However, it was said that Liu Wu was the half-brother of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, and the Empress Dowager Dou loved him very much, and the throne had been inherited by Liu Qi, so the Empress Dowager Dou always wanted to compensate Liu Wu and allow him to have the power to nominate candidates for the prime minister of Liang and the two thousand stone-level officials. In addition, he has the credit of defending the Beijing division and quelling the rebellion, and the favor he is incomparable. And King Liang relied on Empress Dowager Dou's love for him, and compared the specifications of the Son of Heaven in the construction of the palace and the entry and exit ceremonial guards, which made Emperor Jing very unhappy. When the relationship between Emperor Jing and King Liang was in dire straits, Han Anguo was appointed as the envoy of Liang to resolve the conflict, and in order to appease Emperor Jing of Han, Empress Dowager Dou poured her anger on Han Anguo, and Han Anguo naturally understood that this was Empress Dowager Dou acting.

Later, Han Anguo was imprisoned for committing a crime, and the jailer Tian Jia humiliated him as an ordinary prisoner in every way, Han Anguo was humiliated, and said to Tian Jia one day: "As the saying goes, 'dead ashes can still be revived', why do you treat me lightly?" ”

Tian Jia sneered: "If the dead ashes can be revived, I should pour urine on them." An Guo couldn't help but be angry when he heard this, but at this time he had no choice but to hold back. However, when there was a vacancy in Liang's domestic history, King Liang favored Gongsun Wei and wanted to ask the imperial court to be the internal history. Empress Dowager Dou remembered Han Anguo, so she told Emperor Jing about it. Emperor Jing sent an envoy to Liang to worship Han Anguo as the internal history. King Liang did not dare to disobey the edict, so he had to release him from prison and confer him as an internal history.

Once Han Anguo was made an internal history by a prisoner, Tian Jia was shocked, fearing that An Guo would resent his grievances, so he hurriedly fled. An Guo sent someone to send a message to Tian Jia's family: "If Tian Jia does not take office, I will destroy the Ru tribe." When Tian Jia heard about it, he had to come out and apologize to Han Anguo. As soon as Han Anguo saw Tian Jia, he smiled and said, "You can use urine now." Tian Jia prostrated and kowtowed, saying that he would die, and Han Anguo smiled again: "Why do you care? So he commanded him to get up, and he continued to see it as usual.

and the assassin case, the imperial court successively sent envoys and ten people, sat in the middle of the country, ordered the officials to capture Yang Sheng and Gongsun Wei, day and night, and searched the whole country, but the palace was not found, and some people outside inevitably talked about it, saying that the two of them were now hiding in the palace. Han Anguo secretly thought that the Han envoy would inevitably come to search the palace if he was forced to do so, so why would King Liang resign if he was found at that time? So he thought of a way to enter the palace to see King Liang.

As soon as Han Anguo saw King Liang, he asked: "The king thinks to himself, compared to the emperor to the king of Linjiang, who is the affinity?" King Liang said: "I might as well do it." An Guo said: "The king of Linjiang and the emperor and even his own father and son later committed suicide in the lieutenant's mansion in order to occupy the temple land. The same is true of father and son. As the saying goes: Although you have a father, you know that you are not a tiger? Although he has a brother, is he a wolf? Now the king is listed among the princes, and he listens to the evil ministers who violate the forbidden law, and the son of heaven can't bear to add to the crime for the queen mother, so that he hands over the trick and wins, but the king refuses to obey the edict for the sake of protection. If the queen mother is driving, who can the king rely on? King Liang didn't wait for An Guo to finish speaking, and several lines of tears had already flowed in his eyes. It was forced to order Yang Sheng and Gongsun Wei to commit suicide. The two couldn't be spared, so they had to rely on medicine for their lives.

As soon as Uncle Tian and Lord Lu Ji arrived in the Kingdom of Liang, King Liang handed over the bodies of Yang Sheng and Gongsun Wei, but although Yang Sheng and Gongsun Wei died, the feasible assassin and the people in the same case were caught by Uncle Tian and Lu Ji, and the two thoroughly investigated the case. At this time, King Liang's life is in the hands of the two, if it is repeated according to the truth, even if the Queen Mother rescues, Emperor Jing intends to forgive, but the national law is so, and it is impossible to harm the public because of private interests, King Liang will avoid death, and he must suffer a big loss. Uncle Tian then came up with an idea, that is, he ordered the case file to be taken out from the officials and burned to ashes with fire. The two returned to Chang'an empty-handed.

