Among the kings of the past, Emperor Wu of the Han Liu Che can be regarded as a very outstanding king. He ascended the throne in 141 BC. During his 54-year reign, he "deposed hundreds of schools of thought and only respected Confucianism" and established the foundation of with cultural and martial arts. The prosperity of the Han Dynasty opened up the vast territory of the Western Han Dynasty and promoted the first development peak in history.
Statues of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing, and Huo Qubing
However, were there any regrets and regrets in the life of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty? The answer must be yes. It was a witchcraft disaster. For this reason, he lost his wife, son and grandson.
Compared with the heyday of the political situation in the early and middle periods of his rule, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty resorted to militarism in the later period of his reign and caused the disaster of witchcraft, which shows that his ability to govern began to decline.
Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions
In his later years, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was paranoid, believed in the lies of his sycophant ministers, and stayed away from the advice of loyal ministers. Sometimes he even suspected officials without reason, and easily exterminated the ministers who offended him, causing several tragedies involving thousands of people.
As he got older, he began to be superstitious about alchemists and believed that elixirs could lead to immortality. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty believed deeply in the words of the sorcerer Li Shaojun and was addicted to the myth that cinnabar turned into gold. After Li Shaojun died, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty even thought that he had become an immortal, which was so absurd that he sent people to look for him everywhere.
Portrait of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
The direct result of the disadvantages of the alchemists was that more and more people around Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty were practicing evil ways, which eventually led to the witchcraft disaster that was lamentable in the later period of his reign.
Witchcraft is originally a kind of absurd and superstitious witchcraft, but in the ignorant ancient times, it was a fatal witchcraft that everyone tabooed. In the Han Dynasty, the practice of witchcraft was prevalent and spread from the common people to the royal family. Some concubines and maids in the palace often used this method to curse others in order to compete for favor.
Stills of Witchcraft and Gu.
In his later years, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was in poor health. He was often deaf, blind, and in a trance. The superstitious Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty thought that someone was secretly cursing him, so he was very disgusted with witchcraft and other sorcery. Once discovered, severe punishment will be imposed.
As a result, many villains took advantage of this to make a big fuss and frame innocent people. Jiang Chong was one of them. He relied on the favor of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to do all kinds of bad things. Prince Liu Ju couldn't stand Jiang Chong's misbehavior.
Jiang Chong stills
Jiang Chong, who has evil intentions, will not have good results until the prince ascends the throne. Taking advantage of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's habit of being suspicious, he kept telling him that your health is deteriorating because of the presence of witchcraft in the palace. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty really believed it, and he ordered Andaohou Hanshuo, Yushi Zhanggan, Huangmen Su Wen and other villains to assist Jiang Chong in investigating the matter.
Jiang Chong pretended to search some insignificant places first. When he led people to break into the prince's palace and search everywhere, although he found nothing, he had already made up his mind to frame the prince. He quietly took out the paulownia wood doll he had brought, saying that it was dug out in the Prince's East Palace, and threatened to sue Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who was summering in Ganquan Palace.
Liu Ju stills
Prince Liu Ju felt wronged when he saw this. He very much hoped to clarify the whole matter with his father, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but Prince Fu Shide stopped him and suggested that he control Jiang Chong and others first.
Liu Zhishen believed this, and after catching Jiang Chong, he was interrogated and beheaded in public for treason. Han said was killed for resisting arrest, but Zhang Gan and Su Wen managed to escape.
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It was these two escaped villains who went to Ganquan Palace to falsely accuse the prince of treason. The cowardly Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Prime Minister Liu Quyou to lead his troops to capture the prince.
Prince Liu Ju saw that someone had escaped from the informant and knew that trouble was coming, so he met with his mother Wei Zifu and told the whole story. Wei Zifu was eager to protect his son and agreed to Liu Ju using the queen's stable carriage to obtain weapons from the arsenal. , mobilize the Changle Palace Guards. For a time, the situation in the capital was in chaos. Several days of civil war caused tens of thousands of casualties, and the prince was ultimately defeated.
Liu Zheng and his two sons fled out of the city in a hurry and hid in a civilian's home in Hu County. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered the Queen's seal to be taken back. Wei Zifu knew that he could not explain his behavior, so he died to prove his ambition. He hanged himself in the palace.
Stills of Wei Zifu
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was so furious that the civil and military officials of the Han Dynasty did not dare to step forward to plead grievances for the prince. Only a wise old man Linghu Mao heard about this and wrote to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He said sincerely, "I heard it." If the father is kind and the mother is loving, the children will be filial. If the father and the son are not in harmony, the family will be ruined.
What happened this time was not that the prince was unfilial, but an oversight as a father. The prince has a grievance, but he cannot defend it to you; if he does not defend himself, he will be harmed by the rebellious ministers.
The prince was in a dilemma and killed Jiang Chong out of anger. Later, in times of crisis, he stole his father's soldiers in order to protect himself. This is understandable. Please be aware of it.
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After hearing this persuasion, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty repented and ordered that the prince should not be harmed. But it was too late. The prince's hiding place had been discovered by the local county magistrate. The officers and soldiers surrounded the prince's hiding place. Liu estimated that he would not be able to escape, so he hanged himself.
Poor two children, the grandson of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also died in this tragedy. In this way, a vigorous witchcraft disaster was staged, which turned out to be a tragedy of father and son killing each other.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was in great pain when the news came that the prince had died. The chaos caused by witchcraft caused him to lose a wife he had been married to for half his life, a kind and filial son, and two young grandsons. .
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Not long after, the court official Tian Qianqiu made a blunt remonstrance, asking Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to re-investigate Liu Ju's involvement in witchcraft and clear the prince's innocence. It turns out that all this is really Jiang Chong's trick. Thinking about his lost relatives, it is all the result of listening to the slander.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty suddenly woke up and immediately promoted Tian Qianqiu, who was outspoken in admonishment, to nine levels in a row and promoted him to Da Honglu. As for those who falsely accused the prince Liu Ju, he ordered Jiang Chong's entire family to be executed, Su Wen to be burned to death on a cross bridge, and all those who forced the prince to death were also exterminated.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could not let go of the unjust death of the prince, so he built a palace called Sisi Palace, and built a commemorative high platform named Return Wangsi Platform at a residence in Hu County, which moved the world with emotion.
Stills of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
In 87 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the overlord of a generation, left this world in regret and grief at the age of 70. At the last moment of his life, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued an edict of self-reflection on his sins in 89 BC. It was also the first rich and well-preserved edict of Luntai sinners in history. Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made great mistakes in his later years, his broad mind and reflection on himself were still respectable and commendable qualities in that era.
