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Emperor Xuan of Han, formerly known as Liu Yiji, was the tenth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty. Next, listen to the editor to tell some of his stories.
Emperor Xuan of Han's crown prince, Liu Yi(奭), the Emperor of Han Yuan. Liu Yi was the son of Emperor Xuan of Han, Liu Yiji and Xu Pingjun. Although Emperor Liu Yi of the Han Dynasty was versatile and proficient in music and good at knowing history books, he was more than benevolent and too cowardly. What is important is that during his reign, because of his favor for officials and eunuchs, the government was chaotic, which led to the decline of the peak national strength of the Han Dynasty, which his father Emperor Xuan of Han was not allowed to govern.
In fact, Emperor Xuan of Han already knew about Liu Yi's personality, and he once thought that Liu Yi would mess up the Han family world in the future, when he said that "those who mess with my family, the prince also." But despite this, Emperor Xuan of Han later passed the throne to Liu Yi, which really led to the decline of the Han Dynasty.
Then, since Emperor Xuan of Han knew that "those who mess with my family are also princes", why didn't they avoid it?
The reason why Emperor Xuan of Han did not replace the crown prince and avoid the situation of "those who mess with my family, the prince is also", he was completely out of his feelings for his late wife Xu Pingjun.
Emperor Xuan of Han and Xu Pingjun knew each other from each other, and when they became relatives, Emperor Xuan of Han was only a down-and-out Han clan relative at that time. After becoming relatives, they were in love with each other and gave birth to a son, that is, Liu Yi.
Later, when the Han Zhao Emperor Liu Fuling died childless, he supported Liu He as emperor, but Liu He reigned for only twenty-seven days, and was deposed by Huo Guang for his misdeeds. Later, after the imperial court agreed, Liu Yi, the descendant of Wei Zifu's son Liu Zhao, was already emperor, and after Liu Yi had ascended the throne, he was Emperor Xuan of Han.
At that time, because Huo Guang was highly powerful and prominent, although Emperor Xuan of Han had a wife Xu Pingjun at that time, the courtiers still agreed to make Huo Guang's son Huo Chengjun empress. However, Emperor Xuan of Han and Xu Pingjun had a deep affection for each other, so Emperor Xuan of Han issued an edict to seek the name of the old sword to reflect his kindness to Xu Pingjun. This is the allusion to the deep love of the sword.
Through this edict, the courtiers understood Emperor Xuan of Han's thoughts, so they agreed to appoint Xu Pingjun as his queen.
However, Huo Guang's wife, in order to make her daughter Huo Chengjun empress, sent someone to poison Xu Pingjun.
At that time, because Emperor Xuan of Han had just become emperor, the power of the imperial court was in the hands of Huo Guang, so although he knew that the Huo family had poisoned and killed his beloved wife, Emperor Xuan of Han did not dare to make a mistake easily, because Liu He's example had only recently passed. At this time, the only thing he could do was to love him and Xu Pingjun's beloved son Liu Yi.
Emperor Xuan of Han had a deep affection for Xu Pingjun, and although many years had passed, Emperor Xuan of Han's affection for her did not weaken. Even if Emperor Xuan of Han later felt that "those who mess with my family are also the crown prince", in the end, because of Xu Pingjun," he still did not depose Liu Yi as the crown prince.
Mess with my family, the prince also
Liu Yi was born a few months before Emperor Xuan of Han succeeded to the throne. By the time he reached the eighth rank, he was made crown prince. Later, the crown prince Liu Yi grew up, but he and his father Emperor Xuan of Han had different concepts of governance.
Liu Yi liked Confucianism, but Emperor Xuan of Han emphasized the Fa, Confucian benevolence, and harshness. The benevolent and cowardly Liu Yi believed that his father Emperor Xuan of Han used too strictly, so he advised Emperor Xuan of Han to use Confucianism more often.
Emperor Xuan of Han was furious when he heard this, because Emperor Xuan of Han believed that the Han Dynasty had always been a combination of royal morality and hegemony, and felt that Confucianism could only simply pay attention to morality and politics and like to talk about the past and the present, but in fact could not see the situation, so Emperor Xuan of Han would not entrust the heavy responsibility of governing the world to Confucian governance, and naturally he was very dismissive of Liu Yi's words.
Emperor Xuan of Han disagreed with Liu Yi's views, and at the same time, based on Liu Yi's personality characteristics and preference for Confucianism, in this regard, Emperor Xuan of Han was worried that Liu Yi would use Confucianism for the empress dowager and chaos the world.
After that, Emperor Xuan of Han sighed and said, "Those who mess with my family, the prince also!"
At this time, although Emperor Xuan of Han also had a slight idea of changing the crown prince, in the end, because of the death of his wife Xu Pingjun, he did not depose Liu Yi.
Liu Yi's position as crown prince was secured, and later Emperor Xuan of Han died, and Liu Yi succeeded to the throne as Emperor Yuan of Han.
Although Emperor Yuan of Han once reused Confucianism and wanted to do something, he lacked political strategy and strategic vision, and some were only ideals, so the good times did not last long. Later, Emperor Yuan of Han indulged in favoring eunuchs, which led to the Confucian courtiers reused by Emperor Yuan of Han, some of whom were forced to die, and some of whom were exiled.
If the Han Yuan Emperor wanted to reuse The Confucians, it would be good to insist on it, but he gave up halfway and indulged the eunuchs to persecute the Confucians, so there was no end to it, and the natural situation was not good.
Later, Emperor Yuan of Han was also somewhat discouraged, and finally under the competition between the three forces of foreign relatives, eunuchs and Confucian subjects, eunuchs won, and since then the power of the Han Dynasty has begun to fall, resulting in the monopoly of eunuch power. An emperor's imperial power has fallen, and it is difficult for him to think of something more.
At the beginning, Emperor Xuan of Han knew that Liu Yi would chaos the Han family and the world, and out of his love for Xu Pingjun, he did what he did. But for the Han family world, it may be a mistake.