What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Emperor Jing of Han and his father Emperor Wen of Han were both more accomplished emperors in the history of the Western Han Dynasty, and they created the first prosperous dynasty in Chinese history, the "Reign of Wenjing".
These two wise men who founded the prosperous dynasty had very good luck, Emperor Wen originally had no access to the throne, but caught up with the rebellion of Zhulu and ascended to the throne very unexpectedly, and Emperor Jing originally did not have the opportunity to take the throne, but several of his brothers died very unexpectedly in the year when Emperor Wen took the throne, leaving the position of prince vacant, so that Emperor Jing succeeded to the position of prince as the eldest son of the emperor.
Among Emperor Jing's many concubines, there are seven clearly recorded, except for the empress who has no children, the other six concubines all have children, Emperor Jing is a highly prolific emperor, he has 14 sons, except for the Han Wu Emperor Liu Che, what is the fate of the other sons?
Son of Kurihime
The emperor's eldest son, Liu Rong
Liu Rong was born in 170 BC (the seventh year of Emperor Wen), the biological mother of Li Ji. Liu Rong was born with a good hand, because his mother-in-law Empress Bo was childless, so he was made crown prince as the eldest son of the emperor, but his mother was far less wise than his grandmother and great-grandmother.
Although Emperor Jing made a prince, he never made the prince's birth mother empress, and perhaps he still wanted to observe.
During the observation period, Li Ji made a big mistake, he refused to accept the daughter of Princess Liu Yan as a crown princess, completely angering Liu Yan, Liu Yan formed an anti-prince alliance with Liu Che's mother, Lady Wang, and under their joint blows, Li Ji was deposed, and Liu Rong was implicated by his mother and deposed as the King of Linjiang.
In 148 BC, because Liu Rong expanded his palace and violated the law, he was sent to the Lieutenant's Mansion for trial, and the case was taken care of by the harsh Zhi Du, Liu Rong asked to write a letter to Emperor Jing, but Zhi Du was unwilling to provide paper and ink, and later It was Empress Dou's nephew Dou Bao who secretly gave Liu Rong pen and ink, and Liu Rong died after writing the letter, at the age of 22.
The emperor's second son, Liu De
Liu De was born in 171 BC (the eighth year of Emperor Wen), his biological mother Li Ji, Liu De was crowned the King of Hejian at the age of 16, he liked Confucianism, even his clothes and words and deeds imitated Confucianism, at that time most of the Confucians in Shandong were attached to him.
Liu De died after twenty-five years on the throne, and his whole life was not involved in political turmoil, perhaps he was not interested in the powerful, or it may be that he faded out of the political arena to protect himself.
However, Liu De made great contributions to the protection of ancient cultural heritage, and he devoted his life's efforts to collecting cultural ancient books, and today's historical classic "Zuo Zhuan" also has his credit.
In his later years, Liu De was suspicious of Emperor Wu of Han and became depressed, and died in 130 BC at the age of 41.
The emperor's third son, Liu Fuyu
Liu Fu's birth year is unknown, his birth mother was also Li Ji, Emperor Jing was made the King of Linjiang in the second year (155 BC), and in the fourth year of Emperor Jing (153 BC), Liu Fu died after two years of reign, because Liu Fu died early, left no heirs, and the feudal state was incorporated into the central government.
Son of Cheng Ji
The fourth son of the Emperor, Liu Yu
Liu Yu's birth year is unknown, his birth mother Cheng Ji, who suffered from oral disease from childhood, liked to raise dogs and horses, and after Emperor Jing ascended the throne, he was named King Lu Gong, and after the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, he was crowned King lu. Liu Yu died after twenty-six years on the throne, and his son Liu Guang succeeded him to the throne.
The fifth son of the Emperor, Liu Fei
Liu Fei was born in 168 BC (the twelfth year of Emperor Wen), his mother Cheng Ji, at the age of 13, was crowned the King of Jiangdu, when the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu broke out, the 15-year-old Liu Fei bravely participated in the war, and was named the King of Jiangdu for his merits, responsible for governing the State of Wu. At that time, the Minister of State of Jiangdu was the Great Confucian Dong Zhongshu, and Liu Fei knew that Dong Zhongshu was very knowledgeable, so he had great respect for him and adopted a series of suggestions put forward by Dong Zhongshu.
With the assistance of Dong Zhongshu, Liu Fei changed all his previous bad problems, and as a prince of princes, he was not arrogant and arrogant, and fulfilled his duties.
In 129 BC, Liu Fei died of illness at the age of 41. Liu Fei was one of the many princes of the Western Han Dynasty, a few princes who began and ended well.
The eighth son of the Emperor, Liu Duan
Liu Duan was born in 165 BC, after the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu was put down by his mother Cheng Ji, the king of Jiaoxi, Liu Wei, was abolished for plotting treason, and Emperor Jing made Liu Duan the king of Jiaoxi, Liu Duan did no evil, repeatedly violated the laws of the Han Dynasty, and killed people arbitrarily in Jiaoxi, and later the ministers really couldn't see it, so they wrote to Emperor Wu and demanded that Liu Duan be severely punished.
