In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the founding emperor Liu Xiu made outstanding achievements. Why did his son rebel four times?

Liu Jing, Liu Xiu's son, thinks he is the eldest son, and he can certainly inherit Liu Xiu's throne. However, Liu Xiu passed the throne to Liu Zhuang, which made Liu Jing very unhappy, so he rebelled four times.

Liu Jiang, the son of Queen Guo, was first made a prince, but he liked the new and hated the old. Soon he fell in love with Yin Lihua, so he brutally abolished Queen Guo and ordered Yin Lihua to be crowned Queen. Liu Jiang saw that his mother could only spend her life in the cold palace, so she asked Liu Xiu to accompany her mother, hoping that Liu Xiu could give her crown to others.

However, when Liu Jiang was a prince, everything was handled very carefully, so Liu Xiu was unwilling to abolish Liu Jiang's status as a prince. In an early dynasty, Liu Xiu proposed to the ministers whether to abolish Liu Jiang's status as a prince, and the votes were the majority, so Liu Xiu had to abolish Liu Jiang's status as a prince.

Liu Jing was very happy to see the vacancy of the prince. He thinks his day is coming. Because he was the first child of Liu Xiu and Empress Yin Lihua, he felt that he had great hope of being a prince, but he forgot that his younger brother Liu Zhuang was above him and was more suitable to be a prince.

The ideal is full, but the reality is very skinny. After Liu Xiu's death, Liu Xiu passed the throne to Liu Jing's younger brother Liu Zhuang. Liu Jing was unconvinced and went against Liu Zhuang everywhere. He also secretly called soldiers in an attempt to rebel, but Liu Zhuang caught him. Liu Zhuang sent many people to take care of Liu Jing.

Later, the Qiang people attacked the Han Dynasty, and Liu Jing wanted to seize this opportunity to force Liu Zhuang to abdicate, but was surrounded by people from Liu Zhuang, and the plan failed before it started. Later, Liu Jing asked a fortune teller to tell his fortune. He asked the fortune teller if he could be king, but he didn't say anything.

After Liu Jing left, the fortune teller told the local officials what Liu Jing thought, and Liu Zhuang withdrew the troops around Liu Jing. Liu Jing's fourth rebellion was in witchcraft rebellion, but it still failed. Finally, Liu Jing committed suicide at home.