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A new sky screen appeared, showing an older figure who looked like a lecturer.

Although his hair is gray, he has an extraordinary bearing and a scholarly temperament.

After taking a sip of gaiwan tea.

The UP host slowly began to narrate to the camera:
[It devoured hundreds of thousands of lives, leaving Emperor Wu of Han in a desperate situation in his later years with no one to rely on.]

[It became the direct driving force behind the Western Han Dynasty's sudden decline from its peak.]

[It forced the great ruler to express his regret in the Luntai Self-Criticism Edict.]

[This unprecedented palace catastrophe and political mystery in Chinese history is known in history as the "Witchcraft Disaster."]

[“Witchcraft” is also called “Yan Sheng”. ]

[Rooted in the ancients’ primitive belief that “diseases and disasters are caused by ghosts and gods.”]

[It is considered a healing technique, but it is also an evil method that harms people. ]

[By the time of Emperor Wu of Han, the practice had become systematic: cursing, burying dolls, secret sacrifices... all became powerful tools for power struggles within the palace.]

[Emperor Wu’s harem was filled with beauties, but his favor flowed like water.]

[In order to regain favor, the concubines who had fallen out of favor competed to bring in witches to cast spells.]

[Those who are burning with jealousy often resort to witchcraft to secretly harm their opponents.]

[For a time, the palace was full of rumors, and the trend of witchcraft spread from the deep palace to the court, and it was not uncommon for ministers to be implicated.]

[The queen's love for Wei Zifu faded as her beauty faded. ]

[After his death, the power of Wei's relatives grew day by day. ]

[Crown Prince Liu Ju, as the core of the Wei family's power, also had a subtle and unpredictable relationship with his father, Emperor Han Wu, under the shadow of power.]

[In 92 BC, Emperor Wu of Han was assassinated and ordered a search of the palace in anger.]

[A large number of witchcraft items were seized.]

[A bloody purge ensues.]

[Prime Minister Gongsun He and his son were the first to be punished and died tragically in prison.]

[Princess Yangshi, Princess Zhuyi, Wei Qing's son Wei Kang and other royal relatives were also killed.]

[The once-powerful Wei family was almost uprooted. ]

……

Outside the sky.

During the Qin Dynasty, Ying Zheng saw the bloody cleansing on the sky.

Get caught up in thinking.

"Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, was also a man of great talent and strategy, according to Tianmu."

"But you are so superstitious about witchcraft?"

"Although I also support some alchemists and wizards, they are purely serving me and cannot influence my decisions."

"Why did Liu Che make such a low-level mistake?"

"Or?"

Ying Zheng noticed that the sky curtain said that the Wei family was powerful.

When Emperor Wu of Han died, Liu Ju ascended the throne, and Wei Zifu became the empress dowager, the Wei family would only become more prosperous.

"Could it be that... Liu Che is already very wary of Liu Ju, or even afraid of him?"

……

【However, this is just the prelude to the storm. 】

[In the city of Chang'an, sorcerers and witches gathered and used evil magic to deceive people. ]

[A witch sneaked into the palace and taught the concubines to bury puppets to "avoid disasters."]

[This has become evidence of mutual framing.]

[When jealousy and quarrels arose, evil deeds such as accusing each other and cursing the emperor were endless. ]

[Emperor Wu was furious and hundreds of concubines, palace maids, and implicated ministers were beheaded.]

[The Emperor Wu was so suspicious that he even had a daydream in which "thousands of wooden men attacked him with sticks."]

【Since then, I have been exhausted physically and mentally, and in a trance.】

[Emperor Wu's favorite minister Jiang Chong had always been at odds with Crown Prince Liu Ju and Empress Wei.]

[He feared that the crown prince would plead guilty after Emperor Wu's death, so he came up with a vicious plan.]

[It is asserted that the emperor's serious illness is due to the continued existence of witchcraft.]

[Emperor Wu gave him the power to conduct a thorough investigation. Jiang Chong led the Hu witches to dig the ground to search for the deceased, tortured them to extract confessions, and framed the innocent.]

