#History Talk#There has been a saying in the mainland since ancient times, which is "the thing of eating the king, the thing of being loyal to the king." "To share worries for the king and to be loyal to the country does not know how many courtiers diligently pursue the goal of life.
However, the emperor's heart has always been difficult to fathom, and sometimes the advice against the ear may not be heard, but will invite the murder of the speaker.
Strongly persuaded Qin Xiaogong to change the law, and the Shang Martingale, which laid the foundation for the Qin Dynasty's sweep of Liuhe, was tragically cracked; Li Si, the minister of the arse of the government, was beheaded. They had all worked hard for the great cause of the king, but in the end they had a bad ending.

Who are the seven loyal courtiers who died the most miserable in the history of the mainland?
Martingale: The car cracked and died
Shang Martingale during the Warring States period was originally a patriot, but he always had great ambitions. After hearing that Qin Xiaogong had issued a decree to recruit talented people in the territory of the Qin State, Shang Martin thought that he had met the Ming Lord, and specially fled to the Qin State and became Qin Xiaogong's adviser.
At that time, the Qin state was located in the northwest of Yongzhou, which was remote and poor in materials. The princes and kings of the Central Plains countries also tended to exclude the Qin State when forming alliances, and did not take this backward small northwestern country into account.

In response to such a situation, Qin Xiaogong vowed to change the law to become stronger and reverse the disadvantage of the Qin state. With the strong support of Qin Xiaogong, Shang Martingale began a drastic reform.
He first attacked the old aristocracy, abolished the Shiqing Shilu system, and weakened the privileges of the aristocratic bureaucracy. Then the 20th rank knighthood system was promulgated, and knighthoods were awarded according to the size of military merit, which opened up the path for ordinary people to enter the upper echelons and greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness of the army.
Although Shang Martin's change of law made the Qin State quickly rich and strong, and had the strength to compete with the countries of the Central Plains, his change of law undoubtedly violated the interests of the old nobility.

Therefore, after the death of Qin Xiaogong, Shang Martin was accused by the noble forces and put on a hat of "conspiracy", and after dying on the front line in battle, his body was specially brought back to China, and he ended up with a car crack to show the public.
The later idiom of "five horses divided into corpses" was derived from the story of Shang Martingale.

Lees: Killed by a slash
Li Si was the right arm of the victorious government's attempt to hegemonize the world, and it was he who proposed the annexation order of "destroying Korea first, and using the majesty of destroying Korea to shock other countries", which helped the annexation cause of the victorious government.
And when the King of Qin mistakenly believed the rumors and decided to expel the visitors who came to the Qin State, it was also Li Si who came forward and wrote the famous "Book of Evictions", persuading the King of Qin to cancel the "eviction order", leaving a large number of reusable talents for the Qin State.

It was also Li Si who proposed to abolish the division system and implement the county system to consolidate imperial power, helping Qin Shi Huang to consolidate power.
His proposal of "books with words" was also adopted by the government, which established the official script and promoted cultural exchanges between ethnic groups.
After Hu Hai of Qin II came to the throne, peasant uprisings broke out in many parts of the country, and the imperial power was shaky. At this time, Li Si wrote to advise Hu Hai many times, urging Hu Hai to rectify the dynasty, but this touched Hu Hai's mold.

At the instigation of Zhao Gao, the prime minister who had done his best for the Qin Dynasty was finally ordered to be beheaded in the city center. However, Hu Haiyou was discouraged, and even ordered the destruction of Li Si's three clans to set an example.
It's a pity that a poor generation of capable ministers ended up killing the whole family.
Chao Wrong: Waist Chopping East City
Chao was a courtier during the Western Han Dynasty. When he was a doctor, he had already shown his resourceful side, and was very loved by the crown prince Liu Qi, and was known as a "wise man".
After Liu Qi took the throne, he repeatedly promoted Chao Wrong and obeyed Chao Wrong's schemes.

At Chao's suggestion, Emperor Liu Qi of Hanjing ordered the domain to be reduced and the fiefdom power scattered in the hands of the princes and kings was returned to the central government.
Although this was a loyal and patriotic policy, it also sowed calamity for Chao.
A few days later, the princes and kings dissatisfied with Emperor Jing's order to cut the domain held high the banner of the "side of the Qing monarch" and raised troops to rebel in the name of killing Chao, which is known in history as the "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms".
In order to be able to eliminate the rebellion without bloodshed, Emperor Jing decided to sacrifice Chao in exchange for the retreat of the princes. Therefore, he specially issued an edict to summon Chao Qiao and ordered him to go to the palace immediately to meet him.

