After Wei Qing's death, why did Emperor Wu kill the Wei family?

Because the Wei family was too powerful, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was worried that his consorts would dominate him, so he wanted to weaken the Wei family. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Wei family was once famous for a time and had a heavy official position. Wei Qing's younger sister, Wei Zifu, was greatly favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and finally became a queen. Wei Qing's three sons and Wei Qing's two nephews, Huo Qubing and Huo Guang, held important positions in the imperial court. In addition, Prime Minister GongSunHe married another sister of Wei Qing, Wei Ru. In other words, the Wei family's foreign military and internal management are controlled and mastered. Such a huge family power was unmatched by any family at that time.

The struggle for power in history is a history of the struggle for power between monarch and minister. Sometimes emperors strive for more rights, and sometimes officials gain more power. The so-called imperial court is the imperial court and the palace. They are both cooperative and antagonistic. The emperor must have enough strength to resist the pressure of the court. Besides, when the new emperor ascended the throne, the family of the old consorts had to stand aside. It turned out that they participated in the court struggle and their enemies were always there. It has been handed down from generation to generation, and they will never forget this hatred. So, the liquidation is coming. So there are basically no good scenes of consorts in history.

Because of something called. Voodoo incident? Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty thought of immortality because he was too old to use his brain. Because Wei Qing and GongSunHe's exhortation was not good enough, and someone bewitched him, they put GongSunHe and his son back in prison for investigation, and eventually both of them were killed in prison. After this incident, the Wei family began to be targeted by Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, and Wei Zifu's daughter, Princess, and Wei Qing's eldest son were both executed for this incident, which was the beginning. Moreover, the Wei family's strength was too strong and prominent, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was afraid of the Wei family. He was worried that after he killed Wei Qing, the Wei family would rebel uncontrollably, so Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty destroyed the whole family. ?

And Wei Zifu was old and faded, and Emperor Wu of Han no longer loved her, and Wei Ruyun's son-in-law became unstable. Then his son, the Prince, was killed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty because of rebellion, so some immortals in the imperial court began to make waves and joined forces with some concubines to attack the whole Wei family. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took the opportunity to completely destroy the Wei family. Wei's parents were killed and Wei Qing's two sons were demoted to civilians. Since then, the Wei family has ceased to exist.