(? ~ BC 126) Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a minister. Linzi (now Linzi, Shandong) people. Born in poverty, he learned the art of vertical and horizontal cooperation in his early years, and later learned the words of Yi, Spring and Autumn and a hundred schools of thought. Squeezed out by Confucian scholars in Qi State, they traveled to feudal kingdoms such as Yan, Zhao and Zhongshan in the north, but they were not treated with courtesy. In the first year of Yuanguang (before 134), Zhufuyan arrived in Chang 'an. After writing directly to Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he was summoned on the same day and became a doctor with Xu Le and Yan 'an. Soon after, he turned to be a worshipper, a middle-aged doctor and a doctor in China. Promoted four times a year, appointed by Emperor Wu.

Subject: Liu Che (BC 156-87), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

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Liu Che, the second son of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty Liu Qi, reigned for 54 years (65438 BC+040-87 BC). His reign was the heyday of the Western Han Dynasty and the great prosperity and development of the Chinese nation under the feudal system. On the basis of inheriting the achievements of predecessors, Liu Che, Emperor of the Han Dynasty, took a series of measures in politics, economy, military affairs and culture, reformed some systems and strengthened the rule of feudal autocratic and centralized countries.

In the author's eyes, Liu Che is a steel magnate, a violent and willful person, a rational and wise person, and a person who regrets himself.

King of blood

/kloc-Liu Che, who succeeded to the throne at the age of 0/6, was doomed to be a "king of blood" all his life because of the complicated domestic political situation.

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Powerful local separatist forces, especially the kingdom problem, have always been one of the difficult problems that plagued several emperors in the early Western Han Dynasty. At the beginning of Han Dynasty, Liu Bang put down the rebellion of Wang with a different surname. But at the same time, a large number of children with the same surname were enfeoffed as kings, which also caused local separatist forces, so that when Han Jing arrived, there was a "Seven-State Rebellion". Through the efforts of several emperors in the early Han Dynasty. Although the kingdom problem is not as difficult to solve as before, it has not been completely solved because the king of the enfeoffment kingdom has a complicated blood relationship with the central government. By the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, some kingdoms were connected with dozens of cities, with a territory of thousands of miles, threatening the central government of the Western Han Dynasty. Therefore, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty decided to completely solve the kingdom problem with the face of the iron-blooded king.

In BC 127, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty adopted Zhu's suggestion and ordered the implementation of "Enzhi". Later, various governors distributed their land to their disciples in succession, and the direct jurisdiction of the kingdom narrowed, with only a few counties and counties, and there was no longer the power to compete with the central dynasty. The kingdom is getting smaller and smaller, and it has existed in name only.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not stop there. He sent people to supervise the vassal States, and once he caught the handle, he immediately cracked down on abolition.

In the fifth year of Ding Yuan, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used the "gold-plating incident" to severely crack down on unarmed governors. According to the Han system, the emperor went to the ancestral temple to host a big sacrifice every year, which was called "drinking". All the vassals attending the sacrificial ceremony should contribute money to help the sacrifice, which is called "gold-pasting". "Gold plating" should have a certain weight and color. In the past, all princes and kings cut corners, filling more with less and filling the inferior with better. At the sacrificial ceremony in August of five years in Ding Yuan, the vassals did the same thing in an attempt to muddle through. Unexpectedly, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was prepared. However, this Emperor Wu deprived 106 princes of their titles.

In addition, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took advantage of the fact that princes had no descendants and abolished a number of princes.

Emperor Wu's method seems ruthless. It cut off the blood relationship between all the princes and him, but the problems left over from the early Han Dynasty were completely solved.

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At the end of the Warring States period, the ancient nomadic Huns began to invade the south. They burned, killed and looted, causing great disasters to the people in the border areas. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Gaozu was trapped in Deng Bai, and the shame that the Han family was forced to move closer to the Xiongnu was deeply imprinted in the mind of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, as an ambitious iron-blooded king, backed by the powerful national strength of the Western Han Dynasty, spared no expense in punishing Xiongnu slave owners by force.

