Huainan was a cursed place in the Western Han Dynasty, and as long as the people who became the king of Huainan seemed to be ambitious and wanted to rebel.
In the history of the Western Han Dynasty, a total of four people were given the title of King of Huainan, namely Yingbu, Liu Chang, Liu Xi, and Liu An.
Among the four Huainan kings, in addition to Liu Xi, the other three Huainan kings Yingbu, Liu Chang, and Liu An rebelled successively.
The first generation of Huainan Wang Yingbu
Yingbu was the only king of Huainan with a different surname in the Western Han Dynasty. He was Xiang Liang's old subordinate, and when Xiang Yu rebelled, Yingbu led his troops to defect to Xiang Yu.
Yingbu fought quite bravely, defeating Zhang Handan and defeating Liu Bang's defenders to Xianyang.
Because of his repeated military achievements, Xiang Yu made Yingbu the King of Jiujiang.
However, in the following year, when Xiang Yu was attacking the rebellious Qi king Tian Rong, he recruited Yingbu's men and horses, but Yingbu reluctantly sent thousands of men and horses to deal with Xiang Yu under the pretext of illness. Later, when Liu Bang attacked Pengcheng, Yingbu still pretended to be ill and refused to go to the battlefield, which caused Xiang Yu's resentment.
Later, Liu Bang sent someone to persuade Yingbu, who decided to betray Xiang Yu and was crowned the first King of Huainan after surrendering to Liu Bang. Yingbu also participated in the Battle of Xiaxia, defeating the old leader Xiang Yu.
To be honest, this is a character who is not firm in his two-faced and three-sided stance.
Liu Bang declared himself empress dowager and began to suppress princes with different surnames. The Marquis of Huaiyin, Han Xin, and the Liang king Peng Yue were successively reprimanded, and Yingbu feared that Liu Bang's knife would sooner or later fall on his head, so he secretly gathered his army to prepare for the unexpected.
As a result, Yingbu's plot was exposed due to a "green hat incident".
In 196 BC, Yingbu suspected that his favorite Ji Ji had an affair with the Zhongdafu Benhe and planned to arrest Benhe, who knew that Benhe got the wind in advance, stepped on the hot wheel and fled to Chang'an, telling Liu Bang that Yingbu planned to rebel.
Liu Bang is worried that he can't find an excuse to clean up Yingbu, this is really wanting to sleep to pillow, here Liu Bang sharpens the knife Huo Huo to Yingbu, where Yingbu's psychological quality is extremely poor, can't bear the pressure and simply really rebelled, and the result was defeated and reprimanded.
After the title of King of Huainan was vacant, Liu Bang changed hands and gave it to his younger son Liu Chang.
Liu Chang, the second king of Huainan
Liu Chang is the fruit of Liu Bang's one-night stand.
His mother, Zhao Ji, was originally a concubine of Liu Bang's son-in-law Zhang Ao. Once, when Liu Bang passed through the Zhao Kingdom, Zhang Ao ate and drank well to serve the old man, and also sent Zhao Ji to serve Liu Bang.
It was after this night affair that Zhao Ji became pregnant.
Not long after, Zhang Ao's state minister Guan Gao was dissatisfied with Liu Bang's wanton insult to Zhang Ao and planned to murder Liu Bang, so Zhang Ao, Zhao Ji and others were implicated and imprisoned.
After Zhao Ji gave birth to Liu Chang in prison, she committed suicide with hatred, and Liu Chang had no wife just after birth, and her life was comparable to that of a small cabbage.
However, he is also a blessing in disguise, Liu Bang handed him over to Lü Hou to raise, compared to other princes to have an advantage is still quite obvious, at least with Lü Hou is still a bit of mother and son affection. Later, after Lü Hou came to power, he persecuted Liu Bang's sons on a large scale, and only he and the later Emperor Wen of Han hid in the past.
To say that Huainan this place is also very good, if Liu Chang is an ansheng stay, maybe he can end up in a good end, but he feels that life is too idle, and he wants to give life some stimulation.
So he colluded with the Xiongnu and Minyue and sent seventy people and forty large vehicles to plan a rebellion, and it is really touching to say that this number is also very moving. The result was an unquestionable failure, and Liu Chang committed suicide on the way to escort.
After Liu Chang's death, Emperor Wen of Han appointed his eldest brother's son Liu Xi as the King of Huainan, and later after Liu Chang's son Liu An grew up, Emperor Wen of Han renamed Liu Xi the Prince of Chengyang and Liu An the King of Huainan.
Liu Xi, the half-cut king of Huainan, may have landed safely because of his short tenure.
Liu An, the fourth king of Huainan
Liu An belonged to the most popular among the kings of Huainan, and could make tofu and write books.
Of course, his "Huainanzi" is quite controversial in the field of historiography, and some people think that this is not written by him at all, but compiled by his disciples, in any case, "Huainanzi" can only be completed with the full support of Liu An, and his merits cannot be erased.
