In his youth, Emperor Wudi of Han was indeed a wise and divine warrior, and he reigned for 54 years, but he spent 44 years to clean up the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu no longer dared to invade the Central Plains.
It's just a pity that no matter how powerful people are, once they are old, they are always easy to be lost by the achievements they have made, so that some villains with ulterior motives take advantage of the opportunity to exploit the loophole, Emperor Wudi of Han is such an emperor, how wise he was when he was young, how faint he was when he was old, in his later years, when he fainted, Emperor Wudi of Han forced himself to die because of one thing and rumors about villains, so that he later regretted it, but in addition to regret, Emperor Wu of Han did not seem to have done anything to make up for Liu Zhao's descendants, why?
Death of Crown Prince Liu Zhao
Liu Zhao, the son born to Emperor Wu of Han and Wei Zifu, is the eldest son of Emperor Wu of Han, when he was only 7 years old, he was already made crown prince by Emperor Wu of Han, and found the best teacher in the country at that time to cultivate and educate Liu Zhao, Emperor Wu of Han's favor for Liu Zhao, in all aspects of life has been reflected, this period of Han Wu Emperor, indeed had high hopes for Liu Zhao.
Of course, Liu Zhao also lived up to the expectations of the public, under the cultivation of the teacher, he grew up rapidly, and was definitely the best candidate for a prince, so that he could inherit the great cause of Emperor Wu of Han, it can be said that there must be no problem, but the turning point of the matter occurred in the late years of Emperor Wu of Han.
As the Xiongnu were gradually taken care of by Wei Qing and Huo, and did not dare to invade the Central Plains again, Emperor Wu of Han could barely get a good night's sleep. When Wei Qing and Huo Wentyi served as the Grand Sima of the Wei family, the power of the Wei family reached its peak, and at this time, the Wei family, above the entire court, no one dared to provoke.
Later, after Huo Went ill and Wei Qing died one after another, the power of the Wei family declined compared with before, but at this time, the Wei family and The husband of Wei Junru, Gongsun He, the eldest sister of Wei Zifu, were serving as prime ministers in the dynasty, and still no one dared to oppose the Wei family.
Sometimes the occurrence of many things, seemingly coincidental, but also let people have a long-planned feeling, the decline of the Wei family is just like this, after Huo Went ill and Wei Qing's death, Gongsun He's son Gongsun Jingsheng began to act recklessly, not only corrupt and perverted the law, but also had an affair with Princess Yangshi, causing a very bad impact, and many people were dissatisfied with his wanton behavior.
Finally, Gongsun Jingsheng was arrested and imprisoned for embezzling 19 million taels of military funds, and Gongsun He was eager to save his son, so he requested to hunt down Zhu Shi'an, a wanted criminal of the Han Dynasty at that time, in order to atone for his sins and save his son Gongsun Jingsheng. Everything went smoothly, Gongsun He successfully arrested Zhu Shi'an, but after Zhu Shi'an was arrested, he was dissatisfied, so he wrote in prison to expose many ugly things about Gongsun Jingsheng, including his adultery with Princess Yangshi, of course, this is not the most fatal, the real fatal thing is that Gongsun Jingsheng used witchcraft to curse Emperor Wu of Han, which made Emperor Wu of Han very angry.
The reason why Emperor Wudi of Han was very angry about this was because the family of Chen Ajiao, the empress of Emperor Wudi of Han, had used this kind of witchcraft against Emperor Wudi of Han, leaving a very bad memory for Emperor Wudi of Han, and from then on he was deeply disgusted by this kind of thing, and now there are still people who dare to do this, obviously seeking their own death.
Because of the matter of witchcraft, Emperor Wu of Han continued to investigate deeply, and tens of thousands of people were implicated, Gongsun He originally wanted to save his son, but as a result, he did not count his own small life, and also put the life of the family into it, and even worse, because of the disaster of the witch, the crown prince Liu Zhu was also implicated.
Liu Zheng originally had nothing to do with this matter, but because the person in charge of the affairs of Wu Jiao at that time was Jiang Chong, although Jiang Chong was the favorite of Emperor Wu of Han, he had many contradictions with the crown prince Liu Zhao, and he had always held a grudge, and now he wanted to marry the crown prince Liu Zhao with the help of the matter of Wu Jiao.
Jiang Chong made a special bureau, put a puppet in the prince's home, and then pretended to look for evidence of witchcraft in the palace, and finally found this puppet in Liu Zheng's home, Liu Zheng had a hard time arguing, seeing that Jiang Chong and others were imposing, Liu Chong had no choice but to accept the advice of the counselors to kill Jiang Chong and the others first, and then go to Emperor Wu of Han to explain.
