According to historical records, the Han Jing Emperor set up a banquet and feasted on the great general Zhou Yafu with a large piece of meat on the plate. Emperor Jingdi of Han deliberately asked people not to give him chopsticks, and Zhou Yafu was very angry and handed the officials in charge of the matter to ask for double chopsticks, and the officials did not understand his meaning and never gave him chopsticks.
At this time, Emperor Jing smiled and said to him: What? Isn't that much enough for you to eat? So Zhou Yafu felt insulted, so he immediately took off his hat and apologized to Emperor Jing.
Emperor Jing asked him to get up, and Before Emperor Jing could finish speaking, Emperor Jing turned around and left. Emperor Jing looked at Zhou Yafu's back and sighed slightly, "This Yang Yang is not a young lord and a subject!" ”
Emperor Jing's meaning of this statement is:
This kind of courtier is definitely not a person who can serve the young lord!
This directly strengthened the heart of emperor Jingdi of Han to get rid of Zhou Yafu.
In 143 BC, Zhou Yafu's son privately purchased armor, and Emperor Jing of Han immediately sent someone to ask Zhou Yafu about the reason, who knew that Zhou Yafu himself did not know it.
So Emperor Jingdi of Han sent Ting Wei to investigate, and Ting Wei asked Zhou Yafu, who was in the cell:
"Is this a rebellion?"
Zhou Yafu was also straight, and said bluntly:
"I'm also old, and my son bought some armor for me to use for funerals."
Lieutenant Ting smiled and asked:
"It turns out that you are going to rebel underground!" I wonder which emperor you want to oppose? ”
Zhou Yafu was suddenly furious: "You, you, you, blood spewing people!" Lieutenant Ting didn't say anything, just took a pen and recorded it and left.
Zhou Yafu looked at the wall and spewed out a mouthful of blood, feeling insulted by the court lieutenant, so he went on hunger strike in prison for five days and died, and a generation of famous generals died in prison.
Soon, Zhou Yafu died of hunger strike? As a heavy vassal of the Wenjing dynasty, Zhou Yafu went from a high position of high power to a prisoner of the order, and eventually died of hunger strike.
Many people feel that the royal family is ruthless, the Han Dynasty since The beginning of Liu Bang, there has been the beginning of killing heroes, really for Zhou Yafu uneven, and now look at What Zhou Yafu did, in fact, he is not wronged at all, there is such a result, in fact, it is inevitable.
So, what are the reasons for this? That has to start with Zhou Yafu's life:
The famous general Zhou Yafu was the second son of Zhou Bo, the founding hero of the Han Dynasty who followed Liu Bang to fight the world, and was succeeded by Zhou Yafu as his father because of his brother's misconduct.
Zhou Yafu grew up in both literature and martial arts, and when he was young, he was praised by Emperor Jing of Han and his father Emperor Wen of Han for the strict rectification of the army in the Xiaoliu camp! Zhou Yafu rose to prominence and reached the pinnacle of his life because of two things:
First, it was meritorious in suppressing the Rebellion of the Xiongnu,
The second was to spend only three months quelling the famous Rebellion of the Seven Kings in the early Han Dynasty.
Soon after, Emperor Jing of Han promoted Zhou Yafu to chancellor. Then why did such a world-famous hero insist on killing the Heart of The Han Jing Emperor? I think the reasons are as follows:
Zhou Yafu was proud of his achievements
Zhou Yafu first resisted the Xiongnu to defend Chang'an and was made a cheqi general, and then he was made a chancellor for quelling the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms. As we all know, in the Han Dynasty, the status of the prime minister was under one person, ten thousand people.
After Zhou Yafu became the chancellor, his military general personality was not suitable for handling government affairs, and the habit of leading soldiers to fight for a long time was bound to clash with the Han Jing Emperor on government affairs.
Zhou Yafu's merits are undeniable, but he does not know how to converge. Emperor Jingdi of Han was fashionable and difficult to suppress this person, but what about the young Emperor Wu of Han a hundred years later? Therefore, for the sake of the future monarchs of the Han Dynasty, the Han Jing Emperor had to get rid of Zhou Yafu.
He has a straight personality and is too gritty.
Zhou Yafu was a very famous general with a strong character engraved in his bones. This may have had an impact on his father's founding father. He had a particularly upright personality, and even in front of the Nine-Five-Year Lord, he had no fear.
