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Chapter 110 Liu Hou
[What kind of person is the "Saint of Strategy"? Review Zhang Liang's life. Zhang Liang's History of the Chu-Han Contention]
[As the "Three Heroes of the Early Han Dynasty", why was Han Xin executed along with his entire clan, Xiao He suffered in prison, while Zhang Liang was able to retire after achieving success? 】
[As China's first generation of top strategists, he was able to plan and win battles from afar. He could be the emperor's teacher when he was in power and a free man when he was in retreat. Even Zhuge Liang did not look so dazzling in front of him.]
——"I don't accept it. Prime Minister Zhuge is no less capable than anyone else!"
——"It's hard to say who is stronger, but in terms of loyalty, Prime Minister Zhuge is definitely more superior."
[It can be said that without Zhang Liang, there would be no Han Dynasty under Liu Bang. After helping Liu Bang establish his country, Zhang Liang was able to retreat bravely and lived in seclusion in Zibai Mountain. He has been a role model for Chinese people to follow for thousands of years.]
[In this video, let us review Zhang Liang’s legendary life in chronological order. ]
[Zhang Liang was born in H country in 250 BC and died of illness in 186 BC at the age of . It can be said that he was concerned about the Han Dynasty all his life.]
[He helped Liu Bang to capture Wanyao by strategizing, which enabled him to enter Guanzhong before Xiang Yu. He also attended the Hongmen banquet and helped Liu Bang escape unscathed.]
【After Liu Bang was named King of Han, Zhang Liang suggested burning the plank road in public, making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, which enabled Liu Bang to regain Guanzhong. The ingenious plan of Xiayi also helped Liu Bang defeat the Chu army.】
[After retiring after his success, Zhang Liang was invited out of retirement by Lü Zhi, and he gave good advice and helped Liu Ying, the crown prince, to take over the throne. It can be said that the growth of the Western Han Dynasty was closely related to Zhang Liang.]
[If you want to understand Zhang Liang's life, you have to start from the beginning. ]
Han Dynasty.
The Dahan Entrepreneurship Team sat in their seats, their eyes full of anticipation.
They realized that Tianmu was going to talk about all the famous figures in their Han Dynasty.
So they were all secretly waiting in their hearts whether Tianmu would talk about them.
If they could be mentioned, they would be greatly honored in front of all the heavens and worlds.
"Alright, alright, look at what you have accomplished, calm down!"
"If you want to know the same as me, you have to remain calm and composed, and remain unmoved even when Mount Tai collapses in front of you. That's what a true hero does." Liu Bang said complacently while putting one foot on the table.
When the people below heard this, they couldn't help but curl their lips and secretly complain in their hearts.
You still have the nerve to say that? Tianmu has already said everything about you, so of course you are not worried.
I praise you a lot and look at you so proud that my mouth is about to be crooked with smiles.
What hero? Are you related to a hero?
Liu Bang knew what they were thinking, but he didn't care. He crossed his legs and enjoyed himself.
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[Zhang Liang, courtesy name Zifang, was a native of H country during the Warring States Period. He was born in 250 BC. It can be said that he was the most prominent of the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty. His ancestors served as prime ministers of H country for five generations.]
[So Zhang Liang received a very formal education in poetry, books and etiquette since he was a child. It was destined that he was the chosen one to be the Prime Minister of H Country. Moreover, Zhang Liang was not only born into a noble family, but also very handsome. He was definitely tall, rich and handsome.]
[In this way, Zhang Liang spent his youth in the midst of all the love and favor, but when Zhang Liang was 21 years old, the H Kingdom was destroyed by the Qin Kingdom.]
【All of Zhang Liang's beautiful dreams turned into nothing at this moment, so he took more than 300 private servants and invested all his wealth in the anti-Qin cause, bent on revenge for the H country.】
[In 218 BC, Zhang Liang spent all his family fortune to bribe a strong man, and specially built a 120-jin iron hammer for the strong man. He also sent people to inquire about the whereabouts of Qin Shihuang during his eastern tour, preparing to assassinate Qin Shihuang.]
[When the imperial carriages of the Eastern Tour reached Bolangsha, Zhang Liang, who had been lying in ambush in advance, commanded the strong men to smash the most luxurious car in the convoy with a large iron spike.]
[Although the passengers were crushed to death on the spot, Qin Shi Huang had been prepared for assassinations many times, so he often changed his car, and thus he escaped.]
——"Isn't this the big hammer from The Legend of Qin?"
