Chapter 18 3. Chao Cuo's redress case

In the second year of Jianyuan (139 BC), a major event occurred in the Han Dynasty.At that time, many ministers wrote letters to appeal for someone's injustice.This certain person was exactly Chao Cuo who was executed by Liu Qi. Back then, after Liu Qizhu killed Chao Cuo, someone had analyzed the gains and losses with him, and the old man had long since regretted it.However, the dead cannot be brought back to life, and this matter was conspired by him and Yuan An's secret room, in order to make it known to the world, that face is really ugly. Unexpectedly, after many years, the old matter was brought up again, and it was heated up by the ministers.In fact, the courtiers of the Han Dynasty were not whim and bored to reverse the case.

In the eyes of those people, Chao Cuo represented the reformed conscience of the Han Dynasty.Such a loyal minister, risking his life and forgetting to die, to save the country and society in dire straits, was shot in the back and died, which is a great political injustice.Therefore, they agreed that the princes are a curse.Since they can do the first grade of junior high school, why can't the central government do the fifteenth grade?So, they aimed directly at the princes. It is necessary to explain.The princes at this time are no longer the princes who rebelled back then.After Liu Qiping fought against the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, he cleaned up his family early and made all his thirteen sons princes and kings.So, killing Chao Cuo is none of their business.

However, the ministers of the central government did not see it that way.Anyway, you are vassals, since you are vassals, you are all the same.Therefore, they decided to repair the princes who were not yet in the country, vent their anger for Chao Cuo, and relieve their worries at the same time. So, how to fix it?This is both a technical issue and an artistic issue.Very difficult to start with. In my opinion, some political struggles must involve both technology and art; sometimes, there is no need for so much nonsense, not to mention art, and even the technical content is omitted.Of course, the premise of the former is that the two parties have a balance of power, and the premise of the latter is that they must have an absolute advantage.

Times have changed, such as the central government of the Han Dynasty today, compared with the power of the princes, it has an absolute advantage.In the past, Chao Cuo fought alone.Now, they are fighting as a gang.The group of senior officials of the Han Dynasty decided to carry out Chao Cuo's policy of weakening the princes to the end. Here, they found two ways to deal with the princes.One was used by Chao Cuo, which was to try to find trouble; in addition, he arrested and beat the ministers under the princes, and forced confessions to prove that his king had misbehaved. Now, the princes are like rats crossing the street, everyone is in danger.They don't even know if after today, bad luck will befall them tomorrow.

So what should we do, should we just wait to die like this? of course not.Chao Cuo died unjustly, and the princes were beaten unjustly.They can all avenge Chao Cuo, why can't we avenge ourselves? To avenge grievances, not all the princes flocked to Chang'an to mourn Liu Che with tears.The only way is to send a representative to Chang'an to explain to Liu Che. Soon, they elected four representatives.They are Liu Deng, King of Dai, Liu Fa, King of Changsha, Liu Sheng, King of Zhongshan, and Liu Ming, King of Jichuan.Among the four, the chief spokesperson is Zhongshan King Liu Sheng.Among them, Liu Fa, the king of Changsha, and Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan, are the crystallization of love between Liu Qi, Mrs. Tang and Mrs. Jia respectively.

In the third year of Jianyuan (138 BC), winter and October.By convention, October is the day when the princes come to Chang'an to ask for court.Early in the morning, Zhongshan King Liu Sheng had already greeted the other three and entered the city together.When the four of them arrived in Chang'an, according to the usual practice, Liu Che had to host a banquet to wash away the dust. The chance for justice has finally come.At the banquet, singing and dancing were peaceful, with a warm and harmonious appearance.However, after Liu Che and the four of them clinked glasses, suddenly, Zhongshan King Liu Sheng shed tears.

Even though it's rare to see my brother, it's not so moved that I can't cry.When Liu Che saw it, he felt that the atmosphere was not right.So Liu Che asked strangely: Brother, did someone bully you?Why so sad? Liu Sheng: Someone must have bullied me.Otherwise, can I cry so sadly during Chinese New Year? Liu Che said eagerly: "Whoever bullied you, please speak up." Liu Sheng: In terms of seniority, Your Majesty should call me brother.As an elder brother, some words have been accumulated in my heart for a long time, and now I have to post them.To be honest, I am not the only one who was bullied, all the princes here are victims.Of course, the person who bullies me is not you, Your Majesty, but the ministers around you.They caught my ministers, abused my feelings, and weakened my will, making us all like feathers floating in the dust, without even a basic sense of peace.

Liu Che's heart trembled when he heard it, and he said in surprise: Is it so serious?How come I don't know anything about it? Liu Sheng sighed: "If your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can ask all the princes here."Look at how they were messed up by the central group. Liu Che seemed to understand, and felt pity spontaneously.He nodded and said: No need to ask.You said this, and I have a bottom line in my heart.Here, I can tell you responsibly that this kind of thing will not happen again next time. Sure enough, after Liu Sheng and others withdrew from the court, Liu Che invited the heads of relevant departments to give him some instructions.Soon, the momentum of the central ministers to repair the princes finally subsided.

This matter has finally come to an end.Mr. Chao Cuo, I'm really sorry.The people who attacked you back then were not my brothers.Anyway, your reputation has been rehabilitated, so let's make it even. The grievances and grievances between the central ministers and the princes were evened out, but there was one person who hadn't finished talking with the central government.This person is Liu Ju, the son of Liu Bi who was the first to make trouble at the beginning. How did Liu Bi die?It was shaken wrongly.Liu Bi fled to Dongyue and was killed by the king of Dongyue.Henceforth, Liu Ju hated the King of Dongyue to the core.