In the second year of Yuanshuo, the Huns invaded, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Wei Qing and Li Xi to Yunzhong County to smash the Xiongnu army in the Hetao area, capture thousands of people and recover the Hetao area that had been occupied for many years.

In the second year of Yuanshou, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Huo Qubing to lead an expedition to Xiongnu, exterminating more than 8,000 people and killing two Xiongnu kings.

In the summer of the same year, Huo Qubing and the general Gongsun Ao went out of the Great Wall for more than 2,000 miles, captured more than 30,000 Huns, forced the evil king of Xiongnu to kill the king of Xiutu, and led 40,000 people to the Han Dynasty.

In the fourth year of Yuanshou, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Wei Qing and Huo Qubing to lead 6,543.8+10,000 fighters, nearly 6,543.8+10,000 soldiers and horses were loaded with the trench, and hundreds of thousands of infantry were behind. The Wei Qing Army in West Road was defeated by Khan, and the enemy was wiped out1.9,000 people. Huo Qubing marched more than 2,000 miles on the East Road, but captured the Huns Tuntou Wang and wiped out more than 70,000 people before and after, all the way to Xushan where wolves lived. Huo Qubing held a meditation ceremony representing the Han Dynasty there.

At this point, the Huns were hit hard and dared not go south for seventeen years.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used the iron and blood policy to protect people's lives and property and the integrity of the country's territory.

Rational wise man

As a king, a wise king often uses his own reason to restrain his own sensibility.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not treat the Western Regions well because all ethnic groups in the Western Regions belonged to different nationalities from the Xiongnu, and some countries in the Western Regions invaded the Han Dynasty under the coercion of the Xiongnu and were hostile to the countries in the Western Regions. On the contrary, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, as a rational wise man, distinguished the Western Regions from Xiongnu with his unique politician's keen vision. Treat Huns, fight, and fight mercilessly; When dealing with western countries, we should treat them with kindness and strength. For most western countries, we should be patient, and for some stubborn countries controlled by Xiongnu, we should use military force to make them obey.

In the third year of Yuanshuo and the fourth year of Yuanshou, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions twice, which communicated the connection between the Western Han Dynasty and the Western Regions and opened up the "Silk Road". Since then, the contacts between the two places have become increasingly frequent, and the specialties of the western regions have begun to be introduced into the Central Plains, and various advanced technologies and a large number of silk products from the Central Plains have begun to flow into the Western Regions.

With the efforts of Zhang Qian, most western countries surrendered to the Han Dynasty, but under the instigation of Xiongnu, countries such as Che and Loulan plundered envoys and caravans of the Western Han Dynasty from time to time, which seriously hindered the smooth flow of the Silk Road. In the third year of Yuanfeng, Wang Ju led the cavalry to break Loulan, and Zhao Ponu led the army to break the car. Ensure the safety of the western corridor.

At this point, the Han Dynasty established its authority in the Western Regions.

Violent and reckless people

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was a brilliant situation in cultural development. At that time, a large number of outstanding figures such as Dong Zhongshu, Sima Qian, Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Zhao Guo and Zhang Qian emerged. However, in the face of so many talented people, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was violent, unwilling to listen to advice and narrow-minded, besides knowing people and making good use of them.

Sima Qian defended Li Ling, the Han general who was defeated and forced to surrender to the Huns. Because of disagreement with himself, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty angrily ordered Tingwei to arrest Sima Qian and put him in prison. Finally, Sima Qian made a painful choice to survive. Therefore, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty lost a courtier who dared to argue with himself.

Dong Zhongshu, the Confucian champion who put forward the idea of "respecting Confucianism alone, ousting hundreds of schools and respecting Confucianism alone" for Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, was also hit by his daring to put forward opinions that were not in the mind of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. In BC 135, a big fire broke out in Gaomiao in Liaodong County and Gaoyuan in Gaozu Cemetery in Changling County. Dong Zhongshu then drafted the memorial at home, saying that the disaster was God's anger and sent a message to the "flesh-and-blood ministers" of mankind. Before it was broadcast, China doctor Zhu visited Dong Zhongshu and saw this article. Father Yan has always been jealous of Dong Zhongshu's talent, so he stole the paper and gave it to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very angry. He immediately called a group of Confucian scholars and showed them this article. Uncle Lu Bu, a disciple of Dong Zhongshu, didn't know that his teacher had done it, but dismissed it as nonsense. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was so angry that he handed Dong Zhongshu over to the government and even executed him.

