In ancient times, there were many ministers who were in power in the court and the opposition, such as Aobai , Nian Gengyao and other powerful ministers who were highly motivated and overwhelmed.
But in , there was a minister in the Han Dynasty, but because of the collapse of his personality and the emperor, he failed the emperor's test during an emperor's banquet, thus sending himself to a dead end.
was afraid of the emperor because of a pair of chopsticks
This Han Dynasty minister was Zhou Yafu . During the reign of Emperor Wen of Han, he was the governor of Hanoi and was promoted and promoted.
However, during the Han Jingdi period , was suspected by Emperor Jingdi of Han because of his distinctive personality and was suspected by Emperor Jingdi of Han. Zhou Yafu also knew that he was not trusted by Emperor Jingdi of Han, so he resigned from his post. After
, Emperor Jing of Han thought that if Zhou Yafu changed his pedantic temper, he would let him regain his post, so he invited Zhou Yafu into the palace and held a banquet to entertain him.
However, in order to test Zhou Yafu, Emperor Jing of Han deliberately did not place chopsticks in front of Zhou Yafu. When Zhou Yafu saw the delicious food, he had no chopsticks and felt neglected. He was very dissatisfied and asked the followers beside him to get chopsticks.
Seeing this, Emperor Jing of Han asked Zhou Yafu if he could not satisfy you if he held a banquet specifically for you? You should know that those who held banquets and hospitality in ancient times were extremely important heroes, and now Zhou Yafu is just a commoner.
But Zhou Yafu couldn't hide his dissatisfaction. Although he knelt down on the surface to apologize, when Emperor Jing of Han asked him to get up, Zhou Yafu stood up and turned around and left, without giving Emperor Jing of Han any face.
Han Emperor Jing was angry that he did not fight, saying that people like Zhou Yafu could hand over the great mission of a country to him ?
Zhou Yafu's achievements are extraordinary, but he is too pedantic and
The reason for this situation is that some of the things Zhou Yafu did gradually deviate from Emperor Jing of Han, and he feels rift.
The Zhou family was originally a marquis and glory. Based on the system of establishing legitimate and chief, this title was not the turn of Zhou Yafu. However, in the third year after Zhou Yafu's brother inherited the title, he was taken away for committing the law of murder. Therefore, the good thing of inheriting the title fell on Zhou Yafu's head.
During the reign of Emperor Wen of Han, Zhou Yafu was praised by Emperor Wen of Han for his outstanding military capabilities. Even before Emperor Wen of Han died of illness, he entrusted the later Emperor Jing of Han to reuse Zhou Yafu, so Emperor Jing of Han named Zhou Yafu the General of the 7 chariot and cavalry.
Zhou Yafu proposed his military strategy when the rebels were rebelling in the Seven Kingdoms. At that time, the rebels were attacking Liang Kingdom , but the rebels were coming in full force and had strong combat effectiveness.
Zhou Yafu did not dare to fight easily, so he used a plan to temporarily give up Liang State and used all his troops to cut off the enemy's food route. If the enemy lost food, he would naturally be defeated.
Zhou Yafu quickly quelled the rebellion according to the plan and maintained the unification and stability of the Han Dynasty. However, because of this plan, he also planted a bomb for Zhou Yafu.
And this bomb is the hatred of King Liang and the distrust of Emperor Jing of Han . King Liang made enemies with him because Zhou Yafu did not rescue Liang in time. He also appointed Zhou Yafu as prime minister because Emperor Jing of Han Liu Qi appointed him very much at the beginning.
But at that time, Emperor Jing of Han, Liu Qi, wanted to abolish , Liu Rong , born by Li Ji , so he asked Zhou Yafu for his opinion. Zhou Yafu expressed his objection, but Liu Qi was determined to abolish Liu Rong, so he transferred his anger to Zhou Yafu.
Emperor Jing of Han gradually began to alienate Zhou Yafu, and the "bomb" King Liang often went to the empress dowager to blow his ears and fabricated bad words from Zhou Yafu.
Once, Empress Dowager Dou wanted the queen's brother to be a marquis, but Emperor Jing of Han was unwilling to do so, so he shirked and said that he would discuss with the ministers.
Zhou Yafu said at this time that the queen's brother was neither surnamed Liu nor made contributions, so he naturally could not be named a king or a prince. If he was named a king or a prince, it would violate the regulations set by his ancestors.
and later Xiongnu General surrendered to the Han Dynasty, Emperor Jing of Han wanted to give him a marquis, but Zhou Yafu still disagreed and said that these people who betrayed the family and the country could be named kings and princes, and those ministers who knew the law would only become more and more rampant.
Emperor Jing of Han felt that Zhou Yafu's was too pedantic and useless, and did not obey Zhou Yafu's opinions and still named the general of the Huns as a marquis.
eventually embarked on the road of no return
Zhou Yafu hailed himself as brave and resourceful, and his achievements were also outstanding. However, due to some of his decisions, the royal family members in the court were dissatisfied with him.
And Emperor Jing of Han thought that Zhou Yafu was indeed resourceful and talented, so he wanted to use chopsticks to test his temperament, whether he could remain as prime minister, and help him assist the next emperor.
But Zhou Yafu's behavior disappointed Emperor Jing of Han, but if he could not keep it for himself, he needed to eliminate it to prevent him from rebelling.
After that, Zhou Yafu's son committed a wrong thing and was reported by the servants in the family that Zhou Yafu had the intention of rebellion. Zhou Yafu was so humiliated that he was angry and wanted to prove his innocence by death.
Although he was rescued by his wife, the elderly Zhou Yafu vomited blood and died of after five days of hunger strike in . A famous minister of a generation was so angry that he died of irritation.
There are many famous ministers in history. Some of them have lost their masters because of their great achievements, are unruly and unruly, and are afraid of the emperor and end up miserably. Some of them have restrained their edge and assisted the monarch with all their strength to create a prosperous era.
