Chapter 39 3. With both kindness and power, Han Gaozu returned to the world

At this point, the Han Empire was formally established.After four years of bloody struggle, Liu Bang finally won the victory of the Chu-Han dispute. However, the problems Liu Bang faced were like a mess.How to deal with the remnants of Xiang Yu Group?How to deal with the old forces of the original six countries?How to deal with the relationship with princes and kings with different surnames? Liu Bang, who was in his fifties, dragged his sick body and began to deal with these affairs with all his heart.The first is how to deal with the remnants of the Xiang Yu Group.At the beginning of Liu Bang's accession to the throne, Xiang Yu's old partner, King Linjiang, vowed not to surrender, so Liu Bang sent people to besiege him, and finally killed him in Luoyang.After the incident, Liu Bang issued a wanted order for the generals of the Xiang Yu Group who had fled among the people.The public arrest will make this force hide deeper. If they form an alliance in private, it will be very detrimental to the Han regime.At that time, Liu Bang's throne was unstable, so he couldn't sleep well, and he couldn't think of a better way.But the subsequent Ji Bu and Ding Gong incident made Liu Bang handle this difficult matter perfectly.

Ji Bu was a native of Chu, he was very arrogant, and he was very famous in Chu.Later, he was Xiang Yu's favorite general, brave and good at fighting. During the Chu-Han War, he met Liu Bang on the battlefield several times, and repeatedly beat Liu Bang into a mess and fled.After Xiang Yu's defeat, Ji Bu went into hiding among the people.As soon as Liu Bang came to the throne, he offered a thousand gold rewards for the capture of Ji Bu, and ordered those who dared to hide Ji Bu to destroy the three clans. At that time, Ji Bu was hiding in the home of an old friend named Zhou in Puyang.When Liu Bang offered a reward for his arrest, the Zhou family panicked and felt that they could not keep Ji Bu for a long time. The master of the Zhou family said to Ji Bu, "Now the emperor is offering a reward for your arrest. The situation is very urgent. You are not safe in my house. I want to leave now." I found a way to ensure your safety, if you can't obey me, I can only commit suicide first." Ji Bu didn't want to hurt his friend's family, so he agreed.The Zhou family shaved off Ji Bu's hair, tied his neck with an iron hoop, put on coarse clothes, put him in a cargo cart, and sold him and dozens of servants of the Zhou family to Lu. Zhu's family.

The Zhu family is a well-known ranger in Ludi. They are eager to help others, never ask for anything in return, and enjoy helping others. The family has no money left.The Zhou family came up with this plan because they considered that the Zhu family might help Ji Bu.The Zhu family was well-informed, and they knew it was Ji Bu at the first sight, but they bought him calmly, put him in the field to work, and warned his son: "Everything in the field must be done with care." Follow this servant's orders, and you must eat the same food as him." Then the Zhu family took a buggy to Luoyang to meet Xia Houying, a powerful figure at that time.

Xia Houying is just a driver, but his relationship with Liu Bang is extraordinary, they are brothers who share life and death.When Liu Bang ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, Xia Houying naturally became the "magnificent" of the dynasty.At this time, Xia Houying still maintained the advantages of the past: everything was considered for his brother Liu Bang. Even now that Liu Banggui is the emperor, Xia Houying still maintained this simple feeling. The Zhu family and Xia Houying have a long-term friendship, so when old people meet, they naturally drink a few cups.When they were drunk, the Zhu family asked Xia Houying: "What serious crime did Ji Bu commit? The emperor pursued him so urgently?" He is talented." The Zhu family said, "What kind of person do you think Ji Bu is?" Xia Houying said, "He is a man of talent." The Zhu family said, "Ji Bu was sent by Xiang Yu. It's a matter of duty. Can all Xiang Yu's subjects be killed? Now that the emperor has just won the world, and he only pursues a person based on personal resentment, isn't this going to show the world that he is small? If Ji Bu is like He can't get a foothold, he either fled north to the Xiongnu, or fled south to Yuedi. You have always been trusted by the emperor, why don't you find an opportunity to explain to the emperor?"

