In ancient times, what would happen if the crown prince did not have an eldest son?

In ancient times, according to the old rules of the emperor's family, the crown prince would establish the eldest son, because it was a law left by the ancestors, so from top to bottom could only recognize and accept this agreement. The eldest son was appointed as the crown prince, and even if the other princes had ideas in their hearts, they did not dare to question the candidate for the crown prince's position. And if the crown prince does not have the eldest son,It will cause jealousy and disapproval from other princes, and even let some ambitious princes break out in advance to compete for the crown prince, which will inevitably bring a certain crisis to the stability of the government.

The eldest son who can be made the crown prince refers to the eldest son born to the queen to have this qualification. In ancient times, only the queen was considered the wife of the emperor, and the women who could become queens were generally from famous families. Therefore, the eldest son born to the queen is the most noble prince among the princes.

In the understanding of the ancestors, people with such an identity background are the most qualified to become the crown prince and the heir to the throne.

The reason why the emperor's family has the rule of appointing a prince and an eldest son is also to consider the stability of the court and reduce the chance of vicious competition among the prince due to snatching the right to inherit the throne. Therefore, the eldest son of the noble born was directly determined as the candidate for the crown prince. In this way, at least when the crown prince was established, a lot of trouble and controversy were saved.

However, ambitious princes have existed in all dynasties, and not all princes can really accept this rule, but that's another story. In general, it still relatively suppressed the jealousy of some princes and reduced the contradictions between princes.

AbsolutelyIt does not mean that the crown prince is 100% the candidate for the throne of the emperor, but only the prince. Whether he can become the real heir of the emperor also needs to evaluate the performance of the eldest son in the position of the crown prince, and the emperor cannot easily let a prince who is not suitable for the emperor inherit the throne, after all, this involves the stability of the entire royal family and the stability of the court. But in any case, the prince, who is the eldest son, is qualified to inherit the emperor as soon as he is born, which is beyond the reach of other princes.

If the prince does not set up the eldest son, there may not be any changes, because the "lichang" has always been ranked after the "liyan", the eldest son may not be the son-in-law, Liu Ying, the prince of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, is not the eldest son, the eldest son Liu Fei should be about ten years older than the prince Liu Ying, from the age point of view, the fifteen-sixteen Liu Fei is obviously more suitable to be the prince than the five or six-year-old Liu Ying, but Liu Bang established Liu Ying as the prince, and Liu Fei did not turn the sky upside down.

It depends on whether the crown prince who is appointed has the ability or how the emperor arranges it.

i。Because the eldest son is a sure thing, the eldest son is the crown prince. It is afraid of profit and disobedience, so allowing the eldest son to succeed to the throne can avoid children and grandchildren fighting each other.

This is the rule that has always been established as the eldest son as the crown prince is the most convincing and convincing to the public.

Because older children have experienced more things and have a broader vision, they will be more likely to do things that are beneficial to the society after inheriting the emperor's throne, so they all do this.

Because Lichang can avoid the prince's struggle for the throne and stabilize the situation in the imperial court, if he is young, he is very young and cannot grasp the power well, so it will lead to chaos in the imperial court.

Waste the long and young, as long as the long has a little strength and a little courage, it will definitely rebel! The prince was so good, but suddenly he was gone, and no one could stand it.

In the imperial culture of the Han nationality in China, it is considered to be the way to take out chaos, and Yuan Shao and Liu Biao both led to the ruin of the country and the death of the family.

Yuan Shao was defeated because of this, because his sons did not help each other.

Liu Biao was usurped for power.

Unless this young ability is extraordinary, there will be a tragedy, among which the successful ones are like the young Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, and the failed ones are like the sons of Yuan Shao.

Of course, it is very miserable, such as Yuan Shao Liyu (see Three Kingdoms).

Chinese history has a clear record from the Western Zhou Dynasty, and there is no clear record of Xia and Shang, but it is passed on through legends and other means, and later generations have verified it through archaeological and other means. It is recorded that all countries in the Western Zhou Dynasty had historians, but only the Lu State can be handed down. Therefore, the history of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period (this history is derived from the two books "Spring and Autumn" and "History of the Warring States").

