Death of Wei Zhao of the Three Kingdoms

Death of Wei Zhao of the Three Kingdoms

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Wei Zhao was a well-known figure during the Three Kingdoms period. Throughout his life, he served the emperors of the four dynasties, and his titles became higher and higher. It is worth pointing out that his Guixian is not as good as those old fritter tumblers who are left and right, he is not a power magician, let alone an official loach, he relies on his true ability, his works are stacked, higher than his body, the fifty-five volumes of the Book of Wu, is an authoritative history of the Eastern Wu Letter, Chen Shou's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" must refer to the content of the quotation, the absolute number one historian of Eastern Wu. What is even more valuable is that he is bright and upright, frank and upright, on the issue of principle, not only superior, not flattering, clear-cut, seeking truth from facts, not accommodating, not compromising, is a decent person who is Ding and Ding, and is also a straight and honest person.

From Sun Quan, Sun Liang to Sun Xiu, his life is still relatively similar, the power is not heavy, but the position is still respected. After Sun Hao ascended the throne in 264 AD, the situation slowly became bad. At that time, Wei Zhaofeng was the Marquis of Gaolingting, serving as a Zhongshu servant and a servant, leading the history of the Left Kingdom, and in front of this elderly and important minister, Sun Hao was undoubtedly the grandson of the grandchildren. Sun Hao was still very well-behaved, he knew very well in his heart, he had just come up, he still needed an image, and he also needed the full assistance of these old ministers, so he was still respectful to Wei Zhao. For example, in order to test whether the courtiers were happy and sincere and absolutely loyal to him, Sun Hao came up with a crooked idea, he often set up a banquet, invited the ministers to come and drink, forced them to drink drunk one by one, and then let people secretly record these words, and if there was a slight disobedience, they were immediately convicted. His reasons are very good, he spits out the truth after drinking, this is what you have in mind, what else do you have to say? If anyone is afraid of saying that he has leaked his mouth and does not dare to go, it is a ghost in his heart, and he will do it now. If you don't go, you can't do it, and if you don't drink, you can't do it. Some of Sun Hao's bad ideas are that he stipulates that as long as you go there, you must drink at least seven liters, even if you are all in the neck stem, you must also drink a cup, otherwise, the wine inspector will not let you go. Wei Zhao's learning was very large, but the amount of wine was very small, and he could not drink more than two liters when he died, Sun Hao still implemented a special protection policy for him, allowing Wei Zhao to do what he could, and even let him replace wine with tea, which could avoid Wei Zhao's many embarrassments.

Sun Hao's special care for Wei Zhao was very grateful, and his way of repaying him was to be diligent and honest, and to work hard and serve the country loyally.

At that time, many local officials competed to pay tribute to the imperial court to please Sun Hao, and Sun Hao was indeed very beautiful in his heart. You are sure that you are a Dao Ming Jun! But he still wanted to listen to the opinion of Wei Zhao, a highly respected old authority, and if he got his affirmation, it would be true, and his heart would be solid, and his Longyan Great Joy could also be passed on to the Hundred Officials. Who can't see this psychology of his? If you want to change others, I am afraid that they will all push the boat along the water and say that this is a great auspicious omen for Your Majesty Hong Fuqitian and Guotai Min'an. But Wei Zhao was not such a person, he would not speak blindly with his conscience, he knew very well that this kind of thing had gone on in history, had not played any good role, and even caused chaos in the world. Out of loyalty to the country, out of a sense of responsibility to the imperial court, out of the conscience of a historian, he told the truth that these things are like the things in his own cabinet, and anyone can take them. Sun Hao listened, although he didn't say anything, but the joyful heart was immediately poured cold. In addition, Sun Hao liked to use some crooked problems such as brain teasers to embarrass the civil and military officials under his command, in order to psychologically overwhelm them and achieve the purpose of easily controlling them. Whenever he saw the embarrassment of these officials sweating with their mouths open, he was very happy and laughed. If the close attendant who asks the question deliberately makes it difficult, if he does not get it right, he will lose his official position or even be executed. Wei Zhao was one of the attendants in charge of asking questions, but he felt that doing so would cause discord among the ministers, affect the government, and be of no benefit to the country, so he deliberately took care of it, and it was not difficult to ask any questions he asked. The ministers were naturally happy, and they all said that Wei Zhao was good. But Sun Hao was just the opposite, he thought that Wei Zhao did not listen to him, so he was displeased. The most fatal thing is the following incident, which finally caused the dissatisfaction that had accumulated in Sun Hao's heart to erupt. Because Wei Zhao was responsible for revising history, Sun Hao, in order to elevate his father's status and thus also favor history, asked Wei Zhao to help, do some tricks under the pen, and write a "ji" for his father Sun He in the history books, which should be said to be an unreasonable request, because according to the rules of historians, only the emperor is eligible to be listed as a "ji", and Sun He has never been an emperor. But Sun Hao didn't see it that way, he thought, where are there so many bullshit rules? I am the emperor, I have the final say, I can do whatever I want, and he did not think that this thing would not be able to be done. However, Wei Zhao really did not give up his principle, and Sun Hao was pushed back. Several times in a row, Sun Hao finally became ashamed and angry, and at the banquet, he no longer took care of Wei Zhao, Wei Zhao could not drink so much, he sent Wei Zhao to death row for the crime of resisting disloyalty, ignoring the bitter pleas of the ministers, fabricated several charges, and finally killed Wei Zhao, in fact, at this time Wei Zhao was already a 70-year-old man with white hair.

Wei Zhao was single-minded in serving the country, and he had worked hard for decades, but he couldn't imagine that he would end up with such a result. But Sun Hao believes that the so-called country is his old Sun family, the whole Of eastern Wu is his Sun Hao alone, how to play on this acre and three points of land is his business, the slaves have no other choice but to be ordered, to give you face is to lift you up, but not to let you forget your identity. Unfortunately, Wei Zhao is not a slave, just like a giant entering a dwarf's shop, you feel aggrieved, he also thinks you are obstructive! What do you do without waiting to be packed? Sadly, Wei Zhao had been in such a shop all his life.