From a feudal society ruled by monarchy to a people's democratic society that has been reformed and opened up, those who can hold official positions are capable people. Most of the heroes who created a new dynasty with the founding emperors of various dynasties would be treated well.
The reason why the political system of the feudal dynasty is called monarchy is that the king has supreme power, so no matter how much credit they have for the stay and departure of his ministers, they may be ignored because of the emperor's words.
is like during the Qing Dynasty . Although he has been guarding the border for the emperor for many years, he is always very arrogant after returning to Beijing and does not even take the emperor seriously, so he ends up in a miserable end. And why did he become a prisoner in the founding hero of the Western Han Dynasty?
Founding hero Zhou Bo
Zhou Bo is from Pei County. We all know that the founding emperor of the Western Han Dynasty Liu Bang is from Pei County. Liu Bang was just a gangster in Pei County at the beginning, but he had a different mind than ordinary people, so he finally stood out among the heroic Xiang Yu and others to establish Han Dynasty .
, and Zhou Bo is also an unremarkable figure in Pei County. Zhou Bo was born in poverty. When he grew up, he relied on some of the tools needed to weave silkworms for a living. Sometimes he would work in a band playing elegy . These jobs were relatively low in daily life at that time. Zhou Bo knew very well that such a job could not bring him far, so he later went to the Qin army to become a reserve force who pulled the bow.
became a member of the army, laying a solid foundation for Zhou Bo to follow , the Han Emperor Gaozu , Liu Bang. After all, if there is almost no military experience, it is very difficult to make outstanding performance in the subsequent battles, in addition to the good innate conditions, most people who will raise troops will also choose people with certain military experience to become their subordinates.
In the late 6th year of the Qin Dynasty, the emperor was extremely stupid and the people were living in dire straits. Rebels rose up everywhere across the country. Liu Bang also took advantage of this east wind to raise his troops. Among the several troops, the most prominent ones were Xiang Yu and Liu Bang.
Although Liu Bang himself does not have Xiang Yu's innate advantages and heroic ability, Liu Bang is very knowledgeable and well-appointed. Not only has he recruited many capable people to his command, but he has enough knowledge of these talents and can always use the strengths of the topic to the extreme, but also is very good to his subordinates. Therefore, Liu Bang's subordinates are always loyal to him.
Zhou Bo even conquered the world when Liu Bang just started his army. When he attacked Xiayi, Zhou Bo was the first to climb up the city tower and opened the city gate for Liu Bang's army. After that, Liu Bang named Zhou Bo as the five doctors.
Almost all the wars led by Liu Bang were involved in Zhou Bo, and Zhou Bo was very brave in these wars. In the wars that attacked the city gate, Zhou Bo was almost the first to climb the city tower, and those wars that did not need to attack the city gate Zhou Bo always led his army to rush to the front.
If you want to achieve success, you must make any contribution. It is precisely because of Zhou Bo's brave performance in Liu Bang's army that Liu Bang promoted Zhou Bo to Wang Han after being named King of Han by Xiang Yu. His account is also very consistent with Zhou Bo's performance in the army.
After entering Hanzhong , Liu Bang promoted him to general. After pacifying Sanqin , he gave Huaide to Zhou Bo as his fief. This is all manifestation of Liu Bang's emphasis on Zhou Bo.
Xiang Yu thought the throne had undoubtedly fallen into his hands, but he did not expect that Liu Bang would attack him in the first place after entering Xianyang . In the end, Xiang Yu committed suicide on Wujiang on the grounds that he had no face to face the elders of Jiangdong. This was not that Xiang Yu was too concerned about his face. If he could let go of his face and cross the river, there might be a different ending, but the final result was that Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty.
Immortal achievements in my life
Although Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu and established the Han Dynasty, this does not mean that the world has been peaceful. At that time, the world has not been unified, and there are still rebels in rebellion everywhere.
, who had been promoted to general, followed Liu Bang to Yi County to quell the rebel King Yan. Zhou Bo still achieved the best performance in the war with his unafraid of death. Liu Bang once again rewarded Zhou Bo as a Marquis of Leju in his merits.