Therefore, the Shang Dynasty has no more information about the crown prince, and the Zhou Dynasty is the beginning of China's rule of law, so later generations emphasized "etiquette" in everything, so as early as the Zhou Dynasty, the prince's eldest system was established. The fall of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the eastward migration of King Ping of Zhou were due to the destruction of the Changchang system by King You of Zhou, which led to the invasion of the Dog Rong, the destruction of the country and the relocation of the capital, and the loss of control over the vassal states. Later generations often cause political crises, so they basically dare not risk the world's condemnation.

Only the faint monarch will ignore the etiquette and law, so the elder system is basically observed, of course, there are very special circumstances, such as Tang Taizong slaughtering his brother and killing his brother, and ascending the throne strongly; Ming Wuzong had no queen, Ming Shizong Jiajing became the prince of the vassal king, and so on. Only the Qing Dynasty, due to the special environment, created the particularity of the monarch's succession. Kangxi also wanted to abide by the eldest system after pacifying the world, but because the prince's own willingness failed to fulfill his wishes, and the inheritance of the special circumstances of the Qing Dynasty's succession before entering the customs led to a special way of succession, so only the Qing Dynasty did not abide by the eldest system, but a special situation.

Since the Zhou Dynasty, almost all dynasties have established princes in the order of establishing a prince, establishing a long, and establishing a virtuous, with a descendant and a long.

That is to say, consider the queen (wife) first, even if the concubine is older, he will not consider it first, for example, Yuan Shu thinks that although Yuan Shao is old, the concubine is not as noble as his own status. If the queen has no children, she will be long. Until the Ming Dynasty, this was the case, and there were some very special circumstances in the middle that were not in order, and they were all criticized.

For example, Li Shimin took his brother's position, and the crown prince was still Li Jiancheng. And his son originally set up his eldest son Li Chengqian as the crown prince, because Li Tai, the king of Wei, competed for the throne, and the prince did not abandon both before finally establishing Li Zhi.

Only the Qing Dynasty was virtuous and not virtuous (in fact, the Yuan Dynasty also had this situation, depending on the amount of force, it was virtuous. However, it also looks at orthodoxy, the eldest son is preferred) Huang Taiji is the eighth son, Shunzhi nine, Kangxi three, Yongzheng four, Qianlong four, Jiaqing 15

Since the Zhou Dynasty, it has been the primogeniture system, and individual dynasties and individual countries have violated this ancestral system, such as "abolishing the elder and establishing the young" or "brother to brother", but it will cause civil strife in the struggle for the throne.

The inheritance system of the heir is the primogeniture, and the two are parallel, mainly depending on the master, but the Qing Dynasty did not consider this, so the battle for its crown prince is very fierce. [What is the uncertain system of the Yuan Dynasty].

==Hereditary system is generally yes.。 Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, whatever, whatever......

Look at the Book of Rites, but many dynasties are not the eldest sons.

There should be some of this, for example, like the crown prince of Zhao Gou of Song Gaozong at that time, in fact, he was a descendant of Zhao Kuangyin in the Northern Song Dynasty, in fact, the main reason is that this person is carrying Ximan, he has no heir, or there is no way, he can only choose someone from the same family as him to inherit this Lu Xiaozhi.

Chai Rong, Zhao Shu, Li Chengmei, etc., these are not staring at or their own heirs, but in the end they became the prince, also because of the needs of the country, and they are also very recognized, after all, it is a national affair. Celebrity.

The eldest son was angry. Because the eldest son was the eldest in ancient times, the eldest son would generally give priority to the eldest son, and if there was no eldest son, the eldest son would be very faceless and angry, but there was no way.

In ancient times, if the crown prince did not have the eldest son, it might attract the dissatisfaction of the eldest son and his mother, and even cause chaos in the government and the harem, and in serious cases, it would provoke unnecessary wars, and the consequences could be very serious.

In the ancient emperor's house, according to the rules, the crown prince is the eldest son, if there is no eldest son, then it is easy for other princes to be jealous, which will break out partisan disputes, cause turmoil in the government and the opposition, and even a large number of deaths**.

If the crown prince does not have the eldest son, it will cause jealousy and disapproval among other princes, and even let those ambitious princes break out in advance to compete for the crown prince's position, which will inevitably bring a certain crisis to the stability of the government.

It will definitely trigger a power struggle between the eldest son and the crown prince. In ancient times, there has always been a tradition of establishing a chief and a successor, and many times in the history of change are because of the contradiction between the two camps caused by the contradiction of the crown prince, which enveloped each other's hearts, causing chaos in the government and even the people's livelihood.