Liu Fei is the first son of Emperor Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty, and when Liu Bang was still eating and drinking in Pei County, he mixed with Liu Fei's mother Cao, and the two often had a relationship and gave birth to Liu Fei. But Cao is only Liu Bang's lover, not the wife of the Ming media, and the queen of Lu is the wife, so Liu Bang called the emperor, and set up his son-in-law Liu Ying as the crown prince, and as compensation Liu Fei was named the king of Qi, established the state of Qi, set the capital of Linzi, and ruled seventy-three cities.
With the largest feudal state in the early Han Dynasty, it stands to reason that Liu Fei should be relatively tough, but in the face of Empress Lu, a resolute woman, Liu Fei had to be a man with his tail between his legs in order to protect himself. In 193 BC, Liu Fei entered the Beijing Dynasty to see his younger brother Emperor Han Hui, Emperor Han Hui and Liu Fei held a banquet and drank in the Lu Hou Palace. However, this move aroused the anger of Empress Lu, who planned to kill Liu Fei.
Liu Fei
Empress Lu ordered someone to pour two glasses of poisonous wine, put them in front of Liu Fei, and asked Liu Fei to get up and use this wine to toast her. Liu Fei didn't know the conspiracy, so he got up to toast. And Emperor Hui of Han also got up and picked up one of the glasses of wine, ready to toast to Empress Lu with Liu Fei. Empress Lu was afraid of poisoning her son, so she hurriedly got up and knocked over the wine glass in the hand of Emperor Han Hui. Liu Fei was suspicious of Empress Lu's move, so he didn't dare to drink this glass of wine and pretended to be drunk and left.
After going back, Liu Fei knew that it was poisonous wine, and he was very afraid, under the advice of the strategist, Liu Fei dedicated Chengyang County to Empress Lu, and asked Empress Lu to take the place as Princess Lu Yuan's Tang Muyi, and respected Princess Lu Yuan as the queen mother. Empress Lu was very happy and readily agreed to Liu Fei's request, so she did not pursue Liu Fei's original mistakes and let him return to the feudal country.
From this incident, everyone thinks that Liu Fei is very cowardly and respects his sister Princess Lu Yuan as his mother, but this may be Liu Fei's self-preservation. Although there were some nests, after all, his life was saved. Although Liu Fei was "a nest", his sons were much braver, and the killing of the Lu family more than ten years later could be regarded as avenging Liu Fei.
Liu Fei had 13 sons, several of whom occupied a place in the later history of the Western Han Dynasty.
1, Liu Xiang, King of Qi Mourning
Liu Xiang is Liu Fei's eldest son, Liu Bang's eldest grandson, Liu Fei was named the queen of Qi and established Liu Xiang as the crown prince. After the death of Empress Lu in 180 BC, Liu Xiang's younger brother Liu Xuhou Liu Zhang wanted to unite with Liu Xiang to send troops to punish Lü and take the opportunity to establish Liu Xiang as emperor. So their brothers, together with Prime Minister Chen Ping and Taiwei Zhou Bo, launched the Zhulu operation to kill Zhulu.
Liu Xiang
After killing Zhu Lu, there was a dispute over who would inherit the throne, originally Liu Xiang's brothers were the largest clan force involved in Zhu Lu, so Liu Xiang should be the emperor after Zhu Lu, but Liu Xiang's uncle Si Jun was cruel and tyrannical, and the ministers thought that if Liu Xiang was the emperor, there might be a Lu group, so under the trade-off, Liu Heng was appointed as the emperor, and Liu Xiang got nothing.
After Liu Heng succeeded to the throne, he restored the three counties of Chengyang, Langxie and Jinan, which were cut out of Qi during the Lu Hou period, to Qi State, and Liu Xiang died soon after.
2, Liu Zhang, King of Chengyang
Liu Zhang is Liu Fei's second son, and he is also the most capable of Liu Fei's sons. After the death of Empress Lü in 180 BC, Lü Lu, Lü Chan and others conspired to launch a rebellion, Liu Zhang's wife was the daughter of Lü Lu, and knowing Lü's conspiracy, he sent someone to secretly inform his brother Liu Xiang, the king of Qi, that Liu Xiang planned to send troops from the west, and Liu Zhang and Liu Xingju, the Marquis of Dongmu, would be the internal response.
Under the joint efforts of their brothers, Chen Ping and Zhou Bo, Zhu Lu was killed, but who should be the emperor did not fulfill the wishes of the Liu Zhang brothers, and in the end, Liu Heng, the acting king who did not work or contribute, became the emperor, and the Liu Zhang brothers did not get anything, and they contributed in vain.
