As the first civilian emperor in Chinese history, Liu Bang used his life to complete the counterattack from "Di Si" to the founding emperor, and his deeds were imitated by many later generations, including Liu Bang's "super fan" Zhu Yuanzhang.
In history, the topic of liu bang and Zhu Yuanzhang who is more powerful has been debated endlessly, and the famous poet Su Shi commented: "The ancient Hero lord, no han gao." It directly explains Liu Bang's great deeds in history.
But some people say that from the perspective of the difficulty of building the country, it is true that Zhu Yuanzhang is more difficult, his birth is more "grassroots", and the time it takes longer to establish the country; However, from the aspect of governing the country alone, Zhu Yuanzhang did borrow many of Liu Bang's ideas and ideas, and there is such a record in the "Twenty-two Records of history" of the Qing Dynasty: "Ming Zu acted more like Han Gao." It can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang often imitated Liu Bang in terms of governing philosophy.
While the public is still arguing about their historical merits, the sons of these two have quietly stepped onto the stage of history. However, this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's son can be regarded as a "complete victory".
Zhu Yuanzhang had a total of 26 sons, including his eldest son Zhu Biao, the second son Zhu Zhu, the fourth son Zhu Di, the sixth son Zhu Zhen, etc., all of whom were very good. Liu Bang was different, Liu Bang only had 8 sons, and the end of each son was more tragic, he had two sons who had been emperors, except for Liu Ying, the eldest son who was personally supported to the throne by Empress Lü, there were only four sons Liu Heng.
First, Liu Fei, the eldest son of Shu, kept a low profile and saved his life
Liu Fei can be said to be liu bang's first son, his mother is Liu Bang's lover Cao Shi, when Liu Bang was with Cao Shi, he was still just an obscure youth, at that time he had not yet met the woman who changed his life - Lü Yan, for a long time, Liu Bang maintained a close relationship with Cao Shi, and then Cao Shi gave birth to Liu Bang's first son Liu Fei.
Liu Bang was also very fond of this child, and in 202 BC, after Liu Bang claimed that the emperor established the Western Han Dynasty, he immediately gave liu Fei the rich and fertile State of Qi.
In the twelfth year of Han Gaozu (195 BC), Liu Bang died, and his eldest son Liu Ying took the throne, known as Emperor Hui of Han. Two years later, Liu Fei was ordered to go to Beijing to see Emperor Hui of Han, and because Emperor Hui of Han made him sit on the top, causing the disaster of killing, during the banquet, Lü Hou tried to poison Liu Fei to death, but gave up for fear of unintentionally poisoning his son Liu Ying.
Liu Fei discovered that Lü Hou had the intention of killing himself, and in order to save his life, he followed Shi Shi's advice and dedicated Chengyang County to Lü Hou's daughter Princess Lu Yuan, so that he could safely return to the State of Qi. He lived in the State of Qi until the death of Emperor Hui of Han in the sixth year (189 BC).
Liu Ying, the second emperor of the Western Han Dynasty
As the eldest son born to Liu Bang and Lü Hou, Liu Ying's imperial throne came smoothly, everything only needed to be arranged by his own mother, and he was at ease to be the emperor, but Liu Ying had almost lost the imperial throne.
During Liu Bang's reign, he was very fond of his concubine Lady Qi, and gave birth to his third son Liu Ruyi with Lady Qi, perhaps because of his love for Wu and Wu, or perhaps because of Liu Ruyi's personality, Liu Bang believed that Liu Ruyi's personality was very similar to his own, and he loved him unusually, plus Lady Qi cried a few words in Liu Bang's ear from time to time, making him want to abolish Liu Ying's crown prince and replace Liu Ruyi with many times.
Lü Hou realized the seriousness of the matter, and personally invited Shangshan Sihao out of the mountain with Zhang Liang and asked him to attend the banquet with Liu Ying, and when Liu Bang saw this scene, he deeply felt that the prince's power had formed, so he dismissed Yi Chu's matter.
However, Liu Ying's too benevolent and weak personality is doomed to become an emperor for thousands of years, even if his mother Lü Hou has removed all obstacles for him, but he has no intention of being an emperor, in his eyes, Lü Hou is challenging his bottom line step by step, until he sees Lady Qi, who has become a human, his psychological defense line is completely shattered, after returning to the palace, he cried a lot, and since then he has stopped taking care of the government, and after only seven years as emperor, he was depressed and died at the age of 22.
The third and third son, King Yin of Zhao, ruyi
Liu Ruyi was born to Liu Bang's favorite concubine Lady Qi, liu bang's favorite son, and he tried to make him crown prince many times, but unfortunately did not succeed later.
Later, in order to prevent Liu Ruyi from being harmed by Empress Lü after his death, Liu Bang made him the King of Zhao, sent him to the State of Zhao, and sent a trusted minister Zhou Chang to stay by his side to protect him. Unfortunately, Liu Bang still did not expect Lü Hou's means to be so fierce, and she tried every means to recall Liu Ruyi to the capital with the intention of killing him.
