The Han Dynasty is undoubtedly one of the greatest dynasties in history, and the Qin Dynasty before the Han Dynasty existed for only 15 years before it perished. In the Han Dynasty period, Han Gaozu has been doing his best to push the Han Dynasty to the peak, but at this time, the Han Dynasty has not yet reached the peak, and it is the peak in the true sense during the Han Wudi period.
The Han Dynasty existed for 400 years and was divided into the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a famous chaotic era in history- the Three Kingdoms Period. However, in the whole Han Dynasty, a strange phenomenon occurred. In ancient feudal dynasties, the inheritance of the throne was passed from father to son. But this was not the case with an emperor of the Han Dynasty.
Emperor Hui of Han had six sons, but after the death of Emperor Liu Ying of Han, none of these six sons succeeded to the throne. After Liu Ying's death, the throne passed to his younger brother Liu Heng. This makes people feel strange, and when it comes to this, people will think of the song taizu Zhao Kuangyin and his brother Zhao Guangyi.
This incident of Song Taizu made people feel strange after all, after all, Zhao Kuangyin had a son, no matter how it was passed on, the throne would not reach Zhao Guangyi's hands. Then again, Liu Ying was the concubine of Liu Bang and Lü Yan, the ancestor of Han Gaozu, and after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, he was a veritable prince. After Liu Ying took the throne, the problem arose.
At that time, Lü Yan was in charge of the imperial government, and she married Zhang Yan, the daughter of her sister Princess Lu Yuan, to Liu Ying, which was equivalent to marrying her own uncle. This is very puzzling, and a big reason is because of Lu Lu's selfish desires. Emperor Hui of Han did not like this one named Zhang Yan at all, so none of Emperor Huidi's six sons were born to Zhang Yan.
The result was tragic, and Emperor Huidi of Han died at the age of only 24. After his death, his sons were not harmed, but all the favored women of Emperor Hui of Han were killed by Empress Lü. After the death of Emperor Hui of Han, the emperor of the Han Dynasty had no one to take the throne, and the Han Dynasty at this time was run by Lü Yan. At this time, no matter which son Of Liu Ying Lü chose, he was Lü Yan's puppet. Liu Ying's six sons were: Liu Gong the Former Shao Emperor, Liu Jiang the Prince of Huaiyang, Liu Buxi the Prince of Changshan, Liu Hong the Marquis of Xiangcheng (later renamed the Prince of Changshan), Liu Chao the Marquis of Xuan, and Liu Wu the Marquis of Huguan (later renamed the Prince of Huaiyang). Later, Lü Yan chose the former Young Emperor Liu Gong as emperor, and he was only a puppet.
Finally, the former Young Emperor Liu Gong said a word: How could Lü Hou kill my birth mother? When I grow up, I'm going to kill Lu Shi. It was such a sentence that reached Lü Hou's ears and demanded the little emperor's life. In 180 BC, Lü Yan, who had controlled the government for 15 years, finally completed her life of being strong. At this time, Liu Hong of the Liu family became emperor.
Later, however, the ministers discovered that this Liu Hong was not Liu Ying's son at all, he was a false emperor. As a result, Liu Hong was eventually deposed by the courtiers. In order to avoid being impersonated as Liu Ying's son, Liu Ying's six sons, without exception, were all killed by the ministers. In order to avoid someone posing as the emperor.
Liu Ying had no sons, so he could only find them from his brother. In this way, the ministers began to look for Liu Bang's son to take the throne. At that time, Liu Bang's sons were only Liu Chang the Prince of Huainan and Liu Heng the Acting King. So the ministers chose Liu Heng as emperor, later Emperor Wen of Han, who created the rule of Wenjing.