As the old saying goes, a companion is like a tiger, and there are all kinds of stories between monarchs and courtiers throughout history.
When it comes to monarchs, everyone should be familiar with a passage often said in TV series, that is-"Jun let his ministers die, and the ministers dare not die." ”
The emperor held great power in the world during the feudal period, and could decide the life and death of his subordinate generals at the snap of his fingers. And for the Han Dynasty, even more so.
The strength of the Han Dynasty is obvious to the world, not to mention that the Han Dynasty is the only civilization that has continued since ancient times.
The Eastern and Western Han Dynasties ruled for Chinese mainland four centuries, and their ability is evident.
Liu Qi, the emperor of Hanjing, was an accomplished emperor during the reign of the Han Dynasty. Cut the king of the clan, calm the seven chaos, and stabilize the world.
Emperor Jing of Han inherited the consistent benevolence and virtue of the Han family of the Liu family, and was a corporal of Lixian. But during his time in power, he did something that did not conform to others.
He set up a banquet to test the elders of the two dynasties, and then stripped him of his title as prime minister and expelled him.
Can Emperor Jing put down his personality and target him like this, who is this person?
The elder of the two dynasties - Zhou Yafu
When it comes to Zhou Yafu, many people will be familiar with it.
In the popular TV series "Beauty Heart Scheme" many years ago, Zhou Yafu, played by He Shengming, became a fan for a while.
On TV, people pay more attention to the love between Zhou Yafu, played by He Shengming, and Mo Xueying, played by Yang Mi.
And Zhou Yafu's most outstanding is actually his outstanding contribution to laying the foundation of the Han family.
Zhou Yafu served the Han family for two generations.
During the reign of Emperor Wen, Zhou Yafu followed the Hanwen Emperor Liu Heng to conquer the world.
At that time, the Xiongnu often invaded the Central Plains, and Zhou Yafu led his army to resist the invading Xiongnu soldiers, laying a solid foundation for the Han family.
Emperor Wen held him in high regard, and even before his death, he entrusted Liu Qi to him. And when he was dying, he repeatedly told Liu Qi, saying that Zhou Yafu was a minister of arse and must be reused.
Liu Qi also received his father's order and made him a general of Zhou Yafu as soon as he ascended the throne. Under the orders of Emperor Jing, Zhou Yafu served Liu Qi
In the third year of Emperor Jing, the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms appeared, and Zhou Yafu was ordered by Liu Qi to go to the pan.
In less than three months, the rebels were suppressed, and the head of the rebel leader Liu Li was beheaded.
This also earned him a reputation for himself, rising from lieutenant to prime minister. Under the real one, above ten thousand.
Just after easy breakage, it will be hurt
As the old saying goes, after stepping into the position of prime minister, Zhou Yafu also caused trouble for himself.
He is a military general, does not understand the way of world affairs between civil officials, and is quite "ignorant of world affairs".
Moreover, Zhou Yafu has galloped on the battlefield all his life, cultivated his rigid and conceited thinking, and I don't know how many times in political affairs he annoyed Emperor Jing because of discord. And the confident Zhou Yafu always insists that he is right.
This situation was seen by King Liang, and he began to rumor Emperor Jing to corrupt Zhou Yafu.
Emperor Jing, who was already dissatisfied with Zhou Yafu, became even more unaccustomed to Zhou Yafu after instigation.
At this time, Zhou Yafu still did not know how to converge, and still went his own way. Several times above the court, he openly quarreled with Emperor Jing, so that Emperor Jing could not come to the stage.
There was even an arrogant attitude of taking off the official hat and picking the pick, with an arrogant attitude of "there is no master here, there is a place for the master".
Completely angered Emperor Jing and truly laid the foundation for the end of Zhou Yafu.
Set up a Hongmen banquet to test the heart
When Zhou Yafu threatened Emperor Jing's Liu Qi with "resignation" for the last time, Liu Qi agreed in annoyance and asked Zhou Yafu to stay at home and calm down.
