Since the previous time Gaozu wanted to abolish the prince Liu Ying, and set up Liu Ruyi, the king of Zhao, as the prince, he was surprised. If the abolition is completed, Liu Ruyi will be the emperor in the future, even if he is still the queen mother, but Liu Ruyi was born to Mrs. Qi, the mother is more expensive than the son, Mrs. Qi is naturally powerful, and she has to rely on her snort. Moreover, the crown prince Liu Ying was originally a son-in-law, and he turned to the north to be a minister, and he was really unwilling in his heart. Thinking about it, I want to preserve the position of the prince, but I can't think about it, but I am anxious and sad every day, and I don't know what to do. A close attendant next to him said: "Waiting for Zhang Liang to be the best at design, and he has won the credit of the lord, it is better to let someone find him to find a way." According to his words, Empress Lu secretly sent his brother Jiancheng Hou Lu Shizhi to see Zhang Liang.

At this time, Zhang Liang was studying the method of guidance at home, not eating rice and grain, and had been closed for more than a year. Hearing Lu Shizhi's request to see him today, Zhang Liang had to invite him to meet. When Lu Shizhi saw Zhang Liang, he said: "You have always been the emperor's adviser, and now the emperor is preparing to change the crown prince, how can you lie down on a high pillow and sleep a lot?" ”

When Zhang Liang heard this, he said: "At the beginning, the emperor was in crisis many times, so he adopted my strategy. Now that the world is stable, the emperor wants to change the crown prince because of his personal preference, this is the emperor's family matter, even if there are a hundred advisers like me to persuade him, it is useless. ”

Lu Shiyi seemed to be soft, so he said strongly: "No matter what, you have to help my nephew come up with an idea to keep the crown prince, otherwise I won't leave and spend time here with you."

Zhang Liang had no choice, but he really didn't want to participate in this political struggle, especially the battle for the imperial heir was the most sensitive. Once you get pulled into the water, you can't get out again. But Lu Shizhi stuck to himself like a dog skin plaster, and he would definitely not leave without giving him substantial help. So he thought of a way and asked him to find a few famous people to assist the prince. In this way, the prince will not come to him if he has any problems in the future. Second, even if Liu Ruyi finally wins the crown prince, he will not treat himself as Liu Ying's princeling. Zhang Liang's idea is not to seek merit, but to seek no fault.

So Zhang Liang said to Lu Shizhi: "This matter cannot be solved by moving your mouth. Now there are four people, and the emperor has always wanted to appoint them, but people don't like him. These four people are very old now, and they hide in the mountains and refuse to go out. If you ask the prince to write a letter with courtesy, and prepare a vehicle to send a lobbyist to plead, they should come. After coming, they were treated as honored guests, and every time the prince entered the court, he ordered four people to accompany him, and when the lord saw four people, the prince could be saved. Lu Shizhi asked the names of the four people, and after thanking Zhang Liang, he went to reply to Lu Hou. The four people recommended by Zhang Liang were all famous masters at that time, and because they were old and white, they were called Sihao. One of them is surnamed Tang Ming, Bingzi Xuanming, Chen Liuxiangyi, who lives in the garden, and is known as Dongyuan Gong. One person's surname is Cui, the name is Guangzi, Shaotong, Qi people, living in seclusion in Xiali and cultivating Taoism, and his name is Xia Huanggong. One person's surname is Zhou Mingshu Zi Yuan Dao, Hanoi Yiren, Mr. Horn. One person has the surname Qili Ziji. These four people are all cultivators, clean themselves, not righteous, that day saw Qin Shi Huang acting tyranny, knowing that the world will be chaotic, meet in seclusion, the same people in the mountains. Since Gaozu won the world, he heard the names of the four people and issued an edict to levy them. The four of them knew that Gaozu was insulting others, so they fled into Zhongnan Mountain and refused to come to see them.

On that day, Lu Shizhi hired four people according to Zhang Liang's plan, but the four refused to come at first; Later, when I saw that the messenger was very sincere, I had to reluctantly obey my fate.