After hearing the news, Chao hurriedly took a car into the palace, but when passing through Chang'an East City, he was stopped by secret agents and beheaded on the street, and violently died on the streets of Chang'an, at this time he was still wearing the imperial uniform that he was about to enter the palace to see him.
Li Yi: Torture to death
The famous scholar Li Yi of the Eastern Han Dynasty ranked first among the "Eight Juns of the Eastern Han Dynasty", and he was born into a family of officials and eunuchs, and he was straightforward and strict, and had the reputation of "the model of the world".
When he learned that Zhang Shuo, the younger brother of the great eunuch Zhang Rang, was killing pregnant women in the village, he immediately became furious, and immediately led his pawns to arrest Zhang Shuo and put him on the spot, not afraid of Zhang Rang's power to cover the sky.

However, such a loyal and fearless minister was persecuted because of the calamity of the party, and Li Ying, who was in his sixties, was tortured in prison, and was tortured to death, and his wife and daughter were also exiled to the border, and the end was desolate.
Yue Fei: In prison
When Song Jin discussed peace, Yue Fei, who had led heavy troops against the Jin Kingdom, became a thorn in the eye of Yan Wushu. He secretly wrote to tell Qin Hui that he had to kill Yue Fei before he could negotiate peace.
At this time, Yue Fei no longer had military power, but Qin Huan's persecution was pressing step by step. With only a fabricated confession, this Yue Fei, who had made great contributions to the Southern Song Dynasty, was thrown into prison.

Although there were constantly ministers seeking justice for Yue Fei, Emperor Gaozong of Song still believed the villain's rumors and ordered Yue Fei to be killed.
The "Testament of the Dynasty" records that Yue Fei suffered the "punishment of pulling ribs" in the prison of Dali Temple, that is, he was struck in the chest and died in the ribs, and finally died violently in prison at the age of 39.
Xie: Frozen in the snow
Xie Jin, a famous scholar of the Ming Dynasty, was praised as a "prodigy" when he was a child, he was able to write at the age of seven, and he could not forget it at the age of ten, and he had an extraordinary talent in literature.

In the first year of Yongle, Zhu Di, the ancestor of Ming Cheng, ascended the throne, and Xie Xie was promoted by Zhu Di to a bachelor's degree in Hanlin Academy, and presided over the revision of the "Yongle Canon".
Two years later, because of his diligence and prudence, Xie Xie was able to speak directly to the emperor Geng, and was promoted by Zhu Di to the chief assistant of the cabinet, and he was proud for a while. In the eighth year of Yongle, Xie Jin's official business went to Beijing to play affairs, but he happened to encounter that Zhu Di's northern expedition was not in the palace, so he had to meet the prince and return to the place.
However, this matter was made a big deal by Zhu Gaoxu, who had long held a grudge against him, and Zhu Gaoxu's action of slandering Xie Xie was precisely disrespectful and did not put the emperor Zhu Di in his eyes.

Zhu Di was furious, and threw Xie into prison on the charge of "no courtesy", and then ordered people to get Xie Xie drunk, drag him into the snow and bury him, and freeze Xie to death in the ice and snow.
Yuan Chonghuan: Ling Chi executed
In the chaotic era of the decline of national strength at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Yuan Chonghuan's prestige once changed the color of the enemy army.
At that time, the Houjin State repeatedly came to attack, and the country was in trouble, Yuan Chonghuan stepped forward and single-handedly guarded Shanhaiguan and guarded the gate of the Ming Dynasty.

When the Houjin army approached the city, it was also Yuan Chonghuan who led the army to attack overnight and traveled thousands of miles back to Beijing to rescue, but the day the siege of Kyoto was lifted was also the time when Yuan Chonghuan was convicted.
He was slandered for colluding with Later Jin and privately letting the Qing soldiers into customs, and the Chongzhen Emperor listened to the rumors and ordered Yuan Chonghuan to be executed.
The punishment of Ling Chi is generally imposed on the most vicious criminals, and Yuan Chonghuan, as a famous general who resisted the Qing Dynasty, did not die in battle, but was sentenced to death by the king to whom he was loyal, and his tragic end is really sad.