As soon as Emperor Jing saw the two, he asked, "How is the case handled?" Was King Liang premeditated? Uncle Tian replied: "King Liang really has this matter, and he should be punished by death according to the law." Emperor Jing asked, "Where is the case file now?" Uncle Tian said calmly: "I burned it." Emperor Jing asked, "Why?" Uncle Tian said: "This case is handled seriously, if King Liang does not ambush him, it means that the national law is not good, and if King Liang is subdued by the law, he will be involved in the Queen Mother." Now it is only said that King Liang does not know about this matter, it is all done by Yang Sheng, Gongsun Wei and others, and now he has been sentenced to death, and the case has been closed. Emperor Jing was overjoyed, so he replied to the Queen Mother according to his words. The Queen Mother was sorrowful, and when she heard that King Liang was innocent, she sat up. It was only because of the bitter diet and lack of food for days that I felt hungry at this time. Left and right entered the imperial meal, the queen mother had a full meal, and her body immediately calmed down without any symptoms. From then on, Emperor Jing valued Uncle Tian very much and worshiped him as Lu Xiang.

King Liang was lucky enough to be exempted, so he collected his thoughts and disappeared the heart of seeking the throne of the emperor. Finding that Emperor Jing's anger gradually subsided, he wrote a letter to invite himself into the court, and Emperor Jing allowed it. King Liang set off for Beijing.

Emperor Jing sent an envoy to greet him as usual, and the Empress Dowager Dou was naturally happy when she saw King Liang, and Emperor Jing was just superficially circulating, but because of the inconvenience of the Queen Mother, she looked much colder from the outside, and it was not as affectionate as before. King Liang hoped that he would always be close to the Queen Mother, so he was satisfied.

It turned out that King Liang was quite filial by nature, and he lived in the country and missed the Queen Mother every time, and occasionally heard that the Queen Mother was sick, and he couldn't eat and sleep at night, and often wanted to stay in Chang'an to serve the Queen Mother, so that the Queen Mother became more and more loving. At this time, King Liang wrote to Emperor Jing again, please live in Chang'an, but Emperor Jing did not allow it. It turns out that the Han Dynasty decreed, the princes and kings came to the Son of Heaven, all have certain etiquette, the first time to see the small view, to the Zhengdan Dynasty to congratulate the law of the view, after three days, the Son of Heaven for the king to put wine, give money and property, and after two days, re-enter the small view, then resigned, about four times before and after the people, stay in Chang'an but 20 days. Only King Liang was favored by the Queen Mother, who came to the court in the past, and often stayed for half a year before returning to the country. Since the assassination of Yuan Ang lost the favor of Emperor Jing, the later dynasty handled it according to the regulations and refused to keep him in Beijing. King Liang had no choice, so he had to ask for it, who knew that Emperor Jing refused to tolerate it, and the Queen Mother was inconvenient to keep, and King Liang felt bored, so he had to return to the country in disguise.

After the king of Liang returned to China, he was depressed, one day he went north to Liangshan to hunt to relieve his boredom, suddenly a person offered a cow, strange shape, four-legged on the back, King Liang saw that he was very disgusted in his heart, so he ordered to stop hunting and return to the palace. The shock caused the disease, and he had a fever for six days, and he died after taking medicine without any help.

King Liang died, there was a Si Gu reported to Beijing, the Empress Dowager Dou heard the letter and cried in bed, because she remembered that King Liang had asked to stay in Beijing when he came to the dynasty, but Emperor Jing was not allowed, and insisted on forcing him to return to China, so he died of depression, so he cried and said: "The emperor killed my son." Emperor Jing saw that the Queen Mother was very sad, crying day and night and not eating, he was already anxious, and when he heard the Queen Mother's words blamed on himself, he was even more worried, and tried all kinds of ways to persuade him, but the Queen Mother ignored it at all, just cried in bed. Emperor Jing has an unspeakable mouth, like a dumb man eating coptis, and he is unspeakably depressed. Emperor Jing was anxious, so he came to discuss with the eldest princess, and the eldest princess learned the meaning of the queen mother and taught Emperor Jing to quickly seal the sons of King Liang. Emperor Jing followed his words, that is, he issued an edict to give Liu Wu, the king of Liang, the king of filial piety, and divided the land into five kingdoms. The five sons of the filial piety king were appointed as kings, and the five women were also given food. When the Queen Mother heard the news, she got up to eat a little relieved, and then she naturally forgot about it.

