After Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu and became emperor, there was a small embarrassment. That is the question of how to treat his father, Liu Taigong. If Yu Gong is the emperor and belongs to the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven is the son of heaven, even in the historical data, he will not hesitate to write a very legendary thing.
For example, the plot of the dragon and his mother having sex to prove his identity and status, if he and Liu Taigong are still called father and son, it is difficult to say in the past. Yu Privately, Liu Taigong is really his own father, which no one can deny, if his father kneels, it is not in line with ethics, it is also difficult to do so.
Liu Bang must choose a more appropriate way to alleviate a little embarrassment, so that he can legitimately perform father and son, and will not conflict with normal etiquette. So the term Emperor Taishang appeared.
Liu Bang and his men played a word game, the emperor was invented by Qin Shi Huang, and he did not posthumously crown any Taishang Emperor, because the Qin State itself had a ancestral shrine, and there was no need to do anything more. Liu Bang himself was a commoner, so he had to make some fuss about the term emperor.
Emperor Taishang, as the name suggests, is the emperor above the emperor, a mascot with the most noble status. Liu Taigong is in the identity of such a mascot, recorded in the annals of history. Liu Taigong himself was still very satisfied. Because over the years, Liu Taigong did not like Liu Bang and thought that he did not have anything to do.
When Liu Bang became emperor, Liu Taigong's first time was not happy, but almost scared to death. Liu Bang's rogue side, he had seen it, and it seemed unrealistic to want Liu Bang to recognize himself. However, after Liu Bang made him emperor, all problems were solved and became reasonable.
Liu Bang made a good start, so in history, there were also some Taishang Emperors, of course, the later Taishang Emperors were not all mascots. Some Taishang Emperors, such as Li Yuan, were good emperors, and then they were vacated, and finally had to become Taishang Emperors. Some emperors were emperors, such as Emperor Gaozong of Song and Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. They were not willing to delegate power at all, and for some personal reason, they no longer became emperors. However, these Emperor Taishang still held important power in the country, but instead put the real emperor in the air.
No matter how many Taishang Emperors were later, Liu Bang, the inventor of the Taishang Emperor, finally solved the embarrassment of ethical problems and breathed a long sigh of relief. Liu Taigong was also very happy to be a mascot-style Emperor Taishang, spending the rest of his life without worry every day. This is already very good, at least a peaceful and divided life, there is no intrigue, cannibalism.