In June of the leap year of 146, emperor Wu of Han, who was only 9 years old (8 years old), was poisoned by his powerful minister Liang Ji. The early death of the young emperor, known for his intelligence, marked that the Eastern Han Dynasty had no hope of ZTE.
The emperor who succeeded the Han Emperor was the famous Han Huan Emperor, the Han Ling Emperor, and the Han Xian Emperor, which can really be described as a generation worse than a generation.
Let's walk into the life of the Han Emperor and take a look at the most intelligent emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty: the Han Emperor
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The death process of the Han Emperor Liu Wei has been recorded in detail in the history. Let's repeat it here.
In June of the leap year of 146 AD, the Han Emperor Liu Miao met with his courtiers, pointed at Liang Ji and said, "This is really a general." Liang Ji was deeply disturbed in his heart, and felt that Liu Yi's little pot friend was becoming more and more difficult to control, although he was only 8 years old, but because of his special intelligence, he already posed a threat to himself. So, it was time to find a way to get rid of this little emperor.
On The eleventh leap month, Liang Ji instructed Liu Yi's eunuch Xiao Pengyou to poison Xiao Pengyou's dinner: boiled cake (now noodles). After Liu Yi's little pot friend finished eating the boiled cake, his abdominal pain was unbearable, and he hurriedly summoned Liang Ji and Li Gu into the palace. Li Gu hurriedly entered the palace and saw Liu Mu Xiao Pengyou lying on the bed of the Yutang Hall, his hands covering his abdomen, constantly moaning, and hurried forward to care.
Liu Miao Xiao Pengyou said to Li Gu: I just ate the boiled cake, the abdominal pain is unbearable, if you drink some water, you may be able to survive.
Li Gu was about to go looking for water, but Liang Ji stopped him and said: You can't drink water, what if the emperor vomits.
Li Gu had no choice but to give up and let the Tai Doctor diagnose and treat the emperor. After a while, Liu Miao's little basin friend died of a choke.
Seeing this, we will be sad for the painful death of Liu Miao's little pen friend, and also sad that the Eastern Han Dynasty lost the last lord of Zhongxing. However, if there are careful friends, they will also find several major doubts about the death of the Han Emperor Liu Miao.
Doubt 1:
Liu Yi knew that Liang Ji was going to harm himself. The answer is: Know.
The Han Dynasty attached great importance to astrological signs, as already mentioned, the appearance of the celestial signs of Taibai in May, which indicates that someone wants to kill the king. As smart as Liu Miao, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely Liang Ji. Liang Ji's purpose in establishing him was to hope that he would be a submissive puppet, and if this purpose could not be achieved, Liang Ji would absolutely not allow him to live, and it was only a matter of time before he was harmed.
Therefore, Liu Yi hurried to give amnesty to the world for the last time before the end of his life, hoping to do more things for the people. If Liu Miao, like the later Liu Chan, was a foolish emperor, he would naturally be able to live, but Liu Miao watched the great Han grow in decline and looked at the suffering people of the world, he could not bear to be a foolish emperor, and he wanted to do as many good things for the people as possible, although this would endanger his life.
The poisons of the Han Dynasty, not as developed as later generations, such as arsenic, have not yet been discovered. Commonly used poisons in the Han Dynasty were generally aconitine and strychnine extracted from plants. Aconitine can make people anesthetized and hallucinate, just like alcohol poisoning. Strychnine can make people feel severe abdominal pain and difficulty breathing. Most importantly, these two poisons are not colorless and tasteless, they are extremely bitter. Therefore, at this time, the poison will be placed in the wine, and the spicy taste of the wine will be used to cover up the bitter taste of the drug. For example, when Wang Mang poisoned the 14-year-old Hanping Emperor, he put the poison into the pepper wine, and after the Hanping Emperor drank it, he had severe pain in his abdomen, tossed it for several days, and finally swallowed.
However, the Han Emperor Liu Wei was an eight-year-old small pot friend, who could not drink alcohol, nor did he have the habit of drinking, which was sad for Liang Ji. If you put poison in the meal, it will cause the food to taste bitter, and it is easy to find the problem. And the poison strychnine is powdery and needs to be dissolved in a liquid.
At this time, a key figure appeared: Cao Teng. Speaking of his descendants, it was the famous Cao Cao. It's just that Cao Teng is a eunuch, and the current Zhongchang attendant is closely serving the emperor. He was familiar with the laws of life of Emperor Liu Of han. Liu Miao's dinner, like to eat a bowl of boiled cake (noodles), the Han Dynasty did not stir-fry, the noodles at that time, just like our current soup noodles. Put the poison in the soup and it will dissolve.
However, the taste of strychnine is extremely bitter, and only spirits can cover up this bitterness, how can soup noodles cover it up. Therefore, we can reasonably infer that the Han Emperor Liu Wei can feel bitter when eating this bowl of boiled cakes.
But he still ate hard, because he knew that since Liang Ji could no longer tolerate him, even if he did not succeed in harming this time, there would be a next time, the next time. It's better to do it like this, anyway, I have done everything I should do, and there is no nostalgia in this world.
Doubt 2:
Why did Liang Ji poison Emperor Han
It is often believed that the Emperor of Han died because of a "general of the Han Dynasty". But have you ever thought that Liang Ji, a powerful courtier with old wrists, who can hold great power for decades, is the kind of person who has a hot head when he hears the phrase "General Baohu"?
