38 Liu Bang was proclaimed emperor

However, it is said that after the king of Han defeated Xiang Yu, he went to Dingtao, and after a secret discussion with Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, he approached Han Xin's camp. Han Xin hurriedly greeted the king and took his seat, only to hear the king of Han say: "The general has repeatedly made great achievements and won the level of Xiang Yu, and the widow has never forgotten." Now that the army is suspended, the people will not return to work, and the general can return the military talisman to the original town! At this time, Han Xin had no choice but to take out the seal letter and return it to the King of Han. When the king of Han received the seal, he immediately took it. There was an order in Russia, saying that Chu had defined the emperor without queen, and Han Xin grew up in Chu to learn Chu customs, and he could change the title of King of Chu, calm Huaibei, and set the capital to go down.

At this time, half of the world was feudal, and half was a county. In feudalism, the princes and kings had eight kingdoms, namely Han Xin, King of Chu, Han Wang Xin, King Yingbu of Huainan, Peng Yue of Liang, Wu Rui, King of Changsha, Zhang Er, King of Zhao, Zang Di, King of Yan, and King Wuzhu of Minyue. The rest of the land is a county and belongs to the Son of Heaven. Only one in Nanyue is based on Zhao Tuo and has not yet returned to the Han Dynasty.

Han Xinfu and Liang Wang Peng Yue, Huainan Wang Yingbu, Han Wang Xin and others jointly named Shangshu and respected the Han King as the emperor. King Han pretended to give in: "Widows hear that 'the emperor's name is only the sage'." Now the princes and kings are all pushing the widows, how can the widows be restrained? ! The princes and kings all said: "The king starts from the subtlety, destroys the chaos of Qin, punishes injustice, calms the world, deserves the four seas, livable the emperor, and the world is very fortunate!" King Han said: "Since he inherits the kindness of the princes and kings, the few dare to disobey his orders!" ”

Therefore, the king of Han was the emperor in the sun of the water, and hundreds of civil and military officials congratulated him together, issued an amnesty, and posthumously honored the ancestor Liu Yuan as Mrs. Zhaoling, and established the queen Lu as the queen, and the crown prince Liu Ying as the crown prince. Liu Bang led his ministers to set the capital Luoyang.

Successive Chinese emperors attached great importance to celestial phenomena because they believed that celestial phenomena expressed the will of heaven. Among the many celestial phenomena, there is one that has attracted much attention, and that is the five-star alignment.

What is a five-star alignment? It is the five planets of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth arranged in a straight line, which is regarded as the most auspicious celestial phenomenon.

Historical records record that in the year of Liu Bang's accession to the throne, there was a five-star celestial phenomenon. Modern astronomers use computer deduction to prove that the five-star alignment occurred in the second year of Liu Bang's succession.

According to computer deduction, there have been two celestial phenomena in Chinese history: one occurred when Empress Lu was in power, and the other occurred when Wu Zetian was emperor. Because historians don't want to prove that the heroine obeys the destiny of heaven, even if there is a five-star alignment of celestial phenomena, it is not recorded. Or really didn't see it, there was no computer deduction at that time.

Soon after Gaozu pacified the sea, he held a feast in Luoyang Nangong and summoned all the ministers to drink together. After several rounds of drinking, Gao Zunai declared to everyone: "The princes and generals have the world, and today the monarchs and ministers gather together, and I hope that there is no need to be taboo in outspoken questions and answers." I have a question, why do I have the world? Why did Xiang lose the world? When two people got up and replied in unison: "Your Majesty treats people inappropriately on weekdays, not as good as Xiang Yu Kuanren." But Your Majesty makes people conquer cities and conquer lands, and every city they get is a reward, which can benefit the world, so everyone has the world to serve their lives. Xiang Yu is jealous and jealous of being suspicious and suspicious, defeating without rewarding merit, gaining land without profit, and losing the world if the people's hearts are slack, which is the distinction between gain and loss. The two of them are high up the tombs of the kings, and Gao Zu smiled: "The public knows one thing, but I don't know the other." In the midst of the husband's strategy, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away, I am not as good as the ovary; Town the country, care for the people, follow the feed, endless food, I am not as good as Xiao He; Even millions of people, the battle will be won, the attack will be overcome, I am not as good as Han Xin; These three people are all outstanding people, I can use them, so I can win the world. Xiang Yu has a fan increase and can't use it, so he is captured for me. When the ministers heard this, they all sat down and bowed down, which was called Zhiyan. Gaozu Dayue, and let the public return to their seats, continue to drink for a long time, and the prosperity is gone.

