In the autumn and August of the tenth year of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Xiang Chen turned against the land. When the news reached Chang'an, Liu Bang was furious, personally led a large army to quell the rebellion, and ordered the crown prince Ying to stay in the capital Chang'an to supervise the country.

On the second day after the emperor left, Prime Minister Xiao He came to the official office early in the morning, and the fifteen-year-old prince Liu Ying sat on the couch behind the case file and waited, put down the book in his hand, and bowed his head, "Prime Minister Xiao." "The silhouette is clear and long.

"Wechen has seen His Royal Highness the Prince." Xiao He worshipped.

Liu Ying hurriedly got up and helped Xiao He, "The prime minister invites you, the kid is ashamed." ”

"The Prime Minister has been assisting in internal affairs since his father, Yu Fengpei, and has been loyal and at ease." Liu Ying lowered her eyes and said,

"Lone is now fifteen years old, although his father is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, but Lone himself can't be idle all day long. Lone is the prince of the Han Dynasty, and I know that although the Han Dynasty is full of talents, the treasury is quite embarrassing. Looking at the people's livelihood in Su Rili, although it is better than that of the Qin period, it is still withered after all, and he has the heart to look forward to the prosperity of the country and the strength of the people in the future, but the national politics of the Han Dynasty are full of problems, and I don't know where to start after thinking about it for a long time. It just so happened that his father was now entrusted with state affairs, and he didn't dare to focus on anything, but he was willing to follow the prime minister, or he could get one or two. ”

Xiao He's eyes showed relief, "The prince has this intention, which is really a blessing for the Han." There is a lot to be done in the future! ”

The corners of Liu Ying's lips curled slightly, and she owed herself a courtesy, "The prime minister praised it falsely." Although the prime minister and the lonely father belong to the monarch and the minister, he was lonely in Pei County when he was young, and he also called the prime minister's uncle. Now I am confused, and I hope that the prime minister will give me advice!"

Xiao He is the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, compared with the emperor's favorite third prince Ruyi, he supports the elder crown prince Liu Ying, seeing Liu Ying's sincere desire to learn, he said, "Does the prince know where the money of the Han treasury comes from?" ”

"Naturally, the people pay taxes."

"Yes. The Han Dynasty compiled the people as households, recorded household registrations, and collected taxes in this way. If the treasury is to be rich, there are only a few ways, the first is to let the people of the Han Dynasty multiply, bring more people into the household registration system, and at the same time curb the displacement; The second is to increase taxes. ”

"Accepting the people into the household is lonely," Liu Ying frowned, "but increasing taxes is not enriching the treasury, but suffering the people's livelihood." In the long run, the people will naturally resent the court, and it is difficult to ensure that they will not rebel. Otherwise, this law is easy to implement, but why don't the father and the prime minister use it? ”

"Who said that if the treasury is rich, it must suffer the people's livelihood?" Xiao He smiled as cunning as a fox, "My Han now implements tithes, if the tax rate is raised, it will naturally be as His Highness said; But what if the people get richer? ”

"Then it won't hurt the people." Liu Ying was overjoyed, "It's just the prime minister, how can the people get richer?" ”

"That's what the prince should be thinking about." Xiao He easily threw the question back, "For example, now that my Han land is vast and sparsely populated, and many fields are barren, if you cultivate more, the natural people will have more income." He sighed and said bleakly, "Weichen has been a good minister for a long time, and that's all he can do." ”

And the prince, after all, you are still young and will not understand that the most difficult thing is not civil, but people's hearts.

Liu Ying pondered for a long time, got up and bowed to Xiao He, "Thank you, Prime Minister." ”

Prime Minister Shi Yinzhen hurriedly came in and reported, "His Royal Highness the Prince, Prime Minister, news from the Huns." ”

Liu Ying and Xiao He were stunned, "What's going on?" ”

"Early this morning, the news of the Huns came to the Prime Minister's Office, saying that it was, Princess Suping is dead!"

In autumn and September, the wind in Chang'an also brought a bleak coolness, and the yellow sycamore leaves swirled in the wind, first falling on the window lattice of the official office, and then sliding to the ground.

