(Emperor Hui of Han, Liu Ying)
Liu Bang disliked his son Liu Ying very much.
Although he was the youngest and the eldest son of himself and the zhengpai empress Lü Yan, every time Liu Bang saw Liu Ying, he would have a deep sense of disgust.
Of course, liu bang hated Liu Ying, which is an old tradition, as can be seen from liu bang when he started his business.
In 205 BC, Liu Bang took a carriage with his son Liu Ying and daughter Princess Luyuan all the way to escape, hiding from the Chu army.
Seeing that he was about to catch up, Liu Bang actually kicked Liu Ying and Princess Lu Yuan off the carriage.
The reason is simple, kick off the two people, the weight of the carriage is reduced, and it naturally runs faster.
But fortunately, the groom who rushed to the car at that time was the most generous Xiahou Baby under Liu Bang, and Xiahou Baby could not bear the two children falling into distress, Liu Bang finished kicking the front foot, and the back foot was brought back.
Liu Bang, who was chased forward and jumped back, was naturally very embarrassed, but since then, Bang Ge has been mighty and powerful, punching the Great Qin Empire, kicking the Western Chu Overlord, and establishing a mighty Han Dynasty.
Bongo ascended the throne and became Han Gaozu.
Two days after ascending the throne, Liu Ying was made crown prince.
For Liu Bang, this may not be a choice of devotion, but it is likely to be a helpless move.
It is reasonable to say that the emperor's establishment of the crown prince is the emperor's household affair, and the emperor himself loves to establish whoever establishes whom, and no one can control it.
However, in the past dynasties and dynasties, as long as it involves the establishment of the prince, the government and the public will inevitably mobilize together, and everyone wants to mix and mix, and everyone wants to say two words.
The rules are conventional, Liu Ying is the eldest son of a concubine, no matter from what point of view, he should be the heir to the throne.
Even if Liu Bang didn't like him, he had to hinder the face of the courtiers and appoint Liu Ying as the crown prince.
And the reason why Liu Bang does not like Liu Ying is many reasons.
First, Comrade Liu Ying's personality is mild and cowardly, which is completely different from Liu Bang, who has always been shrewd and strong.
His own son was not like himself, and Liu Bang was of course very unhappy.
If it is an ordinary family, the son's character is cowardly, but Liu Bang is the leader of the Great Han and the supreme in the world.
At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the country was in ruins, Liu Bang wanted to hand over the dynasty to an iron-blooded emperor who was as fierce as himself, and Liu Ying could not hold a fart in ten sentences, which was obviously not a good candidate.
Character flaws, this is one of them.
The special status is the second.
Liu Ying's birth mother was Empress Lü Yan.
(Henkel Hou Lü Yan)
When he was young, Lü Yan was the first beauty in Pei County, and Liu Bang, who was a fan, did not want it, but after many years, the absolute beauty of that year was old and faded, and he was already very unpopular with Liu Bang.
The emperor did not want to see the empress, and of course he took the son who did not want to see the empress.
Liking the new and tired of the old is a common disease of men, becoming an emperor, the power has become greater, the ability has become stronger, of course, to pursue a younger and more beautiful girl.
And Liu Bang's favorite in the harem was a concubine called Lady Qi.
Lady Qi was young and beautiful, able to sing and dance, and liu Bang's five fans and three ways were unwilling to go up.
More crucially, Lady Qi also had a son, named Liu Ruyi.
Comrade Liu Ruyi is optimistic and outgoing, open-minded and cheerful, much like Liu Bang when he was young, which makes Liu Bang greatly fond of him.
When Lady Qi saw that Liu Bang loved Liu Ruyi, she felt that there was a drama, so she began to blow the wind in front of Liu Bang all day, hoping that Liu Bang could take Liu Ying down and make Liu Ruyi the crown prince instead.
The history books record that Lady Qi often followed and cried day and night.
This means that this woman wants to make her son a prince and thinks crazy, and she cries twice and hangs herself three times all day long, and she will never give up until she achieves her goal.
Of course, Liu Bang was very willing, but Liu Ruyi was a concubine, and he was not the eldest son, not to mention that the matter of deposing the crown prince was very important, and he did not have the final say on this matter alone.
So Liu Bang held a meeting overnight to ask the ministers for their opinions on the matter of deposing the crown prince.
What can the ministers say? Of course, the whole staff opposed and talked about it.
In the eyes of the ministers, abolishing the long and young is the way to take chaos, as soon as everyone hears that the emperor wants to abolish the prince, all of them have exploded the pot, and the scene can be said to be indignant, and there is a lot of you who dare to abolish the prince, and we will play with your life.
Among these ministers, it was Zhou Chang who was the most strongly opposed in the imperial history, and since the ministers had opinions, Liu Bang naturally wanted to speak bluntly, so he asked Zhou Chang, why are you opposed?
Zhou Chang, a minister who was born with a stutter and did not speak very sharply, still told the emperor categorically:
Although I am not good at talking, I firmly disagree with the matter of abolishing the prince, and if you dare to abolish the prince, I will resign and not do it.
Zhou Chang made such a fuss, Liu Bang could not get off the stage, and the matter of deposing the prince was temporarily shelved.
Note, however, that it is a hold, not a termination.
The emperor was still looking for an opportunity to see what reason to find Liu Ying and arrange Liu Ruyi.
At this time, Liu Ying's mother, Lu Yan, could not sit still.
The so-called mother is expensive by her son, originally her husband Liu Bang is not rare in herself, if her precious son loses power, how will she mix in the Han Court in the future?