At that time, after the Han Hui Emperor Liu Ying knew his mother's thoughts, in order to protect Liu Ruyi, sleeping with him every day and eating, Lü Hou could not find the opportunity to harm Ruyi, until a year later, one day, Liu Ying was ready to go out hunting in the morning, but the young Liu Ruyi could not get up, originally thought that after a year Lü Hou had given up the idea of harming Liu Ruyi, Liu Ying went out with peace of mind, who had thought that when he returned from hunting, all he saw was Liu Ruyi's cold body, and Ruyi at this time had just turned 10 years old.
The fourth and fourth son, Liu Heng, was the third emperor of the Western Han Dynasty
Compared with Liu Bang's other sons, the fourth son, Liu Heng, had the best ending, and it is not an exaggeration to call him the biggest winner in this battle for the throne.
Liu Heng's mother was Liu Bang's concubine Bo Ji, from beginning to end, Bo Ji never got the favor of Liu Bang, and her pregnancy with Liu Heng only came from a chance encounter, so unlike the cruel methods used to treat Lady Qi, Lü Hou actually allowed Bo Ji and Liu Heng to leave the palace to go to the Dai Kingdom.
Although liu heng did not seem to be a threat in Lü Hou's eyes, she still had to guard against it by nature, even though Liu Heng had already arrived in Daiguo, Lü Hou still sent palace women to Daiguo many times to supervise Liu Heng's every move.
In the Daiguo, Bo Ji carefully taught Liu Heng the way of governing the country day by day, teaching him to endure humiliation and burdens, and they vigorously developed production in the Daiguo and governed the country in an orderly manner. Finally, in the eighth year after the Western Han Dynasty (180 BC), Lü Hou died, and at this time the imperial court was leaderless, and they urgently needed a capable person to preside over the overall situation.
Finally, with the support of the chancellor Chen Ping and the taiwei Zhou Bo and others, Liu Heng ascended the throne as emperor, and was known as Emperor Wen of Han.
5. Liu Hui, King of Zhao Gong
Liu Hui was the fifth son of Liu Bang, and his mother is not recorded in the historical records, he was originally the King of Liang in the early period, but later because Liu You, the King of Zhao You, was starved to death, Lü Hou issued an edict for Liu Hui to move to the State of Zhao and become the King of Zhao.
At that time, in order to firmly control the power in her own hands, and for fear of arousing the dissatisfaction of the Liu clan, Lü Hou vigorously advocated liu Lü's marriage, so as to facilitate her supervision of Liu Hui, so Lü Hou gave Lü Huan's daughter to Liu Hui as queen.
But Liu Hui did not like this woman, he really liked someone else, but due to the obscenity of Lü Hou, Liu Hui was depressed in his heart but could not say anything, he could only endure in silence and secretly date his beloved concubine.
However, this Empress Lü knew that Lü Hou was behind her, and for Liu Hui's forbearance, her behavior became even more intense, and even directly poisoned Liu Hui's concubine alive with a cup of poisoned wine.
After that, Liu Hui was depressed all day, thinking of Aifei, and sad that he could not even protect his beloved, and after only four months, he followed Aifei away.
6. Liu You, King of Zhao You
Liu Bang's sixth son, Liu You, was also forced to marry a woman of the Lü Hou family under liu Lü's marriage, and like his brother Liu Hui, Liu You had his own beloved concubine, and he had no time to estimate this queen who was "hard-plugged" by Lü Hou.
Over time, Queen Lü became jealous and falsely accused Liu You of rebellion against Lü Hou, and we do not know whether this was deliberately directed by Lü Hou.
However, Liu You lost his freedom, and he was imprisoned in the official residence by Lü Hou, and even no one was allowed to bring him food, and finally had to be starved to death.
7. Liu Chang, King of Huainan
Liu Chang was the son of Liu Bang and Zhao Ji, and unlike Liu Bang's other sons, this Liu Chang did not die at the hands of Lü Hou. After the suicide of his mother Zhao Ji, he was brought up by Lü Hou, who had deep feelings for him, and when he was dealing with Liu Bang's other sons, Liu Changzheng was young, and Lü Hou was very fond of him and did not harm him.
However, this Liu Changsheng was arrogant and indulgent, and even more did not take Emperor Wen of Han into his eyes, trained troops in his fiefdom, ignored the laws of the court, and even colluded with the Xiongnu to plot rebellion, and the ministers of the court all went up to ask Emperor Wen of Han to put Liu Chang to death, but Emperor Wen of Han, grateful for his brotherly friendship, only abolished his title and sent it to Shudi, but he finally went on a hunger strike and died in the process of distributing Shudi.
VIII. Liu Jian, King of Yan
Liu Jian was the youngest son of Liu Bang, and this Liu Jian was also said to have died a terrible death, he did not die in a power struggle, but in the process of a hunt, he was scratched by a fox with a rabies virus, infected with the virus and died, at that time he was still young, so there are not many records of it in the history books. It is only known that he had one child, but this child was later killed by Lü Yan, and Liu Jian was also killed.
brief summary
Liu Bang's eight sons were basically treated cruelly by Lü Yan, perhaps good and evil will eventually be rewarded, Lü Yan is so greedy for power, bent on assisting his son Liu Ying, but his son hates power very much, and even more because of her indirect death, in the end, this world still falls on Liu Heng, who she is most unoptimistic about.
And Liu Heng, Sheng Zai had a good mother, Bo Ji's careful teaching of him played an indispensable role in his future successful succession to the unification, and finally, Liu Heng also became a generation of Ming Jun.