Since ancient times, the emperor's most worried and sensitive thing is that the son seeks the father's throne, and in history, many emperors and princes have had real swords and guns, whether it is Li Shimin's "Xuanwumen Change" or Kangxi's "Nine Sons and Concubines" are the best proof. Today we are going to talk about the earlier "scourge of witchcraft", the killing of the prince was obviously ordered by Emperor Wu of Han, why did he later want to take revenge on Xue Hate?
Witchcraft is a kind of witchcraft, and in ancient times many people believed that the witch worship or bury the tung puppeteer in the ground, curse the complainer, and the cursed person has a disaster. The most common thing we have in film and television dramas is that the cursed person makes a small muppet, writes about the life of the cursed person, and takes a needle every day to use it for resentment, which does not necessarily have much use.
However, in ancient times, witches were regarded as the greatest violations of the body, especially in the royal family, this kind of behavior is not uncommon, usually used in the harem concubine fights, rarely used in the struggle for the throne, but the "curse of the witches" is a more famous political event in history to kill the prince, under the instructions of Emperor Wu of Han, tens of thousands of people died.
The crown prince Liu Zhu was the eldest son of Emperor Wu of Han, and when he was six years old, he was appointed by Emperor Wu of Han as the royal heir of the righteous and righteous, and Liu Zhao also had a very good personality, was generous to the government, repeatedly rehabilitated unjust cases, and won the hearts of the people. Whenever Emperor Wu of han went out to inspect, he entrusted the important affairs of the dprk to Liu Zhao, and the whole court was peaceful, and there were people in the great rivers and mountains who were satisfied with any emperor Laozi.
However, this situation did not last until the end, in 91 BC, when Emperor Wu of Han was already 64 years old, and Liu Zhao had been sitting on the throne of the crown prince for 36 years, Liu Zhao, who was supposed to inherit his father's business, was involved in the military expenditure of Gongsun Jingsheng, the son of Gongsun He, who used 19 million yuan of military funds without authorization, and was arrested and imprisoned after the defeat.
Just in time for Emperor Wu of Han to issue an edict to arrest Zhu Anshi, the great hero of Yangling, Gongsun He captured Zhu Anshi and transferred him to the imperial court to atone for his son's sins. Zhu Anshi wrote a letter in prison, claiming that Gongsun Jingsheng had an affair with Princess Yangshi and buried a wooden man on the Chi Road to curse the emperor.
Dare to use witchcraft on the emperor, how can it not make Emperor Wu of Han angry, and finally Gongsun He father and son died in prison, full of doors and beheadings. Princess Yangshi, Princess Zhuyi, and Wei Qing's son Marquis Wei of Changping were involved and killed.
But the matter did not end here, the person responsible for hosting this matter was Emperor Wu of Han's favorite minister Jiang Chong, who had previously been at odds with the crown prince Liu Zhao, he was worried that Emperor Wu of Han was dead, Liu Zhao's ascension to the throne was not good for him, so he took advantage of the "scourge of witchcraft" to frame the prince, Liu Zhao was forced to kill Jiang Chong in a helpless situation, and was later suppressed by Emperor Wu and defeated, and Empress Wei Zifu and crown prince Liu Zhao committed suicide one after another.
At the indirect behest of Emperor Wu of Han, the prince's party was severely damaged, and the members of the imperial family and the pillars of the imperial court also lost a lot of backbone, and the prince was almost completely killed, leaving only a baby in his infancy and imprisoned.
In the Book of Han, "The upper is very angry, and the lower is worried, and does not know what to do." Hu guan san lao shigeru on the book. "No one dared to speak for the prince anymore after being killed to this extent, and only the third elder of Huguan Ling Gumao dared to write to Emperor Wu of Han to file a complaint for Liu Zhao.
Afterwards, after many investigations, it was discovered that there were many untruths in the "Scourge of witches", and emperor Wudi of Han, who had awakened to his senses, knew that at that time, Liu Zhi was only afraid and uneasy and had no intention of plotting rebellion. The courtier dreamed of a white-headed man teaching the courtier. ”
Emperor Wu of Han only then woke up, appointed Tian Qianqiu as the Great Hongqi, and ordered that Jiang Manmen be beheaded and Su Wen burned to death on the hengqiao, and those who had added to Liu Zhao's blades were also killed one after another, which was considered to be Emperor Wu of Han avenging the crown prince Liu Zhao.
But no matter how many people were killed, the prince could not be resurrected, and Emperor Wu of Han could only die with full regrets, and before he died, he passed the throne to his son Liu Fuling, who was only eight years old, but Liu Fuling was relatively short-lived, and died at the age of 21. At this time, Huo Guang, who was in power, sought out Liu He, the grandson of Emperor Wu of Han, to take the throne, but the deposed emperor of Han reigned for only 27 days before Huo Guang was killed.
Finally, I remembered the swaddled baby Liu Xun who had been imprisoned in the first place, who was the later Emperor Xuan of Han. The imperial power swirled around and finally returned to Liu Zhao's heirs, as if everything in the underworld had a master, which was lamentable and ridiculous.