[He ordered people to sprinkle blood on the ground and falsely accused it of being the site of the magic.]

[They often used the torture of "burning with iron tongs".]

[From Chang'an to the various counties and states, tens of thousands of lives were lost in this wave of false accusations.]

[Jiang Chong knew that he and the crown prince were at loggerheads, so in order to prevent future troubles, he carefully planned a fatal blow.]

[The search went straight to the prince's palace.]

[During the search, the pre-buried puppets and cursed silk books were "seized." ]

【Jiang Chong declared: "The Crown Prince's Palace has the most puppets, and there is also a silk book of treason, which should be reported to Your Majesty!"】

[The prince was terrified and wanted to go to Ganquan Palace to confront the emperor and refute the accusation.]

【However, the road to Ganquan Palace is long, and Jiang Chong is pressing on. 】

[The Crown Prince's tutor Shi De feared disaster and urged the Crown Prince to follow Fusu's example and take the initiative:]

[“With the treacherous ministers running rampant like this, your Majesty’s safety is in jeopardy! You should arrest and execute Jiang Chong and punish him thoroughly for his treachery!”]

[The prince hesitated at first: "How dare you execute the ministers?"]

[Finally, under Jiang Chong's relentless pressure, he adopted Shi De's plan, killed Jiang Chong, and sent troops to "clear the emperor's side." ]

[The prince raised an army, shaking Chang'an. ]

【Rumors spread like wildfire, all claiming that "the prince is rebelling."】

[Eunuch Su Wen fled to Ganquan Palace and reported the incident. ]

[Emperor Wu still had some doubts at first: "The crown prince is particularly afraid and is also angry at Chong and others, so this change has occurred."]

【So he sent an envoy to summon the prince. 】

[The envoy was cowardly and returned before entering Chang'an, falsely reporting that the crown prince was rebelling.]

【Emperor Wu was furious and ordered the rebellion to be suppressed.】【In order to protect himself, the prince pardoned prisoners, forcibly conscripted civilians, gathered tens of thousands of people, and fought a bloody battle in Chang'an for five days with the army of Prime Minister Liu Quti.】

[Outside Changle Palace, corpses were piled up and blood was flowing. ]

[However, rumors of "the prince plotting rebellion" spread among the people, and people were no longer supportive of the prince, so the prime minister's military strength increased day by day.]

[The prince was defeated and fled south.]

【Si Zhi Tian Ren, out of sympathy for the father and son, secretly let them go and returned to Fu'angmen.】

[This action angered Emperor Wu, and Tian Ren was executed.]

[The Imperial Censor Bao Shengzhi, who pleaded for him, also committed suicide out of fear.]

【Emperor Wu issued a strict order to take away the seal and ribbon of the empress.】

【Wei Zifu committed suicide out of despair.】

[Ren An and Tian Ren were beheaded; Ma Tong, Jing Jian and others were granted titles of nobility for capturing and killing the prince's followers.]

[All of the prince's followers were killed, those who followed the rebellion were exterminated, and those who were forced to follow were exiled to Dunhuang.]

【From then on, the gates of Chang'an were heavily guarded by troops.】

[Prince Liu Ju, who fled in panic, ultimately failed to escape capture and died on the way.]

[A year later, more and more cases of witchcraft were proven to be unjust, and Emperor Wu of Han gradually realized that he had wrongly accused the crown prince.]

[Empress Tian Qianqiu risked his life to write a letter to appeal for the prince.]

【With a mountain of solid evidence in hand, Emperor Wu finally came to his senses. 】

[The beloved son was wronged, the virtuous queen died unjustly, and hundreds of thousands of lives were lost in vain! ]

[Every word in the Luntai Self-Criticism Edict is tearful and painful, and it bitterly describes the mistakes made. However, the heart-wrenching pain is a foregone conclusion, and the hefty blood debt is irreversible.]

[The disaster of witchcraft was like a huge axe, fiercely chopping down the lifeblood of the Western Han Dynasty:]

[A large number of important officials and nobles were wiped out, and the court was emptied. ]

[The Wei family group collapsed, and Huo Guang took the opportunity to rise, laying the groundwork for his future autocracy.]

