Emperor Liu Chexiong of the Han Dynasty was one of the most accomplished feudal emperors in Chinese history. However, like all feudal emperors, he also had great shortcomings. None of Liu Che's concubines and wives could end well, and they could not escape the tragic end of cold treatment, seclusion, and even murder.
Liu Che
Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, the seventh son of the Han Dynasty, was active from 156 BC to 87 BC. Later generations called him a great statesman and strategist. Liu Che was made crown prince at the age of 7 and ascended the throne at the age of 16, reigning for 54 years. During his reign, he broke the Xiongnu several times, defeated Korea, and sent envoys to the Western Regions. Duzun Confucianism, the first era name. It ushered in the most prosperous period of the Western Han Dynasty, making the Han Dynasty the most powerful country at that time, and thus becoming one of the great emperors in Chinese history.
However, the weakness of The Han Wu emperor Liu Che was equally striking, and he was also a tyrannical king and a ruthless king. He killed countless people in his life, except for the enemies he encountered, especially his own concubines.
Liu Che's first empress was Chen Ajiao. The story of the idiom "Kanaya Zangjiao" comes from their story. We don't mention the deductive elements in the story, but in history, Liu Che did betrothed to 10-year-old Chen Ajiao when he was only 6 years old.
Chen Ajiao
Later, Liu Che was made crown prince at the age of 7, and Chen Ajiao was also made a crown princess. When Liu Che was 16 years old, he took the throne and made Ajiao empress, and the two of them also had their ears grinding, Qingqing and me. Unfortunately, the good times were not long, and although Jiao Jiao was born beautiful, she never gave birth to a man and a half woman for Liu Che. Liu Che was not happy, so he spoiled another woman, Wei Zifu. At this time, Ah Jiao was not satisfied, so she racked her brains to regain the lost favor.
Ah Jiao asked the witch to set up an altar in the palace to invite the gods and chant mantras. Unexpectedly, Liu Che hated witchcraft the most, and after Liu Che noticed it, he directly beat Ah Jiao into the cold palace. Poor Ah Jiao washed her face with tears all day long, and when she heard that Liu Che liked Sima Xiangru's article, she used a hundred pounds of gold to ask Sima Xiangru to write "Nagato Fu", hoping to move Liu Che to change his mind.
But at this time, Liu Che was in a gentle township, which could really be described as "seeing the new people laughing, not hearing the old people crying." Day after day, Gillian looked at each other and finally died in Nagato Palace in 110 BC. At this time, Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty was having fun with his second empress, Wei Zifu.
Wei Zifu was originally only a singer under Princess Pingyang, but after being favored by Emperor Wu of Han, he gave birth to 3 daughters and 1 male, and the boy Liu Zhi was made crown prince, and Wei Zifu was crowned empress, so the Wei family was strong throughout the country. Wei Zifu's younger brother Wei Qing was made a great general, and Wei Zifu's sister Wei Shao'er's son Huo Went ill, and one of the two was given the title of Marquis of Changping and the other was awarded the Title of Marquis of Champion.
However, the tree must be popular, plus Liu Che is a lord who likes the new and hates the old, and the flower-like Wei Zifu is also fading, and Liu Che has lost interest in her. At this time, when Jiang Chong, an emissary directly under the embroidery, was at odds with the crown prince, in order to prevent the prince from ascending the throne, he sued the evil man first, framing the prince for participating in witchcraft.
Crown Prince Liu knew that his father hated witchcraft the most. Therefore, he did not stop at nothing, and personally raised troops to capture Jiang Chong. However, the crown prince's army was defeated, and Jiang Chong's plot succeeded. Liu Zhu hanged himself under the pursuit of his father. Wei Zifu heard that Liu Zhaobing had been defeated and defeated, so he could only hand over the Empress Yuxi and then hang himself on the beam.
Wei Zifu
However, Liu Che's anger did not subside, so he ordered the three wei clans to be exterminated and the crown prince's staff executed. Tens of thousands of people fell in a pool of blood, which is the famous "prison of witches" in history.
The bloody incident did not stop Liu Che from the pace of "seeking beauty". In order to please Liu Che, his musician Li Yannian dedicated his sister jin to Liu Che. After liu che saw it, he liked it very much, and immediately made him a lady, and promoted Li Yannian to the rank of lieutenant of the co-law. Unfortunately, Lady Li's life was shallow, and after giving birth to a son for Liu Che, she disappeared.
When Liu Che was in his fifties, he met Zhao Hookyi, who was seventeen or eighteen years old. Liu Che saw his brilliance and took it back to the palace, and soon became pregnant. Zhao Gave birth to a son, liu fuling, the later Emperor Zhao of Han. Liu Che, who had a son in his old age, was very happy and made him crown prince.
Liu Che has played the darkest side of politics all his life, and he himself knows this well, so he must start to think about others from the most insidious side. Liu Che thought of a problem: Liu Fuling was too young and Lady Zhao Hookyi was too young and beautiful. What would happen if Zhao Hookyi became empress dowager?
Zhao Hook Yi
There was a very profound lesson engraved in Liu Che's mind, that is, after the death of his ancestor Liu Bang, the dictatorial Lü Hou, the conclusion came out quickly. He believes that Lady Zhao Hookyi's continued life is a danger, and he must find a way to kill her.
This cruel idea was quickly put into practice by Liu Che. In 88 BC, Liu Che casually found a small reason to kill Zhao Hook yi. When others had different opinions, he also said with vigor and eloquence: "Since ancient times, the reason why the country has been in chaos is because the king is young and the mother is young, the children are young and the mother is strong, the female protagonist is monopolistic, and she does whatever she wants. ”
Speaking of grass and mustard human life so lightly, the heart of Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty was indeed as hard as iron.
Later, Liu Che simply did not stop doing two things, and while executing the heir Liu Fuling's virgin Mother Zhao Hook Yi, he also killed all the birth mothers of his other children - more unfortunate than Lady Zhao Hook Yi, because their sons never had the blessing of being emperors, although they also died because they gave birth to a prince, they died even more silently.
And those concubines who did not give birth to the crown princess were even more innocent. Perhaps in order not to leave any woman who could act as Liu Fuling's adoptive mother or out of some other psychology, even the princesses' mothers, Liu Che did not easily let go of any of them.
Now it is impossible for us to know their names, and when they left so quietly, even the history books have left only this record for them: "All those who gave birth to children for Emperor Wu, no man or woman, and their mothers all died." - "Historia"