When it comes to the royal family and the throne, most people will think of the scene of fighting for the throne like Li Shimin's brothers, right?
However, today, ancient and modern to introduce to you such two pairs of brothers, they are not like other royal brothers in history, in front of the throne, they do not hesitate to fight in the same room, cannibalism, but in front of the throne do not compete, mutual humility, and finally the younger brother ascended the throne, creating two great prosperity in the history of our country, and the elder brother also enjoyed glory and wealth, and was able to die well.
Have you ever seen such brothers?
At the end of 25 AD, Liu Xiu, the Emperor Guangwu of Han, who had already been proclaimed emperor, entered the city of Luoyang, where he was rewarded for his meritorious deeds and was given the title of meritorious minister. Subsequently, Emperor Liu Xiu of Han Guangwu began to prepare for the canonization of empress and crown prince. At this time, there were two choices in front of Liu Xiu, the first was to set up his original wife Yin Lihua, but at this time Yin Lihua had no children under her knees, and the position of crown prince was still unresolved; the second choice was to establish Guo Shengtong, the favorite concubine who had already given birth to her eldest son Liu Qi, and make Guo Shengtong empress, and the crown prince was the emperor's eldest son Liu Qi. Moreover, Guo Shengtong was born in the Hebei clan, after the Zhending King plotted to rebel and was killed, the Hearts of the Hebei people were floating, and if Guo Shengtong was made empress, he could appease the Hebei faction and consolidate the foundation of eastern Han rule that had not yet completed unification.
On the one hand, his wife Yin Lihua, on the other hand, Guo Shengtong, who can make the eastern Han Dynasty rule more stable, and Liu Xiu, who is plain and serious, is also caught in a dilemma.
The sympathetic Yin Lihua saw Liu Xiu's embarrassment, so she firmly stated that she would not accept the empress's throne on the grounds that Guo Shengtong had the eldest son of the emperor, but instead advised Liu Xiu to make Guo Shengtong the empress. In desperation, Liu Xiu could only prepare a huge canonization ceremony for Guo Shengtong in June 26 AD, and the infant eldest son Liu Yi was also crowned prince.
Fifteen years passed in this way, during which time the Hexi clique, with hebei, Hexi, and Longyou, the newly annexed clans as the core, and the Nanyang Gongchen clique, which had made outstanding achievements in establishing the Eastern Han Dynasty, were formed within the Eastern Han Court, and a series of struggles were launched. Because the mother clan of Prince Liu Qi, the Guo clan, was originally a large clan in Hebei, the Hexi clique initially relied on the support of the crown prince Liu Qi and the empress Guo Shengtong, and with the support of their mother and son, they once suppressed the Nanyang Gongchen clique.
However, in 41 AD, due to the arrogance of Guo's sons, the empress repeatedly covered up, which caused Liu Xiu's dissatisfaction, so in July of the same year, on the grounds that Guo Shengtong had "the wind of Lü Huo", he was deposed and replaced by Yin Lihua. At this time, Yin Lihua had already given birth to several princes for Liu Xiu, the eldest of whom was the fourteen-year-old prince Liu Yang.
According to the patriarchal system, the crown prince Liu Yi had become the eldest son of Shu because his mother was deposed, while Liu Yang, who was then the king of the East Sea, became the de facto eldest son after his mother was made a concubine, and Liu Xiu needed to be replaced as a prince.
However, for Liu Xiu, whether it is Liu Yi or Liu Yang, the palms of his hands and the backs of his hands are meat, and Liu Yi is the crown prince he has cultivated for more than ten years, how can the feelings between father and son change due to the change of the empress? Therefore, after deposing Guo Shengtong, Liu Xiu did not show any intention of establishing himself as a prince.
However, Liu Qi, who had been intelligent since childhood, thought that he lived in the Eastern Palace as the eldest son of Shu and was in the position of prince, which was not in line with the etiquette, so in the following two years, he repeatedly either personally or through the mouth of the imperial family, hoped that Liu Xiu could change his younger brother Liu Yang to crown prince. After Yin Lihua learned the news, she also met Liu Xiu with Liu Yang, the king of the East Sea, many times, and asked him to resign as crown prince.
In 43 AD, Liu Yi again asked to resign from the position of crown prince, and Liu Xiu considered that the Hexi clique was already weak, the Nanyang Gongchen clique was getting bigger and bigger, and Liu Yi, who was closely related to the Hexi clique, was once again in the position of crown prince. Out of love for his eldest son, Liu Xiu finally agreed to Liu Qi's request and issued an edict: "The righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period is noble. Wang Yang of the East China Sea, son of the Empress, Yi Cheng. The crown prince is strong, and he is willing to prepare the kingdom. The love of father and son is long gone. He was made the King of the East Sea and Liyang the Crown Prince, and changed his name to Zhuang. ”
After Liu Yi became the King of Donghai, Liu Xiu felt that he owed something to him, so on the grounds that Liu Yi had been deposed without fault, he disregarded the obstruction of his subjects and made the rich luguo's hometown also a fief of Liu Qi, so that Liu Yi could enjoy the two kingdoms alone, ranking first among the kings.
