The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is one of the four famous works in China, and Liu Bei Liu Xuande is the main character among them. When Liu Beifeng introduced himself, he said that he was the queen of Zhongshan Jing, but in fact he was just a trader who sold straw shoes. However, Liu Bei relied on the name of King Jing of Zhongshan to change from a grass people all the way to a party prince.
Liu Bei can also be regarded as the bloodline of the imperial family, why has he not been able to inherit the status of his ancestors like other imperial relatives and state relatives? This begins with the life of his ancestor Liu Sheng, the King of Zhongshan Jing.
The Runaway Prince
Liu Sheng, the King of Zhongshan Jing, was a famous Prince of Qiao in historical records. The three national treasures that have come out of our country are all excavated from his tombs, namely the Changxin Palace Lamp, the Wrong Golden Fu Mountain Furnace and the Golden Silk Robe. But for Liu Sheng, these are just common things when he was alive, so as to see how luxurious Liu Sheng's life is.
When the literati of later generations evaluated Liu Sheng, they were very dismissive of his life style, and even Liu Sheng's clan members looked down on this loser. But Liu Sheng was dismissive of these people's criticism, he felt that as a prince, he should enjoy the luxurious life brought by this identity, and the cumbersome government affairs naturally had subordinates to deal with for him. Is this King of Zhongshan really as bad as historical records? Looking at the history of Liu Sheng, it can be found that Liu Sheng is not stupid, but an extremely intelligent figure.
Push grace order
In that era, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty mobilized the strength of the whole country to resist the invasion of the Xiongnu, resulting in frequent wars. If the king of the clan took the opportunity to rebel at this time, the Han Dynasty would suffer a devastating blow. This is also the headache of Emperor Wu of Han, the so-called want to take the outside must first be inside.
Then the matter of cutting the domain must be done, but if the means are too tough, it is very likely that the turmoil will occur in advance. For example, the famous "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of the Western Han Dynasty" is that the Han Jing Emperor cut the domain in the wrong way, forcing the King of Chu, the King of Zhao, and the other 7 clan kings to launch a rebellion in the name of the Qing King.com.
Regarding the means of cutting the domain, Emperor Wu of Han decided to use the method of combining rigidity and softness. First of all, Liu An, the king of Huainan, plotted a rebellion as the starting point, used thunderous means to suppress, and at the same time suppressed a number of relevant personnel who were good friends with the king of Huainan, and tens of thousands of people were involved. After the biggest thorn in the Huainan King was solved, Emperor Wu of Han immediately launched the next bombshell, the "Tui En Ling".
I have to say that the push order is a fierce move. Originally, only the eldest son of the princes could inherit the fiefdom, and the Tuien Order was to delegate this privilege of the eldest son to all the sons of the princes, so that the princes' families were inseparable, and everyone's territory was getting smaller and smaller.
"Silly" Prince
Emperor Wu of Han's means had been unleashed, and the power of the princes began to be gradually weakened. The Zhongshan Jing King's side is still the way he should eat and drink without being affected at all, the only difference from usual is that he began to have children non-stop.
Some people say that liu sheng's practices are his nature, but if you look at the overall situation, you will find that this Zhongshan Jing King is actually very unsimple. Liu Sheng's approach was very similar to xiao he in that year, and Xiao He also began to wander in his old age, indulging in wine, and only then did he save his life from Han Gaozu.
Liu Sheng knew his younger brother very well, and he understood that his brother would inevitably cut down his domain after he ascended the throne, so from the very beginning, he built himself into a wandering prince who coveted pleasure. At that time, the situation was so turbulent, and everyone in the princes and clans was in danger, even if they were killed one day, Liu Sheng was how to live and how to live, and he was not affected by the cutting of the clan at all.
Liu Sheng saw emperor Wu of Han's edict very clearly, and its purpose was to reduce the territory of the princes, so he desperately gave birth to children to divide his territory. Emperor Wu of Han also did not care about Liu Sheng because of his active cooperation, so that Liu Sheng could continue to live his own good life.
Liu Sheng's ending can be said to be much better than others, those princes who chase power, most of the end is not good, on the contrary, Liu Sheng, a lifetime of eating and drinking pleasure, after death also received posthumous sealing, and even the burial items are today's national treasures. Emperor Wu of Han was wise and mighty, but when he came to power, the Great Han Dynasty was always torn apart; King Jing of Zhongshan had a life of absurdity and extreme pleasure, and it was his children and grandchildren who finally restored the Han Room, and it can only be said that fate is really wonderful.
epilogue:
Judging from Liu Sheng's approach, sometimes you can't blindly pursue power, but learn to analyze the situation. Knowing when to do what to do and when not to do it is a good idea to retreat into progress at some point. After all, people must first live to have a chance, no matter at any time the first thing to think about is not how to move forward, but to see if they can retreat.