Who's Liu Chang?
Huainan Wang Li Liu Chang, the seventh son of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, was the half-brother of Emperor Wendi. Liu Chang's life experience is very special. He is not a concubine made up by Emperor Gaozu. His biological mother used to be the uncle of Emperor Gaozu and the woman of Zhao Ao. In his later years, Emperor Gaozu's crusade passed through the state of Zhao, because at that time he was already working on cutting off the princes with different surnames. Emperor gaozu naturally didn't like that his son-in-law was a warlord with a different surname, so he began to find fault! In order to curry favor with Mount Tai, Zhang Ao tried his best to curry favor with him, even using his own concubine, and sent his concubine Evonne to warm the bed for the old father-in-law ...
Emperor gaozu is also a goat, whether she is her uncle's woman or not, take it! That night, Zhao Ji and I rolled a sheet, and then when I mentioned my pants, I left. I didn't say I would take Evonne away ... I finally broke Zhang Ao, so it's definitely not possible to take it back and continue to be my own concubine, but Emperor Gaozu didn't take her away. Wouldn't it be even more difficult to say for Li's future? So he built a palace and made Evonne his "mother-in-law". Later, Zhao Xianggong Gao's plot to assassinate Emperor Gaozu was defeated, and Zhang Ao was jailed, which was not spared. In prison, Evonne made public her pregnancy in order to save her life. Pregnant with the dragon seed, the following people naturally dare not neglect, and immediately report to Emperor Gaozu. But Emperor Gaozu was very angry, so he wouldn't listen! So, Evonne's younger brother found Lv Hou's concubine Biyanghou and asked him to dredge the relationship with Lv Hou. Brother is drunk, too. He and her husband gave birth to a son and went to find his wife ... As a result, it is conceivable that Lv Hou didn't care and didn't allow him to evaluate his food! Seeing that there was no hope of getting out of prison, Evonne committed suicide after giving birth to his son.
Later, Emperor Gaozu saw that his son was soft-hearted, so he ordered Evonne's body to be sent back to his hometown for reburial and Liu Chang to be raised by Lv Hou. I have to say that Lv Hou is quite generous. She not only didn't abuse Liu Chang, but also raised him as her own son. Therefore, Liu Chang also had a deep relationship with the emperor. Lv Hou is both his first mother and his adoptive mother. After Lv Hou's death, the grandsons of the matriarch of Emperor Gaozu jointly launched a military coup called "Destroying Lu". Out of mutual distrust, the veteran group rejected Wang Liuxiang on the grounds that "my uncle is not virtuous and I am afraid there will be a second Lu". Only two sons of Emperor Gaozu were alive at that time, namely Wendi and Liu Chang. Because of the relationship between Chang Lu and Lv Hou, he was the first person to be rejected. In the end, Emperor Wen made a mistake and became emperor. And it also laid the groundwork for Liu Chang's later experience! Because he is the only "competitor" of Han Wendi.
Let someone get away with it so that he can be arrested later.
Because they were both concubines and one of the only two sons left by Emperor Gaozu, Liu Chang was the only opponent of Emperor Wen at that time! In order to stabilize Liu Chang, Wendi not only kept the position of King of Huainan in Liu Chang, but also blacked out what he could and could not give! Under the long-term connivance of Lv Hou, the foster mother, Liu Changben was arrogant, and the "connivance" of Wendi made Liu Chang even more arrogant! Because he didn't save his biological mother, Liu Chang actually killed Lv Hou's concubine Biyanghou himself. No matter how careful he was, he was at least a prince of the Han Dynasty, but Chang Lu actually lynched him, which showed how arrogant and illegal Liu Chang was. However, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty still indulged blindly, thus fueling Liu Chang's ambition.
