In 180 BC, after Lü Hou's death, the Rebellion of Zhu Lü was quickly put down, Liu Heng was made emperor, and in the process of eradicating Zhu Lü, Liu Xiang Liu Zhang Liu Xingju's three brothers could have gained more benefits, Liu Xiang once had the opportunity to become emperor, but in the end, the courtiers, believing that Liu Heng was easier to control and conducive to the stability of the situation, so Liu Xiang's three brothers worked hard in the process of eradicating Zhu Lü, but did not get what they wanted.
Liu Xiang did not get the throne, returned to the State of Qi to continue to be the King of Qi, Liu Zhang, the Marquis of Zhuxu, was sealed the King of Yang, and after the death of the two, when the Han Emperor Liu Heng also roughly stabilized the situation, Liu Xingju rebelled, and his rebellion gave people a very confused feeling, it was almost a hopeless, death-seeking rebellion.
Personally, I think that Liu Xingju's rebellion could not shake the position of Emperor Wen of Han in the slightest, on the contrary, it made Emperor Wen of Han more stable, so why did Liu Xingju rebel?
The first thing to say is that Liu Xiang, Liu Zhang, Liu Xingju, and the three brothers did work hard in the campaign to eliminate Zhu Lü, Liu Xiang was running to the throne, and Liu Zhang and Liu Xingju also got the promise of the ministers that they would both become the King of Zhao and the King of Liang.
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After Liu Heng succeeded to the throne, he was dissatisfied with Liu Zhang and Liu Xingju's support for Liu Xiang's actions as emperor, and deliberately suppressed the credit of the two.
Here is not Liu Heng too small belly chicken intestines, but a wise move, after all, his throne is not yet solid, his own foundation is unstable, Liu Xiang's strength is stronger than his own, if Liu Zhang and Liu Xingju obediently become the King of Zhao Liang, then Liu Xiang Liu Zhang Liu Xingju Three brothers but some ideas, at the same time, rise up, united against the Han Dynasty, that will be liu Heng's greatest challenge after succeeding to the throne.
Liu Heng naturally did not want such a situation to occur, so he said that he wanted to limit the strength of Liu Xiang, Liu Zhang, Liu Xingju, the three brothers as much as possible, and avoid planting an uncertain bomb for himself.
Of course, there are also drawbacks to doing so, that is, it makes Liu Zhang and Liu Xingju unhappy.
Book of Han. In the first year of Emperor Wen's reign, Emperor Wen restored the cities of Yang, Lang evil, and Jinan County, which gao hou had cut off, and Wang Yan, the evil king of Lang. There are 2,000 households each in Yifeng and 2,000 households in Dongmu, and a thousand pounds of gold.
After Emperor Wen of Han ascended the throne, he also wanted to appease the three brothers, so he returned the city that the State of Qi had been divided to the State of Qi, and also increased the fiefs of Liu Zhang and Liu Xingju, but the problem was that in the end the two were only crowned as the King of Chengyang and the King of Jibei.
Compared with King Liang of Zhao, the strength was greatly reduced, the original painting of such a big cake, the result was that the final result was too little, the two naturally unbalanced in their hearts.
Especially Liu Xingju, he has supported Liu Heng's moves.
Book of Han. The Biography of the Five Kings of Gaobei (高五王傳) "King Xingju of Jibei (倨倨) and his ministers to the east of the reign of Emperor Wen of The Emperor Yu(倨) and his ministers( Yên Đạiồng Đ "Then he sent the young emperor out and welcomed the emperor into the palace."
It should be noted here that after the ministers decided to make Liu Heng emperor, Liu Xingju felt that he did not have much credit in the process of eradicating Zhu Lü, so he joined forces with Xiahou Ying, entered the palace, drove the young emperor out, and then welcomed Liu Heng into the palace.
No matter what, Liu Xingju also had the merit of supporting the establishment, but he was still deliberately suppressed by Liu Heng, and he was definitely not convinced in his heart.
Book of Han. The Biography of the Five Kings of Gao", and the Xiongnu entered the border, Han Duo's soldiers were sent, and the Xiang Xiang infant would attack it, and Emperor Wen was fortunate to be in Taiyuan. Xingju thought that Tianzi had attacked Hu himself, so he sent his troops to rebel, and when he heard about it, he sent his troops back to Chang'an, so that the general Hou Chai of Zhipu was broken, and the king of Northern Ji was captured. The king committed suicide, and the kingdom was removed.
