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Liu Heng felt guilty towards the Zhou family, and he also had unavoidable political difficulties when he treated Zhou Bo that way.

Everything was for the purpose of killing chickens and monkeys, and Zhou Bo's unlucky luck was that he was the leader of the chickens and monkeys.

Now, Liu Heng has gathered a large-scale political force around him, he can boldly appoint young people, and Zhou Yafu is the military talent he wants to focus on training.

Not only to make up for the guilt that year, but also for political needs.

After the rise of the Han Dynasty and before Emperor Wu, the four generations of Gao Lu Wenjing were all good at Huang Lao's art.

The so-called The Art of Huang Lao is mainly to study the knowledge of the Yellow Emperor and Lao Tzu, especially the thoughts of Lao Tzu.

The so-called Laozi thought is the origin of Taoism and Legalism. The essence of Taoism is inaction, and the essence of Legalism is power tactics and criminal names.

The essence of the so-called power tactics is to check and balance the forces of various factions and ensure the dominance of the imperial power.

To put it simply, it is to pull one group of people and beat another group of people, whichever side is the most threatening to the imperial power. There are no permanent enemies, and there are no permanent friends. Everything can only be used.

Therefore, during the period of Liu Heng's administration, the power of the group of meritorious officials declined day by day, and the class of grammatical and legal officials gradually rose. The proportion of them being the three officials and nine ministers rose from zero to 30.00%[-], which greatly strengthened the autocratic imperial power.

In the late Wen Dynasty, with the successive deaths of Zhou Bo, Guan Ying, Zhang Xiangru, etc., only Zhang Cang, Shen Tujia and other old heroes were left in the group of heroes in the early Han Dynasty, and the threat to the imperial power no longer existed. , so Liu Heng decided to enable them again.

Promote a few heroic children, such as Zhou Yafu, Liu She, Tao Qing, etc., to use their strength to deal with a group of even more troublesome guys.

These guys are the two major cancers that have always plagued the development of the Han Dynasty: the external troubles of the Huns and the internal troubles of the princes and kings.

External aggression is enough to cause headaches, but the internal troubles of the princes and kings are even more troublesome. The key is that these princes and kings are either outstanding in meritorious service and self-respecting, or ambitious and unwilling to be lonely. They are all gunpowder barrels and cannot be handled well. , you have to blow up the Han Empire to the sky.

One of Liu Bang's main achievements during his reign was that with the help of Empress Lu, he removed the princes and kings with different surnames who could not lose their tails. But at last a big thorn was pulled out for the descendants of the Liu family.

However, there are no kings with different surnames, and there are still kings with the same surname.

Originally, the king with the same surname was a big fan of the Han Dynasty. Without them, the chaos of Zhulu would not be so easily put down.But the problem is that from the late period of Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty to the period of Emperor Han Jing, the blood relationship between the king of the same surname and the emperor has gradually become estranged, and his power and ambition have gradually expanded, which has gradually increased his threat to the empire and imperial power. Painful.

It was Liu Xingju, the king of Jibei who was granted the title of Liu Xingju by Emperor Wen, who first opened the prelude to the rebellion of princes and kings with the same surname.Liu Xingju is the nephew of Liu Heng and the younger brother of King Liu Xiang of Qi.

The ministers originally promised to confer the land of Liang to Liu Xingju as the king of Liang, but Liu Heng later heard that he had planned to support Liu Xiang, the king of Qi, as emperor, so he only cut off Jibei County of Qi land He was granted the title of king of Jibei.

Liu Xingju was extremely dissatisfied because of this, and gradually became disobedient.In May of the third year of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, the Huns invaded the south on a large scale, and Liu Heng went to Taiyuan to supervise the battle.

Liu Xingju took the opportunity to send troops to the west. When Emperor Wen heard the news, he immediately sent troops to the south to rescue, killing Liu Xingju's rebellion in the cradle. Liu Xingju was defeated and captured, committed suicide, and the country was eliminated.

However, just three years after the rebellion of King Liu Xingju of Jibei subsided, King Liu Chang of Huainan came out to make trouble again.

Liu Chang is the youngest son of Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, the only surviving younger brother of Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty, and one of the candidates for the throne at the time.Liu Changsui is arrogant and domineering because he has the best relationship with his elder brother Liu Heng.

