In history, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who was a great talent who ruled the country roughly, created a prosperous spectacle of the "rule of Wenjing" that was enough to be compared with alexander, Napoleon and other top emperors in the world, but in his later years, he was arrogant and suspicious, indulging in the art of Huang Lao's witchcraft, which led to the escalation of a series of witchcraft cases, and finally triggered the shocking unjust case of the prince's rebellion, and finally ended up with a rebellion and depression.
The origin of the witch deception serial case began with the prevalence of the art of witchcraft in the palace, at that time, the concubines in the palace in order to compete for favors, there was an incident of attacking each other with witches, and as the palace fight intensified, these people began to scramble to report to Emperor Wu of Han that the other party used witches to curse Shengshang, which led to the anger of Emperor Longyan of Emperor Wu of Han and the execution of a large number of concubines and related foreign relatives.
(Stills of Emperor Wu of Han and Wei Zifu)
But the killing of Emperor Wu of Han did not feel at ease, on the contrary, he looked confused all day, always felt that someone was cursing himself, one evening, he was resting in the palace, in his sleep suddenly felt that a person with a sword came towards him, there should have been a heavy guard of the Zhonglonghua Gate, but no guards came out to stop, the panicked Emperor Wu of Han had to shout, this time he woke up to find that it was a dream, but Emperor Wu of Han was still not at ease, sent people to the palace to find, the result of the assassin did not find, Instead, a large number of puppets and spells were found for witchcraft, so Emperor Wu of Han thought that someone had used witchcraft to harm him, and ordered a strict investigation of the matter.
Someone falsely accused Gongsun He, the son of Gongsun He, who was a servant, of cursing Tianzi with witchcraft at home, and Gongsun Jing was therefore sent to prison, in order to save his son, Gongsun He trapped Zhu Shi'an, a rogue who was running rampant in the capital, in order to make a meritorious contribution to save his son from the cage.
Zhu Shi'an naturally refused to obey, and he also wrote to Emperor Wu of Han, saying that he had personally seen Gongsun Jing and Emperor Wu's daughter Princess Yangshi fornicating, and also buried the puppeteer on the road where Tianzi rode by to curse Tianzi, Emperor Wudi of Han immediately ordered that Gongsun Jing's family be imprisoned and handed over to Du Zhou, who was famous for torture, to investigate, Du Zhou originally had a personal grudge with Gongsun He, so he took the opportunity to kill Gongsun He's entire family, and also killed Princess Yangshi and Princess Zhuzhuyi, who had nothing to do with the case, because Princess Zhuyi was a cousin of Wei Qing's son Wei Ling. Wei Ling and Du Zhou have always been at odds.
(Prince Liu Zhao)
Although many people died in the Wu Deception Case, Emperor Wu of Han was still not at ease, and he ordered his favorite minister Jiang Chong to continue to investigate the Wu Deception Case, and Jiang Chong, like Du Zhou, took the opportunity to vent his private anger, because he had captured the close associates of The Crown Prince Liu Zhao, who was worried about the future ascension to the throne for revenge, he framed Liu in front of Emperor Wu of Emperor Wu of Han several times and cursed Tianzi with witchcraft to die early in order to succeed to the throne as soon as possible.
However, Liu Zheng had always been deeply loved by Emperor Wu, so the frame was not successful, and the angry Liu According, seeing that Jiang Chong was anxious to do harm to himself, so he took the first move to be strong, and after Emperor Wu left Chang'an, he hunted down Jiang Chong and a group of others, at that time, Emperor Wu of Han was staying in Ganquan Palace outside Chang'an City to recuperate, and did not know the changes in the palace.
The surviving Jiang Chongyu party ran to Ganquan Palace and advised Emperor Wu that the prince was plotting rebellion, and at first Emperor Wu of Han did not believe it, but the attendants sent to inquire about the news found that Chang'an City was heavily guarded and had to be interrogated when they entered the city, so they came back to tell Emperor Wu of Han that the prince had indeed rebelled, and Emperor Wu of Han listened to the rumors of the villains and ordered the defenders outside the city to attack the city and kill all the rebels.
(Liu Fuling)
The prince originally had no intention of rebellion, nor did he have heavy troops in his hands, in the face of the siege, he had to order the people to resist desperately, but the people were not willing to obey the prince who was accused of rebellion, and the prince who had lost the hearts of the people could not support it, so he had to flee Chang'an with his mother Wei Zifu, and by the time the pursuing soldiers found them, both of them had hanged themselves.
It was not until a year later that Emperor Wu of Han found out that the wu deception case was actually sinister, and that all the traitors were framing and playing ghosts behind their backs, but it was too late, and his favorite empress Wei Zifu and the most beloved crown prince Liu Zhao, had already been killed, and it was impossible to recover them except for rehabilitating the prince.
In this way, a small case of witchcraft, under the influence of Emperor Wu of Han's suspicious spirits and traitors, actually set off a bloody storm within the Changhan Dynasty that lasted for several years, after which, the depressed Emperor Wu planned to hand over the position of prince to Liu Fuling, who was only seven years old, and in order to avoid the rebellion of the Lü clan, he did not forget to first take Liu Fuling's mother
Zhao Jieyu
Giving death, it seems that "the most ruthless imperial family" has never been wrong.