In the third year of the Western Han Dynasty (154 BC), because emperor Jingdi of Han adopted a chaotic policy of cutting the domain, which touched the interests of the princes, the Rebellion of the Seven Kings, led by Liu Hao, the King of Wu, broke out. Of course, in ancient times, the emphasis was on the famous division, and although these seven kings rebelled, they also raised troops in the name of "please curse the mistake and take the side of the Qing Jun", which means that the emperor is blinded by the villains around him, and they want to eliminate this villain.
Soon after, Emperor Jing of Han made a decision, that is, to kill Chao Wrong, perhaps Emperor Jing of Han also felt that this was really unauthentic, and it was a famous teacher, so he sent the lieutenant to Chao Wrong's house, and ordered Chao Wrong to go to the court to discuss matters, so Chao Wrong specially went to wear court clothes, and when the carriage and horse passed through Chang'an East City, the lieutenant stopped the car, read the edict to Chao Wrong, and beheaded Chao Wrong waist wearing the imperial clothes, and the history books recorded that "Shangling Chao mistaken clothes beheaded the East City."
It can be said that chao's death was a stain that Emperor Jingdi of Han could not erase in his lifetime, and it was quite absurd to face the rebels who compromised to kill their own teachers and trusted ministers, and also deceived to kill.
After Chao's death, the Seven Kings did not retreat, and finally the Central Imperial Court relied on Zhou Yafu to lead a large army south to suppress the rebellion.
Perhaps judging from the above events alone, some people will feel that Emperor Jingdi of Han is a cowardly and incompetent person, in fact, Emperor Jingdi of Hanjing is also a very capable emperor, and together with his father Emperor Wendi of Han created the first "rule of Wenjing" in Chinese history, and even calmed the rebellion of the Seven Kings, vigorously weakened the power of the princes, and laid a good foundation for his later son Emperor Wu of Han to cut the domain with the "Tuien Order".
So such a shrewd emperor must not be so naïve, and he must know that killing the wrong rebels will not retreat, so why should he do this?
In fact, to put it bluntly, the reason is very simple, first, The Han Jing Emperor's move is to make the rebellious Seven Kings Division nameless, don't you mean that there are villains around me, do you want to clean up the side of the King, now that I have done it myself, you will no longer retreat from the army is that the division is nameless, it is a naked rebellion, it is unpopular.
The second is to appease the hearts of the princes who have not rebelled, which is actually more critical, because the rebellion of the seven kings is menacing, and the other princes who have not rebelled, although their strength is relatively small compared to the rebellious seven kings, is also a force that cannot be ignored, the duel between the central court and the seven kings, there are also many princes on the sidelines, if the central court falls behind, many of them are afraid that they will jump out to support the seven kings, after all, the Han Jing Emperor has adopted a chaotic policy of cutting the domain, which greatly touched the interests of the princes. And the Han Jing Emperor killed Chao, who had always advocated cutting the domain, which was equivalent to showing an attitude, making the other princes put their minds at ease, appeasing them, and not further increasing the number of rebellious princes.
Of course, the reason why Emperor Han Jing did this, Chao Que also played a divine assist at a critical moment, and when the Seven Kings were threatening, he actually proposed that Emperor Han Jing emperor personally march and sit in the rear by himself. No matter what he thought, I have to say that this proposal is not at all emotional intelligence, let the emperor go to the dangerous front line, even if he does not follow, but means that you go to the dangerous place, the big rear of this safe place to hand over to me on the line, this proposal, whoever becomes the emperor is not willing to listen, The Han Jing Emperor is definitely not happy to hear it.
Therefore, under comprehensive consideration, Emperor Jingdi of Han thus deceived and killed his mentor and trusted minister Chao.
It can be said that this crisis handling, the Han Jing Emperor seems to be very naïve, in fact, there is a very deep imperial heart technique behind it, with the death of a person who is wrong, so that the Rebellion of the Seven Kings is unknown, but also appeased other princes who are waiting and watching, and then appointed Zhou Yafu, a fierce general, and finally the huge Rebellion of the Seven Kings lasted three months and was put down.
And chao, who has always been loyal and loyal, for the sake of the Han Dynasty Jiangshan Sheji, has become an outcast, and has been deceived to the waist, which fully illustrates the cruelty of the imperial family world, which is "the king wants the subject to die, the subject has to die", everyone is just a pawn of the emperor ruling the world, even if you are the emperor's teacher, even if you are a minister that the emperor trusts, it is difficult to escape the fate of the chess pieces, and the key moment is to kill for the stability of the country, but it is a pity that chao mistakenly did his best for the dynasty, and also ended up like this, which is really regrettable.
Of course, Chao's own mistakes also have certain problems, the history books record that he was "steep and straight", saying that the popular point is to be upright, but quite harsh, not close to human feelings, it can be said that he is a pure minister who will not be a man, although he is quite far-sighted for the Western Han Dynasty, he proposed a policy of cutting the domain, but he did not plan deeply for himself, did not know how to protect himself, and did not leave a way back for himself.
And because of the inhuman reasons, there were too many ministers who offended him, so during the Rebellion of the Seven Kings, Yuan Ang, who had a festival with him, took the opportunity to suggest that Emperor Jing of Han kill him, so that Emperor Jingdi of Han made up his mind to kill him, and after his unjust death, no minister stood up to fight for him, and in the final life of Han, he was not rehabilitated; from the perspective of "gong", chao mistakes are worthy of admiration, and from the perspective of "private", chao mistakes are actually quite a failure.
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