It is said that the father of the tiger has no dogs, but it is called "father and son soldiers", in fact, it is rare in the long river of history, but the father and son of Zhou Bo and Zhou Yafu during the reign of Wenjing in the Western Han Dynasty can be regarded as relatively outstanding fathers and sons.
However, compared with Zhou Bo's political acumen and auxiliary political ability, Zhou Yafu is obviously much inferior. Although the latter husband went out to put an end to the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms and go down in the annals of history, he was a mess as an official.
In the end, Emperor Jing made up his mind to get rid of it with a very absurd reason, and Emperor Jing's determination to kill this hero who defended the country was because of a banquet and a pair of chopsticks. So, what's going on here?
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Zhou Yafu was the second son of the lieutenant Zhou Bo and a shogun, and from an early age he had a high military talent, and under the education of his father, he quickly grew into a general who could stand alone.
In the sixth year of Emperor Wen's reign, the Xiongnu warlords unilaterally tore up the covenant of peace and pro-kinship, launched a war against the Han Dynasty, and plundered the Central Plains. At that time, Zhou Yafu was ordered to garrison Xiaoliu and resist the Xiongnu.
Prior to this, the Han Dynasty had lost more than one victory in the battle against the Xiongnu, and the soldiers had a natural fear of the Xiongnu, and in the face of the low morale of the whole army, Zhou Yafu showed outstanding talent for leading soldiers.
He trained soldiers day and night, promulgated military regulations with clear rewards and punishments, formulated strict defensive strategies, and shared happiness and hardships with his subordinates. Later, in order to boost morale, Emperor Wen of Han personally went to the military camp to comfort the three armies.
On the same day, when Zi Longyuan came to the camp of Zhou Yafu Xiaoliu, the lieutenant of Shuwei stopped Emperor Wen, and when he learned that it was Tianzi who had come to inspect the whole army, the lieutenant still insisted on his own opinion: "The general has orders, and the army only listens to the general's orders, and does not listen to the emperor's edicts." ”
Emperor Wen of Han was a little displeased after hearing this, but the purpose of this trip was to inspire the whole army, and instead of blaming him, he highly praised Zhou Yafu: "Oh, this real general is a general!" If the thorn army is overpowered and the thorn gate army, if the child is played, it will be able to attack and capture. As for Yav, it is wicked to be gained! ”
Emperor Wen's praise fully affirmed the strictness of Zhou Yafu's rule of the army, and ordered the ban, but when Emperor Wen entered the military camp, he was asked to reduce the speed of driving. After seeing Zhou Yafu himself, he actually used the inconvenience of wearing armor to bow down, and only gestured to Emperor Wen with his hands in fists.
This series of offenses made Emperor Wen angry, fortunately, Emperor Wen was a generation of Ming Emperors, moody and angry, and the whole process of condolence, although Zhou Yafu was more offensive, also ended in a unity and peace.
Under the leadership of Zhou Yafu, the entire Xiaoliu camp underwent earth-shaking changes, and he also led the Xiaoliu camp to win the final victory.
The news of Zhou Yafu's victory over the Xiongnu and the defeat and retreat of the Xiongnu greatly encouraged the whole country, and Emperor Wen of Han was overjoyed. Emperor Wen of Han promoted Zhou Yafu to lieutenant, in charge of the military power of the capital and the guards of the Beijing Division.
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When the time came to the death of Emperor Wen of Han, Emperor Wen took Emperor Jing's hand and instructed Emperor Jing: "Zhou Yafu is a person who can be ordered to save the country from water and fire in the face of danger." ”
History also gave Zhou Yafu a big stage to perform, and Emperor Wen, after listening to Chao's edict of Tui En, drastically slashed the Liu clan.
Liu Tao, the king of Wu, joined forces with Liu Peng, the king of Chu, Liu Wei, the king of Jiaoxi, and other seven kingdoms to launch a rebellion, under the banner of "Chao Chao, the side of the Qing King", which is known in history as the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms.
The Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms can be said to be the most serious internal turmoil in the entire Western Han Dynasty, although Emperor Jing killed Chao in order to calm the people, but the Rebellion of the Seven Kings did not stop.
Seeing that the rebels were about to threaten his rule, Emperor Jing thought of Emperor Wen's last words and appointed Zhou Yafu as a lieutenant to lead the army to recruit the rebels. In the face of the menacing rebels, Zhou Yafu, who was experienced in combat, immediately seized on the problem of the other side's long front and poor grain and grass, and used this problem to deal a fatal blow to the rebels.
When the rebels frantically attacked the Liang state of Emperor Jing's half-brother Liu Wu, the King of Liang asked Zhou Yafu for help, and in order to carry out his strategy, Zhou Yafu ignored the Liang King's request for help, but instead sent his army east to the city of Changyi, but could not hold out.
