Cháo Cuò zhǔzhāng xuēfān, jiéguǒ bèi Hàn Jǐngdì shā le.
Chao Cuo argued for cutting back the princes' fiefs, and in the end Emperor Jing had him put to death.
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His memorial 论贵粟疏 urged the court to value grain and farmers above merchants. When seven princes rose in 154 BC, their slogan 诛晁错，清君侧, 'execute Chao Cuo, clean out the ruler's side', made 清君侧 the standard excuse for later revolts against a throne.
