The case of King Huainan’s rebellion was the biggest rebellion of Emperor Wu.
The king of Huainan Liu An is the son of Liu Chang, the younger son of Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and the uncle of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In addition to his outstanding literary talent, Liu An is also the inventor of tofu. His literary works have a great influence on future generations.
One day in 124 BC, the attendant Lei, who was by the side of Huainan King Liu An, was ran to the capital of Huainan King Liu An's imperial case. Liu An began to prepare for treason after learning about it. In the following year, Liu Jian, the grandson of Huainan Wang Liu An, accused his grandfather Liu An of plotting wrongdoing. What did Huainan Wang Liu An do that caused his grandson to betray him?
King Huainan ranks among the princes, his status is noble, and he was not affected by the reduction of the vassal vassal at that time. Why did he rebel, why did he still die before the rebellion?
The background of the Huainan King’s rebellion case
The Huainan King Liu An’s rebellion is closely related to the death of his father Liu Chang. Liu Chang is Liu Bang’s youngest son. After the outbreak of the Zhulu Rebellion, of Liu Bang’s eight sons, only the Dai Wangs Liu Heng and Huainan Kings Liu Chang is alive.
After the eradication of Zhulu, the ministers appointed Liu Heng as the emperor. After all, Liu Heng was not a protagonist. His ascension attracted a lot of criticism from the royal family. The descendants of Liu Bang believed that everyone was the Liu family. we can not.
Liu Heng is a scheming politician. In order to secure his throne, he tried his best to attack those who threatened his throne. In the first three years after he came to the throne, Liu Bang’s three outstanding grandsons, Liu Zhang, Liu Xiang, and Liu Xingju, were successively taken by Liu Heng. Suppress to death.
And Liu Heng did not let his only living brother Liu Chang be spared. He deliberately condoned Liu Chang and let him go on a road of no return. Finally, Liu Chang was forced to die on a hunger strike.
Liu An has been stubborn about the death of his father Liu Chang and has planted the seeds of hatred ever since.
In 124 BC, Liu An's attendant officer Lei was offended by Prince Liu Qian. This incident was originally Liu Qian's fault, but Prince Liu Qian refused to let his father Liu An complain. Lei knew that he couldn't stay in Huainan country anymore and was about to leave.
Liu An, the king of Huainan, heard that Lei was about to leave, so he gave him a severe lesson and trapped him in Huainan to prevent him from leaving.
When Lei was desperate, a thought flashed through his mind. Instead of waiting here to die, it is better to be a dead horse doctor. You don't want me to get better, don't blame me for being ruthless. Lei was run away overnight and reported to Emperor Wu of the Han prince Liu Qian.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty handed the case to Ting Wei and Henan County to handle. Liu An was very angry when he heard that Henan County was about to arrest Prince Liu Qian. The central government’s investigation revealed his many years of scars. Liu An wanted to rebel, but Having been hesitant, the errand of arresting Liu Qian was handled by Shouchun County in Huainan.
The person responsible for arresting Prince Liu Qian was a close friend of Huainan King Liu An, so the arrest was delayed. This caused the Huainan state's state minister to be very dissatisfied, because the state minister was appointed by the central government and obeyed the central government.
Later, the dispute between the two parties became more and more serious, and the central government sent Lieutenant Yin Hong to Huainan to investigate.
At that time, Huainan Wang Liu An thought that the central government sent people to arrest him, and he was even more irritated, and his idea of treason became more determined. When Yin Hong arrived, his attitude was very good, and he did not intend to arrest the prince. Liu Ancai temporarily set aside the treason.
After Yin Hong returned to the capital to report the situation to Emperor Wu, Emperor Wu discussed with the ministers and decided to cut off the two counties of Huainan King Liu'an.
Liu An was aggrieved by this. He felt that he had nothing to do and was taken away by the central government in two counties.
As time passed, Huainan Wang Liu An's dissatisfaction with the central government became stronger and stronger, so he made up his mind to rebel.
Huainan King’s Rebellion Case After
Huainan King Liu An summoned his general Wu to discuss rebellion, Wu Bei was resolutely opposed. He believed that there was no certainty that the rebellion would win. King Huainan didn't listen. He said that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang dared to rebel. Didn't the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion also succeed with their troops? Wu was persuaded to Liu An that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were on the rise. This is what the people want. Now that the world is ruled, the people don't want to turn back, and your current strength can't be compared with the strength of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu Chu.
