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If you were an emperor and someone else had the final say, and your wife had the final say when you went home, what would you do?
He, who ascended to the throne at the age of nine, reigned for five years, was married at the age of thirteen, and was poisoned at the age of 14.
His name is Liu Jin, formerly known as Liu Jizi, the grandson of Emperor Liu Zheng of the Han Yuan Dynasty, the son of Liu Xing, the filial piety king of Zhongshan, and his mother is Wei Ji.
He was the fourteenth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty and the last emperor of the Western Han Dynasty.
In 1 BC, on August 15, Liu Xin, Emperor of the Han Dynasty, died. On October 17, Liu Jian officially ascended the throne, and the era name was Yuanshi.
The first year of the Gregorian calendar was the first year of the Gregorian calendar and the first year of Liu Yin.
Liu Yin, he is neither the son of the previous Emperor Han Ai, nor the nephew of Emperor Han Ai, but he, like Emperor Han Ai, is the grandson of Emperor Yuan of Han.
The reason why Liu Yin was able to become the emperor has an inseparable relationship with Wang Mang.
For the terminally ill Western Han Dynasty, a nine-year-old monarch has no role in the fate of the dynasty.
But for Wang Mang, Liu Jian is very good as a puppet.
After Emperor Ping of Han succeeded to the throne, the Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun listened to the government, the great Sima Wang Mang was in charge of the state affairs, and the hundred officials were even more optimistic about Wang Mang.
So Liu Yin had to listen to Wang Mang's words in the last court, and Wang Zhengjun in the next court, as the emperor, it was really Alexander!
And even the name Liu Yin was changed by Wang Mang.
Liu Xin's original name was Liu Jizi, and his father, Liu Xing, the king of Zhongshan, failed to compete for the throne with Liu Xin, the king of Dingtao, and after Liu Xing failed, he felt that the world would be defeated in the hands of Liu Xin sooner or later.
At that time, Liu Xing had just given birth to a child, so he named him Liu Jizi. Kei, which means dustpan, why did Liu Xing, as a rich prince, give his son such a lowly name?
It is said that the uncle of the king of Shang was called Jizi, who was a man with ideals and ambitions, and he wanted to change the status quo of the Shang Dynasty at that time, but unfortunately the king did not listen to him.
As a last resort, Jizi led people away from North Korea.
Liu Xing named his son Liu Jizi, not only hoping that his son would be a virtuous and ambitious person like Jizi; There is also a layer of meaning, which is probably to satirize the descendants of Emperor Liu Xing of the Han Dynasty, who will be the king of the dead country like the King of Shang.
After Liu Jizi ascended the throne and became the emperor, the ministers of the court and Wang Mang all thought that the name Jizi was too lowly and unworthy of the emperor's noble identity.
Therefore, Wang Mang changed the name of Emperor Liu Jizi of Hanping to Liu Jin.
("Book of Han", Emperor Ping) recorded: "In the first two years of the Yuan Dynasty, the edict said: The two names of the emperor, through the utensils, are now renamed, and they are in the ancient system. So that the master of the light of the prison to the high temple of the shrine. ”
Although Wang Mang changed Liu Jizi's name to Liu Jizi, Liu Ji was always depressed, and no matter how good his name sounded, it was just a chess piece of Wang Mang.
Wang Mang is a person who has read history books and has high Confucian attainments, he has learned the lesson of the dictatorship of his relatives in the previous dynasty, and has always strictly controlled Liu Jin's relatives to enter the court.
Wang Mang first named Liu Cheng of the clan as the king of Zhongshan, and established Liu Yin's mother Wei Ji as the queen of Zhongshan filial piety, and several of Liu Yin's younger sisters were also given various titles, Liu Jin's family members all stayed in Zhongshan after being sealed, and almost lost contact with Liu Yin, Wang Mang also took the opportunity to destroy all the Wei clans, leaving only Liu Jin's biological mother Wei Ji alone.
Liu Jin's mother, Wei Ji Si'er, was heartbroken, crying day and night, hoping to see her son, but in the end she didn't see her.
Wang Mang succeeded in stifling the danger of the dictatorship of his relatives, which was exactly what Wang Mang wanted to do, because in this way he would not only be easier to manipulate Liu Yin, but also prevent foreign forces from dispersing his power.
