Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, was a generation of reckless heroes, and founded the Han Dynasty in a few years, giving people a heroic atmosphere. Han Gaozu's concubine Liu Ying, the Emperor Hui of Han, gave people a feeling of weakness and deception, and always lived in the shadow of their parents during his reign. But was the real Emperor Hui of Han really as weak as ordinary people thought?
Although Emperor Hui of Han was an out-and-out "second generation of emperors", the juvenile life of this second generation was different from that of the second generation of emperors of other dynasties, full of hardships in life. When Emperor Hui of Han was born, his father Liu Bang was only a small pavilion chief of Surabaya under the rule of the Great Qin Empire, and his mother Lü Yan was just an ordinary peasant woman, and the Annual Income of the Liu family was only barely enough to feed a family of four, which can be said to be a typical lower class.
Originally, Liu Ying may have spent her life in such a poor and stable day, but just when Liu Ying was one year old, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang raised the banner of anti-Qin, and the rebel armies everywhere were like sparks, burning in the territory of the Great Qin Empire. Liu Ying's father, Liu Bang, also became the leader of a rebel army. His father, Liu Bang, was fighting on the battlefield, and Liu Ying in the rear was not safe. As a rebellion against this kind of activity, once the failure of the whole family's life may be in danger, in the three-year war against Qin, Liu Ying can be said to be the same as her father Liu Bang, who pinned his head to his waist to live.
After the fall of Great Qin, his father Liu Bang was also crowned King of Han. Although the Hanzhong region is economically backward, the good villains are also princes of the party and can live a peaceful life. But not long after the war broke out again, war broke out between his father Liu Bang and Xiang Yu. In the war with Xiang Yu, Liu Ying can be said to have experienced the cold state of the world in the era of war, and his father Liu Bang pushed himself and his sister off the carriage several times in order to escape for his life. By the time Xiang Yu finally failed and the world was determined, Liu Ying was already eight years old.
After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ying was made crown prince as the eldest son of a concubine. But the position of prince is not stable. At this time, his father Liu Bang was favored by Lady Qi, and his position as crown prince could be replaced by Liu Ruyi, the son of Lady Qi, at any time.
It can be said that Liu Ying does not have the protection of her parents, but she is full of swords and shadows, and she is deceitful. I would like to ask you, a child who grows up in such adversity is unlikely to be a weak and deceitful person.
When Liu Ying was sixteen years old, his father Liu Bang died of illness, and he successfully inherited the position of Emperor of the Great Han Dynasty. Although Liu Ying was already a heavenly son at this time, she had to live in the shadow of her mother Lü Yan.
Like his own son, Lu Yan has been in a state of insecurity for many years that he could lose his life at any time. Such an environment makes Lü Yan have an extreme desire for power, and in order to maintain his power, Lü Yan can do whatever it takes. Not long after Liu Bang's death, Lü Yan tortured his former enemy and political enemy Lady Qi to death, and then prepared to kill Liu Bang's other sons.
It can be said that the years when Liu Ying was in power were basically the year when Lü Yan's power was greatly expanded and other political enemies were mutilated. Later generations also accused Liu Ying of being weak because she did not take measures to counter these practices of her mother and regain power.
In fact, Liu Ying rebelled against his mother more than once. When Lü Yan wanted to kill Liu Ruyi, the King of Zhao, it was Liu Ying who rescued him many times, and even took Liu Ruyi with him, just to prevent his mother Lü Lu's people from poisoning them.
In addition to Liu Ru's accident, Liu Ying once saved Liu Fei, the King of Qi, who was almost poisoned by his mother Lü Yan at a banquet. He also tried to hunt down his mother's male pet to interrogate him. During his reign, he also prevented his mother Lü Yan from canonizing Lü as king, and various behaviors showed that Liu Ying was not only not weak, but also much tougher than many people thought.
The weak image of Emperor Hui of Han was actually created by Emperor Wen of Han, who later ascended the throne, and some other ministers. Making Emperor Hui of Han weak and incompetent can make Emperor Wen of Han more capable and increase the legitimacy of Emperor Wen of Han's ascension to the throne. Since then, Liu Ying, the Emperor of Han Hui, has become synonymous with weakness and incompetence.