In the process of killing Jiang Chong and the others, he released an important figure, Zhang Gan, and after he returned, he told Emperor Wu of Han the truth, and Emperor Wu of Han of course did not believe that Liu Zhi would use witchcraft against himself, so he sent an emissary to find out, but this emissary was afraid that he would be killed by Liu Zhao, and did not find out the truth at all, so he reported to Emperor Wu of Han that Liu Zhao had indeed rebelled.
Emperor Wu of Han was finally deceived by the traitors and sent troops to deal with the crown prince Liu Zhao, Liu Zhi heard that his father sent troops to clean up after himself, there was no way but to find his mother Wei Zifu, Wei Zifu gave Liu Zifu all the military power he could mobilize in his hands to Liu Zhao, but in the end Liu Zhi was still unable to fight against Emperor Wu of Han's army, after five days and five nights of fierce fighting, Liu Zhi saw that there was no hope, and he committed suicide.
After Liu Zhi's death, Wei Zifu also hanged himself, all of Liu Zhi's descendants were implicated and died, and only one grandson, Liu Zhi, was ill and in infancy, and survived.
Emperor Wu of Han regretted it
After Liu Zhao's death, many ministers in the court intentionally or unintentionally expounded a truth to Emperor Wu of Han, saying that at that time, Liu Zhao was indeed forced to be helpless, and even some people used Liu Bangtuo's dream to hint at Emperor Wu of Han, and Emperor Wu of Han gradually developed some remorse for Liu Zhao's death, and later faced with the choice of the crown prince and the cruel things of his sons competing for the crown prince, Emperor Wu of Han regretted what he had done in the past.
Finally, Emperor Wudi of Han realized his mistake and killed all the ministers who were in charge of the affairs of the witches, especially the mastermind Jiang Chong, who was ordered by Emperor Wudi of Han to destroy the three tribes, and after all this was over, Emperor Wudi of Han also specially built the Si Womb and returned to Wangsitai to remember the prince.
It's just a pity that for the deceased crown prince Liu Zhao, these actions of Emperor Wu of Han have long been meaningless, and for Liu Zhi's grandson Liu Zhi, who was alive at the time and was still alive, Emperor Wu of Han did not take any compensation plan, but later when he understood that Liu Yi was already alive, he came to the world with amnesty and restored Liu Yi's royal identity, and the rest did not do much more, as for letting Liu Yi inherit the position of prince of his grandfather Liu Zhao, it was certainly impossible.
Why did Emperor Wu of Han already discover his mistake and be full of remorse, but not do more to make up for Liu Zhao's grandson Liu Yiji? In fact, there are too many complex reasons behind this problem.
Why didn't Emperor Wudi of Han do anything more to make up for it?
From the perspective of the decline of the Wei family, it is actually not difficult to see that by the time of the later death of Gongsun He and Gongsun Jingsheng, the Wei family had made too many enemies in the dprk, and from the death of the crown prince Liu Zhao, it is even more able to see the political environment at that time, and the number of people who supported the prince was actually not many.
In such a historical background, the crown prince Liu Zhaocai died, and later Emperor Wu of Han had a hard time stabilizing in the chaotic battle between the courtiers and his own sons for the position of prince, and established Liu Fuling as the crown prince, if at this time Emperor Wu of Han suddenly made up for Liu Zhao's grandson Liu Zhi's illness and made him a prince, it would not be a good thing for the stability of the overall situation in the DPRK or for Liu Yi himself.
From the perspective of the stability of the korean situation, Liu Fuling at this time has just received some support, if he suddenly chooses the young Liu Yi as the crown prince, the DPRK is bound to turn up a big wave again, and it may shake the foundation of the Han Dynasty at that time, Emperor Wu of Han certainly does not want to see such an ending, for Liu Yi, his support is too small, if he falls into the dispute of the prince, I am afraid that there will be a danger to his life.
Therefore, Emperor Wudi of Han only granted amnesty to the world and restored Liu Yi's royal identity, which was actually the best choice in the historical background at that time, after all, with the preparation of Emperor Wu of Han, Later Liu Yi would have adapted to the trend of the times and eventually became an emperor, otherwise I am afraid that I would have lost my life a long time ago.
epilogue
Some things, you have to admit, seems to have been doomed in the darkness, although the crown prince Liu Zhao died unjustly in the scourge of the witches, but his only remaining grandson Liu Yi has been able to survive in the chaotic world, and eventually become the emperor by mistake, everything seems to be a coincidence, but it is inevitable!
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