The great man will live forever

Chapter 183
"Under three trees, why can't you ask for something?"

Under Jiang Chong's severe punishment, those arrested could only confess randomly, and all the people they knew were regarded as accomplices in the witchcraft case. The number of arrested people expanded from one family to one clan, and from one clan to one township. When he was caught, Jiang Chong accused him of using witchcraft to curse the emperor.

You must know that cursing the emperor is a capital crime. In less than a month, tens of thousands of people died at the hands of Jiang Chong.

Under Jiang Chong's deliberate arrangement, the scope of the witchcraft case gradually expanded to the whole country.

Some people who usually had objections began to report each other for practicing witchcraft. The common people did not dare to say hello when they went out, and they did not dare to walk where there were tung trees. The Western Han Dynasty was suddenly enveloped in an atmosphere of terror...

Jiang Chong's purpose in doing this was to force out evidence from these people that Prince Liu Ju practiced witchcraft.

But the prince was a prince after all. Even though Jiang Chong had been forcing confessions for a long time, no one dared to throw dirty water on the prince.In desperation, Jiang Chong took matters into his own hands.

He had the confidence to dare to take action. Haixi Marquis Li Guangli wanted to overthrow the prince. The newly appointed prime minister Liu Quya also wanted to overthrow the prince. Behind them, the King of Changyi even wanted to overthrow the prince. The newly favored Lady Gou Yi also wanted to overthrow the prince. If you bring down the prince, who doesn't want his son to become emperor?And she also wants to take Wei Zifu's place...

Moreover, Gongsun He's entire clan was exterminated, and Princess Shiyang, Princess Zhuyi, and Wei Qing's eldest son Wei and his wife were all killed. As a result, the Wei family's political allies within the Han court were wiped out. It was they who took advantage of the victory to pursue and beat up the fallen dog. when.

After receiving the imperial edict, Jiang Chong led people deep into the palace and turned the palace upside down.

"Quick, right here, dig down, dig deep."

"To dig."

"Hurry up, this way."

For a time, the Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace were completely shaken, as if they had experienced a war.

"Clap, clap!"

They pushed down all kinds of things that were an eyesore, even moved the dragon seats away, and dug underground.

"Come on, here."

"And here."

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way."

Jiang Chong and Su Wen led the Yulin Guards to rummage through boxes and dig holes. It was so majestic.

The maids and eunuchs in the palace were kneeling on the ground, trembling and afraid to move.

Jiang Chong shouted, "Listen to me, we must excavate all possible places. After the front palace is dug, the harem is dug, the harem is dug, the Changle Palace is excavated, and the prince's palace is excavated. No one can be spared."

Not long after, Jiang Chong led people to the prince's palace to rummage through the boxes and dig around. Prince Liu Ju looked at him with cold eyes, extremely angry, but there was nothing he could do.

On the other side, Su Wen also led people to Wei Zifu's bedroom. With a wave of his hand, he raised Wei Zifu's bed and started digging.

"With all your messing around, can you still leave some peace for me?"

Wei Zifu's words were questions, but his eyes were calm. She was already very angry, but she could only endure it.

Su Wen saluted and said: "This slave is only following orders. I really have no choice but to ask for your forgiveness, the Queen."

"Hmph, you don't serve the emperor well, but you are engaged in these evil ways. Then who is Hu Wu? I think he is here to avenge the Huns, right?"

After Wei Zifu finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and left immediately. She had already made a decision in her heart.

"You bastard, Jiang Chong and his gang are so arrogant. Teacher, father...how can father trust such a gangster with unknown origins?"

Prince Liu Zhi angrily found Prince Young Master Shide and began to vent his dissatisfaction.

"Prince, calm down!" Shi De comforted him. "Okay, calm down alone, don't do anything bad, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, I still don't believe it, he can make something out of nothing?"

Just as Prince Liu Ju finished speaking, a guard from the East Palace came in, "Prince, Prince, something bad has happened. That thief Jiang Chong said that he found the most puppets in our palace, and there were also words written on silk. The content was They are all treacherous and should be reported to Your Majesty."

Good guy, Jiang Chong really successfully dug up a bunch of puppets in the palace of Queen Wei Zifu and Prince Liu Zhi.

In fact, he directed and acted in it himself. It doesn't matter whether it is true or not. If he says it is, then it is.

At this moment, Liu Ju broke out in a cold sweat, "It's too much of a deception. It's just a malicious frame-up. Why doesn't Father see Gu? No one is allowed in. The envoys Gu sent to Ganquan Palace several times were blocked outside. Teacher, What do we do now?"

The prince has six teachers: the prince's master, the prince's tutor, the prince's Taibao, the prince's young master, the prince's young tutor, and the prince's young protector.

The former is called Sangong, or the "Three Masters of the East Palace". As the tutor of the prince, later it was mostly a false title and had no actual duties. The prince and tutor in the Han Dynasty taught martial arts. The latter three were called Sangu, and they were the deputies of the Sangong. , later it was mostly a false title of glory.