Above the imperial court, everyone else was careful to express their views, but Zhou Yafu went his own way and was very dashing! Emperor Jing handled government affairs, no matter how big or small, and had to get Zhou Yafu's consent.
Emperor Jing wanted to depose the crown prince, and Zhou Yafu objected to the fact that the abolition of the crown prince was to shake the foundation of the country; Emperor Jing wanted to make Empress Dou's brother king, and Zhou Yafu took the oath of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao
"No one who is not a member of the Liu clan must be a king, and no one who is a hero can be a king." ”
to oppose;
Emperor Jing wanted to crown the Xiongnu king who had come to surrender as a marquis, and Zhou Yafu also expressed his firm opposition. These few events made the contradictions between the monarchs and courtiers increasingly acute.
Only thinking about things, not people
Because Zhou Yafu did not know how to deal with people, he offended a large number of people in the process of handling government affairs and military affairs.
These people all played an important role between the Killing of Zhou Yafu by the Han Jing Emperor. First of all, Emperor Jingdi of Han asked Zhou Yafu for advice when he tacitly agreed in his heart to crown Empress Dou's brother as king, and Zhou Yafu used han Gaozu's oath to block it, which offended a large number of foreign relatives led by Empress Dou.
Empress Dou often said bad things about Zhou Yafu in front of Emperor Jing of Han, and the emperor's pillow wind was particularly terrible! In addition, when quelling the rebellion of the Seven Kings, Zhou Yafu, in order to cut off the grain and grass of the Xiongnu, did not hesitate to sell the King of Chu and let him fight with the main force of the Xiongnu without support. He almost killed Liu Wu, the King of Liang, so Liu Wu often held a grudge in his heart and often said bad things about Zhou Yafu in front of the empress.
Finally, Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty was also angry about Zhou Yafu's disagreement with the deposing of the crown prince. Therefore, the existence of these people hastened the occurrence of the Zhou Yafu tragedy.
He took the wrong side on the issue of li reserves
From ancient times to the present, the problem of taking sides in the reserve position has plagued major ministers of culture and military affairs. At the slightest, the official position is not guaranteed, and the heavy is the head of the person.
Zhou Yafu was stubborn when the Han Jing Emperor deposed the crown prince, resolutely refused, stuck to tradition, and did not know how to be flexible.
When Emperor Jingdi of Han was preparing to kill Zhou Yafu, Emperor Jingdi of Han also asked the opinion of Liu Che, the Emperor of Han, who was later emperor of Han. Emperor Wu of Han said to Emperor Jing of Han: "What is the use of such an arrogant person staying?" ”
In fact, it is understandable to think about it, after all, the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu agreed with the old father's abolition of the crown prince, as far as Zhou Yafu was dead-headed and did not know how to be flexible, it was not too much for Emperor Wu of Han to remove the nail in his own eye.
In fact, on the issue of taking sides in the throne, the famous Tang Dynasty general Li Jing was a model, and when the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the Jin king Li Shimin were fighting over the throne, General Li always remained neutral, which also left a foreshadowing for Li Jing to be reused by Tang Taizong in the future and have a good death.
Therefore, the problem of taking sides in the reserve position is also one of the reasons that led to Zhou Yafu's final tragic death in prison.
In fact, Emperor Jingdi of Hanjing wanted to get rid of Zhou Yafu for the sake of considering the above aspects, and arresting Zhou Yafu for his son's private manufacture of armor was just an excuse for Emperor Jingdi of Han.
If Zhou Yafu was deeply appreciated by emperor Jingdi of Han and Chinese, I believe that the matter of privately making armor can also be turned into small things and small things.
If Zhou Yafu knew how to restrain when he became famous; he knew how to be flexible when dealing with military and political affairs; he knew how to deal with people in the process of getting along with Emperor Jingdi of Han; and he could maintain a positive attitude when deposing the crown prince. Maybe he wouldn't end up like this either.
In fact, the Han Jing Emperor set up a banquet to invite Zhou Yafu to give him the last chance. If he had been able to take a bite of meat and eat it, perhaps he would have been able to retire.
People who can do things are talents, but they will only do things and will not
Life
People, however, are hardly able to become great talents.
Now, looking at the end of Zhou Yafu, in addition to lamenting for him, I have to sigh that in the old monarch society, people who did not understand the heart of the king could achieve success and retire.
Zhou Yafu's ending laid the groundwork from the beginning.