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In the first year of Ju Zhi (6 years), Liu Bao, who was only one year old, was proclaimed emperor of the Han Dynasty by Wang Mang, but only three years later, Liu Bao was forced to take the throne and became the Duke of Ding'an. Later, in order to spy on Liu Bao, Wang Mang married his granddaughter Wang to her. Liu Bao is both the emperor of the Han Dynasty and the emperor of the new dynasty, why don't you even know the six animals, the captain will tell you in detail.
First, from the clan room
Baby Liu
In the fifth year of the Yuan Dynasty (5 years), Liu Bao was born in the State of Guangqi in Pei County, and was the son of Liu Xian, the Marquis of Guangqi. Although Liu Bao was born in the Western Han Dynasty and was a great-grandson of Emperor Xuan of Han, Liu Yi, at that time, the power of the Han Dynasty had completely fallen into the hands of Wang Mang, the Duke of An Han, and even the Han Ping Emperor Liu Yan (kan) was only a puppet emperor supported by Wang Mang. Therefore, as soon as Liu Bao was born, he was destined to be a pawn in Wang Mang's hands and unable to control his own destiny.
On February 3, 19655, emperor Ping of Han died suddenly (possibly poisoned by Wang Mang), and the Han dynasty desperately needed a new emperor to rule the world. The Han Yuan Emperor Liu Yi (Emperor Hanping's grandfather) had lost his lineage and needed to find a descendant from the other sons of his father, Emperor Xuan of Han, to inherit the throne.
Emperor Ping of Han
At that time, Emperor Xuan of Han still had fifty-three great-grandchildren (five princes and forty-eight marquises), including Liu Xian, the Marquis of Guangqi. However, Wang Mang was worried that Liu Xian and others would be difficult to control because of their old age, so he said: "Brothers are of equal generation and cannot inherit the throne." Wang Mang then selected an heir among Emperor Xuan of Han's grandsons, found that Liu Bao was the youngest, and decided to let him inherit the throne. Wang Mang then chose the emperor under the pretext of divination, announcing that Liu Bao's face was the most auspicious and suitable for succeeding the emperor.
Second, become a prince
Wang Mang
Soon Wang Mang instructed Meng Tong, the official of Wugong County, to present the Xiangrui White Stone with eight characters inscribed on it, "Suing An Han Gong Mang as Emperor". Then the hundred officials reported the matter to the empress dowager Wang Zhengjun (the wife of Emperor Yuan of Han and Wang Mang's aunt) and tested her attitude. Wang Zhengjun was concerned about the Han Dynasty and did not want his nephew Wang Mang to usurp The Han, so he said, "This is false and cannot be done." Wang Mang's confidant Wang Shun then retreated to this time, saying to Wang Zhengjun: "Duke An Han actually has no ambitions, but just wants a regent who will act as the emperor, so as to subdue the world." Wang Zhengjun had no choice but to agree.
Wang Zhengjun
In the first year of Ju Zhi (6 years), Wang Mang made Liu Bao the crown prince, known as "widow" (meaning child), so that Liu Bao, who was about one year old, became the nominal supreme ruler of the Han Dynasty. Wang Mang followed the example of The Duke of Zhou and called himself the "Regent Emperor" (i.e., acting emperor) to handle the affairs of the dynasty on behalf of his widows and babies. Because Liu Bao was too young, Wang Mang did not hold a coronation ceremony for him, allowing him to rule the Han Dynasty as "crown prince" instead of "emperor".
Third, he was tragically imprisoned
The Mingguang Palace was changed to Ding'an Pavilion, and empress Dowager Ding'an lived there. In the old DahongFu as the Ding'an Gongdi, all of them were supervised by doormen and emissaries. The nursing mother is not allowed to speak with the language, often in the four walls, as for growing up, can not be named six animals. Hou Mang took the wife of his granddaughter Sun Yuzi. (Hanshu Wang Mang's biography)
New Dynasty
In the third year (8 years), Wang Mang did not want to be the regent emperor again, but wanted to become the emperor, so he once again sent someone to fake Xiangrui to the imperial court, saying that Wang Mang should become the true son of heaven. Then Wang Mang changed his residence to the first year of the first year, in order to show that he wanted to obey the will of Heaven. Wang Mang then forced his widow to abdicate on November 10 of the first year of the first year (January 10, 9) and established a new dynasty. The three-year-old baby thus ended more than two years of emperorhood, and the Western Han Dynasty also came to an end.
Wang Mang made his widow and infant the Duke of Ding'an, making him a state guest of the new dynasty, and also designated the five counties of Pingyuan, Ande, Luoyin, Mane, and Chongqiu as Ding'an. Wang Mang then issued an edict allowing the infants to build a temple in the fiefdom of Ding'an, worship the ancestors of the Han Dynasty, wear Han Dynasty costumes, and use the Han Dynasty calendar. Then Wang Mang took the hand of the infant and said with tears: "In the past, when the Duke of Zhou took the throne, he would return the power to the king. Now I am forced by the pressure of heaven to become emperor myself. Then Zhongfu carried his baby child down to the palace and submitted to the new emperor Wang Mang.
Wang Mang usurped Han
Wang Mang feared that someone would use the name of his widows and babies to revive the Han Dynasty, so instead of letting him go to the fiefdom, he changed the Dahongxu Mansion to the Ding'an Gongfu and let him live there. At the same time, Wang Mang set up a gatekeeper and emissaries in the Ding'an Gongfu to monitor the babies and babies, and also strictly forbade his nurse and other servants to talk to him, and kept him in a four-walled room. In this way, under Wang Mang's strict control, the baby grew up to a teenager, received no education, did not even know the six animals, and had no difference in cognitive level from that of a three-year-old child. Later, Wang Mang married his granddaughter to his widow.
Fourth, he was killed
Liu Xuan
In the first year (23), the Green Forest Army invaded Chang'an, Wang Mang was killed, and the new dynasty collapsed. Although the baby was freed from Wang Mang's control, his doom did not end. Although the first emperor Liu Xuan overthrew the new dynasty, he soon indulged in wine and ignored the government, so that the situation continued to fall into chaos. In the first three years (25 years), Fang Wang, anticipating the inevitable defeat of emperor Gengshi, proclaimed his widow and infant as emperor, hoping to win the hearts and minds of the people and rebuild the Han Dynasty. Emperor Gengshi then sent troops to fight and kill Liu Bao and Fang Wang.
In general, Liu Bao's life was short, most of the time was either Wang Mang's puppet or a "prisoner" under close surveillance, although his status was noble, he could not receive any education, so he did not know five grains and six animals, and his cognitive level was no different from that of a three-year-old child. In the end, Liu Bao still did not escape the imperial infighting of the new late Xuan Han and was killed by the first emperor Liu Xuan.