During the reign of Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, he issued the Tuien Decree, weakened the power of the king of the domain, and took the salt and iron business into the central government, and also took certain measures ideologically, adopting Dong Zhongshu's "deposing hundreds of families and respecting Confucianism alone", which was very important for the later rule of Emperor Wu of Han, so Emperor Wu of Han was always compared with Qin Shi Huang, and it is not too much to say that he was an emperor in ancient times. However, why did such a powerful Ming Jun only have long-term affection for Wei Zifu, and finally force Wei Zifu to die with his own hands?
Wei Zifu was originally a geji in the palace of the Princess of Pingyang, and Emperor Wu of Han visited his sister's house, took a fancy to Wei Zifu and blessed her on the same day, bringing her back to the palace. After more than a year, Wei Zifu never saw Emperor Wu of Han again, Wei Zifu was a person trained by Princess Pingyang, and she was naturally unwilling to die in silence. When Emperor Wu of Han's amnesty for the elderly palace maid in the palace returned home, Wei Zifu cried and begged Emperor Wu of Han to let her go home
Wei Zifu's crying made Emperor Wu of Han remember that all the previous doubts were dispelled, so he fell in love with this unusual woman. Wei Zifu also finally won the favor of Emperor Wu of Han by retreating, and Emperor Wu of Han enjoyed it from Wei Zifu, and he could not get the comfort of Empress Chen. Empress Ajiao always reminded Emperor Wu of Han in front of him not to forget how his throne came about, and you want to be a son of heaven but you are told by a woman every day.
Can he not be bothered? Moreover, it was perfectly normal for the emperor to marry three wives and four concubines, and as an empress, he always wanted to dominate alone, so how could he not let Emperor Wu of Han be humiliated? Wei Zifu is different, the mother's family has no background, and she is also humble and courteous, although Empress Ajiao deliberately made things difficult for her, and even after Wei Zifu was pregnant with a dragon fetus, Ajiao's mother, Princess Guan Qi, instructed someone to murder Wei Zifu's younger brother Wei Qing.
In the end, emperor Wudi of Han actually knew that Emperor Wudi of Han promoted Wei Qing, who knew that Wei Qing was born to lead soldiers, and since then he has made great contributions to Emperor Wudi of Han's efforts to fight in jiangshan, and Wei Qing is also particularly low-key, never showing his merits in front of people. And when Empress Dowager Jiao was unable to make a plan, she performed a witchcraft in the palace, cursed Wei Zifu, and was discovered, Emperor Wu of Han deposed her empress.
Wei Zifu let Emperor Wu of Han spoil her, gave birth to 3 daughters and 1 son for him, and was crowned prince when their son was 7 years old, Wei Zifu also became the hostess of the harem, after Wei Zifu was old and faded, Wei Zifu kept the harem of Emperor Wu of Han in good order, Emperor Wu of Han favored the young concubine, Wei Zifu would not show dissatisfaction, although every woman wanted to be his other half. But Wei Zifu knew that the emperor could not spoil her for a lifetime, and she also knew what Emperor Wu of Han wanted most.
She let her brother and nephew Huo go ill to lay half of the foundation for Emperor Wu of Han, so that Emperor Wu of Han played the prestige of the Great Han Tianzi, and more importantly, although Wei Qing was an uncle of the country, he was not proud of his achievements at all, so that Emperor Wu of Han had no worries, all thanks to the great wisdom of Wei Zifu. Even after Wei Qing and Huo Went ill and died, Emperor Wu of Han did not want to shake the position of empress of Wei Zifu, who went from a singer to the mother of a country, and accompanied Emperor Wu of Han for 49 years without falling, enjoying the glory and wealth of the world.
However, in the end, due to the contradiction between the crown prince Liu Zhao and Emperor Wu of Han, Wei Zifu's position as empress was taken back, but Emperor Wu of Han did not want her to die, and it can also be seen that Emperor Wu of Han still had feelings for Wei Zifu. The reason why Wei Zifu chose to commit suicide was because her only son, Liu Zhao, was superstitious in the art of witchcraft in Emperor Wu of Han, listened to the words of the eunuch Jiang Chong, and forced his own son to die. In order to defend her dignity, Wei Zifu chose to commit suicide to accompany her son Liu Zhao under the Yellow Spring, and it was precisely "to work hard to finally become a son, to pity the hearts of parents in the world." ”