Fortunately, Dong Zhongshu had a good reputation since he was a child, and Lu Bu and others tried their best to intercede for him. After Emperor Wu's anger subsided, he also felt that it was a pity to kill this "Confucian crown", so he wrote a letter to forgive his mistakes. With this lesson, Dong Zhongshu never dared to talk about disasters and other things again. With Dong Zhongshu's warning, few other ministers dare to disobey Long Lin and take the lead.

Without courtiers who are good at remonstrating and strong in remonstrating, it is inevitable that someone will make mistakes. To a certain extent, this caused a series of absurd things in the later years of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. The violent character of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty painted some ink on his brilliant life picture.

Self-repentance

In the early days of his reign, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made great achievements in politics, economy, military affairs and culture. But behind the brilliant achievements is the high price of "wasting the ocean and halving the population". Frequent wars in the middle period, grandiose meditation and amazing extravagance and waste brought the economy of the Han Dynasty to the brink of collapse.

Decades of conquest and discussion almost exhausted the savings of the Han dynasty for decades, and a serious financial crisis followed. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was also forced to order that people could buy titles with money and criminals could be redeemed with money. The price behind success is no less than that of the defeated party-Xiongnu.

As the supreme ruler, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did everything he could. In order to show off his power, he traveled around and closed his temple. In the first year of Yuanfeng, the rate was180,000 cavalry went north, marched thousands of miles with banners, sealed Mount Tai, and patrolled the East China Sea. Wherever he goes, he will get more than 1 million silk and money.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also built a large scale of construction, using a lot of manpower and material resources, expanding Shanglin Garden, digging Kunming Pool, and building magnificent halls such as Shoushan Palace, Mingguang Palace and Zhangjian Palace.

He pursued immortality, and as a result, he was cheated of a lot of money by the alchemist. During his reign, there were many large-scale natural disasters such as floods, droughts and locust plagues.

War, famine and extravagance of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty aggravated class contradictions. In the later years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, peasant riots and uprisings broke out almost all over the country.

At this time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty began to realize some mistakes in his policies. In the fourth year of the conscription system, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty promulgated "Ruling by Rotation", expressing regret for past mistakes and rejecting the minister's suggestion of disturbing the people. In his view, the current affairs are to prohibit rude and violent acts against the people, not to increase the tax burden of the people without authorization, but to devote themselves to agriculture, and officials should encourage the people to raise more horses and exempt the corvee tax. After that, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took some measures that were beneficial to agricultural development.

In the ancient history of China, few monarchs can admit their mistakes in national policies, and even fewer can remedy them after admitting them. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was able to do this, and he was worthy of being a talented emperor in the history of China.

The quoted webpage contains real photos of Liu Che.

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Liu Che, the son of Liu Qi, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, ascended the throne on the day of Emperor Jing's death in 14 1 BC, and reigned for 54 years. He was an outstanding and accomplished feudal emperor in the history of China. He inherited the stable situation and strong national strength formed by "the rule of the cultural scene", changed Huang Lao's political thought of "governing by doing nothing", advocated Confucianism, implemented the policy of making more efforts, strengthened imperial power at home, consolidated political power, expanded territory abroad, publicized national prestige, and created a powerful empire with high centralization of feudal absolutism. He pushed the Western Han Dynasty to the most prosperous period and created a glorious era in the history of China.

First, he ascended the throne for the first time.

Liu Che was born in 156 BC, and his father Liu Qi became emperor, so he was born a prince. Legend has it that Liu Che's mother, Wang Meiren, dreamed that the sun was in her arms and she was pregnant, adding a layer of mystery to Liu Che. But Wang Meiren is just a concubine, and Liu Che is not the eldest son, so he is not qualified to inherit the throne. At the age of 4, Liu Che was named King Jiaodong by Jingdi, and his eldest brother Liu Rong was named Prince.

