赵护 / Zhao Hu (Western Han)

Overview

赵护 / Zhao Hu enters the wiki through Hanji 532 as the official appointed Guanghan governor during the suppression of 郑公’s Guanghan uprising.

Current Profile

Hanji 532 presents Zhao Hu through one function: restoring state control after Zheng Gong’s uprising expands. The court appoints him from Hedong commandant to Guanghan governor and mobilizes more than thirty thousand soldiers from Guanghan and Shu under the suppression campaign.

The episode emphasizes the outcome rather than Zhao Hu’s personal tactics. Rebel-side defections and government amnesty help split the uprising, and the revolt is reportedly pacified within about a month. Zhao Hu is then promoted to Zhijinwu and awarded one hundred jin of gold.

Key Characteristics

• Western Han official moved into Guanghan during a rebellion emergency.
• Associated with a large Guanghan/Shu troop mobilization against Zheng Gong.
• Benefits from a suppression strategy that combines force with amnesty and defection incentives.
• Promoted and richly rewarded after the uprising is pacified.

Evidence

• Appointment: Hanji 532 says the court appoints the Hedong commandant as Guanghan governor during the crisis.
• Troop mobilization: Hanji 532 says more than thirty thousand Guanghan and Shu troops are mobilized against Zheng Gong.
• Reward: Hanji 532 says Zhao Hu is promoted to Zhijinwu and receives one hundred jin of gold after the uprising is suppressed.

Qualifications

This page is based on one source note. Zhao Hu’s full offices, earlier career, exact command role, and later career remain source-scoped. The episode credits the suppression outcome to a wider court strategy as well as Zhao Hu’s appointment, so the page should not treat him as the sole cause of pacification.

What Changed

• Created this page from Hanji 532 to track the official rewarded after the Guanghan suppression.

Relationships

• 广汉郑公起义 - crisis through which Zhao Hu enters the wiki.
• 郑公 - uprising leader opposed by the campaign.
• 汉成帝 - emperor whose court appoints and rewards Zhao Hu.
• 生存压力型起义 - broader causal field the suppression does not directly repair in the source.