First, who is Shen Tujia?
"The prime minister can hold the boat in his belly", generally speaking, it is said that the prime minister will have a relatively large belly. Today's protagonist, Shen Tujia, as the prime minister of a country, has the status of one person above and below ten thousand people, but unexpectedly, he was finally killed by vomiting blood.
Zhang Cang resigned from the post of Chancellor, and Emperor Liu of Han ordered Shen Tujia to succeed Him. Who is Shen Tujia? Shen Tujia followed Liu Bang in the uprising at a very young age. At first, he was just an ordinary soldier, not very different from other soldiers. If you have to find something different, you can also find it, that is, he has great strength and can open a hard bow left and right. Although Shen Tujia fought very bravely, the starting line was too low, so after Emperor Wen ascended the throne, he only obtained 500 households, compared with Xiao He and Cao Shan, those who were ten thousand households, Shen Tujia's food yi was insignificant. But this was not a matter for Shen Tujia, and the food was not enough for official positions. After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Shen Tujia continued to carry forward his "belligerent" spirit, and successively participated in the pacification of the foreign king, the crusade against the Xiongnu, the eradication of Zhulu, and the establishment of Liu Heng as emperor. Liu Heng was grateful to Shen Tujia for his meritorious service, and when Zhang Cang was made chancellor, he also promoted him to the rank of Imperial Grand Master and ranked third duke.
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Many people may not understand the difference between knighthood and official position, I will briefly popularize it here. In order to recognize those who had made special contributions to the imperial court, the general emperor divided them into specific fiefs and let them enjoy the taxes of the fiefs. The title he represents honor and can be hereditary. Official positions are specific positions, with responsible work and corresponding rights, and the state pays them. A person with a knighthood does not necessarily have an official position, and a person who has an official position does not necessarily have a knighthood. Of course, it is more convenient and easier for people with knighthoods to become officials and easier to promote, after all, the natural advantage is here.
Then again, after Shen Tujia became the Imperial Grand Master, although he was ranked as the third duke, he was still not a marquis, and there were still 500 households. Zhang Cang, the chancellor, resigned his post and returned home because of his different political views from Emperor Wen, resulting in the vacancy of the post of chancellor. Emperor Wen intended to make Dou Guangguo the Chancellor. To Emperor Wen's surprise, the hundred officials of the imperial court all held opposing views on this matter. First, because Dou Guangguo is the empress brother, it is easy for foreign relatives to interfere with the establishment of Dou Guangguo as a chancellor. The Zhulu rebellion that experienced not long ago left a deep shadow on the Hundred Officials; Second, although Dou Guangguo had both moral integrity and ability, he was not qualified enough to be a chancellor, and it was difficult to persuade hundreds of officials. Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, the people who can be ministers are all people with great military merit, so that the civil and military officials will be convinced.
It had been 50 years since the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty, and there were very few people who had followed Gaozu Liu Bang in his conquests. Emperor Wen thought about it, but eventually created Shen Tujia as the chancellor and made him the Marquis of Juan. Shen Tujia started as a big soldier, climbed up step by step, and finally became an extremely popular subject, which can be called an inspirational example.
Second, it was not valued by Emperor Wen
Shen Tujia was born as a military general and had a straight personality, which was easier to show after becoming a minister. He never received officials in his own home, afraid that others would misunderstand him. It is precisely because he is upright that he dares to criticize unhealthy trends, and sometimes even the emperor has no face. However, Emperor Wen was a person with his own ideas, he was no longer just "Xiao Zhi Cao Cong", he needed to change the law and try to be stronger.
