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Overlord Xiang Yu left, Wang Zheng was a little sorry to take the generals to Yecheng, Liu Bang left the aftermath, at this time a young general rode a horse to Liu Bang and smiled: "The slaughter of the king of Yan Xiang is also." King Xiang is evil, and thousands of people are wasted; However, you can't be a virtuous general, this special piff's brave ear. When King Xiang saw that people were respectful and loving, he vomited and vomited, and when people were sick, he wept and ate and drank; To make people meritorious, when the knight, the seal is sealed, and the can't bear to give, this so-called woman's benevolence is also. ”

Liu Bang looked at the young general in surprise and said, "Dare to ask the general's name?" ”

"King Han, my master wants to see you!"

"See me?" Liu Bang asked with a confused face: "Who?" ”

"Help the King of Han become a virtuous minister of the Son of Heaven, Zhang Liang!"

In history, Liu Bang obeyed the will of the people, set up altars, set up red flags, called himself the son of the Red Emperor, and immediately began to attack the surrounding counties.

Later, Liu Bang held an enthronement ceremony in Shan-Dong-Dingtao-Bishui, and the country was named Han, which was for Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty, and after Liu Bang was the emperor, the queen Lu Pheasant was renamed the queen, and the crown prince Liu Ying was called the crown prince.

Liu Bang initially set the capital in Luoyang, and then according to the suggestion of the soldier Lou Jing, the capital was Chang'an, east of Xianyang, to take the meaning of long-term stability. The foundation was opened, and it was known as the Western Han Dynasty in history.

After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang governed the world with literature, requisitioned Confucian scholars, ordered the world, and sought talents extensively, Liu Bang held a celebration banquet in the South Palace of Luoyang, and all the important ministers sat on the banquet, Liu Bang looked at Zhang Liang at this time and smiled.

"In terms of strategizing, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away, I am not as good as Zhang Liangye!" Liu Bang toasted Zhang Liang in the air.

"Your Majesty! Don't dare! Can't afford it! Zhang Liang immediately toasted back.

"Afford it!" After Liu Bang finished speaking, he filled another glass of wine, and toasted to Xiao He in the air: "In terms of comforting the people and supplying grain and grass, I am not as good as Xiao Heye!" ”

Xiao He didn't say anything like Zhang Liang, he smiled and toasted back, while Liu Bang looked at Han Xin and said: "In terms of leading millions of soldiers, fighting on the battlefield, and winning a hundred battles, I am not as good as Han Xinye!" ”

"That is, I want Your Majesty to ask Xin how many soldiers and horses he can lead, the letter says 100,000 ears, and the letter leads 1 million soldiers, it is Your Majesty who is wise! Your Majesty does! Before Liu Bang finished speaking, Han Xin directly interrupted.

Liu Bang smiled awkwardly and drank the wine and then said: "In terms of charging into battle and the courage of killing the emperor, I am not as good as Fan Xuye!" Ji has to believe it, and he has to get an army of millions! ”

"Humph! Believe in the shame of being in the company! Han Xin interrupted Liu Bang's words again.

"What did you say!" After the celebration banquet, Liu Bang based on Confucianism and supplemented by Legalist thought, canceled the practice of "severe punishment and severe punishment" in the Qin Dynasty, abolished the law of continuous sitting and the three tribes, and put forward the "moral master punishment auxiliary".

That is, it is mainly based on education, supplemented by punishment, so as to achieve the effect of combining leniency and softness, and strict and loose.

Liu Bang ordered Xiao He to refer to the laws of the Qin Dynasty to "take those who are suitable for the time and make nine chapters of the law", that is, "nine chapters of the Han law".

Including (theft law, thief law, net law, arrest law, miscellaneous law, possession law, household registration management, marriage system and tax collection, the main provisions of the levy and payment of forced labor, city defense and garrison, cattle, horses, animal husbandry and post transmission of the "Nine Chapters of Han Law"

Liu Bang also reused Shusun Tong to sort out the court outline, and Shusun Tong formulated a set of political etiquette systems suitable for the needs of the situation at that time, and wrote monographs on rituals and laws such as "Twelve Articles of Han Etiquette", "Han Etiquette", and "Eighteen Chapters of Laws and Decrees", leaving a valuable cultural heritage for future generations.

Liu Bang became the emperor, and also took measures to consolidate the imperial power, and the kings with different surnames in various places had generals and were half-hearted.

The other generals fought over the merits and rewards, and if they were not appeased properly, they would defect to those kings with different surnames to cause rebellion.

