"Willing to give, willing to give, there is a sacrifice to get."
When it comes to the ancient Chinese royal family, many people will think of the cruel struggle for the concubine, in order to ascend to that supreme position, even if they are also the emperor's sons, they will never be merciful.
So when there were two pairs of brothers in history who resigned to each other as princes, people felt very incredible, and the most rare thing is that they eventually created two great prosperity, so let's briefly understand these two pairs of brothers.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the reign of Ming Zhang — Liu Zhuang and Liu Jiang</h1>
People who know something about the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty should know Yin Lihua. At that time, Liu Xiu, the Emperor of Han Guangwu, originally wanted to establish Yin Lihua, but because Yin Lihua did not have children at that time, Liu Xiu needed the support of the Hebei Group behind Guo Shengtong.
Therefore, when Yin Lihua took the initiative to ask Liu Xiu to "establish Guo Shengtong as the queen", although he felt that he was very indebted to Yin Lihua, he finally announced to the ministers that Guo Shengtong was the queen.
After Guo Shengtong became empress, Liu Jiang, who was still in his infancy, was made crown prince. At first, the power above the court was indeed balanced a lot, but with the passage of time, the Hebei clique began to use the power in its hands to oppress and harm others.
This made Liu Xiu very angry, so he deposed Guo Shengtong and replaced it with Yin Lihua. And this move made Liu Xiu extremely entangled - whether he should depose the prince, after all, the prince did not make any mistakes.
Xu was to protect himself, perhaps for the sake of others, in short, the crown prince Liu Jiang also took the initiative to find Liu Xiu at that time, expressing his willingness to give up the position of prince to his younger brother Liu Zhuang. In 43 AD, Liu Zhuang sat on the throne of the crown prince.
Because Liu Xiu felt that this was really a disgrace to Liu Jiang, he made him the King of the East Sea and gave him a fief. Later, Liu Zhuang treated his brother very carefully, and Liu Zhuang also created the prosperous "Rule of Ming Zhang".
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Kaiyuan Shengshi - Li Longji and Li Chengji</h1>
In addition to Liu Zhuang and Liu Jiang in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was also a beautiful incident of brotherly concessions in the Tang Dynasty. It is reported that at that time, Wu Zetian had died, and Tang Ruizong Li Dan, as emperor, was also very troubled about who he should appoint as the crown prince.
Compared with other sons, Li Dan actually wanted to pass the throne to Li Longji. This was because after Wu Zetian's death, Empress Wei and Princess Anle were in turmoil.
If it were not for Li Longji and Princess Taiping, Li Jiajiangshan might once again be in danger. At that time, Li Chengqi, as the crown prince, actually knew what his father was struggling with.
So he took the initiative to find his father Li Dan and told his father that it would be better to make Li Longji the crown prince. Although Li Longji had been pushing back on this matter at that time, under the persuasion of his brother Li Chengqi, Li Longji decided to become the crown prince.
Later, when Li Longji ascended to the throne, Li Chengqi also always supported Li Longji in every way. With the passage of time, Li Chengqi died, and Tang Xuanzong also buried Li Chengqi in accordance with the imperial funeral regulations.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that at that time, this person was also posthumously named emperor, with the title of Jean, and buried in Huiling. The Taiping Prosperous Era created by Li Longji is the "Kaiyuan Prosperous Era" that is famous in history.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > summary</h1>
In fact, judging from the stories of the Liu brothers of the Han Dynasty and the Li brothers of the Tang Dynasty, the harmonious relationship between the royal brothers was conducive to the stable development of society at that time.
However, there are also many people who believe that Liu Jiang and Li Chengqi, who mainly resigned, are only to protect themselves, after all, compared with Liu Zhuang and Li Longji, their forces behind them and the prestige of the people are not high.