Emperor Han Jing has a sister named Liu Pu and princess royal, who married Chen Wu and gave birth to a daughter named Gillian. Princess royal intended to betroth Gillian to Rong, but Liu Rong's biological mother refused, and princess royal became enemies. Liu Che's mother, Wang Meiren, wanted to marry the princess, but Gillian was several years older than Liu Che, and Jingdi didn't agree. So princess royal married Gillian to Liu Che in front of Jingdi, and Liu Che said that if she could marry Gillian, she must build a golden house for her to live in. Jingdi agreed with her son. The princess and Wang Meiren became in-laws. Of course, they want Liu Che to be a prince, so that their daughter can be a queen in the future.

Liu Pu, a princess royal, is very calculating and has an important influence on his younger brother Jingdi. After her planning, coupled with Li Ji's strong jealousy and Liu Che's cleverness, Jingdi made Wang Mei the queen in 150 BC, and Liu Che, 7, was also made the prince. Liu Che was clever, and under the careful cultivation of Jingdi, he invited Wei Wan, a respected teacher, which made him develop well.

In BC 14 1 year, Emperor Jingdi died, and Liu Che succeeded to the throne at the age of 16. Previously, it was "the rule of culture and scenery", and the production and economy of the Han Dynasty were restored and developed, but there were also sharp contradictions behind the prosperity.

Starting with talents, Liu Che sent a letter to the whole country recommending "talents who speak frankly and remonstrate extremely", and Dong Zhongshu topped the list. Liu Che summoned Dong Zhongshu and asked about the national policy. Dong Zhongshu calmly answered, and put forward an insightful policy of governing the country and keeping the country safe, which was recognized by Liu Che, and was called "the policy of virtue" in history.

After that, Liu Che began political reform. Hou Wei is Cheng Xiang, his mother Tian Zan is Qiu, the Confucian scholar Zhao Wan is an ancient bachelor, Wang Zang is a doctor, and Dr. Shen Pei, who is 80 years old, is welcomed as a Chinese medicine practitioner, reforming the etiquette system and studying the hall system.

Ambitious Liu Che, in cooperation with Confucianism and ministers, is ready to do something, carry out reforms and implement ambitious political measures. He strictly abided by the rule of law and asked his deputies to report illegal royalty, demote after verification, and let the vassals move back to their fiefs. Then reduce the burden on the people, save the guards, stop feeding the garden horses, distribute the garden to the poor, and abolish the taxes on checkpoints. Liu Che promoted charity throughout the country, revived education, and then set up Tang Ming, drew up a meditation system for patrolling hunting, and changed the calendar and costume color. Externally, it is required to be prepared to fight back against Xiongnu, and in 138 BC, Zhang Qian was sent to the western regions to unite with other countries and attack Xiongnu.

However, the power of North Korea is still in the hands of Dou Taihou. Empress Dowager Cixi has been established as Emperor Wen for nearly 40 years, and has a high position and great power in the palace. She likes "Huang Lao" and doesn't like Confucianism, and most of Hou's wives are princesses. They didn't want to go back to the fief, so they went to the Empress Dowager Cixi to complain. In BC 139, Zhao Wan, an ancient imperial counselor, wrote a letter advising the Empress Dowager not to go into politics. The Empress Dowager was furious and forced Liu Che to abolish the New Deal and replace the Prime Ministers Dou Ying and Akita Zan. Zhao Wanhe, an ancient imperial envoy, was forced to commit suicide by hiding in prison, and Shen Pei, a Chinese medicine practitioner, was sent back to China. Liu Che's New Deal measures were interrupted. The successor prime minister is Xuchang, the imperial counselor is Zhuang, and the attending doctor is Shi Jian. State affairs are firmly controlled by Dou Taihou, and Liu Che can only sit tight.

In 135 BC, Dou Taihou died and got rid of the bondage. She immediately dismissed prime minister Xuchang and imperial envoy Zhuang, and cleared all her cronies in North Korea, appointed Tian Jun as prime minister and Han Anguo as imperial envoy, and then carried out a series of drastic reforms, terminated the theory of "Huang Lao", advocated neo-Confucianism, and promoted politics with multiple ambitions and enterprising spirit.

