The whole family was executed for treason. How did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty confirm that Liu Bing was his only grandson?
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is a legendary emperor in Chinese history. Although he made many mistakes, he fought hard to expel the Huns all his life, until the Huns did not dare to go south to harass the Central Plains. During his reign, he deposed hundreds of schools of thought to only respect Confucianism, and made outstanding contributions to the cultural prosperity of the Chinese nation. He can also be regarded as an outstanding emperor. But in his later years, due to the "scourge of witchcraft", both Queen Wei Zifu and Prince Liu Zhi were forced to death. When he knew that he had made a mistake, he built a "Sizi Pavilion" and brought Prince Liu Zhi's grandson Liu Bingji back to the court.
Liu Bing is already the grandson of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so let’s start with the “scourge of witchcraft”. The witchcraft disaster can be regarded as a catastrophe in ancient Chinese history. Tens of thousands of people were killed in this incident, and more than 100,000 people were implicated. At that time, both Prince Liu Zheng and Queen Wei Zifu committed suicide in this incident. Ministers who were hostile to the prince also massacred the family members of Prince Liu Zheng with the connivance of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The princelings were also eliminated.
When the prince Liu Zhi, the eldest son Liu Jin, and their families were all killed. At that time, Prince Liu Zheng's grandson Liu Bing was just an infant, so he protected the family servants and was imprisoned in the royal prison.
After that, Liu Bing was already living in prison and seemed to be gradually forgotten by the world. He was about to spend his whole life in prison. Unfortunately, fate is also a man of destiny. In the last few years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bingji's fate also took a turn for the better. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was seriously ill in his later years, a feng shui expert told him that there was an aura of emperor in the prison. So Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to kill all the prisoners in the prison. However, when the envoy came to the county residence, he was stopped by Bingji, the eunuch who said that the emperor's grandson could not be killed inside. In this way, Liu Bing has been able to escape death again.
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty learned the news, he was also very puzzled. He had clearly killed Prince Liu Ju and his family, so why did an imperial grandson appear? Then, after carefully looking through the records at that time, I found out that Liu Bing had been born at the time of the incident. Because he survived as an infant, he was his grandson and descendant.
At that time, witnesses proved that Liu Bing was Liu Zhi’s grandson and the emperor’s grandson. In addition to Bingji, there were also Hu Zu and Guo Zhengqing, the nannies who raised him in prison, as well as the concubines serving in Yeting who later wrote to Emperor Xuan. A maid named Ze.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who was seriously ill, was also a man of good words when he was about to die. He also knew that he had made mistakes in his later years, so he pardoned his grandson and gave him to his mother's family historian to raise him. He built the "Si Palace" in memory of his son Liu Ju, and issued an edict to grant amnesty to the world.
After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty restored Liu Bing's royal status, his name was also recorded in the royal genealogy. But Liu Bing no longer has any official title, he is just a member of the idle royal family, but his life is a little better than that of ordinary people. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not give Liu Bingji better treatment. As an emperor, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to pass the country to his son Liu Fuling. If Liu Bing was given too high a status and favorable treatment, he would also be afraid of arousing Liu Fuling's ambition to compete for the throne.