There are also the descendants of the original six countries who cannot be taken lightly, Yan Wang Zang Di and Linjiang Wang Gongwei, the two princes and kings who were crowned by Xiang Yu, were the first to be pacified; Han Wangxin contacted the Xiongnu, Liu Bang personally conquered the Xiongnu, was surrounded by the Xiongnu army in Baideng, known as the "siege of Baideng" in history, and later got the help of Wuzhi to get out, and then Han Wangxin defected to the Huns and was killed by leading troops, and Zhang Ao, the king of Zhao, was deposed as a marquis because of the rebellion of his subordinates; Someone accused Han Xin of rebellion, and Liu Bang sent troops to fight.

But Chen Ping objected, saying that the soldiers of Chu were good enough to eat, and Han Xin was good at using troops, so it was difficult to win by sending troops. He suggested that Liu Bang use the excuse of touring Yunmeng to let all the princes and kings go to Chen County, and then Han Xin would definitely come, and then arrest him for questioning.

Liu Bang acted according to the plan, and sure enough, he caught Han Xin.

When Han Xin heard the accusation against him, he shouted loudly: "What Fan Li said is really good: 'The cunning rabbit dies, and the good dog cooks; The high bird is exhausted, and the good bow is hidden; The enemy country is broken, and the ministers are dead'

Liu Bang took Han Xin to Luoyang, but without clear evidence, he released him, but was demoted to the Marquis of Huaiyin. This made Han Shin hold a grudge.

Han Xin plotted to let Chen Feng rebel in the field, so that Liu Bang personally went to quell the rebellion, and then attacked the prince and Empress Lü who stayed in the capital.

But the matter was revealed. Empress Lu adopted Xiao He's idea, lured Han Xin into the palace and arrested him, and was finally beheaded in the bell room of Changle Palace, leaving an idiom of "Xiao He when you succeed, and Xiao He when you lose".

After Peng Yue, the king of Liang, and Han Xin, the marquis of Huaiyin, were deposed, they all suffered a tragic end because of Empress Lu.

Then Huainan Wang Yingbu raised troops, Liu Bang was sick in his later years when he was sick to recruit Yingbu, he was not at ease with Xiao He in the town guarding the pass, Xiao He later listened to the advice of others, occupied the people's land, and was imprisoned for self-discredit, Liu Bang woke up and released him, thinking that Fan Xu was rebelling, worried that he would help Zhu Lu to make trouble, and then Fan Xu was spared because of Chen Ping's protection.

Liu Bang killed the white horse as an alliance and made an oath with the generals: "If it is not the Liu family and the king, the world will fight it together." ”

It is known as the "White Horse Alliance".

Zhou Bo, Guan Ying, Xiahou Ying, Yongya, Xiang He, Chen Xuan, Yingbu, Gongao and others died one after another, and the people began to say that Liu Bang "killed the heroes".

Liu Bang doted on Qi Ji, alienated Empress Lü, and wanted to depose the crown prince Liu Ying (Emperor Hui) born to Empress Lü several times and set up Liu Ruyi, in order to consolidate the imperial power, Liu Bang tried his best.

In the quelling of the Yingbu rebellion and the arrow wound, to Chang'an aggravated the disease, Liu Bang collapsed in the Changle Palace, Yan King Lu Juan because of Liu Bang's death and fear of Lu Hou, had to flee to the Xiongnu, Liu Bang was buried in Changling (in the - Shaanxi - West - Xian - Yang), the name of the high emperor, the temple name Taizu.

And now Han Xin was beheaded by Xiang Yu, Xiao He was loyal to Wang Zheng, and Fan Xu protected Liu Bang to die in battle, but now what will happen if Zhang Liang finds Liu Bang, or will the siege of Baideng and the alliance of the White Horse happen, after all, under Wang Zheng's arrangement, the Xiongnu were scared, and the Xiongnu did not dare to go south for decades after that, even if the Great Wall was not garrisoned.

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With great ambitions, Liu Bang followed the boy to the place where Zhang Liang was located and began the first step in the rise of his empire.

And Wang Zheng came to Yecheng to mention poetry: What does it matter if the sword is tense, how can China be afraid of jackals, unite as one to bear the national difficulties, the horizontal knife is immediately fiercely strong, thousands of miles of mountains and rivers are full of blood, Shenzhou is full of good children, why not wear gold armor in a hundred battles, and dare not be ashamed of Yan Huang even if he dies.