Today's crown prince and tutor is Liu Han, who is mainly responsible for teaching martial arts. In fact, he does not teach anything. The prince's young tutor is Shi De. He is the grandson of Wan Shigong Shi Fen and the son of Shi Qing. He inherited the title of his father Shi Qing and became the Mu Qiuhou, a former official Taichang, was mainly responsible for teaching the prince literature.

His grandfather was a high-ranking official in Jiuqing, and his father had been the prime minister. He was now the prince's teacher. If the prince fell, he might not be able to recover, and he might be beheaded. After thinking for a while, he said: The prince said: "Previously, Gongsun He and his son, the two princesses, and Wei and his wife were all accused of using witchcraft to harm people and were killed.

Now the wizard and Jiang Chong have dug out evidence from the palace. It is probably them who set up the trap. The prince yourself cannot explain it clearly.

Now we can only falsely pass on the imperial edict, arrest Jiang Chong and others and put them in jail, and thoroughly investigate their treacherous conspiracy.

Moreover, Your Majesty is ill and is staying in Ganquan Palace. Neither the Queen nor the people you sent to greet Your Majesty have been able to see Your Majesty. It is unknown whether Your Majesty is still there, but the traitor dares to do this. Have you forgotten about the Qin Dynasty Prince Fusu? Yet? "

When the matter of Fusu was mentioned, Prince Liu Zhi broke into a cold sweat. If Fusu had come to power, there would probably have been nothing to worry about. The death of the Qin Dynasty in the second generation is a living example. "Yes, it is a small matter to die alone. You can't." Let the Han State fall into the hands of traitors, but they should not be so bold. Just in case, I might as well go to Ganquan Palace to plead guilty and see if my father is alive, maybe I can get away with it."

Liu Ju planned to go to Ganquan Palace in person, but Jiang Chong caught Liu Ju's case and pressed him hard. In addition, Shi De persuaded him many times, "Prince, don't take risks. If your Majesty is really up to something, the entire Han Dynasty will be on your head." , how can you take risks?”

Liu Zhi sent people to Ganquan Palace again, but still did not see Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He could not think of any other way for a while, so he acted according to Shi De's plan.

In fact, Shi De analyzed very clearly that there are only two possibilities for the current situation: First, Emperor Wu has been completely deceived by Jiang Chong. If he explains to Emperor Wu that the puppets were framed by Jiang Chong, Emperor Wu will definitely not believe it;

Second, Emperor Wu had already died at the hands of Jiang Chong, so Jiang Chong was so unscrupulous.

But no matter what the situation is, it is better to strike first and kill Jiang Chong first.

In the first year of Yuan Shuo (128 BC), Prince Liu Ju was born. Emperor Wu was overjoyed and ordered Mei Gao and Dongfang Shuo to write the "Ode to the Birth of the Crown Prince" and "Blessings to the Establishment of the Prince". At the same time, in order to thank God for giving him The first prince, in the second month of February, Emperor Wu built a temple to worship the god of marriage and childbirth, Gao Mang.

In the first year of Yuanshou (122 BC), on Dingmao day in the fourth month of summer, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established his eldest son Liu Ju, who was 7 years old at the time, as the crown prince and granted amnesty to the world...

Now in the second year of Zhenghe (91 BC), he, Liu Zhi, was the crown prince at the age of seven. He is now 38 years old and has been the crown prince for 31 years. His influence in the Han Dynasty is also very powerful. He only waits for the death of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It was natural for him to inherit the throne.

In fact, he had a really good relationship with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the early days.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty traveled around the world all year round. Whenever he left the palace, he would hand over everything to Liu Zhi, and hand over the affairs in the palace to the queen.If there is a ruling, the most important matters will be reported to Emperor Wu after he returns to the palace. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty will not disagree with it, and sometimes he will not even question it.

Only in terms of governance, the two are quite different. This is why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty often said that the son is not like the father.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used harsh methods and appointed mostly harsh and cruel officials; while the prince had a generous personality, but also had a stubborn side, and often vindicated things that he thought were excessive punishments.

Although Liu Ju's actions won the hearts of the people, the law enforcement ministers were not happy. Wei Zifu and Liu Han all tried to persuade him, fearing that he would cause trouble if he continued like this. They always warned Liu Ju to obey Emperor Wu's orders. It means that one should not indulge the sinner without authorization, but Liu Ju still went his own way, probably because he had never suffered, so he couldn't see the suffering in the world.

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty heard about this incident, he actually admired the prince's actions and thought that he had his own persistence. However, some things will slowly change over time. Power is often unique and corrosive...

Coupled with various reasons, it has reached the point today where the son does not know the father and the father does not know the son. The father and son are suspicious of each other and are almost ready to fight each other.

(End of this chapter)