored by Liu Hui were brutally poisoned. Liu Hui dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and four months later, Liu Hui, who was overwhelmed with grief and indignation, chose to commit suicide.
Although Liu Hui had a son, Empress Lü forcibly gave the title of King of Zhao to Han Gaozu's fourth son, Liu Heng the Acting King.
Liu Heng hurriedly expressed his stubborn resignation, saying that the rich land of the Zhao state should be ceded to the virtuous people, and he was willing to guard the frontier on behalf of the land.
Liu Heng was far-sighted, not only escaped a disaster, but was later welcomed into the imperial palace after Lü Hou's death, inheriting the throne, and was known as Emperor Wen of Han.
When Lü Hou saw that no one in the Liu clan accepted the title of King of Zhao, he made his nephew Lü Lu the King of Zhao.
Lü Lu did not go to the feudal state to take the domain, but with the Liang king Lü Chan in charge of the southern and northern armies, firmly controlling the military power of the imperial court.
Shortly after Lü Hou's death, Lü Lu took the initiative to surrender his military power in order to save his life, and planned to go to the Zhao Kingdom to be a prince who was at ease.
Zhou Bo and other ministers staged a coup d'état to exterminate Zhu Lü, the seventh king of Zhao, Lü? Beheaded by the rebels.