In the eyes of many, this is almost a certainty. But in the Ming Dynasty, there was such a legendary doctor who killed two emperors one after another, but he had a prosperous life and finally died a good death.

If the imperial doctor kills the emperor, will he move his head? In the eyes of many people, this is almost a certainty. Not to mention putting the emperor to death, even if the wrong medicine was used, causing the emperor's condition to worsen, I'm afraid it would affect the nine tribes. But in Ming Dynasty there was such a legendary doctor who killed two emperors one after another, but he had a prosperous life and finally died a good death. So how did he do it? Let me introduce it to you today.

Liu Wentai sneaked into the Imperial Hospital

Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Jianshen did two things after he succeeded to the throne. The first is to establish the West Factory to check and balance the East Factory, and the second is to establish the "passing officials" system to strengthen the imperial power. The so-called "official officials" refer to officials directly appointed by the emperor without going through the official selection process, such as personnel department, selection, court recommendation and ministerial meeting. The quality of these people varies, and the emperor often makes them officials when he is happy. Therefore, there are people from all walks of life in this group, and many people became officials by flattering others. This is the case for our protagonist Liu Wentai today.

Liu Wentai was a treacherous man. He bribed Xichang personnel and entered the General Affairs Bureau and became the Right General Secretary. In fact, the General Affairs Department is a bit like today's Complaints and Complaints Office. Its main responsibility is to collect public opinion and detect the illegal behavior of officials. Liu Wentai was a well-rounded man, and he got to know many powerful people in this position. Within a few months, he was transferred and went to the Taiyuan Hospital to become the fourth-level envoy of the Taiyuan Hospital.

At that time, there were five hospital envoys in Taiyuan Hospital. Except for two senior doctors, the other three were just fishing in troubled waters. Among them, Liu Wentai's level is poor. After Xianzong became seriously ill in the Ming Dynasty, the Taiyuan Hospital sent Liu Wentai to treat Xianzong. As a result, it took Emperor Xianzong a total of 10 days from seeing a doctor to his death.

Liu Wentai’s Speculative Behavior

Xianzong was only 40 years old at the time and was executed like this. The officials were furious and demanded Liu Wentai's death. It is recorded in the history books: "Administering a good prescription led to the death of Emperor Xianzong." Liu Wentai was panicked when such a medical accident happened. He was probably going to accompany Emperor Xianzong soon. Unexpectedly, Ming Xiaozong pardoned his sins and believed that he was not the main person responsible for Xianzong's death. He only demoted him and several other colleagues from the Taiyuan Hospital, and changed his position from the Imperial Hospital envoy to the court judge.

As the saying goes: "If you leave green hills, you won't have to worry about having no firewood." Liu Wentai was not executed, so he naturally wanted to climb up. Liu Wentai had a good relationship with Qiu Jun, the Minister of Rites at the time, and he often visited Qiu Jun's house, hoping that Qiu Jun could put in a good word for him. Under Qiu Jun's operation, Liu Wentai resumed his position as envoy. However, Qiu Jun was at odds with Wang Shu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and Wang Shu, , so he used Liu Wentai to attack Wang Shu. In order to please Qiu Jun, Liu Wentai went to Ming Xiaozong to falsely accuse Wang Shu, saying that he had slandered the late emperor.

Ming Xiaozong naturally did not listen to Liu Wentai's words, but informed Wang Shu of the matter. Wang Shu angrily accused Liu Wentai in front of Xiaozong that Liu Wentai was a two-faced villain and his words could not be believed. In order to verify the authenticity of Liu Wentai's words, Xiaozong ordered Liu Wentai to be thrown into prison. As a result, Liu Wentai directly rebelled, saying that Qiu Jun asked him to say this.

This made things difficult for Ming Xiaozong. Qiu Jun and Wang Shu are both important ministers of the country. Now that such a thing is exposed, it will be impossible not to handle it badly or handle it inappropriately. In the end, the two men each scored 50 points. Qiu Jun was dismissed from office, and Wang Shu was punished by tearing up the biography he had written. As for the culprit Liu Wentai, he was demoted to the Taiyuan Hospital.

But the matter is not settled. Because of this incident, Wang Shu had the reputation of seeking fame and reputation, so he decided to retire and return to his hometown. Ming Xiaozong also found it annoying for him to submit his resignation over and over again, so he nodded in agreement. After Wang Shu returned home, Qiu Jun was denounced as the "Qin Hui of the day" who framed Yue Fei, and the courtiers looked down on him. Qiu Jun couldn't afford to fall ill and died soon after. After Qiu Jun died of illness, Liu Wentai went to express his condolences. Qiu Jun's wife cursed angrily: "If it weren't for you, how could the master and Mr. Wang end up in this situation? What shame do you have?"

Doctor Xiaozong was killed

The disciples and former officials of the two ministers also asked the emperor to execute this useless traitor, but Emperor Xiaozong did not agree.Not only that, Emperor Xiaozong later gave him the important task of rebuilding " Materia Medica Pin Hui Jing Yao ". Unfortunately, Liu Wentai does not have the ability to serve as editor-in-chief. The content of this book is full of errors, and the new additions are very limited.

Soon after, Emperor Xiaozong caught a cold. Because Liu Wentai had a good relationship with Zhang Yu, the eunuch in charge of Xiaozong, the matter of treating Xiaozong's cold was left in Liu Wentai's hands. Liu Wentai and an imperial doctor named Gao Tinghe briefly asked a few questions about the emperor's symptoms, and then began to prescribe prescriptions. After a few doses of medicine, Emperor Xiaozong, who was only 36 years old, died.

Since two emperors were put to death in succession, it stands to reason that Liu Wentai has no excuse to live. But he still had a tough life, relying on his wide network of friends, he had to find a way out, and was only exiled to Guangxi, and later died. However, Gao Tinghe and Zhang Yu, who committed the crime together with him, became victims because they had no one in the court to support them, and were buried with Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty. An imperial doctor like Liu Wentai can be said to be unique.