Therefore, the incident of "General Baohu" only played a role in promoting Liang Ji, making him determined to immediately poison Emperor Han.
The deep-seated reason why Liang Ji would harm Emperor Han was Emperor Han's restrictions on Liang Ji's dictatorship, and the political disagreement between the two.
The purpose of Liang Jili Han Chong Emperor, Han Qian Emperor, and Han Huan Emperor was to be able to monopolize power himself, so what he needed was for the emperor to become a puppet.
Originally, he thought that the 2-year-old Han Chong Emperor was a qualified puppet, but his sister Empress Liang did not like this child and tried to make him die early. There was no way, Liang Ji had to set up an 8-year-old Han Emperor. However, emperor Han was extremely intelligent and refused to be a puppet. Then he had to get rid of the Han Emperor and establish liu Zhi, the relatively obedient Emperor Huan of Han.
Because the 14-year-old Han Huan Emperor Liu Zhi's ability was not as good as that of the 8-year-old Han Emperor Liu Miao, Liang Ji would choose the older Han Huan Emperor instead of the younger Han Emperor.
More importantly, Liang Ji was dictatorial and hoped to give the interests of the world to the Liang family, but the Han Emperor Liu Wei was an emperor who practiced benevolent government, actively helping the people and cherishing the world. This political disagreement made Liang Ji realize that if he did not kill Emperor Han immediately, his days of dictatorship would soon be over.
At this time, the heavens changed, Taibai was confused, and the Han Emperor called himself "General Of The Way", all of which prompted him to make the decision to poison the emperor.
Doubt 3:
After the Han Emperor Liu Wei was poisoned, why was Li Gu summoned?
After the Han Emperor was poisoned, his abdominal pain was unbearable, and he told Li Gu that if he drank water, he could survive. Liang Ji hurriedly stopped it, and Emperor Han was eventually killed.
So the question is: after Liu Miao's little pot friend was poisoned, was it easy to call the eunuch to drink water for himself? Or is it easy to call the eunuch to run outside the palace to summon Li Gu?
Liang Ji was able to prevent Liu Ji from drinking water, but he could not prevent Liu Ji from summoning Li Gu? It is reasonable to say that at that time, Liang Ji was committing murder, and it was impossible to let Li Gu in any case.
Moreover, the ministers' mansions were outside the palace, and in ancient times, there was no telephone, and the emperor temporarily summoned the ministers to send eunuchs to deliver messages, and this time, the ministers had to bathe and change clothes before they could meet the emperor, at least three or four hours. During this period, Liang Ji could not prevent the emperor from summoning Li Gu
We can infer that Liu Wei asked the eunuch to summon Li Gu precisely before he ate the noodles. He already knew that Liang Ji had arranged for Cao Teng to poison him, so when Cao Teng went to poison the diet, he arranged for the eunuchs around him to summon Li Gu.
In this way, even if Cao Teng returns, his attention will be focused on eating noodles himself, and he will ignore the upcoming Li Gu. By the time Cao Teng found out, it was too late.
Doubt 4:
After the Han Emperor Liu Wei was poisoned, why was Liang Ji around?
As the mastermind behind the scenes, Liang Ji should naturally hide as far away as possible at this time to clear up the suspicion. At this time, he took the initiative to appear in the emperor's bedchamber, and did not he obviously tell the world that the emperor himself killed himself?
So what caused Liang Ji to go to the emperor's bedchamber at this time? The only reason was to block Li Gu. As a lieutenant, if the emperor was alone with him before his death, he was not sure that the two would plot anything unfavorable to his Liang family. Moreover, Li Gu is in a high position of authority, and the only thing that can stop him is to personally go out on the horse.
Therefore, Liang Ji had to risk exposing the emperor's behavior and go to the emperor's bedchamber to stop Li Gu.
But why did Liang Ji arrive before Li Gu? It is reasonable to say that Cao Teng in the palace found that there was one less eunuch, and under interrogation, the other eunuchs confessed that the emperor had just asked li Gu to summon him. Cao Teng immediately went to inform Liang Ji, who entered the palace to block Li Gu. But it must be too late.
The only explanation is that when the Han Emperor Liu Yi took advantage of Cao Teng's poisoning, he sent someone to summon Li Gu and also sent someone to inform Liang Ji that he had summoned Li Gu. Liang Ji was horrified when he heard this, and immediately entered the palace and found that Li Gu had not yet arrived.
Liang Ji woke up and looked at Liu Ji lying on the bed, groaning in pain, smiling at him while laughing and saying: Great General, you can't escape this crime of killing the king.
Liang Ji found himself caught in Liu Miao's trap and was about to do nothing and kill the killer. Li Gu arrived, and the opening scene occurred.
In fact, Liu Miao knew in his heart how drinking water could be detoxified, but since he said that, Liang Ji would definitely prevent him from drinking water in order to ensure that the poison was 100% attacked. In this way, his purpose was achieved. If you give your life, it is worth it.
Li Gu was the leader of Confucianism, and li Gu witnessed the whole process of his own death, and Li Gu would definitely publicize this matter, and the matter of Liang Jijun would be revealed. Only then will he not die like The Han Chong Emperor, the Han Emperor, and the Han Ping Emperor.
This is the true wisdom of the Han Emperor Liu Miao