At that time, people loved the prince very much and called Liu De "the king of giving books". But it was such a charming figure that he was finally suspected by his own brother, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and died of depression. Liu De should be regarded as the most careless person among the twelve brothers of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. Why did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty have some doubts about him?
The source of this matter should start from the time when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the king of Jiaodong. During the period of Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty, the ladies-in-waiting favored by Emperor Jing were nothing more than three sisters, Wang and Wang, but their sons, especially by Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty. Liu Rong, the eldest brother of all their Wang Zizhong, was once made a prince by Jingdi. At that time, Li Ji and her son cut a dash, and everyone followed them. As the prince's brother, Liu De's worth is also rising.
However, princess royal wants to win over Li Ji and ease the tension between them, and wants to marry his daughter to Liu Rong, the son of Prince Li Ji. Li Ji has always been bitter about Guan Tao princess royal's offering beauty to Han Jingdi. Without thinking, she rejected the marriage and satirized Guan Tao princess royal with words. After this incident, the relationship between Li Ji and Princess Guantao became worse. Princess Guantao changed her mind and turned to Wang, another wife of Jingdi, and arranged for Wang's son Jiaodongche to marry her daughter.
Later, princess royal, the Guantao, provoked the relationship between Emperor Han Jing and Li Ji, often spoke ill of Li Ji in front of Emperor Han Jing, and framed Li Ji for using "witchcraft" against the harem maids. After that, Emperor Jing was seriously ill and asked Li Ji how to treat his son and concubine. Li Ji's attitude is ruthless, which even disappointed Jingdi. Wang He and Guantao princess royal took the opportunity to encourage ministers to ask Li Ji to be queen, which completely angered Jingdi. In a rage, Emperor Jingdi put Li Ji in limbo and abolished Liu Rong's status as a prince, replacing Liu Che as a prince.
After this incident, the status of mother and son suddenly fell to the bottom, and the ultimate direct beneficiary was Wang and her son. Therefore, after Liu Che ascended the throne, he was very afraid of Liu De and always felt that Liu De was up to no good to him. However, Liu De is just puzzled. If you have to say what he is interested in in this life, it is undoubtedly collecting all kinds of precious ancient books. Where does he have the heart to fight for imperial power?
You can see what Liu De has done in his 50-year career as a prince. It's simply boring, just running around looking for books, buying books, moving books, copying books and translating books. In his life, books account for 99.9%, and another 0. 1% is the proportion of daily life. He devoted his life to collecting and sorting out ancient books about China culture, and had no desire for the throne and power cherished by Liu Che.
On the contrary, the pursuit of rare books is greater than the throne. He can put down his status as a monarch and ask a civilian for a book. He can be kind to those who slap him in the face, and he can also ask for a book not far from Wan Li. Whenever Liu De has the slightest intention to use his power, he can send a large number of soldiers to search every family, take the books directly when he finds them, return them and convince them. Why are you begging them?
Liu De got tens of thousands of precious books, many of which were orphans who escaped from the clutches of Qin Shihuang during the Qin Dynasty. He made a copy and returned all the original books to their owners. It is said that Liu De's collection of books is comparable to that of the whole Han Dynasty. In the Han dynasty, the world was typed, and the first emperor of the previous dynasty burned books, so there was a lack of books in the Han dynasty, so there was a "calligraphy" in the Han Huidi period. Liu De donated all these books to the imperial court, which is tantamount to giving timely help.
When Liu De learned that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty doubted him, he was very sad and had no mind to collect books any more. Instead, I stayed at home all day drinking and showed it to the spies of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. A few months later, Liu De passed away. Sad! Sad!