One day, Gaozu had nothing to do and was sitting in the palace, when suddenly a soldier Lou Jing asked to see, and Gaozu ordered him to call in.

It turned out that Lou Jing was a native of Qi State, and this time he served as a soldier to go to Longxi to defend it, passing through Luoyang, and suddenly thought of something, so he wanted to meet Gaozu. But how can you see the Son of Heaven when you take care of a commoner? So I interviewed a fellow villager surnamed Yu, who is now a general, so I asked him to introduce him first. General Yu saw that he was wearing a coat and a sheep's coat, which was very unsightly, so he took off his silk clothes and ordered him to change. Lou Jing said: "Mortals must have their own duties, and they should wear silk clothes and use silk clothes to see; You should wear a garment, and you will see it. I am a civilian, and I dare not change my clothes. "General Yu listened to him reasonably, and he was not strong. So he first entered the palace and told Gaozu about it, and Gaozu immediately ordered Lou Jing to enter the meeting.

Gaozu gave him wine and food, and after Lou Jing finished eating, he said: "Your Majesty has set the capital of Luoyang, do you want to compete with the Zhou Dynasty?" Gao Zu said yes. Lou Jing said: "Your Majesty's acquisition of the world is different from Zhou, Zhou has accumulated virtue from the princes for more than ten generations, and King Wu has been the son of heaven. The Duke of Zhou became the king of Fangying Luoyi, and then moved east to the king of Ping. The princes are not satisfied, and Zhou cannot be controlled. Now His Majesty has risen abundantly to destroy Qin and win Chu, and the big war is 70 small battles and 40 wars, and the world is taken by force. For His Majesty's plan, it is better to set the capital in Guanzhong. The situation of the negative mountains and rivers in Guanzhong is dangerous; The Fertile Thousand Miles is Tianfu. There was a sudden change, and millions of people could be recruited immediately; Although the world is chaotic and sticks to the danger, the land in Guanzhong can also be preserved, which is the best policy. ”

After hearing this, Gaozu asked the ministers all over the time. Most of the ministers were from Shandong, and they didn't want to enter the Guanzhong in the west, so they said: "Luoyang, the capital of Zhou, has been passed down for hundreds of years; Qindu Guanzhong is only the second to die, and the so-called in Germany is not in danger. And Luoyang has Chenggao in the east, and there is a corpse in the west, and the back river faces Luo, and the danger can also be trusted. Gao Zu was puzzled and asked Zhang Liang again. Zhang Liang said: "Although Luoyang is dangerous to defend, the middle plain is only a few hundred miles, the fields are very thin, and the enemy is surrounded by enemies, which is not a country that uses force." Guanzhong has the Yan and Han on the left, and there are Long and Shu on the right, and the three sides are in danger, and the princes are facing the east on one side. This so-called golden city is thousands of miles, the country of abundance, Lou Jingzhi said very much. ”

When Gaozu heard this, he decided to set the capital in Guanzhong, and said: "The first person who made the plan to set the capital in Guanzhong is Lou Jing, and Lou is Liu Ye. So Lou Jing was given to Liu, worshiped as Langzhong, and was called "Fengchun Jun".

He also ordered Xiao He to build Changle and Weiyang palaces in the south of Weishui, and moved the capital when the palace was completed.

However, it is said that the princes and kings of all countries were established by Gaozu, but Zang Di, the king of Yan, was established by Xiang Yu. Now that Xiang Yu has been destroyed, Zang Di was uneasy, so he rebelled against the Han in August of that year. Gao Zu personally led the generals to ask for it, and within two months, he captured Zang Di and pacified Yandi. Gaozu established his beloved Lu Juan as the king of Yan.

It turned out that Lu Juan's father was very close to the Tai bus, and Lu Juan was born on the same day as Gaozu, and the villagers were happy because the two families gave birth to children on the same day, so they each paid money to buy sheep wine and congratulate the two families. Gao Zu and Lu Juan grew up as they grew up, studying in the same school, and the two got along very well. The villagers saw that the father and son of the two families were on good terms, and Gaozu and Lu Juan were born on the same day, so they bought sheep wine and gave it to the two families. Later, Gaozu grew up to make trouble from time to time, hiding elsewhere and not daring to go home, but Lu Juan took care of him all the way, so Gaozu became more and more dear. and Gaozu raised troops from Pei, Lu Juan was a guest, and Gaozu was a general, serving left and right. Gaozu attacked Xiang Yu in the east, worshiped Lu Juan as a lieutenant, and among the ministers, such as Xiao He and Cao Shen, they were also old Gaozu, but they were not as close as Lu Juan, so he was made the king of Yan.

