During the reign of Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he had a personal eunuch named Wang Fu by his side, and Emperor Huan of Han was very fond of him. Relying on Emperor Huan's favor, Wang Fu used various means to blackmail and bribe imperial court officials and amass wealth. He even dared to blackmail the emperor's own brother Liu Wu.
After Emperor Huan ascended the throne, Liu Wu was made the King of Bohai, and later, because of his crime of "conspiracy to be unjust", he was demoted by Emperor Huan to the title of King of Huantao, and his fief was in present-day Ningjin County, Hebei.
From the rent of one county to the rent of only one county. Liu Wu was originally a prince who was extravagant and wasteful, and the sudden decline in tax income could not meet his daily life, so he tried to restore his original title. He thought left and right, and finally thought of Wang Fu, the "red man" beside the emperor. Therefore, Liu Wu found Wang Fu and asked him to intercede for him in front of the emperor.
Liu Wu knew that Wang Fu was a greedy man of money, and if he entrusted him with things and did not give him benefits, he would not do his best to do so, so he and Wang Fu privately reached a deal, if Wang Fu could add more good words in Emperor Huan's ear and restore himself to his original title, then he would give Wang Fu fifty million as a reward.
Although the two had reached an agreement, Wang Fu did not immediately get the benefits, so he never said half a good word for Liu Wu in front of Emperor Huan. However, the sky was unpredictable, and not long after, Emperor Huan fell seriously ill, and Emperor Huan of Han, who was on his sickbed, thought that the punishment he had previously imposed on his brother Liu Wu might have been too heavy, so he wrote down a will and restored Liu Wu's title as King of Bohai.
After Emperor Huan's death, the edict was read out in public, and Liu Wu restored his original title and fiefdom. Wang Fu did not expect that things would become so sudden, so he made a plan and pretended to be a good person in front of Liu Wu, saying that because he had said all the good things in front of the emperor, the emperor suddenly changed his consciousness and restored his title before his death. However, Liu Wu did not pay any attention to him at all, and Wang Fu saw that Liu Wu had such an attitude and simply demanded fifty million yuan from him for remuneration. Although Liu Wu ate, drank and had fun all day, he was not an idiot, and he had already heard that Wang Fu had not said a good word to him in front of Emperor Huan. He was able to restore his title entirely because Emperor Huan was able to open his favor, so he refused to give Wang Fu a penny, and the two formed a vendetta from then on.
Like the personality of many eunuchs, Wang Fu's personality was also very sinister and cruel, and he vowed to take revenge on Liu Wu. Therefore, he provoked the relationship between the Spirit Emperor Liu Hong and Liu Wu to relieve the hatred in his heart.
Emperor Ling was a descendant of Liu Kai, the Prince of Hejian Filial Piety, the son of Emperor Zhang. Because Emperor Huan had no queen, after his death, the empress dowager and Dou Wu decided to let Liu Hong succeed to the throne. When Emperor Ling succeeded to the throne, there were many rumors of Liu Wu, saying that he was very angry that the emperor was not himself, so he planned to go to Beijing to take the throne. Wang Fu seized this opportunity and spread the rumors to the ears of the Ling Emperor, who felt quite unhappy in his heart, although he did not have anything on the surface. Wang Fu saw through Emperor Ling's heart, and his heart was secretly happy, thinking that Liu Wu's good life should not be long.
Soon, Wang Fu used a small wrist to make Liu Wu bear the charge of great rebellion.
Wang Fu knew that Emperor Ling was very angry after hearing the rumors, so he decided to add another fire. Therefore, he bribed Shang Shuling and asked him to falsely accuse Zhongchang Zheng Sa and others of secretly plotting to make Liu Wu emperor, and Liu Wu was also recruiting troops and buying horses, always making preparations. Emperor Ling, enraged, did not do any investigation to confirm it, and ordered Ji Zhou to arrest Liu Wu and imprison him on the charge of great rebellion, and at the same time, more than a hundred members of his family were also imprisoned. Liu Wu was forced to commit suicide, and all his family members died in prison. Not only that, Emperor Ling also killed all the officials below the Bohai State's taifu and the State Minister for not assisting the King of Bohai. Wang Fu thus fulfilled his plan of revenge, and Emperor Han Ling not only did not realize that it was Wang Fu who had created the unjust case, but on the contrary, he also remembered his meritorious deeds and added officials and marquises, which was really lamentable.
Relevant historical facts recorded in the history books
The Minutes of Reading the History of Fang Public Opinion, vol. 14, Ningjin County: "In the eighth year of Yanxi, the king of Bohai surrendered, and the kingdom of Tao tao was here. Volume 25 of the Imperial Commentaries on the General Records of the Past Dynasties: "The King of Bohai was degraded to a pottery without morality. Han County, the ancient city of Ningjin County, zhao prefecture in present-day zhao. ”
Han Cai Yong's "Monument to the Temple of the Former Taiwei Qiao Gong": "Follow the king, Emperor Huan is the same property, with a rebellious plot, deposed the king of Tao." With the male length in the placket, worship the deer too guarded. Fear the Ming Constitution and examine it in silence. The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: "Hou Wu actually sat in rebellion and was demoted to the title of King of Tao." Emperor Huan's younger brother Marquis Liwu was made the King of Bohai and enshrined Hong. For eight years, the conspiracy was unjustified, and there was a division to abolish it. The emperor could not bear it, but was demoted to the title of King of Tao, eating a county. ”
Zizhi Tongjian, volume 56, Han Ji 48: "In December of the first year (Ding Wei, 167) of emperor Xiaohuan's reign, Nongshen and Fu tao became the king of Bohai. "Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 57, Han Ji, 49, Han Ling Emperor Xiping Yuan Year (壬子, 172 AD):
The King of Bohai, Tao Ye, because Zhongchang served Wang Fu to restore the country, promised to thank him for fifty million yuan; even though Emperor Huan left a will to restore the country, he knew that it was not Fu Gong and refused to repay the money. Zhongchang attendant Zheng Sa, Zhonghuangmen Dong Tengshu and Wu Jiaotong, Fu Mi Si Cha to inform Duan. In the winter, in October, he sent Him to the Beisi Prison, where Shang Shu ling Lian Zhong slandered Lian Zhong for "plotting to meet the rebellion and rebel against the law", so he ordered ji prefecture to assassinate Shi Shu to collect Kao Shi, forced to blame him, and ordered him to commit suicide; eleven concubines, seventy children, and twenty-four maids all died in prison, and Fu and his subordinates were punished. Twelve others were all enfeoffed with merit.