The situation was very anxious, the situation was very urgent, Lü Yan decided to find a smart person to ask for advice, come up with ideas, and see how to keep his son's position as prince.
(Portrait of Zhang Liang)
After coming and going, Lü Yan asked the emperor's confidante, Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang is very familiar to everyone, Liu Bang can become emperor, half of them have to rely on Zhang Liang to help with their work.
Lü Yan asked Zhang Liang, Brother Liang, the emperor usually listens to your words the most, and now the emperor wants to abolish my son Liu Ying. Zhang Liang said that I was not whole, before the emperor was a hooligan, want to succeed all pointing at me, now the emperor has achieved fame, mixed better than me, I said nothing is good.
Lu Yan said that I don't care, anyway, I am looking for you, you have to help me.
Comrade Zhang Liang really had no choice but to offer a plan:
The Han Dynasty has just established the country, the emperor is thirsty for talents, There are four old gentlemen in Shangshan, who are knowledgeable and have a very high level of education, known as "Shangshan Sihao", also known as "Han f4", the emperor has always wanted to recruit a few of them to the imperial court to work, but these old men have a proud personality, dead or alive, if you can invite the four old men to assist the prince's homework, let them become the prince's teacher, maybe you can keep Liu Ying's position as the prince.
(Shangshan Sihao image)
Lü Hou didn't say a word, a soft grinding hard bubble, and finally invited Shangshan Sihao to be Liu Ying's teacher.
"I want to be easy, and the four of them are supplemented, and the wings are already formed, and it is difficult to move." - "History, Volume 55"
When the emperor looked at it, the great masters of the world who had been thinking about it for a long time were willing to assist the crown prince Liu Ying, indicating that Liu Ying was indeed a virtuous person who could serve the people, and if I insisted on abolishing the prince, it would cause anger and resentment in the sky and turmoil in the country.
In 195 BC, Liu Bang, the ancestor of a generation of male lords, died, and Liu Ying, who had been shaken several times as crown prince, finally took the throne, and was known as "Emperor Hui of Han" in history.
Liu Ying, who became emperor, really had nothing to say.
Because in essence, Liu Ying was not a very shrewd and capable king.
Wooden, bulky, sensitive, and cowardly, this is the basic feature of Liu Ying's personality.
Such an emperor, it is not easy for the state not to mess with him, so don't expect him to do anything big.
The emperor ruled for a total of seven years, and in the first half of the year, the major affairs of the state were basically handed over to The Minister Xiao He to deal with, and in the second half, Xiao He had passed away, and the Emperor handed over the state affairs to the Minister Cao Shan.
Liu Ying implemented the governing policy of "I can't do it, but others can do it", and although she was incompetent, she was very courteous to corporals and willing to reuse sages.
From this point of view, he is still quite similar to his father Liu Bang in the early days of entrepreneurship.
At this time, the Western Han Dynasty was like a toddler who had just begun to toddler, and any little wind and inadvertent injury could cause huge consequences.
But fortunately, although Comrade Liu Ying could not let the empire climb the peak and create glory, it would not let the dynasty fall into crisis.
Overall, Liu Ying is still a Ming Jun.
The Western Han Dynasty may have a bright future under the leadership of Liu Ying, but Comrade Liu Ying's personal life is extremely dark.
The person who created the darkness for him was none other than his biological mother, Lü Hou.
After Liu Ying ascended the throne, the empress (Tai), who was known for her fierce determination, did two things.
Poisoned his son's former rival Liu Ruyi.
Tortured and disabled his former rival Lady Qi and became an adult.
(Lady Qi image)
The woman who had spent her life in the imperial power field hated the mother and son, one was the politics of almost taking away her son emperor, the other was the love enemy who took away her own man, and Lü Hou was eager to crush their fans to pieces and then frustrate them.
In fact, she did.
In particular, the matter of making Lady Qi an adult is really bloody and cruel.
This is not to mention, after getting Lady Qi into a human, Lü Hou also pulled Liu Ying to appreciate it together.
When the emperor saw this, he was so frightened that the three souls lost seven spirits.
This kind of inhuman punishment is really not acceptable to Liu Ying.
He couldn't imagine that there were such cruel things in this world, and he couldn't imagine that his mother, whom he had always respected, was such a cruel person.
This sentence sounds awkward, but it is actually very easy to understand.
The emperor could not accept what his mother had done, and was so frightened that he fell ill and died within two days.
Before dying, Liu Ying said this:
"This is not human. The subject is the empress dowager, and he will not be able to rule the world in the end. - "History, Volume IX"
In the face of what Lü Hou did, Liu Ying said, This is not a human thing at all, you are the empress, I am the emperor, you are the mother, I am the son, now you have done this kind of thing, how do I feel? How do I live with myself? How to govern the world?
The emperor, who had always been benevolent, finally collapsed.
Many years ago, he was kicked off the carriage by his father Liu Bang and almost died.
(Han Gaozu, Liu Bang)
As an adult, he grew up in a scheming environment and was crowned with the blood of his mother, Lü Hou, becoming the second emperor of the Han Dynasty.
Ideals and ambitions go hand in hand, intrigue and naivety go hand in hand.
For seven years, the emperor was benevolent and loving to the people, and educated the four parties, but eventually died in the shadow of Empress Lü.
Pathetic, pity, lamentable.
For Liu Ying, the Emperor of Han Hui, I don't think he needs too many praises or rich evaluations.
Because history has revealed his life.
He may not be a good emperor, but he must be a good man.