The long river of history is running endlessly, there are calm waves, there are also waves, let Xiaobian take you into history and understand history.
As we all know, our Han Dynasty has been a great dynasty since the founding of Gao Zu, but in the hands of liu Ying, the second generation of Han Hui emperors, it has become moderate and no longer glorious, so let's assume that if Liu Bang had made Liu Ruyi the crown prince, would history have been rewritten? First of all, we need to consider whether Liu Ruyi can sit on the throne of the prince, whether he can climb to the throne when he sits on the throne, whether he can sit on the throne when he climbs the throne, and whether he has real power to sit on the throne. At the beginning, if Liu Bang forced Liu Ruyi to be the crown prince, what was the result? People who know that period of history, no one dares to be optimistic, including Liu Bang himself, Liu Bang such a powerful person, defeated Xiang Yu, suppressed the princes of different surnames, such a strong founding emperor, no one dared to underestimate, but in the end, he was also afraid, he was really afraid, and had to give up the establishment of a prince.
If he had dared to force Liu Ruyi to be the crown prince, then the result would be that Liu Bang retired early and became his emperor, which was an optimistic result, and the pessimistic result was that Liu Bang died inexplicably, take a step back, Liu Bang used his strong wrist to force Liu Ruyi to be the prince, and then what would Liu Bang do? That is the person who purged Lü Yan's faction, can he do it? Obviously not, purging the Meritorious Sect, can he do it? Obviously, it can't either. Therefore, from a comprehensive point of view, Liu Ruyi has no chance to be a prince, and even if he becomes a prince, he has no chance to be an emperor, let alone what he can do. What is the specific reason, Xiaobian summarized the following analysis:
First of all, because the Lü family was extremely powerful in the dprk, it was precisely because of this that Liu Bang wanted Yi Chu, because he did not want the Jiangshan he had worked so hard to build to eventually fall into the hands of the Lü clan; and because of this, he did not succeed in Yi Chu in the end, because the power of the Lü family was too large, and if Liu Ruyi was established as the crown prince, then the Han Dynasty would immediately fall into civil strife, which would most likely bury the Jiangshan he had laid. In fact, this conclusion can be easily drawn, and we can understand it by simply analyzing the main forces and political tendencies in the DPRK at that time. The four main forces in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty: After Liu Bang established the Western Han Dynasty, the korean and Chinese forces were mainly divided into four parts: Liu Bang's concubine lineage, Lü clan concubine lineage, foreign forces, and heterosexual princes. Liu Bang's lineage: It can also be called the Fengpei lineage, that is, the first people and horses that followed Liu Bang's uprising, mainly Including Xiao He, Cao Shen, Fan Duo, Lu Xie, Zhou Bo and others.
As the first concubines to follow Liu Bang, their status in the dynasty was extremely high, and their influence should be the greatest. Such a person and horse naturally sided with Liu Bang, but because Lü Yan was Liu Bang's wife, he was mostly relieved by Lü Yan when he fled from Mount Mangzhong. Therefore, between Lady Qi and Lü Yan, Liu Bang's concubines were more inclined to Lü Yan. Among them, Fan Duo was Lü Yan's brother-in-law, while Xiao He was obviously on Lü Lu's side. Lü Clan Lineage: According to historical records, after Liu Bang's uprising, Lü Yan's brother Lü Ze also launched an uprising in Shandong Shan Father, and has been cooperating with Liu Bang in the chaotic era of the late Qin Dynasty, and the representative figures of this faction include Chen Feng, Jin She, Ding Fu, Fu Kuan and others. Although this group of people was loyal to Liu Bang because of Lü Ze's relationship, they were relatively independent in the imperial court. There is no doubt that the Lü clan is naturally firmly on the side of Lü Yan, which is also the basis for Lü Yan to quickly form his own forces to confront him after Liu Bang favored Lady Qi.
Foreign forces: This mainly refers to the people who defected to Liu Bang for various reasons in the late Qin War and the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, among which the representative figures are Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Han Xin, Peng Yue and others. These people were of great help to Liu Bang's exploits, and after Liu Bang ascended the throne, many people were able to be crowned marquises. This part of the population did not have a unified political tendency, so it was also the main object of Lü Yan's solicitation, and Zhang Liang and Chen Ping were more inclined to Lü Yan. Princes with different surnames: Xiang Yu sealed the world and divided the eighteen princes, and during the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, some princes were eliminated, and some were retained because they fell to Liu Bang's side, mainly including Zang Di the King of Yan, Zhang Er the King of Zhao, Wu Rui the King of Wu, Wu Rui the King of Changsha, and others. However, although these people have greater local influence, they have a relatively shallow foundation in the DPRK and China, and they have little influence on the matter of Yi Chu.
Moreover, after the above analysis, it can be seen that between Lü Yan and Lady Qi, Lü Yan's power has an absolute advantage, coupled with Lü Yan's conscious efforts to win over the ministers, making her power continue to grow. But after his death, the court was bound to fall into civil unrest. And it will inevitably end in Liu Ruyi's failure, after all, Lady Qi and Liu Ruyi mainly rely on Liu Bang's favor, and once Liu Bang dies, this pattern will be broken.
Even if Ruyi ascends to the emperor's throne, he will not be able to make the overall situation of the government and the general trend of the world. Because at that time, Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, had already made proper arrangements for the succession of The Chancellor before his death. Even if Liu Ruyi sits on the emperor's throne, he will gradually become a prisoner in the future party struggle, after all, the gap in strength between Liu Ruyi and Lü Is really too big! From this point of view, Liu Bang's arrangements for his descendants and the court before his death can be described as clever!
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