This incident illustrates two points, one is that the Imperial Family is a white-eyed wolf and an ungrateful person, and the other is that Zhou Yafu does not understand the way of being a subject and lacks emotional intelligence.
Zhou Yafu. Born in 199 BC, died in 143 BC. Famous general of the Western Han Dynasty. Great military man. The son of Zhou Bo, the founding hero of the Western Han Dynasty, when the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms broke out in the Western Han Dynasty, he was entrusted by the Han Jing Emperor to be ordered to quell the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms. Zhou Yafu commanded well, it took only three months to suppress the rebellion, and he had the merit of recreating the Western Han Dynasty, but in the end he ended up in a wrongful imprisonment and committed suicide by hunger strike. Chilling.
As an accomplished monarch, Emperor Jingdi of Han was by no means a man of little grace and widowhood. Why did you kill Zhou Yafu? It should be said that Emperor Jing of Han was very kind to Zhou Yafu at the beginning, and after quelling the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, he made Zhou Yafu a lieutenant. He took charge of the three armies, and five years later, he made Zhou Yafu the minister of the imperial court and took charge of the imperial program. The monarchs and subjects got along properly, but why did they finally make the degree of rebellion against the emperors, so that the Han Jing Emperor fell into the reputation of killing the heroes, the first point is that Zhou Yafu interfered in the affairs of the Han Jing Emperor Yi Chu, the Han Jing Emperor was ready to abolish the original crown prince Liu Rong and replace Liu Che, this matter was strongly opposed by Zhou Yafu, shaking the state without authorization, Yu Guo is unknown, due to the opposition of the prime minister, the abolition of the prince could not be done for a while, Zhou Yafu interfered in the selection of the crown prince, causing the dissatisfaction of the Han Jing Emperor. In the depths of Emperor Jingdi's heart, he also felt that Zhou Yafu was too stubborn, and he also expressed doubts about whether the new emperor in the future could restrain Zhou Yafu. Another thing is that Zhou Yafu offended Emperor Jingdi's younger brother Liang Wang when he quelled the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms. The King of Liang hated Zhou Yafu to the bone, and repeatedly said that zhou Yafu was framed, and although the Han Jing Emperor did not necessarily believe it, it was inevitable that he would have a grudge. Empress Dowager Dou, the mother of Emperor Jing of Han, repeatedly wanted to crown Wang Xin, the brother of Emperor Jingdi of Han's empress, as a marquis. (At that time, Wang Xin was dead, and it was only a posthumous seal.) However, Zhou Yafu did not understand the art of yuantong, competed with the dead, and opposed the addition of wang xin as a marquis, so that both the clan and the imperial relative Zhou Yafu were offended, although Zhou Yafu was in the public heart. But after all, it offended the royal family.
After the Xiongnu general Xu Lu and five others submitted to the Han Dynasty, Emperor Jingdi of Han, in order to set a benchmark and a model, wanted to appoint five people as hou, which was also opposed by Zhou Yafu, which caused strong dissatisfaction from Emperor Jingdi of Han. Despite Zhou Yafu's objections, he made all five of them marquis. Zhou Yafu resigned angrily. Emperor Jing resigned. In this matter, Zhou Yafu was too pedantic and did not know how to be flexible, in this matter, The Han Jing Emperor was right, Zhou Yafu was overconfident, threatening to resign, did not expect that the Han Jing Emperor could not ask for this, but he did not have the intention of killing Zhou Yafu. But dissatisfaction and disgust are for sure.
Afterwards, Emperor Jing of Han invited Zhou Yafu to test whether Zhou Yafu realized his mistake. Deliberately not giving chopsticks when eating, Zhou Yafu did not understand the reason, he asked the internal waiter for chopsticks, Han Jingdi said, this matter makes you unhappy? Zhou Yafu was ashamed and left the table in anger. Embarrassed, he did not resign to emperor Jing of Han. It can be described as a courtesy of no one. At this point, the Han Jing Emperor killed the opportunity to move. In this matter. Zhou Yafu has no distinction between kings and subjects, there is a loss of integrity, the Han Jing Emperor is no longer right, it is also the emperor, Zhou Yafu does not give the emperor face for his own face, in the eyes of the Han Jing Emperor is proud of his achievements, and the Han Jing Emperor tests Zhou Yafu with this to lose the imperial style, some small belly chicken intestines.
Zhou Yafu's son purchased five hundred sets of armor. This was an important military materiel, and private trade was strictly prohibited, and the matter was denounced. Emperor Jingdi of Han asked Ting Wei to review the matter, and Ting Wei accused Zhou Yafu of rebellion. Zhou Yafu said, but it is a funeral product. He Yan rebelled, Ting Wei said: You are probably going to rebel underground, so strong that Zhou Yafu realized that this was an expression of the emperor's dissatisfaction with him when he tried him. Zhou Yafu, who had a fierce temperament, closed his mouth in protest, and five days later, he vomited blood and died. To express one's own silent protest.
Zhou Yafu's death lies in his strong temperament, do not know how to be flexible, emotional intelligence is too low, too much trust in the Trust and importance of the Han Jing Emperor to him, somewhat arrogant, in the matter of replacing the prince, you can oppose, but not to interfere in the end, this is after all a royal private affair. With such opposition, will Emperor Wu of Han have a good life for Zhou Yafu in the future when he succeeds to the throne? The empress dowager made a dead person a marquis, and it was entirely agreeable to improve relations with the empress dowager. And Zhou Yafu didn't do it, in the matter of eating, if Zhou Yafu could make The Han Jing Emperor get out of the air, there would be no problem. But Zhou Yafu did not, only caring about his own face, regardless of the face and feelings of the Han Jing Emperor, which shows that Zhou Yafu lacks the sensitivity of a politician.
However, emperor Jingdi of Han stressed too much on himself in the matter of Zhou Yafu, ignoring that Zhou Yafu was out of a public heart rather than a private one, too suspicious and selfish, and some lived in the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. Even if he was dissatisfied with Zhou Yafu, he could dismiss the official, but such humiliation of a meritorious minister also seemed to be too mean to the Han Jing Emperor. Therefore, in the matter of Zhou Yafu, both sides are responsible, and it should have been recited by kings and subjects through the ages. But in the end, the successful subject died, and the emperor should not have fallen into an unbearable reputation
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