Speaking of this day in history, on January 17, 154 BC, the famous Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, also known as the Rebellion of the Seven Kings, occurred
After Emperor Jing of Han succeeded to the throne, Emperor Chao mistakenly advised Emperor Jing of Han to weaken the rights and fiefs of the kings of various domains, so Emperor Jing of Han used Chao's "Strategy for Cutting the Domains" to weaken the kings of the clans
Liu Tao, the King of Wu, was dissatisfied with the rebellion of Liu Peng the King of Chu, Liu Sui the King of Zhao, Liu Peiguang the King of Jinan, Liu Xian the Prince of Zichuan, Liu Ang the King of Jiaoxi, and Liu Xiongqu the King of Jiaodong
In order to have a legitimate reason to rebel, Liu Hao, on the grounds of "Wrong And Qing Jun's Side", united with the Six Kings to organize more than 200,000 rebels to attack all the way into eastern Henan
At this time, Emperor Jingdi of Han felt frightened, knowing that the rebels were on the side of the Qing Emperor, so he put Chao to death, so that the Seven Kings had no reason to rebel again, which was a pity that Chao was wrong and carried a cauldron
However, after the execution of Chao, the Seven Kings still had no intention of retreating, and continued to lead troops to seek the throne, and Emperor Jingdi of Han saw that blind concessions were useless, so he sent the general Zhou Yafu to lead troops to suppress it
Due to the disparity in strength, Zhou Yafu did not face the rebels to attack, but let the king of Chu drag the rebels, and Zhou Yafu led his troops to detour the rear of the rebels and cut off the rebels' grain and grass, and the rebels were defeated because they were cut off from supplies
The Wu king Liu Hao fled to Eastern Yue, but at that time, Dongyue was a vassal state of the Western Han Dynasty, and the princes of Eastern Yue killed Liu Hao, and the other princes committed suicide in fear of their sins, and eventually the Rebellion of the Seven Kings failed.
So what exactly caused the Rebellion of the Seven Kings?
According to one of the reasons for this, the "Chess Incident", according to historical records, Liu Qi, the Emperor of The Han Dynasty, played chess with Liu Xian, the son of Liu Hao, when he was crown prince
I don't know what happened when playing chess, the two had a quarrel, Liu Qi picked up the chessboard and smashed Liu Xian to death, it can be seen that Liu Qi's temper is quite hot,
After Liu Xian's death, Emperor Wen of Han did not punish Liu Qi in any way, but instead transported Liu Xian directly to Liu Hao, the king of Wu, who was more angry at the time and said to Emperor Wen of Han, "The whole world is from the Liu family, and where you die, you will be buried where you die."
So Liu Xian was transported back to Chang'an, and Liu Hao, the king of Wu, did not pay tribute from then on, which can be seen that this incident planted the seeds of the Rebellion of the Seven Kings.
There is also a saying that it should be a wild history, and it is rumored that Liu Qi, the Emperor of Hanjing, took a fancy to a concubine of Liu Haoxinna, the King of Wu, and recruited the woman into the palace
Therefore, it aroused the hatred of Liu Hao, the king of Wu, of course, this incident could not distinguish between true and false, and even if it was true, it could not be the fuse of the Rebellion of the Seven Kings.
The main reason should be the rule of Wenjing implemented after the Han Jing Emperor came to the throne, and after the Han Jing Emperor succeeded to the throne, he found that the central government's power and fiefdom were getting less and less
Further development in this way will repeat the mistakes of the Zhou Dynasty, this situation was already very serious in the time of Emperor Wen of Han, but Emperor Wen of Han did not deal with it in time
By the time of emperor Jing of Han, he had become more and more unmanageable, and it just so happened that Chao Que often entered the court
According to the historical records of the Cutting Strategy, it is said that "the current cutting is also the opposite, and the non-cutting is also the opposite." Cutting it, its anti-urgent, less disaster; no cutting, anti-delay, great disaster", so it strengthened the determination of the Han Jing Emperor to cut the domain
Emperor Jing of Han successively removed Liu Peng the King of Chu, Liu Ang the Prince of Jiaoxi, and Liu Sui the Prince of Zhao, and then negotiated with his courtiers to cut off the fiefs of Liu Hao the Prince of Wu, until this time Liu Hao was completely enraged and added to the revenge of losing his son
Therefore, Liu Hao, the king of Wu, urgently united with the other six kings and launched a war known as the Rebellion of the Seven Kings, but due to the disparity in strength, it was ultimately defeated.
From the development of the Zhou Dynasty, it can be seen that the power of the princes cannot be excessive, and once it develops, it is easy to rebel
In particular, the threat to imperial power was the greatest, so after the reduction of the domain, the centralization of power was greatly improved, and it also learned a considerable amount of experience for later dynasties
I don't know what people think about this!!!