Emperor Wu of Han thought of brotherhood, did not agree, but only cut half of the territory of Jiaoxi Kingdom, which could annoy Liu Duan, he began to be passive and sluggish, the warehouse was broken, he did not repair, he did not deal with official affairs, and also played a game of hide-and-seek, sometimes disappearing for several days in a row.
In 107 BC, Liu Duan died at the age of 58, because he left no heirs, and the fief was returned to the imperial court.
Liu Fa, the sixth son of Emperor Tang Ji' son
Liu Fa's date of birth is unknown, his birth mother Tang Ji was Cheng Ji's maid, and Liu Fa's fifth grandson was Liu Xiu, the Guangwu Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the second year of Emperor Jing (155 BC), Liu Fa was crowned the King of Changsha, because Liu Fa's birth mother was from a humble origin, so Liu Fa's fiefdom was relatively remote, and the fief was smaller than that of other princes.
In 142 BC, Liu Fa entered the capital to wish his father Emperor Jing a happy birthday, at the banquet Liu Fa danced to help Emperor Jing, he was clumsy, causing everyone to laugh, Emperor Jing asked him what was going on, Liu Fa replied very cleverly, my feudal state is too small, not enough to stretch the dance posture, Emperor Jing listened to it and sealed Liu Fa three counties.
After 27 years on the throne, Liu Fa died in the sixth year of Yuan Guang (129 BC) and his son Liu Yong took the throne.
Son of Lady Jia
The seventh son of the Emperor, Liu Pengzu
Liu Pengzu was born in 166, his birth mother Lady Jia, at the age of 11 was crowned the King of Guangchuan, the following year after the failure of the Zhao King Liu Sui's rebellion, Emperor Jing moved Liu Pengzu as the King of Zhao, Liu Pengzu was treacherous and unfriendly to his subordinates, he changed frequently in 60 years, and no one was in the position of Minister of State for more than two years. He often sent people to monitor the minister of state, as long as he caught a small mistake, he would add fuel to the fire and report to the imperial court, the minister of state was either dead or sentenced, Liu Pengzu in the Zhao state can be said to do whatever he wants.
In 92 BC, Liu Pengzu died of illness at the age of 74, and his son Liu Chang succeeded to the throne.
The ninth son of the Emperor, Liu Sheng
Liu Sheng was born in 165, his mother Lady Jia, at the age of 11 was crowned the King of Zhongshan Jing, according to the Book of Han records that Liu Sheng had more than 120 sons, during the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei of the Shu Kingdom claimed to be a descendant of Liu Sheng.
In 113 BC, Liu Sheng died after 43 years on the throne at the age of 52.
Liu Che, the tenth son of Emperor Wang's son
Liu Che was the later Emperor Wu of Han, and his date of birth is disputed in academic circles. Originally, Liu Che did not have the opportunity to take the throne, but he had a mother who exceeded the standard in IQ and emotional intelligence, named Wang Jie, and Liu Che ascended the throne with the assistance of his mother.
In 87 BC, Emperor Wu of Han died at the age of 70.
Son of Wang Yao
Emperor Eleven's son Liu Yue
Liu Yue's date of birth is unknown, his birth mother Wang Yue and Emperor Wu's biological mother Wang Yue were sisters, about the second year of emperor Jing's reign Liu Yue was made the King of Guangchuan, Liu Yue did not have any great achievements in his life, relatively mediocre, and died in 135 BC after thirteen years on the throne.
The emperor's twelfth son Liu Ji
Liu Ji was born about 158 BC, his biological mother Wang Jiao, Liu Ji was crowned king of Jiaodong Kang when he was ten years old, during the reign of Emperor Wu broke out a rebellion of the king of Huainan, when Liu Ji built bows and arrows, chariots to prepare to respond to the king of Huainan, after the failure of the Huainan king's rebellion, Liu Ji's help to the king of Huainan to rebel was also reported, Liu Ji died of panic, at the age of 38.
Liu Che had always had a good relationship with Liu Ji, they were both half-brothers and aunts and cousins, Liu Che not only did not pursue him for treason, but also let his son succeed him to the throne of Jiaodong.
The thirteenth son of the Emperor, Liu Cheng
Liu Cheng was born in 153 BC, his biological mother Wang Jiao, Liu Cheng was made the King of Qinghe at the age of six, died after 12 years on the throne, only 18 years old, because he left no heirs, the feudal state was incorporated into the imperial court.
The fourteenth son of the Emperor, Liu Shun
Liu Shun was born in 152 BC, his biological mother Wang Jiao, Liu Shun was made the King of Changshan at the age of seven, and Emperor Jing was very fond of his young son Liu Shun, so Liu Shun often broke the law, and Emperor Jing did not punish him.
In 114 BC, Liu Shun, who had reigned for 32 years, died at the age of 38.
Among the many heirs of the Han Jing Emperor, Liu Pengzu and Liu Che were the longest-lived, and almost none of the other princes were over sixty years old, but Liu Che was lucky that he had a very wise mother, while Liu Rong was killed by his stupid mother.