Zhou Yafu was also practical enough, and when he returned home, he began to enjoy an idle life and become unrestrained.
In fact, this should have been a good ending for this pair of monarchs, but it backfired.
According to rumors, one day Emperor Jing set up a banquet to entertain the courtiers, and Zhou Yafu, who resigned from the official at home, was also on the invitation list. This is because Emperor Jing still wants to see if Zhou Yafu has changed his mind and wants to test it.
After the wine banquet began, everyone in the audience had prepared wine and tableware, but Zhou Yafu had little soup and water in front of him, and he didn't even put chopsticks.
After Zhou Yafu saw it, he was a little angry, and when Emperor Jing saw him angry, he immediately said that he had arranged it. In fact, the intention of this practice is very clear, Emperor Jing just wants to tell Zhou Yafu who is the master.
Without Emperor Jing giving you chopsticks, you won't be able to eat.
Zhou Yafu knew that Jun Qian's anger was inappropriate, and immediately possessed and pleaded guilty.
But at the same time, after he knew that this was arranged by Emperor Jing, he still held resentment in his heart. As a result, before Emperor Jing had dismissed him, he said that he was unwell and left the banquet directly.
Withdrawing without asking the monarch's order, Emperor Jing ate a meal sullenly and scribbled away. Emperor Jing looked at Zhou Yafu, who was departing, and his heart was depressed.
The heavy minister who once assisted him is now so inflexible, and the DPRK will definitely not be able to keep him.
The tragic end of perseverance
While Emperor Jing was disappointed in Zhou Yafu, Zhou Yafu was also disappointed with Emperor Jing.
He always believed that he had done nothing wrong, and everything that happened was caused by Emperor Jing's deliberate difficulty.
How could he not feel hatred in his heart for his life's efforts for the imperial court and the Han family in exchange for such a return.
Under the disturbance of such emotions, he was depressed in his heart, and Zhou Yafu was terminally ill. And at this time, his son actually pushed him to death because of foolishness.
At that time, the Han Dynasty did not allow private purchases of armor, and his son Zhou Yang saw that his time was running out, and thought of giving him a funeral when he was mourned, and actually bought 500 pieces of military armor.
This matter was directly used by the enemies set up by Zhou Yafu, and he was determined to rebel.
As a result, how could Zhou Yafu, who had been fighting for the Han family's whole life, endure such slander. In the end, he went on a hunger strike for five days, and finally vomited blood to his death.
And about Zhou Yafu's death, there is a small story. It is rumored that at that time, there was a half-immortal who had an extremely accurate face, and he had met Zhou Yafu.
At that time, Zhou Yafu had not yet joined the army of the dynasty, but was only the second son of the former dynasty's meritorious family. People who met said that Zhou Yafu was an extremely powerful minister in his life, but he would eventually starve to death.
At first, Zhou Yafu didn't believe it, but in the end, he inevitably ended up on a hunger strike and died.
It's not appropriate to behave
I was criticized for his heroic name, and he killed his life in order to prove his innocence.
In his life, Zhou Yafu made many outstanding contributions to the Han family and to Huaxia.
It's just that his rigidity and conceit led him to drive himself into a dead end.
After entering the dead end, Zhou Yafu did not know the white people's feelings, did not understand the etiquette of the monarch, and did not have a clear understanding of what he did.
This is the old saying "too rigid and easy to break".
In fact, if Zhou Yafu had learned two points, he would not have ended up in such a field. One is the "golden mean" spoken of in the Chinese Confucian tradition, which really suits our Chinese.
Being a person requires a certain "circle" and a certain "straightness". But "round but not smooth, straight but not rigid" should be the best attitude to get along.
Another is "my body in the three provinces of Japan and Japan", people have to learn to see their own problems in order to get along with others better.
Whether it is a feudal society or today's socialist society, man is, after all, a social animal. You still have to learn how to get along.