The conspirator of the power 821 Shi Hai Shen became a mirror

Three years later, Zhou Yafu's elder brother Zhou Shengzhi, who had already inherited the title, suddenly committed an accident and was deprived of the position of marquis for murder. Emperor www.biquge.info Pen Fun Pavilion thanked Zhou Bo for his great contributions to the founding of the Han Dynasty, and was unwilling to deprive the Zhou family of titles, so he ordered the best of Zhou Bo's other sons to be selected to succeed. As a result, everyone unanimously recommended Zhou Yafu, and Zhou Yafu really became a marquis.

After that, the Xiongnu invaded, and Zhou Yafu did something so cool in the process that it has been talked about by future generations. This is what people often call "meticulous guards."

Because of the Xiongnu invasion, Emperor Wen of Han urgently mobilized the people to defend the town. In order to defend the Beijing Division, the Third Route Army was sent to the vicinity of Chang'an to defend against the guards. One was stationed at Ba Shang, the other at Jianmen, and Zhou Yafu, who was the Taishou of Hanoi at the time, was in charge of guarding the fine willows.

After the battle began, Emperor Wen of Han, in order to boost morale, personally went to the Third Route Army to ask for comfort. First to Ba, and then to Thorngate, there was no need to report to these two places, and when they saw the emperor's carriage coming, the military camp took the initiative to let it go. Moreover, the generals of the two places did not know the news until Emperor Wen of Han's car entered the barracks, and they panicked when they greeted them. When sending Emperor Wen away, he also personally led the whole army to the gate of the camp.

However, when he arrived at Zhou Yafu's camp, it was not like this, and it was even completely different from those two places.

The chariot that was responsible for opening the road for the emperor was suddenly caught outside the Xiliu camp, and after informing the Son of Heaven that he was coming to offer condolences, the lieutenant guarding the gate of the village said: "The general has orders, and the army only obeys the general's orders, not the orders of the Son of Heaven." ”

So, when Emperor Wen of Han's car arrived, he sent an envoy with his own talisman to Zhou Yafu's Chinese army account to report. Zhou Yafu ordered to open the village gate to greet him. The soldiers guarding the camp also very solemnly told Emperor Wen of Han's entourage: "The general has an order, and no cars and horses are allowed in the barracks." ”

As a result, the chauffeur, who had always praised the emperor as the emperor, had no choice but to control the rope and not let the horse go too fast.

When he arrived at the front of the military account, Zhou Yafu came out to greet him in military uniform, and bowed to Emperor Wen with a weapon in his hand: "The people who are in charge do not worship, please allow your majesty to pay respects with the courtesy of the army." ”

When Emperor Han Wen heard this, he was very moved, and owed Hengmu in front of the car to salute the generals. And after the Labor Army, for a long time he said to his ministers: "This is the real general!" Those overlord and thorny armies are as simple as children's plays. If the enemy comes to sneak attack, I'm afraid their generals will also be captured. But Zhou Yafu, he didn't even give the emperor's face, and he would never be attacked by the enemy! ”

So far, Zhou Yafu has been an instant hit, and he has been so praised by the emperor that no one can hope for the stars and the moon. However, this rising general did not realize that his "iron-faced selflessness" and "unmovingness" at this time laid the root cause of the emperor's suspicion and suspicion of him in the future.

After that, Zhou Yafu gradually grasped the power of the army, and made another great contribution in a disaster that opened the sky and covered the earth.

In the third year of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bi, the king of Wu, and Liu Wu, the king of Chu, and other seven kingdoms launched a rebellion, waving the banner of "misunderstanding and purifying the monarch", causing great chaos in the country. Emperor Jing of Han appointed Zhou Yafu as a lieutenant and led his troops to quell the rebellion.

