Liu Bang's least important son, only because his mother was born lowly, eventually became a generation of ancient Ming jun
When it comes to Emperor Wen of Han, people who like the history of the Han Dynasty know it, because he is the emperor who created the "rule of Wenjing". But in fact, among Liu Bang's eight sons, Liu Heng, the Emperor of Han, was not a child that Liu Bang could not look down on. So why didn't Liu Bang look down on Liu Heng? It should start with Liu Heng's biological mother, Bo Ji, who was originally a concubine of the King of Wei, but after the Defeat of the King of Wei in the Chu-Han War, Bo Ji became a prisoner.
Later, Liu Bang coveted Bo Ji's beauty and accepted her into the harem, and soon after Bo Ji gave birth to Liu Heng. But despite this, she did not substantially improve her status when she gave birth to the crown prince, after all, Bo Ji came to the Han Empire as a prisoner at that time, and other concubines were born famous, so her son Liu Heng was never valued by Liu Bang after he was born.
Although the mother and son were often discriminated against and excluded, Liu Heng was still very sensible when he was a child, not only avoiding everywhere but also very modest and without the domineering attitude of the prince, so he also left a good impression on the hearts of the ministers. Later, after Liu Bang personally conquered the land to quell the chaos, he directly established the eight-year-old Liu Heng as the acting king. Liu Heng was very diligent in his administration of the country, and under his rule, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, which also greatly helped him to improve his later political handling ability.
To say that Liu Heng was able to live to ascend to the throne, in fact, this is related to his birth and status, because without the help of other forces, Liu Heng is difficult to attract the attention of Lü Hou, in addition to the fact that he is very careful in doing things, and even when he is later recalled by the imperial court to succeed to the throne, he is not very happy, and even thinks it is a conspiracy.
Later, after Liu Heng succeeded to the throne, he was very grateful to the ministers who had helped him before, and also rewarded them vigorously, but Zhou Bo, who had made meritorious contributions to Liu Heng at that time, was more arrogant, although Liu Heng only removed him from his position. Later, when someone reported that Zhou Bo had plans to rebel, Liu Heng did not execute him.
In the 23 years that Liu Heng ruled the country, he did not spend too much manpower and material resources to build his own palaces and mausoleums, and in ordinary times he only wore some relatively rough clothes, which can be said that among the many emperors, he was very clear and frugal. Under his rule, the law of sitting-in and corporal punishment was abolished, rent and servitude were reduced, and the order for stealing money was abolished, allowing private minting. It can be said that he laid a solid inheritance for the later Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to fight against the Xiongnu.