Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty was the tenth son of Liu Qi, the Emperor of Han Jing, and the reason why he was able to inherit the throne as a son was first of all to thank his father, and secondly to his mother, because a pair of excellent parents worked hard for Liu Che's road to the throne! His father, Emperor Jing, survived the death of his strongest competitor, Liu Wu the Prince of Liang. His mother found him a good daughter-in-law, Chen Ajiao, and pulled Liu Yan, the princess of Guantao, to his side.
Empress Dou had always wanted Liu Wu the Prince of Liang to be the emperor's brother-in-law, and wanted his brother and brother to succeed to the throne, and this method of succession was basically abolished as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, and now it is not easy to take it up again. Both the imperial court and the military opposed Liu Wu, the Prince of Liliang, as the emperor's brother-in-law, and Empress Dou was difficult to shake. On the other hand, under the joint operation of Liu Che's mother Wang Xian and the eldest princess Liu Concubine, Liu Che was given a more favorable inheritance right, and finally could only give up.
Liu Wu, the Prince of Liang, as Empress Dowager Dou's youngest son, was very favored by Empress Dowager Dou. Therefore, Liu Wu's fiefdom and reward were beyond the reach of other clan relatives. Moreover, Liu Wu, the king of Liang, built a garden palace beyond the specifications in his own feudal country, just like the style of the son of heaven in the country within a country.
In the third year before Emperor Jing of Han, Emperor Jing and Liu Wu feasted and drank together, and When Emperor Jing got drunk, he said that he would pass the throne to his younger brother Liu Wu after his death. Liu Wu took the drunken words seriously, and was very happy after listening to it, and the emperor's dream in his heart began to brew. Empress Dowager Dou was also very happy, thinking that her most beloved youngest son could finally become emperor.
In the seventh year of the Han Jing Emperor's reign, in a conspiracy and the death of Empress Li Ji, the eldest son Liu Rong's crown prince was deposed, the crown prince's position was vacant, and the dispute over the concubine began. There were two popular candidates up and down the court, one was Liu Wu, the king of Liang, and the other was Liu Yan, the king of Jiaodong. One was Emperor Jing's younger brother and the other was Emperor Jing's tenth son.
Empress Dou was the most emperor, a staunch Liu Wudang. He was bent on having Emperor Jing's younger son Liu Wu (劉武) the emperor's brother-in-law, and at the same time Empress Dowager Dou gave an example of passing the throne from the Shang Dynasty to his younger brother, and persuaded Emperor Jing to pass the throne to his younger brother.
If Empress Dowager Dou wanted to establish Liu Wu, who had the greatest opposition, it must be Emperor Jing Liu Qi. No matter how much Liu Wu made a fuss in the fiefdom before, how Empress Dou was rewarded was not exaggerated, after all, it was her own brother, and in the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, Liu Wu was indeed deadly, and these were all things that Liu Wu deserved. But the throne is different, this position is left to me by my father, I should be left to my son. Now everything that should be given is given, you have taken a lot, this throne is my son and me, little brother, you don't have to worry about it.
But Emperor Jingdi of Han was a filial son, and he did not want to reject his mother in person. Moreover, Empress Dowager Dou was too strong, and this incident hurt the royal dignity. So he thought of a roundabout trick, encouraging someone under his hand to take the lead for him, there are always good courtiers who can sympathize with the holy will, and the things that the emperor is not good to do, they will stand up and do it for the emperor.
The first to stand out for Emperor Jing was Empress Dou's nephew and Emperor Jing's cousin Dou Bao.
Dou Bao said to Emperor Jing of Han: "The one under the heavens, the high ancestors of the world, the father and the son, this Han covenant is also, why can the Shang be good at passing on the Liang King!" ”
Empress Dou also knew that there would be great resistance to wanting to set up a young son, and she was also thinking about how to deal with the ministers of the DPRK, how could she not imagine that the first person to stand up against herself was actually her own family, which made the old lady angry enough, directly blasted Dou Baby out of the palace, and would not let him enter the palace in the future.
The second to stand out for Emperor Jing was the former general, the current chancellor Zhou Yafu.
Zhou Yafu was just and upright, and his style was even more steep and fierce, the Han Jing Emperor deposed his eldest son Liu Rong, and Zhou Yafu mentioned the vote against it, and now he still has to change the rules and set up a brother and not a son, let alone bear it. Moreover, Zhou Yafu had a personal vendetta with the King of Liang, and during the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms that year, Zhou Yafu used Liu Wu as a gun, and the two formed a vendetta. Now to establish the King of Liang, Zhou Yafu has the loudest voice.
The third Yuan Ang, who took the lead for Emperor Jing, was a person that Empress Dowager Dou respected very much
During the reign of Emperor Wen in the past years, Liu Heng was very fond of Lady Shen, and Lady Shen's favor once surpassed that of Empress Dowager Dou. Empress Dowager Dou's rear position was in jeopardy, and it was precisely because of Yuan Ang's maintenance that Empress Dowager Dou retained the empress's honor.
