Han Shi: Conspiracy against Gao! A murder that was pre-publicized
preface
Rights are synonymous with desire, and people crave rights, and when they get them, they fear being taken away and are afraid all day long. The people in power increased their suspicions for this reason, and the courtiers were suspected, which eventually led to the son of heaven and the courtiers drifting apart.
cause
Liu Bang scolded Zhang Ao, the King of Zhao, causing displeasure among the ministers and deciding to rebel.
Zhang Ao (241 BC – 182 BC)
consequence
After Guan Gao was released, he committed suicide out of shame.
▲ Guan Gao stills
disposal
1. A premeditated rebellion
After Liu Bang established the country, in order to appease the ministers who fought with him, they were all given the title of princes with different surnames, but this move made Liu Bang doubt whether they would rely on their own territory and power to rebel.
Therefore, In the early stages, Liu Bang was appeased, such as Zhang Ao, and Liu Bang married his daughter Princess Lu Yuan to Zhang Ao.
Zhang Ao is not just a son-in-law, Zhang Ao's father is Zhang Er, who was once a ranger. Liu Bang used to be Zhang Er's protégé, but later Zhang Er became a wanted criminal of the Qin Dynasty, so Liu Bang changed elsewhere and became the chief of the Surabaya Pavilion. Later, Liu Bang became emperor, and Zhang Er was also crowned king of Zhao, and his son Zhang Ao successfully inherited the throne.
▲ Princess Lu Yuan stills
In 200 BC, Liu Bang passed by the fiefdom of King Zhao, and Zhang Ao, as his son-in-law, took the trouble to cook a meal, which caused Liu Bang to insult him.
In fact, Liu Bang was also resentful, he had experienced the siege of Pingcheng before the war, and it took a lot of effort to get out of danger, but the King of Zhao did not send troops, watching the old man trapped, and only afterwards did he make a table of dishes, which was of no use at all.
It was this time of insult that caused dissatisfaction among King Zhao's subordinates, who felt that it was an insult to King Zhao, and some people were even angry enough to revolt. However, Zhang Ao did not listen to the opinion, thinking that this was just a communication problem between the old man and the son-in-law.
Moreover, Zhang Ao also knew that his strength could not resist Liu Bang at all, so he had to endure any insults.
Zhang Ao is Liu Bang's only son-in-law
2. Being denounced
In 199 BC, this time Liu Bang entered the fiefdom of King Zhao for the second time, this time the King of Zhao gave his woman Zhao Ji to Liu Bang, but Liu Bang did not bring Zhao Ji back and stayed in the zhao king's fiefdom.
Faced with such a result, King Zhao did not dare to leave Zhao Ji behind, and could only build another palace for Zhao Ji to live in. Unexpectedly, not long after, Zhao Ji was actually pregnant, but at this time, Guan Gao secretly plotted a plan to kill Liu Bang, taking advantage of the night when Liu Bang was resting, hiding the killer.
But what they did not expect was that when Liu Bang felt that he needed to rest at night, he suddenly had a heartache, so he asked the people around him what the name of the place was.
▲ Guan Gao murdered Liu Bang
Liu Bang's subordinates replied that this was a "Bai ren", and Liu Bang felt that the name was not good, so he left, and as a result, Guan Gao did not wait for Liu Bang.
However, soon after, someone told Liu Bang about Guan Gao's murder plan, so Liu Bang immediately arrested Zhang Ao and others, and the pregnant Zhao Ji was also arrested and imprisoned.
Pregnant Zhao Ji wanted Liu Bang to save her in the face of the child, but Liu Bang did not agree, and Zhao Ji wanted to ask Lü Hou for help, and Lü Hou naturally did not agree.
So Zhao Ji saw that there was no way to ask for help, so she committed suicide after giving birth to a child in prison. However, later when Zhang Ao plotted to rebel and was rehabilitated, Zhao Ji's children were taken away by Liu Bang and named Liu Chang, because he was ashamed of Liu Chang, Liu Bang sent him to Lü Hou to raise, and later after The King of Huainan Yingbu plotted and was killed, Liu Chang was the future King of Huainan.
▲ Lü Yan in the Chu Han legend
3. The ending of the high
After many people came to Luoyang, they committed suicide because of their participation in the rebellion, but Guan Gao did not commit suicide, because their ministers planned to assassinate Liu Bang in order to avenge Zhang Ao, which Zhang Ao did not know.
If the minister commits suicide and the real insider is not there, Zhang Ao will really be wronged. Although he was also imprisoned, because of Lü Hou's protection, Zhang Ao did not suffer hardships, but instead Washig was tortured.
The sixty-year-old man was tortured in prison to the end, but Guan Gao always said a sentence, "Zhang Ao did not know about the rebellion." ”
Liu Bang saw that no matter what kind of severe punishment it was, Guan Gao could not speak, so he decided to change his strategy and let Guan Gao's compatriots go to interrogate him, which was really effective.
▲Liu Bang
Guan Gao only has one sentence from the beginning, he can say a lot, in the face of his fellow countrymen, Guan Gao helplessly explained, who does not have friends and relatives, who can not have parents, wives and children, now they are all killed, I can not use the life of my relatives to shield Zhang Ao, right?! The only purpose of my life was to tell the emperor that this matter had nothing to do with Zhang Ao.
After returning home, these words were told to Liu Bang, who felt that Guan Gao was right, and had been tortured but already wanted to prove Zhang Ao's innocence, which showed that he was a person who knew how to repay the favor, so Liu Bang released Guangao and Zhang Ao.
However, the released Guan Gao committed suicide to repay the murder of Liu Bang, which also made Guan Gao a famous figure for a while, and other people who did not commit suicide entered the court as officials, but Zhang Ao was also demeaned.
▲ Fiefdoms of princes with different surnames
brief summary
Liu Bang repeatedly weakened the princes with different surnames, and in order to consolidate the centralization of power, he killed many princes.
【References】
1. "History"
2. Zizhi Tongjian