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Introduction: After Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, although the situation in the world was stable, the imperial power within the Han Dynasty has been in a state of turmoil, especially the dictatorship of Lü Yan, and later ministers jointly overthrowing the Lü family, which makes people lament that the ruthless and the most imperial family. After Lü Yan's death, Liu Heng ascended the throne as the new emperor, but many people know that in the process of overthrowing the Lü family, Prince Liu Xiang was the one who contributed the most, why did Liu Xiang not ascend to the throne, but let Liu Heng become the emperor of the Han Dynasty?
Before analyzing this problem, the author will first introduce the grudge between Liu Xiang and Lü Yan. As Liu Xiang's grandson of Liu Bang, according to the reason, he and Lü Yan should not have much hatred and hatred, but he had a feud with Lü Yan. Liu Xiang's father was Liu Fei, the eldest son of Liu Bang, and one of Liu Bang's many sons was not framed to death by Lü Yan, but Liu Fei did not have a stable life. When Liu Fei entered Chang'an, he was almost poisoned by Lü Yan, and although he was saved by Liu Ying, Lü Fei did not stop there. Lü Yan detained Liu Fei in Chang'an City, he ceded a fief in order to save his life, and not only was he forced to honor his sister as empress, but eventually Liu Fei returned to the fiefdom, but it did not take long after this humiliation to die in Huangquan. Liu Xiang then put this hatred on Lü Lu, so Liu Xiang was the most active in overthrowing Lü Yan's forces.
So why, after overthrowing the Lü family, did the chancellor not push Liu Xiang as emperor of the Han Dynasty, but instead pushed Liu Heng? After carefully studying the history of overthrowing the Lü clan, the author came to a conclusion that the issue of power, the specific reasons for the analysis and listen to the author's detailed explanation. First of all, why did these ministers want to overthrow the Lü family? Because the Lü family has a great influence on the entire government. While Liu Bang was alive, Lü Yan was in charge of the power of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Bang had no way to take Lü Yan, and when Liu Bang died, Lü Yan became the actual ruler of the Han Dynasty. In order to consolidate his own family's throne, Lü Yan vigorously developed his power, so that the lü family's children filled the entire court, and vigorously suppressed the Han Dynasty ministers, in this situation where the Lü family was powerful, the han dynasty ministers directly chose to overthrow the Lü family after Lü Yan's death.
Secondly, Liu Xiang himself is too strong. After Lü Yan's death, Liu Xiang took the lead in raising troops, and many princes were also contacted by him, when Zhou Bo Chen Ping, the ministers of the court, the first thing that came to mind was Liu Xiang, and everyone immediately agreed and began to overthrow the Lü family. Liu Xiang was unusually active in this coup d'état, and his means and abilities also impressed everyone, and it is reasonable to say that Liu Xiang should become the new emperor. However, when everyone was discussing, Liu Ze said a fatal problem, Liu Xiang was too strong to inevitably become a figure like Lü Hou, they initially overthrew the Lü family, it was because the Lü family forces suppressed themselves, but Liu Xiang was tough, and after ascending the throne, it was inevitable that they would suppress these ministers who supported the new army.
In the end, Liu Heng was chosen as emperor, also because of the problem of power. Liu Heng was the weakest among the many royal families and had no family background. Liu Heng's mother was Bo Ji, she was just a woman who was captured by Liu Bang, at that time she was pitiful and was put into the harem, after giving birth to Liu Heng, Liu Bang also gradually forgot about her, at that time Bo Ji was also extremely low-key, so Lü Yan did not attack Bo Ji, but gave them a fief between mother and son. Bo Ji and Liu Heng also lived a very responsible life when they arrived at the fiefdom, and never developed their own power, so among all the feudal kings, Liu Heng had the least power background. At that time, the ministers overthrew the Lü family in order to be able to control the government and avoid oppression by other forces, in this case, they set their sights on those royal families who had no power background, Liu Heng naturally became their primary target, weak and backgroundless, it was simply a candidate for these ministers to be elected emperor.
Combined with the above points, the author feels that the reason why Liu Xiang was not pushed by the ministers to be emperor was due to power reasons in the final analysis. Liu Xiang was so strong, and his means were also very fierce, after he sat on the throne, it was inevitable that there would be things like Lü Lu's suppression of the old courtiers in the court. Suppressing the old ministers will naturally harm their interests, at that time these ministers overthrew the dictatorship of the Lü family, in order to make their own interests not damaged, so choosing Liu Xiang is equivalent to sending away the Lü family, and then the oppression of the emperor, overthrowing the family is easy, overthrowing the emperor is more difficult than ascending to the heavens, in this situation of thinking about the future, these ministers chose Liu Heng, who has no background and no strength, to be the new emperor of the Han Dynasty.
However, these ministers did not expect that they would find Liu Heng with the attitude of picking soft persimmons, and it turned out that Liu Heng was not a soft persimmon at all, but the most troublesome person. After Liu Heng became emperor, he began to suppress these ministers and evacuate their rights, and the rights of Zhou Bo chen ping were gradually exploited by Liu Heng, and these ministers eventually failed to escape the results of being oppressed by the forces. The above is the author's personal opinion, welcome friends with other insights to leave a comment.
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