After Liu Xiu's death, the crown prince Liu Zhuang ascended the throne for Emperor Ming of Han, and under his rule, the Eastern Han Dynasty entered the prosperous era of "the rule of Ming Zhang", and Liu Qi, the king of the East China Sea, also died under the protection of Emperor Ming of Han. After Liu Qi's death, Emperor Hanming was so grief-stricken that he personally arranged a funeral for his brother Liu Qi, finalized his title, and buried him with etiquette beyond that of a prince...
In 684, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, who had just ascended the throne for only a few dozen days, angered his mother Wu Zetian and was deposed as the King of Luling, and his brother Li Dan ascended the throne for Tang Ruizong, and made Li Chengqi, the eldest son of Tang Ruizong, crown prince. When Tang Ruizong ascended the throne, Wu Zetian was already in power and firmly controlled the power of the dynasty, and Li Dan's family was just a puppet in the hands of Wu Zetian and imprisoned in the palace.
In the same year, Li Jingye, the grandson of the founding general Li Ji and the British Duke Li Jingye, raised an army in Yangzhou, setting off a huge uprising against the dictatorship of Wu Hou. Pei Yan, who was then chancellor, led a group of ministers who were eager to give advice to Li Tang's imperial family, taking advantage of this opportunity to advise Empress Wu and request that li Dan be returned to Tang Ruizong, but was executed by Empress Wu for the crime of rebellion. Soon, Empress Wu sent troops to suppress Li Jingye's uprising, and Li Jingye was defeated and killed.
After this incident, no one in the world dared to oppose Wu Hou and demanded that the government be returned to Ruizong.
In 690, Emperor Ruizong of Tang abdicated, Wu Zetian ascended the throne as emperor, establishing the Wuzhou Dynasty, Li Dan was demoted to imperial heir, and the original crown prince Li Chengqi was also demoted to imperial grandson. However, after Li Dan retired from the throne, he was not relieved, but because he still lived in the Eastern Palace, all the treatment was like a crown prince, and he was constantly attacked by the Wu clan relatives, and his situation was difficult.
In this case, Li Chengqi, who was only eleven years old, still maintained his four younger brothers everywhere, so that they could grow up smoothly in the palace, and it was precisely because of the hardships and hardships of these days that the relationship between the five brothers of Li Chengqi was excellent, and it was not at all the relationship between the brothers in the Li Tang royal family.
In 693, due to false accusations, Li Chengqi's biological mother Liu Shi and Li Longji's biological mother Dou Shi were secretly executed, and under the protection of Li Dan and a number of Li Tang's former subjects, Li Chengqi and his four younger brothers were made the king of the domain on the same day, went to the fiefdom and fled the whirlpool of the imperial palace.
In 710, Li Dan, the Prince of Xiang, re-ascended the throne through Tang Longzheng and ascended the throne for the second time. After ascending the throne and succeeding to the throne, the Qunchen asked Emperor Ruizong of Tang to appoint Li Dan the Crown Prince in order to secure the world. Whether from the patriarchal system or from the emotional point of view, Li Dan was partial to appointing his eldest son, and the former crown prince Li Chengqi was the crown prince.
However, Li Chengqi made a great contribution to the fact that his third brother Li Longji was the first meritorious minister of Tang Long's coup, and he was made crown prince with this book. After Li Longji learned the news, he hurriedly wrote to resign, asking his father Li Dan to appoint his respected eldest brother Li Chengqi as the crown prince.
After coming and going, Tang Ruizong Li Dan still followed the advice of his eldest son Li Chengqi, ignored Li Longji's request, and crowned him as a prince, and also made Li Chengqi the King of Song, Shangshu Zuo Servant, Situ, Taishi, and Dudu, ranking first among the kings.
Soon, the contradiction between Princess Taiping and Li Longji intensified, and Princess Taiping wanted to use Li Chengqi's special status to depose Li Longji. However, he did not think that Li Chengqi chose to close the door to thank guests in order to support his younger brother Li Longji, so that Princess Taiping was defeated in the congenital coup.
After Li Longji ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne, he reused Yao Chong, Song Jing and other sages, creating a prosperous kaiyuan. During this period, Li Chengqi changed his name to Li Xian to avoid the title of Li Longji's biological mother Dou. In the following decades, Li Xian's birthday, Li Longji must personally go to Li Xian's mansion to celebrate, Li Xian fell ill, and often brought a group of imperial doctors to visit, during which many courtiers wrote letters of advice on the grounds of not conforming to the etiquette law, all of which were ignored by Tang Xuanzong Li Longji.
In early 742, Li Xian died of illness at Chang'an City at the age of sixty-three. After Li Longji learned the news, he wept profusely and personally went to Li Xian's mansion to pay tribute, and then he posthumously crowned his brother Li Xian as emperor, with the title of "Jean" and the historical title of "Emperor Jean", and was buried with the courtesy of the king. Not only that, on the day of his brother Li Xian's funeral, Li Longji even climbed the city tower to watch his brother leave, and also let his sons walk for Li Xian to help the spirit...