Chapter 15 Chapter Fourteen Ruzi Liu Ying

In the fifth year of Yuanshi (AD 5), Wang Mang killed the 13-year-old Emperor Ping of Han with poison.Emperor Ping was young and had no heirs, and Emperor Yuan's lineage was extinct.Among the great-grandsons of Emperor Xuan, there are 5 princes and kings and 48 princes.According to the ancient practice of brothers end up with younger brothers, it is possible to choose the heir to the throne from among them.But Wang Mang saw that these 53 people were all older, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to control after becoming the new king, so he used the excuse of "brothers should not be queens" as an excuse to abandon them.In the end, Wang Mang took a fancy to Liu Ying, the son of Liu Xian, Marquis of Guangqi, who was only two years old.

Liu Ying's grandfather was named Liu Xun, and his great-grandfather was named Liu Xiao.It was born by Wei Jieyu, Emperor Xuan.In the second year of Ganlu (52 BC), Emperor Xuan named Liu Xiao the King of Dingtao, and the next year he was named the King of Chu.In the third year of Heping (26 B.C.), Liu Xiao went to Beijing to congratulate him. He contracted an illness, and Emperor Cheng took pity on him. He ordered his son Liu Xun to be named Marquis of Guangqi with 4,300 households in Guangqi County (now northeast of Pei County, Jiangsu Province). At this time, Meng Tong, the magistrate of Wugong County, reported that when someone was dredging a well, he got a white stone with a circle above and below, on which there were 8 big characters of the alchemy book "Tell Anhan Gongmang to be the emperor".Wang Mang was ecstatic when he saw this forged talisman.But he felt that it was inconvenient to replace the Han and stand on his own in such a hurry, so he fabricated: "The "being the emperor" mentioned in the fate is the matter of taking charge of the emperor." He ordered his minions to report to the empress dowager.The aged Empress Dowager had no choice but to agree to her nephew Wang Mang as regent.

In the first month of the second year (AD 6), Wang Mang worshiped God in the southern suburbs and welcomed the spring in the eastern suburbs.In March, Liu Ying was established as the crown prince, nicknamed "Ruzi", and the Yuan was changed to "Jushe", and the emperor and empress were respected as the empress dowager.Wang Mang used all the emperor's etiquette regulations to take charge of the emperor's affairs. He had no fear and took various means to approach the emperor's throne step by step. Wang Mang's actions aroused dissatisfaction among pro-Han officials.In the autumn of the second year of Jushe (AD 7), Zhai Yi, Zhao Ming, and Huo Hong rebelled against Mang, but they were quickly put down by Wang Mang.As a result, Wang Mang was even more arrogant, thinking that the time was right, he considered removing the "photograph" of "photographer emperor" and became a real emperor.In the third year of Jushe (A.D. 8), Wang Mang officially announced that the Han Dynasty would stand on his own and proclaim himself emperor.Ru Ziying was deposed as "Prince Anding", and Wang Mang ordered that Pingyuan (southwest of Shandong Plain today) and other five counties with a population of hundreds of miles should be the fief of "Prince Anding". In Chaozhengshuo, Empress Pingdi was regarded as the "Empress Dowager of Tranquility".

However, Wang Mang refused to allow "Anding Gong" Liu Ying to come to the country, changed the former Dahonglu Mansion to "Anding Gong", locked Liu Ying in it, and ordered the wet nurse not to talk to Liu Ying.Since the year Wang Mang became emperor, Liu Ying has lived as a prisoner in the mansion Wang Mang gave him for 15 years. In the fourth year of Emperor Dihuang (AD 23), the army of Liu Xuan, a son of the Han clan known as "Gengshi Emperor", invaded Chang'an, and Wang Mang was killed.Emperor Ping and Empress sighed and said: "How can I see the Han family!" She threw herself into the fire and burned herself to death.Fang Wang, a native of Pingling, looked at the astronomy and thought that the Gengshi Emperor would be defeated, and that Liu Ying would succeed the Ping Emperor as the orthodox Han family, and when he returned to rule the world, he raised troops and took Liu Ying hostage, and ran to Linjing, claiming he was a widow.Liu Xuan sent Prime Minister Li Song to defeat Fang Wang and kill Liu Ying.That year, Liu Ying was 20 years old.