One day, someone reported to Gaozu, saying that Qi Wangtian was hiding on the island, and more than 500 party members lived together. Gaozu couldn't help but be worried, that is, he sent courtiers to Zhao'an with an edict.

Tian Heng defected to Peng Yue after being defeated by Guan Ying, and heard that Peng Yue raised troops from Han, and then sneaked to the East China Sea to find an island as a branch perch. He was originally a wealthy man and a hero, but this time he defected to the island, some accompanied him at the same time, and some gathered when he heard the news, so he got a total of more than 500 people. And the Han envoy arrived on the island to deliver the edict, Tian Heng read it and said to the Han envoy: "I used to cook and eat it, although I was summoned by the Son of Heaven to forgive sins and enter the capital, but his brother Li Shang is now a general, if the minister comes, Li Shang will definitely hold a grudge and secretly design revenge, so the minister is afraid and dare not obey the edict." ”

After all, Tian Heng's existence was a problem for Liu Bang, so Liu Bang once again sent envoys to the island to inform Tian Heng, saying that the emperor had warned the Li clan not to harm the Tian clan. Tian Heng entered the court, and he could be crowned a king and a small marquis, and if he refused again, the court would send a large army to exterminate it. Under the strong pressure of Liu Bang, Tian Heng had no choice but to lead two subordinates to follow the envoy to Luoyang.

When Tian Heng came to a distance of thirty miles from Luoyang, his heart was full of contradictions. I think I was also the king of the megatron side at the beginning, how majestic is it to respond to every call? Now he went to surrender as a prisoner and survived. How can you be worthy of the ancestors of the Tian family? And how do you deal with those subordinates who are very respectful? Tian Heng finally made up his mind: he would rather die than be humiliated. So, he calmly said to his subordinates: "Originally, the emperor and I were both kings in the south, but now we want to bow the knee to him, which is an insult to me. The emperor summoned me to Luoyang to spy on me for fear that I would rebel. It's only thirty miles from Luoyang, and I can kill myself now, and if he sees that I'm really dead, he can be an emperor with peace of mind from now on." After saying that, he committed suicide with a knife.

When Liu Bang saw Tian Heng's head, a stone in his heart fell to the ground, and he was also very sorry. And they buried him according to the courtesy of a prince. The two subordinates who followed Tian Heng were deeply moved to see that their master would rather die than be humiliated, and they dug two pits next to Tian Heng's tomb with their own hands, and then committed suicide with a knife.

Someone had already reported to Gaozu, and Gaozu was shocked when he heard it, thinking that Tianheng's guests turned out to be sages. I heard that there are still 500 people on the island, and if they know that Tian Heng is dead and will avenge his master, it is better to summon them all and confer official positions. Then he sent an envoy to him, only saying that Tian Heng had been knighted and came to recruit him. Everyone believed it and came to Luoyang with the messenger. When they learned that Tian Heng and the two guests had committed suicide, 500 people went to Tian Heng's tomb and cried together, and then all committed suicide.

The Han envoy had to be based on the facts. Gaozu was surprised and delighted, and still ordered all the servants to be buried.

Tian Heng died, and Gaozu thought of Chu General Ji Bu and Zhong Liwu. Since the defeat of the army, the two refused to surrender and escaped, and they have not been able to get it so far. So he issued an edict to the world, and offered a reward to buy it to prevent future troubles.

Ji Bunai is a Chu person, who was angry and righteous when he was young, and was called a chivalrous man in the township. Later, Xiang Yu was a general, often fought with the Han soldiers, and repeatedly chased Gaozu, who was poisoned several times, so he hated him very much in his heart. Now that Xiang Yu is gone, Ji Bu does not dare to surrender to Han and escapes alone. When Gaozu saw Ji Bu fleeing, he hung out a reward: "Someone who knows the wind and reports the news or captures Ji Bu to offer a donor, and he will be rewarded with a thousand gold; If you dare to hide it privately, you will be guilty of the three clans after the incident. ”

It turned out that Ji Bu was hiding in a family surnamed Zhou in Puyang. The Zhou family said: "Your Majesty's reward for your arrest is very urgent, and the tracking and search is about to come to my house, if the general is willing to listen to me, I dare to offer you a plan; If the general does not listen, I will kill myself first, to show that I am not unwilling to take him in. Ji Bu saw that Zhou's words were urgent, so he had to comply. So Zhou modified Ji Bu with all hands and feet. First shave Ji Bu's hair well, then take out an iron ring and put it around his neck, and tie it firmly; Then take off your clothes and change into a gray woolen cloth.

This kind of decoration looks like a monk today, but with an iron ring around his neck.

