Chapter 8 Liu Chang, King of Huainan
After getting the news of the suicide of Liu Xingju, the king of Jibei, Liu Heng was very heavy. power, tempted his nephew to rebel, and the royal family staged a farce of cannibalism between uncle and nephew. In the rest of the years, Liu Heng rarely mentioned this matter again, it was too disgraceful!
In September of the same year, in order to appease the Qi Wang family and reward the other nephews for not rebelling, Liu Heng ordered that the seven younger sons of the eldest brother Liu Fei be listed as candidates.
At first, Liu Heng was very interesting to his brothers and nephews. As soon as he sat on the throne, he named Liu Sui, the eldest son of his sixth brother Liu You, as the king of Zhao. Liu You is the unlucky child who was starved to death by Empress Lu.
The following year, the ministers wrote to several princes asking for seals. Liu Heng specially issued an order and said: "The former Zhao King Liu You died innocently and tragically, and I sympathize with him." His eldest son Liu Sui has been made the king of Zhao, and I still want to be named Liu Sui's younger brother. So, Liu You's second son Liu Biqiang was named the king of Hejian.
After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, one country, two systems were implemented for a long time. The so-called one country, two systems is the parallel system of counties and feudal states, referred to as the parallel system of counties and states. The princes and kings were relatively independent, with power and money in their hands, land and soldiers. The princes with different surnames were disobedient, and Liu Bang replaced him with the Liu family. In the stabilization of the Liu family, the princes surnamed Liu played a big role.
Generally speaking, the first generation of princes surnamed Liu had a close relationship with the emperor, either father and son, or brothers, and the farthest relationship was also an uncle, nephew or an old comrade-in-arms of the same clan, and the second generation of princes and kings had a distant blood relationship with the emperor, and it was passed on to the third generation of kings, who were even more distant from the emperor. The centrifugal force between these princes and the central government is also increasing.
As a result, the design of this system gradually exposed its shortcomings and seriously affected the stability of the Han Dynasty.
The rebellion of Liu Xingju, the king of Jibei, was only a prelude.
Liu Heng felt more and more that his brothers and nephews were really not worry-free. The nephew Liu Xingju's affairs have just been completed, and his younger brother Liu Chang, the king of Huainan, is not honest.
After Liu Heng ascended the throne, Liu Chang relied on the fact that he was the only living brother of the emperor and ran amok in Huainan Kingdom, but Liu Heng endured it. What to do? There is only one brother left, open one eye, close one eye.
In the spring of 177 BC, Liu Chang came to Chang'an to meet the emperor's brother. The brothers reunited after a long absence, and they were very affectionate. Young Liu Chang gradually became hot-headed and self-inflated. went out of the city to hunt with the emperor's brother, and Liu Chang disregarded the etiquette and rules and rode in the same car with the emperor. Even, in public, Liu Chang did not call "Your Majesty" respectfully, and called Liu Heng "big brother".
Back then, he didn't intercede for Liu Chang's biological mother. Liu Chang held a grudge. Now that his backer is gone, Liu Chang decides to take revenge.
One day, he came to the Marquis of Biyang's Mansion to visit and judge him.
Since the death of Empress Lu, he has been a low-key person and has taken the initiative to withdraw from the core of power. The Lu family fell, and he was not implicated. For several years, he lived in seclusion. The courtyard of the Marquis of Biyang was cold, and few people came. Today, for the first time, Liu Chang, the king of Huainan, actually came to see him. When he heard the servant's report, he was flattered and went to the gate of the mansion to meet the king of Huainan.
Judging the food, it has stepped into the ghost gate!
Taking advantage of the fact that he bowed his head and saluted, Liu Chang took out a hidden weapon, a gilded cone, from his arms and smashed it on his head. His eyes were black, and he fell to the ground. Liu Chang's retinue drew their swords and killed him. Judging his life shrewdly, when he died, he became a fool.
It's a big deal! Judging him as a retired high-ranking cadre, he was killed for no reason, and the court will definitely investigate it.
Liu Chang has already thought of a countermeasure.