When Chao Cuo was young, he studied the pre-Qin Legalist theory, and worked as an official of the Prince when he was learning Chinese, which won the trust of the Prince (later Han Jing). After Emperor Jingdi ascended the throne, he worked as a folk historian and a post-physician, and was always relied on by Emperor Jingdi.
He was an important adviser in the period of Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty, and was called "the brain trust". Chao Cuo's works include The Art of War, Collecting People's Love Letters, Your Millet Book, etc. Lu Xun liked his articles very much and rated him as a great writer in the Western Han Dynasty, which had a great influence on later generations.
As the most important thing in Chao Cuo's life, it is to cut off the vassals. He wrote many times and became an ancient consultant. Seeing that C's abnormal condition was exposed, the situation was critical, and he also put forward the famous book "Cutting Francisco", which advocated immediate action and drastically cutting Francisco.
As soon as Chao Cuo's remarks came out, they immediately caused attacks and slanders from C, which was very stressful. His father came from his hometown in Yingchuan to persuade Chao Cuo to stop, but Chao Cuo was unmoved, saying that cutting the vassal was related to the safety of the Han Dynasty. "If not, the emperor is disrespectful and the ancestral temple is uneasy."
His father said, in this way, "Liu is safe, but Chao is dangerous." Later, many times to discourage invalid, go home to drink poison to commit suicide. Later, Chao Cuo really paid the price of his life.
In a few days, seven countries will officially launch a rebellion under the banner of "Jun Qing side". Because the slogan at that time was "Please punish Chao Cuo to protect the monarch", Emperor Han Jing mistakenly thought that as long as Chao Cuo was killed, the chaos could be stopped. Under the traitor's estrangement, he ordered Chao Cuo to "cut the East City with his clothes on" and kill Chao Cuo.
However, Emperor Han Jing tried to solve the problem of vassal states by sacrificing Chao Cuo, but it didn't work, and the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion broke out.