I went to the doctor today, couldn't be at home, and overnight restored this chapter and the previous chapter to normal.

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In the first year of Zhenghe (92 B.C.), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty lived in Jianzhang Palace, and saw a man with a sword entering Zhonglonghua Gate, suspecting that it was an unusual person, so he ordered someone to capture it. The man abandoned his sword and fled, but the guards pursued him but failed to capture him. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was furious and put to death the gate who was in charge of the entrance and exit of the palace gate. In the winter of November, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty requisitioned the cavalry of the Sanfu region to conduct a large-scale search of Shanglin Yuan, and ordered the Chang'an city gate to be closed for search, and martial law was lifted eleven days later. Witchcraft events began to appear.

Prime Minister Gongsun He's wife Wei Junru is the sister of Empress Wei, and Gongsun He is favored because of this. Gongsun He's son, Gongsun Jingsheng, succeeded his father as a servant. He did not abide by the law and discipline, and used 19 million military funds of the Northern Army without authorization, and was arrested and imprisoned after the matter was exposed. At this time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was ordering Zhu Anshi, a great knight of Yangling, to be urgently wanted everywhere, so Gongsun He asked Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to let him be responsible for hunting down Zhu Anshi to atone for his son Gongsun Jingsheng, and Emperor Wu of Han approved his request. Later, Gongsun He really arrested Zhu Anshi. Zhu Anshi smiled and said, "The prime minister is about to bring disaster to the whole clan!" So he went to the court from prison and exposed: "Gongsun Jingsheng had an affair with Princess Yangshi; When he learned that His Majesty was going to Ganquan Palace, he asked the wizard to bury the puppeteers on the road dedicated to His Majesty, cursing His Majesty and speaking ill of him. ”

In the first month of the spring of the second year of Zhenghe (91 B.C.), Gongsun He was arrested and imprisoned, and after investigation, the charges were true, both father and son died in prison and were exterminated, and at the same time, Princess Yangshi and Empress Wei Zifu's other daughter Princess Zhuyi and Wei Qing's eldest son Wei Yan were all killed. Webster's political allies within the Han court were also lost as a result...

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty appointed Liu Quyu, the Taishou of Zhuojun, as the prime minister and named him the Marquis of Peng.

At this time, the monks and all kinds of gods and witches gathered in Chang'an, the capital division, and most of them used the fantasy and evil magic of the left side door to confuse everyone, and did everything. Some witches came to the palace and taught the beauties how to avoid disasters, burying wooden figures in each room and performing sacrifices. When they quarrel because of mutual jealousy, they take turns to accuse each other of cursing the emperor and rebelling. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was furious and put to death those accused, killing hundreds of harem concubines, palace maids, and implicated ministers······

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty became suspicious, once, taking a nap during the day, he dreamed that there were thousands of wooden people holding sticks and wanted to attack him, Huo Ran woke up, and since then he felt unwell, in a trance, and his memory has been greatly reduced. Jiang Chong thought that he had a disagreement with the crown prince Liu Ju and Empress Wei, and seeing that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was old, he was afraid that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would be killed by Liu Ju after his death, so he made a conspiracy, saying that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's illness was caused by witchcraft. So Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Jiang Chong as an envoy to investigate the witch Gu case. Jiang Chong led the Hu sorcerers to dig in various places to find wooden people, and arrested those who used witchcraft to harm people, prayed at night and claimed to be able to see ghosts, and ordered people to sprinkle blood in some places in advance, and then interrogated the arrested, pointed out those bloodstained places as places where they had harmed people with evil magic, and applied iron tongs to burn them, and forced them to confess. So the people accused each other of harming others with witchcraft; Officials often participate in the impeachment of others, which is a great rebellion. From the Jingshi Chang'an and Sanfu regions to the counties and countries, tens of thousands of people have died as a result.

The crown prince raised troops

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very old, and he suspected that the people around him were cursing him with witch Gu; And those who have been arrested and punished, no matter what the real situation is, no one dares to tell that they are wronged. Jiang Chong spied on Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's suspicions, so he instructed the Hu sorcerer Tan He Yan to say: "There is Gu Qi in the palace, if you don't get rid of this Gu Qi, the emperor's illness will never be better." So Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Jiang Chong into the palace, until the depths of the palace forbidden, destroyed the emperor's throne, and dug the ground to find Gu; He also sent Daohou Han Shuo, Yushi Zhang Gan, Huangmen Su Wen and others to assist Jiang Chong.

