Emperor Hui of Han and Emperor Wen of Han were good emperors. But one of them is a thousand years of regret, the other is a beautiful conversation of a thousand years, why is the fate of the two of them so different?
1. Huidi
Emperor Hui of Liu Ying was the second son of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, but the eldest son. When he was born, his family was ordinary, his life was not rich, his father was a local errand boy, he could not earn much money, but he loved to have dinner with friends and brag, and the cost was large.
In her early years, her mother, Lü Yan, was a virtuous woman, who ran the house, was filial to her in-laws, raised her children, and took her children to cultivate and weave, living a self-supporting life.
After Liu Bang participated in the peasant uprising at the end of Qin, there were many battles in the early stages, with few victories and many defeats, and Lü Yan and his family lived more difficultly.
After the situation improved, Liu Bang led the Han army to attack Pengcheng while Xiang Yu was not ready. Xiang Yu abandoned Qi to fight back against the Han army, and destroyed the Han army at Pengcheng.
Liu Bangcang fled in panic, met his children on the way, and fled with his children. At this time, the Chu army pursued very fiercely, and Liu Bang kicked his children out of the car many times in order to speed up the car, fortunately, Xiahou Bao was a groom and carried his children to the car.
Liu Bang was furious and tried to kill Xiahou Bao many times along the way, but fortunately escaped back to Pei County. Lü Yan and Liu Bang's father were captured, and it was not until the following year that Chu Han and Yihe were released.
After the stability of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang favored his son Liu Ruyi because he favored Lady Xingqi, believing that the crown prince Liu Ying was too benevolent and weak and "not like me", and wanted to depose the crown prince.
Lü Hou exchanged nine deaths for the stability of Liu Ying's position as prince, in exchange for Liu Ying's smooth title of emperor.
Unfortunately, Emperor Hui Liu Ying died after only 7 years on the throne. Then mother Lü Hou dictatorship.
2. Emperor Wen
Emperor Wen Liu Heng was the fourth son of Gaozu Liu Bang, and because he was born in the Taiping Dynasty, his childhood was much more stable and happy. Of course, it cannot be compared with the third brother Liu Ruyi.
After Liu Bang's death, Lü Hou was in dictatorship, and she almost exterminated Liu Bang's son, and only her younger son Liu Heng survived.
But this is not because of Lü Hou's kindness to keep people under the knife, but Liu Heng's mother and son have not been valued for many years, and they have saved their lives with a low-key attitude that has been forgotten by everyone.
Liu Heng's mother Bo shi experienced two dynastic changes, her first husband was the King of Wei, after the fall of the State of Wei, liu Bang brought into the Han Palace because of his good posture, but he has been ignored and is just a dyeing workshop worker.
A year later, Liu Bang spoiled her out of sympathy, and Bo had a son Liu Heng.
She was too aware of the complexity and cruelty of court life, so she painstakingly read the Tao Te Ching, gradually understood the essence of Taoist thought, kept a low profile in the world, and deeply understood the wisdom of deliberately retreating and neglecting.
Under the careful education of his mother, Liu Heng became the acting king in a remote country that no one wanted to come, and was almost forgotten by the government and the opposition, so he escaped the persecution of Lü Hou.
In the fifteen years of his fiefdom, Liu Heng, the acting king, lived with the people's livelihood, developed production, and set an example by example, being frugal and filial, and gradually harvesting tranquility and prosperity in the Daiguo region.
On the other hand, because his mother was diligent and thrifty, strict with herself, and raised with heart, Liu Heng cultivated a good character of filial piety to the superior, strict with himself, benevolent to the subordinate, and cautious in doing things, and was widely praised in the daiguo.
A few years later, Lü Hou died, and the old ministers loyal to the Great Han, represented by the chancellor Chen Ping and the taiwei Zhou Bo, as well as the brothers Liu Zhang, the emperor's grandson Zhu Xuanhou, joined forces to destroy the Lü forces, and then discussed the selection of the emperor.
Since Liu Hong, the young emperor of Lü Houli at that time, was not a descendant of Emperor Hui of Han, he was not considered. The other princes were either misbehaving themselves or their mothers were strong, and in order to avoid the recurrence of the lühou incident, they did not consider it.
Only the mother and son of Liu Heng, the acting king of mother and son filial piety, satisfied everyone. So he sent emissaries to pick up Liu Heng and take him to Chang'an to inherit the throne.
When Liu Heng got the news, he couldn't believe that there was such a good thing, and he became suspicious in his heart, and discussed with the ministers, and his opinions were not unanimous.
