Chapter 58 star fall

Zhou Yafu also fell into the maelstrom of the battle for the crown prince. During the Wu Chu Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, Liu Qi deliberately restored the official position of Taiwei, which was abolished in the third year of the Yuan Dynasty, and specially bestowed it on Zhou Yafu, so that Zhou Yafu sent troops to suppress the rebellion as a Taiwei. In the seventh year of Emperor Jing (150 BC), Zhou Yafu was promoted to prime minister.Liu Qi has always valued Zhou Yafu very much, but this does not mean that Zhou Yafu has the qualifications to express different opinions without taboo in front of Liu Qi.Liu Qi's era was different from Liu Heng's era. At this time, the country was stable and autocracy was strengthened. As an emperor, Liu Qi had a much stronger "autocratic" mentality than Liu Heng.Zhou Yafu was born in Wufu, his temper is straightforward, and he has not suffered any setbacks in the officialdom, and Liu Heng has supported him a lot, so this person has a very low EQ in the officialdom, which is a typical example of political naivety.Therefore, in Liu Qi's eyes, in addition to being very capable, Zhou Yafu also had an air of domineering and arrogant.

The occurrence of conflict has become inevitable. The first confrontation between Liu Qi and Zhou Yafu was related to the competition for the crown prince.When Liu Qi originally wanted to abolish Liu Rong as the crown prince, Zhou Yafu jumped out and sang a different tune. The reason can be imagined: Liu Rong is the eldest son, and a stubborn person like Zhou Yafu may not be able to accept the occurrence of the emperor's eldest son being abolished.Liu Qi thought Zhou Yafu was annoying and troublesome, so he ignored him.And Liang Wang Liu Wu is also a vengeful master. This guy never forgets that Zhou Yafu did not send troops to rescue him during the Wuchu Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, so he spoke ill of Zhou Yafu in front of Queen Mother Dou all day long.

The second thing Zhou Yafu offended Liu Qi was related to his relatives. Once, Dou Yifang said to Liu Qi: "The Queen's brother, Wang Xin, should be a Marquis." Liu Qi didn't agree with his mother's words at first, and replied: "Nanpihou (Empress Dowager Dou's nephew Dou Pengzu) and Zhang Wuhou (Empress Dowager Dou's younger brother Dou Guangguo) were conferred after I ascended the throne, and the previous emperor did not confer them. Two. From this deduction, the queen's brother has to wait until the crown prince becomes emperor before he can be granted the title."

Dou Yifang said: "Oh, the times have changed. In the new era, we must learn to be flexible. My elder brother Dou Changjun was not conferred the title of Marquis until his death. It was you who ascended the throne that made his son a marquis. This matter is always on my mind. It's a pity. You should hurry up and give the king an envelope!" "Then I'll discuss it with the Prime Minister." Liu Qi agreed in his heart, and the process still had to be walked. Zhou Yafu was in charge of the outer court, and his attitude could influence the overall situation. Dou Yifang was worried about her daughter-in-law's family, as the old lady said, this was her regret when she was young, and she didn't want to see her regret repeated in Wang Zhi.However, if you carefully analyze Dou Yifang, you will find that the level of integrity of the ruling class in Emperor Jing's era is far inferior to that in Emperor Wen's era.In the era of Emperor Wen, it was not even a thought for the relatives to be in power. Only Bo Zhao was finally dealt with by Liu Heng, but when it came to Liu Qi, the Dou family and the Wang family could all be enshrined as marquises. This is a manifestation of the beginning of corruption within the ruling class.

Of course Zhou Yafu disagreed with Liu Qi's proposal. He said: "Emperor Gao said back then, 'You can't be king unless you have made meritorious service. If you don't agree, the world will fight against him." Although Wang Xin is the queen's brother, the problem is What contribution does he have? Those who have not contributed cannot be named marquises, otherwise they will be disobeying the rules set by Emperor Gao." Liu Qi kept his mouth shut and didn't speak after hearing this, he must have scolded Zhou Yafu dozens of times in his heart.It's not that Liu Qi can't force it, but this guy loves face, Zhou Yafu's attitude is firm, and Liu Qi can't do anything about it.

