Emperor Hui of Han, Liu Ying, was the son of Liu Bang and the second emperor of the Western Han Dynasty. The main reason why he was able to succeed smoothly was that he was the crown prince of Liu Bang, so after Liu Bang's death, he naturally wanted to take over. Of course, during this period, Liu Bang also moved his mind to change the prince, but in the end he did not succeed.
Liu Ying is the eldest son of Liu Bang,although he also has an older brother Liu Fei above him, but after all, Liu Ying's mother is Empress Lü, so Liu Ying is the eldest son of a righteous concubine.
As early as before the establishment of the Han Dynasty, When Liu Bang was the King of Han, Liu Ying was already the crown prince. After Liu Bang ascended the throne as emperor, Liu Ying was naturally appointed crown prince, and Lü Cui also became empress.
However, Liu Bang liked the new and the old afterwards, and did not like the growing Lü Hou, and began to pamper the young and beautiful Lady Qi instead. At the same time, Liu Bang also looked down more and more on liu ying, the prince he had chosen, believing that his personality was not like his own, and he was slightly weak. Instead, he began to like his third son, Liu Ruyi, whom he had with Lady Qi.
Therefore, he had Yi Chu's plan to consult with the Qunchen, but I am afraid that what he did not expect was that there was a lot of opposition, and the opposition of Zhou Chang was the strongest in the imperial history, and Lü Hou even knelt down to him later to thank him for his arguments.
But Liu Bang did not depose the crown prince in the end, but not because of him. Lü Hou was worried that her son would be deposed, and she was also racking her brains, and she knew that Zhang Liang had a lot of plans, so she found him. Zhang Liang gave him a note, let them go to find Shangshan Sihao, these four people are famous, Liu Bang has always wanted the four of them to serve the imperial court, but how to please not move people, but Liu Bang is really dead-eyed, but he thinks that these four people have great talents, then obviously if the prince can be invited back, he will inevitably have a good impression on Liu Bang.
Sure enough, Lü Hou was really invited back by Corporal Li Xian, and Liu Bang was very happy and thought that the prince was mature. Especially at that time, when Yingbu was rebelling, Liu Bang originally planned to let the crown prince lead his troops to suppress the rebellion. But Shangshan Sihao thought it was inappropriate, the prince was probably not the opponent of these veterans, a little uncontrollable, in case of an accident, the prince did not have half a benefit, even if he made a contribution, it was not necessarily what would happen.
So Liu Bang personally went, although his determination to yi chu did not change, but later Shangshan Sihao persuaded Liu Bang again, so that Liu Bang thought that Yi Chu was easy to lead to political chaos.
After that, Liu Ying's position as crown prince was secured. Of course, at this time, Liu Bang's body was not as good as before. He also knew that Lü Hou was very powerful at that time, and he could not easily change it, and if he forcibly yi Chu, I was afraid that there would be bloodshed.
It should be known that Lü Hou has a great desire for power, since Liu Bang ascended the throne, she has not been idle, cultivating her own forces and team, helping Liu Bang to eliminate the king with a different surname, it can be said that Lü Hou is still very skilled. In any case, Lü Hou would never allow her son to be deposed.
Therefore, once Liu Bang really forcibly changed this situation, I am afraid that Lü Hou would not sit idly by. Of course, Yi Chu was not very easy at any time, after all, Liu Yingyuan's eldest son identity was there, he had not made any big mistakes, and there was his mother behind him.
It can be said that Liu Bang wants to change the old third Liu Ruyi, which is obviously wishful thinking.
After Liu Bang's death, Liu Ying successfully succeeded him as emperor for Emperor Hui of Han, when he was just sixteen years old.