King Huainan still didn’t listen. Wu Bei went on to say that if you really think of conspiracy by the soldiers, you must do two things. First, you falsely preach the imperial edict and sentence the mighty knights of the counties to two years in prison. As well as those with a family of more than 500,000 moving to the border areas, this can force these three types of people to rebel.
Later, you will falsely preach the imperial edict and arrest the princes and ministers of the counties, and you can also force them to rebel. Only with their support will the chances of winning be greater.
Wu Bei is not simple. It can be seen that he is very strategic. He wants to provoke the common people and the princes and kings to achieve the effect of rebellion. However, King Huainan had no political talent. He was a literati and knew nothing about strategy. He did not adopt Wubei's suggestion.
is a forgery of the emperor's seal, and the official seals of the prime minister, yushi, general and others. At the same time, he also sent spies to the mansion of the general Wei Qing and the prime minister Gongsun Hong to spy on information and find opportunities to get rid of them.
In order to better control the local princes in the early Western Han Dynasty, the rulers of the princes state were appointed by the central government. The princes did not have military power. If they wanted to send troops and generals, they had to sign the state, so Huainan King Liu An planned to murder Huainan. The country’s top leaders want to take away military power.
Liu An, the king of Huainan, thinks he is infallible, but unfortunately he is very ambitious and talented. He thought that killing Wei Qing would defeat the army of the central government with the army of a vassal state. It was too whimsical.
The rebellion case in the stillbirth
When the Huainan king and his party secretly discussed the rebellion, the news was learned by Liu Jian, the grandson of the Huainan king. Liu Jian sued the court about the conspiracy of the Huainan king, why did Liu Jian expose himself What about grandpa's conspiracy?
Huainan Wang Liu Anyu has two sons, the eldest son Liu Buhu and the prince Liu Qian. Liu An has always disliked his son Liu Buhu, and Queen Tu never regarded Liu Buhu as a son, and even Liu Qian did not treat Liu Buhu as a son. Treat it in front of your brother. Liu Buhui is honest, no matter how his brother bullied him, he endured it. It can be said that Liu Buhui has suffered enough, and he can't speak out.
Liu Buhu’s son, Liu Jian, is not an idle generation. He is a bloody man. Seeing that his father is being despised in the family, he has many complaints against his uncle Liu Qian. This sulky father can swallow it, but I can’t. I don't want to succumb to others.
Liu Jian wanted to find a chance to bring down his younger uncle and prince Liu Qian and speak out for his father, so that not only would he relieve his anger, but if the younger uncle fell, the prince could still fall into his house.
So Liu Jian discussed with the group of people on how to bring down the prince, but the incident was leaked out. When the prince learned about Liu Jian, he sent someone to arrest Liu Jian and tortured him. Since then, the conflict between the two nephews and uncles has been completely different. intensify.
In 123 BC, Liu Jian was stuck in a difficult situation and couldn't get out. He sent his good friend Yan Zheng to write a letter to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to fully explain the conspiracy of Huainan and the prince.
Emperor Wu of Han handed over the case to the prime minister Gongsun Hong for trial. The trial Qing had a feud with the Huainan king. At this time, he fell into trouble and asked his friend Prime Minister Gongsun Hong to dig deep into the rebellion of the Huainan King and report it to the court.
The court sent someone to interrogate Liu Jian, and Liu Jian confessed all his uncle Liu Qian and his party members.
At this critical moment, General Wu under King Huainan was sent to the central government to surrender. He had previously advised Liu An not to raise troops, but Liu An refused to listen. Wu felt that Liu An’s troops were too absurd and he did not want to lose. In the end of defeat and murder, he also ran to the capital and reported all the conspiracy of King Huainan to Emperor Wu of Han. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty immediately ordered the arrest of King Huainan. None of the people involved in the rebellion escaped. King Huainan committed suicide. None of his children were pardoned, and none of them escaped the fate of being killed.
The case of King Huainan’s rebellion came to an end before it started. It can be said that King Huainan’s Liu An had a lot to do, but he didn’t count his grandson to death and died before the rebellion began.
