The funeral of the Han family: I personally forced my son to death, and I regret it. What is the difficulty of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty?

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is one of the most famous emperors in the history of China. He spent his whole life attacking the Xiongnu in the north and defending the frontier for the Han Dynasty. During his tenure, the national strength of the Han Dynasty also reached its peak, so people called the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "the prosperous period of Hanwu".

But Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, like most emperors in China's history, began to pursue some flashy things, such as immortality, after making great achievements.

Before him, Qin Shihuang dreamed of immortality, which not only delayed himself, but also delayed the country. In his later years, his fear of life and death became more urgent, which made him more and more anxious and suspicious. Once he felt sick, he suspected that someone was cursing him. In the second year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, a big storm caused by witchcraft really happened in the Han Dynasty.

The curse of witchcraft: blood shed in Han Dynasty

Witchcraft has a long history in China. Witchcraft originally refers to people who engage in divination, prayer and other activities to pray for people to eliminate disasters and even cure diseases. In the pre-Qin era, witchcraft has penetrated into all aspects of social life. During the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, almost every important event in the country was obtained through divination.

At that time, the rulers were superstitious, and in order to get the protection of the gods, they did not hesitate to slaughter a large number of livestock and even slaves for sacrifice. Oracle Bone Inscriptions is the earliest writing in China, and it is a record of divination activities carved on the tortoise shell of ox bones. It can be said that in a certain sense, witchcraft has played an important role in promoting the development of civilization.

Witchcraft gradually began to decline in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. During this period, the slave society gradually disintegrated and the feudal society gradually formed. In order to strengthen their power, feudal monarchs merged the originally independent secular society with the spiritual society, which made the wizard, a political force that had deeply influenced China society for thousands of years, decline, but witchcraft activities remained in society.

During the Western Han Dynasty, with the promotion of Confucianism by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the spread of witchcraft among the people was similar to religion, which was contrary to the idea of "the divine right of the monarch and the unity of man and nature" advocated by the Han Dynasty, so it was suppressed by the Han Dynasty government, and only some wizards got official permission because they wanted to host national sacrifices.

In the second year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, that is, in the first month of the spring of 9/kloc-0 BC, the then prime minister Gong Sunhe and his son Gong Sunjingsheng were arrested and imprisoned by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty because they were involved in a witchcraft case. Afterwards, the father and son were convicted, Gong Sunhe and his son were executed, and the Gong Sunshi family was exterminated. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of people, including Yang Shi Princess, Princess Zhu Yi and Wei Heng, were implicated.

Gong Sunhe was the prime minister in Korea, and his son worshipped his servant, and his family respected him immensely. Sun Jingsheng was arrested and imprisoned for misappropriating huge military expenses to anger Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In order to save his son, Sun He begged to catch the giant thief Zhu Anshi.

After Zhu Anshi was arrested, he revealed in prison that Gong Sunhe cursed the son of heaven. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty put Gong Sunhe in prison and executed a large number of people, including his family.