Among the hundreds of emperors in ancient China, there are not many outstanding emperors, and there are very few emperors who can be called emperors throughout the ages, but Liu Che, the 7th emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, Han Wudi, is even one! For some reason, most of the outstanding emperors had many problems in choosing their successors, such as Qin Shi Huang's successor was the brutal and unscrupulous Hu Hai, not the virtuous prince Fu Su; Liu Bang let the cowardly and incompetent Liu Ying succeed to the throne instead of Liu Heng, who had both ability and moral integrity; Yang Jian, the Sui Emperor, deposed the crown prince Yang Yong and replaced Yang Guang as crown prince, which eventually led to the death of the Sui Dynasty at the hands of Yang Guang; Tang Taizong let the faint Li Zhi succeed him, and later Wu Zetian usurped Tang; for example, Zhu Yuanzhang let his grandson Zhu Yunjiao succeed to the throne, and finally the Battle of Jingnan occurred. Zhu Di successfully rebelled, ascended to the throne, and so on.
In fact, Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty was also very troubled in choosing a successor, he only had 6 sons, why did he let the 8-year-old Liu Fuling inherit the throne?
First of all, why Did Emperor Wu of Han only have 6 sons!
According to historical records, Emperor Wu of Han reigned for 54 years, greatly expanding the number of harems, and in the first four years of the First Guang Dynasty, he sent two thousand yanzhao beauties to enrich the harem, and they all chose those 15-20-year-old women. It is said that the harem is beautiful three thousand, but the harem of Emperor Wu of Han is not only ten thousand people! But at this time, Emperor Wudi of Han was 55 years old, and by the time he died at the age of 70, the history books recorded that during this period Emperor Wudi of Han gave birth to only one son, that is, the sixth son Liu Fuling!
Since Emperor Wu of Han was destined to have only 6 sons, he would choose a successor among these six sons! The six sons of Emperor Wu of Han were: Liu Zhao, who was born to Empress Wei, Liu Hong hóng, who was born to Wang, Liu Dan and Liu Xu [xū] who were born to Li Ji, Liu Qi bó who was born to Li Fu, and Liu Fuling, who was born to Zhao Jie. In fact, Emperor Wu of han had long ago made Liu Zhao, the son of Empress Wei Zifu, crown prince, but in 91 BC, there was a witch disaster, so Liu Zhao, who had been the crown prince for 31 years, was forced to commit suicide, and hundreds of thousands of people were implicated.
As soon as the crown prince Liu Dan died, the third son Liu Dan exposed his ambition to be crown prince, and said that he wanted to enter the capital to defend the palace, and Emperor Wu of Han was furious and disappointed in Liu Dan, so he also lost the opportunity to be crown prince. The second son, Liu Hong, died at the age of eighteen, and the fourth son, Liu Xu, behaved lawlessly, and Emperor Wu of Han did not look favorably on him! The fifth son, Liu Qi, was born to Lady Li, and originally Emperor Wu of Han liked this son very much! However, Lady Li's brother Li Guangli surrendered to the Xiongnu in 90 BC after plotting to make Liu Qi crown prince. In this way, it was not appropriate for Emperor Wu of Han to make Liu Qi the crown prince! What's more, Liu Ji also died young a year before the death of Emperor Wu of Han!
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In the end, there were only six sons left, Liu Fuling! Liu Fuling's mother, Zhao Jieyu, was deeply favored by Emperor Wu of Han, and Emperor Wu of Han found that Liu Fuling was physically strong, intelligent and clever, and very similar to when he was young, so he loved Liu Fuling even more and had great expectations for him.
Two years before his death, Emperor Wu of Han hinted that his subjects wanted to make his youngest son Liu Fuling crown prince, and sure enough, when he was seriously ill, Emperor Wu of Han made Liu Fuling, who was only eight years old, crown prince. However, in order to prevent the tragedy of "Lü Hou interfering in politics" from repeating, Emperor Wu of Han gave Liu Fuling's birth mother to death. In this way, Liu Fuling, who was only 8 years old, was surrounded by 4 auxiliary ministers and successfully ascended to the emperor's throne, which was for The Han Zhao Emperor!
It is worth mentioning that after the death of Emperor Wu of Han, the fate of his other sons was also tragic! Liu Fuling reigned for 13 years and died suddenly at the age of 21; the third son, Liu Dan, the King of Yan, was forced to commit suicide because of rebellion during the reign of Emperor Zhao of Han; and the fourth son, Liu Xu, the King of Guangling, was discovered and forced to commit suicide because of his curse on Emperor Xuan of Han! To sum up, the six sons of Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty all had tragic endings, which was also lamentable! Friends, what do you think about this? Welcome to leave a message interactive!