Skeptics think it is deceitful, cannot go, and dangerous. Lieutenant Song Changli defied the public opinion, believing that the Lü family was unpopular and would be eliminated by everyone working together, and the people of the world still thought that only after the Liu family was the right lord, and it was okay to succeed to the throne.
Liu Heng agreed with his analysis, but first sent his uncle Bo Zhao to Chang'an to spy on the truth, and by the way, to sweep away the dangers along the way. After they set off safely, when they arrived outside Chang'an City, Liu Heng did not act rashly, but first sent Song Chang into Chang'an City to see if there was any abnormality, and then cautiously entered the city.
After entering the city, Liu Heng immediately replaced the main general of the Jingshi Janissaries and made his trusted Song Chang the supreme general defending the Jingshi.
Liu Heng thus ascended the throne with the support of everyone, for Emperor Wen of Han, and from then on he began his history of the Ming Dynasty, and together with his son Emperor Jing, created the famous "Rule of Wenjing".
3. Summary
Emperor Hui's Liu Ying and Emperor Wen's Liu Heng himself were both excellent, and during their reigns, they were both praised for their benevolence, loyalty, filial piety, diligence and love for the people, and restoration of national strength.
However, Emperor Hui's Liu Ying was always considered cowardly and incompetent, and he was depressed at the age of 23 after ruling for 7 years.
Emperor Wen, Liu Heng, was gentle on the outside and strong in his introvertence, consolidating the imperial power step by step, reigning for 23 years, gradually consolidating his position and realizing guotai and min'an, which was praised by later generations.
Why did Emperor Wen's mother and son, Who were bent on retreating, get a good death, while the mother and son of Emperor Hui's Liu Ying, who was pressing forward step by step, could not have a good death? This is closely related to the mother's insight.
First, Liu Ying was born in a chaotic world and suffered from war, but there was no wise mother to teach him how to survive in the war and exercise his ability to survive, but he was protected by his mother.
This inevitably leads to his weakness in addition to being kind and honest.
Although Liu Heng was born in the world, his mother understood the complexity and cruelty of the harem struggle, so she devoted herself to educating her son on how to avoid danger, how to be careful, eliminate danger, and save himself.
Second, Lü Hou believes that his past experience is difficult and he has paid too much, so he is easily unbalanced and easy to envy and hate.
She was dissatisfied with her husband's lust, and she was powerless to change the polygamy system in feudal society, nor could she change her husband, only anger, gain and loss, and revenge.
Finally, his psychology twisted to the point of triumphantly inviting the emperor's son to see his own works: Lady Qi's people were miserable, so the stimulation frightened his son: he could not believe that there was such a vicious woman in the world.
The mother is strong and vicious, and the father abandons himself. When the teenager Liu Ying fled with her sister and father, she was kicked off the carriage by her father several times, but fortunately there was a coachman who died to protect her. His father's selfishness and ruthlessness also deeply hurt Liu Ying's innocent and young juvenile heart.
After the country was stable, Liu Ying was again disgusted by her father for being weak and incompetent, and was not worthy to be the prince, and wanted to change him every minute.
What child in the world does not see their parents as a haven of life? As long as there is a harbor, no matter how big the wind and rain outside, I am not afraid. Otherwise, the harbor will be lost, the world will be beautiful, and the child's heart will be lonely and desolate.
Lü Hou and Gaozu Liu Bang's behavior successively made Emperor Hui's Liu Ying realize that the human world was not worth it, and his heart was like ashes, and he had no intention of going to politics and ended up depressed.
In fact, even if she is not concerned by her father, having a wise mother is enough for Liu Ying to be happy for a lifetime, but unfortunately, as a mother, Lü Hou is short-sighted and does not understand that her personality is too rigid, too hard and too fierce, and will harm others and harm herself.
Her viciousness was the last deadly straw that destroyed her son.
Her stupidity could not be attained by ordinary people, she had witnessed so many wars, and she did not understand that there was not one that killed a thousand enemies and lost eight hundred? With such a large think tank team in the early days of the Han Dynasty, she did not use it at all to educate future generations.
On the other hand, Emperor Wen's mother, Bo Shi, for herself, but also for the sake of her children, taught her children the wisdom of survival while retreating.
Therefore, although Liu Heng was not valued by his father, he had the company of his mother's intentions; although he did not have the guidance of a famous teacher as the prince Taifu, he had a good mother who was diligent and thrifty, kind and wise, who not only taught him, but also trained him.
A mother and her son can cultivate diligently together, and naturally they can achieve positive results.