The Emperor and the Chancellor were a pair of hostile forces. If the minister is strong, the emperor is angry, and if the emperor is strong, the minister is angry.
Obviously, no one wants to be the angry party, as a courtier, he wants to meet a weak emperor, just like Zhao Gao, who met Qin II and can do whatever he wants. If you meet Qin Shi Huang, you can only be a man with your tail between your legs.
No one wants to meet such a strong emperor as Qin Shi Huang!
Liu Bang's grandson Liu Xiang was too strong and was squeezed out
If the ministers had the right to choose the emperor, they would certainly choose the weaker ones.
After Lü Hou's death, the heroes exterminated Zhu Lü, and there was no emperor in the dprk, so they had to choose one person to be the emperor, who should be chosen to be the emperor?
Obviously, it is in their favor to choose a weak person to be the emperor. However, they cannot express their ideas directly, and can only vote for elections.
Voting for elections is, of course, to be ruled out.
It is reasonable to say that in the process of destroying Zhu Lü, Liu Bang's grandson Liu Xiang the Prince of Qi had the greatest merit, and he was also the first person to revolt, and he was the most suitable to be emperor.
However, the ministers did not want him to be emperor, because they thought he was too strong. How do you get rid of him? It is said that his mother's family is unreasonable, and if he is elected as emperor, he may give a second to Empress Lü.
Therefore, Liu Xiang was excluded.
Liu Heng's impression of the chancellor was weak
At that time, Liu Bang's sons were only two people, one was Liu Heng, the fourth son of the emperor, and the other was Liu Chang.
Liu Chang had no mother since he was a child, he was raised by Lü Hou, and it was obvious that he could not let him become emperor, after all, he and Lü Hou had some feelings.
If you choose among Liu Bang's sons, you can only choose Liu Heng, because Liu Bang has no other sons.
Liu Heng was also the most favorite emperor of the heroes, and in the eyes of all people, Liu Heng was a weak person. His weakness manifested itself in the following ways:
1. When Lü Hou killed Liu Bang's other sons, Liu Heng pretended not to know, did not have any reaction, and did not evaluate this. This is also one of the reasons why he was let go by Lü Hou.
2. Lü Hou died, and Liu Bang's grandsons all stood up and revolted. However, Liu Heng, as Liu Bang's son, is still like no one else, not listening or hearing, as if Jiangshan is not his family. It seems that he also did not have the heart to be an emperor.
This gave everyone the impression that Liu Heng was a coward, he shot to death, afraid of trouble. That's why I picked up my tail and did it.
Isn't that what honest people are?
Liu Heng wanted to be emperor, and the chancellor chose him, but he didn't believe it
Of course, there are other people who are also qualified to be emperors, such as Liu Bang's younger brother Liu Jiao, but because of his age, he was denied by the hero.
Also, Liu Bang's other grandsons were all excluded one by one.
In the end, they elected Liu Heng to be emperor. After Liu Heng was elected, he didn't believe it at all. He felt that this might be a conspiracy, for fear of being framed by the minister. So, he didn't dare to go.
However, he was afraid that this was true, and if he really wanted him to be emperor, wouldn't he miss this opportunity if he didn't go? In this case, he repeatedly sent his uncle to inquire about the news.
In the end, he learned that it was indeed his appointment to become emperor. Therefore, he finally chose to go to Chang'an.
Before Liu Heng ascended the throne, he gave the hero a chance to get off the throne
The emperor is coming to Chang'an, and the ministers will definitely come to pick him up. When the emperor came to the chancellor in a palanquin, all the ministers knelt down and asked Liu Heng for peace.
At the same time, Zhou Bo said that he had something to say to Liu Heng. In fact, Zhou Bo just wanted to ask for credit in front of Liu Heng, and when he heard Zhou Bo report that there was something to report, Liu Heng did not make a sound.
Not making a sound meant that he didn't want to see Zhou Bo, which meant that Liu Heng didn't have any good feelings for them. Don't think I'll be grateful to you for choosing me emperor.
When Liu Heng heard that Liu Heng had not made a sound, he told Zhou Bo that if he wanted to talk about state affairs and wait for the emperor to ascend the throne, he would report to the emperor. If you want to talk about private affairs, I'm sorry the emperor has no private affairs.
Zhou Bo had to retreat, which also allowed the heroes to see the hardness of Liu Heng, the Emperor of Han Wen, who was not a soft commodity in the eyes of the heroes. In fact, Liu Heng, the Emperor of Han Wen, is telling everyone that I have become emperor, you must also understand the rules, no matter what, it is up to me to decide.
The first thing Emperor Wendi of Han did was to seize military power
Emperor Wen of Han really did not have any good feelings for this group of heroes. Think about how they actually destroyed a family, or the family of the former empress dowager, and at the same time, they could establish a new emperor. It's really terrible that something like this happens. If Emperor Wen of Han made them dissatisfied, would they also kill Emperor Wen of Han?
This was something that Emperor Wen of Han had to consider.
How to keep yourself safe?
When Emperor Wen of Han arrived at the palace, the first thing he did was to replace the leader of the northern and southern armies guarding the safety of the capital with the person he brought in the daiguo.
Only by using his own people can he get a good night's sleep.
Through the actions of Emperor Liu Heng of Han, these meritorious factions all knew that Liu Heng, Emperor Wen of Han, was a man with a heavy heart, and the weakness he showed was false, and if the chancellor wanted to manipulate him as a puppet, I am afraid it would be impossible.
Emperor Wen of Han promoted new people and excluded heroes
After Emperor Wen of Han became emperor, he first stabilized his ministers and gave them rewards.
However, he immediately did the second thing, to recruit talents, Jia Yi and a large number of other people, all of whom were recruited by Emperor Wen of Han. To put it bluntly, he is jealous of the meritorious faction, aren't you a great credit, aren't you electing me to be emperor? Let me be grateful to you, even when your puppets are out of the way. I re-recruit people, and when I recruit more people, I'll drive you all home.
Just as later, he promulgated a policy to let heroes like Zhou Bo take the lead in leaving Chang'an.
At that time, the people who were enfeoffed were all living in Chang'an. However, the rules were changed here in Liu Heng. Those who have been enfeoffed, you can go to your fiefdom and manage your acre and three-quarters of land, don't worry about me, I don't need you.
Therefore, choosing such a Liu Heng as emperor, the ministers regretted it endlessly. People as important as Zhou Bo had left the capital, and the others could only obediently leave.