Liu Bang was hit by a stray arrow during his expedition to Yingbu, and this was the second time he was wounded by an arrow, the last time being shot in the chest by the Chu army in Guangwujian. His injuries were recurring, and his time was running out.

In 196 BC, Liu Bang sent Lu Jia as an envoy to South Vietnam. Under the persuasion of Lu Jia, Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, accepted the jade seal of the king of Nanyue given by Liu Bang and returned to the Han Dynasty. Through this peaceful way, Liu Bang made Zhao Tuo surrender, and Nanyue became a vassal state of the Han Dynasty.

In the winter of the same year, Liu Bang suddenly issued an edict saying: "Qin Shi Huang, Chu Yin King Chen Sheng, Wei Anjiao King, Qi Yi Wang, and Zhao Mianxiang King are all extinct, and the imperial court will allocate funds to arrange 20 tomb guards for Qin Shi Huang, and 10 tomb guards for Chen Sheng and other four princes and kings." ”

In the end, Liu Bang added the name of Wei Wuji, the king of Xinling, and arranged five families to guard the tomb of his idol when he was young.

Liu Bang is worried about the fate of his beloved son Liu Ruyi and is often depressed. His thoughts were seen by Zhao Yao, the young official who was in charge of the talisman beside him.

Zhao Yao took the opportunity to ask, "Is Your Majesty worried about Liu Ruyi, King of Zhao?" ”

Liu Bang sighed and replied, "Yes." ”

Zhao Yao offered a plan: "Your Majesty should choose a person who is in awe of the ministers and is kind to the queen's mother and son to be the prime minister of Zhao to assist in protecting King Zhao." ”

reminded Liu Bang that there is a person who is the most suitable, the imperial historian Zhou Chang.

Liu Bang talked to Zhou Chang and mobilized him to be Zhao Guoxiang. Although Zhou Chang is honest, he is not stupid and is unwilling to take this job.

Liu Bang put his heart into his heart and said to Zhou Chang: "I know very well that this job is not easy to do, but I am really worried about King Zhao in my heart, and I think twice, except for you, no one else can do it." There's really no way, you should bear it for me! ”

The leader said everything about this, and Zhou Chang had to accept it.

Liu Bang's illness became more and more serious, and Lu Hou found a famous doctor, Liu Bang asked about the condition, and the doctor replied cautiously: It can be treated.

As soon as Liu Bang heard the tone, he knew that it was not cured, and in the face of life and death, he once again showed an open-minded and cheerful temperament, and scolded: "I was born in cloth, and I took the world with a three-foot sword, isn't it the mandate of heaven?" Life and death are in the sky, even if Bian Que is resurrected, what is the use! ”

The famous doctor was scared out of a cold sweat on the spot. Liu Bang rewarded him with fifty gold and sent him away.

Liu Bang stepped up to arrange the aftermath. At this time, Fan Xu was leading the army to conquer Lu Xuan. Fan Hao was Empress Lü's brother-in-law, and Liu Bang was worried that he would be controlled by the Lü clan in the future, so he asked Chen Ping to secretly take Zhou Bo to the army, kill Fan Hao on the spot, and replace Zhou Bo with the leader.

Chen Ping was clever, knowing that Liu Bang was dying, and he was unwilling to offend Empress Lu, so after discussing with Zhou Bo, he tied up Fan Hao and escorted him back to Beijing, and handed it over to Liu Bang to deal with personally. Halfway through, I got the news of Liu Bang's death. Fan Xue picked up a life.

Before Liu Bang died, Empress Lu asked him about the personnel arrangements: "After Xiao He dies, who will replace him as prime minister?" ”

Liu Bang immediately said a name, "Cao Shen." ”

Empress Lu asked who Cao Shen was, and Liu Bang said: "Wang Ling can, but Wang Ling is more than loyal and not resourceful; Chen Ping is more than resourceful, but the overall situation is insufficient. They complement each other perfectly. Zhou Bo doesn't talk much, he is loyal and simple, and he must be the one who can stabilize the Liu family, so use him as a lieutenant. ”

Lu Hou asked what to do in the future, and Liu Bang replied slowly: "You won't know what will happen in the future." "To put it bluntly, you weren't there then.

Liu Bang accurately predicted the history of the next twenty years!

In 195 BC, in April, Jiachen Day, Liu Bang died of illness at the age of 61 and was buried in Changling.

He wrote a legend with his life, he personally created the most powerful dynasty in Chinese history, and he created a new era for Chinese history! Historians often say that "the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system", the Qin Empire II died, and the person who really unified the divided China was Liu Bang. The general evaluation of contemporary historians for him is that he is an outstanding statesman, strategist, and conductor, the actual founder of the great unification of China, and the great pioneer of the Han nation and culture.

For more than 2,000 years, there is still a long tomb standing on the Xianyang Plateau. What do you think about the pine and cypress, and I still remember the song of the great wind!