At this time, the rebel army was storming the Liang State, but Zhou Yafu did not want to rescue directly, and he proposed his own strategic plan to Emperor Jing: "The Chu army has always been fierce and has a very strong fighting power, and if it is fought head-on, it will be difficult to win." I plan to give up Liang Guo for the time being, cut off his grain from behind, and then wait for an opportunity to strike at the rebels again. ”

Emperor Jing of Han agreed to Zhou Yafu's plan, so Zhou Yafu marched around the road and reached Luoyang.

At this time, the Liang State was attacked by the rebel army in turn, and the King of Liang, who was a fellow mother of Emperor Jing of Han, asked Zhou Yafu for help. Zhou Yafu couldn't hold on, which made King Liang furious, and he asked for help again and again without success, and finally even wrote a letter to Emperor Jing of Han. Emperor Jing of Han ordered Zhou Yafu to send reinforcements, but Zhou Yafu was still unmoved.

In the midst of the controversy, Zhou Yafu resisted the pressure and sent people to secretly cut off the grain of the rebels, and also sent troops to rob the grain of the rebels. The rebels had no choice but to attack Zhou Yafu first. However, after several challenges, Zhou Yafu did not fight. As time went on, Zhou Yafu's army became a little unstable.

One night, there was a sudden disturbance in the camp, and the noise could be heard even in Zhou Yafu's big account, but Zhou Yafu still kept it silent and remained motionless in bed. After a while, the chaos naturally subsided.

A few days later, the rebels marched to the southeast of the offensive camp with great momentum, but Zhou Yafu sent his men to the northwest to defend. As a result, they encountered the attack of the main rebel force in the northwest, and because they were prepared, they quickly repelled the rebels.

The rebels had no choice but to retreat because of the lack of food, and Zhou Yafu took the opportunity to send elite troops to pursue and win. The head of the rebel leader Liu Bi was also cut off by the Vietnamese. The rebellion was quickly quelled after three months, and after the war ended, everyone praised Zhou Yafu's way of employing troops. However, King Liang had a grudge against Zhou Yafu because he did not rescue him in time. Several times in front of Emperor Han Jing, he wanted to get rid of Zhou Yafu.

After this, Zhou Yafu's prestige reached its peak. He should have retired, but he didn't realize it. It was not until soon later that Emperor Jing of Han appointed him prime minister, effectively relieving him of military power. But Zhou Yafu was still not vigilant, and everything was based on making meritorious contributions to the Han Dynasty, which made Emperor Jing of Han very unhappy.

After that, there were four things that caused Zhou Yafu to deteriorate every time.

First, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty wanted to abolish Liu Rong, Liu Rong was born to Li Ji, so he was called Prince Li. However, Zhou Yafu objected, believing that he should not be lightly abolished, and as a result, Emperor Jing of Han began to alienate him.

The second is that King Liang, who has an enmity with him, every time he comes to the capital, he tells Zhou Yafu bad things in front of the Queen Mother, which is also very unfavorable to him. What's more, the "meticulous willow training of soldiers" is used as a negative teaching material, saying that Zhou Yafu has always ruled the world alone, and even the emperor will not give face, let alone anyone. And whether you want to continue to give face to the emperor in the future depends on your mood.

The third is the queen's brother marquis, Empress Dowager Zhu wanted Emperor Han Jing to make the empress's brother Wang Xin a marquis, but Emperor Han Jing was unwilling, saying that Empress Dowager Zhuan's nephew did not have a marquis when Emperor Wen was alive. Empress Dowager Zhu said that her brother did not have a marquis when he was alive, although her nephew later became a marquis, but she always felt sorry for her brother, so she persuaded Emperor Jing to make Wang Xin a marquis. Emperor Jing was a little moved, but he pushed it off and said that he would discuss it with the minister.

When discussing with Zhou Yafu, Zhou Yafu not only did not refuse, but his attitude was very resolute, saying that Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, said that those who did not have the surname Liu could not be crowned king, and those who did not have meritorious service could not be crowned marquis. If you make the king a marquis, you are violating the oath of your ancestors. Emperor Jing heard that there was nothing to say, and the matter was put aside. But after that, Zhou Yafu became a villain, which attracted the extreme resentment of the Queen Mother's family.

