If two people have a grudge and there is no chance of reconciliation, why should they pretend to be indifferent and even force each other to be friends? The best thing is to never meet.
That summer, Tian Fu married the daughter of the late Yankang King Liu Jia. The Queen Mother issued an edict, ordering all the princes and royal relatives to congratulate her. Wei Qihou Dou Ying was naturally among them. Wei Qihou has been out of power for a long time. It is really unbearable for him to go to a banquet alone and watch his former colleagues and the villains who are attached to him drinking and drinking, talking and laughing. But not to go would be against the Queen Mother's will. So Wei Qihou went to visit Guan Fu and wanted Guan Fu to attend the banquet with him.
Dou Ying came to see Guan Fu, but Guan Fu didn't want to go. He said, "Guan Fu, I have offended the prime minister several times because of my drunkenness. Recently, I have had a problem with him. If I go, won't I be asking for trouble?"
At this moment, Dou Ying persuaded him, "Isn't it all over?" Without waiting for Guan Fu to say anything else, he quickly took his arm and walked out the door.
When the wine was in full swing, Tian Fu, the groom's official and prime minister, stood up and toasted the guests. Everyone left their seats and fell on the ground, expressing their disapproval. Tian Fu smiled, very proud. When the Marquis of Wei Qi, Dou Ying, was toasting, only Dou Ying's old friends got up and took leave of the table, while the others only bowed slightly.
Guan Fu saw this and was very unhappy. He felt that he was going "drunk like crazy", but the wine still seemed not strong enough in his stomach, so he left his seat, walked to the center of the hall, and toasted everyone.
The first person to toast was naturally the Prime Minister Tian Fu. Tian Fu just bowed slightly and said, "I can't finish this glass of wine."
Guan Fu was furious, but he put on a smile on his face and said, "You are a noble man, I entrust you with this glass of wine!" Then he raised his head and drank it. Tian Fu looked at him coldly and did not respond to him. Guan Fu toasted to others again, and when it came time to sit down with Guan Xian, the Marquis of Ru, Guan Xian was whispering to the general sitting next to him, Cheng Bushi.
Guan Fu couldn't suppress his anger anymore and cursed loudly with his halberd finger: "You usually treat Cheng Bushi as worthless, but now when the elders are toasting you, you actually talk to Cheng Bushi like a woman!" The guest was offended. Face means losing the master's face. Tian Fu took the opportunity to say: "General Cheng Bushi is the East Palace Guard, and General Li Guang is the West Palace Guard. They have always called each other the same name. Zhong Ru insulted General Cheng in public like this, and also used your last name." Does the respected General Li take it seriously?"
In fact, the person Guan Fu scolded was Guan Xian, not Cheng Bushi, but Tian Fu's sharp tongue immediately directed the anger to Cheng Bushi, and then directed the anger to Li Guang through Cheng Bushi. It can be said that he had evil intentions. However, his tone was cordial, and he also called Guan Fu "Zhongru". His hypocrisy and sinisterness are truly outrageous. He was already drunk when he bullied Guan Fu. What's more, even if he wasn't drunk, he was just a reckless man. How could he tell the difference?
Sure enough, Guan Fu was fooled and started yelling at him. Everyone realized that something was not going well and would bring disaster to Chiyu, so they all excused themselves to go to the toilet and left. Wei Qihou also stood up and waved to Guan Fu to leave together. Tian Fu saw that the wedding banquet broke up unhappy and said angrily: "It's all me that spoiled you! Give orders to capture Guan Fu."
Ji Fu stood up at the table to apologize on Guan Fu's behalf, and pressed Guan Fu's neck, asking him to bow his head and apologize too. Guanfu was drunk when he suddenly felt someone pressing on his neck, which made him feel very uncomfortable. He became even more angry and refused to apologize. Tian Fu then ordered his officials to kidnap Guan Fu and imprison him in the guest room of the Prime Minister's Mansion. He also called for his subordinate Shi and said to him: "Today I am getting married. I have summoned the princes and the emperor's relatives to come over. We have disobeyed the Queen Mother's edict!" So he wrote a letter to impeach Guan Fu for the crime of disrespect, and repeated the same trick by sending people to investigate the illegal facts of Guan Fu's tribe and have them all punished and beheaded. When Dou Ying heard about this, he was so ashamed that he paid his guests to plead with Tian Fu, hoping that he would release Guan Fu. Tian Fu had already broken up with Guan Fu, and he had more leverage. Of course he would not let him go, he only wanted to kill Guan Fu. Guan Fu was detained in the guest room by Tian Fu, so naturally he couldn't tell anyone about Tian Fu's friendship with Liu An.
