Chapter 62 Chronology of Events

Chen Sheng, a native of Chu, revolted in Daze Township and called himself "King of Zhang Chu". Wei Jiu, the leader of Wei's anti-Qin forces, was defeated and killed, and his younger brother Wei Bao succeeded him as King of Wei. In October, Prince Ying of Qin surrendered, and the Qin Dynasty fell. Wei Bao surrendered to Liu Bang, and Liu Bang led an army of 560,000 to Pengcheng, where he was defeated by Xiang Yu's 30,000 soldiers.After the defeat of the war, Liu Bang built the Heidi Temple and named it Beiyu. Since then, all the "Yong Wuyu" have been completed. Wei Bao guarded Xingyang together with Zhou Ke, the imperial historian, and Cong Gong, the general. Zhou and Cong killed Wei Bao, and Bo Ji, who was Wei Bao's concubine, was assigned to work in the weaving room.

On February 3, 54-year-old Liu Bang ascended the throne in Dingtao, Shandong. In the same year, Liu Heng was born, Zhang Er, king of Zhao, died of illness, and Zhang Ao, son of Zhang Er, became king of Zhao. In December, Liu Bang named ten founding heroes Liehou. In the same year, Li Shang, the Marquis of Quzhou, took up the post of Wei Wei, and Han Wangxin launched a rebellion and fled to the Xiongnu. Liu Bang led an army of 320,000 and was surrounded by 400,000 elite soldiers of the Huns and climbed Baishan Mountain in Pingcheng for seven days.Liu Bang finally adopted Chen Ping's strategy to get out of trouble, and made an alliance with the Xiongnu Shanyu as Kun's younger brother, and agreed to make peace between Han and Xiongnu.

In the same year, the repair work of Changle Palace was completed. Zhao Xiangguan and others failed to assassinate Liu Bang in Bairen County. Chen Xi, Marquis of Yangxia, rebelled in Dai County. Huaiyin Marquis Han Xin was punished, Liang Wang Pengyue was punished for treason, and Huainan Wang Yingbu rebelled. In the same year, Liu Bang sent Lu Jia as an envoy to Nanyue to recruit Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue. Liu Bi, Marquis of Pei, was named King of Wu for his meritorious service in suppressing the rebellion. Yan Wang Lu Wan rebelled and finally surrendered to the Huns. On April 25th, Liu Bang died in Changle Palace at the age of 61.Sixteen-year-old crown prince Liu Ying succeeded to the throne as Emperor Hui of Han.

Empress Lu replaced Li Shang with Liu Ze, Marquis of Yingling, as Wei Wei, and appointed Chen Ping as Lang Zhongling. In the same year, Empress Lu persecuted Zhao Wang Liu Ruyi, Qi Ji's mother and son to death. In October, King Liu Fei of Qi came to court and was almost poisoned by Empress Lu. After returning home, he offered to dedicate Chengyang County of Qi State to Princess Lu Yuan as Tang Muyi. In the same year, Xiao He died. The Han Dynasty presented Maodun Danyu with two luxury cars and eight horses, making peace with the Xiongnu again. Zhang Yan, the daughter of Zhang Ao and Princess Lu Yuan, was made queen.

On August 12, Liu Ying, Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, passed away. His son Liu Gong succeeded to the throne, and Empress Lu took control of the government. Empress Lu imprisoned Liu Gong, the young emperor, and made Liu Gong's younger brother, Hengshan King Liu Hong, emperor. Zhao Tuo, king of Nanyue, rebelled. He claimed to be Emperor Wu of Nanyue and sent troops to attack Changsha. In March, Empress Lu was bitten by a big black dog on her way out. On July 30, Empress Lu died of illness in Weiyang Palace. On September 10, the heroic group launched a coup and killed Xiangguo Lu Chan. On September 11th, the group of heroes hunted and killed Lu Lu, beat Lu Wei to death with sticks, and killed King Lu Tong.

