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Wei Qing was a famous general and military figure of the Western Han Dynasty, who made immortal contributions to the Western Han Dynasty in expelling murderous slaves and opening up territory. Compared with many military wizards in history, Wei Qing can be said to be a perfect person, he is not only good at fighting, but also his character is impeccable. He gave strict orders, cared for his soldiers, was generous and courteous to his colleagues, and made great contributions rather than private authority.
Wei Qing won the praise of the world for his talent and character, and also won the favor of his emperor Emperor Wu of han, and finally became a very popular subject. So what about such an excellent Wei Qing, and what about his family descendants?
According to historical records, Wei Qing had three sons, namely Wei Ling, Wei Bu Qi, and Wei Deng, who were all marquises because of Wei Qing and Princess Pingyang, which can be described as extremely prominent. However, the rich and noble were as rich as Chaolu, and more than ten years after Wei Qing's death, there was a sensational curse of witchcraft in the government and the opposition. Crown Prince Liu was framed innocently and had no choice but to raise troops in self-defense, and eventually the soldiers were defeated and killed. Empress Wei Zifu also committed suicide, and as Wei Zifu's mother's family, the Wei family was also implicated, Wei Qing's eldest son Wei Ling was killed, and although there is no record of the other two sons being killed, the Wei family has been silent since then, and there is no longer the honor of the day.
It was not until the time of Emperor Xuan of Han, because Wei Qing was the younger brother of Emperor Xuan's great-grandmother Wei Zifu, that Liu Qing rewarded Wei Qing's grandson Wei Zihao (Wei Deng's son) with 500,000 yuan, and the Wei family was able to restore their family. Moreover, Wei Qing's granddaughter (that is, Wei Zihao's sister) married into the imperial family and became a concubine of Emperor Xuan of Han, and was given the title of Concubine. After that, the Wei family successively married with the royal family.
Later, Wei Qing's great-granddaughter, wei Zihao's eldest daughter, married Emperor Yuan of Han and became Emperor Yuan's concubine; later, Wei Zihao's younger daughter married Liu Xing, the son of Emperor Yuan of Han. That is to say, the father and son of the Han Yuan Emperor married wei Zihao's two daughters respectively, and this generation was chaotic, alas, but at that time, the political marriage was still about generations.
Not to mention these two concubines, just this Liu Xing's wife.
Liu Xing was the grandson of Liu Qing, the Prince of Zhongshan, and the half-brother of Emperor Liu Xiao of Hancheng. Emperor Hancheng fell under the pomegranate skirts of Zhao Feiyan and Zhao Hede's sisters all day long, resulting in an embarrassing death, and there was no son behind him to inherit the Great Han Dynasty.
However, Jiangshan was still of the Liu family, and the throne fell to Emperor Cheng of Han's nephew Liu Xin (son of Liu Kang the Prince of Dingtaogong), the Emperor of Han. Liu Xin accidentally picked up an imperial throne and sat for a few years, did not want to die at a young age, and when he died, there was no son left, and the throne fell to another nephew of Emperor Hancheng. This nephew was Liu Yan, the son of the younger daughters of Liu Xing and Wei Zihao.
Liu Xing, the Prince of Zhongshan, had not given birth to a son for many years after being crowned king, and liu Xiao, the emperor's elder brother, was very anxious for his younger brother, so he disregarded the problem of generations and married Wei Zihao's younger daughter Xiao Wei to Liu Xing.
After retiring to Liu Xing, Miss Xiaowei did not live up to expectations and gave birth to a son for Liu Xing, Liu Yan, who was later the Hanping Emperor. Xiao Wei was also known as Wei Ji by later generations.
Liu Yan originally lived with his parents in Liu Xing's fiefdom, and after Emperor Wu's death, Wang Zhengjun and Wang Mang discussed welcoming Liu Yan, who was nine years old at the time, as emperor, so they sent someone to take Liu Yan to the capital. However, Wang Mang was afraid that Liu Yan's mother Wei Ji would become the empress dowager and influence him, so he only took Liu Yan alone into the capital, and Wei Ji remained in the feudal state, and ordered that he could not enter the capital without being summoned.
In order to appease the Wei family, Wang Mang pretended to increase Wei Ji's title, and worshipped him as Queen Xiao of Zhongshan, and Feng Wei Ji's two younger brothers Wei Bao and Wei Xuan were made Marquis of Guannei, and Liu Yan's three younger sisters were also created. But where wei Ji was satisfied with this, she wanted to be with her son, not these meaningless gifts.
Wang Mang's move made his son Wang Yu look down on him, so he privately corresponded with Wei Bao and asked Wei Ji to go to Beijing on the pretext of thanking him. Of course, Wang Yu's move was probably afraid that the Wang clan would be hated by Emperor Ping and cause disaster.
But Wang Mang was already full of wings at this time, and Wei Ji and his family had no choice but to take Wang Mang. Wang Mang did not allow Wei Ji to reunite with her son anyway, but only continued to increase her rewards.
For Wei Ji, no matter how rich and noble the reward is, it is not as good as reuniting with her son, and she also knows that although her son is the emperor, after all, he is a 9-year-old child, and what he can do is just a puppet of some people.
Because he missed his son too much, Wei Ji cried day and night, and although Wang Yu once again helped with the activities and created an opportunity for Wei Ji to enter the capital, he did not succeed in the end. Moreover, Wang Yu was also discovered by his father and killed him decisively, and what about his own son, as long as it was not a heart, or a political need, he would kill him as well.
Wang Mang, who even killed his son, would have spared the Wei clan, of course, decisively killed him, and the Wei clan was only pardoned by Wei Ji alone. Liu Yan died in the palace after serving as a puppet emperor for several years, the cause of death is unknown, and it is said that he was killed by Wang Mang.
Later, Wang Mang, who had been pretending for several years, finally couldn't help it, or usurped the Han Dynasty and established a new dynasty, so Wei Ji was demoted to a commoner, and a year later, Wei Ji died in grief.
After that, there seems to be no record of Wei Qing's descendants in history.
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