More than 20 years after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Han ascended the throne and the world was at peace. One day, a eunuch from the Crown Prince's Mansion hurried to Weiyang Palace, saying that he had an urgent matter to meet Emperor Wen of Han. Emperor Wen of Han summoned him inside, saw him look like ashes, looked confused, and asked him, "What happened?" The eunuch knelt on the ground and said tremblingly, "No, King Wu Shizi he... He died in the Prince's Mansion. Emperor Wen of Han was shocked and quickly asked, "How did King Shizi of Wu die?" Still dead in the Prince's Mansion? The eunuch said, "The prince and Wu Wang Shizi played chess, and because Shizi's attitude was disrespectful, the prince smashed the chessboard at Shizi in anger, but he did not expect to shoot too heavy, and he beat Shizi to death by mistake." At present, the Prince's Mansion is in chaos! ”
The name of King Shizi of Wu was Liu Xian, the eldest son of Liu Hao, the King of Wu, and was given the title of Shizi from an early age. The crown prince who killed Liu Xian was named Liu Qi, who was later emperor Jing of Han. Regarding this history, the Book of Han records it as follows:
During the filial piety period, Prince Wu entered the meeting and had to serve the crown prince to drink Bo. Prince Wu's masters are all Chu people, light and proud. Bo argued, "No, the crown prince led Bo Bureau to mention Prince Wu and kill him."
Although the status of the crown prince was noble, because he played chess, he casually killed the prince shizi of the clan, which soon caused an uproar in the Manchu Dynasty. But because it involved the crown prince, the ministers were waiting for Emperor Wen of Han to decide. In the end, Emperor Wen of Han tried to protect the crown prince and sent someone to send Liu Xian's body to Wudi and hand it over to Liu Hao, the king of Wu. After Liu Hao saw his son's body, his heart was full of resentment. In protest, he ordered his son's body to be returned to Chang'an. From then on, Liu Hao claimed to be ill and never entered the DPRK again.
The ministers around Emperor Wen of Han all thought that Liu Hao was dissatisfied with the imperial court, so they pretended to be ill, but Emperor Wen of Han was benevolent and rewarded Liu Hao with a cane, allowing him not to use it in the capital to see the Heavenly Son. Liu Hao became more wanton in his fiefdoms, exploiting copper ore and selling smuggled salt, recruiting criminals, and strengthening his own strength. Everyone suspected that Liu Hao had a disobedient heart, but Emperor Wen of Han did not want to hurt his brothers and brothers, and often connived.
Speaking of Liu Hao's rebellion, as early as the liu bang period, there were prophecies. Liu Hao's father Liu Zhong was Liu Bang's second brother, and when Yingbu rebelled, Liu Bang led his nephew Liu Hao to attack Yingbu, Liu Hao was only 20 years old at the time, bravely championing the three armies and making great contributions. Liu Bang considered that Wu Di was always difficult to control and could not be guarded by non-relatives, but Liu Bang's own sons were very young at that time, so he made his nephew Liu Hao the King of Wu and Wu Di of Ping Domain.
After Liu Hao was crowned Queen of Wu, Liu Bang summoned him, Liu Liu looked strange in front of Liu Bang, and Liu Bang suspected that Liu Hao had a backbone, and he regretted it for a while. So he knocked Liu Hao and said, "Someone once said to Yuan, in 50 years, there will be a rebellion in the southeast, it won't be you, right?" Liu Haocheng was terrified and said, "Don't dare!" Liu Bang then let Liu Hao go to Wudi.
Unexpectedly, what Liu Bang feared still happened, and 50 years later, Liu Hao did launch the most famous rebellion of the Han Dynasty, the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms.
Some people believe that the reason why Liu Hao, the king of Wu, launched the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms was forced by the Han Jing Emperor. Because after Emperor Jingdi of Han ascended the throne, Chao que listed many pieces of evidence of Liu Hao's crimes, including claiming that he was ill and not entering the dynasty, privately opening copper mines to mint money, recruiting dead soldiers, etc., and suggested that Emperor Jing of Han immediately weaken Liu Hao. In the third year of Emperor Jing, Emperor Jing of Han successively cut the domain, and Liu Peng, the king of Chu, Liu Wei, the king of Jiaoxi, and other relatives of the Liu clan were successively cut down, so Liu Hao was terrified and uneasy, and finally had to contact the other six kingdoms, personally led the army at the age of 62, mobilized 200,000 troops, launched the "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms", and tried to attack Chang'an.
In fact, comprehensive historical data can be seen that Liu Hao, the king of Wu, plotted a rebellion not purely by Emperor Jing of Han, but had already planned it. There are three reasons for this:
First, ever since Liu Hao's son was killed by the crown prince Liu Qi, Liu Hao had always claimed that he was ill and could not enter the dynasty, and according to the laws of the time, those who did not enter the court without an edict could be sentenced to be beheaded. It can be seen that Liu Hao's disobedience has been revealed, fortunately, Emperor Wen of Han was a benevolent monarch and did not pursue Liu Hao's fault.
Second, after Emperor Jingdi of Han ascended the throne, Yushi Dafu Chao mistakenly analyzed Liu Hao's crimes and concluded that Liu Hao would definitely rebel, but it was only a matter of time. Chao Que once made it clear to Emperor Jing of Han:
Cutting now is the opposite, not cutting is also reversing. If you cut it, it will be in the opposite direction, and the disaster will be small; if it is not cut, it will be late and the disaster will be great.
It can be seen that in Chao's view, Liu Hao, the king of Wu, will rebel. Cutting the domain is also the opposite, and not cutting the domain will also be reversed. Therefore, it is recommended that the Han Jing Emperor start in advance, otherwise there will be endless troubles in the future. From this point, it can be seen that Liu Hao's rebellion was not forced by Emperor Jing of Han, but only that Emperor Jing of Han cut the domain and let Liu Hao rebel in advance.
Third, in the year that Liu Qian, the King of Wu, was killed, Ma Qian of the Taishi Company was born, and although Sima Qian did not personally experience the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, he commented on the reasons for this rebellion in the "History of Wu Wang's Biography":
The cuteness of rebellion, from its son. He fought for the difficulty of fighting for the skill, and died his roots; he pro-Yue Plotted Sect and even fell to the ground.
In Sima Qian's view, the reason why Liu Hao, the king of Wu, rebelled was because his son Liu Xian was killed by the crown prince (Emperor Jing of Han) and resented him, so he launched a rebellion, which eventually led to the destruction of the country. That is to say, the rebellion of Liu Hao, the king of Wu, was not forced to be helpless, but resented from the beginning and had been planned for a long time.
Liu Hao, the king of Wu, bravely championed the three armies at the age of 20, and launched a rebellion at the age of 62, and eventually the country was destroyed and died, which made people sigh.