Prince is the abbreviation of the crown prince and the legal heir of the throne system“ Too "means" big ". Because of the particularity of emperor status, the position of Prince is not only a position that people envy, but also a high-risk position, which is not good for turning around. In order to prevent the crown prince from competing for the position, the ancient rule of "the establishment of the emperor to grow without virtue, to establish a son with the value not to be long" rules, let the princes follow the rules. But the rules are dead, people are alive. In order to be the crown prince, a scene of sad and happy stories has been deduced in history.
Successful succession is still the mainstream because ministers support it
The so-called "the emperor is not a virtuous person, but a son is not a noble one", that is, the heir of the throne tends to the eldest son born by the queen. The eldest son born by the queen, even if not intelligent, should establish him. He should not be able to establish other wise princes because he is not smart enough. The son of concubines, even if they are older, is not qualified as a prince. Such a rule, in fact, avoids many killings, so it has been supported by the emperors and ministers from the top to the bottom, but there are also many disadvantages. Simayan, the emperor of the founding of the Western Jin Dynasty, is a clear example. Simayan is brilliant and divine, and created the rule of Taikang. But Sima Xin, his first son, is a fool with insufficient intelligence. Simayan was really eager to establish other princes, but he was opposed by the queen and other ministers. He had to follow the regulations of "Li Di takes the chief as the chief, but the son is not the leader, but the son is not the leader of the emperor". Sima is intended to be the prince and to take the post of his death, and is the emperor Hui of Jin Dynasty. The fool emperor, who could not be in power, caused the chaos of the eight kings, and brought China into a turbulent period of 300 years.
Because of the rules of the succession of the emperor, a large number of the princes succeeded smoothly. For the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was transferred to Liuying, Liu Heng, the emperor of Han Dynasty, Liuqi, Liuqi, the emperor of Han Dynasty, liufuling, the Emperor of Han Dynasty, Liu He, Liu He, the emperor of Han Dynasty, Liu Xun, the emperor of Han Dynasty, Liu Ao, the prince of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ao, the emperor of Han Dynasty, was passed down to the throne Prince Liu Xin and so on, all of which were quite normal. Although many changes and bloody coups will occur due to the sensitivity of the throne of the crown prince, the transfer of the crown prince is still the mainstream. It's a matter of good name and good faith, something that public opinion supports.
The crown prince is often abandoned and it is not insured to be a prince
But being a prince is not equal to entering the safe. Because the ancient emperor was a lifelong system, only the emperor died, or he was tired of retiring voluntarily, the emperor could inherit the throne. Therefore, some emperors had to go through the investigation period for more than ten years or even decades. Zhaodun, the emperor of Guangzong in the Southern Song Dynasty, had been the prince for more than ten years, some of them could not wait, Then he reminded his father songxiaozong that my beard has begun to be white. Some people sent the medicine to dye the beard, but I didn't dare to use it. I didn't expect that song Xiaozong heard his son's voice but pretended confused: there is a good white beard, just to show the world your old age, what is the use of the dye? The father and son are very good tempered and are not clear about it. But if you catch up with the emperor with bad temper, it is estimated that the prince will not be able to keep.
There are many cases in history of the abolition of Prince Liu Rong by Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty, Liujiang, Liujiang, Liuqing, Liu Qing, Yang Jian, the emperor of Sui Dynasty, Li Chengqian, Li Chengqian, Li Zhong, Li Zhong, Li Zhong, Li Zhong, Emperor Xuanzong, Liying, Emperor Kangxi, and two emperors of Kangxi. Of course, the prince's abandonment may not be willing, so the father and son meet with the swordsmen. Liu Yu, the prince of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, was a prince for more than 30 years. Originally, the prince was a good prince and was supported by many ministers. However, the Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty had been studying him for such a long time, and the emperor was long enough to live long. Why not do you avoid accidents? Because of the contradiction between Liu and Jiang Chong, the dispute between father and son was caused. The forced Liu Xun revolted and killed himself in the army. After that, Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty regretted it because he had killed the prince.
To get to the throne early, kill the father, because I can't wait
Some princes can't wait for the father to pass down, and the power is expanding, and it is likely to do stupid things like killing the father and taking the throne. The most famous two people, one is Liu Shao of the northern and Southern Dynasties. He became Prince for more than 20 years. Liu Yilong, the father, was dissatisfied with him and he was unwilling to lose his throne. Liu Shao joined another brother Liu Jun to kill the palace, and Liu Yilong, the emperor of Song Dynasty who was discussing the abolition of the prince, killed him cruelly. Liu Shao was the legitimate prince, After killing his father, he became emperor. However, his urgency can not be recognized by people. Only three months after being emperor, he was killed by another brother Liu Jun, who was "the main culprit" in history.
Another is Yang Guang, the famous emperor of Sui Yang, who used conspiracy to make the father and empress lose his brother Yang Yong and become the prince of the Sui Dynasty. But before Yang Jian died, he found Yang Guang's original appearance, trying to scrap Yang Guang and re enable Yang Yong. Yang Guang where willing to lose the throne, the father moved the killing machine, killing the father. But the result of killing father was the death of Sui Dynasty II.
The position of the prince of the eye red, the other princes robbed without rules
Although the succession of princes has clear provisions, but because the emperor's temptation to people is too big, other princes are often reluctant to covet the throne of the prince is not in a few. The most famous is lishimin, the emperor of Tang Dynasty. Li Yuan, the prince of Gaozong in Tang Dynasty, was lijieng and lishimin was the second prince. But lishimin felt that his military skills were high and his supporters challenged the position of the emperor. In the battle for the three successors of the elder brother, lishimin won by launching the change of Xuanwu Gate to shoot Li Cheng and his third brother liyuanji. Lishimin not only killed brother Cheng Cheng and his third brother Yuanji, but also killed all nephews of the two families, and became prince by blood. Li Yuan was forced to give the powerful second son the position of Zen.
Another story that everyone knows well is Cao Pi, two sons of Cao Cao, and Cao Zhi competing for the throne. Later Cao Pi succeeded in taking the throne and forcing Cao Zhi to make a poem in seven steps, otherwise he would kill him. Cao Zhi was really brilliant. He wrote a poem in seven steps: Cooking beans to burn the Osmunda, and beans crying in the kettle. They were born of the same root, so it's too urgent to fry each other. Cao Zhi's poems speak the hearts of all the princes, but the cruelty of history is too much. For the sake of the throne, such tragedy is constantly staged.