Empress Dowager Dou wanted to make Liu Wu his heir, and Yuan Ang was also opposed, and he advised Empress Dowager Dou that the Han Dynasty inherited the Zhou system, following the "system of inheritance of the eldest son", and there was no claim that the throne was passed to her brother.
This matter, under the covert benefit of Emperor Jing, became a disturbance in the court, and the ministers objected one after another. Empress Dowager Dou was poor in her words and had to dispel the idea of establishing Liu Wu the Prince of Liang as the emperor's brother-in-law.
Dou Bao, Zhou Yafu, and Yuan Ang can be said to be the real power figures of the dynasty, representing the opinions of foreign relatives, the army, and the imperial court respectively. Especially after the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, Zhou Yafu and Dou Bao were both because of their great achievements, and their joint opposition made Empress Dou have to give up.
Later, Liu Wu, the King of Liang, was not willing to give up the throne and began to assassinate Emperor Jing's ministers, and Yuan Ang was also one of the successful assassins. After this was exposed, Emperor Jing still did not kill the King of Liang, but Liu Wu completely lost the emperor's favor. Liu Wu, who returned to the fiefdom, was extremely frightened in his heart and died of depression in the fiefdom.
After the death of King Liang, the throne naturally fell to Liu Yan.
In April of the seventh year of the Reign of emperor Jing of Han, the seven-year-old Liu Yan of Jiaodong was made crown prince, and in the same year Wang Yan was made empress. Later, Emperor Jing of Han renamed Liu Yan liu Che (劉彻), which was Emperor Wu of Han in the Qin Dynasty.
As the tenth son of Emperor Liu Qi of Jing, Liu Che was able to become the crown prince and successfully ascend to the throne, and here I have to say four women. The first is Liu Che's mother Wang Concubine, the second is The Princess Liu Of Tao, and the third is the former Empress Li Ji, these three women are indispensable.
The MVP who sent Liu Che to the throne this time is the old mother of Emperor Wu of Han, Wang Jie, who is definitely a number one figure in history, why do you say so? Before entering the palace, Wang Was Married and had a daughter. As a second-married woman who has also given birth to children, after entering the tai womb, she can also be deeply favored by Liu Qi. It can be seen that Wang Wei's means are high, this plot absolutely kills those second-married women on the Internet, saying what a sentence to let men spend 180W for her garbage paragraph.
Wang Huan was very good at being a person, not only deeply favored by Emperor Jing of Han, but also had a good relationship with Empress Dowager Dou's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. After King Liang's assassination of Yuan Ang was revealed, Wang Huan and his brother Wang Xinlai interceded for Liu Wu many times, and Empress Dowager Dou also liked Wang Huan for this matter.
Next is Princess Liu Concubine of Guantao, who is the mother-in-law chosen by Wang Jie for Liu Che. It is precisely because of the existence of Liu Chen that the distance between Liu Che and the throne has been greatly narrowed. Liu Yan thought of making her daughter empress for the sake of her daughter, and found the original crown prince Liu Rong, but Li Ji did not agree, the main reason was that Liu Yan sent a lot of beautiful women in order to please her brother Liu Qi, Li Ji was very dissatisfied with Liu Yan, and Li Ji felt that at this time, her son Liu Rong's throne was already determined and did not need any help, and categorically refused Liu Yan's request for marriage.
It was Li Ji's irrational behavior that directly led to his son losing the throne and losing his back seat.
After Liu Yan was rejected, she was very annoyed, and if she couldn't marry the prince, I would hold another prince! At this time, Liu Yan thought of the King of Jiaodong and wanted to marry her daughter to Liu Che, who was only four years old. Wang Xian agreed to the marriage. From then on, for the common purpose, the two women formed an alliance to make Liu Che the prince of the Han Dynasty.
In third place is Li Ji, the biological mother of the former crown prince Liu Rong. After Emperor Jing of Han made his eldest son Liu Rong crown prince, Liu Rong's birth mother Li Ji immediately released herself, not knowing what her surname was. Emperor Jing fell ill again and wanted to entrust the harem and his son to Li Ji and the crown prince, but Li Ji refused to agree, which made Emperor Jing very angry.
At this time, Liu Yan came to "add icing on the cake" again, saying a lot of bad things about Li Ji in front of Emperor Jing, while constantly praising his son-in-law Liu Che. Liu Qi was angry, and the more he listened, the more angry he became, and he had the idea of changing the prince in his heart.
At this time, Wang Huan made another plan, which became the last straw to completely crush Li Ji's mother and son. Wang Huan secretly sent his confidants to contact the chancellor, and Emperor Jingli made Li Ji empress. Emperor Jing, who was already angry, exploded, ordered the murder of the chancellor, deposed the crown prince Liu Rong, and demoted him to the position of King of Linjiang.
After that, Emperor Jing of Han began to personally pave the way for Liu Che's legitimate ascension to the throne, and in April of the same year, in a clamor, Emperor Jing of Han jing appointed "good daughter-in-law and good brother and sister" Wang Wei as empress.
In this way, Liu Che was immediately promoted from a concubine who was not a concubine to a concubine of Emperor Jing, and obtained the highest priority inheritance, which was logical, and in the same month Liu Che was made crown prince.