In total, King Liang first sealed the county, then moved to Liang, and became a vassal king for thirty-five years. After his death, he found that there were still more than 400,000 catties of gold left in the Liang Treasury, and the value of other treasures was equal, and he was not satisfied, and wanted to steal the artifact, and finally died in frustration, which shows that wealth is not easy to enjoy.

However, when Prince Li was deposed, Zhou Yafu fought hard in front of Emperor Jing, and his words were straightforward, and he said that Emperor Jing meant it. King Liang did not save Yafu because of Wu Chu's battle, and he also remembered the old grudges, and often told the Queen Mother about Yafu's shortcomings, and the Queen Mother informed Emperor Jing, and Emperor Jing became more and more displeased. And the king of Liang assassinated Yuan An, Wang Xin, the brother of the queen, explained for the king of Liang in front of Emperor Jing, and later the king of Liang was saved, and the queen mother was grateful to Wang Xin, and said to Emperor Jing one day: "Wang Xin, the brother of the queen, should be named a marquis." Emperor Jing listened to it, but said in his mouth: "You should discuss and act with the prime minister." Emperor Jing immediately summoned Prime Minister Zhou Yafu to tell him about the matter and asked him what his opinion was, Yafu played: "Emperor Gao made an oath before, saying that if it is not for the Liu family, it will not be crowned as a king, and it will not be a marquis unless it is meritorious. Although Wang Xin is the queen's brother, he has not made meritorious contributions, and if he is made a marquis, he will inevitably break his oath. Emperor Jing was silently speechless by Yafu, so he had to give up the matter. But in his heart, he thought that Yafu was suppressing him through Emperor Gao, and he was secretly angry.

At the right time when the Xiongnu king Xu Lu and other six people surrendered to the Han Dynasty, Emperor Jing intended to be made a marquis, in order to persuade those who surrendered later, Zhou Yafu admonished: "This generation betrayed its master to descend to His Majesty, and His Majesty sealed it as a wait, how can he blame the disloyal ministers?" Emperor Jing saw that Yafu was against him in everything, and he couldn't help it anymore at this time, and suddenly changed color and said: "What the prime minister discussed is not available." "Then he made Xu Lu and others the marquis. Yafu saw that Emperor Jing was angry and did not listen to his words, so he resigned from illness, and Emperor Jing did not keep him, that is, he issued an edict to take Taohou Liu She as the prime minister.

Zhou Yafu was inevitably frustrated after the resignation, but he still lived in Chang'an, and entered the palace to see him when he was a marquis.

One day, Emperor Jing sat in the palace without incident, just when the crown prince Liu Che came to see him. Originally, the prince of the Han system met once every five days, that is, he sat in the east chamber to see the imperial meal. When Emperor Jing saw the prince, he suddenly touched his heart, because he remembered that the prince was still young, if he had an accident, he must first choose a minister to assist the young master, and then remembered that Zhou Yafu was the person instructed by the first emperor to collapse, and his talent was available, but he was too stubborn, and now he was bored at home, and he knew that he had changed, so it was better to take advantage of the prince's here, and summon him to interview him for a try. The idea was decided, that is, he sent someone to summon Yafu, while secretly instructing the imperial chef to give food. Left and right were ordered to prepare, and in a few moments Yaf was called. Seeing Emperor Jing sitting in the palace, after the worship ceremony, Emperor Jing gave an order to sit next to him, and after a few questions and answers, he moved in from the imperial kitchen and set the table with wine and food. Emperor Jing immediately ordered to give food, Yafu is not good to refuse, but there is no one else in the banquet, only a monarch and a minister, he has felt a little surprised, and looked in front of him, only a wine, and no dagger, the food is a big piece of meat, although it has been steamed to a rotten degree, has not been chopped. Yafu thought it was the negligence of the service staff at the banquet site, but he was angry, looked at Shang Xi and said, "You can take the chopsticks." "Shang Xi has been pre-ordered by Emperor Jing, pretending to be deaf and standing still. Yafu was about to say something more, when Emperor Bijing smiled at him and said, "Isn't this still the king's will? He hated and was ashamed, so he had to get up and kneel down to thank him.

