Emperor Wu of Han believed that Liu Zhu was innocent, so why did he not rehabilitate Liu Zhao, and why did he not treat Liu Zhao's family kindly

The "scourge of witchcraft" can be called a great catastrophe for the imperial family of the Han Dynasty. The initiators of this catastrophe were not foreign tribes, not rebels, not hostile forces, but the emperor Emperor Wudi himself. Initiated by the emperor himself and brutally killed his own people, this incident is really unbelievable.

After the end of the "scourge of witchcraft", it should be said that Emperor Wu of Han, as emperor, also reflected on this matter. He beheaded the family of Jiang Chong, the initiator of the disaster (although Jiang Chong was dead, he still did not spare his family), and burned another rumor-monger, Su Wen, on the bridge. Most of the soldiers who had hurt Crown Prince Liu Were also beheaded. At the same time, he also killed many relevant personnel, including Prime Minister Liu Quyi and others.

In addition to pursuing responsibility, Emperor Wudi of han was also reflecting on his own mistakes. According to the Zizhi Tongjian, "The prince of Shangpi is innocent, but he is thinking of the womb, and for the return of the platform of thought to the lake, the world hears and mourns." That is to say, Emperor Wu of Han pitied the prince very innocently, so he specially built a house, named "Si Womb", and at the same time, in this place in Huxian County, built a platform, called "Return to Wangsi Platform".

However, although Emperor Wu of Han reflected on his actions. But it gives the impression that this reflection of his is only superficial, superficial, and does not touch the soul. He has continued to make such mistakes ever since. For example, in order to make Liu Fuling the heir, he did not hesitate to kill Liu Fuling's mother, Lady Hook Yi. For example, because he heard that there was "the qi of the son of heaven" in that place of the prison, he ordered a massacre of the prisoners inside.

The most crucial thing is that since Emperor Wu of Han believes that Liu Zhao has been wronged, he should rehabilitate Liu Zhao and treat Liu Zhao's family kindly. However, he did not rehabilitate Liu Zhao, nor did he treat Liu Zhao's family kindly. Among Liu Zhao's family, those who were not killed are still in prison. Liu Yi had been imprisoned all along, and even when Emperor Wudi of Han, because he felt that there was a "heavenly son's qi" in that place, was preparing to massacre prison prisoners, he did not expect that his great-grandson was also imprisoned. Even if in the end he knew that his great-grandson was imprisoned, he only released Liu Yi from prison, and did not give Liu Yi the title of Knight and Feng Lu, but only let him return to the court. In fact, the court is still a place where prisoners are reformed through labor.

In addition, Emperor Wu of Han did not rehabilitate his wife Wei Zifu, who had been with him for decades. Even if he and Liu Yiji, the great-grandson, have no feelings, it should be said that his feelings with Wei Zifu are very deep, but he still has absolute love for Wei Zifu. Wei Zifu was rehabilitated, or later after Liu Yi had become emperor.

Then since Emperor Wudi of Han had reflection, he had regrets. Why didn't liu zhaoxue be rehabilitated, nor did he rehabilitate Liu Zhaoxue's family?

In fact, the real reason is that Emperor Wudi of han never reflected. When we say that Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty reflected on the "scourge of witchcraft", it is actually just a form of reflection. All that he did was not for reflection, but for himself. Whether he built the "Si Womb" or the "Return to the Hope of The Platform", it was just to express his pity for his son, as a father's care for his son, as an emperor's benevolence to his subordinates. What is reflected is the emperor's imperial grace.

Although Sima Guang wrote in the Zizhi Tongjian that "the prince of Shangpi is innocent", in fact, this is only a speculation of Sima Guang. Moreover, Sima Guang guessed wrongly, and Emperor Wu of Han did not feel that his son was innocent.

Some people may retort that you are not right, if Emperor Wudi of Han still insisted that his son was wrong, why did he have to behead Jiang Chong's entire family and burn Su Wen to death on the bridge?

