In China's thousand-year-old history, since the establishment of the emperor system, the competition for the throne has never ended.

Some of them compete with outsiders, but more often they compete with their own families.

Whether it is a close father and son, mother and son, uncle and nephew, or brother, they will do everything for this supreme throne of power.

Of course, there have been emperors in all dynasties who have taken the initiative to give up the throne, but those who compete for the throne are competing for the huge benefits brought by the imperial power, while those who give up the throne are more shirking the responsibility of the lord of a country.

Since Qin Shi Huang unified China, he created the emperor system and pushed the power of the emperor to the supreme position. However, he did not expect that he would die so soon, so he did not have time to arrange who would succeed him, and the battle for the throne in China began.

Hu Hai was not ready to fight for the throne at first, because above him there was at least his brother Fusu.

At that time, although the primogeniture system was not specified, at least Qin Shi Huang should have appointed a successor. And Qin Shi Huang died suddenly, and this huge system loophole provided a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a careerist like Zhao Gao. He lobbied Hu Hai and Li Si and finally put Hu Hai on the throne.

After Hu Hai became emperor, his biggest worry was not whether he could govern the country well, but that his brothers would compete for his throne. So, he used his power to put all his brothers to death.

The Han Dynasty that was established subsequently, although it did not stage a battle for the throne like Hu Hai, but the struggle for imperial power never stopped. After Emperor Hui of Han ascended the throne, the power has always been in the hands of his mother Empress Lü, for anyone who wants to touch the power in his hands, Empress Lü, a woman who can kill Han Xin, will never show mercy, no matter who he is!

Because Wang Mang is the nephew of the empress dowager Wang Zhengjun, he can be reused in the imperial court. However, as Wang Mang's power gradually increased, he gradually became restless. Finally one day, he asked his aunt for a jade seal and became the emperor himself.

When it comes to history, I have to say that there are two emperors, that is, Emperor Qin and Emperor Han Wu.

Needless to say, Emperor Qin, although he wanted the country he established to last for thousands of generations, he only died in the second generation.

Emperor Wu of Han is known as the greatest emperor in history.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han army stepped on the Xiongnu, collected Hexi, chased the north, sealed the wolf Juxu Mountain, and bordered the Hanhai; Conquer the 36 countries of the Western Regions, protect the city, cross the green ridge in the west, and destroy the Dawan countries of Kangju Cheshi; The east and North Korea, the south of the hundred Yue, and the destruction of the southwest such as the Dian Kingdom, Yelang, plough the court to sweep the holes, put the county;

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty recovered Ningxia, Zhejiang, Liangguang and Guizhou, which were lost in the late Qin Dynasty, and included Gansu, Yunnan, Fujian, the Western Regions, and Inner Mongolia into the Chinese territory, and then conquered Outer Mongolia, Korea, Vietnam, and Central Asian countries......

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, China's territory doubled, and the Han people were called Han people for more than 2,000 years because of Liu Che, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, rather than Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty.

is such a wise and martial Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but in his later years, he was sick and suspicious.

The crown prince Liu Ju was falsely accused of hiding a large number of dolls in the mansion, and Liu Ju had no choice but to raise troops, and finally committed suicide in defeat. Subsequently, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty appointed Liu Fuling as the crown prince (Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty), because Liu Fuling was still young, and he was afraid that Mrs. Gou Yi would follow the dictatorship of the Lu family, so Emperor Wu killed Mrs. Gou Yi and appointed Huo Guang and others as assistants.

I have to say that the most famous person who did this kind of thing was the prime minister Cao Cheng at the end of the Han Dynasty.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the world was in turmoil, Cao Cao used the banner of "coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes" to expand his power.

In Cao Cao's eyes, Emperor Han Xian had nothing else except the title of emperor, and he naturally would not take the emperor in his eyes. Since Cao Cao said that he was wholeheartedly defending the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was not easy to regret it, anyway, he could do what the emperor could do, so he had no intention of abolishing Emperor Han Xian.

Cao Pi was not so polite to Emperor Han Xian, anyway, Emperor Han Xian didn't say anything, Cao Pi was still in the way of doing something, so he simply kicked Emperor Han Xian away. Snatching someone's throne doesn't seem to be a very good reputation. So, under the direction of Cao Pi, a farce of giving up the throne was staged. It is not enough to let it once, it must be made again and again, as if Emperor Han Xian forced Cao Pi to be the emperor.

It's just that fate is very miraculous and dramatic, because soon after Sima Yan forced Cao Pi's descendants to abdicate the throne.

The Sima family, who seized the throne, did not make much achievements, but laid the groundwork for the later Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms.

After Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty died of illness, he appointed Yang Jian as the chief governor of Chinese and foreign military affairs, supported the young Emperor Jing of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and assisted the government as the prime minister.

Soon after, Emperor Jing of the Northern Zhou Dynasty made the emperor located in Yang Jian, and Yang Jian ascended the throne as the emperor, which was Emperor Wen of Sui, the country name Sui, and the Northern Zhou Dynasty fell.

Of course, Yang Jian would never leave the emperor of the previous dynasty alone, and then sent someone to kill the Northern Zhou Jing Emperor Yuwen Xian, who lost the throne, and Yu Wenxian died at the age of nine.

In his later years, Emperor Wen of Sui was quite troubled by his sons. first put the third son, Yang Jun, the king of Qin, under house arrest; then demoted the eldest son, the crown prince Yang Yong, to a concubine, and renamed the second son Yang Guang as the crown prince; Later, the fourth son, Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, was demoted to a concubine. Soon after, Emperor Wen of Sui died, and Yang Guang ascended the throne as Emperor Yang of Sui.

Since the end of the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, but the Li family has naturally been inevitably bloody in order to compete for the throne.

Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, ruled the sea to promote the peace of the four Yi Binfu, and the rule of Zhenguan was known as the wind of all generations.

However, the emperor has no relatives, the overlord is ruthless, and the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood pave the long road of the emperor, which is never only the enemy's, but also his own blood and flesh. Brother is not brother, brother is not brother, father is not father, son is not son, king is not king, minister is not minister, all in a nine-year Wude Xuanwumen change.

On the fourth day of the sixth month of the ninth year of Wude, Li Shimin shot and killed the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji near the Xuanwu Gate of the palace city of Chang'an City, the imperial capital, which is known as the "Xuanwu Gate Change" in history.

Afterwards, the emperor Li Yuan, who was worried about his own safety, could only give up the military and political power to Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and three days later Li Shimin was made the crown prince, and issued an edict saying: "From now on, the military affairs, no matter how big or small, will appoint the prince to execute, and then the emperor will be heard."

On the ninth day of August in the ninth year of Wude, Li Yuan abdicated and became the emperor, and Zen was located in Li Shimin. Li Shimin ascended the throne as emperor and changed his view to Zhenguan the following year.

Later, it was Zhao Kuangyin, an important minister of the Later Zhou Dynasty, who seized the country of orphans and widows, and he really didn't want his children and grandchildren to lose the throne like this, so he directed a famous "cup of wine to release military power".

Although Zhao Kuangyin, the Taizu of the Song Dynasty, established the Song Dynasty and established a relatively complete centralized system, it stands to reason that his throne should be passed on to his son, but the mystery of his younger brother Zhao Guangyi and the sound of the candle shadow axe made Zhao Guangyi's accession to the throne full of doubts.

At this time, when Huizong Zhao Ji knew that the two armies of the Jin Kingdom were about to arrive in Tokyo City, he was seriously ill and chose to give up the imperial throne to the reluctant prince Zhao Huan, but when the crisis was resolved, Zhao Ji, who was in good condition, regretted it.