In the court at that time, it was already a high status to be able to obtain the title of marquis. From this we can also see that Zhou Bo was indeed very brave when fighting in the army. Not only that, Liu Bang also gave Jiang County to Zhou Bo as his fief, and then Zhou Bo was also called Jiang Hou.
Zhou Bo did not feel complacent about not continuing to contribute to the country because he was named a marquis. Instead, he followed Liu Bang to various places to quell the rebellion, not only conquering the six cities in Taiyuan, but also took Jinyang into his pocket.
After another rebellion of Yan King , Zhou Bo was given the status of prime minister instead of Fan Kuai to quell the rebellion, but before quelling the rebellion, he met Liu Bang and was the last time he met the monarch and minister.
After Zhou Bo calmed down Yanguo , Liu Bang had passed away. He led countless subordinates in his life. His evaluation of Zhou Bo is indeed surprisingly high. In Liu Bang's eyes, Zhou Bo himself is honest and willing to work hard, so he is a very reusable candidate, which shows how high Zhou Bo's status in Liu Bang's heart.
After Liu Bang's death, Zhou Bo continued to stay in the court as a marquis and continued to serve the next emperor. However, after Liu Bang's empress Empress Lu died, there were very unstable factors in the court.
Empress Lu's nephew Lu Lu entered the military camp with his own Zhao Wang , while Empress Lu's other nephew Lu Chan ascended the position of prime minister with his identity as King Lu. The two brothers firmly controlled the government and military power in their own hands.
At this time, Zhou Bo had been named the Grand Marshal. Such an identity could not enter the army. Another minister in the court who was interested in the imperial power Chen Ping was the prime minister.
, but he was unable to handle government affairs. Zhou Bo and Chen Ping saw that the two nephews of Empress Lu were controlled by each other's two nephews, so they joined hands to plan and finally completely eliminated the , Lu's and re-entered Liu Bang's smart fourth son to become Emperor Wen of Han for the emperor.
Why was he reduced to a prisoner?
After Emperor Wen of Han ascended the throne, he was grateful to Zhou Bo for his support and help to the imperial power, so he appointed Zhou Bo as the right prime minister. This was the first time that Zhou Bo was named Prime Minister, and he was still rational at this time.
After Zhou Bo was named Prime Minister, someone advised him that he had already deposed the Lu brothers who wanted to usurp the throne and that he was also named Prime Minister. Such grace was enough.
If you stay in the court again, it will cause suspicion. After hearing this, Zhou Bo was very scared and quickly handed a memorial to Emperor Wen of Han that he wanted to resign. Perhaps the emperor's psychology was exactly what this person guessed. Zhou Bo's request for resignation was quickly agreed.
But not long after, the Prime Minister Chen Ping, who had previously conspired with Zhou Bo to kill the Lu brothers, died. Zhou Bo was promoted to prime minister again. This time, Zhou Bo was not so conscious. Perhaps he felt that he was named Prime Minister twice was the emperor's trust in him.
When Emperor Wen of Han several times suggested that the princes returned to their fiefdom, Zhou Bo did not respond. Emperor Wen of Han finally could not bear to clarify the matter, and Zhou Bo returned to the fiefdom. But Zhou Bo was also scared by this incident and was very afraid that the emperor would attack him.
After returning to the fiefdom, he could still live a stable life, but when someone came to inspect Jiang County, he felt that the emperor sent someone to arrest him, and he would let the guards put on armor and hold weapons.
After a few times, the people who came to inspect could no longer bear it and reported the situation to the emperor. Emperor Wen of Han sent someone to investigate the matter strictly, so Zhou Bo was imprisoned and was bullied by prison officials.
It was not until the Empress Dowager pleaded for Zhou Bo that the emperor ordered Zhou Bo to be released, but Zhou Bo was even more lonely after being released. Although he was restored to his title, an old man who had been in prison was naturally no better than before.Moreover, because Zhou Bo did not like to study, even if Hu Lai became the prime minister in the court, he was somewhat disliked by the emperor.
So, although Zhou Bo followed Emperor Gaozu of Han in the first half of his life, he suffered a great loss in the court after the country stabilized due to insufficient cultural knowledge.
