The Study on the Conflict of the Prince's Replacement During the XiaoWen Emperor's Later Taihe Period in the Northern Wei Dynasty

In the XiaoWen Emperor's Taihe 20th year of the Northern Wei dynasty,the prince YuanXun was deposed because of his escape and replaced by the second son YuanKe.The counselor was the Feng family of the inner-palace and the conservative prince was innocent.The Feng family tried to continue the tradition that son once became prince and then his mother must be executed in order to control the prince and government affairs,which formed a conflict with the XiaoWen Emperor's imperial power of the authority.So the Feng family had to select other puppet and persecute the prince YuanXun to the best of their ability.This event was the contradiction between the emperor and empress and had an profound effect on the Luoyang political situation.