In the sixth year of Emperor Wendi, Liu Chang finally felt lonely, and privately contacted Xiongnu and Fujian and Vietnam to prepare for rebellion. Rebellion is generally a "secret room plan", but Wendi got the news soon, so I'm afraid it's not a day or two for Wendi to monitor Liu Chang. Can guess, before all kinds of indulgence, is likely to be China's emperor wen "playing hard to get", in order to make Liu Chang frustrated, relax vigilance, so as to seize him! Just imagine, if Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty intends to exonerate Liu Changyi, why should he make Liu Changmou's counter-case public and give it to Liehou and officials above 2,000 stone for discussion? Just pardon it directly. To put it bluntly, what Emperor Wen wanted was for his ministers to discuss Liu Chang's death! Only in this way can we get rid of the suspicion of "killing brothers".
Clear the suspect, force the brother to death
Since we want to get rid of the suspicion of "killing brothers", it is natural to do a full set of acting skills! So Shu pardoned the death penalty and exiled. Strangely, Liu Chang died of hunger strike during his migration ... How could an ambitious man who wanted to rebel choose to commit suicide after he survived? As long as you are alive, there is a glimmer of hope for a comeback, and there is no hope for death! Usually suicides choose to commit suicide because they know they will die, so as not to be humiliated, right? This is so abnormal.
Besides, there are perverts! Before Liu Changliu was released to Shu, Minister Yuan Ang had a meaningful conversation with Emperor Wen. Yuan Ang said to Wendi, "The King of Huainan is strong-willed, and now he has been killed. I'm afraid he will catch a cold suddenly and die on the road. What if your majesty is notorious for killing his brother? " Wendi's answer is even more textbook-style, completely clear: "I just want him to taste the pain and let him come back." Isn't that weird? At that time, Chang was still very young, with big arms, round waist and great strength. How could Yuan Ang have such an idea? Stranger still, Liu Chang died on the road. ...
From this conversation, we can see that Yuan Ang is actually suggesting that Emperor Wen of Han wants me to do something on the way to let Liu Chang "suddenly die", isn't he? Wendi's answer is more meaningful. The normal logic should be: "He is young and can handle it. Just eat and drink well and don't abuse him. " But Emperor Wendi ignored him and said, "I just want him to suffer a little, so let him come back." What does this mean? Do you want to abuse Liu Chang and make him suffer, or do you want to forgive him? Everything Wendi said is right! But as a result, Liu Chang was locked in a dark prison car, the door was closed, and no one could see what was happening inside him. When I arrived in Yongxian, the county magistrate opened the door, and Liu Chang was "starved to death". No one knows whether this is a real hunger strike or hunger. ...
Afterwards, Wendi's reaction was even more strange. What can people around Liu Chang do since he died of hunger strike? However, Emperor Wen of Han ordered the killing of all those who escorted Liu Chang to Kaifeng. Killing is typical, isn't it? Without the acquiescence or inspiration of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, who dares to make a fuss about eating and starve the emperor's own brother? ! Wendi's action in shattered glass just shows that he has something to do with Liu Changzhi's death, doesn't it? Personally, I think it's probably the words of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty that gave Yuan Ang a hint of "let him suffer on the road" and asked him to come back, but he didn't say that he must come back alive, did he? Otherwise, the dialogue between Yuan Ang and Emperor Wendi is meaningless. ...
To sum up, although a benevolent emperor was recorded in Historical Records, I'm afraid the benevolent emperor was not kind from his attitude towards his uncle Zhao Bo. Zhao Bo's death is almost the same as Liu Chang's, and it is also an "unbearable injury"! But how did Wendi do it? Instructing people to go to Zhao Bo's house to cry, just drove Zhao Bo to commit suicide ... Therefore, it is very possible that Emperor Wen of Han acquiesced or instructed his courtiers to starve to death in Liu Chang. Since he died of hunger strike, Emperor Wendi naturally did not have to bear the charge of "killing brothers"! My uncle, who has made great contributions to himself, is even worse than death. What's more, there is a younger brother who competes with himself for the throne and has a huge conflict of interests? I'm afraid Liu Changzhi's death is hard to get away with!