Therefore, although Shen Tujia became a chancellor, he did not really get the favor of Emperor Wen. Many of Emperor Wen's strategies were to ask his uncles Dou Guangguo and Jia Yi. Shen Tujia was naturally very upset, and once saw Emperor Wen's male favorite Deng Tong behave slowly in front of Emperor Wen. Shen Tujia pointed out that Deng Tong's was not, and Emperor Wen also said that he would punish him privately. Originally, this matter had passed, but shen Tujia immediately summoned Deng Tong to the Chancellor's Mansion after he returned, reprimanded Deng Tong, and threatened to behead Deng Tong. This scared Deng Tong half to death, fortunately the emperor sent people to come early, otherwise Deng Tong would have been beheaded long ago. This matter was boiling over, and everyone knew it, which could be said to have lost Emperor Wen's face. Emperor Wen knew that he was wrong, and he could not say anything about Shen Tujia, but he was naturally alienated from Shen Tujia. Although his uncle Dou Guangguo had a title and no official position, he was deeply trusted by Emperor Wen, and many of the state's policies came from his suggestions. Whenever Emperor Wen wanted to give him an official position, he would shirk it, in order to eliminate the worries of the hundred officials and not to cause trouble to Emperor Wen. Dou Guangguo had a very good reputation among the civil and military officials at that time. Who doesn't like such a courtier?
Third, he was snubbed by Emperor Jing
After the death of Emperor Wen of Han, the new emperor Liu Qi ascended the throne, and he was the Han Jing Emperor. Since Shen Tujia did not have any fault, and when he supported the crown prince, Shen Tujia also strongly persuaded Liu Heng to make Liu Qi crown prince as soon as possible, and Emperor Jing of Han still worshiped Liu Shen Tujia as his chancellor.
Shen Tujia had thought that the new emperor would value himself, but he waited until he was lonely. For Emperor Jing, chao, as his teacher, must be the most trusted person in his own right.
In addition, the reason why Chao Que was trusted by Emperor Jing was because Chao Que itself had a very great political talent. The policies proposed by Chao Que, such as "emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce", "immigrating to the real border", and "weakening the king of the domain", prescribed a good medicine for the shortcomings of the society at that time.
However, Shen Tujia was dissatisfied because Emperor Jing reused Chao's mistake. The gate of the Neishi Mansion was originally opened from the east to the outside of the palace, so that there were many inconveniences for Chao to enter and exit, so that Chao's mistake was chiseled out of nantong without playing the premise of asking Emperor Jing. The wall cut open by the door to the south is the outer wall of the Taishang Emperor's Temple. When Shen Tujia found out, he immediately went into the palace to inform Emperor Jing and asked Emperor Jing to execute Chao. After Chao mistakenly heard about it, he went into the palace overnight to confess his mistake to Emperor Jing and begged Emperor Jing to spare him death. Emperor Jing had always favored Chao's mistakes, and finally pardoned Chao's mistakes.
After Shen Tujia heard that Emperor Jing had forgiven Chao's sins, he regretted that he had not cut first and played later. After returning to Xiangfu, Shen Tujia wanted to get angrier and angrier, and finally he attacked his heart in anger and vomited blood and died.
4. The Death of the Prime Minister
Who caused Shen Tujia's death? Was it Emperor Wen of Han? Is it the Han Jing Emperor? Or is it a mistake?
After Zhang Cang's death, Emperor Wen promoted Shen Tujia to chancellor, and until Emperor Wen's death, Shen Tujia was still in the position. Later, when Emperor Jing ascended the throne, Emperor Jing also worshiped Shen Tujia as his prime minister, and until Shen Tujia's death, he still sat firmly in the position. Therefore, the two emperors should still have respect for Shen Tujia, and there is no need to be angry with him. And Chao's mistake is even more impossible, because when Shen Tujia was killed by anger, Chao's power was not yet stable, and he simply had no ability to resist the strength of the two dynasties' elders Shen Tujia, so what kind of qi Shen Tujia took?
Personally, I think that Shen Tujia was angry to death, but the problem was still with himself. Shen Tujiachai's time span from the rebellion with Liu Bang to the Wenjing period is also more than 50 years. This shows that Shen Tujia is already very old. Age was the greatest enemy of the warriors, and at this time, Shen Tujia could no longer go to the battlefield, and the emperor made him a minister in order to thank him for the merits and merits he had made. This was the best honor the emperor had given him. However, Shen Tujia did not pay attention to the true intentions, and he was bent on doing something politically. Keshen Tujia forgot his own conditions, he was born as a military general, and he did not have much knowledge. In addition, he has a straight personality and does not know how to engage in power plots. All this doomed Shen Tujia to make it difficult to achieve political success.
Shen Tujia is already an extremely popular subject, if he looks down on his meritorious name a little, he may have a leisurely old age, and he will not end so dismally!