In 91 B.C., Jiang Chong, who had a suspicion with the prince Liu Ju, colluded with the eunuch Su Wen to frame the prince Liu Ju for rebellion, Liu Ju could not prove his innocence to Emperor Wu, so he arrested Jiang Chong, and then sent guest soldiers to fight with Prime Minister Liu Quyu in Chang'an City, but Liu Ju had few people, and was suppressed by Emperor Wu, Liu Ju was forced to commit suicide, and his mother Empress Wei Zifu also committed suicide, and at the same time Gongsun He father and son, Princess Yangshi, Princess Zhuyi and Wei Qing's eldest son Wei Yan and others were killed, known as the "Witch Gu Disaster".
Liu Ju is the crown prince carefully cultivated by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for more than 30 years, and Wei Zifu has also been the queen for more than 30 years, and Wei Qing and Huo Quai's uncle and nephew have made great achievements in the Han-Hun war, and Emperor Wu specially set up the Great Sima in recognition of their merits, Wei Qing was named the Great Sima General, and Huo Qubing was named the Great Sima Hussar General, and the two were in charge of the Han Dynasty. The main reason was that the Wei family's power at that time was too great, and for the sake of the stability of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had to do it.
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Most of the Wei family's power began around Wei Zifu becoming the queen. When Wei Zifu was young, he taught singing and dancing in Princess Pingyang's house, once Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty went to Princess Pingyang's house, Princess Pingyang asked the dancers in the house to come out to dance, and Emperor Wu of Han took a fancy to Wei Zifu at a glance, so he was fortunate to have Wei Zifu and took her into the palace, because Emperor Wu's first queen Chen failed to give birth to an heir, and even used witchcraft, and after Emperor Wu found out, he abolished her and set up Wei Zifu as the queen. Wei Zifu gave birth to the eldest son Liu Ju for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Ju was also named the crown prince. The Wei family also began to gradually become noble from this time.
Wei Zifu has a brother and two sisters, the eldest brother Wei Changjun, the eldest sister Wei Junru (Wei Ru), and the second sister Wei Shao'er. There are also three brothers of the same mother, namely Wei Qing, Wei Bu, and Wei Guang.
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The eldest brother Wei Changjun was once an official in the service, but he died relatively early and his reputation was not obvious.
The eldest sister Wei Junru married the servant Gongsun He, who was also a general during the period of Emperor Wu. When Emperor Wu was still the crown prince, Gongsun He was elected as the prince of the house, accompanied by Emperor Wu, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne and was promoted to the servant, from 134 to 111 BC successively served as the general of the light car, the general of the cavalry, and the general of the left seven times to attack the Huns, and was awarded the Marquis of Nan by virtue of his military merits. In the 103rd century BC, Shi Qing was the prime minister, and he was named the marquis, and he reached the status of the marquis and the prime minister.
The second sister Wei Shao'er had an affair with Huo Zhongru, a magistrate in Pingyang County, and gave birth to Huo Quai. Later, marrying Prime Minister Chen Ping's grandson and prince Zhan Shi Chen Zhang, because of Wei Zifu, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made Chen Zhang noble and let him take charge of Empress Wei and Prince Wei's family affairs. And Huo Quai's illness is not to mention, one of the main generals of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to fight against the Huns, 18-year-old marquis, 21-year-old wolf Juxu, just four years of achievements have become the lifelong pursuit of later generals. It's a pity that he died too early, if Huo Qubing could live to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, maybe the disaster of witchcraft could be avoided.
Huo Qu's disease
Among the three half-brothers, Wei Qing has the greatest military achievements and the most famous, followed by Wei Guang, and finally Wei Bu. There is very little information about Weibu. Although Wei Guang's merits and fame are not as good as Wei Qing's, Wei Guang's status in the Han Dynasty army is also very high, and he is one of the important generals of the Southern Front Army.
In the war to pacify the southwest, Wei Guang personally led the army and successfully destroyed the country of Helan, killing tens of thousands of enemies. Although the Southwest Yi posed less of a threat to the Han Dynasty than the Xiongnu, Wei Guang's exploits could not be ignored. He conquered Southwest Yi, opened up the famous Yizhou of the Han Dynasty, and led his troops to sweep through the southwest, as far as Kunming, and made a significant contribution to the development of the southwest of the Han Dynasty.
Not to mention Wei Qing, who is the most famous, he and his nephew Huo Qubing can be called the imperial double wall during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Since Wei Qing was elected to the palace and won the favor of Emperor Wu, Wei Qing first returned from a great victory in the Battle of Longcheng and was awarded the title of Inner Marquis. Later, he attacked the Xiongnu many times, attacked the Xiongnu seven times in his life, and collected Henan land, making great contributions to the victory of the Han Dynasty in the Han-Hungarian War during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Because of his merits, he worshiped General Sima and was in charge of military politics with Huo Quai. It can be said that Wei Qing has become an important pillar of the Wei family's power, and the crown prince Liu has the greatest confidence.
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Although Wei Qing has made outstanding achievements in war and has a respected status, he does not use his power to build the party and does not interfere in government affairs. He was diligent and compassionate to his soldiers, and he was quite popular. However, his protégés and former officials were also all over the government and the opposition, and many of his subordinates who followed him to attack the Huns were also able to be crowned marquis.
Li Xi was knighted as the Marquis of Guannei, and Li Fuguan was the supreme crossbow general, which is equivalent to the supreme head of the modern National Artillery Corps. Li Cai was knighted as the Marquis of Le'an, and the official was the prime minister, which was much higher than the achievements of his cousin Li Guang. Zhang Cigong was named the Marquis of Antou, and Su Jian was named the Marquis of Pingling, all of whom had followed Wei Qing to attack the Xiongnu and made military exploits and were named Marquis and Prime Minister.
As far as the eye can see, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all around the Wei family, which has to be guarded against by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, a political veteran. Since the dictatorship of Empress Lu in the early Han Dynasty, to the autocracy of Empress Dowager Dou, the grandmother of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and then to the dictatorship of his mother Wang Huan, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has a deep hatred for his relatives to interfere in politics.
With the death of Huo Quzhi and Wei Qing successively, the power of the Wei family has not been weakened much, since Wei Qing's death from 106 years ago to 91 years ago, Wei Zifu was still courteous and respected by Emperor Wu for more than ten years. However, in Emperor Wu's later years, he also had to guard against the powerful Wei family, so there was the later witch curse. It is not so much that Jiang Chong framed the crown prince Liu Ju to force him to rebel, but that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty acquiesced to Jiang Chong in order to attack the Wei clan, although at the cost of losing his son and empress, but for the future of the Han Dynasty, he had to do so.
In 87 BC, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was seriously ill, he chose Liu Fuling, the youngest son who had no foreign relatives, as the crown prince. Therefore, it can also be said that the royal family's lack of affection is vividly expressed in Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.