When the four of them arrived in Chang'an, they lived in the house of Hou Lushi, and the prince treated them very respectfully. Suddenly, an alarm came, saying that it was Huainan Wang Yingbu who rebelled. Huainan Wang Yingbu was originally a Chu general, Xiang Yu named him the king of Jiujiang, and later rebelled against Chu and returned to the Han Dynasty, and Han Xin and Peng Yue destroyed Xiang Yu, and Gaozu still gave him the hometown of Jiujiang as the king of Huainan. Yingbu is satisfied with the wishes of the court, and there is no suspicion between the monarchs and ministers. In the first month of the spring of the eleventh year of Gaozu, he heard that Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin, was killed by Empress Lu, and Yingbu began to be afraid.

One day in 196 B.C., Yingbu was hunting, and suddenly reported that Gaozu had sent an envoy to give him a gift, and Yingbu was very happy when he received the gift, and when he opened it, he found that it was meat sauce. Yingbu asked what kind of meat it was, the messenger said that it was the meat of the anti-thief Peng Yue, Yingbu heard it like a frightened bird, and suddenly sat down on the ground and couldn't get up, it took a long time to come to his senses, he thought helplessly: Liu Bang has begun to clean the heroes, and soon it will be my turn, rather than being killed at that time, it is better to preemptively arrange the situation, so the secret order department will strengthen vigilance and wait for the opportunity to prepare for the incident. This kind of secret move, Gao Zu naturally did not know.

But it was said that Yingbu had an Aiji who was occasionally sick and went out to the doctor's house for treatment. This doctor is facing the door with the middle doctor Ben He's house, and Ben He sees Wang Ji coming and going to the doctor's house every day, and he has a whimsical idea in his heart. Thinking that he was a servant, there was no obstacle to meeting Wang Ji, and I heard that this Ji was the king's favor, and if she appreciated and promoted a few words in front of the king, I would definitely be promoted. Ben He was very happy when he thought of this, so he went to the doctor's house day by day to wait for Wang Ji to arrive, went out to greet and send him off, ran and flattered him very respectfully, and even gave food and drink to the people who came with him. From time to time, he found rare treasures to offer. Wang Ji was very happy to see that Ben He was very attentive and accepted his generous gifts. Knowing that he was a close minister of the king, he did not shy away from asking questions with him, and became familiar with each other in a few days. Ben He saw that Wang Ji's illness had been cured, so he held a sumptuous wine feast and respectfully invited Wang Ji to sit together. Wang Ji did not shirk, and when Wang Ji returned to the palace after the wine was gone, he kept Ben He in mind.

One day Yingbu entered the palace, Wang Ji served beside him, and in the middle of his speech, he accidentally mentioned Ben He, praising him as a good person, Yingbu was very surprised when he heard it, so he asked angrily: "How do you know that he is a good person?" Wang Ji was startled when she saw Yingbu's anger, and regretted that she was presumptuous, and when she saw that Yingbu was in a hurry, she told her about the past.

When Yingbu heard this, he suspected that the two had a personal affair and forced Wang Ji to ask. Wang Ji refused to admit it, and Yingbu sent someone to summon Ben He to cross-examine him, but Ben He was very frightened when he heard it, and deduced that he was sick and did not dare to enter the meeting; Thinking that Yingbu would not be angry if he did not summon him, it was better to flee as soon as possible, so he packed up and stole the envoys, and when he arrived at the pavilion, he claimed that he had an urgent business to go to Chang'an, and ordered the post officials to prepare carriages and horses and set off immediately. Seeing that he was a close minister of the king of Huainan and holding an envoy in his hand, the post official naturally believed it and hurriedly prepared a carriage and horse for him to go. After Ben He got on the car, he instructed the emperor to whip up and go quickly, change horses at every stop, and travel day and night to Chang'an.

