In the last years of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang seized power with the intention of usurping the Han Dynasty, so after the death of the Han Emperor, he began to implement his own grand plan, and established the young Hanping Emperor Liu Yan as emperor, as his puppet to facilitate the exercise of power. Emperor Ping of Han died early, but Wang Mang had not yet gained a firm foothold at that time, so in order to consolidate his strength, he also made Liu Bao the crown prince. However, Liu Bao did not successfully become the emperor, so he was not yet the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, so posterity called him a widow, and the widow Liu Bao came from this.
Portrait of The Widow Liu Baby
Who is Liu Bao?
Born in 5 AD, liu bao was the son of Liu Xian, the Marquis of Guangqi, and also after the death of Emperor Xuan of Han, in order to consolidate his power, Wang Mang made Liu Bao crown prince, but as the crown prince, Liu Bao sat in the position of crown prince for three years and did not ascend the throne as emperor.
If you can't be called emperor, then Liu Baby is still lucky, but Wang Mang is ruthless, liu baby who is only five years old was imprisoned by the "false emperor" Wang Mang, and no one spoke to him during the captivity, communicated, so liu baby who grew up could not speak clearly, people were stupid and stupid, and finally killed in 25 AD, only 20 years old when he died. Although he only lived for 20 years, the story of liu bao, the widow, is also full of ups and downs and twists and turns.
The story of the widow Liu Bao
In 5 AD, Liu Bao was born, and the following year, the Hanping Emperor died, and Wang Mang tried to establish a new emperor to consolidate power, so he chose the youngest and most incompetent Liu Bao, and he made Liu Bao the crown prince, but this time he did not want Liu Bao to sit on the emperor's throne, so he did not let him ascend the throne for three years, but calculated his own calculations in these three years.
Wang Mang wanted to be emperor himself, so he tried every means to find a reason, and chose a "heavenly destiny" method, he ordered people to engrave the words of Wang Mang's new policy on the strange stone of the offering, which means that wang Mang will be too peaceful to be emperor in this world. He also told this news to the empress dowager Wang Zhengjun, and under the pressure of public opinion, Wang Zhengjun had to agree to Wang Mang's approach, so Wang Mang was called emperor, and history was called "false emperor".
Picture of the baby Liu
Wang Mang, who successfully sat on the emperor's throne, no longer needed his widow Liu Bao at this time, so Liu Baby, who was only five years old, was imprisoned by Wang Mang and could not communicate with the outside world, so Liu Baby, who was still growing and developing, eventually grew into a big fool because there was no one to teach and communicate.
Of course, if Wang Mang directly imprisoned his widows and babies, he would definitely attract criticism, so he called The Emperor Liu Bao the Duke of Ding'an and divided the fiefdoms, but Wang Mang did not let Liu Infant go to the fiefdom, but transformed a Ding'an Gongfu in the capital to let him live, so he put his widow Liu Bao under house arrest. This is the story of Liu Bao, the widow, so what will be the end of his story?
How did the widow Liu Bao die?
The end of the baby is a word, tragic, he was used by Wang Mang since he was a child, existed as a puppet, and then imprisoned and became demented. Fortunately, in the last year of Wang Mang's reign, rebel armies rose up one after another, and Fang Wang, a Pingling man, learned that Liu Infant was the orthodox Son of Heaven according to the celestial signs, so he raised an army to rescue Liu Infant and send him to Linjing, and wanted to establish him as the Son of Heaven. However, the crown prince's throne had not yet ascended, and the first emperor Liu Xuan sent troops to break it, and eventually his widow Liu Bao died at the hands of Liu Xuan's general Li Song.
Liu Baby's death is a bit of a pity, if Fang Wang and others really succeed in raising an army, and then restore the Han Room, then Liu Baby will be blessed. But in fact, the truth of the facts is not so, although Liu Bao was rescued by Fang Wang, but Fang Wang just wanted to use the "banner" of his widow Liu Bao to call on and lead people, in fact, they did not want to establish Liu Bao as emperor at all. Therefore, this fantasy is also just a pipe dream, which shows the tragic end of this Liu Baby.