In 154 BC, Liu Qi, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, did something chilling when he executed his teacher Chao, who had been teaching him for more than twenty years. At the same time, chao's "parents and wives have the same birth and abandon the city.". As we all know, Chao Que was a political commentator with the same name as Jia Yi, who had always been loyal to the Han Dynasty and successively proposed many practical strategies to stabilize the Western Han Dynasty. However, why did the Han Jing Emperor treat his teacher so cruelly?
Chao Que was a native of Yingchuan, who when he was young, he worshiped Zhang Hui as a teacher and studied The Fa's thoughts. During the reign of Emperor Wen of Han, Chao Que was ordered to learn the Book of Shang from Fusheng and became a figure with both Confucianism and law. After that, Emperor Wen of Han asked Chao to tutor Liu Qi, the crown prince, and the two sides formed a master-apprentice relationship. Chao's mistakes can speak eloquently, and his talent is very prominent, so he is deeply appreciated by Liu Qi and is called a "think tank". In 157 BC, the Han Jing Emperor succeeded to the throne, and Chao Que was given the title of Internal History.
Emperor Jingdi of Han obeyed Chao's wrong words, "Fortunately, the Nine Qings were poured out, and the laws were more determined." Later, Chao Que was again given the title of Imperial Grand Master and ranked third duke. With the assistance of Chao, the Han Jing Emperor carried out a series of reforms, the most important of which was to cut the domain. Chao mistakenly believes that "what is cut now is also reversed, and what is not cut is also reversed." Cutting it, its anti-urgent, small disaster; not cutting it, its anti-delay, the disaster is great", so it is necessary to attack the powerful Wu king Liu Hao.
Emperor Jing of Han ordered "the secretaries of state, the marquises, and the clan to discuss", and no one dared to oppose it, but Dou Bao did not agree, and he and Chao Mistaken began to argue, and thus formed a grudge. After Chao's father heard the news, he traveled thousands of miles to Chang'an, and also opposed the cutting of the domain, he thought that "Liu Shi is safe, and Chao Shi is in danger", seeing that he could not persuade Chao Wrong, he finally took poison and committed suicide. After the edict was issued, Liu Hao, the King of Wu, and seven other princes launched a rebellion in the name of "Jie Chao".
Just when Chao mistakenly planned the counter-rebellion for Emperor Jingdi of Han, he was deceived by the emissaries of Emperor Jingdi of Han to Dongshi. Chao was neither imprisoned nor interrogated, and was sentenced to beheaded in court clothes. So who killed Chao? The first was Dou Bao, who orchestrated it. The second is Yuan Ang, who is the executor. Dou Bao recommended Yuan Ang to Emperor Jing of Han, and Yuan Ang offered advice to Emperor Jing, "Fang Jinji, who has the only mistake to cut off, send an envoy to pardon Wu and the Seven Kingdoms of Chu, and restore their homeland, then the soldiers can be spared without bloodshed."
Emperor Jingdi of Han jing was silent for a long time before he said a word, "Gu Cheng, I don't love one person to thank the world." Then he secretly asked Yuan Ang to prepare his clothes and persuade King Wu to strike the army. The third was the courtiers led by The Chancellor Tao Qing, Lieutenant Chen Jia, and Ting Wei Zhang Ou, who jointly impeached Chao, "(Chao) mistakenly did not call His Majesty Dexin, wanted to alienate the people, and wanted to give Wu the city, and the deceased courtiers were courteous, and there was no way out", and asked Emperor Jing of Han to execute Chao.
The fourth person was the Han Jing Emperor, who replied with only one word on the wrong execution- "yes." Emperor Jingdi of Han was far less courageous and talented than Emperor Wen of Han and Emperor Wu of Han, and he was initially frightened by the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms before he made such a cruel and ruthless decision. So why are so many ministers framing Chao? This is because Chao Que is a person who is harsh, straight, harsh, and ruthless, and has a rather legal demeanor in implementing policies, so he has offended many people.
Although Chao Que was loyal to the Han Dynasty, he did not seek his own life for the country, which led to this killing disaster. After Chao's death, Duke Deng returned from the front and reported to Emperor Jingdi of Han. Deng Gong pointed out the mistakes of emperor Jing of Han, "Chao's mistakes affect the princes who are powerful and uncontrollable, so please cut them, so as to honor the capital and the benefits of the world." The plan began, the pawn was killed, the inner du loyal to the mouth, the outer to avenge the princes, the subject steal for his majesty did not take it. Emperor Jingdi of Han also felt ashamed and sighed, "Speaking well of the public." I hate it! ”
References: 1. "Records of History"; 2. "Book of Han"; 3. "Zizhi Tongjian"