Xia Houying knew that the Zhu family was a hero, so she guessed that Ji Bu must be hiding with him, so she agreed, "Okay." people.He waited for the opportunity and told Liu Bang what the Zhu family wanted. Liu Bang agreed almost without thinking, and ordered Ji Bu to be pardoned.After the imperial decree, the Zhu family invited Ji Bu back from the field. Ji Bu was grateful to the Zhu family, Xia Houying, and Liu Bang.Later, Ji Bu was summoned by Liu Bang and pleaded guilty. Liu Bang readily appointed him as a doctor. Liu Bang's lenient treatment of Ji Bu moved many of Xiang Yu's former troops, and they all expressed their submission to the Han Dynasty.Among them was a man named Ding Gu, who, like Ji Bu, was a general under Xiang Yu's subordinates.

Ding Gu also had a meeting with Liu Bang on the battlefield.At that time, Xiang Yu defeated Liu Bang's 500,000 army with 30,000 horses in Pengcheng. Liu Bang fled in embarrassment, and Ding Gu chased after him.Liu Bang saw that there was nowhere to escape, so he said to Ding Gu: "We are all heroes, why should we put people to death?" It stands to reason that Ding Gu was very kind to Liu Bang.At the critical moment, if it weren't for Ding Gu's heart of "heroes cherish heroes", it is estimated that there would be no later Han Dynasty.Later, when Xiang Yu was defeated, Ding Gu went into hiding among the people. When he heard that Ji Bu had been sealed off, he came to ask for a reward in a hurry.But Liu Bang's handling was unexpected.

When Liu Bang saw Ding Gu, he didn't miss the old kindness at all, and said majesticly: "You come to see me, do you want me to give you a reward?" Ding Gu was so frightened that he dared not answer.Liu Bang said: "As a general of Xiang Yu, you can't be loyal to your duty and let the enemy go without authorization. Do you still expect me to reward you?" Ding Gu was so frightened that he knelt on the ground. "Come here, take him down and behead him immediately!" All the officials were astonished, since they came to surrender and saved the life of the emperor, why did they behead him?Xiao He felt that it was wrong, so he said: "This man is kind to me, the emperor, think twice!" Liu Bang didn't listen at all, and declared his crime: "Dong Gong is a minister of Xiang Wang. He was unfaithful and made Xiang Wang lose the world. The person is Nai Dinggong."

These words echoed in the hall for a long time, and the ministers chewed out some truth.Zhang Liang, who was sick and resting at home, heard about this, and said with emotion: "You are really the Son of Heaven!" He is magnanimous to his enemies and cruel and ruthless to his benefactors. Liu Bang's words and deeds are indeed unimaginable, but there is actually a deep truth.Ji Bu pursued Liu Bang relentlessly because he was loyal to his duty; while Ding Gu let Liu Bang go without authorization, he was out of control.Liu Bang wants to use this method to warn the world that courtiers must know how to be loyal. This is the value that Liu Bang wants to emphasize.

Sure enough, Ji Bu lived up to expectations. Since then, he was loyal to the Han Dynasty and became a famous official of a generation. The current situation is different, and the strategy will naturally need to be adjusted appropriately.In the era of feudal lords competing for the throne, in order to strengthen oneself and weaken the enemy, one must use all means to recruit troops; as an emperor, all subjects are everywhere, so one must emphasize benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and trustworthiness to ensure the long-term stability of the country.Ding Gu used the method of betraying the leader to make personal grievances, which cannot be forgiven.Killing one person scares thousands of people. Isn't Liu Bang's plan far-reaching?The descendants have enjoyed the position of the Son of Heaven for more than four hundred years, and it should be so.All this is Liu Bang's painstaking planning for the long-term stability of the Han Dynasty.