Thinking carefully about Zhou Yafu's words, it not only refuted the Wang family, but also offended the Bo family and the Dou family.Because Bo Zhao, Dou Pengzu, and Dou Guangguo didn't have much credit, especially those two from the Dou family. When Zhou Bo and Guan Ying were alive, they looked down upon the relatives of the Dou family. Zhou Yafu probably followed his father's opinion up. In the winter of the third year of Emperor Jing's Zhongyuan (147 BC), seven Huns surrendered to the Han Dynasty, and Liu Qi was about to enshrine them as marquises, hoping to attract more Huns to defect.The stubborn Zhou Yafu disagreed again. He said: "These people are people without integrity. They betrayed their masters and fled to us, but you want to make them marquises. How can you discipline those who are not loyal to the monarch in Han?" What about it?" After hearing this, Liu Qi didn't give Zhou Yafu a chance to speak again, and simply said: "The prime minister's proposal is not available." ("Historical Records Jianghou Zhoubo Family") and then surrendered to the seven Huns The people who came over were named marquises, and they were: Anling Hou Yujun, Huanhou Ci, Pihou Luqiang, Rongcheng Xiehou Xulu, Yihoupu, Fanyang Jinghou Fan Dai, and Xihou Handan.

Zhou Yafu got into a fight with Liu Qi because of this matter, and he took sick leave all day and was passive and sabotaged. Liu Qi saw it, well, he was sick, right?That's great, let's take a good rest, you, prime minister, don't do it at all! Neither Zhou Yafu nor Liu Qi was generous enough to each other. After a while, Liu Qi felt that he had let Zhou Yafu hang out for a while, and it was time to beat him and let him come back to work, so he held a banquet in the palace for Zhou Yafu, but only put a large piece of it in front of him. Neither meat nor chopsticks were given.When Zhou Yafu saw it, he felt upset, so he asked the waiter for chopsticks. Liu Qi suddenly sneered and said, "Isn't this enough to satisfy your request?" In the end, Zhou Yafu was open-minded and calm, and took off his hat to plead guilty.

Liu Qi was very angry, so he turned his head and left. Zhou Yafu saw that Liu Qi was gone, so he got up and walked out of the hall. Liu Qi turned his head and looked at Zhou Yafu's back slowly going away, and then said: "This disgruntled person is not the young master. I am also a minister." ("Historical Records Jianghou Zhoubo Family") I thought to myself that this arrogant master would not be able to restrain his son when he took over in the future.I don't know whether Liu Qi's words are more regretful or resentful. After a while, Zhou Yafu's son bought five hundred sets of armor and weapons for his father.The problem is that these funerary objects were all bought from Shangfang Gongguan who was in charge of the manufacture of royal utensils, and Zhou Yafu and his family abused the migrant workers and refused to pay them wages. The angry migrant workers decided to rebel against the master and wrote a letter The accusation of Zhou Yafu's son for treason naturally implicated Zhou Yafu.Liu Qi didn't want to kill Zhou Yafu at first, so he sent an official to investigate. The official went to Zhou Yafu to confront Zhou Yafu, but Zhou Yafu ignored him at all. The official came back to report to Liu Qiyi, and Liu Qi was furious. He said: "Well, you Zhou Yafu, I won't give you a way out this time, and you don't need to check the book." He directly handed Zhou Yafu and his son to Ting Wei.

Tingwei interrogated Zhou Yafu and asked, "Your Majesty, are you planning to rebel?" Zhou Yafu hastily argued: "All of mine are burial objects after death. How can this be considered a rebellion?" At this time, a small official ran out from the side, and said something sharp enough to make all living beings overwhelmed: "Even if you don't want to rebel in the world, maybe you want to rebel in the ground after death!" Zhou Yafu was a tough guy. He wanted to commit suicide when the Tingwei sent people to arrest him. After entering the prison, he went on a hunger strike for five days. In the end, he was so hungry that he vomited blood and died, and the state was abolished.As soon as he died, Liu Qi immediately sealed the title of Gaihou to Wang Envelope, which was very retaliatory.

Carefully reviewing Zhou Yafu's life, all the predictions made by Xu Negative back then have been fulfilled one by one. Perhaps there is a real destiny in the dark. Zhou Yafu's tragedy is caused by his character. What can future generations do for it? Xu Jun from the Song Dynasty has a poem that goes: "The leveling of Wu and Chu is a great success, and once doubts arise, you will be angered. Since the king has many appointments, it is not about Xu's negativity." Summarized Zhou Yafu's life. Zhou Yafu is actually a representative of a type of people in history. This type of people often has outstanding achievements and senior qualifications, and they value the original system within the regime.The most important thing is that these people are often politically naive, unable to accept large-scale political reforms, and do not understand that the rules are made by the emperor to enslave him, and the emperor himself never takes the rules he made seriously.