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On September 10, 74 BC, a carriage carrying a seventeen-year-old boy drove to the main gate of Weiyang Palace.
Outside the door, hundreds of attendants were already waiting in two rows to wait for the teenager.
The young man slowly stepped out of the carriage with the support of the coachman, and was at a loss for a moment in the face of this huge greeting team, but just stood in place and looked at the magnificent scarlet palace gate.
The commander of the guards who came to greet him came out of the line and walked to the young man, bowed his head and bent down, and asked the young man to change into a palanquin and enter the palace.
The young man returned to his senses, showed a stiff smile, nodded slightly, tightened his sleeves and walked quickly to the palanquin parked at the palace gate. On the palanquin, the teenager immediately closed the curtain, sat down, wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and breathed a long sigh of relief.
Soon, the teenager felt the palanquin moving, so he opened the curtains and scanned the window with a worried face. The towering palace walls and pavilions he passed along the way did not fill his heart with waves, and he wanted to live well and stay away from the complicated political struggles than the supreme power he was about to gain.
The palanquin stopped at the entrance of the main hall, and the young man got out of the palanquin and saw that all the civil and military officials were standing and waiting at the entrance of the main hall. At the head of the group was huo Guang, a great general who was in power against the opposition.
Under the leadership of a serious-looking Huo Guang, the young man entered the palace to meet Empress Shangguan and was given the title of Marquis of Yangwu. Then, the internal servant changed into a yellow robe for him, huo Guang offered a jade seal and ribbon, and he sat on the throne of the Great Han with the support of all the courtiers.
Liu Was ill, and in one day, he turned over and became an upright heavenly son. Not long ago, he was a prodigal son who traveled in all directions and had nothing to do with the throne.
His grandfather, Liu Zhao, was once an incredible figure, the son of Emperor Wu of Han and the Crown Prince of the Han Dynasty. If there were no accidents, he should have been the next Great Han Tianzi. However, fate tricked people, and he not only did not become a son of heaven, but also was raided.
He offended one man, Emperor Wu of Han's favorite, Jiang Chong. Emperor Wu of Han dreamed one day that he was being hunted down and killed by a wooden man, and he suspected that someone had deceived him. Therefore, Jiang Chong went to Emperor Wu, saying that it was the crown prince Liu Zhao' doing it.
After Liu Zhi heard about it, he was furious and thought that he was also a crown prince, how could he let you wear a hat indiscriminately, so he led someone to kill Jiang Chong. When Emperor Wu of Han found out, he thought that Liu Zhao's heart was weak, so he attacked Liu Zhao, who was innocently lying with a gun.
Forced to resist, Liu Zhao's troops rebelled, and the two sides fought fiercely in Chang'an, setting off a bloody storm in Chang'an City. The entire Chang'an City was suddenly in flames, and the blood flowed into a river, filled with shouts of killing and trumpets.
In the end, Liu Zhao was defeated and hanged himself, and the entire family was condemned to death. Liu, who was born, was spared death because of his young age and was imprisoned in the royal prison.
Later, he was gradually forgotten in prison, and it seemed that he was going to spend his life in it. But things took a turn in the last few years of Emperor Wudi's life.
Emperor Wu of Han heard that the imperial prison had the image of the Son of Heaven and immediately sent someone to kill all the prisoners. Thanks to the protection of Ting wei's supervisor Bingji, Liu Yi had once again escaped from death, and his news was also learned by Emperor Wu of Han.
Emperor Wu of Han was very confused, he obviously killed Liu Zhao's family, why did he risk an imperial grandson. A careful investigation found that Liu Yi had already been born at the time of the crime, but he was too young to avoid death, and indeed he was his own imperial grandson. Therefore, Emperor Wu of Han pardoned him and handed him over to his mother's family historian to raise.
Liu Yi, who was able to see the light of day again, was very happy, traveled around to study, made friends, was keen on fighting swords and walking the rivers and lakes, and lived a ranger life.
Soon after, Emperor Zhao of Han died without a successor, and After Liu He succeeded to the throne, he was deposed by the powerful minister Huo Guang, and Liu Yi had become the best candidate for the throne.
Under these circumstances, the young Liu Yi, who was happy to be in the jianghu, had entered the Weiyang Palace with his worries about Huo Guang.
Looking at Liu's experience, it can be described as a series of twists and turns. At an early age, he was almost killed by Zhu Lian, and he had to escape the disaster and remain imprisoned all the time.
I thought that I would eat and drink in prison and wait for my life to die, but as a result, Emperor Wu of Han ordered all the prisoners to be killed, and almost died again. After being pardoned, he thought that he had no chance with the throne, and began to travel around, becoming a ronin ranger, fighting everywhere, and inexplicably becoming the heir to the throne.
Becoming an emperor, he could not rest assured, Huo Guang's Huo clan was still there, and he could lose the throne at any time like Liu He, or even lose his life.
Fortunately, Liu Yi did not repeat the same mistakes, and after successfully surviving Huo Guang, he stood up, became a man, killed the rebellious Huo clan, and began to monopolize power and show his fists.
In the winter of 49 BC, Liu Yi, who was still in a confused year, was suddenly unwell and was sick in bed. He thought it was a minor illness, not a hindrance, but later it became more and more serious, he began to be weak, hallucinated, more and more blurred consciousness, and sometimes did not eat for several days.
On January 9 of the following year, Liu's illness seemed to have improved, and he was even able to sit up, his appetite improved, and he got up and ate the imperial meal. The ministers felt that he had survived, and they all breathed a sigh of relief. The next day, when the waiter pushed open his door and offered the imperial meal, he found that the emperor had stopped breathing.
In the end, he was gone. His story is still circulating in the folk, so that Chinese remember that there is such an emperor and such a legend.
Reference: Encyclopedia entry "Liu Inquiry"