In 157 BC, Emperor Liu Heng of the Han Dynasty said to the crown prince Liu Qi when he was seriously ill: "Even if there is an emergency, Zhou Yafu can really be a general." "This is to let Emperor Jing of Han succeed to the throne and reuse Zhou Yafu, a military general.
Zhou Yafu is the son of Zhou Bo, the founder of the Western Han Dynasty, originally inconspicuous, when he was the county guard of Hanoi, Xu Fu showed him his appearance and said something like this:
"The queen is three years old. Hou is eight years old as a general, holding the country, precious, and no two in the people. Later, at the age of nine, Jun starved to death. ”
At that time, Zhou Yafu didn't believe it at all, after all, his brother Zhou Shengzhi had inherited the title of his father Zhou Bo, and it was impossible for him to take his turn, but there are many impossibilities in the world.
Three years later, Zhou Shengzhi killed someone and was deprived of the title, Emperor Wen of Han was grateful for Zhou Bo's great military exploits for the Han Dynasty, so he ordered Zhou Bo's sons to inherit the title of Marquis Jiang, Zhou Yafu was elected by everyone and became the new Marquis of Jiang.
In the later years of Emperor Wen of Han, the Xiongnu invaded the northern border, and Emperor Wen of Han urgently transferred the border to guard the Beijing division, of which Zhou Yafu was responsible for guarding the fine willow, when Emperor Wen of Han personally went to the army to treat the soldiers, and then found out the difference in Zhou Yafu's army.
Because when Emperor Wen arrived at Zhou Yafu's camp, the team was blocked by the guards, even if he knew that the emperor came to condole, he would not let go, and the envoy must go in with the emperor's talisman to report, and only with Zhou Yafu's permission would he open the door to greet Emperor Wen of Han, and the carriages and horses were not allowed to gallop in the camp.
It can be said that military discipline is quite strict, even if the emperor arrives in the army, he must abide by it, Emperor Wen of Han sighed that this is a real general, and the enemy has no chance to sneak attack at all.
Because of this incident, Emperor Wen of Han valued Zhou Yafu very much, and when he was seriously ill, he told his son to reuse Zhou Yafu.
After Liu Qi succeeded to the throne, he made Zhou Yafu a general of chariots and cavalry. In 154 BC, Liu Bi, the king of Wu, united with Liu Wu, the king of Chu, and Liu Wei, the king of Jiaoxi, launched a rebellion, and Emperor Jing of Han appointed Zhou Yafu as a lieutenant to lead the troops to quell the rebellion.
Zhou Yafu quickly formulated a battle strategy, and in only three months, he quelled the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms and made great achievements, but in the process of quelling the rebellion, Zhou Yafu did not rescue Liang in time, so he made a feud with Liu Wu, the king of Liang, and was disliked by the Empress Dowager Dou.
You must know that Liu Wu is the most favored son of the Empress Dowager Dou, even if Emperor Han Jing is not good to his younger brother Liu Wu, the Empress Dowager Dou can't bear it, not to mention that Zhou Yafu is just a general, Empress Dowager Dou can't wait to kill him directly, but in the end, she has any scruples, and can only separate the relationship between Emperor Han Jing and Zhou Yafu.
Zhou Yafu was appointed prime minister after quelling the rebellion and returning to the dynasty, and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty valued him very much, but Zhou Yafu himself was more upright, admitting death, and was not very able to figure out the emperor's thoughts.
In 150 BC, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty abolished the crown prince Liu Rong as the king of Linjiang, and Zhou Yafu tried his best to dissuade him, not only did not persuade Emperor Jing of Han, but also made Emperor Jing of Han gradually alienate him.
Later, the Empress Dowager Dou asked to entitle the Empress Wang Huan's brother Wang Xin, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty refused to be the marquis of his uncle Dou Guangguo during the emperor's lifetime, and the Empress Dowager Dou said that she regretted it every time she thought about it, and persuaded Emperor Jing of Han to quickly seal the letter as the marquis, and Emperor Jing of Han could only decide to discuss with the prime minister.