Second, oust a hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone.

In the early 60 years of Han Dynasty, Huang Lao's thought of governing by doing nothing played an important role in stabilizing the situation, restoring and developing the economy. However, due to inaction and laissez-faire, the imperial clan and the rich and powerful people expanded their power and did evil deeds, which intensified the polarization of society and intensified class contradictions. After Liu Che ascended the throne, the rule of the landlord class was consolidated, and the social economy had a new development. The original thought can no longer meet the needs of development, but Confucianism with "benevolent government" as the core can control the people from the political and moral point of view and better serve the ruling class.

Dong Zhongshu came into being and put forward the idea of "ousting a hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone" and became the representative of Neo-Confucianism. He put forward his own theory in "Benign Countermeasures" in BC 140: First, oust a hundred schools of thought, respect Confucianism alone, and unify thoughts; Second, emphasize unity and strengthen centralization; Thirdly, advocating "divine right of monarchy" and turning orthodoxy into feudal legalism; Fourth, advocate the benevolent governance of Confucianism and emphasize the legal system at the same time.

Dong Zhongshu's proposition was put forward from the long-term interests of feudal rule, which provided a theoretical basis for Liu Che to centralize power, unify thoughts and unify the whole country, and was conducive to the long-term stability of feudal rule, so it was accepted by Liu Che.

In order to respect Confucianism alone, Liu Che promoted the Confucian education system throughout the country and trained feudal bureaucrats with Confucianism. Liu Che accepted Dong Zhongshu's suggestion, set up imperial academy, set up local schools in counties and townships, and took the Five Classics of Confucianism as the course to train defenders of feudal rule. Therefore, Confucianism has become a ladder for scholars to enter the official career, which has unified and coordinated the education system, employment system and thought.

Third, strengthen the imperial power and vigorously manage it.

With the unification of thoughts, Liu Che began a series of political, economic and diplomatic reforms.

The first is the reform of the employment system. In the past, due to historical reasons, most ministers in North Korea were military nobles. In order to change the composition of government members, Liu Che listened to Dong Zhongshu's suggestion, adopted laws and measures, and established an employment system for selecting civil servants by means of inspection, imperial academy, recruitment and bus letters.

Through this reform, Liu Che directly or indirectly held the power of selecting officials in his hands, so that the intellectuals in the middle and lower classes of the landlord class embarked on their official careers, formed a bureaucratic system centered on imperial power, expanded the ruling foundation, and gathered a large number of political, economic, military, diplomatic and literary talents around him.

While enriching and strengthening the ruling institutions, Liu Che has vigorously strengthened centralization. The first is to weaken relative power and strengthen imperial power. Most of the former prime ministers were founding heroes or military nobles, occupying high positions and dividing up imperial power. Liu Che selected talents, gradually changed the privileges of military aristocrats, and used Confucian scholars to serve him. In BC 122, he broke the old system of worshipping the Prime Minister and appointed Gongsun Hong as the Prime Minister, which weakened the power of the Prime Minister. Later, he often condemned, pardoned and even executed the Prime Minister, and further took power in his own hands.

In addition, Liu Che pursues the policy of "strengthening the cadres and weakening the branches" to weaken local separatist forces. First, he advocated the theory of "great unification", and then he adopted Zhu's suggestion and implemented the "extension decree", that is, the vassal state can seal the marquis in place except the eldest son of the throne, but the new marquis is managed by the county, thus reducing the territory and strength of the kingdom.

At the same time, Liu Che began to crack down on local strongmen and strengthen the control of local officials. Due to the reduction of criminal law in the period of Emperor Wendi and Emperor Jingdi, some local strongmen appeared, bullying the weak and fearing the hard in the countryside. On the one hand, Liu Che continued to move strongmen into the customs and control them; on the other hand, he killed strongmen with brutal officials. Liu Che has also set up a secretariat to patrol and supervise the states, grasp local conditions, curb local forces, and make the society tend to be stable.

