The emperor of the Western Han Dynasty was ousted after only 27 days in office for "committing all kinds of evil"

Yesterday, a supplement of this newspaper published a report on a reporter’s on-site visit to the tomb of Haihunhou of the Western Han Dynasty in Nanchang, describing this rare archaeological site. With the deepening of excavation, people expect more scientific results. Experts judge based on the data that the owner of the tomb may be Liu He, the first generation of Haihun Hou. Before the mystery is revealed, we might as well explore the true face of this strange sea dusk.

Liu He? Who. In history, he was crowned as a prince, king of princes and even an emperor. His wonderful experience instantly killed many online novels. However, although many people are not familiar with him, most readers may be familiar with his "little friends", Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, powerful minister Huo Guang of the Western Han Dynasty, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Xuandi Shunliu. Let's take these characters as clues and briefly talk about Liu He's legendary experience.

The grandfather of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "caused trouble"

First of all, let's take a look at the relationship between Emperor Wu of Liang and Liu He.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was Liu He's grandfather. Liu He's father, Liu Bo, had a "really beautiful" appearance and was born to Mrs. Li, the favored wife of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Liu He was granted the title of King of Changyi.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a wise emperor. After Wen Jing, he created the unprecedentedly prosperous Western Han Dynasty. However, in his later years, there was a serious crisis in power. On the one hand, due to long-term external expansion, personal luxury, harsh use, empty treasury, and acute social contradictions. On the other hand, due to the differences in personalities and governance concepts between Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Liu Yuxinju, there were potential conflicts between them. In addition, Emperor Wu of Liang was in poor health in his later years, so the treacherous minister Jiang Chong provoked him, thinking that someone used witchcraft and caused a "witchcraft disaster".

In the end, Prince Li He committed suicide, and the entire Wei family was killed. The only survivor was the grandson of King Wu and the great-grandson of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who later became Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.

After the "witchcraft disaster" occurred, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty gradually realized that the prince had been wronged by others. In order to vindicate the prince, he dealt with the people who had been in power because of persecuting the prince and issued an edict to him. He expressed regret for his previous mistakes and shifted his national strategy from external expansion to sharing interests with the people. This was the famous "Luntai Edict", thus avoiding the danger of overthrow of the Western Han Dynasty.

After the "curse of witchcraft", the choice of successor became a problem. In the third year of Hezheng, Li Guangli, the general of the second division, conspired with his in-laws, Prime Minister Liu Quli, to make Liu Bo the crown prince. However, Liu Bo was not Emperor Wu's favorite candidate. After the incident, Li Guangli surrendered to the Huns, and Liu Quli was cut in half.

In the first year of the Yuan Dynasty, one year before the death of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bo passed away. The cause of his death is unknown, and there may be a hidden reason. In the end, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty chose his youngest son Liu Fuling as Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, with Huo Guang, Jin Ri_, Shangguan Jie, and Sang Hongyang as assistants. Huo Guang became an "empty talker".

Huo Guang picked Liu He's "soft persimmon".

This is the half-brother of the famous Huo Guang and Huo Qubing in the Western Han Dynasty. He was cautious, and because of his relationship with Huo Qubing, he was trusted by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so he finally received the support of the imperial edict. During the reign of Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, Huo Guang used a series of actions to eliminate dissidents such as Sang Hongyang and Shangguan Jie, and finally took charge of the government, and the government took charge of its own affairs.

However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Di, died at the age of 22 without any children. Who will become the new emperor? This question naturally fell on Huo Guangtou.

Emperor Zhao had no children, so the new emperor naturally preferred the other sons of Emperor Wu of Han. At that time, only King Liu Xu of Guangling was still there. During the discussion among the ministers, most people agreed

As for why Liu He was chosen, Teacher Xin Deyong speculated that it was probably based on the following considerations: First, Liu He had lower qualifications than Liu Xu, making it easier to use the Shangguan Queen Mother "Respectfully call him an elder"; secondly, Liu He is less than 20 years old, and the political pattern of Tucson may be broken; thirdly, Liu He is still "stupid and naive" and is easier to be controlled by Huo Guang. In this way, Liu ascended the throne in a legendary way.

He was deposed in less than a month and was shocked.

However, Liu He's legend is not over, it has just begun.

It stands to reason that such a good friend was controlled by Huo Guang, but the development of things was shocking. Liu He was deposed by Huo Guang only 27 days after taking the throne.

According to historical records, the main reason Liu He was deposed was promiscuity and failure to observe etiquette. Including violating various regulations during the funeral, just like traveling; outside Chang'an City, he should be sad, but Liu He said that his throat was sore and he couldn't cry. After he came to the throne, he indulged in lewdness and indulgence. In short, he was so unreliable that when he was deposed, the Queen Mother listened to the minister's report and listed his bad deeds. She couldn't stand it anymore and said "enough"!

Of course, is this really the case? I'm afraid that's not the case, because history is written by the victors, and for Liu He who has been abandoned, historical records will inevitably be discredited.

Fundamentally speaking, Liu He’s abolition was the result of a power struggle. Judging from some of Liu He's actions after taking the throne, it seemed that he was embarking on restoring the emperor's power, which naturally aroused Huo Guang's vigilance and dissatisfaction. This should be the main reason why Huo Guang abandoned Liu He.

Judging from the process of abolishing the establishment, it is almost Huo Guang’s personal power that dominates. First, Huo Guang secretly conspired with the cavalry commander Zhang Anshi to depose Li, and then convened a meeting of ministers in Weiyang Palace. When the idea of ??abolishing the emperor was proposed, something happened so suddenly that no one dared to take a stand. At this time, Huo Guang's confidant Tian Yannian stood up with a sword and said: "Today's matter must be decided immediately. If anyone does not express his position quickly, I will behead him!" The ministers were shocked and had to kowtow to express their submission to the general's arrangements. .

Emperor Xuan used many methods to prevent Liu He from deposing the emperor.

After Liu He was deposed, Emperor Wu's great-grandson escaped the "curse of witchcraft", and Shunliu, who grew up among the people, was elected emperor. Huo Guang chose Shunliu because he naturally felt that he was easy to control.

However, Huo Guang looked away again. When Huo Guang was alive, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty entrusted him with political management. On the surface, he was respectful and courteous, but on the inside he was very scared. Less than three years after Huo Guang's death, Emperor Xuan, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, eliminated the Huo family through a series of political means and successfully cut off the Huo family's power.

Of course, Emperor Xuan, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, also faced the sequelae of deposing Emperor Liu He. After Liu He was deposed, he still returned to Changyi, but he was not granted a title. Tang Muyi only gave him two thousand households, and all the property of the original Wang family was given to him.

At first, Emperor Xuan, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was very wary of Liu He and ordered the local prefect Zhang Chang to monitor him secretly. Zhang Chang went to Liu He's home many times to investigate secretly, and reported the situation to Emperor Xuan, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, saying that Liu He was "about 267 years old, weak, with bad conduct. He was crowded with his wife and children, and his behavior and speech were a bit idiotic." Finally he breathed a sigh of relief and named Liu He the Marquis of Haihun to show his "benevolence".

In the third year of God’s reign, Liu He passed away. Judging from the heavy funerary objects in the Tomb of the Sea King that have been announced, the former emperor still lived a luxurious life even after he was deposed. This is obviously related to the fact that he was still allowed to continue to enjoy the property of the original royal family when he was deposed. For more details, we can only look forward to the early release of archaeological data to unveil its mystery.