Zhou Yafu directly took out the original oath of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty: "If you are not a king, you can't be a king, and you can't be a marquis unless you have merit." If it is not as promised, the world will fight together. After Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty heard this, he did not seal the letter of the king as a marquis.
If Emperor Han Jing was not angry about this matter, the next thing made Emperor Han Jing not very happy.
The Xiongnu King Wei Xu Lu and other five people surrendered to the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty decided to crown them as marquis to attract more people to surrender to the Han, but Zhou Yafu said that if these people who betrayed the lord were made marquis, there would be no way to punish the courtiers who did not abide by the festival.
Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty directly said that he did not adopt the opinion of the prime minister, and finally made the five people marquis, Zhou Yafu was also very strong, saying that he was sick at home and did not go to court, and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty also got on the bar with Zhou Yafu, in 147 BC, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty removed Zhou Yafu from the post of prime minister.
It can be seen from the above few things that Zhou Yafu is very different from his father, when Empress Lu came to the dynasty to call the system, and the prime minister Wang Ling, Chen Ping and Zhou Bo and others discussed the establishment of Zhu Lu as the king, Wang Ling also took out Liu Bang's oath to oppose it, and Chen Ping and Zhou Bo said this: "Emperor Gao sets the world, the prince brother, the queen mother is now the system, Wang Kundi Zhulu, everything is possible." ”
Therefore, Chen Ping and Zhou Bo successfully preserved themselves, destroyed the Lu family after the death of Empress Lü, and established Liu Heng as emperor.
Zhou Yafu is a bit similar to the original Wang Ling, dare to fight for the dynasty, of course, Emperor Han Jing also loves and hates Zhou Yafu, although he was removed from the position of prime minister, but he just doesn't like Zhou Yafu's temper, if he can change it a little, Emperor Han Jing is willing to give him a chance.
Soon after, Emperor Jing of Han held a banquet in the palace to entertain Zhou Yafu and rewarded him with wine and food, and Emperor Jing of Han deliberately asked people to put a large piece of meat on the banquet, without chopping it, and did not prepare chopsticks for Zhou Yafu.
Zhou Yafu was immediately unhappy when he saw that there were no chopsticks, and directly turned his head and asked the person in charge of the banquet to bring him chopsticks.
It's simple: Isn't that enough for you?
Zhou Yafu knew that Emperor Han Jing was angry as soon as he heard it, although he didn't know why Emperor Han Jing was angry, but he still took off his hat and knelt down to apologize, Emperor Han Jing also stood up, Zhou Yafu took the opportunity to walk out quickly, Emperor Han Jing quietly watched Zhou Yafu disappear from his sight, and then said in a dull voice: "This person is not a young minister!"
At the beginning, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty valued Zhou Yafu's strictness in governing the army, and asked the crown prince Liu Qi to reuse Zhou Yafu after succeeding to the throne, Liu Qi followed his father's instructions, and as a result, he dealt with Zhou Yafu for several years, and finally felt that Zhou Yafu was not enough to leave it to the young master, which was going to really abandon Zhou Yafu.
Not long after this incident, Zhou Yafu had an accident, because Zhou Yafu's son secretly bought Zhou Yafu five hundred pieces of armor and shields for funeral, it is said that you have to be careful to do such a thing, and the hired hired workers must also be sent well, but Zhou Yafu's son let the hired workers do very tiring work without paying, and the hired workers reported Zhou Yafu's son in a fit of anger, which naturally implicated Zhou Yafu.
Emperor Jing of Han knew that he asked him to investigate the matter thoroughly, and the officials asked Zhou Yafu according to the usual practice, but Zhou Yafu kept his mouth shut and did not answer, and Emperor Jing of Han was very angry and handed Zhou Yafu directly to Ting Wei.
Things are getting more and more serious, Zhou Yafu can't clear his name, when the prison officials arrested him, he wanted to commit suicide, but was stopped by his wife, after being imprisoned, he began a hunger strike, did not eat for five days, and starved to death.
Interestingly, after Zhou Yafu starved to death, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty made Wang Xin the Marquis.