When the Queen Dowager Cù moved to submit Nanyue to the Han, the chancellor Lữ Gia stormed the palace, killed her, the young king Zhao Xing and the Han envoys, and raised Zhao Jiande to the throne.
Political
Lữ Gia's coup in Nanyue
- 112 BCE
- East Asia
Political
When the Queen Dowager Cù moved to submit Nanyue to the Han, the chancellor Lữ Gia stormed the palace, killed her, the young king Zhao Xing and the Han envoys, and raised Zhao Jiande to the throne.