The evil field worm went crazy and died
After several days and nights, there was no news about Guan Fu. Wei Qihou wanted to stand up for Guan Fu. His wife admonished: "General Guan Fu offended the Prime Minister and went against the Queen Mother. How can we be saved?" Wei Qihou said: "I risked my life in exchange for the Marquis on the battlefield. Even if I lose him, I will not be saved." I don't care. I can't just watch Zhongru die alone while I'm still alive!" After Guan Fu heard these words, he could die without regrets.
Dou Ying ran out to write to Emperor Wu without telling his family. Emperor Wu saw this and summoned him to the palace. He then reported to Emperor Wu the whole story of Guan Fu's drunkenness and making troubles, and said that Guan Fu's crime would not lead to death. Emperor Wu thought that he was right, so he rewarded Dou Ying, asked him to have dinner with him, and said that he could go to Changle Palace to debate this matter.
In fact, Emperor Wu had already made up his mind. He wanted to release Guan Fu, but why did he choose Changle Palace as the venue for the debate? Changle Palace is the residence of the Queen Mother, who is Tian Fu's sister. Wouldn't this give people the illusion of being biased towards Tian Fu? There may be two reasons why Emperor Wu did this. One possibility is that he has not really come out of the shadow of the failure of Jianyuan's reforms. He is not yet the dictatorial Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and it depends on the face of his mother, the Queen Mother. Setting the debate place in the East Palace is also an explanation to the Queen Mother.
Another possibility is that the power of the Queen Mother and Tian Fu expanded too fast, and Emperor Wu was a little unsure, so he used this East Palace debate to check Tian Fu's influence on the ministers. Unexpectedly, things soon went beyond his control.
When Dou Ying arrived at Changle Palace, he praised Guan Fu's moral qualities and said that he was just drunk and causing trouble, and Prime Minister Tian Fu framed him for other crimes. Tian Fu responded tit for tat, saying that Guan Fu's actions were arrogant, wanton and treasonous. Guan Fu's clan members usually went too far, and the evidence was overwhelming. Wei Qihou was so aggrieved that he couldn't explain it. He knew that the problem lay with Tian Fu, and in desperation, he accused him of exceeding the rules of the house and being corrupt and perverting the law.
Tian Fu said: "Now the world is peaceful and peaceful. I am the prime minister because I am a relative of the emperor. But what I love is nothing more than hunting dogs, horses, music, houses, singers and dancers, and rare things made by skilled craftsmen. Er. Wei Qihou was not like that. He and Guan Fu spent time together day and night, recruiting heroes from all over the world to talk and talk, study the changes in the celestial phenomena, and watch the movements of the two palaces, hoping that the world would be in chaos so that they could take advantage of the opportunity to make meritorious deeds. Alas. , I really don’t know what they want to do!”
I believe that anyone would be shocked to see this fat man with a short stature say such off-topic yet extremely vicious words.
Emperor Wu asked his courtiers: "Which one of them is right?"
At this time, Han Anguo, the censor doctor, stood up.
Han Anguo is well versed in the art of being an official. He said it very "interestingly": "Guan Fu's father Guan Meng died for the country. Guan Fu gave up life and death and galloped into the Wu army camp with a halberd. He wore dozens of wounds and bravely won the three armies." , this is a strong man of our Han Dynasty. If there is no serious crime, and it is just a quarrel over a glass of wine, he really should not be beheaded. Wei Qihou is right. But Guan Fu committed crimes, plundered the people, and accumulated money in his family. His family has been rampant in the Yingchuan area, and he himself has repeatedly insulted the royal family and trampled on His Majesty's flesh and blood. This is the so-called "branch is greater than the root, and the shin is greater than the stock." It is really dangerous not to punish him, so the Prime Minister is right. Yes. As a fool, I really can't figure out what to do. I can only rely on His Majesty's sage to make a decision." Even then, he did not forget to flatter Emperor Wu.
The Lord Commander Ji An was always upright, so he directly took the side of Wei Qihou. His good friend Nei Shi Zheng also stood by Dou Ying at that time, but when Emperor Wu asked him to state his reasons, he was intimidated by Tian Fu's power and did not dare to persist to the end. The rest of the people lowered their heads and looked at their toes without making a sound. Emperor Wu didn't expect that things would turn out like this, so he vented his anger on Zheng Shi: "Don't you always tell me the secrets of Wei Qihou and Wu'anhou? Now when I ask you to speak, you are timid, like a man under the shaft. Pony, I'm going to kill you all!" After saying that, he turned around and left to have dinner with the Queen Mother.
As soon as the debate began, the Queen Mother planted an informant at the debate site, so she knew everything about the process. Emperor Wu sat at the table for a long time, but saw that the Queen Mother had no intention of moving her chopsticks. When Emperor Wu didn't know what to say, the Queen Mother said angrily: "I'm not dead yet, and they're bullying my brother. If I'm really gone, won't my mother-in-law's family just let mermaids eat their flesh? Is the emperor made of stone?" Even if you don’t have your own opinion)? Fortunately you are still here, they agree with you and adapt to the situation. If you are gone, who else can be trusted in this group of people!" Emperor Wu saw his mother showing off her power and apologized: "Dou Ying and Tian Fu are both members of the clan. My relatives don’t want to be partial, so I summoned the ministers to debate in the East Court. Otherwise, just find any jailer to settle the matter."