Xiao He thought for a while before associating this Princess Suping with the pro-Xiongnu clan woman a few years ago, frowned and sighed, "It's really a shame." ”

Princess Xuping is dead, and the Han and Hungarian relatives are also dead in name, and the Huns are afraid that they will make waves again!

Liu Ying's eyes were filled with unwilling sparks, and he threw a scroll and said, "The Huns deceive people too much, if you dare to offend the Han, my eldest Han Erlang is not a vegetarian, just fight a battle." ”

Xiao He frowned, the prince is a young man, how can things be so simple, but he just said, "It is naturally good for His Highness to have such ambitions!" ”

"Speaking of war," Liu Ying said, "I don't know what happened to my father." ”

On the 18th day of the ninth month of the autumn (the 18th day of the leap month), the emperor led the Han army to Handan, Zhao State, and said with a smile on the shore of Zhangshui: "Chen Feng is this fang, there is no south to block Zhangshui, I will know that he is incompetent!" ”

He Guan flattered, "That's Your Majesty's wisdom and martial arts, and God has given heaven help!" ”

All the Han generals Yidu Le Ma said with a smile, "Give us 5,000 people, and see us capture Chen Feng alive for Your Majesty." ”

Liu Bang heard that most of Chen Xuan's generals were businessmen, and he had a plan in his heart, so he laughed when he heard this, "Why do you need 5,000 Han troops? The ministers looked at my means and wanted Chen Feng to die without a fight. He ordered to lure Chen Xuan's generals with heavy money, and soon after, Chen Xuan's generals surrendered to the Han army, leaving Chen Xuan in Handan.

On the 24th of Xinsi, the Han envoy general Guo Meng and the generals of Qi attacked each other and broke the rebels. Taiwei Zhou Bo led an army from Taiyuan and destroyed Mayi. Zhao Li, the general under Chen Xuan, guarded Dongyuan City, and Liu Bang personally led the army to attack it, and he couldn't go down for more than a month. Zhao Li's envoys scolded Liu Bang above the city, and Liu Bang was furious. Seven days later, Dongyuan City fell to Han, and those who scolded that day were beheaded, and those who did not scold were pardoned. Then put down the rebellion of Chen Xuan.

In the eleventh year of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang was still in Luoyang. The prince Liu Heng was appointed as the acting king, both in Jinyang. The edict said: "On behalf of the land to live in the north of Changshan, and Yidi border, there are often Hu Kou invading, it is difficult to serve the country." Take the land of Taiyuan in Shannan and assign it to the generation, and the west of Yunzhong in the country is set as Yunzhong County, and it will be less beneficial to the border on behalf of the country! ”

When the news reached the palace of the king of Chu in Chang'an, Liu Jiao, the king of Chu, sighed, and his emperor's brother took one step at a time, pulling out the kings of the opposite sex who were scattered and embedded in the rivers and mountains of the Han Dynasty one by one, and it is conceivable that in the near future, the entire Han dynasty will completely become the world of the Liu family.

Liu Jiao, the king of Chu, sat in the hall of the Chu King's Mansion in Chang'an City, looked at his family, and said peacefully, "Your eldest father's funeral period has passed for almost half a year, and we have been in Chang'an for so long, it is time to return to Chu!" ”

"Ah Weng," Liu Xuan, the lord of Chu State, said, "I told the queen a few days ago that I like the customs of Chang'an, and Her Royal Highness the queen has already asked me to stay in Chang'an for a while!" ”

"Nonsense!" Liu Jiao didn't want his daughter to act like this, and said angrily, "You entered the palace by yourself and resigned to the queen, saying that you just talked nonsense last time, and obediently went back to Chudi with me." ”

"I don't." Liu Chu resolutely refused, and his eyes were extremely stubborn.