Jiang Chong first started from the rooms of the concubines in the harem that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had paid little attention to, and then searched in turn, until he reached the queen's palace and the palace, and the ground everywhere was turned upside down, so that the prince and the queen didn't even have a place to put their beds. Jiang Chong threatened: "There are the most wooden people found in the imperial palace, and there are also words written on silk silk, the content is very rebellious, and it should be heard by Your Majesty." ”

Liu Ju was very frightened and asked Young Fu Shide what he should do. Shi De was afraid that he would be implicated and killed because he was the prince's teacher, so he said to Liu: "Previously, Gongsun He's father and son, the two princesses, and Wei Yan were all accused of using witchcraft to harm people and were killed, and now the wizard and the emperor's envoy dug up evidence from the palace, I don't know if the wizard placed it, or if there is, I can't explain it clearly." You can falsely pass on the holy decree, arrest Jiang Chong and others and put them in prison, and thoroughly investigate their treacherous plots. Besides, Your Majesty is sick and lives in Ganquan Palace, and the Empress and the people you sent to ask for peace have not been able to see Your Majesty, whether Your Majesty is still there, it is not known, and the traitorous ministers dare to do this, have you forgotten the matter of the prince of the Qin Dynasty Fusu! Liu said: "How can I, as a son, kill the minister without authorization!" It's better to go to Ganquan Palace to ask for guilt, maybe you can get away with it. Liu Ju planned to go to Ganquan Palace in person, but Jiang Chong seized Liu Ju's matter and persecuted him very urgently, and Liu Ju couldn't think of any other way, so he acted according to Shi De's strategy.

On the afternoon of the seventh month of autumn (the ninth day of the first month), Liu Ju sent a doorman to pretend to be an envoy of the emperor and arrested Jiang Chong and others. According to Daohou Han, he suspected that the envoy was fake, refused to accept the edict, and was killed by Liu Jumenke. Liu Ju personally supervised Jiang Chong and scolded: "You, a slave of the Zhao Kingdom, it was not enough to disturb your king's father and son before, and now you are coming to disturb our father and son!" He also burned Jiang Chong's Hu Ren wizard to death in Shanglin Yuan.

Chang'an chaos

Liu Ju sent his attendants to enter the Changqiu Gate of Weiyang Palace by night with Fu Jie, and reported everything to Empress Wei through the chief imperial official Yihua, and then transferred the carriage of the royal horse to carry the archers, opened the arsenal and took out the weapons, and transferred the guards of the Changle Palace. There was chaos in the city of Chang'an, and rumors were rumored: "The prince rebelled". Su Wen was able to escape from Chang'an and came to Ganquan Palace, where he reported to Emperor Wu of Han that the crown prince was very disagreeable······

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said: "The prince must have been scared, and he resented Jiang Chong and the others, so such an accident happened. Therefore, he sent an envoy to summon Liu Ju to come. The envoy did not dare to enter Chang'an, and went back to report: "The prince has rebelled and wants to kill me, and I have fled." Emperor Wu of Han was furious. After Prime Minister Liu Quyu heard the news of the incident, he fled, even lost the prime minister's official seal and ribbon, and sent Changshi to report to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty on a fast horse at a post station. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked, "How did the prime minister do it?" Changshi replied: "The prime minister blocked the news and did not dare to send troops. Emperor Wu of Han said angrily: "Things are already boiling like this, what secrets are there!" The prime minister does not have the legacy of Zhou Gong, can Zhou Gong not kill Uncle Guan and Uncle Cai! So he gave the prime minister an edict with a seal, and ordered him: "Hunt down the rebels, and I will reward and punish them clearly." Use the ox cart as a cover, don't engage the rebels in close combat, kill and wound too many soldiers! Hold the city gate tightly, and never let the rebels rush out of Chang'an City! ”

Liu Ju issued a declaration and issued an order to the civil and military officials, saying: "Your Majesty is trapped in Ganquan Palace due to illness, and I suspect that something may have happened, and the traitorous ministers want to take the opportunity to rebel. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty then returned from Ganquan Palace, came to Jianzhang Palace in the west of Chang'an City, issued an edict to recruit the troops of the counties near Sanfu, and deployed officials below 2,000 stones, which were under the part-time command of the prime minister. Liu Ju also sent an envoy to falsely pass on the holy decree to pardon and release the prisoners who were imprisoned in the official prison of Chang'an Zhongdu, and ordered the young Fu Shide and the doorman Zhang Guang to be under their jurisdiction respectively; He also sent Chang'an prisoners such as Hou Zhifujie to levy the Hu cavalry in Changshui and Xuanqu, all of whom were fully armed to join him.

The squire Ma Tong was sent to Chang'an by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and when he learned of this, he immediately chased after him, arrested Ruhou, and told the Hu people: "The runes brought by Ruhou are fake, and you can't listen to him!" So he put Ruhou to death and led the Hu cavalry into Chang'an; He also requisitioned and transferred the ship's soldiers to Qiu Cheng, a great merchant, and handed them over to the command of Qiu Cheng, a great merchant. At the beginning, the runes of the Han Dynasty were pure red, and because Liu used red runes, he added yellow tassels to the runes issued by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to show the difference.

Rivers of blood

Liu Ju came to the south gate of the northern army barracks, stood on the car, summoned Ren An, the envoy of the Northern Army, and issued a talisman to order Ren An to send troops. But after Ren An bowed to the charm, he returned to the camp and closed his door. Liu Ju led people away, forcibly armed about tens of thousands of citizens of the four cities of Chang'an, and outside the west gate of Changle Palace, he encountered the army led by Prime Minister Liu Quyu, and the two sides fought for five days, killing tens of thousands of people, and blood was left in the ditch on the side of the street like water. The people say that "the prince rebels", so people do not attach themselves to the prince, but the forces on the prime minister's side continue to strengthen.

