Some people say that Emperor Wu of Song Wudi was ruthless and killed Sima Shi, so why did he do it?

Emperor Wu of Song Wudi, the first emperor in the Southern Dynasties, was a descendant of Wang Jiaoliu of Chu Yuan, a big fellow, but in the generation of Emperor Wu of Song, he was almost like Liu Bei. However, since Emperor Wu of Song joined the northern government soldiers, with his outstanding talents, he successively put down the rebellion in Huan Xuan, and finally succeeded in destroying Southern Yan and the later Qin Dynasty at one fell swoop, thus winning a great victory in the Northern Expedition. Finally, in 420 AD, Emperor Wu of Song, who was over 50 years old, officially proclaimed himself emperor and was established.

Since the Warring States period, the three clans were divided into Jin, and in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the late Wei and Jin Dynasties, the complete works of state affairs were controlled by aristocratic families. For example, the Nine-grade Zhong Zheng system in the Wei Wendi era allowed the aristocratic families to completely control the state affairs, so that in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there were no scholars in the aristocratic families.

At that time, all the officials in the world were children of noble families, so it was difficult to become a noble. It's simply daydreaming. The Eastern Jin court's "King and Horse share the world" shows that aristocratic families can be on an equal footing with imperial power. In the face of this situation, the pressure faced by Emperor Wu of Song can be imagined. Although Emperor Wu of Song reached the peak of power by virtue of his exploits, there were also examples of Sima usurping Cao and Huan Chu usurping Sima.

Emperor Wu of song acceded to the throne and placed Sima under house arrest. Although Sima lived carefully every day, it was not long before Emperor Wu of song heard that his queen had a son and sent someone to kill him. Then Emperor Wu of Song felt that Sima Wende had always been a threat, so he sent a hand to poison him, but because the executioner couldn't bear to destroy the old master, he committed suicide by taking poison.

This makes Emperor Wu of Song think that there are still many people who want to be Sima. He is old and has his own children, and he clearly knows that it is very tiring. Therefore, if Liu wanted to stabilize the country, he had to follow the story of Gaozu, and then Emperor Wu of Song sent Qin Bing over the wall to poison Sima Wende, but Sima Wende refused to drink poison, and was finally strangled with a quilt.

Motivation The last emperor was killed in this way, and Emperor Wu of Song thought that the cremation would definitely meet the Sima family again after his death, so he simply insisted that the emperor killed others, and there would be no need to exist. So I killed all the Sima family to avoid future trouble. He did this because he couldn't see that the gentry in the world was too powerful at that time, and he was 57 years old. For his unworthy son, he started the slaughter of the clans of the former dynasty, but he didn't expect his descendants to be slaughtered, and the cycle of heaven and earth would be unpleasant. What do you think of your friend? Please leave a comment!