It is said that once in history, the emperor's old son settled down and began to slaughter people who had fought alongside him in order to monopolize the throne. The famous "Song Taizu Cup" and Zhu Yuanzhang's burning meritorious building are countless examples.
These narratives, which are played by historians in order to gain eyeballs, cover up the historical truth to some extent and are relatively one-sided.
First of all, it must be admitted that out of class nature, emperors of all dynasties were ungrateful. For the throne, they will do whatever it takes, even kill people.
Second, at the same time, it must be noted that within the ruling class, due to the constant redistribution of property and power, the emperor killed the hero and the hero usurped power and killed the king. The persecuted hero came to a tragic end, and the deposed emperor came to a worse end. Only in this way, the power struggle is more bloody than the battle between the enemy and me on the battlefield. Therefore, neither side deserves sympathy, because this is just a living historical drama.
Third, because there was only one emperor, the slain heroes became a relatively large number, so people shed more tears of sympathy for the heroes, and at the same time thought that the emperor was dictatorial and cruel. But people ignore the other side, that is, there is no shield without a spear. In the words of ordinary people, it takes two hands to make a sound.
Once the world is stable, many heroes are proud of themselves, become arrogant, arrogant, bullying, form a party for self-interest, covet greater power and become corrupt. Therefore, the traitor is the hero first. Due to the quantitative and qualitative changes in time, place and conditions, the hero became a traitor. The intrigue between treacherous officials also provided conditions for the emperor to finally cut them all off. This is the emperor's skill.
The earliest battle between the monarch and the minister to kill donkeys can be found in the Chronicle of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
According to the book, Gou Jian, King of Yue, was defeated by Fu Cha, King of Wu. Gou Jian did his best to defeat Fu Cha. Among them, Minister Fan Li and Wen Zi contributed greatly. However, after Gou Jian's victory, he retired, went boating with the beautiful woman, and left Gou Jian at home at large. When he left, he sent a letter to the book, saying that Gou Jian could only share weal and woe, not wealth. But Wen Zi didn't listen, and finally he was persecuted by Gou Jian and committed suicide.
Darwin's theory of evolution reveals the natural law of natural selection and survival of the fittest. At that time, as the essence of the universe, the primate of all things and the "law of the jungle" of human beings were not so!