In his later years, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very extravagant, and he often built a lot of buildings, so that the state treasury was empty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also liked to appoint cruel officials and increase punishment, and never took killing as one thing. Prince Liu Zhi, on the other hand, often advised him to rest with the people, try his best to reduce the burden on the people and implement a policy of generosity and kindness. As a result, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty gradually became dissatisfied and resentful towards Liu Zhi.
In addition to Prince Liu Zhi, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty later had five sons. Among the six sons, the youngest son, Liu Fuling, was the favorite of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty often boasted that Liu Fuling was like himself, and even planned to abolish Prince Liu and make Liu Fuling a prince instead.
witchcraft was very popular in Beijing at that time. The so-called witchcraft means that people make Woodenhead, engrave the names of their enemies on it, and then put it underground or in the house to curse day and night. According to them, if you curse like this, you can make the other side suffer and be blessed by yourself. This witchcraft was also introduced into the palace. Those beauties and maids who resented the emperor, queen and others also buried Woodenhead and secretly cursed him.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was superstitious about this. One day at noon, he was lying in bed sleeping, when he suddenly dreamed that thousands of Woodenhead with sticks were calling him, scaring him to wake up. He thought someone was cursing him and immediately sent Jiang Chong to investigate.
Jiang Chong is a ruthless guy. He found many confidants, dug up Woodenhead everywhere, and used red-hot iron tools to clamp and brand people and force them to confess. No matter who he is, as long as he is accused of "cursing the emperor" by Jiang Chong, he can't live. Not many days later, he killed tens of thousands of people.
In this tragedy, the Prime Minister Gong Sunhe's family, as well as the daughter of Queen Wei, Yang Shi Princess, and Princess Zhuyi, were all killed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Jiang Chong saw that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could kill his own daughter, so he became more confident and bold. He asked the wizard to say to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, "There are people in the palace who curse the emperor. It is very poisonous. If those Woodenhead are not dug up, the emperor will not get well."
Therefore, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty appointed Jiang Chong and a large number of people to explore Woodenhead in the palace. They started from the harem alienated from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and searched all the way to the living rooms of Queen Wei and Prince Liu. They dug all over the house and found no wood.
In order to frame Prince Liu Zhi, Jiang Chong took advantage of others' inattention, took out the Woodenhead prepared in advance, boasting that "Woodenhead was the most excavated in Taitai womb, and a silk book written by the Prince was also found, with words cursing the emperor written on it. We should immediately tell the emperor and do his death. "
Liu learned that Jiang Chong had deliberately framed himself, and immediately went to Ganquan Palace to tell the Emperor himself, hoping to get his pardon. Jiang Chong was afraid that Liu had exposed his plot to Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, so he quickly sent someone to stop Liu's chariots and horses and refused to let him go. Liu was cornered, so he had to make a confidant dress up as an envoy sent by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and put Jiang Chong and others in custody.
Liu Zhi pointed at Jiang Chong and scolded him: "You traitor, do you still want to sow discord between our father and son?" Say that finish, according to liu on the pretext of Jiang Chong rebellion, life samurai beheaded him.
In order to prevent accidents, Prince Liu sent someone to inform Queen Wei and mobilized troops to defend the palace. At this time, the eunuch Su Wen and others fled out and reported that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said that Prince Liu was rebelling. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty believed it, and immediately issued an imperial edict, ordering the arrest of the prince.
At the last moment, Liu had to open the armory and arm the prisoners in the capital to resist the troops who came to suppress the "rebellion". He also wanted to mobilize the conference semifinals army and the northern army. As a result, the conference semifinals army was mobilized by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to suppress the rebellion of the prince, and Ren An, the guardian of the northern army, was shut out after being printed by the prince. The prince also announced to the civil and military officials in the city: "The emperor is recovering from illness in Ganquan Palace, and a traitor has risen to make trouble." In this way, the officials and people in the city don't know who is rebelling, which is even more chaotic.
The two sides fought for four or five days in the city, killing and injuring tens of thousands of people, and the streets were covered with bodies and blood. As a result, Liu was defeated, so he had to take his two sons to the south gate, and the gatekeeper Tian Ren let the prince escape from Chang 'an, and finally went to a common people's house in Huxian County (now Lingbao West, Henan Province) to hide.
Soon, Li Shou, the county magistrate of Xin 'an (now Mianchi East, Henan Province), knew the whereabouts of the prince and led his men to arrest him. Liu had nowhere to escape, so he tied a rope to the door and hanged himself. His two sons and the owner of that family were also killed by Zhang Fuchang and others under Li Shou.
Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent someone to investigate, only to know that Queen Wei and Prince Liu Yi had never buried Woodenhead. All this was Jiang Chong's fault. In this disaster, he lost a prince and two grandchildren, sad and regretful. So he ordered the destruction of Jiang Chong's clan, and the eunuch Su Wen was burned alive. Other ministers involved in this matter were also executed.
Finally, the more he thought about it, the sadder he became. He sent someone to build a palace in Huxian County, called "Thinking of Uterus", and also built a high platform, called "Looking at Thinking after Returning", in order to pin his thoughts on Prince Liu Zhi and his two grandchildren.