Not only did he blatantly kill the Marquis of Piyang to judge him, but he also expelled the officials appointed by the imperial court for the Huainan Kingdom, reappointed himself, and even ennobled 94 people below the Marquis of Guannei without authorization.
But Liu Heng has always indulged him in every possible way. Instead of punishing him, he gave more beauties in gold. When his brother's mistakes became more and more serious, he sent his uncle Bo Zhao to write a letter to teach Liu Chang a lesson.

The spoiled Liu Chang was immediately enraged, so he gathered more than seventy people to plot a rebellion.It's a pity that before he could take any action, the matter was exposed, so Liu Heng sent someone to arrest Liu Chang and go to Chang'an, where he was dismissed from his prince, packed him into a car, sealed it, and distributed him to the barren land of Shu.

The young and energetic Liu Chang couldn't bear this insult, and died of a hunger strike halfway through the journey.Emperor Wen cut off all the county officials who did not urge King Huainan to eat along the way, in order to restore his reputation as a "Ming Jun".

However, Liu Xingju and Liu Chang are young people without a city mansion, and Liu Heng is very familiar with them, so they are easy to deal with, but other older and more distant princes and kings are worrying, let alone them. Whether there is such rebellion, just judging from the current situation, they fully have the strength to rebel.

First of all, according to the political system in the early Han Dynasty, the local prefecture and county systems were parallel to the vassal state, and its local military system was also parallel.The local armies in counties and counties are commanded by county lieutenants and are directly controlled by Taiwei, the highest military officer in the central government; however, vassal states can form their own "county soldiers", and their military commanders, "lieutenants", are generally appointed by the kingdom itself.

汉初全国共有54郡、一千300多万人口，其中却有39郡、850万人口属于诸侯王的封地，而皇帝直辖不过十五郡、500万人口而已。故诸侯王的军力完全可与帝国正规军分庭抗礼。

Secondly, in the early Han Dynasty, the vassals had their own small imperial courts. Except for the prime ministers and grand masters who were appointed and dismissed by the central government, the vassals and kings could set up their own officials. This objectively formed an independent political group in the vassals.

Among them, there are inevitably some intelligent political speculators who have evil intentions, fan the flames, and make plans for their masters to fight for power and profit, lest the world will not be chaotic, and the court will be beyond their reach.

Third, we know that the princes and kings of the Han Dynasty can collect taxes, collect corvees, and mine minerals in their own countries, but this is not a big deal. The key is that Liu Heng promulgated the " The decree of eliminating theft and casting money ", suddenly made the princes and kings fatter, and the fat was bubbling, which was very scary.

As we mentioned earlier, due to the long-term war in the early Han Dynasty, the country was short of supplies and the people's lives were difficult.The central government does not have enough copper production and financial resources to mint money, so it has to mint small and thin coins, as thin as elm pods, so it is called "pod money".

It is not as good as the "half two coins" (weighing twelve baht, one inch and two cents in diameter) in the Qin Dynasty, but Liu Bang had no choice but to use money.

The government was stretched thin, and finally had to forcibly take back half of the world's two coins and recast them into small and thin pod coins to tide over this difficult period.

In fact, the Han Dynasty had a vast territory and rich resources, so there was no need to be in such a mess. It is a pity that the largest Yuzhang Copper Mine in the Han Dynasty was first in the hands of Wang Yingbu of Huainan, and was later entrusted by Liu Bang to his nephew Liu Bi, the king of Wu. But they are not easy to talk about, they are unwilling to use it to support the country's construction, and the emperor has nothing to do with them.

When Liu Heng came to power, the currency problem became more serious.Therefore, Liu Bang's difficult period has passed, and the economic situation has improved.

Private merchants became active, and a large number of unscrupulous merchants began to make money privately in order to make huge profits. As a result, the currency in circulation on the market became smaller and smaller, and the quality became worse and worse, and the entire financial market was in chaos.

Although the government has vigorously cracked down on it with harsh punishments and laws, profiteers often take risks under the temptation of huge profits, which has led to repeated prohibitions on illegally minting money.

Since repeated prohibitions continue, why not let go of supervision?

Liu Heng then ordered in April the fifth year of the Yuan Dynasty to allow the private minting of money, but required that those who minted money not to mint pod money, but all changed to four baht coins, but the denomination of "half two" was still marked on the coins.

Four baht coins are naturally four bahts in weight, and one baht is one-twentieth of one tael, so four baht coins are still only one-third of Qin Shiban's two coins.