[The court's self-righteousness and bloody massacres chilled the hearts of the people.]

[The public's trust in the imperial power has fallen to a freezing point, and the reconstruction of social order is difficult. ]

【The prosperous economy and social development trend that Emperor Wu worked hard to build during his reign. 】

【It was cut in half by this catastrophe.】

[The heyday of the Western Han Dynasty dimmed and it irreversibly slid downhill.]

[The witchcraft disaster was a fire ignited by suspicion, the evil result of the distortion of power, and a tearful inscription of the sudden change of the prosperous dynasty.]

[It warns future generations: when the highest power is coerced by fear and slander, when reason is swallowed up by witchcraft and power. ]

[No matter how powerful an empire is, it may fall into an irreversible abyss amidst the bloody storm of fratricide.]

【And the pain of Emperor Wu's self-blame in his later years. 】

【It is nothing more than a heavy sigh left by history to future generations.】

After the UP host finished his explanation, barrages of comments began to fly out.

"It's a pity for Liu Ju. He was simply forced to rebel."

"How sad! The father does not know the son, and the son does not know the father. Liu Ju used history as a mirror so that he would not become the second Fusu, but he ended up becoming a new mirror himself."

"Liu Bingyi was able to enjoy the benefits of Liu Ju, which shows that Liu Ju was a good person."

"After being an emperor for a long time, killing the crown prince is a routine operation."

"The piglet never intended to let the prince die from the beginning. He wanted to suppress the prince's edge."

"Little Pig, you are the greatest emperor of all time! You can't wash away the witchcraft at all."

"What a bullshit emperor of all ages! He was clearly a warmongerer and the cause of the Han Dynasty's decline!"

"The witchcraft disaster of Emperor Wu of Han killed more than 100,000 people in total, and directly brought the country to its knees."

"To be honest, Liu Ju had strong execution ability and clear thinking. If Emperor Wu's intimidation hadn't been so strong, he might have succeeded."

"I discovered a blind spot: The Han Dynasty was full of martial virtues. The citizens Liu Ju temporarily pulled in fought fiercely with the Han regular army for five days?"

《Those who supported Liu Ju were killed.》

《Those who opposed Liu Ju were killed.》

"Those who neither supported nor opposed Liu Ju were also killed."

"As Emperor Wu of Han aged, his suspicion grew worse day by day."

"So Li Shimin's timely death was a gift from God. He died when he was just showing signs of trouble."

"Emperor Wu of Han was really lucky. His grandfather and father saved money for him, and his sons and grandsons cleaned up his mess."

"Could it be that Liu Che saw that the Wei family was too powerful and was worried that his relatives would interfere in politics in the future?"

"The prerequisite for the intervention of foreign relatives in politics is that the emperor is young. Liu Ju is already 40 years old and very powerful. Foreign relatives are political capital for Liu Ju, not a burden."

"After all... the emperor finally became a lonely man."

"If the prince could ascend the throne, the Western Han Dynasty could have lasted a few hundred more years."

"Fortunately, the throne eventually returned to the prince's lineage, and brought the Han Dynasty to its peak."

……

And outside the sky.

Han Dynasty.

After watching the entire video, Liu Che felt as if his heart was in turmoil.

In the previous scene, Liu Che already knew that according to the original historical line, he had indeed deposed the crown prince.

And it is very likely a wrongful conviction.

At that time, Liu Che found it incredible.

After all, the sky curtain was only slightly raised before, so Liu Che was just puzzled and suspicious.

But now, after watching the entire sky curtain.

Liu Che finally realized that his future self would be so confused!

He was so stupid that he almost destroyed the Han Empire!
At this moment, Liu Che's expression was naturally extremely ugly, and no one around him dared to speak.

Liu Che was depressed and resentful, and he also developed a deep disgust for himself.

A thought suddenly occurred to me:
Perhaps, I am not fit to sit on the throne until death?
Would it be a better choice to abdicate at the right time?

"If I am worried that I will become confused due to old age, then I should abdicate before I get too old." (End of this chapter)