There was once a "Liusu City" in Wangdu County, and the owners of the ancient city were Liu Gai and Liu Su, the Marquis of Liusu for two generations. After Liu Su was stripped of his title, Liusu City became desolate. Later, the ancient city and Emperor Xuan of Han's birth mother, Wang Wengsu, had a wonderful connection.
【The Tragic Fate of Wang Wengsu】
The Western Han Dynasty had a "family son" system, which meant that the imperial palace selected the children of the qing white family to teach them to learn song, dance, etiquette, and then enter the palace to serve the princes and grandchildren, or to transfer them to the residence of the local prince. Over time, from the folk trade women to the song and dance training has formed a complete "industrial chain", some of the princes' descendants also intervened in it to think of a piece of the pie.
The approximate location of Beiliushi Village in Wangdu County
Because of his family's poverty, Wang Wengshu was fostered at the age of eight or nine in the home of Liu Zhongqing, the Marquis of Guangwangjie, to learn song and dance. When she was fourteen or fifteen years old, she was resold to the hands of Jia Chang'er, a merchant in Handan. However, in this "deal", Wang Wengsu's mother, Wang Mi, did not receive the money. The mother and daughter knew that the other could not afford to blame, and even if they sued, it would not help, so they had to hold hands and cry goodbye in Liusu City.
At this time, Wang Wengsu looked quite calm in addition to his sadness. She said: "The matter has come to an end, so let it be natural, where is the same as home, what is the benefit of the mother's complaint?" In this way, Wang Wengshu and four other singers left their hometown and broke off contact with their parents since then.
At this time, Emperor Wu of Han's grandson Liu Jin (the son of Liu Zhao, the Crown Prince of Han) was getting older, and Liu Zhao and his wife Shi Liangdi sent the crown prince Hou Ming to the Zhao kingdom to find a singer who served emperor Sun. Wang Wengsu and four companions were selected, and the five of them were sent to Chang'an City together, which changed Wang Wengsu's fate.
During his time in the capital, Wang Wengshu was favored by Liu Jin and bore him a son, Liu Yiji, in 91 BC. The mother is a noble son, and the original low status of the "family son" is honored as "The Imperial Princess Wang Lady" because of the birth of the child. Originally, the sparrow flew up the branches and became a phoenix, but the "scourge of the witch" that caught Wang Wengsu's dream was shattered.
A comic strip reflecting the "Scourge of the Witches"
He left home in his childhood, was abducted and sold as a teenager, and when he became an adult, he was involved in a political struggle and innocently killed. Wang Wengsu's fate can be described as tragic. But among this misfortune is also a little bit of luck, that is, her son Liu Yiji later inherited the unification and became a generation of Ming Jun.
【Changes in the Situation After the Curse of the Witches】
In 91 BC, Gongsun Jingsheng, the son of Gongsun He, was falsely accused of cursing Emperor Wu of Han for "witchcraft". Emperor Wu was furious and put the father and son to death. Emperor Wu appointed his favorite minister Jiang Chong to investigate the case thoroughly, and tens of thousands of officials and civilians were involved, many of whom were brutally killed after being beaten into confession. This is the famous "scourge of witchcraft" in history.
Jiang Chong and crown prince Liu had a disagreement, so he joined forces with officials to frame the crown prince, saying that he was plotting against him. Liu panicked and raised an army to kill Jiang Chong. Emperor Wu of Han, who was dazed in his later years, was furious and ordered the suppression of the crown prince's army, and Empress Wei Zifu and Crown Prince Liu Zhu committed suicide. Emperor Liu Jin's family was killed dozens of times, and there were eggs under the nest, and Wang Wengsu, who died shortly after giving birth, also died.
The "scourge of witchcraft" made the Western Han Dynasty politically shuffle, and also directly changed the order of succession of the Western Han Emperors. Enraged, Emperor Wu of Han gave the crown prince Liu Zhu a vicious title of "戾". It was not until the second year that Emperor Wudi of Han, who had calmed down, began to reflect on his mistakes. He realized that the prince was forced to raise an army and had no intention of rebellion. Lang Guan Tian Qianqiu also knelt down and cried out for the crown prince.
As a result, the officials who had made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion of the crown prince were liquidated, and the Jiang Chong family was exterminated. Emperor Wu took pity on the prince's innocent suffering, so he ordered the construction of the "Si Womb" and the "WangSi Tai" to cherish his thoughts.