Therefore, Liu An gave us the impression that it should be the image of the Immortal Wind Dao Bone, which is far from the image of rebellion in the history books.
The trigger for Liu An's rebellion stemmed from family conflicts.
Liu An did not like Liu Buxi, the eldest son of Shu, so that Emperor Wu of Han's "pushing grace order" treatment did not benefit Liu Buhao, and Liu Jian, Liu Buxi's son, was angry about this, and wrote to the imperial court to report the rebellion of the King of Huainan.
In the era of Emperor Wu of Han, even if you were innocent, you could be found out, not to mention that you still had a handle in the hands of others.
In the fifth year of Yuan Shuo, Liu Qian, Liu An's son, was accidentally stabbed by Lang Zhonglei while testing the sword technique.
Fearing revenge from Liu Qian, Lei requested to join the army against the Xiongnu. However, due to Liu An's obstruction, the trip did not take place. Lei was helpless and ran to Chang'an to complain to Emperor Wu of Han.
At that time, Liu An was afraid, so he discussed with the crown prince Liu Qian to assassinate the emissaries sent by the imperial court, and did the opposite. As a result, Emperor Wu of Han only cut down liu'an and two counties as punishment, and he saw that nothing had happened and was safe for a while.
This time Emperor Wu of Han was menacing, Liu An pondered that he could not hide, and shouted rebellion all day long, this time it was finally going to be a real battle, but unfortunately, before he had any big move, the palace was besieged, and Liu An committed suicide.
These three generations of Huaiyang kings rebelled for different reasons.
Yingbu is always worried and uneasy in his heart because of the two ends of the first rat, plus Liu Bang did suppress these kings with different surnames after becoming emperor, he belongs to the kind of people who have to be stabbed when they stretch their necks and shrink their necks, and it can be said that they have their own grievances.
Liu Chang did it purely by himself. To tell the truth, Emperor Wen of Han was quite interesting enough for this little brother, Liu Changsheng was arrogant and violent, and he killed the Marquis of Peiyang, and as a result, Emperor Wen of Han did not punish him at all.
This time, Liu Chang was even more arrogant, and he and Emperor Wendi of Han rode in the same car when they were hunting, and put their arms around Emperor Wendi of Han's shoulders and called him the eldest brother. In his fiefdoms, he made decrees without authorization and presented himself as emperor.
Some people criticized Emperor Wen of Han for deliberately indulging Liu Chang so that he could find a reason to kill him later. The truth of history has been lost in the fog, but Liu Chang's rebellion is a foregone conclusion, even if Emperor Wen of Han has a good temper, he cannot tolerate him.
Liu Chang committed suicide because he did not let him get off the car during the escort, and he could not bear this humiliation, and his temper was indeed big enough.
His tragedy lies in not recognizing his own position, too ambitious and incompetent, treating the throne as a toy that everyone has at his fingertips, and as everyone knows, Emperor Wen of Han can be a stable successor to the throne, and behind it is countless political wisdom, and his little careful thinking is far from others.
This tragic personality of Liu Chang was perfectly inherited to Liu An, the fourth generation of Huainan king.
Liu An himself is brilliant, and if he puts all his mind on literature, he may still have a good result, but unfortunately, like his father Liu Chang, he is also an ambitious but unscrupulous lord, with no political talent to speak of.
During the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms during the Reign of emperor Jing of Han, Liu An was also eager to try, but fortunately, at that time, his minister of state did not obey Liu An's orders, but led troops to defend the rebels and be loyal to the imperial court, and finally the Huainan Kingdom was saved.
In fact, fate has already taken care of Liu An, but he still remembers the conspiracy and rebellion.
After Emperor Wudi of Han ascended the throne, he did not give birth to a son for a long time, and Liu An was so happy that he felt that after Emperor Wudi of Han was gone, he could inherit the unification. Later, Wei Zifu gave birth to his eldest son, Liu Zhao, but the king of Huainan was depressed, and he sighed every day, and Emperor Wu of Han must have known his careful thinking.
Moreover, Liu An was completely unaware of his dangerous situation. He experienced the era of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, both of whom belonged to the kind with a relatively mild temperament, and could still tolerate him, who was Emperor Wu of Han? That is a decisive Lord.
Originally, Emperor Wu of Han was planning to find a way to cut the domain from the head, and Liu An himself sent it to the door.
His Huainan Zi propagated the Taoist tradition, which was originally contrary to Emperor Wu of Han's concept of "deposing a hundred families and respecting Confucianism"; Liu An also raised thousands of disciples, often illegally assembling needles and punching, which made Emperor Wu of Han very unhappy.
Liu An's failure lay in the farsightedness of a politician, a lack of understanding of the contradictions between huainan and the imperial court, and illusions about Emperor Wu of Han. To tell the truth, even if Liu An obediently stays at home and grinds tofu, he may not be able to end well, let alone a major crime of rebellion? What awaits him in the end is bound to be tragedy.