"For the Father knows what your idea is." Liu Jiao sneered, "You like that Zhang Kai to the point of being obsessed." If he had a heart for you, he would have come to my door and proposed to me. Since he doesn't, you should die! You are a dignified clan master, Baba left his father and brother to stay in the capital and chase after him, do you want the people of Chang'an to see the excitement of Chu State? ”

Liu Chu's body shook and said sadly, "Maybe what my father said is right, but I always have a little extravagant hope: I hope that if I hold on for a while, he will change his mind." He is my calamity, and in this life, I have no way to let go. Unless," with a look of fortitude, "I won't give up unless he marries!" ”

Liu Jiao looked at his beloved daughter with such a sad appearance, remembered his beloved wife who died early, his heart softened, and he turned to the complicated situation of the Liuhou Mansion, and became hard again, "Even if Zhang Kai comes to propose marriage, his father will not agree." Ahh

"The two sons of the Liuhou family, although they were born to the same mother, this Zhang Kai is only the second son, and no matter how good his character is, he can't attack the knight. On the contrary, his eldest brother Zhang Budo is destined to be the future marquis, if you really have the heart——"

"Father," Liu interrupted him suddenly, and said angrily, "Did Zhang Budo say something in front of you?" If you let him die, I won't be able to marry Yan Yin. will never marry him. He turned around and slammed the door away.

Liu Jiao looked at her back, and sighed for a long time, "Idiot! ”

In the spring of this year, an earth-shattering event occurred in Chang'an. This incident had a far-reaching impact on the political situation of the Han Dynasty in the future. Han Xin, Marquis of Huaiyin, died in Changle Palace.

Han Xin, Marquis of Huaiyin, is a famous general of the Han Dynasty, and Xiao He of Xiangguo and Zhang Liang of Liuhou are known as the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty. Xiao He is known as "the unparalleled warrior", Liu Bang praised his "battle must win, attack must take", he led the army to the east to fight the Qi country, self-proclaimed fake Qi king, Liu Bang temporarily stabilized Han Xin, then gave him the Qi land, and then renamed it the king of Chu, Han six years, Liu Bang used Chen Ping's night tour of Yunmeng to win Han Xin, resign his position as the king of Chu, and depose him as the Marquis of Huaiyin.

Han Xinsu and Zhao Xiang Chen Feng were good friends, the two conspired to rebel with each other, Chen Feng led Liu Bang to lead the army to quell the rebellion, Han Xin stayed in Chang'an, and the night edict pardoned the officials and slaves of Chang'an, and captured the queen Lu Pheasant and the crown prince Liu Ying. Fortunately, someone from the Huaiyin Marquis Mansion noticed the matter and reported it to Empress Lu in the starry night. Empress Lu hurriedly recruited Xiao He of the Prime Minister Guo into the palace, plotted with him, set a plan, and made people pretend to be the messenger sent back by the emperor, and the news that Chen Feng had been captured and executed, the princes and ministers of the court were overjoyed, and all entered the palace to congratulate, Han Xin followed everyone into the Changle Palace, and Lu Hou ordered a team of warriors to take him down, and beheaded him in the Changle Bell Room, razing his three clans.

It is said that when Han Xin was killed, he looked up to the sky and laughed three times, "The eldest husband regrets that he can't die on the battlefield, but dies at the hands of his sons and daughters, isn't it heavenly!" "When I lost my breath, my eyes were wide open, and I didn't bat my eyes. The little yellow door of the bell room went to drag his body, and when he saw his angry eyes, he fell to the ground in fright, screaming in horror. The power of the god of war, as for it!

Liu Bang returned to Chang'an, saw that Han Xin was dead, sighed, and said to Lu Hou, "Back then, Han Xin had a high merit, and I once allowed him not to kill three times, not to kill when he saw the sky, not to kill when he saw the ground, and not to kill when he saw iron. Now seeing his miserable situation, I can't bear it! ”

Lu Pheasant smiled and said, "How dare the concubine go to the land of unbelief in His Majesty?" On that day, he put it in a cloth bag and killed it with a bamboo stick, and he did not see the sky, nor the earth, nor the iron tools. "The demeanor is calm and respectful.

When Liu Bang heard this, he was both sympathetic and happy and afraid, and privately said to the servant, "The queen is ruthless and decisive, even if I am the Son of Heaven, I can't reach it." If the crown prince is the emperor in the future, the world will be all in the Lu family. "I have strengthened my determination to depose the prince and re-establish Ruyi.