After Emperor Wu's death, the throne passed to the wise young son Liu Fuling, who was emperor of Han Zhao. Emperor Zhao died early and was childless, and Huo Guang, who held great power, made Liu He the Marquis of Haixia the new emperor. But the emperor was deposed after only 27 days on the throne. The question of the selection of a new emperor has once again surfaced.
Finally, the ministers looked around and stared at Emperor Wu's great-grandson Liu Yiji, who was "rooted in Miao Hong".
Readers may feel strange at this time, did not the previous article not say that dozens of people in the Liu Jin family were killed? So how did this child survive?
【Liu Yiji inherits the throne】
It turned out that during the "Scourge of the Witches" in 91 BC, Liu Yi, who was still in his infancy, had escaped a disaster. He was taken into custody in the prison in Chang'an City. At this time, Emperor Wu sent Bingji to the Capital Prison to continue to investigate the criminals in the "Scourge of witchcraft". He knew in his heart that this was an unjust case, and when he learned that the emperor's grandson Liu Yiji was detained in prison, he took care of this unfortunate child.
He asked a reliable female prisoner in prison to take care of Liu Yiji. The environment in prison was harsh, but the child was murdered many times and grew up to adulthood in good health.
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After the "Scourge of witchcraft" was rehabilitated, Liu Yi was freed again, and BingJi fostered him in the home of Shi Liangdi's brother Shi Gong, and also took out his own Feng Lu to liu Yi to support himself. On his deathbed, Emperor Wu left a will and recorded Liu Yiji in the imperial family tree.
After Liu He was deposed, the issue of the throne was unresolved, and Liu Yi was a great-grandson of Emperor Wu and strongly supported by his courtiers. In this way, Liu Yiji was transported into the palace by car, where he accepted the seal and silk offered by the courtiers, and then Liu Yiji became the emperor and paid homage to the ancestral temple to announce to the world. Liu Yiji was renamed Liu Qing (劉問) and was named Emperor Xuan of Han.
Because he grew up in the people since he was a child, Liu Qian was well aware of the sufferings of the people, and after he took the throne, he rectified the administration of officials and punished corruption, and also suppressed land annexation at the local level and implemented a policy of lightening the small endowment. This allowed the Han Dynasty to recover its national strength.
Today's scene in Beiliusu Village | the Picture from the Propaganda Department of the Wangdu County CPC Committee
Emperor Xuan of Han also did not forget to reward his mother's family. After searching for a needle in a haystack, the officials finally found the emperor's maternal grandmother, Wang Mi. Emperor Xuan of Han ordered Wang Mi to be made Boping Jun, with 12,000 households in Boping and Liwu counties as her Tangmuyi. Wang Wengshu was posthumously honored as the "Empress of Mourning", and her brothers Wang Wu and Wang Wu were given the Marquis of Wu for no reason, and 6,000 households were eaten. Wang Wu's son was later made an official to the rank of chancellor.
【The ruins of Beiliusu Village are the Liusu City of the Han Dynasty】
And Wang Wengsu and his mother held hands and wept goodbye to Liu su city in the future generations gradually declined. Li Jifu's "Atlas of Yuanhe Counties" of the Tang Dynasty once described this ancient city as follows: "Liusu City, forty-two miles southeast of (Wangdu) County. Emperor Xuan's mother, Lady Wang, wept goodbye to Liusu City, that is, here also. ”
In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, Gu Zuyu also recorded the ancient city in the "Minutes of Reading the History of Public Opinion". In particular, it is mentioned in the book that there is a "Liusu Fort" near the ancient city, which is a place name derived from the pronunciation of "Liusu Castle". Later, the original site of "Liusu City" was falsely known as "Liusu Village", and this village was divided into two villages, the north and south.
In 2009, after the founding of New China, cultural relics and archaeology staff conducted archaeological excavations on the ancient city site of Beiliuxu Village, and unearthed a considerable number of Han Dynasty slabs and city tiles and other cultural relics. These cultural evidences show that the ancient city of Beiliusu Village is the ruins of Liusu City where Wang Wengshu once stayed.
Unfortunately, the ruins of today's Liusu City have disappeared without a trace, leaving only the place name of "Liusu Village" as a souvenir. I don't know if the willows that are raised in the spring can send the condolences of posterity to Wang Wengsu, a woman who suffered a bitter life? Or maybe the ancients saw the local willow silk and attached to the false name of "Liusu City" before setting the name of the village as "LiuSu Village", which may also be the romantic feelings of the ancients!
The relevant references and citations of this article: "Hanshu , Biography of Foreign Relatives "Yuanhe County Atlas", "Minutes of Reading History and Public Opinion".
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