Author: Xiao Fourteen
Chao Cuo was a famous loyal minister in the early Western Han Dynasty. I wanted to cut the bannermen for Han Jing, but in the end I was beheaded by Han Jing. His death was indeed unjust, comparable to that of Dou E.
Chao Cuo began to make a fortune during the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, and the court sent him to study Shangshu. At that time, there was only one person in the whole country who knew Shangshu, who was over ninety years old. Chao Cuo went there to learn Shangshu. In other words, when he returns from his studies, his master is estimated to have passed away, and he is the only one in the country who understands Shangshu. This is his core competitiveness! With this, the official grew bigger and bigger, and finally became the "prince's order"-the manager of the prince's house. The prince's family even called him a "brain trust", which shows how much he was appreciated by the prince at that time.
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When the prince ascended the throne, he was Emperor Han Jingdi. Chao Cuo's position was further promoted because the emperor doted on him and obeyed his orders. Because of this, Chao Cuo, without knowing his position, forcibly separated the vassals, which led to the "Seven Kingdoms Rebellion". Finally, Han Jing was forced to execute Chao Cuo. It's really a good thing for the Han Empire to separate the vassals, and Chao Cuo proposed to separate the vassals for the sake of the long-term stability of the Han Empire. When his father heard that he was going to cut the princes, he went to Chang 'an to persuade him not to do so. He said: "Otherwise, the emperor is disrespectful and the ancestral temple is uneasy." His father said that Liu was safe, and my Chao family was going to suffer, and then committed suicide. It can be seen that Chao Cuo chose loyalty between loyalty and righteousness.
The fuse or reason of the "Seven-country Rebellion" was that Han Jing adopted Chao Cuo's suggestion and implemented a separatist policy. This policy is different from Kangxi's withdrawal from vassal, which only reduces land, while withdrawal from vassal is to revoke vassal. At that time, the Western Han Dynasty practiced a state system in which the county system and the enfeoffment system coexisted. The system of enfeoffment is implemented in remote areas, and the system of counties is implemented in other areas. This should be the earliest "one country, two systems" in the history of China.
At that time, Chao Cuo gave Emperor Han Jing a list called "Cutting Feudal". He thought that the princes would eventually rebel. If he cuts Francisco, he will object. If you don't cut it, you will still be a vassal, which will bring harm, but the later you cut it, the greater the harm. So we should cut off the princes as soon as possible. Han Jing took his advice and sent a letter to cut the bannermen. The most powerful vassal state at that time was Wu. Liu Bi, the king of Wu, is the uncle of Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty. Of course, he didn't want to cut with the vassal States, so he contacted the other six countries and simply turned against each other. His slogan is "Jun Qing side, punish Chao Cuo" and March to Chang 'an. At this time, Han Jing asked the ministers what to do, and Chao Cuo even put forward such a suggestion: let the emperor use his personal expedition. When the emperor heard this, it was estimated that he would curse his mother: you said you would cut the princes, and now the princes are rebelling, and you want me to go to war! ? Finally, Emperor Han Jing adopted Yuan Ang's suggestion: kill Chao Cuo to appease the king of Wu, so that he would not rebel again. But it turned out that killing Chao Cuo didn't help, and the prince followed suit. Finally, he sent troops to suppress the rebellion.
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The most fundamental reason why Chao Cuo died was that he proposed to cut the vassal, but did not propose specific measures. It's like saying at the People's Congress that you want to take back Taiwan Province Province, but you don't know how to take it back. Chao Cuo proposed to cut the vassal, but encountered obstacles in the implementation process, but did not know what to do. As it happens, c put forward the slogan of "over Chao Cuo". At this time, only by killing Chao Cuo can we calm down the "wrath of c".
But was Chao Cuo wrong? He is right! In order to separate the princes, he ignored the survival of his family and devoted himself to the long-term stability of the Han empire. This is a loyal minister, a good minister! Emperor Han Jing later regretted killing Chao Cuo. The reason why Jingdi was cruel to kill Chao Cuo was that he was afraid of his throne and the big fellow would fall. In front of interests, emperors never respect others. Chao Cuo's death is really unjust!