Liu He, the bad king of the Western Han Dynasty, "reigned for 27 days and did all the bad things"?

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With the deepening of the excavation of the tomb of the sea faint Hou, people are looking forward to more scientific achievements. According to the data, experts judge that the owner of the tomb may be the first generation seasickness queen Liu He. Before the answer is revealed, we might as well explore the true face of this strange sea faint.

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Liu He? who is it? In history, he was crowned as a vassal, a vassal king and even an emperor, and his wonderful experience killed many online novels. However, although many people are not familiar with him, when it comes to his "little friends", most readers may be familiar with Liu Che and Xuan Di, the powerful ministers of the Western Han Dynasty. Let's take these characters as clues and briefly talk about Liu He's legendary experience.

Grandpa of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "caused trouble"

First, let's look at the relationship between Liang Wudi and Liu He.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is Liu He's grandfather and Liu He's father, Liu Bo, who has the appearance of "peerless beauty" and was born of Emperor Wu's favorite concubine Li Furen. In the fourth year of Han Dynasty, Liu He was named King of Changyi.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a wise emperor. After Wen Jing, he created unprecedented prosperity in the Western Han Dynasty. However, in his later years, there was a serious ruling crisis. On the one hand, due to long-term external expansion, personal luxury, harsh use, empty treasury and sharp social contradictions.

On the other hand, there are potential contradictions between Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Liu Yuxi because of their different personalities and ideas of governing the country. Coupled with Liang Wudi's poor health in his later years, treacherous court official Jiang Chong provoked him, thinking that some people used witchcraft, resulting in a "curse of witchcraft".

Finally, Prince Li He committed suicide and the Wei family was killed. The only survivors are the grandson of the King of Wu, the great-grandson of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, and the later emperor Xuan Di.

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After the "witchcraft disaster", Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty gradually realized that the prince had been wronged by others. In order to rehabilitate the prince, he dealt with the people who had been in the upper position because of persecuting the prince, and sent him an imperial edict, expressing regret for his previous mistakes and shifting the national strategy from external expansion to benefiting the people. This is the famous "Imperial edict of Luntai", thus avoiding the danger of overthrowing the Western Han Dynasty.

After the "curse of witchcraft", the choice of heirs became a problem. In the third year of Zheng Zheng, Li Guangli, the general of the Second Division, conspired with Liu Quli, the prime minister's in-laws, and made Liu Bo a prince. However, Liu Bo was not the favorite candidate of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. After the incident, Li Guangli surrendered to the Huns and Liu Quli was beheaded.

In the first year of Yuan Dynasty, that is, the year before the death of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, Liu Bo died. The cause of his death is unknown, maybe there is something hidden. 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, _, Shangguan Jie and Sang Hongyang as assistants. Huo Guang became an "empty talker".

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

This is the famous half-brother of Huo 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 was finally supported by the testamentary edict. During the reign of Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, Huo Guang ruled out the dissidents such as Sang Hongyang and Shangguan Jie through a series of actions, and finally took charge of the state affairs, and the government went its own way.

However, Zhao Di, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, died at the age of 22 and had no children. Who will be the new emperor? This problem naturally falls on Huo Guangtou.

Emperor Zhao had no children, so the new emperor naturally preferred other sons of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. At that time, only Liu Xu, king of Guangling, was still there. In the discussion of ministers, most people advocate the establishment of Guangling King. However, King Guangling's "can carry the tripod,

As for why Liu He was chosen, Mr. Xin Deyong speculated that it was probably based on the following considerations: First, Liu He's qualifications were lower than Liu Xu's, and it was easier to use the Queen Mother Shangguan; Second, Liu He is less than 20 years old, and politically "the Tucson pattern has been broken"; Third, Liu He is still "silly and naive" and is more easily controlled by Huo Guang. In this way, Liu ascended the throne in a legendary way.

It was deposed in less than a month, which made people stunned.

However, the legend of Liu He is not over, it has just begun. It stands to reason that such a good friend is controlled by Huo Guang, but the development of things is surprising. Liu He was deposed by Huo Guang only 27 days after he ascended the throne.

According to historical records, the main reason why Liu He was abolished was promiscuity and disobedience to etiquette. Including violating various regulations during the funeral, just like traveling; Outside Chang 'an, he should be sad, but Liu He said he had a sore throat and couldn't cry. After he ascended the throne, he was promiscuous and indulgent. In short, when he was deposed, the Queen Mother listened to the minister's report and listed his misdeeds. She couldn't stand it anymore and said, "That's enough!"

Of course, is it true? I'm afraid not, because history was written by the victors, and for Liu He, who has been abandoned, historical records will inevitably be discredited.

Fundamentally speaking, the abolition of Liu He was the result of power struggle. Judging from some actions after Liu He acceded to the throne, it seems that he is beginning to restore 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 legislation, it was almost Huo Guang's personal strength that dominated it. First, Huo Guang secretly conspired with Zhang Anshi to abolish Li, and then called a meeting of ministers in Weiyang Palace. When the abolition of the emperor was put forward, something happened suddenly, so that no one dared to say anything. At this moment, Tian Yannian, Huo Guang's confidant, stood up with a sword and said, "Today's business should be decided at once. If anyone doesn't express his position quickly, I will behead! " The ministers were surprised and had to kowtow in succession, expressing their obedience to the general's arrangement.

Xuan Di used many methods to prevent Liu He from abolishing the emperor.

After Liu He was abolished, the great-grandson of Emperor Wu escaped the "curse of witchcraft" and Liu Shun, who grew up among the people, was elected as the emperor. Huo Guang chose tactfulness, naturally feel good control.

However, Huo Guang looked away again. When Huo Guang was alive, Xuan Di, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, entrusted him with the management of state affairs. He is respectful and polite on the surface, but he is very scared inside. Less than three years after Huo Guang's death, Emperor Gaozu Xuan Di eliminated Huo's influence through a series of political means and successfully cut off his power.

Of course, Xuan Di, Emperor Gaozu, still faces the sequela of abolishing Emperor Liu He. After Liu He was abolished, he still returned to Changyi, but he was not knighted. Only two thousand households in Tang Dynasty gave it to him, and all the property of the original Wang family was given to him.

At first, Emperor Gaozu Xuan Di was so afraid of Liu He that he ordered Zhang Chang, the local satrap, to spy on him. Zhang Chang repeatedly made unannounced visits to Liu Hejia and reported the situation to Xuan Di, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. He said that Liu He was "about 267 years old, weak, misbehaving, crowded with his wife and children, and a little idiotic in his behavior and words." Xuan Di, the Emperor Gaozu, finally breathed a sigh of relief and named Liu He "Hai Hun" to show "benevolence".

In the third year of God's reign, Liu He died. Judging from the heavy funerary objects in the published tomb of Neptune, the former emperor still lived a luxurious life even after being deposed, which is obviously related to the fact that he was still allowed to continue to enjoy the original royal property when he was deposed. For more details, we can only look forward to the early publication of archaeological data and unveil its mystery.