In fact, in the history of China or the history of the West, all kinds of struggles and sacrifices are inevitable, even in the royal family where the imperial power is particularly powerful, and the struggle for various inheritance opportunities has become a typical representative of historical cruelty, and many people and things will hardly care about any feelings, which is also part of the sadness. If there is a certain understanding of Chinese history, you will find a very strange law, everyone knows that each generation of kings will plan and choose their future heirs, and it is also because this inheritance method has caused various struggles for the princes of the ancient royal family, almost exhausting the means and even disregarding the family affection to compete for the final imperial power. Of course, this is also the historical environment that must be had in that era, otherwise there would be no such social change, and when it comes to successors, ancient emperors will generally be appointed as princes or princes.
But Xiaobian found a particularly strange thing, the study of history will find that in the entire feudal dynasty, the founding prince of each dynasty can rarely become the emperor, even if he becomes the emperor is not an emperor who really has power, such a fate is almost particularly cruel, such a situation in many ancient dynasties has not been broken, has become a particularly strange thing in history. The following xiaobian also found several particularly representative dynasties to talk about the specific situation separately, is this situation really so strangely staged in history?
First of all, the first was Fu Su of the Qin Dynasty. There are many reasons for Fu Su's death in history, some say that he was killed by the Holy Will, and some say that he was killed by Hu Hai, such a statement has not been much verified in history, mainly because history is relatively old. In fact, those who know history know that Fu Su of the Qin Dynasty was the most likely to inherit the throne, and in that kind of dynasty with a particularly strict system, Hu Hai was the biggest contender at that time. At this time, many political advantages were biased towards Hu Hai's side, and with the strong support of Zhao Gao at that time, Hu Hai could also be regarded as an important key point for the successful seizure of power.
At that time, Qin Shi Huang fell ill during a tour, and this time he fell ill and did not even write a will, originally it was to establish Fu Su as the successor, but Zhao Gao at that time hoped that Hu Hai would inherit the throne, and finally he and Li Si reformed Qin Shi Huang's will. In the end, Fu Su was also given death by will, but there are also records in history that Fu Su was killed by Hu Hai after he became emperor, in fact, both possibilities exist. Hu Hai was the first prince of the founding of the country to be so miserable, and it was also the nightmare of the founding prince in the feudal dynasty.
The second was Liu Ying of the Western Han Dynasty. Liu Ying's reign is not the shortest emperor, but his life is indeed very short, if we talk about the most tragic emperor in ancient history, Liu Ying can be regarded as a typical example. He was the founding prince of the Western Han Dynasty, the eldest son of Liu Bang, although he became emperor very smoothly, he was an emperor without any political rights at that time, and the political power at that time was mainly in the hands of Lü Hou, Liu Ying himself was also a relatively depressed emperor, even as an emperor, he rarely cared about the national political events, Liu Ying's most tragic story is not in this way, back after his death, the regime fell into the hands of foreign relatives, and finally Liu Ying's descendants were almost killed, which is the most tragic place.
The third was Sima Zheng of the Western Jin Dynasty, who had low intelligence. At that time, after the complicated influence of many political powers, the successor of the Western Jin Dynasty eventually fell to Sima Zheng, but Sima Zheng was a more demented emperor who knew nothing about the administration of the state when he became emperor, so the power also fell into the hands of the empress at that time. At that time, the empress took power in all kinds of chaos, which eventually led to the chaos of the Eight Kings, and this political environment led to Sima Zheng's fate was very tragic, and later fell into other forces, suffered humiliation, and finally died at the hands of the King of the East Sea.
The fourth is Liu Jiang of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Everyone knows the historical Liu Xiu, in fact, Liu Xiu was able to become the emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty because of his choice at that time, when he was conquering the Hebei region, Liu Xiu, in order to expand his own power, coupled with the niece of Liu Yang, the King of Zhending, at that time. At that time, the power of Zhendingguo was also relatively strong, so that he could expand his own power and be with the people he liked. Later, soon after Liu Xiu became emperor, he made Liu Yang's niece empress and their son Liu Jiang crown prince. It can also be regarded as the first prince of the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but in fact, Liu Jiang did not go far on the emperor's road in the end, mainly because his mother was deposed by Liu Xiu. Later, after Empress Guo was deposed by Liu Xiu, Liu Jiang also felt that his position as prince could not be saved, and instead of being deposed by everyone, it was better to take the initiative to resign the position of prince, so he finally resigned on his own initiative. However, Liu Jiang's fate was still very good, and after retiring as the prince at that time, he became the king of the East Sea, which was also a life he wanted.