Persuading the emperor eventually became a scapegoat for others.

After Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang won the world, in order to consolidate his dynasty rule, he began to make his own kin Liu King, and gave each Liu's children fiefs to live in their own fiefs. In the era of Liu Qi, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the power of Wang with the same surname became stronger and stronger. Among them, some people are overbearing, while others bully the soft and fear the hard. In fact, they are no longer bound by the court. There are too many fiefs with the same surname Wang. For example, there are more than 70 cities in Qi, 50 cities in Wu and 40 cities in Chu. The proliferation of Wang's surname and his disobedience to the jurisdiction of the central government have actually seriously affected the social and political order of the Han Dynasty. Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, originally enfeoffed Liu's children in order to consolidate his rule, but it brought trouble to the later emperor.

At this time, Han Jing's ancient Chao Cuo stood out. He is worried that if this situation continues, it will lead to rebellion and even carve up the world of the Han Dynasty, which is not easy to stabilize. Chao Cuo said to Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty, "Liu Bi, the king of Wu, should be beheaded if he doesn't come to the imperial court. The first emperor (referring to China Emperor Liu Heng) was kind and generous to him, but he was more arrogant, stubborn and arrogant. The prince of Wu carved mountains in the fief to make money, cooked sea and made salt, and recruited troops to prepare for rebellion. If your majesty doesn't cut the land in time, he will raise a tiger as a menace. In this case, it will be difficult to clean up the situation in the future. "

Liu Qiping, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, appreciated Chao Cuo's talent. Chao Cuo put forward the proposal of "cutting vassals", that is, cutting the fiefs of vassals, and Emperor Wu agreed. However, the emperor of the Han Dynasty was somewhat worried. Han Jing said to Chao Cuo, cede territory is good, but their rebellion is terrible. Chao Cuo comforted Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty and said, "If they cede land, if they don't cede land, then they will rebel now, which will do less harm to your majesty and the country, but if they rebel again when they are strong, the consequences will be unimaginable." After careful consideration, Emperor Han Jing thought that Chao Cuo's words were very reasonable, so he finally made up his mind to behead the vassals!

Chao Cuo's father heard that his son advised the emperor to cut the vassal, and specially rushed to Beijing from his hometown to dissuade his son. Chao Fu said, "As an ancient consultant, you have a high salary. Why not mind your own business and live a good life? Instead, meddle and ask for trouble? Princes are all relatives of the royal family. Can you manage them? If you cut off their fief, they will certainly resent you. What do you want? "

Chao Cuo replied to his father: "Resentment is inevitable, but if we don't cede territory now, the country will be unstable. If this continues, the world will be in chaos one day. " Hearing this, Chao Fu sighed, "If this goes on, the Liu family can live in peace, and our Chao family will be in trouble. I am old and really don't want to see such an ending! " Chao Cuo persuaded his father again and again, but the old man still just sighed. Later, Chao Fu returned to his hometown and committed suicide by taking poison. The news of his father's suicide reached Chao Cuo. He was sad, but cutting land was a matter of national security, and he had to do it. But his fate finally failed to escape his father's prophecy.

Han Jing listened to Chao Cuo's advice, and first cut off a part of the land of King Chu and Jiao. Then they discussed cutting the fiefs of Wu Wang and Liu Bi. Liu Bi, the king of Wu, got the news that it was better to strike first than to give in easily. Appreciation of Landscape Paintings So, he contacted the governors of Chu, Zhao, Jiaoxi and Jiaodong, and rebelled under the banner of "killing Chao Cuo and clearing the monarch's side". This is the famous "Seven Kingdoms Rebellion" in history.

Emperor Han Jingdi didn't expect the King of Wu and Liu Bi to join forces with the people of the Seven Kings to rebel. The rebels were so powerful that people were frightened. He remembered Emperor Wen's last words and sent Zhou Yafu, a general who was good at running the army, to crusade against the rebels. At that time, some people in the imperial court were jealous of Chao Cuo and wanted to blame Chao Cuo for the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms. These people slandered Emperor Han Jing, saying that the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion was to kill Chao Cuo. If your majesty can agree to their demands, kill Chao Cuo, pardon the innocence of the seven countries and return the fiefs to them, their demands will be met and they will naturally quit. Emperor Han Jing was already crazy at that time. Hearing these words, he said, if so, why should I be reluctant to part with Chao Cuo alone? Therefore, Emperor Han Jing approved the memorial to behead Chao Cuo and ordered the seven countries to withdraw their troops as soon as possible.

When Liu Bi, the prince of Wu, heard that Chao Cuo had been beheaded, he laughed and said that Chao Cuo should have been killed long ago, but it was too late. Now that I am the Emperor of the East, what's the use of receiving Liu Qi's letter? Then he continued to laugh and ordered to March on Chang 'an.

Soon after, Deng Gong, a captain, returned to the court to report the military situation. When Han Jing met Deng Gong, he asked him, "With the Seven Kingdoms, do you know that Chao Cuo is dead? Are they willing to quit? " ? Deng Gong replied that the prince of Wu had long been interested in rebellion, and he had been preparing for it for decades. This time, it is just an excuse to rebel against Chao Cuo under the banner of punishing him. Unexpectedly, the emperor really killed Chao Cuo. I'm afraid it's hard for anyone to persuade the emperor for the court in the future. Hearing this, Jingdi felt that it was useless to regret again.

Fortunately, Emperor Jingdi remembered his father's last words and used Zhou Yafu as a general to quell the rebellion. Zhou Yafu was rigorous in running the army and used his troops wisely. He avoided fighting the rebels in Wu Chu directly, and only sent a group of elite soldiers to cut off the rebels' traffic. When Wu Chu's army lost its food supply, they first became chaotic. After several days of stalemate, Wu Chu's army ran out of food and grass. Seeing this, Zhou Yafu thought it was time to send troops immediately. He personally led the soldiers to attack and defeated Wu Chu's army.

Wu Chu is the two countries leading the rebellion. When they lose, other countries will lose without a fight. Within a few months, the seven-nation rebellion was put down.

After the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, Emperor Han Jing ordered the vassal state not to govern his vassal state personally, and the officials of the vassal state were appointed and removed by the imperial court, which gradually left a hollow reputation for the vassal state. Later, the law of pushing favors was implemented, and all disciples belonging to the same feudal country were assigned to the land of their own feudal country, so that the more people who could inherit a feudal country, the smaller the fief of each person. Due to the victory in the struggle with the vassals, the prestige of the Han court was greatly strengthened.

In fact, the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion ended with Han Jing killing scapegoat Chao Cuo. "Punish Chao Cuo, be clear in heart" is just an excuse for Liu Bi's rebellion. Even if Emperor Han Jing didn't have Chao Cuo around him, he would find other excuses and opportunities. This is a great drawback that Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the early Han Dynasty, did not think of when he enfeoffed Wang with the same surname.