Empress Lu followed the concept of governing the country by doing nothing, and the society was stable and the economy recovered. In terms of employing people, Empress Lu mainly relied on several nephews and lovers of her mother's family to judge her.

Empress Lu wanted to crown her mother's family as the king, worried that the ministers would not agree, after all, Liu Bang had left the supreme instruction that "non-Liu family should not be crowned king". In the summer of 187 B.C., Empress Lu threw stones to ask for directions, first crowned Liu Ying's sons, the older two were crowned kings, and the remaining three were crowned as waits.

One morning, Empress Lu officially proposed to the right prime minister Wang Ling, intending to make the people of the Lu family kings.

Wang Ling refused on the spot, he said: "Emperor Gao and his ministers swore to kill the white horse, 'not the Liu family but the king, the world will fight together', and now they want to crown the Lu family as the king, which is not in line with the agreement." ”

The origin of the royal tomb is not simple. He was born in a wealthy family in Pei County, and Liu Bang mixed with society when he was young, and saw his affection as a big brother. At that time, Wang Ling still didn't look down on Liu Bang, and he had a hot fight with Yongya, who was also from a wealthy family. Chu and Han fought, Xiang Yu caught Wang Ling's mother and wanted to coerce Wang Ling to surrender, Wang Ling's mother committed suicide, and asked someone to bring a message to her son to be loyal to Pei Gong. Only then did Wang Ling have an iron heart to follow Liu Bang to fight the world. The Han Dynasty was established, and Liu Bang complained that the tomb of the king was returned to obedience and made friends with Yongya, and it took a year to crown the tomb of Wang as An Guohou. Wang Ling has a straightforward personality and strong principle, and Liu Bang understands it, so he has the personnel arrangement before his death.

Listening to Wang Ling's merciless words, Empress Lu sank his face. She turned her head and asked Chen Ping, the prime minister of Zuo, and Chen Ping replied: "In the past, it was Gaozu's world, Gaozu had the final say, and now you are the queen mother, and you want to crown the children of the Lu family as kings, of course you can." ”

When Empress Lu heard this, her face eased.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Wang Ling found Chen Ping and asked: "The alliance of white horses, the words are still in my ears!" Have you forgotten everything? If you want to curry favor with the Queen Mother and break the covenant, how can you have the face to see Emperor Gao when you die in the future? ”

The words are quite heavy. Wang Ling adheres to principles to the point where he is not afraid of offending people, no wonder Liu Bang once gave Wang Ling a "simple" evaluation.

Chen Ping was not angry, he smiled and said: "I am not as good as you when I fight for the main hall with a red face and a thick neck." Protect the country and stabilize the Liu family's world, you are not as good as me! ”

Wang Ling was speechless.

A few months later, Empress Lu played a trick to ascend and descend secretly, she adjusted Wang Ling's position, appointed Wang Ling as a concubine, and removed him from the post of right prime minister. In terms of rank, Taifu is higher than the prime minister, and the actual power is far inferior to the prime minister. Wang Ling couldn't swallow this breath, and from then on he called himself sick at home and no longer went to court. Seven years later, Wang Ling really fell ill and died on the eve of the collapse of the Lu family.

Sometimes, you can have the last laugh until the end, and fighting to the end is to fight the body.

Empress Lu promoted Chen Ping to the right prime minister and made him the left prime minister. Judging the food is just a name, regardless of administrative affairs, staying in the palace to serve Empress Lu, and giving advice.

In the autumn of 187 BC, Empress Lü posthumously crowned his eldest brother Lü Ze as the king of mourning Wu, and his eldest brother's son Lü Tai as the king of Lü. This was the beginning of the reign of the Lu family.

In order to appease the dissatisfaction of the ministers, Lu Houfeng omitted a few heroes who were omitted when he opened the country to evaluate the merits. In the spring of 186 BC, an edict was issued, officially clarifying the hereditary succession of titles. As long as a minister with a knighthood has a son, and the son gives birth to a grandson, and the children and grandchildren are endless, the title can be passed on forever.

Several main figures of the Hero Group: Qu Reverse Hou Chen Ping, Jiang Hou Zhou Bo, Qu Zhou Hou Li Shang, Ying Yin Hou Guan Ying, and An Guo Hou Wang Ling, jointly wrote a letter and agreed with the decision of the imperial court, which was actually expressing their acceptance of Empress Lu's appeasement.