The original Qin and Han systems: all those who committed crimes were confiscated as slaves, and they had to shave their hair and put on iron rings, called tongs.

Ji Bu closed his eyes at this time and let others arrange them, thinking in his heart how heroic he was on weekdays, and he was famous for helping people in need. Now that the mountains and rivers are exhausted and there is no way out, can't a man who cares for himself die early, why should he be a slave and suffer this humiliation? However, because my life's achievements have not yet been accomplished, I want to commit suicide when I am in danger, and others laugh at me for my weak ambition and death without a name, and my heart is really unwilling, so I am patient for the time being, hoping that I will see the light of day in the future and re-establish a career, and I can also snow this shame.

Ji Bu was thinking wildly, and Zhou had already dressed him up completely. Ji Bu took a self-portrait in the mirror, and couldn't help but shed tears in his eyes. Zhou was really comforted, so he ordered a Guangliu car to be prepared, and Ji Bu was loaded in the car as a cargo to avoid suspicion. Zhou's own family brought dozens of servants to escort them in the car, and they set off today.

After many days of travel, they came to a place, and the carriage and horses stopped in front of the door. Zhou went in first to see the master, saying that a new slave was coming to sell, and when he heard this, he ordered Ji Bu to be summoned. At this time, Jibu had to pretend to be a slave and salute him. He looked Ji Bu up and down all over his body, understood in his heart, deliberately asked how much he was worth, and sent someone to pay Zhou as much, so he left Ji Bu behind. Zhou said goodbye to his people and returned to Puyang.

From then on, Jibu was a slave in this family's family. This person is a famous hero in Lu State, surnamed Zhu Mingjia. He grew up in Ludi since he was a child, and most of the people in Ludi learned Confucianism, only the Zhu family was born with a chivalrous nature, and when he saw the disasters of others, he was more anxious than he was to see himself, and he must try to save it.

Later, when the Zhu family knew that he was Ji Bu, they placed him in the fields and admonished their sons: "All things in the fields must be done according to the orders of this servant, and they must eat the same meal as him." ”

Then the Zhu family pretended to be businessmen, took a light carriage to Luoyang, and found a secluded hotel to rest. The Zhu family secretly wanted to be the prince of the Manchu Dynasty, but only Xiahou Ying was a righteous man, and he was close to Gaozu, and he wanted to save Ji Bu only in this person. So he changed his clothes and went to see Xiahou Ying. Xiahou Ying has long admired the name of the Zhu family, and now he heard that he was visiting, and he hurriedly extended to meet him. Xiahou Ying stayed at Zhu's house and drank wine for a few days. The Zhu family took the opportunity to say to Xiahou Ying: "What is the big crime that Ji Bu has committed, and His Majesty is so eager to hunt him down?" Xiahou Ying said: "Ji Bu has embarrassed His Majesty for Xiang Yu many times, and His Majesty resents him, so he must be caught before he is willing to rest." The Zhu family said: "The people and ministers are their own masters, and Ji Buqian is the Chu general chasing the lord, and it is his duty to do his duty. Although the Chu State is destroyed now, there are still many ministers of the Xiang family, how can they all be killed? At the beginning, Ding Bao couldn't bear to kill him, but in the end, he ended up with two points. Now that Your Majesty has just won the world, why should you show the people of the world that your instrument is small! Besides, with Ji Bu's meritocracy, and His Majesty's pursuit is so urgent, won't he flee north to the Xiongnu, or south to Canton? This act of hating the warriors and going to fund the enemy country is the reason why Wu Zixu wanted to whip the corpse of King Chuping. Why don't you explain it to Your Majesty? ”

Xiahou Ying knew that the Zhu family was a chivalrous man, and Ji Bu must be hiding in him, so he agreed: "Okay." Xiahou Ying really made it clear to Liu Bang according to the meaning of the Zhu family. Liu Bang pardoned Ji Bu. Later, Ji Bu was summoned by Liu Bang to plead guilty, and Liu Bang appointed him as Langzhong.

Everyone knows about this matter outside, and they all say that Ji Bu can bend and stretch, and he is worthy of his husband's temperament. The Zhu family is full of enthusiasm and courage, and righteous heroes are particularly rare, so the Zhu family is famous all over the world. Later, Ji Bu served as a prominent official, but the Zhu family never saw each other for life.

Gaozu pardoned Ji Bu, only Zhong Li was not obtained, heard that his home was in Chu, and Zhong Li was good friends with Han Xin, suspecting that his person would be in Chu State, so he ordered Han Xin, the king of Chu, to arrest him. I don't know what Zhong Li's life is, and listen to the next decomposition.