As soon as Ben He arrived in Chang'an, he immediately completed a book and personally heard it. In the book, it is said that Huainan Wang Yingbu's rebellion has already been traced, please punish him before he is released. After Gaozu got the book, he told Xiao He, and Xiao He said: "Yingbu is favored by Han, and there should be no such counterplot, I am afraid that Ben He has an enmity with him, so he is falsely accused." Please put Ben He in prison and send an envoy to Huainan to find out. Gaozu did as he said and sent a messenger to go.

On the same day, Yingbu saw that Ben He said that he was sick and refused to answer the call, and he was even more angry, so he ordered the samurai to arrest him, Ben He had already fled, but he took his family into prison and sent people out to investigate. However, a few days later, a Han envoy arrived and found out about the British and Bu troops. Yingbu beheaded Ai Ji and Ben He's entire family, and sent troops to rebel on the same day.

Gaozu was worried about the abolition of the crown prince, and when he heard that Yingbu was plotting rebellion, he ordered Liu Ying to lead the generals to crusade. It is good to win the battle, but if he is defeated, he will be abolished, and if he is killed, Liu Ruyi will be replaced.

Then Gaozu hid in the palace and waited for news, and ordered the officials guarding the door not to let the ministers in, and all the pro-old ministers did not dare to enter. For more than ten days, the ministers didn't know what Gaozu's illness was, and they couldn't see it, and they felt uneasy in their hearts.

Seeing that Gaozu was alienated from the minister, Wuyang Marquis Fan was afraid that there would be changes in the interior, so he relied on himself and Gaozu's brother-in-law, and was closer than everyone else, so he volunteered to lead everyone to the meeting, and the public agreed. Fan Xu then went first, and the ministers then entered the palace gate together. The gatekeeper couldn't stop him, and Fan Xu kept lining up to enter, seeing Gao Zu pilling his head on a eunuch.

Seeing Gao Zu's lazy expression, Fan Xu said without tears: "In the past, Your Majesty and his ministers were majestic in their expeditions to the east and west, but if it is decided today, Your Majesty's expression is very different from the past, and the ministers are all worried when they hear that Your Majesty is sick. Your Majesty does not meet with the ministers, but lives alone with the eunuchs, do you remember the matter of the second Zhao Gao? It can be chilling. Gao Zu laughed unconsciously when he saw Fan Xue talking excitedly, and sat up from the bed. The ministers were relieved when they saw that Gao Zu's face was as usual. In fact, Gaozu was not very ill, but because he had been pestered by Mrs. Qi recently, he wanted to make King Zhao Ruyi the crown prince, and he couldn't make a decision in his heart, so he found a quiet place to ponder the matter alone. Fan Xu is the brother-in-law of Empress Lu, so he naturally cares about the prince, afraid that he will want to abolish the throne, so he led the ministers to break in. He also used the eunuch to mention the second and Zhao Gao on the side, which is a metaphor that the abolition of the country can be destroyed.

After Liu Bang's uprising, Fan Hao was Liu Bang's solid arm, Fan Hao was skilled in killing dogs, and he was brave and invincible in battle, and he always rushed to the front. Therefore, every time he won a victory, Fan Xu was promoted by one level.

After Liu Bang became emperor, he canonized Lu Pheasant as the queen and made Liu Ying the crown prince. Empress Lu was ambitious and sharp, and without waiting for Liu Bang's consent, he stacked Peng Yue into meat sauce, and also stabbed a generation of soldier saint Han Xin into a sieve. Liu Ying is benevolent and cowardly, and it is inevitable that the power will fall, so Liu Bang wants to change Liu Ruyi, the son of Mrs. Qi, as the crown prince. In order to protect herself, Mrs. Qi is also keen to plead for her son. Of course, Empress Lu refused to let go, how could the boiled duck fly, so she wooed Fan Hao. Fan Hao saw Mrs. Qi blowing her beard and glaring at her eyes like a fierce god, threatening to kill her sooner or later, Mrs. Qi was so frightened that she hurriedly got into Liu Bang's arms and cried. Later, when Mrs. Qi saw Fan Xu, she was like seeing a ghost, and she hid from a distance.

