The emperors who reigned for the shortest time in history were either in danger before the fall of the country, or dying before the rebellion was nearly defeated, or they were acting puppets in the hands of powerful ministers. However, there is such an emperor who was ousted from power by his own toss. This emperor who had been the emperor for twenty-seven days was Liu He, the Marquis of Haixia, whose mausoleum had been discovered some time ago.
It is said that in the later years of Emperor Wu of Han, the crown prince Liu Zhu died because of the defeat of the soldiers due to the scourge of witchcraft. As he grew older, Emperor Wu of Han also began to select the future crown prince. Among the candidates for the throne of Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Hong the Prince of Qihuai died prematurely; Liu Dan, the third son of emperor Yan, wrote to Beijing after Liu Zhao's death, hoping to be crown prince, emperor Wu was furious and therefore disqualified; Liu Xu, the fourth son of emperor Guangling, was arrogant and extravagant, and was good at advocating pleasure and leisure, and was not suitable to be emperor; Liu Qi, the fifth son of the emperor, because his maternal uncle Li Guangli and Liu Quyi plotted to establish Liu Kui as crown prince, after the incident Li Guangli surrendered to the Xiongnu, Liu Quxi was beheaded, and Liu Qi was no longer favored by Emperor Wu. In addition, Liu Qi himself died in front of Emperor Wu of Han, so Liu Yiyi also lost the qualification to inherit the throne. As a last resort, Emperor Wu of Han could only choose his youngest son, Liu Fuling (also known as Emperor Zhao of Han).
Emperor Zhao of Han died of illness at a young age, because emperor Zhao did not leave any heirs, so the heir to the throne could only be selected among the other descendants of Emperor Wu of Han. At this time, Emperor Wu's only surviving son was Liu Xu the Prince of Guangling, but because Liu Xu's behavior was too outrageous and incompatible with the emperor's style, Emperor Wu gave it up in the early years because of this. Therefore, Huo Guang and others could only choose among the grandsons of Emperor Wu. At this time, the aura of luck fell on Liu He (the son of Liu Qi), the king of Changyi. Liu He would not have dreamed that his father and uncles coveted the throne one by one, their eyes were bloodshot, they were deliberate, they tried their best, and even at the cost of bloody and severed heads, none of them could achieve their wishes, and now, they were far away in Changyi, leisurely and idle, with no intentions, and they were actually hit by the super pie that fell from this sky.
At this time, Liu He, who had just turned 18 years old, was the age of a frivolous and uninhibited man. In the face of the sudden power, he immediately arranged for the carriage drivers and horses to set off quickly, and the stars galloped towards the capital city of Chang'an, Shi Zai: "In the middle of the day, He Fa, from dawn to Dingtao, traveled one hundred and thirty-five miles, and the attendants and horses died looking at each other in the Dao." Lang Zhong ordered Gong Sui to advise the king, and ordered more than fifty people to return Lang's gurudwara. ”
In addition to being anxious, Liu He did not forget to be greedy and indulgent along the way, and when he encountered beautiful women along the way, he would take them into his pockets and go to Hongnong, and even instructed a group of evil slaves to rob the women and hide them in a cart with a drapery. When he arrived in Chang'an, Liu He should cry loudly to express his sorrow. However, Liu He refused on the grounds that he could not cry out with a sore throat, and with the final determination of the throne, Liu He swelled up and began his absurd twenty-seven days of emperorship.
At the beginning of his reign, Liu He impatiently ordered his attendants to take turns holding the runes, and summoned more than two hundred attendants, horses, and officials and slaves of the Changyi Palace into the palace to play with them in the forbidden palace; he gave the princes, the princes, and the two thousand stone officials to wear at will, and some pardoned slaves to wear; he and the accompanying officials and officials and slaves drank and reveled at night, and arbitrarily took out the money, swords, jade, and colored satin in the treasury and gave them to them Before the ceremony of sacrificing the Heaven and Earth Sect Temple after ascending the throne could be held, he impatiently wrote a letter and sent emissaries to the tomb temple of King Ai of Changyi with the festival and three tai prison ceremonies.
Emperor Zhao's coffin was parked in the front hall, and the mourning of the court and the opposition was full of ears, but Liu He ordered people to take out all the musical instruments collected by the Lefu, and introduced the musicians of the Changyi Palace to beat and sing, sing and dance, and make music wantonly; as the heir of Emperor Zhao, he cried twice a day and evening to the coffin of Emperor Zhao, wearing heavy filial piety, but without any sorrow, drinking and eating meat as usual; Emperor Zhao had just been buried, he hurried to the front hall to strike the bell, summoned the musicians, advocated singing and dancing, and played all the instruments; when he took off his mourning clothes, he took a grand ceremonial guard. He went to the North Palace and the Gui Palace to watch the performances of playing wild boars and fighting tigers; he ordered people to lead the ponies driven by the empress dowager, let the officials and slaves ride, and ride across the court and play games freely; what was even more intolerable was that he actually wandered among Emperor Zhao's palace women all day long, wantonly committing sexual immorality with them, and intimidating those around him, who dared to leak out, and beheaded all at the waist.
In the end, Liu He lost his imperial etiquette and righteousness because of his absurdity and lack of morality, which disrupted the program of the imperial court system and caused the Manchu Dynasty to complain about the wen and wu. Huo Guang, as an auxiliary chancellor, could no longer tolerate Liu He's behavior, so he joined forces with the che general Zhang Anshi and Dasi Nongyuan Yannian and other important ministers to depose Liu He, and Liu He, who once had unlimited styles, experienced the ups and downs of his life in less than a month and became the shortest reigning emperor of the Han Dynasty.