In ancient times, power changes were very frequent, and there were countless people who wanted to climb up for a throne. Although in ancient times it was mostly the concubines who inherited most of the property and power of their elders, sometimes if there was some turmoil, such a tradition could be bloodily broken. Sometimes people have to get rid of people who stand in their way to power, and there are many ways to eliminate them, most people will choose to poison for their own reputation and concealment.
How many people in our history may have been poisoned? That's a lot! Let's only talk about emperors today, and the first record of being poisoned were the two emperors of the Han Dynasty. One was the monarch before Wang Mang ascended to the throne, the Hanping Emperor. In some historical records, he was killed by Wang Mangli, who felt that he was too old to slowly control, so he poisoned and killed him, and chose a young clan disciple to be his puppet. But some people said that he was afraid to die of illness inside, no matter what kind of death, he was a poor person who was killed in the process of Wang Mang's seizure of the throne.
There was another emperor who was also killed by his powerful courtiers, that is, the Han Emperor, this emperor was very young, but his courage was very large. When he was just put on the throne, he directly spat wild words at liang yi, who was very powerful in the upper court. His single amount was also because of Liang Yi's dissatisfaction and worry, and he felt that such a little emperor with his own ideas would definitely be bad for himself when he grew up, so he poisoned this little emperor first. It has to be said that at this time, there were still relatively many powerful ministers, and the power of the central government did not reach the later degree of concentration.
Next, let's talk about one of the most chaotic dynasties in history, the Jin Dynasty. It was a short-lived era, and there was a lot of turmoil among them. The very famous "Rebellion of the Eight Kings" occurred at this time, and the main leader Sima Lun was directly poisoned by the new emperor after establishing himself as emperor. Then came the most chaotic Southern and Northern Dynasties, at this time there were too many fighting coups, and within a few years there would be a turmoil, and the court of each family would not stop, and the north and south sides would fight back and forth, and there were not many people with heads and faces who were directly killed, not to mention those who were poisoned, and there were nearly ten back and forth.
Let's talk about the Tang Dynasty that we are all familiar with, and at this time there was a most depressed emperor, Li Xian. Others were poisoned by their own hostile vassals, military opponents, and this brother was poisoned by his favorite wife and daughter. At that time, Wei Hou was indeed influenced by her mother-in-law Wu Zetian, plus her daughter was too spoiled and ambitious, so she killed her own father with her own mother. There is also a talent that we all know, Li Yu. Many have speculated that he wrote poems in memory of his homeland after being captured, causing resentment among the rulers of the time and was poisoned. There are also many wild history stories that say that the name of the poison that poisoned Li Yu is called "Lead Medicine", and this name has also been handed down, and it often appears in some of the novel stories we see.
The last one is Guangxu in the late Qing Dynasty, and it was reported in the news a few years ago that after Guangxu's tomb was excavated, experts found the poisonous ingredients in Guangxu's body, which confirmed the cause of death of this poor emperor.
History has passed, and what we can see from it is those battles for imperial power, no matter when, power can always cause the deepest greed and malice in a person's heart.