Blood has been a very important relationship since ancient times, it is innate, it existed at the beginning of the birth of human society.
Whether it is a distant past or today, people are accustomed to relying on blood relatives to divide the relationship, for the ancients, blood is an important basis for dividing classes, just because one is a concubine and the other is a concubine, two children born to the same father may have very different fates, in the selection of officials, blood often plays an important role.
Ever since Xia Yu passed the throne to his son Xia Qi, Chinese history has entered the era of family world. In this period, if the father is not the monarch, then the son wants to become the monarch, almost only by force to seize power, and if the blood of the imperial family is shed, then even if the people are displaced, there is a chance to be found and embraced.
However, even in ancient times, when blood was very important, there were still some emperors with doubtful bloodlines, who were not considered to be born of the previous emperors. So, which monarchs in ancient times may not have been born to their predecessors?
Whenever the emperor of the bloodline is mentioned, the qin shi huang who is known as the "emperor of the ages" will be mentioned. Qin Shi Huang established the Qin Dynasty, the first great unified dynasty in China, and made countless great achievements, which were widely praised in later generations.
But as a pioneer, people remember his contributions and are very curious about his "private life", and his life is often discussed.
According to the lineage of the emperors of the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang's father was Chu, the Xiang Prince of Qinzhuang, whose original name was Yiren, and was one of the more than twenty sons of An Guojun. Because of this, he was sent to Zhao Guo as a hostage.
At that time, the State of Qin and the State of Zhao often fought, and the strangers were often in a difficult and dangerous situation in the State of Zhao, and their lives were miserable. Just when the stranger was frustrated, the Weiguo merchant Lü Buwei took a fancy to him, believing that he was his nobleman and his ladder from the business world to the political world.
At that time, An Guojun was very fond of Lady Huayang and named her 'Lady Zheng'', but Lady Huayang had no heirs for a long time, and Lü Buwei spent a lot of money to open up relations and let the strangers recognize her as his mother. Under the persuasion of Lady Huayang, An Guojun agreed to make Yiren the heir, and later An Guojun succeeded him as King Xiaowen of Qin, but after only three days on the throne, he died violently, and the yiren who later changed his name to Zichu naturally ascended the throne as a successor and became the new king of Qin.
When Lü Buwei was helping the strangers trapped in the Zhao Kingdom, his beloved concubine Zhao Ji was favored by him, and in order to achieve great things, Lü Buwei gave her generously.
According to the "Chronicle of History", the infidel "took it with pleasure and gave birth to the first emperor". Legend has it that Zhao Ji was pregnant before being sacrificed to the Yiren, and Lü Buwei deliberately sacrificed it so that his son could become the King of Qin, but some people judged that Yingzheng was born to the Yiren according to the time gap, not Lü Buwei's illegitimate son.
Those who support Qin Shi Huang's theory of having an illegitimate son mainly have two major bases, one is that the "Records of History" writes: "'Ji Zi has a body, and at the time of the great period, he has a son", that is, Sima Qiandu said that before being sacrificed to the yiren, Zhao Ji concealed the fact that she was pregnant; second, even if Zhao Ji became empress dowager, she still "stole from time to time Lü Buwei", which shows that the relationship between the two has always been very close, and it is very likely that the stranger and Qin Shi Huang have a secret that is not known.
In addition to Qin Shi Huang, in fact, Liu Yu, the deposed emperor of the Song Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, was also considered not to be the son of the former emperor.
Liu Yu was born in the seventh year of the Ming Dynasty (463), his father was Liu Yu, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, and his mother was Chen Miaodeng. Chen Miaodeng was elected to the palace at the age of twelve or thirteen because of his outstanding appearance, but he was not blessed by emperor Xiaowu of Song at the time, but was given to his younger brother Liu Yu the Prince of Xiangdong. When Liu Yu first got Chen Miaodeng, he was very fond of him, but after more than a year, he fell out of favor.
After falling out of favor, Chen Miaodeng was given to the attendant Li Dao'er by Liu Yu, but not long after, Liu Yu rebelled and took Chen Miaodeng back to the palace. Back in the palace, Chen Miaodeng gave birth to Liu Yu.
According to the "Book of the South", at that time, it was rumored that Liu Yu had no fertility, so in fact, Liu Yu was Li Dao'er's child, so when people called Liu Yu, they called him "Li Shizi". Interestingly, Liu Yu did not know whether he was clear or really confused, and after being called ''Li Shizi'' by people, he called himself Li surname, and called himself 'Li Tong'' during a private interview with Weifu.
Sometimes, there are also some records in the history books that do not know whether they are false or intentional, such as Chen Shou's record of The Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms. Cao Rui was the son of Emperor Wen of Wei, Empress Cao Pi and Empress Wenzhao Zhen, who was also the son of Zhen Ji.
In the history books, Chen Shou said that he died in the third year of the Jing Dynasty (239), when "shi Chinese New Year's Eve 6",' so if you calculate it, Cao Rui should have been born in the eighth year of Jian'an (203), but Cao Cao captured Yicheng, and Cao Pi's marriage to Zhen Ji happened in the ninth year of Jian'an (204), which is difficult to correspond in time.
In response to this situation, Pei Songzhi, who commented on the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, commented: "'Wei Wu was appointed in August of the ninth year of Jian'an, and after Emperor Wen shi na Zhen, Emperor Ming should be born in ten years... Not thirty-six also. ''
Therefore, in the "Three Kingdoms Chronicles", there is a conjecture that "the collapse of the Ming Emperor, the thirty-sixth year of the year, Yuan Yin Cao Si, deeply suspicious of the truth, killing the mother and leaving the son, in order to extinguish the mouth", of course, this may just be Chen Shou's unintentional mistake.