Liu Zhang
After Liu Heng succeeded to the throne, Liu Zhang was crowned with 2,000 households, and in 178 years before he was named the king of Chengyang, because of the merit of pacifying the Zhulu family, he was once promised to be the king of Zhao by Emperor Wen of Han, but later Emperor Wen of Han learned that Liu Zhang was intended to support his brother Liu Xiang, the king of Qi, that is, the emperor, and was unhappy, only named him the king of Chengyang. Liu Zhang died a year later at the age of 23.
3. Liu Xingju, King of Jibei
Liu Xingju is the third son of Liu Fei, when Empress Lu was in power, he was named the Marquis of Dongmu, 180 years ago, after the death of Empress Lü, and his second brother Zhu Xuhou Liu Zhang as an internal response, wanted to support the eldest brother Liu Xiang as the emperor. After Zhou Bo and Chen Ping killed Zhu Lu, they supported the acting king Liu Heng, who was Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty.
Liu Xingju
In order to seek meritorious service, Liu Xingju entered the palace with the servant Ruyin Hou Xiahou Ying, and said that the young emperor was not the Liu family, and expelled him from the palace. At the beginning, because Liu Zhang and Liu Xingju had merit in destroying Zhu Lu, the ministers promised to crown them as the king of Zhao and the king of Liang, but Emperor Wen learned that they originally wanted to establish Liu Xiang, so he suppressed their merits. In 178 BC, Liu Xingju was named the king of Jibei. In 177 BC, Liu Xingju took advantage of the Xiongnu invasion to the south to start a rebellion, and was defeated and captured and committed suicide.
4, Liu Jianglu, King of Qi Xiao
Liu Jianglu is the eighth son of Liu Fei, in 176 years ago was named Yang Xuhou, in 164 years ago, Emperor Wen of Han divided into six countries, and the original Qi mourning Hui King Liu Feizi was the marquis and the six people who were still alive were kings, and he was established as the king of Qi. In the third year of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty (154 BC), during the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu, Liu Jianglu held a wait-and-see attitude, and the rebels of the Three Kingdoms were surrounded. After Luan Bu broke the rebels, he learned the specific situation and led his troops to attack Qi, and Liu Jianglu committed suicide in fear.
5, Liu Piguang, King of Jinan
Liu Piguang is the ninth son of Liu Fei, in the sixteenth year of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Liu Biguang was named the king of Jinan, in the third year of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, Liu Piguang participated in the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu composed of Liu Bi, the king of Wu and Liu Wu, the king of Chu, under the suppression of Zhou Yafu and the general Dou Ying, Liu Biguang was defeated and killed, and Jinan County was also included in the central jurisdiction.
Liu Piguang
6, Zichuan Yiwang Liu Zhi
Liu Zhi is the tenth son of Liu Fei, and he was first named Marquis of Andu. In 164 BC, Emperor Wen of Han divided into six kingdoms, and Liu Zhi was established as the king of Jibei. In 154 BC, Liu Zhi was kidnapped by Lang Zhongling when he was repairing the city wall, and he could not send troops to participate in the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms in which his four brothers participated, and after the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms was put down, he was renamed the king of Suchuan, and died in 129 BC.
7, Jiaoxi Wang Liu Wei
Liu Wei is the eleventh son of Liu Fei, who was named the king of Jiaoxi in 164 BC, and in the third year of Emperor Jing (154 BC), Liu Wei participated in the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu, and committed suicide after the defeat.
8, Liu Xian, King of Suchuan
Liu Xian is the twelfth son of Liu Fei, who was named Marquis of Wucheng in 176 BC and King of Suchuan in 164 BC, and also participated in the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu in the third year of Emperor Jing (154 BC), sent troops to besiege Linzi, and was killed after the defeat.
9, Jiaodong Wang Liu Xiongqu
Liu Xiongqu, the thirteenth son of Liu Fei, also participated in the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu, and was killed after the defeat.
Brief summary:
Liu Fei's 9 sons were all crowned kings, and the first three sons Liu Xiang, Liu Zhang, and Liu Xingju all participated in the Xulu operation, but they failed to get what they wanted, which was equivalent to working in vain, and several younger sons participated in the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu, and were killed after the defeat. From this point of view, Liu Fei's sons are much stronger than Liu Fei and dare to rebel. Liu Fei's other sons, Guan Gonghou, Liu Bajun, Guaqiu Marquis, Liu Ningguo, Yingping Marquis, Liu Xindu, and Yangqiu Marquis Liu An did not leave so many deeds in history.