Empress Lu was also worried all day long, very worried, trying to try to protect the prince, but she didn't know where to start, she was really sad and tearful.

However, it was said that Dongyuan Gong, Xia Huanggong, Mr. Jiaoli, and Qili Ji saw that Gao Zu wanted to order the prince to lead the troops, and they obviously wanted to use the matter to abolish him, so they gathered together and discussed secretly: "I came here to protect the prince, but now that the prince is leading the army, how can we stand idly by?" ”

So they went to see Hou Lu Shizhi and said: "The prince leads the troops, even if he has a meritorious position and does not respect him, if he has no merit, he will suffer from it." Moreover, the subordinate generals followed the Lord in the past, pacified the world, made meritorious deeds, and pretentiously held themselves very high. Now that the crown prince is in charge of this generation, it is tantamount to leading a pack of wolves with a lonely sheep, who is willing to obey the order and do his best for him? It didn't work out. I heard Han Feizi say: 'Mother's love is hugged by the son.' 'Mrs. Qi serves the Lord day and night, and King Zhao Ruyi often holds her in front of her, and she will definitely be the crown prince in the future. Now that the matter is critical, why don't you quickly ask Empress Lu to see the Lord, so that disaster can be avoided. When Lu Shizhi heard this, it was already late at this time, and he couldn't wait for the dawn, so he entered the palace at night to see Lu Hou and told the four of them to speak. Empress Lu felt that the four of them had great opinions, so they acted according to the plan.

The next day, Empress Lu went to see Gaozu, waited until no one was on the side, and said: "Yingbu is a fierce general in the world, and it is not trivial to be good at using soldiers. Now all the generals in the DPRK and China are His Majesty's old peers, but they ordered the prince to lead, how can this generation be willing to obey orders? Even if the prince has skills, he can't show them. If Yingbu hears more and more boldly, and drives the west more fearlessly, the world is in danger. Although His Majesty is ill, he is barely loaded into the sleeping car to lead the army forward, and the generals see His Majesty personally recruiting, who dares not to do his best? Although His Majesty is not exempt from some hardships, he is also unable to do so for the sake of his wife, and I hope that His Majesty will support himself. Lu Hou even cried and said that she burst into tears. Gao Zu felt that her words were also reasonable, so he said to Empress Lu: "I knew that the shaft was useless, so I had to do it myself. Then he issued an order to prepare for the personal expedition.

When Xiahou Ying, Marquis of Ruyin, heard that Yingbu had rebelled, and suspected that it was untrue, he summoned his disciple Xue Gong to ask him, and Xue Gong said: "Of course this person rebelled." Xiahou Ying said: "Yingbu received the title of the lord and possessed the south of Huainan and said that Wang Fugui was extremely rich, why did he rebel?" Xue Gongdao: "Yingbu and Han Xin, Peng Yue made meritorious contributions together, and they were rewarded together, now Han Xin was killed, Peng Yue was ambushed, and Yingbu suspected himself of being in trouble, so he rebelled." Xiahou Ying was convinced, so he recommended it to Gaozu. Gaozu immediately summoned Xue Gong to ask for his opinion, and Xue Gong said: "Yingbu rebelled is not strange, but Yingbu was originally a prisoner in Lishan, and he had to be crowned king according to the country in troubled times. "Gaozu called good, issued an edict to seal Xue Gong as the Marquis of Guannei, ate thousands of households, chose an auspicious day, and set off from the generals to lead the army.

At this time, Zhang Liang was lying ill, and heard that Gaozu was going on an expedition, so he reluctantly came out to see him off, because he said to Gaozu: "Your Majesty is going on an expedition, and the minister should accompany him. Chu has a fierce nature, and I hope that His Majesty must not compete with him. Gaozu promised. Zhang Liang also asked the prince to be the general, and led the soldiers and horses to stay in Guanzhong, and Gaozu did as he said. At this time, Shusun Tong was already the crown prince, and Gaozu ordered Zhang Liang to be the prince's young master, Zhang Liang was ordered to return, and Gaozu urged the army to march.