In 177 BC, Liu Xingju took advantage of the Xiongnu invasion and suddenly launched a rebellion, but as far as the situation at that time was concerned, his rebellion was meaningless to seek his own death, ah, with the strategy of pacification after Liu Heng succeeded to the throne at that time, as long as Liu Xingju did not get involved in the imperial throne, he did not have too much danger, so why did he rebel?
First of all, as far as the situation at that time was concerned, Liu Xingju's rebellion had no possibility of success.
In the face of the large-scale invasion of the Xiongnu, Liu Heng did mobilize a large number of troops to the north to resist the enemy, and he himself once had a pro-conquest posture.
Book of Han. Emperor Wen's Chronicle of the High Slaves from Ganquan, because of the luck of Taiyuan, saw the old group of courtiers, all gave it. Meritorious deeds were rewarded, and cattle wine was given to the people. Fu Jinyang and Zhongdumin rented for three years. Stayed in Taiyuan for more than ten days.
Liu Heng went all the way north to Taiyuan, where he also met his former ministers, after all, it was the original daiji.
Although on the surface Liu Heng concentrated a large number of troops on the northern front, this does not mean that there were no troops stationed in the hinterland of the Western Han Dynasty.
Where is Liu Xingju's foundation, in the Country of Jibei, it is said to be a country, but it is the land of a county in Jibei County, mainly in changqing county, Shandong, and its military strength is not too strong.
Book of Han. Emperor Wen's ji (文帝紀) The king of Jibei, Xingju Wendi, wanted to attack the Xiongnu, but instead sent troops to attack Xingyang. Therefore, he deposed the soldiers, made Chai Wu the Marquis of Thorn Pu, the great general, and attacked the four generals with 100,000 people. Marquis Qi was made a general and a military commander.
Liu Xingju's intention was to advance all the way west, attack Xingyang, and then capture Luoyang, and then enter Guanzhong in the west, with a good strategic intention, taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the Han army was on the northern front and raiding Guanzhong, but the problem was that it was not the end of Qin at this time, and he could not copy Liu Bang's plan to enter Guanzhong relatively easily.
Moreover, his territory was not close to the northern front, so he and the Xiongnu could not form a joint force at all, and at the same time, the other princely states did not respond, if the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms in the future, he would rebel in that situation, there were still some opportunities, but he did not have any, that is, he fought alone, and was quickly targeted.
Liu Heng quickly gathered 100,000 troops, which basically destroyed the overwhelming superiority of the decay and directly extinguished Liu Xingju's rebellion.
Moreover, Liu Heng also pardoned most of the people who followed Liu Xingju's rebellion, which is also to remind others that they want to rebel and see if you have the strength.
So Liu Xingju's rebellion, on the surface, gives people the feeling that he is playing with his own life, why would he be so unwise?
We don't know what Liu Xingju was thinking at that time, but we can speculate that it was the deaths of Liu Xiang and Liu Zhang, which made Liu Xingju very afraid.
Book of Han. The Biography of the Five Kings of Gao is the age, the King of Qilai, and the King of Ziwen.
King Zhang of Chengyang Jing, Xiaowen established himself in the second year as the Marquis of Qixu and the Marquis of Dongmu, and the second year of his reign.
Liu Xiang and Liu Zhang were originally heroes in eradicating Zhu Lü, but because Liu Xiang once wanted to ascend the throne as emperor, it was normal to be suppressed.
Liu Xingju was originally dissatisfied because he was not crowned King of Liang, and as a result, in the same year that Liu Heng became emperor, Liu Xiang died, and the following year, Liu Zhang also died.
The problem is that the cause of death of the two people is not clearly recorded in history, whether they died of illness or violent death, no one knows, and no matter what the reason, it will give Liu Xingju an illusion, that is, whether Liu Heng is secretly attacking their three brothers.
Therefore, I personally believe that Liu Xingju's rebellion may have a certain relationship with the successive deaths of his two brothers, whether the death of the two is related to Liu Heng or not, Liu Xingju will consider in the worst direction, perhaps this is the reason why he hastily rebelled.
References: Book of Han. Emperor Wen's Chronicle" Book of Han. Biography of the Five Kings of Gao", Zizhi Tongjian. Han Dynasty VI