So when Emperor Jing of Han invited Zhou Yafu to dinner, why didn't he give chopsticks?

In fact, Emperor Han Jing wanted to tell Zhou Yafu that the reason why you have such a great honor (a big piece of meat) today is all given to you by our royal family. Since you have received this honor, you must do it according to the rules of our royal family. Yes, the traditional way to eat is to have chopsticks, which is to cut and eat. But when I am the emperor, I don't follow such rules, so I want you to eat with your hands. Zhou Yafu didn't understand the dumb riddle played by Emperor Han Jing in the end, he just felt that Emperor Han Jing was humiliating him, so Emperor Jing said a word, and Yafu got up and turned around.

If Zhou Yafu is smart, he should respectfully say that he can make past achievements, all because His Majesty gave me this opportunity to display my talents, otherwise, just like this big meat in front of me, even if I have a mouth and an appetite without tableware, I can't eat it.

Zhou Yafu's departure completely broke Emperor Han Jing's expectations for him and cut off his way of life.

Zhou Yafu made the mistake of misjudging his position, thinking that he and Emperor Jing were partners, putting himself in an equal position, thinking that Emperor Jing was playing with him, so he left the scene angrily. But he didn't expect that he was just a courtier, and this banquet was used by Emperor Jing to test your loyalty, whether you could assist the future prince, and whether you had the idea of transgressing the rank and rebelling.

If Zhou Yafu is like Fan Xu, he picks up the meat and gnaws it without saying a word, understands what the difference between a monarch and a minister is, and accepts the emperor's arrangement safely, he will also soar like Fan Xu.

At this time, the crown prince Liu Che was also beside him, his eyes looked at Yafu without a moment, and when Yafu walked out, Emperor Jing asked the prince: "Why do you look at him so often?" The prince replied, "This man has a terrible face, and he will be a thief." After seeing Yafu go out, Emperor Jing said: "Therefore, the trivial matter will be self-conscious, and you can't be the minister of the young master." From then on, Emperor Jing had the intention of getting rid of Zhou Yafu.

After some time, the son of Yafu, seeing that his father was old, prepared for him in advance, and specially asked Shang Fang to take charge of the official who provided food for the king. He bought 500 pieces of armor as funeral equipment. Shang Fang's utensils were originally forbidden, thinking that Yafu's son was greedy and secretly entrusted it, but Yafu didn't know.

If they do not make enmity with each other, then there will be no one to care about this idle matter, who knows that the son of Yafu leans on the power of Houmen, and does not pay attention to his own actions, but abuses the workers, and orders them to work day and night, and is not allowed to rest; Moreover, everyone deserves the wages, and deliberately refuses to give it to them, so that a group of servants and workers have a grudge, so they report the matter to the letter, saying that he bought forbidden things with bad intentions, and Emperor Jing happened to be jealous of Zhou Yafu, and when he saw this book, it happened to be used as evidence of the crime, and sent officials to interrogate. Yousi was ordered to pass to Yafu and asked about it, Yafu thought that he had nothing to do with me, so he refused to answer, Yousi couldn't, so he had to play Emperor Jing according to the truth. Emperor Jing saw that Yafu was always stubborn and angry, so he scolded: "I don't need him to answer. He ordered the case to be sent directly to Tingwei. When Yafu's son heard this, he hurriedly looked over and saw that his father was in prison, so he told him in detail. Yafu didn't have time to take too much responsibility, and sighed. He was interrogated in court, and asked Yafu, "Why did the prince rebel?" Yaf replied, "The one who the minister bought is a burial vessel, what is the opposite?" Tingwei said: "So that the prince does not want to oppose the ground, but also wants to oppose the underground, why bother to say it!" "Yafu is arrogant by nature, how can he be teased like this, he simply stares at him, and still returns to prison. After starving for five days in a row, his anger soared, causing him to vomit several liters of blood and die of exhaustion.

When Emperor Jing heard that Yafu was starving to death, he issued an edict to seal Zhou Jian, the younger brother of Yafu, as the Marquis of Pingqu. He also sealed the king's letter as Gaihou.