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Today is Saturday, December 14th, 2019.

On this day in 835 CE, a plot hatched by China's Emperor Wen Zong and his cronies to kill the court eunuchs

backfired. Instead the eunuchs used their own army to slaughter more than

1,000 government officials and their families.

Welcome to today in True Crime, a parcast original. Due to the graphic nature of today's

crimes, listener discretion is advised. Extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13.

Today we're discussing the Sweet Due Incident,

one of the bloodiest episodes in Chinese history.

Now let's go back to the morning of December 14th, 835 CE, a little after 8 a.m.

26 year old Emperor Wen Zong called the Imperial Meeting to Order. Before him stood a collection of generals, officials, and court

eunuchs, the usual audience. When Zong eyed the Unix carefully.

He'd spent the summer trying to figure out how to dismantle their power.

Unix had their uses, but they weren't to be trusted.

They were too wealthy, too manipulative, too skilled at bribery

and gossip and secrets. It was time to teach them all a lesson.

When Zong eyed one of them carefully.

Chu Shulayong, this one he'd made the leader of an army over the summer to help quell rebellions outside the capital.

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