Counting the princes in history, as long as there is a very accomplished emperor father, then the position of this prince is generally not very easy to sit.
For example, Qin Shi Huang's crown prince Fusu, Qin Shi Huang advocated relying on harsh laws to rule the country, while the crown prince Fusu believed that Qin Shi Huang was too harsh and not conducive to the long-term peace and stability of the country. As a result, he disagreed politically, was expelled to the frontier and finally committed suicide.
Another example is Li Shimin's crown prince Li Chengqian, Li Chengqian gradually deviated from Li Shimin's expectations in the constant extreme pull with Li Shimin.
After experiencing the death of his mother, he immediately fell off and broke his leg, and he became more and more restless. Looking at his younger brother Li Tai, and then looking at the inferiority complex in his lame heart, he felt that he was lame, and he couldn't ascend to the throne of the Tang Emperor, so that he made repeated mistakes and was finally demoted to a commoner.
The crown prince Liu Ju, who is also the eldest son, is basically the same as the first two, and is deeply loved by the emperor as the emperor's first son.
I don't know if every son who is an emperor is destined to not have a good death?Fusu, Li Chengqian, and Liu Ju, none of them got a good death.
But as the crown prince Liu Ju cultivated by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty really want to force the crown prince Liu Ju to death?
Although it is said in history that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty advocated war with the Xiongnu, Liu Ju repeatedly told Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would not let Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty disregard the lives of the people, and fought for many years.
In addition, Jiang Chong framed Liu Ju for cursing the emperor with witchcraft and plotted to rebel, because of these two reasons, Emperor Wu of Han wanted to kill Liu Ju.
I think these two reasons obviously cannot prove that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty really wanted to kill Liu Ju, for the following reasons.
Clause. 1. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty confirmed that Liu Ju wanted to inherit his throne.
At the age of seven, he made Liu Ju the crown prince, and let Shi Qing, who was very prestigious in the court at that time, be the prince's teacher, and after Liu Ju, Emperor Wu of Han gave birth to 5 more sons.
However, before the abolition of the crown prince, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty arranged his four sons to become vassals, and explained to the ministers of civil and military affairs and the princes early on that the prince's position was stable, and as for the fifth son's mother's clan power, it had no impact on the prince at all.
Even after the crown prince committed suicide in defeat, he did not immediately re-appoint Liu Fuling as the emperor, but had to establish Liu Fuling as the crown prince the day before his death, which shows how important Liu Yi's position in the heart of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was.
Clause. Second, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also did not believe in the false accusations against the crown prince.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not believe in the false accusations against the crown prince at the beginning, he just wanted to investigate the specific situation, and the blame was that the people sent by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not understand the truth of the matter, so they reported that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu was rebelling.
Even if he finally raised troops to suppress the prince's army, he didn't want Liu Ju to die, he just wanted to ask Liu Ju himself, but unfortunately the prince Liu Ju committed suicide because he was humiliated.
It can really be said that the son does not know the father, and the father does not know the son, after all, it was the mutual distrust of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and the crown prince Liu Ju that caused such a tragedy.
Clause. 3. It is impossible for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to destroy his foundation.
Under the arrangement of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the early stage, the succession of the crown prince Liu Ju is already a sure thing, as long as it goes with the flow, Liu Ju will definitely be the next emperor.
Because at this time, the four eldest sons of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty have been arranged to be vassals, and there is no possibility of competing for the throne, and the younger son Liu Fuling's maternal family is weak and too young, how to look at the past Liu Yi is the future emperor, and he is also the only person who can inherit the throne under the cultivation of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
If Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not want to seek power and usurp the throne after his death, Liu Ju would definitely be the first choice for the throne.
And even if a wise and martial emperor like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't like Liu Ju very much, it would not abolish Liu Ju, or even force Liu Ju to death.
Yu Qing is the most suitable candidate to inherit the throne, and Yu Qing is his favorite son.
Summary. It is impossible for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to force Liu Ju to death, but the elderly Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has some problems in employing people and making decisions, but he is not so stupid as to force the prince he created to death.
This is tantamount to denying his years of cultivation of the prince, and it is tantamount to destroying his foundation, because under that circumstance at that time, Liu Ju was the most able to take on the responsibility of the emperor of the Han Dynasty.
And after years of war by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ju's generosity and benevolence are tantamount to the most suitable successor.
Although Liu Fuling's performance was also good, it was impossible for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to know what Liu Fuling would do in the future, and Liu's country was almost subverted in the hands of the Huo family.