Now, it's time for revenge. If you want to take revenge, it is certainly not enough to have a passion.However, the reason why Liu Ju was able to call out the word "revenge" must be because he has found a backer.This backer is the king of Minyue.Liu Ju persuaded the queen of Minyue, and he also agreed to send troops to vent his anger on Liu Ju, preparing to attack Dongyue.So the king of Dongyue who was beaten had to ask the emperor of Han for help. Whether or not to save the King of Dongyue, and how to save it, cannot be decided by Liu Che alone.So Liu Che called a group of people to discuss a plan.Among them, there is the Taiwei Tian Fu who was divorced by the Queen Mother Dou.

Liu Che first asked Tian Fu: What do you think of Minyue's attack on Dongyue? Tian Fu actually replied like this: It is common for Yue people to beat each other.Besides, that barren land has been abandoned by the central government since the Qin Dynasty, why should we bother for them? After Tian Fu finished speaking, Liu Che remained silent, waiting for other people's opinions.Immediately, one person stood up and expressed his opinion against Tian Fu's death. This person, Yan Zhu is also.Yan Zhu, originally called Zhuang Zhu.In order to avoid the embarrassment of Liu Zhuang, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, later generations had to wrong him and call him Yanzhu.Yan Zhu was from Wu in Kuaiji. His father, Zhuang Ji, was once a famous singer of Fu under Liu Wu's family.Yan Zhu inherited his father's talent, so when Liu Che selected talents two years ago, Yan Zhu was among the best in his grades, and he was the first to be promoted by Liu Che. Yan Zhu refuted Tian Fu in this way: whether you can save someone or not depends not on anything else, but on whether you have the ability.If you have the ability to save people, why not save them?The old Qin regarded Yue as an abandoned land, and there was nothing they could do about it.They can't even control their own Xianyang City, so they don't have the energy to take care of other people's affairs.Now, the small country Dongyue is begging us for help, if we don't save it, then who will?If we don't save them, what kind of virtue can we use to make all nations surrender? Liu Che strongly agreed with Yan Zhu's words. Saving people is a small matter, but political benefits are great.Trading small interests for a big political future is exactly what Liu Che wants to do most.Besides, Dongyue killed Liu Bi for the Han Dynasty, which is also the root cause of his beating.Therefore, sending troops to save others is also regarded as repaying the favor of others, and at the same time it is also supporting and cheering up the younger brother.If you don't pay attention to it, who else will be willing to run errands for you in the future? Liu Che began to express his opinion: Taiwei Tian is not enough.I decided to send troops to rescue Dongyue.But please pay attention to one thing, I have just ascended the throne, and I don't want to use the tiger talisman to mobilize troops. We know that there must be tiger charms for military recruitment.No matter how high an official you are, generals only recognize tiger charms but not people.Therefore, when Liu Bang captured Han Xin's commander-in-chief repeatedly, the first thing he did was to take down his tiger charm and seal.Now, Liu Che wanted to send troops but didn't want to use the Tiger Talisman, so what worries did he have? This concern, of course, refers to the Queen Mother Dou.Empress Dowager Dou is not dead yet, and things like national wars require her nod. But the problem is, Liu Che really doesn't want to see this old woman now.If you can ask her less, you will be less.Anyway, she won't live long, as long as she stretches her legs to the sky, Liu Che can be liberated. It doesn't matter if you don't have the Tiger Talisman, Liu Che can still use his festival.He entrusted Yan Zhu with the task of mobilizing troops to attack East Vietnam. From a rational point of view, if there is a festival without a match, it is also against the rules.Then, whether we can mobilize the soldiers will be a test of Yan Zhu's political wisdom. Yan Zhu is going to transfer the garrison in Kuaiji County this time.Sure enough, when he came to Wujun with festivals, the governor of Kuaiji asked him to go through the formalities and hand over the tiger talisman.Yan Zhu told the other party that the emperor had just ascended the throne, and he didn't want to use the tiger talisman, so he only asked me to come here on a festival basis. Please understand your majesty's difficulties and accommodate me. Kuaijishou laughed when he heard this.What is accommodation?Do you think it is a child player's house?Do you think you are running for an official position?This is a major event in war, how can it be a joke?Cut the nonsense, without a tiger talisman, it is impossible to transfer a soldier. Yan Zhu knew something like this would happen.However, Jie was right in front of the county guard, and if the county guard didn't give him face, he didn't give Liu Che face.Since the emperor didn't even give him face, why should the emperor still give him face? Yan Zhu immediately grabbed a Sima and beheaded him, and threatened the county guard: "If you don't send troops, Sima's end will be your end!" When Kuaiji County heard this, his feet became weak, so he had to send troops across the sea to rescue people.But before the ships of the Han Dynasty landed, there was news that the King of Minyue had withdrawn his troops. Before the shelves were set up, people ran away.The big man is really majestic. Although the King of Minyue withdrew his troops, the King of Dongyue still felt that the land of Dongyue was not safe.Therefore, he wrote to Liu Che requesting that all the people of the whole country be moved to the Central Plains.Soon, Liu Che agreed.They were placed in the plains between the Yangtze River and the Huai River. At this point, the turmoil of Chao Cuo's redress has finally come to an end.