This was because Emperor Wu of Han felt that although his son Liu Zhao, although he was innocent at first, it must have been wrong to raise an army to rebel later. He killed Jiang Chong and Su Wen only because they forced his innocent son to rebel, so of course they should be killed. But this does not indicate that Liu was right to rebel later. It did not indicate that Wei Zifu, who instigated Liu Zhao's rebellion, was innocent, so in the end Emperor Wu of Han did not rehabilitate Liu Zhao and Wei Zifu.

If Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty is really reflecting, then he is not reflecting on how many innocent people he has killed and how much political turmoil he has caused in this "scourge of witchcraft". Instead, he reflected on why he gave his son Liu Zhao so much power that his son Liu Zhao dared to rebel. Rather, it is a reflection on what should be done to limit the power of the sons and ensure that such a thing does not happen again.

Therefore, since then, we have seen that Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty was extremely cautious when he established the new crown prince. Of his few remaining adult sons, he did not make them crown princes, and finally made the young Liu Fuling crown prince.

Emperor Wu of Han did not set up an adult son as a prince, but a young child as a prince, the general explanation is that his adult sons are not instruments, Liu Fuling, although small, but very resourceful and courageous, so in the end Emperor Wu of Han chose Liu Fuling.

But from another point of view, isn't this because Emperor Wu of Han was afraid of his adult sons, just like Liu Zhao, rebelled and took his throne early?

Moreover, even if Liu Fuling was made the heir, he also maintained a high degree of vigilance against Liu Fuling's mother.

This vigilance of his also came from Liu Zhao's lessons. At that time, Liu Zhao's mother, Wei Zifu, agreed and instigated Liu Zhao's rebellion. It was also because of Wei Zifu's consent and encouragement, and also lent the army to Liu Zhao, saying that he would cooperate with Liu Zhaoli, so Liu Zhao dared to openly rebel.

Therefore, Emperor Wu of Han thought that after establishing Liu Fuling as the heir to the throne, if liu Fuling's mother, Lady Hook Yi, was not killed, would Lady Hook Yi also encourage Liu Fuling to rebel? Liu Fuling was just a child, and If Lady Hook Yi wanted to encourage him to rebel, he would definitely listen to Lady Hook Yi's words.

In the eyes of Emperor Wu of Han, Lady Hook Yi was likely to do so. Mrs. Hook Yi was a very resourceful person, or a person who was very good at intrigue and trickery. When she was born from a young age, her hand could not be straightened, and later when Emperor Wudi of Han touched her hand, her hand could be straightened, and she also held a jade hook in her hand. At that time, Emperor Wu of Han believed it to be true. Now will Emperor Wu of Han feel that he is on the side of Lady Hook Yi, and Lady Hook Yi is deliberately doing this?

Later, there was the "YaoMumen" incident, and Mrs. Hook Yi said that she was 14 months pregnant before giving birth to Liu Fuling. The time she became pregnant happened to be the same time that Yao's mother was pregnant. Thus it is implied that Liu Fuling is a figure like Yao. So, could this be another conspiracy by Lady Hook?

Since Lady Hook Yi liked to engage in conspiracies so much, would she dislike Emperor Wu of Han for holding the throne for too long, so she poisoned Emperor Wu of Han? Lady Hook Yi had been trembling under Emperor Wu of Han, and if she could get rid of the elderly Emperor Wu of Han as soon as possible, and her son Liu Fuling had not yet grown up, then she could seize the opportunity to control power.

It can be said that it was precisely because of this anxiety that Emperor Wudi of han made the amazing move of "killing the mother and the son".

With this understanding, it seems that it is not unreasonable for Emperor Wu of Han to say that he is worried that Lady Hook Yi will become a figure like Lü Hou and Huo Guang.

Emperor Wu of Han was obviously reflecting, but what he was reflecting on was not his mistake at all. Rather, it reflected on how he had always ensured the stability of his throne. Therefore, Emperor Wu of Han would certainly not rehabilitate Liu Zhao, and treat Liu Zhao's descendants kindly.