On September 12, the official position of Prime Minister Zuo Shiqi was restored. Afterwards, the heroic group welcomed the acting king Liu Heng into Chang'an, and killed Emperor Hui's sons King Liang, King Huaiyang, King Changshan and Liu Hong. On the seventh day of October, the 23-year-old Liu Heng officially ascended the throne as Emperor Wen of Han. On the sixth day of October, Liu Ze, King of Langya, was renamed King of Yan. On the eighth day of October, Liu Heng sent his uncle Bo Zhao to Daiguo to pick up his biological mother, Bo Shi, and made her the Queen Mother. In December, Liu Heng made his uncle Bo Zhao the Marquis of Zhi, and abolished the "law to collect money and sit on the throne".

In the first month, Liu Qi was made the crown prince. In March, Dou Yifang, the crown prince's mother, was established as the queen. In the same year, Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, lost his title of emperor and became the king of Nanyue, and returned to the Han Dynasty.Liu Jiao, king of Chu, died, and his posthumous title was "Yuan".Qi Wang Liu Xiang died, and his posthumous title was "Ai". In October, Qu Nihou Chen Ping died, and his posthumous title was "Xian". In November, Liu Heng abolished the new guard force that General Wei Song Chang had added to him.

In March, the prince Liu Wu was made the acting king, the prince Liu Can was made the king of Taiyuan, and the prince Liu Yi was made the king of Liang. In May, Liu Heng issued an edict to abolish the crimes of slander and gossip. In September, Liu Heng sent people to verify the tiger amulet used to mobilize the army and the bamboo envoy amulet used to verify the identity of the envoy with the prefect and prime minister of the county. In the same year, Jia Yi was appointed Taifu of Changsha. The original King of Langya, who was later renamed King of Yan, Liu Ze died, and his posthumous posthumous title was "Jing".

In April, Liu Zhang, king of Chengyang, died, and his posthumous title was "Jing".Liu Chang, king of Huainan, went to Beijing to meet his elder brother Liu Heng, and killed him for trial. In May, King Youxian of the Huns led an army into Beidi County, occupying the south of the Yellow River, in present-day Ordos City, Inner Mongolia. In June, Liu Heng sent Prime Minister Guan Ying to lead 85,000 cavalry to meet the Xiongnu army, and the Xiongnu army retreated.After that, Liu Heng transferred to Taiyuan Kingdom. Soon after, Liu Xingju, king of Jinbei, rebelled and committed suicide after being defeated.

In December, Guanying, Marquis of Yingyin, died, and his posthumous title was "Yi".Zhang Cang, the censor, became the prime minister, and Yuan An became the censor. In the same year, Jiang Hou Zhou Bo was accused of treason, and was finally pardoned and returned to the country. In April, the "Stealing Coin Order" was abolished, and four baht coins were cast across the country. Liu Chang, the king of Huainan, was dispatched to the territory for treason and died of a hunger strike on the way. The Xiongnu Maodun Shanyu died, and his son Lao Shangshan Yuji Porridge succeeded to the throne.

