Emperor Wu's court was full of famous courtiers. One of them is worth mentioning is the master father of the "Tui En Ling", who was a confidant adviser of Emperor Wu of Han. However, in his early years, his father was very poor, and although he was erudite, he was always depressed.
The young master father wandered among many readers in the country of Qi, and no one was willing to treat him kindly. Many readers in the State of Qi rejected him together, and he could not gain a foothold in Qidi, so he went to Yan, Zhao, and Zhongshan in the north to study, but still no one treated him kindly.
Disheartened, the main father Yan Xi entered Hangu Pass and turned to the great general Wei Qing for help. Wei Qing repeatedly recommended him to Emperor Wu of Han, but Emperor Wu of Han did not summon him. In this way, it is difficult for the lord father to maintain his livelihood, and people always do unexpected things when they are at the end of the road, and the same is true of the main father. Filled with grief and indignation, he lifted his pen and wrote a book of ten thousand words.
In the morning, Emperor Wudi of Han read the recital and summoned him in the evening. Eight of the nine things of the Lord's Father were in the area of laws and ordinances, and one was about the conquest of the Huns. Emperor Wudi of Han greatly admired the talent of his father and worshipped him on the spot. From then on, the main father often wrote to say things, which was very appreciated by Emperor Wu, "one year old and four moves, to Taizhong Doctor".
The noble lord father began to collect money madly and embarked on a plan of revenge. At that time, Liu Dingguo, the King of Yan, had a problem with his life style, and he had an affair with his father, King Kang's concubine, and later took his brother's wife as a concubine. His brother could not stand his brother's actions, so he reported the incest of the Yan King to the imperial court.
When the main father was in You Yan, he was not valued by the King of Yan, so he always held a grudge in his heart, and after receiving this complaint, he immediately suggested to Emperor Wu that he should severely punish such a thing that violated customs and customs. The reason why Emperor Wu agreed with him was because on the issue of dealing with the princes, Emperor Wu would rather kill by mistake than let it go. As a result, the King of Yan was cursed, and the Yan Kingdom was canceled.
Since the King of Yan was killed, the ministers in the court were afraid of the words of the lord's father, so they bribed him one after another, accumulating thousands of gold. At that time, a wise man persuaded the Lord Father to say, "You are too domineering! Beware of future retribution. ”
The lord father said with hatred: "It has been more than forty years since I traveled to study with my hair tied, and my ambitions have not been realized, my parents do not regard me as a son, my brothers refuse to take me in, the guests abandon me, and I have been poor for a long time." Moreover, if the eldest husband is alive, if he cannot eat in the five dings, then when he dies, he will be punished by the five dings cooking. I have reached the twilight of the day, so I will act perversely and violently. ”
Soon after, the main father pointed his spearhead at the King of Qi. He said to Emperor Wu: "Qi Linzi has 100,000 households, the city rents thousands of gold, the people are rich, and they are bigger than Chang'an, and this is not the son of the Son of Heaven. The king of Qi was now close to his relatives. According to his words, a state of qi as large and wealthy as this should have been the prince of Tianzi's own son, but the current king of Qi was very distant from Emperor Wu.
Naturally, these words were very much to Emperor Wu's taste. Emperor Wu hoped that the main father would find a way. The main father, Yan, asked Emperor Wu to appoint himself as Qi Xiang and was ordered to investigate the King of Qi. The lord father first asked him to expose the king of Qi, of course, it is impossible for a princely king to make no mistakes. When king Qi learned of this, he was terrified and chose to commit suicide.
When Emperor Wu of Han heard the news of King Qi's suicide, he was greatly angered. He suspected that the main father had forced the King of Qi to commit suicide, so he ordered the search for the main father. The results of the investigation show that the main father did not coerce the King of Qi, and the King of Qi did commit suicide in fear of sin. Therefore, Emperor Wu decided to spare him.
But at this time, the ministers led by Gongsun Hong and the King of Zhao stepped forward, and they demanded that the main father be severely punished. Why did this group of people target the Lord Father? The fundamental reason is that the main father is too rampant, amassing wealth, and does not know how to handle interpersonal relationships. Gongsun Hong wrote directly to Emperor Wu: King Qi committed suicide without leaving a son, and the kingdom should be abolished and taken over to the imperial court and divided into counties; If the imperial court does not kill the main father, the emperor is suspected of coveting the territory of the State of Qi and deliberately instructing the main father to mutilate the clan.
Abolishing the feudal state was what Emperor Wu wanted, but it was absolutely impossible for the people of the world to say that the suicide of King Qi was his own idea. Therefore, Emperor Wu must kill his father, otherwise he will be saddled with the name of the ages. Under the tremendous pressure of public opinion, Emperor Wu brandished a butcher's knife and beheaded his confidant, his father.