On the economic front, Liu Che has implemented a series of measures: first, reforming the monetary system and returning the right to coin to the central government; Second, bring salt and iron into the category of unified national management; Third, implement the policy of equal loss balance; Fourth, carry out liquidation and repentance, and crack down on wealthy businessmen like dajia. These policies attached importance to agriculture and restrained commerce, which hit the economic strength of the rich and powerful nobles, increased the government's fiscal revenue and consolidated the dictatorship of the landlord class. But it also inhibits private industry and commerce and hinders the development of commodity economy.

In terms of foreign policy, Liu Che has developed into a multi-ethnic empire by expanding its territory and power in all directions. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the policy of affinity and alienation was always adopted, which reduced the large-scale battles between the two sides, but the greedy plunder of Xiongnu nobles had a certain impact on the frontier. Liu Che carried out the strategy of expedition, sent people to the western regions and established the status of suzerain; Constantly explore the Huns in the north, so that the Huns are far away; Pacify Fujian and South Vietnam; Open up the northeast and northwest borders and expand the territory of the Han Dynasty. But these wars wasted people and money, and gradually hollowed out the treasury accumulated in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty.

Fourth, close the temple and ask for immortality to kill his wife and children.

With the expansion of territory and the submission of many countries, many rare treasures were sent to the palace, which made Liu Che complacent and gradually extravagant. Liu Che, like Qin Shihuang, swam a dozen times and meditated on Mount Tai to show off his majesty. Tens of thousands of rewards were given along the way, which cost far more than Qin Shihuang. Coupled with decades of foreign wars, it brought great disasters to the country and people, which led to the peasants in Kanto rebelling for several years.

With the passage of time, Liu Che became more and more senile, and began to be superstitious about ghosts and gods, seeking eternal life. 1 12 BC, alchemist Luan Dawei became a general of heaven, a general of Wuli, a general of Shi Tian, a general of Dickens, a general of Datong, and a general of Le Tonghou, and betrothed princess royal to him. BC 1 10, the scam was exposed, and Liu Che cut Luanda in half. After being deceived by the alchemist, he still sent people to the sea to seek immortality, imagining that someone could succeed.

Liu Che was suspicious in his later years. In 92 BC, he "saw" a man enter the palace with a sword and started a big manhunt, so there was a "curse of witchcraft". He killed thousands of people, including the family of Prime Minister Gong Sunhe, Princess Zhu Yi, the daughter of Wei Ruyun, and Wei Heng, the son of Yang Shi Princess and Wei Qing. In 9 1 year BC, Liu Che fell ill in Ganquan. Jiang Chong directed Hu Wu to say that there was a strange smell in the palace, saying that Woodenhead was the most in the womb. The prince killed Jiang Chong and was forced to arise. Liu Che ordered the Prime Minister to kill the Prince, and Wei Ruyun was abolished and committed suicide. Relevant officials and people have been killed and moved countless times. In 90 BC, Li Guangli, the Prime Minister and General of the Second Division, was also accused of cursing the emperor. The Prime Minister was killed, Li Guangli surrendered to the Huns, and 70,000 troops were wiped out. Liu Che defeated the Huns many times in his life, but in the end he was defeated by a non-military reason, which made him realize that the evil of witchcraft was a real injustice, so he killed Jiang Chong's family.

A series of setbacks made Liu Che begin to reflect on what he had done and correct his mistakes. In 89 BC, he went to the seaside to look for immortals for the last time, but failed. When he came to Tang Ming, Mount Tai to offer sacrifices, he examined the heavens and the earth. Soon, he found an alchemist and wrote a letter to confess. After that, he stopped fighting and adopted the policy of sharing weal and woe with the people, enriching the country and strengthening the people, popularizing alternative farming methods and advanced farm tools throughout the country, and gradually stabilizing the society.

After deciding to let his youngest son, Liu Fuling, be his successor, in order to prevent Lv Hou from facing North Korea, he killed Liu Fuling's biological mother, Zhao Jieyu, with trivial matters in 88 BC.

In 87 BC, Liu Che fell ill in Zuo Wu Palace and died in February. He reigned for 54 years, at the age of 70, and was buried in Maoling, and was named "Xiao Wudi".