Jia Yi on "Public Security Policy". Jia Yi was recalled to Chang'an. Liu Heng named the four sons of Liu Chang, Li Wang of Huainan, as Marquis, among which Liu An was Marquis of Fuling, Liu Bo was Marquis of Anyang, Liu Ci was Marquis of Yangzhou, and Liu Liang was Marquis of Dongcheng. Liu Heng's uncle Zhi Hou Bo Zhao killed Liu Heng's envoy and then committed suicide. Zhang Shizhi prevented the prince and Liang Wang from entering Simamen. Zhou Bo died and was posthumously named Marquis Wu. Liang Huai Wang Liu Yi fell off his horse and died. Jia Yi died at the age of thirty-three. In December, the Yellow River burst in Suanzao County. Because Chunyu Tiying wrote to Liu Heng that he wanted to enter the palace as a slave to replace the punishment his father Cang Gong would suffer, Liu Heng was moved and ordered the whole country to abolish corporal punishment and replace it with flogging. Gongsun Chen wrote to Liu Heng to "rectify Shuo, change clothes easily, and favor yellow color". The Xiongnu's 140,000 elite cavalry went south and captured Chaona County and Xiaoguan in the Han Dynasty. Wei Shangguan, the prefect of Yunzhong, was reinstated. Feng Tang made a fortune and was appointed as the captain of chariots and riders. Liu Heng named Liu An the king of Huainan, Liu Bo the king of Hengshan, and Liu Ci the king of Lujiang. At this time, Liu Liang had passed away and he had no heirs, so Yuzhang County, one of the four counties in Huainan, was assigned to Liu Ci. In the same year, the alchemist Xin Yuanping was promoted to the top doctor by virtue of his ability of "watching Qi". In October, Xin Yuanping made a fake incident and was expelled from the barbarians. In the same year, Zhou Shengzhi, Zhou Bo's son, was at odds with Liu Heng's daughter, and Zhou Shengzhi killed someone, and Jiangguo was expelled. Liu Heng named Zhou Yafu, the son of Zhou Bo and the governor of Hanoi County at that time, as Marquis of Tiaohou. In the same year, Han and Xiong reconciled.Shen Tujia became the prime minister, and Liu Heng rewarded his favorite minister Deng Tong with one billion dollars. Shanyu, the old Huns, died and was succeeded by his son Shanyu, a military minister. The Xiongnu military officer Shan Yu led the army to the south and invaded the Shangjun and Yunzhong counties of the Han Dynasty. Liu Heng ordered Su Yi, the former prime minister of Chu, to lead the army of the Dai State to station in Juzhushan, and the Chinese doctor Ling Mian led the army of the Zhao State to station in Feihukou Fortress. General Zhang Wu led his army in Beidi County, Zongzheng Liu Li led his army in Bashang, Zhu Zihou Xu Li led his army in Thorny Gate, and Hanoi County Governor Zhou Yafu led his army in Xiliu. During this period, Zhou Yafu was appreciated by Liu Heng in Xiliuying and promoted to lieutenant. On the first day of June, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty Liu Heng died in Weiyang Palace at the age of forty-six. Thirty-two-year-old prince Liu Qi succeeded to the throne. In the same month, Zhou Yafu was worshiped as a chariot general. Shentu Jiazuo asked Emperor Wen of Han to be Taizong, and the Taizong Temple was established in Tianxia County. In April, Tao Qing, the imperial historian, made peace with the Xiongnu under his generation. In May, an edict was issued to collect half-rents for the people's land, ten years for three years and one tax, and the punishment was reduced, changing five hundred flogs to three hundred flogs, and three hundred flogs to two hundred flogs. In March, Liu Qi enshrined the princes as vassal kings, hoping to "use relatives to control the separation" so as to restrain the power of the vassal kings.Among them, Liu Pengzu was the king of Guangchuan, Liu Fa was the king of Changsha, Liu De was the king of Hejian, Liu Yan was the king of Linjiang, Liu Yu was the king of Huaiyang, and Liu Fei was the king of Runan. On April 25, Empress Dowager Bo passed away and was buried in Nanling after her death. In August, Zuo Neishi Chao Cuo was promoted to the post of Yushi doctor. Before that, the prime minister Shen Tujia was mad at Chao Cuo, and the Yushi doctor Tao Qing became the prime minister. On the twenty-second day of the first lunar month, Liu Bi, king of Wu, raised troops in Guangling, and