As the richest man in the Western Han Dynasty, why was Deng Tong starved to death by Han Jing?

Deng Tong was punished by Han Jing because he offended Han Jing and did something illegal. In fact, Han Jing was also a talented emperor in history, which was initiated by his father, Emperor Wendi? The rule of Wenjing? It laid a solid foundation for the later Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. Therefore, Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty is definitely not a fatuous and incompetent king who kills people at random. He starved Deng Tong to death because Deng Tong ran into Wendi's gun.

At the earliest time, Deng Tong was a favorite of Liu Heng, the emperor of China, and had a very good relationship with him. Because Emperor Wen of Han believed in some magicians at that time, he heard someone tell Deng Tong that he would starve to death in the future, so he quickly gave Deng Tong a copper mine and allowed him to make coins for the court. Deng Tong, who is favored by Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty, is also a kind person. When he has sores on his back, he is willing to suck pus from Emperor Jing.

Loyal Deng Tong offended Emperor Han Jing by sucking pus. Because when Emperor Wendi sucked pus for him in Deng Tong, he asked him who he liked most in the world, and Deng Tong replied without hesitation that it was a prince. When Emperor Wen of Han asked the Prince to help him suck pus, the Prince was very reluctant. Therefore, the prince at that time was very jealous of Deng Tong, which also laid the groundwork for later sanctions against Deng Tong.

Later, after the death of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty, the prince of that year succeeded to the throne, that is, Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty. Mastered the power of Han Jing, of course, won't let go of Deng Tong, directly found a reason to drive Deng Tong out of the court. Just as Emperor Han Jing wanted to strengthen centralization and increase income, Deng Tong was told to make coins privately. When Emperor Han Jing sent someone to verify that this was true, he confiscated Deng Tong's property. After all, Deng Tong was loyal to Emperor Han Wen, and Emperor Han Jing was not good enough to directly put Deng Tong to death, so he starved to death.