After Tian Fu retreated from the court, he stopped Han Anguo at the palace gate, sent Anguo's coachman home first, and then pulled Anguo into his own car. "You and I stand on a united front. We should be dealing with this old bald man Dou Ying together. Why are you so hesitant to fight fifty times each?"
Han Anguo was promoted to the imperial censorship because of Tian Fu's recommendation. For this reason, he also gave Tian Fu a lot of goods. After a long time, Han Anguo said: "You and Wei Qihou are both ministers and relatives. If he slanders you and you slanders him, spittle will fly around, just like a quarrel between a market vendor and a village shrew. In general, how ignorant of the general situation and self-love! Wei Qihou is a knight-errant and has an upright character. If he slanders you, take off your hat and say to the emperor: "I was lucky enough to get this position as a foreign relative. I am incompetent. Wei Qihou That's absolutely correct.' Then, not only will the emperor applaud your humility, but even Wei Qihou will feel ashamed and uneasy, and may bite his tongue and commit suicide when he returns home."
In fact, Han Anguo knew very well who was right and wrong between Tian Fu and Dou Ying. He was on Dou Ying's side in his heart, but as a fox as a shrewd man, he had already seen that the winner of this fight was destined to be the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, and Dou Ying. Tian Fu and the others were ambiguous during the court debate, and now they had to try their best to deceive Tian Fu.
Although Tian Fu was greedy, he always listened to what he said, so he admitted his mistake and said: "At that time, I was in a quarrel with each other and my mind was dizzy. I just wanted to fight with him, and I didn't think about this level at all."
Later, Emperor Wu sent Han Anguo to investigate Guan Fu's crimes by comparing the documents and found that many of what Wei Qihou said were inconsistent with the facts. So Wei Qihou was impeached and imprisoned on the charge of deceiving the emperor and neglecting his superiors.
When Emperor Jing was dying, he gave Dou Ying an edict: "If there is any inconvenience, let it be cheaper."
Guan Fu's family was about to be exterminated. Dou Ying was extremely worried in prison, so he asked his nephew who was visiting the prison to present Emperor Jing's edict to Emperor Wu in order to be summoned by Emperor Wu. Wei Qihou's edict was sealed by his retainers and kept hidden at home. There are usually two copies of the emperor's edict, one is sent to the ministers, and the other is kept in the palace. The edict was submitted, and after Emperor Wu read it, he sent someone to check the files kept by the minister, but there was no imperial edict from Emperor Jing in them. Now, it is no longer a matter of "deceiving the emperor", but a serious crime of forging the late emperor's edict to blackmail "this emperor", which should be punished according to law.
Dou Ying, who was unable to save himself, could only imagine his friends and his family being beheaded one by one in the dark prison. The grief-stricken Dou Ying suffered a stroke and immediately went on a hunger strike, hoping to starve himself to death as a weak resistance. Tian Fu refused to let him get his wish. He had people spread rumors in prison that Emperor Wu would pardon Wei Qihou, in order to stimulate Dou Ying's will to survive. This trick worked as expected. Dou Ying started to eat again, actively cooperated with the doctor's treatment, and always asked questions like "When will the emperor let me out?"
There were a lot of lies in the prison, and rumors spread outside the prison. Many crimes appeared out of thin air on the part of Wei Qihou, and these crimes reached the ears of Emperor Wu.
"It seems that not killing is not enough to make the people angry!"
Emperor Wu sighed secretly. So on the last day of December that year, Wei Qihou was beheaded in Weicheng Street. I hope he will look calm in the end and there will be no more disturbances.
The two enemies were resolved in this way, but Tian Fu's life was not easy. Soon, Tian Fu fell ill and became delirious. He kept disheveled all day long and shouted crazily, "I am guilty and I deserve to die." Isn't this a "collision"? The family called a wizard to see the doctor. The wizard used his "yin and yang eyes" to investigate and said that there were two people guarding the prime minister day and night. One was Wei Qihou Dou Ying and the other was Guan Fu. Both of them were bleeding from their orifices and clawing at Tian Fu with sharp claws. The wizard was probably too ignorant and didn't have a recipe for "rescue and reconciliation", so Tian Fu died of illness soon after.
After Tian Fu's death, his son Tian Tian inherited the title. Five years later, Tian Tian wore short clothes and entered the palace. This was a crime of "disrespect", so Emperor Wu reduced his title. At this time, Emperor Wu had truly adapted to his role as emperor and no longer needed to be controlled by his mother.