Yingbu decided to start an incident that day, so he summoned his subordinates and said: "The lord is old and tired of military affairs, and he may not be willing to come when he hears that I am raising troops, so he will definitely send generals to meet the enemy. So he ordered the east to attack Jing, and Liu Jia, the king of Jing, personally led his troops to meet him. After fighting for a while, Liu Jia was defeated and killed, and Yingbu collected all the soldiers of Jingdi and crossed the Huaishui to attack Chudi. Liu Jiao, the king of Chu, led the troops to refuse, Liu Jiao divided the troops into three, and someone admonished: "Yingbu is good at fighting and is feared, and it is now divided into three armies, if he defeats my army, the rest must be scattered, and can they save each other?" Liu Jiao didn't listen, so he engaged in the battle with Yingbu, the front army was defeated, and the second army really dispersed, Yingbu took advantage of the victory and drove westward, suitable to meet the army of Gaozu.

Gaozu ordered to set up camp, personally climbed the heights to look at the enemy, and saw from afar that the British and Bu armies were very neat and tidy, and the men and horses were strong and very refined, and he saw that he marched and arranged the formation as Xiang Yu. When Gaozu saw that he knew that he was a strong enemy, he was displeased, so he ordered the generals to lead the troops out of the camp and line up in formation. Since Gaozu arrived in front of the battle, he sent people to spread the word that Yingbu came out to meet him, and Yingbu immediately led the people to come. As soon as Gaozu saw Yingbu, he said: "I have made you the king of the south and called you orphaned, why do you have any shortcomings and why do you have to rebel?" Yingbu replied, "I just want to be emperor." Gaozu angrily scolded Yingbu for being capricious and attacked with his troops. Yingbu's subordinates caught the fight. Gaozu was afraid that the soldiers would slack off, and he was in front of the enemy to supervise the battle, but he was suddenly shot by the enemy's arrow, Gaozu refused to retreat, and the two battles lasted for a long time, and Yingbu was defeated and retreated. It turned out that the British cloth Gaozu himself did not come, who knew that there was an accident, and he couldn't help but be timid to see each other in front of the battle today. The generals of the Han army saw that Gaozu was sick and injured and did not retreat, so everyone fought bravely, Yingbu could not resist the enemy, and led the rest of the people to retreat all the way. The Han soldiers immediately pursued from behind.

Yingbu fled to the south of the Yangtze River, with only more than 100 people, and was in no way out, and his heart was very critical, and suddenly Wu Chen, the king of Changsha, sent people to invite Yingbu to Changsha, saying that he wanted to go to Nanyue with him. Ying Bu was originally the son-in-law of Wu Rui, the king of Changsha, who was dead at this time, and his son Wu Chen's heir was established as king. Because Wu Chen was his brother-in-law, Ying Bu naturally believed it, so he set out with the messenger. One day, when he arrived at the village house in Poyang for the night, the messenger took advantage of his unpreparedness to kill him and went to make meritorious contributions.

Yingbu died and Huainan was pacified. Gaozu then appointed his son Liu Chang as the king of Huainan. Because Liu Jia, the king of Jing, was killed by Yingbu, he issued an edict to change Jingdi to Wu and set up Peihou Liu Bi, the son of his brother Liu Zhong, as the king of Wu. Now that Liu Bi had been sealed, Gao Zu summoned him to the front, took a detailed look at his appearance, and said, "I see that your shape is inverted. Liu Bi was taken aback when he heard this, and was about to argue, Gao Zu stroked his back with his hand and said: "In the next fifty years, there will be chaos in the southeast, should it be on you?" But the world has the same surname, you must remember my words and do not rebel. Liu Bi was inexplicable when he heard it, but he didn't dare to say more, so he had to kowtow and replied: "Weichen never dare." "Who knew that in the era of Emperor Jing, the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms was initiated by Liu Bi, which is a later matter.