Who is Zhou Yafu
Zhou Yafu was the second son of Zhou Bo, and due to the influence of his father, who had shown great military ability since childhood, he had shown great military ability since he was a child. In 158 BC, the Xiongnu warlords were dissatisfied with the benefits of the pro-Xiongnu policy. At the instigation of China's first traitor, the Xiongnu refused to make peace with the Han Dynasty, and the military subjects alone invaded Shangjun and Yunzhong County with 60,000 cavalry, divided into two roads, 30,000 horses each, and burned and plundered all the way. Emperor Wen of Han hurriedly sent troops to meet the attack, but after the Han army arrived in the two counties, the Xiongnu cavalry had already fled. In order to prevent the Xiongnu cavalry from invading the south, Emperor Wen sent Zhou Yafu to garrison the Xiaoliu camp. Once, Emperor Wen raided the Xiaoliu camp and saw that the soldiers of the Xiaoliu camp were well-trained and had strict military discipline, and Emperor Wen was deeply pleased with this. Before Emperor Wen's death, he instructed the crown prince Liu Qi, later Emperor Jing, to say: "In the future, Zhou Yafu can be used at critical moments, and he is a general who can be used with confidence." ”
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After Emperor Wen's death, the crown prince Liu Qi ascended the throne and was known as the "Emperor Jing of Han". In order to curb the increasing power of the princes of the same surname, the Han Jing Emperor adopted the advice of his teacher Chao Que and implemented a policy of cutting down the domain. Liu Tao, the King of Wu, who had a vendetta against Emperor Jing for killing his son, united with six other princely states and led an army of 500,000 men to Chang'an under the slogan of "Please make a mistake and take the side of the Qing Emperor".
Emperor Jing felt bad, so he ordered his waist to be cut off at the wrong city. However, the Army of the Seven Kingdoms did not pay any attention to Emperor Jing and advanced all the way north. At this time, Emperor Jing suddenly remembered Emperor Xian's words before his death, so he appointed Zhou Yafu as a lieutenant and led an army to quell the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms.
At this time, Wu Chu's army had already attacked liangguo's city, and the large army was near the city, and it was surrounded by water. Liang Guo was outnumbered and could not hold out, Wu Chu took turns to attack the city, and Liang Guo was in danger.
After Zhou Yafu led the army, he did not rush to the aid of Liang Guo, but led his troops around to the rear of Liang Guo. The King of Liang sent someone to ask Zhou Yafu to send troops to rescue him, but Zhou Yafu ignored him. Who is King Liang? He was the younger brother of Emperor Jing and the most beloved son of Empress Dowager Dou. Therefore, seeing that Zhou Yafu did not save each other, King Liang wrote directly to his brothers Emperor Jing and Empress Dou. Emperor Jing also asked Zhou Yafu to send troops to relieve the siege of Liang. Zhou Yafu refused to send troops to save Liang Guo on the grounds that "the lives of foreign kings will not be spared". Although Zhou Yafu did not send troops to rescue Liang Guo, he sent troops to cut off the grain route of Wu Chu's army. Wu Chu's army had no food and grass, and there was no hope of attacking liang, so it had to choose to retreat and attack Zhou Yafu. Zhou Yafu was already ready for sniping, so Wu Chu's army disintegrated in an instant. It took Zhou Yafu only three months to completely quell the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, a battle that is very typical in history of winning more with less.
Tao Qing resigned from the post of chancellor due to illness, and Emperor Wen immediately promoted Zhou Yafu from a lieutenant to a chancellor. After Zhou Yafu became a chancellor, Emperor Jing's intestines were all remorseful. Emperor Jing wanted to depose Liu Rong and make Liu Che, the tenth son of the emperor, the crown prince, the crown prince, the crown prince the foundation of the country, and the prince was not wrong and should not be deposed, so he opposed it. Emperor Jing wanted to listen to Empress Dou's words and made Empress Dowager Dou's brother Wang Xin a marquis, and Zhou Yafu said that Gao Zu had a discipline, and those who had no merit could not be made marquis, and he stood up against it. In the end, Emperor Jing wanted to appoint a group of Xiongnu to surrender to Hou in order to attract more Xiongnu generals to surrender, but Zhou Yafu still objected, and Zhou Yafu believed that it would be difficult to punish those who wanted to rebel by dividing up the people who betrayed their country as hou. This completely annoyed Emperor Jing, who said that Zhou Yafu was pedantic and unusable, and then bypassed Zhou Yafu and subordinated several Xiongnu generals to be made hou. Zhou Yafu felt very disappointed and resigned as prime minister on the grounds of illness. Emperor Jing also readily agreed.
