In the long history of ancient China, there are few infamous princes like Liu Jian, the king of Jiangdu. His life was full of unimaginable debauchery and tyranny, and even inadvertently created a new species of "mule" in his deviant behavior. This person is Liu Jian, the king of Jiangdu, whose behavior has been criticized in history, and his behavior is even more outrageous.
Liu Jian, originally the uncle of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, succeeded his father Liu Fei on the throne and became the king of Jiangdu. His father, Liu Fei, was a hero who had made great achievements during the reign of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty. However, Liu Jian did not inherit his father's loyalty, but embarked on a path full of depravity and immorality.
(Liu Jian's daughter, Liu Xijun.) She was the first royal flesh and blood of the Western Han Dynasty to be given up, married to Wusun Kingdom and became the first "harmony" successful golden branch and jade leaf. )
Liu Jian's crime makes people shudder. He not only abandoned the government and indulged in wine, but even took advantage of the power of the Son of Heaven to do whatever he wanted to the women around him.
In the palace of Jiangdu, Liu Jian collected a large number of beauties, indulged in lewd pleasures day and night, and his behavior was extravagant. Liu Jian not only committed adultery with his father's concubine, but even his sister Liu Zhengchen did not let go. According to the "Biography of Zhao Feiyan" written by Lingxuan, the eastern governor of the Han River, Zhao Feiyan and Zhao Hede's mother, the county lord of Gusu, was Liu Jian's granddaughter.
In the Jiangdu Palace, Liu Jian's tyrannical behavior was even more outrageous. He often held cruel "entertainments", the most famous of which was his cruel experiments on animals.
Legend has it that Liu Jian once forced his subordinates to mate with animals in an attempt to give birth to strange offspring for fun. In these inhumane experiments, he even inadvertently created mules, and the emergence of this new species became a strange testimony to his absurd life.
Liu Jian's extravagance even attracted the attention of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. However, in the face of the censorship of the imperial court, Liu Jian was good at using bribery techniques and repeatedly escaped justice. His actions not only ruined the reputation of the royal family, but also aroused strong indignation among the people.
In the end, Liu Jian's crime was exposed. In an incident in which the King of Huainan and the King of Hengshan conspired to rebel, Liu Jian's crime was implicated. He secretly prepared weapons in Jiangdu, and even privately engraved the emperor's jade seal, preparing to unite with other kingdoms to rebel, and ordered Emperor Wu of Han to be cursed. However, all this was eventually ascertained by the imperial court.
Faced with the coming harsh trial, Liu Jian chose to commit suicide. His death put an end to a horrific history. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty heard the news, he was furious and ordered the abolition of Jiangdu and the annexation of Liu Jian's territory to the central government.
Liu Jian reigned for only six years, but there are many more records than his father Liu Fei, and even tried to rebel, made weapons, and connected the stories of other princes Liu Jian, which became a shameful mark in Chinese history.
Liu Jian's life is full of lewdness and tyranny, and his behavior challenges the bottom line of humanity and morality. And the mule, which he inadvertently created, became a symbol of his absurd life.