Because of the return of Wang Zheng, the rebellion led by Xiang Yu was quickly ended.

Yecheng!

Led by Zhao Ji and Hu Hai, some surviving Ying clans, hundreds of officials and some surviving Qin generals and civil officials, etc., are welcoming the triumphant return of the Wang Zheng army.

Lu Pheasant's father looked at Wang Zheng, and when he knew that Wang Zheng had not married a wife yet, he couldn't help but have the idea of marrying Lu Pheasant's sister Lu Yan to Wang Zheng.

Sure enough, Zhao Ji asked Hu Hai to edict Wang Zheng as the backer king of Daqin, and all Wang Zheng's subordinates were promoted to the third rank, and at the same time Wang Zheng began to recommend Chen Ping, but unfortunately Xiao He decided to go into hiding, Chen Ping became the right prime minister under Wang Zheng's recommendation, and the left prime minister was served by an old man of the Ying family.

In history, Chen Ping, one of the founding heroes of the Western Han Dynasty, and Wang Ling were the left and right prime ministers, striking the east and the west, casting a divisive plan, solving the siege of Xingyang, embattled, outwitting Han Xin, solving the siege of Baideng, releasing Fan Xu, and serving as the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, his life is also wonderful!

But now Chen Ping is the right prime minister of Daqin, Hu Hai began to order people to arrange the banquet, after the palace banquet, the old Zhao Ji asked Wang Zheng to meet in the harem and tell Wang Zheng, Hu Hai is not the son of Ying Zheng but his younger brother, your son.

Wang Zheng looked incredible, after Zhao Ji explained everything, Wang Zheng understood why Ying Zheng suddenly drove himself away, it was nine years to catch up, looking at Zhao Ji, who was in her forties, was now like a seventy-year-old woman, and couldn't help but feel heartache and stretched out her hand to caress her young and old face.

"Bold!" Hu Hai suddenly scolded angrily from behind him.

Wang Zheng and Zhao Ji just turned around and watched Hu Hai draw his sword to kill Wang Zheng, but were stopped by Zhao Ji, and knew that his grandmother was actually his mother, his father was his half-brother, and Ying Zheng's teacher was actually his father.

Hu Hai couldn't accept it and ran out directly, and Zhao Gao immediately followed......

Day 2!

Wang Zheng, who was still uneasy in the house, actually received an invitation from Liu Bang's wife Lu Pheasant, you must know that in history, Lu Pheasant, gave birth to Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty and Princess Lu Yuan, and participated in the killing of Han Xin and Peng Yue.

The practice of rule by inaction laid a good foundation for the later rule of Wenjing. In the later period of his reign, he reused the brothers and sisters of the Lu family, opening a precedent for the dictatorship of foreign relatives in the Han Dynasty.

At the same time, because Lu Pheasant returned to Liu Bang's side after being exiled, Lu Pheasant found that Liu Bang already had a favored Mrs. Qi by his side, Lu Pheasant forced Zhang Liang to plan after Liu Ying became the emperor, Lu Pheasant began to take sole power, imprisoned Mrs. Qi in Yongxiang, shaved off her hair, tied an iron ring around her neck, put on a prisoner's red clothes, let her do hard labor, killed Liu Ruyi, the king of Zhao, and Liu You, the king of Huaiyang, as Zhao, and cut off Mrs. Qi's hands and feet, deaf her ears, gouged out her eyes, and poisoned her with dumb medicine, and then threw her into the latrine, called "Ren-彘" [zhì].

Lü Pheasant died of illness at the age of sixty-two, and was buried with Han Gaozu in the Changling Mausoleum, and Empress Dowager Lü died before completing her political plan.

The internal contradictions of the Han ruling class suddenly intensified, and a bloody struggle between the Liu royal clique and the Lu clan's foreign relatives ended in the victory of the imperial clique.

The Western Han Dynasty had half of Lu Pheasant's contributions, and in the end it was a failure, and this woman who had the ability to become a female emperor was busy all her life.

At this time, Lu Pheasant actually invited this person who might become her husband's political enemy in the future to a banquet in the Han Palace, what was her intention?

It was also at this time that Chen Ping asked people to report that the Empress Dowager (Zhao Ji) was critically ill, which immediately shocked Wang Zheng, ignored the people sent by Lu Pheasant to invite him, and directly asked people to prepare horses and go to the palace in Yecheng.

Lu Pheasant's servants also hurried back to report to their master.

——To be continued——