But after all, it is much heavier than pod money, so that the quality of the currency will have a unified and relatively high standard, so that it will not continue to depreciate, thereby maintaining its purchasing power, and ultimately restraining the excessive growth of prices and stabilizing the currency The role of the market.

However, although Emperor Wen's move restrained the shoddy production of private profiteers to a certain extent, it also led to the monopoly of officials, businessmen and princes.

As princes and kings who control large tracts of land and mineral resources, they can grow up.Especially Liu Bi, king of Wu, who owned the large copper mine in Yuzhang and the vast resources of the East China Sea. He mined copper to make coins, and boiled the sea for salt.

To sum up, the princes and kings have soldiers, food, money, and talents, and they have become an unstoppable trend. As long as they are given a reason, they can turn the world upside down, turn the sky upside down, and make the world a mess.

Therefore, not only did Emperor Wen worry about whether he could eat well or sleep well for the princes and kings, but the young ministers he promoted also jumped up and down anxiously, almost tearing down the house and tearing down the tiles.

In the sixth year of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Jia Yi wrote to Emperor Wen an eloquent essay "Policy for Public Security" with thousands of words, in which he was extremely worried about the current political situation.

He even said that he would cry bitterly, shed tears, and sigh loudly for it, and proposed to divide the vassal states into several states, so that their sons could receive the king's title separately, which is a "policy for dividing the kingdom."

According to Jia Yi's suggestion, it is a very good strategy for Anhan to build up the princes with less effort. It is like the predecessor of the "Tweeting Order" that achieved great results in the Han Dynasty.

It is often in the prosperous times that such deafening and alarming words are really needed. This kind of "unfounded worry" awareness is the real treasure of a powerful country.

It's a pity that the general trend of the world has been established. Although Emperor Wen deeply accepts his strategy, it is difficult to implement it suddenly.

So it was not until the next ten years, that is, in 164 BC, that Liu Heng was fully prepared, and then he tried it out, dividing Qi into seven kingdoms, dividing Huainan into three kingdoms, and taking Liu Wu, his only surviving son except the prince Liu Qi. The king of Huaiyang moved to be the king of Liang, and he took over the land of Guangliang to control the Central Plains, shake and defend the princes, and shield the center.

In the end, Liu Heng let go of the most dangerous person, Wu Wang Liu Bi, not only because Liu Bi was too powerful to subdue, but also because Liu Heng owed Liu Bi's family a life, and he felt guilty and couldn't bear to do too much.

More importantly, Liu Heng also needs Wu Guo to mint four more baht coins for the court for a few more years to get through the stage of rapid economic development during Emperor Wen's period. Late.

Hanwen has always been cautious in doing things, and Hanwu's stormy governance style is not his style, so he knows that the princes and kings will definitely become the confidant of the Han Dynasty.

But it's just a matter of calmly arranging to play slowly and quickly, so as not to cause accidents due to inadvertent handling.

Anyone who achieves great things must first have courage, and second, be cautious. Liu Heng is more than cautious but lacks courage. This is doomed that he will not be able to achieve any great things or make any troubles. Every generation has a mission for each generation. Transparent.

Of course, with the passage of time, in more than ten years, when the princes and kings become more and more powerful and independent, and even threaten the stability of the entire world, the problem will eventually be completely resolved.

Therefore, Emperor Wen decided to leave for his successor a super firefighter who can hold back in normal times and can stand up at critical moments.

Therefore, one year after the Xiliuying incident, that is, at the end of May 157 BC, Liu Heng, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, was seriously ill. When he was dying, Liu Heng also imitated his father Liu Bang and left his last words to put the stable Liu family The important task was entrusted to Zhou.

Liu Heng said to Prince Liu Qi: "If there is a priority, Zhou Yafu can really be a general."

Regarding his father's will, Liu Qijin obeyed it correctly, so after he ascended the throne as Emperor Xiaojing of the Han Dynasty on the ninth day of June, he immediately promoted Zhou Yafu as a general of chariots and cavalry, and unified command of the northern and southern imperial forces.

During the Han Dynasty, the Northern and Southern armies were generally in charge of the lieutenant and the Weiwei. It was rare that the military power of the two armies belonged to one person. This shows that Emperor Jing trusted Zhou Yafu and reused him.

At that time, Zhou Bo Guanying and other veterans were dead, Wei Qing Huo Shao and other famous marshals were not yet born, Li Guang was just a small captain, and Zhou Yafu was the mainstay of the whole man. The star left a unique sky, and asked who in the world can compete with it!