Wei Qing was a famous general under Emperor Wu of Han, not to mention that Wei Qing and Emperor Wu of Han were pro-superior, Wei Qing's sister Wei Zifu was an empress, and she married princess Pingyang herself, and made countless contributions.
In public and private, Emperor Wu of Han should not have taken action against his entire family.
What crime did Wei Qing commit that caused Emperor Wu of Han to kill him?
Wei Qing's road to fame was not smooth, at first, he was a riding slave in the Marquis of Pingyang, after getting acquainted with Gongsun Ao, he was introduced to the palace as an errand boy, at this time, Wei Qing's sister Wei Zifu happened to be favored by Emperor Wu of Han, as an empress, Chen Ajiao was of course angry, since she could not move Wei Zifu, then her brother Wei Qing naturally could not let go, ready to kill Wei Qing to vent his anger, but thanks to Gongsun Ao, Chen Ajiao's ruse did not succeed, and Emperor Wu of Han was furious when he learned of this, and immediately summoned Wei Qing and made him a Jianzhang supervisor. And deliberately let Wei Qing accompany the attendants, so that Chen Ajiao would be as difficult as ascending to the heavens if she wanted to do it again.
In the early stages, Wei Qing had been protected by his sister Wei Zifu
until
Battle of Henan
Wei Qing's strength was excavated. In 132 BC, Emperor Wu of Han appointed Gongsun Ao, Gongsun He, Li Guang, and Wei Qing to send troops from different places to attack the Xiongnu, during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, he was always very worried about the Xiongnu invading the border, and this time sending troops also had high hopes for these four people, but what he did not expect was that Gongsun Ao was killed by the Xiongnu more than 7,000 cavalrymen, suffering heavy losses, Gongsun He was found nothing, Li Guang was captured by the Xiongnu, and then luckily escaped, only Wei Qing alone successfully attacked Longcheng, and captured more than 700 Xiongnu soldiers. This battle Wei Qing was directly awarded the title of Marquis of Guannei.
After that, Wei Qing became the nightmare of the Xiongnu, and what is even more amazing is that Wei Qing achieved impressive results in more than ten battles before and after the confrontation against the Xiongnu, and then was rewarded by Emperor Wu of Han.
After being both a Great Sima and a Great General, he was married by Emperor Wu of Han and married princess Pingyang.
This is enough to prove that Wei Qing was deeply favored by Emperor Wu of Han, which not only greatly dampened the xiongnu's vigor, but also improved the morale in the military camp! Wei Qing's power in the later period once spread his prestige throughout the Central Plains, as an emperor, how could he not like the general who was brave and good at war and made great achievements in battle?
After Wei Qing's death,
Emperor Wu of Han also praised the burial in Maoling and posthumously honored him with the title of "Zhong".
Just by looking at this title, we know Emperor Wudi's attitude toward Wei Qing, so after Wei Qing's death, did Emperor Wudi of Han kill his family? Wei Qing had three brothers, the elder brother Wei Changping died long before Wei Qing attacked the Xiongnu, and the younger brother Wei Bu's history book is not recorded in detail, the other brother Wei Guang was sent to yunnan by Emperor Wu of Han, the year of death is unknown, in addition, Wei Qing also had three older sisters, the eldest sister Wei Wei married Gongsun He, originally enjoyed the glory and wealth, and later because of his son Gongsun Jing and Princess Yangshi fornication, and cursed Emperor Wu of Han with witchcraft, resulting in Gongsun He's family being cursed, and the eldest sister Wei Wei did not escape this robbery. The second sister, Wei Shao'er, went through several twists and turns, and finally married Chen Zhao (the great-grandson of Chen Ping, the chancellor of the Western Han Dynasty), and the third sister, Wei Zifu, was the empress of Emperor Wu of Han, and was finally forced to commit suicide due to the rebellion of the Witches.
Since Gongsun He was exterminated, Emperor Wu of Han revealed the secrets behind this witch
It can be said that Wei Qing's family was condemned one after another, not because Wei Qing committed any crime, but because Emperor Wu of Han handed the matter over to Jiang Chong to investigate and deal with it in order to thoroughly investigate the case of Wu Qing, when Jiang Chong abused the criminal law and forced many people to confess their guilt, And the crown prince Liu Qing was also one of them, if Wei Qing was still alive, he would definitely not let the Wei family decay to this point, although Wei Qing was not exterminated after his death. But the Wei family also gradually began to decline.
As a foreign relative force, sooner or later the Wei family will be excluded, but Emperor Wu of Han did not expect that Jiang Chong would finally hit the idea of the crown prince Liu Zhao's body, and this time the prince and the empress hanged themselves, and Jiang Chong could not escape death, and finally only Emperor Wu of Han became the biggest winner.
In the final analysis, the Wei family is nothing more than a victim of political struggle and has nothing to do with Wei Qing's death.