The fourth is the matter of the Xiongnu generals' feudal marquis. Emperor Jing was very happy and wanted to make them marquis, in order to encourage other Huns to return to the Han Dynasty, but Zhou Yafu clearly objected: "If these people who betrayed the country are made marquis, then how will we punish those ministers who do not abide by the festival in the future?" ”

Emperor Han Jing was very unhappy when he heard this, and said, "The prime minister's words are pedantic and not available!" Then he made all five of them marquis. Zhou Yafu was very disappointed when he found out, and resigned from his post due to illness, but he didn't expect that Emperor Han Jing would approve his resignation request.

After that, Emperor Han Jing remembered his hard work and wanted to ease the atmosphere, and summoned Zhou Yafu into the palace to set up a banquet to entertain him. However, the emperor is the emperor, and he wants to find out if Zhou Yafu's temper has changed, so he doesn't put chopsticks in front of him.

Zhou Yafu didn't understand it at first, and he was very unhappy to ask the steward for chopsticks. Again and again, again and again, until Emperor Han Jing smiled and said to him, "Isn't this still enough to satisfy you?" ”

Zhou Yafu felt greatly humiliated, and was very unhappy to kneel down to Emperor Han Jing to thank him. But he didn't expect that as soon as Emperor Han Jing said a "rise", Zhou Yafu immediately stood up, and without waiting for Emperor Han Jing to speak again, he left by himself, leaving only Emperor Han Jing behind him to sigh: "How can this kind of person who doesn't know how to respect the emperor's dignity expect him to come to assist the young master?" ”

Soon after, Zhou Yafu's son, Zhou Yang, saw that he was old, so he secretly bought 500 armor shields, which he was ready to use when he died, but according to Han law, armor shields were forbidden to be bought and sold by individuals by the state. Later, because Zhou Yang gave the servants a short period of time and did not want to give money earlier, the disgruntled servants accused him of buying goods prohibited by the state without permission and wanted to rebel.

Emperor Jing of Han sent someone to investigate the matter and called Zhou Yafu to interrogate. Zhou Yafu didn't know what his son had done, so he kept silent. The person in charge thought he was gambling and reported it to Emperor Jing of Han. Emperor Jing was very angry and handed over Zhou Yafu to Tingwei for trial.

Tingwei asked Zhou Yafu: "Why does the prince want to rebel?" Zhou Yafu replied: "The sons bought all the funeral goods, how can you say that they are plotting against them?" Ting Wei sneered: "If you don't rebel on the ground, I'm afraid you will also rebel underground!" Zhou Yafu was furious, felt so humiliated that he couldn't bear it, and began to try to commit suicide, but was stopped by his wife, and finally stopped eating and protested, and five days later, vomited blood and died. In the end, he really responded to the words of the face-to-face master and starved to death in prison.

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And after Zhou Yafu's negative example, there is a person who can be called a positive example who knows well that "high merit shocks the master" and takes the initiative to avoid disasters.

This person was Wei Qing, the great general of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Wei Qing was the younger brother of Wei Zifu, the second empress of Emperor Wu of Han, who was the official of Emperor Wu of Han during his reign and was the general of the Great Sima and was named the Marquis of Ping. His background was very low, and his mother, Wei Concubine, was a servant of the Marquis of Pingyang, and had a son and three daughters with her husband: the eldest son Wei Changjun, the eldest daughter Wei Junru, the second daughter Wei Jun, and the third female Wei Zifu.

Later, Wei Fei had an affair with Zheng Ji, a county official who came to Pingyanghou's house to do things, and gave birth to Wei Qing. Due to the hardships of life, Wei Qing was sent to the home of his biological father, Zheng Ji.

However, Zheng Ji asked Wei Qing to herd the sheep, and the children of the Zheng family did not treat Wei Qing as a brother and treated him as a slave and animal. After Wei Qing was a little older, he didn't want to be enslaved by the Zheng family anymore, so he returned to his mother and became a slave of Princess Pingyang.