Chao Cuo, the teacher of the emperor whose achievements lasted for thousands of years and will last forever, died because of a game of chess.

In the third year of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ying colluded with the princes of Chu, Zhao, Jiaoxi, Jiaodong, Guichuan, and Jinan to launch a rebellion, which was known as the "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms" in history. The "fuse" of this chaos was ignited by Chao Cuo, a teacher of Qi State. Chao Cuo proposed a proposal to cut the vassal policy, which directly threatened the fiefdoms of King Wu and other princes. So under the banner of "please punish Chao Cuo and clear the emperor's side", the rebels mobilized their troops to march westward and directly attack the Han Dynasty.

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Liu Qi had no choice but to listen to Yuan Ang, who had an enemy with Chao Cuo, and secretly tricked the teacher into "cutting" Dongshi in half in the name of inspecting the city. Poor Chao Cuo dressed in court clothes and turned into a ghost. Chao Cuo formulated the policy of "focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce" and advocated the title of millet to increase agricultural production and revitalize the economy; on the issue of resisting the invasion of the Huns, the author put forward the strategic idea of ??"immigrating to the frontier" and suggested recruiting people to Enrich the frontier fortresses and actively prepare for the Huns' invasion and plunder. Politically, it had a great influence on later generations. Liu Qi originally wanted to "lose the pawn to save the chariot". Unexpectedly, when Chao Cuo died, Liu Bi not only refused to retreat, but intensified his efforts, calling himself "Eastern Emperor" and publicly claiming to seize the throne. In fact, it was Liu Qi himself who planted the "fuse" of this chaos. The cause was the victory or defeat of "Liu Bo". So, to a certain extent, this is the civil strife caused by a famous game of chess in Chinese history. Chao Cuo just lit the "fuse" in advance.

According to the biography of King Wu Bilie in the Historical Records, Liu Ying was the son of Liu Zhong, the elder brother of Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty. He was established as King of Wu in the twelfth year of the emperor of the Han Dynasty. At that time, a good-looking man once said to Liu Bang, "There will be chaos in the southeast in fifty years," which meant that Liu Ying was "rebellious." According to legend, when Liu Qi was the crown prince, King Wu went to Beijing to meet Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty. During this period, he accompanied Liu Qi while drinking and playing "Liubo" chess. This kind of "Liu Bo", also called "Liu Bo" or "Bo", is the oldest chess game. It can be seen from the unearthed cultural relics that Liuqi includes chess, chess pieces, dice and gambling. The main ways of playing chess are big gambling and small gambling. Before the Western Han Dynasty, Bo Bo was a big game. Killing the "owl" was a victory. That is, both sides of Bo Bo arranged six chess pieces on their respective chessboards, one of which represented "owl", five pieces were called "scatter", and six pieces were called "scatters". Use "chopsticks". Both sides take turns throwing "chopsticks" and play chess based on the number of chopsticks thrown. In the end, the victory is determined by killing the opponent's "owl", that is, as Han Feizi said, "the winner will kill the owl", which is similar to "killing the general wins the commander" in chess.

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Liu Qi and King Wu, who liked six blogs, were assassinated on the chessboard. The masters Liu Ying's son worshiped were all Chu people, arrogant and eager to win. During the process of entering the Expo, he had a fight with Liu Qi, had a bad attitude, made rude remarks, and did not pay attention to the crown prince. In a rage, Liu Qi picked up the chessboard and struck the King of Wu hard. It was estimated that it hit with significant damage and he was killed. Chess kills people. When the court sent King Wu's coffin back to Wu for burial, Liu Ying said angrily: "The world belongs to the Liu family. If you die in Chang'an, you will be buried in Chang'an." They sent the coffin back to Chang'an for burial. From then on, Liu Ying hated Liu Qi deeply and had the idea of ????rebellion. Liu Bi began to complain that he did not go to Chang'an to see the emperor in the autumn, but only sent envoys to North Korea.

Every year, the princes of the Han Dynasty had to "report their work" in front of the emperor. This system was implemented in the Zhou Dynasty and was a restraint imposed by the emperor on the princes. It contains "A certain prince goes to heaven to report his service. If he does not have it, his title will be reduced; if he does not have it, his land will be ceded; if he does not have it, he will be transferred to the Sixth Division." It can be seen that the princes did not dare to meet the emperor. According to ancient law It's a capital crime. Since Liu Ying dared to do this, she had already made a desperate move. When the imperial court detained Wu's envoys for interrogation, the envoys were afraid of losing the prince and had to tell the truth about Liu Bi's illness. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty may have considered the pain of Liu Ying's son's death, or to win over Liu Ying, he showed mercy and rewarded Liu Ying with several boxes and crutches, saying that he could take care of him as he was old and would not need to come to the court in the future. The matter finally subsided temporarily, and Liu Bi has been in court for more than 20 years. However, Liu Ying's hatred for Liu Qi is difficult to release, and his revenge and rebellion will never die. He is always ready to take over his position, thinking that "in the Liu family's world, this emperor should take turns."

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Domestic Wu Tong, Binhai, and Liu Bi recruited escapees from all over the country to mint money and cook salt. The minted money was circulated throughout the Western Han Dynasty. Wu's financial resources were comparable to those of the imperial court. Due to its developed economy, the territory has no taxes. When the people were supposed to serve in Korea, Liu Bi would give them money to serve and hire others to serve. Every year, he spent a lot of money to sympathize with the wise and reward the people. Therefore, Liu Ying's prestige in Wu was extremely high. When he mobilized troops to rebel, he raised weapons and mobilized more than 20,000 people to fight. Those criminals from other counties who fled to the State of Wu were all raised by Liu Ying, and the official positions of other countries were captured in the State of Wu. Naturally, these people were grateful to Liu Ying and willing to provide their services.

Liu Ying also bribed princes, royal families and ministers to gain political support. It can be seen that Liu Bi has been preparing for revenge and rebellion. When Emperor Wen was in power, Liu Bi did not dare to act rashly. First, Emperor Wen was not kind to himself, and second, there was no legitimate reason to raise the army. At that time, Chao Cuo wrote to Emperor Wen many times, asking for Liu Ying's crime to be dealt with, but Emperor Wen could not bear to punish him. After Liu Qi succeeded to the throne, Chao Cuo had already seen that Liu Ying would turn against him, so he stepped up his efforts to admonish Liu Qi's tribe. Chao Cuo once said to Liu Qi, "This is Liu Ying." If you attack now, you will also counterattack, and if you don't attack, you will counterattack. If you cut it, it will be hasty and the disaster will be small; if you don't cut it, it will be a disaster if it is too late.

"Chao Cuo means that since the emperor killed Liu Ying's son, Liu Ying has made up his mind to rebel, and it is better to force him to rebel sooner rather than later. From this, it is not difficult to see that the real "trigger" that caused the "Seven Kingdoms Rebellion" "It was a six-game chess game, and Chao Cuo's role was just to light the fuse in advance. The "Seven Kingdoms Rebellion" in the Western Han Dynasty was finally stopped by Liu Qi's younger brother Wang Xiliang and Liu Wu. Qiu, Zhou Yafu and 36 generals used surprise troops to cut off the rebels. Liangdao lasted for 3 months, but it left a thought-provoking revelation to future generations.