Not long after, Zhou Yafu was accused of rebellion, on the grounds that his son had purchased 500 sets of armor shields. This incident alarmed Emperor Jing, and Emperor Jing sent someone to investigate. Zhou Yafu, who had never known about it, said that he did not know when asked questions to the person in charge. The person in charge of the investigation thought that Zhou Yafu was not in a high position to resist the investigation, and he informed Emperor Jing of the matter. Emperor Jing was angry and handed over the case to Ting Wei for investigation. Zhou Yafu was also very rigid, went on hunger strike in prison, and vomited blood five days later. A marquis who had not yet been convicted did not eat for five consecutive days, and no matter how bold the court lieutenant was, he did not dare not warn the emperor. For what reason did Emperor Jing ignore the former great hero Zhou Yafu? Is he afraid of Zhou Yafu's rebellion?
The question is, if Zhou Yafu had not died, if he wanted to rebel, would he have succeeded? Personally, I think it was absolutely unsuccessful.
First, there is no one in the DPRK and China
Zhou Yafu led troops abroad for many years, and only after defeating the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms was he named a minister, and at this time he was already older. Therefore, the DPRK and Chinese officials did not have deep friendship with him. The opportunity is not to say that there is no, Emperor Jing has established Liu Rong as the crown prince, and there are a group of princelings around the prince. Zhou Yafu could have united the princelings and Emperor Jing against each other. However, Emperor Jing was too quick to react, and before everyone could react, Liu Rong was deposed. Emperor Jing feared that in the future, someone would use Liu Rong to rebel against the imperial court. It didn't take long to catch Liu Rong's fault and force Liu Rong to die. When the trees fell, the princelings fell apart. Zhou Yafu also did not have the opportunity to discuss important matters with court officials who shared the same goal.
Second, there is no response in the womb
Zhou Yafu could not overthrow Emperor Jing by himself, and if he united with the King of Liang, the odds of victory might be greatly improved. Liu Wu the Prince of Liang was the younger son of Empress Dowager Dou and was spoiled by Empress Dowager Dou from an early age.
During the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, Wu Chu's army besieged the capital of the Liang state, and the king of Liang held the large capital of the Liang state for more than two months, causing huge losses to the Liang state. What made King Liang willing to lay down such a large amount of blood? This was not only because she was Emperor Jing's brother, but also because Empress Dou repeatedly asked Emperor Jing to make King Liang the emperor's brother-in-law, but Emperor Jing did not directly refuse. This gave Liang Wang great illusions.
Today, Emperor Jing made his son Liu Che crown prince, much to the displeasure of both Empress Dou and King Liang. If Zhou Yafu wanted to rebel, he could unite with the King of Liang, and with the power of Empress Dou, the strength of the King of Liang and his own military ability, he could make a beautiful combination of punches. However, ignoring the attitude of King Liang at that time, it was difficult for King Liang to believe Zhou Yafu now. This road is also obviously not feasible.
Third, there are no soldiers in their hands
The best generals, if they don't have soldiers on their hands, they can't do anything. Today's Zhou Yafu is a single commander. In fact, not only the present, Emperor Jing's promotion of Zhou Yafu from a lieutenant to a chancellor is to deprive Zhou Yafu of his right to speak in the military. In the Western Han Dynasty, whether it was the troops guarding the capital or the troops stationed in the local areas, their generals were directly appointed by the emperor and the lieutenants. Emperor Jing knew that Zhou Yafu did not support the establishment of another crown prince, so he could not let Zhou Yafu contaminate military power.
Therefore, at this time, Zhou Yafu was definitely unable to contact the army.
Fourth, there is no way to escape
Since there was no helper in the country, could Zhou Yafu contact the Xiongnu and suppress the Han Dynasty through the Xiongnu? Zhou Yafu, as a lieutenant of the Western Han Dynasty, was very familiar with the entire military system, military deployment, and even combat methods of the Western Han Dynasty. Zhou Yafu's ability is not comparable to the BOC's statement, if he surrenders to the enemy and commits treason, it will bring ruin to the Western Han Dynasty. However, we should also know that Zhou Yafu did not approve of the contradiction between the Xiongnu general Fenghou and Emperor Jing, and finally Zhou Yafu resigned from the post of chancellor. Zhou Yafu would not even give preferential treatment to generals, and at a glance, he knew that he was a person with strong national prejudices. In other words, Zhou Yafu did not look down on the Huns at all. If Zhou Yafu was going to surrender to the enemy, I believe that the Huns would not dare to accept Zhou Yafu, fearing that there would be deception. Obviously, it is impossible to surrender to the enemy and commit treason.
Therefore, I don't think there is any need for Emperor Jing to force Zhou Yafu to die, even if he is alive, he will not be able to make much waves when he is old.