Under Wang Mang's operation, Emperor Ping of Han specially gave him the title of Duke of An Han, and Wang Mang ascended to the Duke of An Han, which had already shown his ambition to usurp power and seize the throne.
Of course, the young Emperor Ping of Han was helpless.
In 2 A.D., the counties of the Han Dynasty experienced a major drought and locust plague, and starvation was everywhere.
Among them, the most severely affected place is Qingzhou, where people are fleeing in all directions. Liu Jin issued an edict to let ** at all levels consciously donate houses and land, and distribute them to the poor according to the population.
He also sent envoys to be responsible for exterminating locusts, changed Chiyuan to Anmin County, built government and people's housing, recruited homeless people to move here, and the imperial court was responsible for rations, and these policies for benefiting the people were supported by the people.
In 3 AD, Wang Mang announced to the world that the twelve-year-old Emperor Liu Yin of Hanping would select an empress.
In 4 AD, Emperor Ping of Han established Wang Mang's daughter Wang Yan as the queen. At this time, Wang Mang wantonly excluded dissident forces and installed his cronies in the court.
In the same year, Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty crowned Wang Mang as the ruler, and Wang Mang regarded himself as a saint in the new era, vigorously promoted the education of etiquette and music, and won the support of Confucianism.
In 5 A.D., Liu recruited scholars from all over the world who were proficient in the Yijing, the Ancient Classics, the Astronomical Calendar, the Calculus, the Bell Law, the Primary School, the Historical Texts, the Fangshu, the Materia Medica, and the Five Classics, the Analects, the Book of Filial Piety, and the Erya, and sent them to the capital by car from where they lived, so that they could give lectures in the capital.
In the same year, the courtiers once again proposed to add nine tin to Wang Mang, nine tin is the emperor's reward of nine kinds of ceremonial vessels, and was commended by nine tin, which means that it can no longer be from the emperor **, get higher rewards and honors, unless the son of heaven is replaced, Wang Mang is only one step away from usurping the throne.
Although Liu Yin is young and has no political experience, he is not useless, and many of his policies, although some of them were issued by Wang Mang, contain Liu Jin's various temptations and scheming for obtaining rights.
As Liu Jian grew up, his dissatisfaction with Wang Mang's dictatorship also increased day by day, Liu Jin was angry about his mother's family being murdered by Wang Mang, and hated Wang Mang very much, and Liu Mang's imperial charm was gradually revealed, and these Wang Mang naturally saw it in his heart.
Wang Mang was afraid that something bad would happen in the future, so he had the idea of murdering Liu Yin, but as a courtier, he would not only leave a reputation for eternity, but also break the character he had always established and lose people's hearts.
Therefore, Wang Mang needs a chance.
Soon this opportunity came.
In the winter of the fifth year of A.D., Liu Jin's liver disease ** was unbearable. Soon after, Liu Jian died in Weiyang Palace at the age of 14, nicknamed Emperor Xiaoping, and was buried in Kangling.
Ban Gu recorded in the "Hanshu Ping Di Ji": "The emperor is benevolent, regardless of mourning, every illness, anger and rebellion, harmful to words, so there is no edict." ”
It means that Emperor Ping was seriously ill and could not speak at the time of his illness, so he did not even leave an edict.
In this regard, many people believe that Liu Yin was likely killed by Wang Mang. Of course, because there is no conclusive historical data, it is recorded in the official history that Emperor Liu Yin of the Han Ping Dynasty died of illness.
Emperor Liu Yin of the Han Ping Dynasty was the last emperor of the Western Han Dynasty to officially succeed to the throne, and his life was completely controlled by Wang Mang, even if this little emperor tried his best, it was to no avail in the end.
In the eighth year of AD, Wang Mang changed the name of the country to "Xin" and proclaimed himself emperor.
Miraculously, the government and the opposition cheered and raised their hands in favor, and almost no one objected.
Wang Mang's proclamation as emperor marked the demise of the Western Han Dynasty and his official withdrawal from the stage of history.
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4] Baijia Rabbit: Wang Mang: The "terrible" relative of the emperor's family |Wonder Museum | 2022-9-1
5] Su Lufeng: Wang Mang is packaged by public opinion in Zen |Integrity Lookout" |Issue 19, 2021.
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