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Liu Ying, the second emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, adopted a series of policies conducive to the country's stability, economic development, and cultural prosperity during his reign.
On the economic front, it inherited the people's rest strategy of its predecessor and committed to its implementation.
In terms of ideology and culture, Xiao He, Cao Shen and others were hired as prime ministers, and they advocated the learning of Huang Lao, and attached importance to tradition and a small number of reforms.
Liu Ying also abolished the "law of coercion," thus reviving the long-suppressed Confucianism.
This laid the foundation for the later rise of Emperor Wudi of Han's "Confucianism".
In foreign relations, Liu Ying continued to adopt a pro-Xiongnu and pro-South Vietnamese policy and established Eastern Vietnam as the king of the East Sea. During his reign, the country was stable and the borders remained peaceful. It can be said that he is a more accomplished monarch. However, it is regrettable that after Liu Ying's death, none of his sons died well.
The first was the Shao Emperor of the Han Dynasty (188 BC – June 15, 184 BC).
At that time, because Lü He's short-selling tactics successfully made Zhang Guiren pretend to be pregnant, and by poisoning Zhang Guiren and the son born from it, claiming to be Liu Ying's dearest child, and taking the name of Emperor Shao of Han, she became the Empress Dowager, and she was afraid that he would take revenge when he grew up, so she closely monitored him.
Eventually Lü deposed him and killed him.
The second was Emperor Shao of the Han Dynasty (June 15, 184 BC – November 14, 180 BC).
Although Liu Hong ascended the throne and became the fourth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, he was weakened by the Lü family in the power struggle.
Soon after, he was assassinated.
The other sons, including King Huaiyang, King Changshan, and Marquis Xuan, also did not end well.
These facts led to the spread of the theory that Emperor Hui of Han could not inherit the mantle in Western Han history.