then Chu, Zhao, Jiaoxi, Jiaodong, Suichuan, and Jinan also raised troops to respond to Liu Bi, and the Wu-Chu Rebellion broke out.The Han Dynasty sent Taiwei Zhou Yafu to lead the army and Liang Xiaowang Liu Wu's army to meet the Wu-Chu coalition army, Qu Zhou Hou Li sent to conquer Zhao Wang Liu Sui, and the Xiongnu coalition army. State, Jinan State, Suichuan State coalition forces. During the war, Chao Cuo, the imperial historian, was ordered to be killed by Liu Qi. Later, Wu Chu's army was defeated by Zhou Yafu, and Wu Wang Liu Bi fled to Minyue Kingdom and was killed. Liu Wu, king of Chu, was defeated and committed suicide, and the Xiongnu retreated.The monarchs of the other five countries were executed one after another. In June, Liu Li, the son of King Chu Yuan, Marquis of Pinglu, was made King of Chu. In April, Liu Qi made Liu Rong, the son of Li Ji, the crown prince, and Liu Che, the son of Wang Meiren, the king of Jiaodong. Xia, the Han Dynasty sent the princess to marry the military official Shanyu. In September, Empress Bo was deposed. In November, the prince Liu Rong was deposed and became the king of Linjiang, and his mother Li Ji died of depression. In February, Zhou Yafu became prime minister. In April, Wang Zhi was established as the queen, and Liu Che, the king of Jiaodong, was named the prince. Liang Wang Liu Wu sent someone to assassinate Yuan An. After the incident, his accomplices Yang Sheng and Gongsun Gui committed suicide. Liu Wu was spared because of the favor of Empress Dowager Dou. Linjiang King Liu Rong was imprisoned for occupying the land of the ancestral temple to build a palace, and was forced to death by "Goshawk" Zhidu. In the same year, Zhidu was transferred from the central government to be the prefect of Yanmen County. In the spring, seven noblemen from the Xiongnu descended to Han, and all of them were enfeoffed as marquises. The seven were: Marquis Yujun of Anling, Marquis Ci Huan, Marquis Lu Qiang, Marquis Rongcheng Xulu, Marquis Yi Houpu, Marquis Fan Yangjing Fan Dai, and Marquis Xi Handan.In the same year, Zhou Yafu was dismissed as prime minister. In November, the official position of the royal doctor in the princes and states was abolished. In March, Wei Wan, the imperial historian, played Liu Qi, demanding that horses taller than five feet nine inches and young horses not be allowed to leave Hangu Pass. In April, Liang Wang Liu Wu died, posthumously named King Xiao after his death. The Kingdom of Liang was divided into five. Liu Wu's eldest son, Liu Mai, was the King of Liang; his second son, Liu Ming, was the King of Jichuan; his third son, Liu Pengli, was the King of Jidong; King Jiyin. Zhou Yafu was falsely accused of treason, imprisoned, went on a hunger strike for five days, and died of vomiting blood. In March, the Xiongnu invaded Yanmen County, and the prefect Feng Jing died in battle. On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, sixteen-year-old Prince Liu Che held a coronation ceremony. Ten days later, Liu Qi died in Weiyang Palace at the age of forty-seven.Prince Liu Che succeeded to the throne. On February 6, Liu Qi, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, was buried in Yangling. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che issued an edict to let the world "raise virtuous, upright, outspoken and extremely admonishing people". In June, Wei Wan was dismissed as Prime Minister, Dou Ying became Prime Minister, and Tian Fu was made Taiwei.Zhao Wan and Wang Zang, the second disciples of Shen Gong, a great Confucianist, served as Yushi doctor and Lang Zhongling respectively.Zhao and Wang agreed to set up a bright hall. Because Empress Dowager Dou was disgusted with respecting Confucianism, Zhao Wan and Wang Zang committed suicide in prison, and Dou Ying and Tian Fu were dismissed. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up a doctor of the Five Classics. Empress Dowager Dou died.The Han government formally deposed Baijia. In May, Prime Minister Tian Fu dismissed Huang Lao and Xingming Baijia's words, and invited hundreds of literary Confucians.Since then, respecting Confucianism has become a social trend, and the influence of Huang Laoshu on the political situation of the Western Han Dynasty has gradually declined.