Geng Yin (17th), Liu was defeated and fled south to Chang'an City. Si Zhitian Renzheng led his troops to guard the city gate, because he felt that Liu Ju and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty were father and son, and he was unwilling to persecute too quickly, so Liu Ju was able to escape from the city. Liu Quyu wanted to kill Tian Ren, and the Imperial Doctor said to Liu Quyu in a violent victory: "Si Zhi is a member of the imperial court with 2,000 stones, so he should be invited first, how can he kill it without permission!" So Liu Quyu released Tian Ren.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty heard this, he was furious, arrested and punished Violent Shengzhi, and asked him: "Si Zhi let go of the rebel, and the prime minister killed him, it was to enforce the laws of the country, why did you stop it?" "Panic and panic, he committed suicide and died. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zongzheng Liu Chang and Zhijin Wu Liu Dare to carry the emperor's edict to take back the empress's seal and ribbon, and Empress Wei committed suicide.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty believed that Ren An was an old official, and when he saw the war, he wanted to sit and watch the success or failure, and see who won the victory, and he had two hearts for the imperial court, so he beheaded Ren An and Tian Ren together. Jingjian, a man from Chang'an, followed Ma Tong, captured Shi De, and named him Dehou; Shang Qiucheng fought hard, captured Zhang Guang, and made him the marquis. Liu Ju's guests were all executed because they had entered and exited the palace gate; Anyone who followed Liu Ju to send troops to rebel will be exterminated according to the crime of rebellion; Officials and soldiers at all levels who were not coerced by Liu Ju out of their own intentions were all exiled to Dunhuang County. Because Liu was on the run, he began to set up garrison troops at the gates of Chang'an...

Emperor Wu of Han was extremely angry, and his ministers felt worried and frightened, and they didn't know what to do. The third elder of Huguan ordered Gu Mao to write to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and said: "I have heard that the father is like the sky, the mother is like the earth, and the son is like all things in the heaven and the earth, so only when the heavens are calm and the earth is safe, can all things flourish; Only with father's kindness and mother's love can sons be filial. Now the crown prince is the legitimate heir of the Han Dynasty, and will inherit the great cause of eternity, carry out the great trust of the ancestors, and be the eldest son of the emperor in terms of relationship. Jiang Chong was originally a commoner, but he was just a slave in the market, but His Majesty respected him, let him take the supreme order to persecute the crown prince, gather a group of treacherous villains, and defraud, frame, persecute and frame the crown prince, so that His Majesty and the prince's father-son relationship was blocked. The crown prince could not meet the emperor in person, and when he retreated, he was troubled by the framing of the rebellious ministers, he was wronged alone, had nowhere to appeal, and couldn't help but feel resentful, and killed Jiang Chong, but he was afraid that the emperor would be guilty and was forced to flee. As the son of His Majesty, the crown prince embezzled his father's army just to save himself from being framed by others, and the minister did not think that there was any sinister intention. The Book of Songs says: 'Green flies come and go on the fence, and the humble gentleman does not believe in slander.' Otherwise, the slander will be endless, and there will be great chaos in the world. In the past, Jiang Chong once killed Prince Zhao with slander, and everyone in the world knew about it. Now, without investigation, Your Majesty has excessively rebuked the Prince, and in a furious rage, he has sent a large army to pursue the Prince, and ordered the Prime Minister to personally command, so that the wise do not dare to speak, and the eloquent can hardly open their mouths, and I really regret it in my heart. I hope that Your Majesty will relax your mind, calm down, don't be harsh on your relatives, don't be angry about the prince's mistakes, immediately end the conquest of the prince, and don't let the prince flee for a long time! With my devotion to Your Majesty, I am ready to sacrifice my short life to be guilty outside the Jianzhang Palace. The chapter was handed over, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was moved and woke up when he saw it, but he had not yet publicly issued a pardon.

Liu Ju fled east to Huxian and hid in Quanjiu. The owner's family was poor, and he often knitted and sold straw sandals to support Liu Ju. Liu Ju had a former acquaintance who lived in Hu County, and when he heard that he was very rich, Liu Ju sent someone to call him, so the news leaked. In August Xinhai (the eighth day of the first lunar month), the magistrate rounded up Liu Ju. Liu estimated that it would be difficult for him to escape, so he returned to the house, closed the door, and hanged himself. Among the soldiers who came to search for him, there was a man named Zhang Fuchang from Shanyang, who kicked open the door with his foot. Xin'an County ordered Shi Li Shou to run forward and hug Liu Ju and untie him. The master fought and died in a fight with the person who searched for Liu Ju, and the two emperors and grandsons were also killed. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was saddened by the death of Liu Ju, so he named Li Shou as the marquis and Zhang Fuchang as the title marquis.

In the third year of Zhenghe (90 B.C.), officials and people accused each other of witchcraft crimes, and after investigation, it was found that most of them were untrue.

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