When the King of Liang could not resist, he sent people to ask for help many times, but Zhou Yafu still insisted on not sending rescue troops. In the end, King Liang had no choice but to write to Emperor Jing, asking Emperor Jing to issue an edict to send reinforcements to Zhou Yafu, but Zhou Yafu actually disobeyed the emperor's orders and did not save King Liang when he saw death, which angered Emperor Jing.
Fortunately, the rebel generals led by Liu Hao were all a group of straw bales, and after being cut off by Zhou Yafu, they began to be in a state of great confusion, and the soldiers were defeated like mountains, and finally the soldiers were defeated and died. In this way, Zhou Yafu solved the Rebellion of the Seven Kings in just three months.
Although Emperor Jing was furious at Zhou Yafu's previous behavior, he was now deeply impressed by Zhou Yafu's ability to lead troops to fight, and worshipped Zhou Yafu as a chancellor.
After this battle, Zhou Yafu went out to worship the chancellor and led the position of minister as a military general, and the rank of battle merit officer far exceeded that of his father Zhou Bo, and he was in the limelight for a while.
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However, Zhou Yafu's political acumen is a bit stretched compared to his military ability. After becoming a minister, everything in the DPRK and China needed to be handled by the minister, which was simply a disaster for Zhou Yafu, who was a warrior.
Therefore, his work as a minister was a mess, but it was fortunate that Emperor Jing worked diligently for a generation of masters and always took care of the aftermath of Zhou Yafu in political affairs. However, Zhou Yafu not only did not accept Emperor Wen's affection, but also had no courtesy of a monarch, and often directly disputed with Emperor Jing of Han because of political discord.
What annoyed Emperor Jingdi even more was that Zhou Yafu actually interfered in the issue of the emperor's heir, which made the emperor kill. However, in view of his previous merits, Emperor Jingdi of Han still forced Zhou Yafu to resign through the means of suppression.
After resigning from the government, Zhou Yafu was at home in peace and self-preservation, and the Han Jing Emperor did not have such a handsome man like a fish in his throat, and the state affairs were handled more smoothly, and his mood was much better.
However, after all, Zhou Yafu was a great general who had made contributions to defending the country, so as long as there were any major events and banquets in the imperial court, Emperor Jing of Han still had to invite him to come.
Once, the Han Jing Emperor arranged a banquet and invited Zhou Yafu to attend the banquet, hoping to test it to see if Zhou Yafu's temperament had changed.
When Zhou Yafu went to the banquet as scheduled and sat down, he found that he only had food on his plate and no tableware, and then looked at the other people's knives, forks and chopsticks. In this regard, Zhou Yafu immediately blushed and asked the steward what he intended.
When Emperor Jing heard this, he immediately asked Zhou Yafu, "I invited you to a banquet, can't I still make you happy?" Zhou Yafu, who was aware of this, understood that emperor Jing was testing himself.
But Rao was so, in anger, he still reluctantly knelt down to apologize, and when Emperor Jing let him flatten out, he left the table in anger.
Looking at the figure of Zhou Yafu leaving, Emperor Jing looked at him coldly and said coldly: "This person who is sorry for him is not a young lord and a subject", which means that Zhou Yafu, who has no eyes and a delicate temper, is something that Liu Che, who will succeed to the throne in the future, cannot control it, and this person cannot stay.
Originally, with the help of this banquet, The Han Jing Emperor intended to find a great general for Liu Che. However, from the perspective of the ending, Zhou Yafu is not good, and there is still a potential danger. Later, something happened that also pushed Zhou Yafu to a dead end.
Zhou Yafu had a son, named Zhou Yang, and when Zhou Yafu was about to die, he knew that Zhou Yafu liked armor, so he privately purchased 500 sets of shield armor to prepare for Zhou Yafu's funeral.
However, after the hired men had moved all the armor, he actually withheld their wages, and the matter was sued. At that time, buying a large number of weapons privately was a felony, and Zhou Yafu was even said to be plotting rebellion.
Soon after, Lieutenant Ting immediately arrested Zhou Yafu and others and examined them. Zhou Yafu did not know anything about the armor, so after being taken to the Tingwei Mansion, he was furious, and he was even more confused about the private possession of the armor and even the intention to rebel.
Therefore, he perfunctorily interrogated all the questions, and did not know what to ask. The matter soon spread to Emperor Jing, who had risen early to kill emperor Jing and ordered people to strictly investigate, and as a result, Zhou Yafu's crime was "confirmed".
This hero who once saved the Great Han was now framed for this trumped-up crime, and he was also angry enough to go on a hunger strike to protest, hoping that emperor Jing of Han would give him justice.
But after five consecutive days, Zhou Yafu, who did not get any response, finally crushed him with sorrow and anger, and he died of exhaustion and died violently in prison.
All in all, Zhou Yafu put all his skill points on the war, and he had no political consciousness at all, so he ended up in a miserable end.