Liu Fuling was the younger son of Emperor Wu of Han, no matter what his qualifications were, when Emperor Wu made him crown prince, Liu Fuling was still just a child who did not understand the world, and could not see the advantages and disadvantages at all, and Emperor Wu of Han passed the throne to Liu Fuling, similar to the later Qianlong Emperor who passed on the throne of Jiaqing Emperor, and was also a tall man among the short people, which was really helpless.
Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty was busy with the affairs of the former dynasty all his life, and it seemed that he did not have much heart in the harem, although he deposed the empress twice, but there were only six princes under his knees, and these six princes were not only uneven in qualifications, but also not a long-lived person. After the scourge of the Witches, after the death of Empress Wei and Liu Zhao, the crown prince of Wu, Emperor Wu of Han did not have a queen, so there was no concubine, and he picked and chose among the concubines, and there was no perfect heir, and finally he could only pick Liu Fuling.
After Liu Zhao's death, Emperor Wu no longer had a concubine, Emperor Wu, Liu Che, married Chen Ajiao, the daughter of Lord Dou, as empress dowager because of the merits of his aunt Lord Dou, but Empress Chen was obedient and childless for many years, so she was not favored, and later had an affair with the witch Chu Fu in the palace, and after Wei Zifu gained favor, Empress Chen's position became more and more unstable, until Empress Dou died, And Empress Dou also lost power, and Empress Chen was eventually deposed.
And Emperor Wu's second empress Wei Zifu, perhaps also the most humble one in the history of a thousand years, his birth mother was a slave, and gave birth to Wei Zifu in adultery, so Wei Zifu did not know who his father was, and from an early age he was a singer in the palace of Emperor Wu's sister Princess Pingyang. Having said that, Wei Zifu was ultimately a mother of Zi Gui, who gave birth to the eldest son Liu Zhao, Emperor Wu of Han, and more than a year after Empress Chen was deposed, Wei Zifu entered the Jiaofang Palace and became the new empress of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Zifu also became a concubine and was crowned prince.
Not long after Liu Zhi was born, he was crowned prince by Liu Che and carefully taught from an early age, but this child was not the same as the temperament of Emperor Wu of Han. Emperor Wu's decision to kill and decide to advocate force, and Liu Zhi has always shown people with weak literature, for Liu Zhao, Emperor Wu of Han is not very satisfied, but compared to Liu Bang to Liu Ying, Liu Che still loves Liu Zhao, and also hopes to pass on the throne to Liu Zhao in the future, so when Emperor Wu reigned, he tried to cut off as many people as possible who might threaten Liu Zhao's position.
However, after Emperor Wu grew older, his mind became more and more suspicious, and Wei Zifu gradually fell out of favor in his old age, and during the years of Emperor Wu's conquest and peace, he was framed by Jiang Chong and others, and the scourge of witchcraft broke out, and the crown prince Liu Zhao was also stunned to raise troops to defend himself, but he was said to be a rebellion, and as a result, he was surrounded and suppressed by Emperor Wu, and committed suicide in despair, and Empress Wei was also desperate to kill herself.
After empress Wei's mother and son died, after Emperor Wu did not establish another throne, he naturally did not have a concubine, and according to the ancient primogeniture system, Emperor Wu could only choose heirs among his own sons.
There were too few princes to choose, and in addition to Liu Zhao, who was born to the emperor's eldest son, Emperor Wu also had five sons, Liu Hong the Prince of Qi, Liu Dan the Prince of Yan, Liu Xu the Prince of Guangling, Liu Ji the Prince of Changyi, and Liu Fuling, the later Emperor of Han Zhao. Although there are still these five sons, it is not an easy task for Liu Che to choose a suitable heir.
Although Liu Hong, the King of Qi, was the second son of the Emperor, he hung up at a young age and had no chance to become a candidate, and Liu Dan, the King of Yan, after Liu Zhi committed suicide that year, began to covet the position of crown prince, and then took advantage of Emperor Wu's serious illness to ask to bring troops into Chang'an, and as a result, he was greatly reprimanded by Emperor Wu, and was also stripped of the fiefdoms of three counties, for Liu Dan, Emperor Wu was very disliked, as for Liu Dan's half-brother Liu Xu the Prince of Guangling, although he was physically strong and powerful, his ability was indeed outstanding, but his deeds were absurd and he was not liked by Emperor Wu.
In the end, the remaining heirs were actually Liu Qi and Liu Fuling, and compared to Liu Fuling, Liu Qi was slightly older, and he was born to Lady Li, the favorite concubine of Emperor Wu of Han, and Liu Qi was extremely favored when he was a child, and it is impossible to say that Emperor Wu never thought of making him a crown prince.
However, Liu Qi's uncle was very uncontentious, and was affected by the fact that his uncle had made him crown prince, coupled with the death of Lady Li, Liu Qi gradually lost the favor of Emperor Wu of Han, and was only crowned as the King of Changyi and left Chang'an, losing the possibility of becoming a crown prince.
Liu Fuling was young, but Emperor Wu did not have to choose Emperor Wu's few heirs, and after sifting through, he found that only the youngest Liu Fuling was left. In the second year of the Later Yuan Dynasty, Liu Fuling, who was only eight years old or a fictitious age, was made crown prince by Emperor Wu, and on the third day that Liu Fuling became crown prince, Emperor Wu died, and Liu Fuling ascended the throne as emperor.
The lord is suspicious of the country, since ancient times, the king is young, either foreign relatives interfere in the government, or the power of the courtiers, at the beginning of the han wudi ascension to the throne, the affairs of the court were decided by his grandmother empress dowager Dou, and then his birth mother empress dowager also once interfered in the affairs of the dynasty, so Emperor Wu was quite jealous of this. Before establishing Liu Fuling, Emperor Wu issued an edict to kill Liu Fuling's biological mother, Lady Hook Yi, and set up a son to go to his mother to prevent his mother from interfering in politics.
And Liu Fuling was too young to handle the affairs of the dynasty, and he had to leave a minister to help him, but if there was only one person, it was too dangerous, so Emperor Wu left four ministers to entrust him with his life, even if Jin Ribao, Sang Hongyang, Shangguan Jie and Huo Guang.
Unfortunately, Emperor Wu did not expect that not long after him, Jin Riju also passed away, and Huo Guang and Shangguan Jie and Sang Hongyang above the court turned against each other and fell into a fight, and in the first year of Yuan Feng, Shangguan Ji and Sang Hongyang were defeated by Huo Guang, Huo Guang was dominant in the former dynasty, and the power was tilted to the opposition, and Liu Fuling, the little emperor, could not compete with Huo Guang at all, and he died at the age of 21.