——"It's so funny. Ying Zheng is also a fool. He prepared several identical carriages. Xiao Liangzi can only rely on luck."
——"They have all gained experience in assassination. I can only say that this is professionalism."
[After the incident, Qin Shi Huang was extremely angry and ordered a nationwide hunt for the culprit. As a result, the 33-year-old Zhang Liang had to change his name and wander to Xia Pi.]
[From a young noble boy, he became a complete vagrant, but it was his wandering experience in Xia Pi that enabled him to grow up quickly.]
[One day a year later, Zhang Liang was walking to the Yishui Bridge and met an old man wearing coarse cloth running. The old man deliberately took off his shoes and threw them under the bridge, then arrogantly asked Zhang Liang to pick up his shoes for him.]
[Not only did he pick up the shoes, he also lifted his foot and asked Zhang Liang to put them on.]
——"I don't know if this old man has athlete's foot."
——"Oh my god, your focus is really outrageous."
[Zhang Liang, who was in a state of despair for a while, suppressed his anger and half-knelt on the ground, carefully helping the old man put on his shoes, and endured the old man's rudeness and difficulties many times.]
[He then obtained a priceless treasure called "Tai Gong Bing Fa". During the ten years of wandering, Zhang Liang carefully studied this book, which laid a solid foundation for helping Liu Bang to make plans in the future. ]
——"Is the old man Huang Shigong?"
——"It should be. The Art of War is said to have been written by Jiang Taigong. I don't know whether it is true or not."
[At the same time, his years of wandering also enabled Zhang Liang to gain insight into the sufferings of the people, thus strengthening his determination to overthrow the Qin Dynasty.]
[In 209 BC, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rose up in Daze Township and raised their armies to fight against the Qin Dynasty. Anti-Qin armed forces also surged in various places. At this time, the 42-year-old Zhang Liang gathered more than 100 people and raised the banner of anti-Qin.]
[However, because he was alone and powerless, it was difficult for him to gain a foothold, so Zhang Liang led his people to seek refuge with the King of Chu who had just been supported by Xiang Yu. Unexpectedly, he was intercepted by Liu Bang halfway. ]
[The two hit it off right away. Zhang Liang offered advice to Liu Bang using Taigong's Art of War many times, and Liu Bang was able to understand it immediately. Therefore, Zhang Liang decisively changed his plan to defect to the King of Chu and decided to assist Liu Bang.]
[A year later, the troops led by Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu, uncle and nephew, had grown to more than 70,000 people, and they summoned leaders of various rebel armies to Xuecheng to celebrate the great event.]
【Zhang Liang, who never forgot to revive his motherland, offered advice to Xiang Liang, asking him to support Hengyang Jun as the King of Han and take the opportunity to build more followers for the State of Chu.】
[In this way, Zhang Liang achieved his goal of restoring Han and became the Situ of H, which is equivalent to the prime minister.]
[However, the army of the King of Han fought a tug-of-war with the Qin army in the battle to recover the lost territory, and failed to make any breakthrough.]
【On Liu Bang's side, the King of Chu also promised that whoever entered Guanzhong first would be made king.】
[In 207 BC, Liu Bang led his troops to attack Yingchuan. After joining forces with Zhang Liang and the King of Han, they successively captured dozens of cities in Qin. Liu Bang asked the King of Han to stay in the old capital Yangdi, and continued to march south with Zhang Liang.]
【With Zhang Liang's help, Liu Bang easily captured Wancheng without bloodshed, eliminating the worries of the army's westward advance. 】
[After Zhang Liang's strategic planning, Liu Bang captured Yaocheng in less than a year, defeated the Qin army in Lantian, and entered Guanzhong one step earlier than Xiang Yu.]
[He accepted the imperial seal presented by King Ziying of Qin, withdrew his troops from Bashang, and made three agreements, thus taking the initiative in the struggle for supremacy with Xiang Yu.]
[In 206 BC, Xiang Yu led his army to break through Hangu Pass, intending to fight Liu Bang. Zhang Liang used his friendship with his uncle Xiang Bo, whom he had met, to give Liu Bang a strategy to cut off the firewood from under the cauldron, allowing Liu Bang to escape from the Hongmen Banquet unscathed.]
[Soon after, Xiang Yu bullied the weak and proclaimed himself the Overlord of Western Chu. He established his capital in Pengcheng and divided the 18 princes according to his own preferences.]
——"Do you know how to use words? What does it mean to bully the weak?"
——"That's right. From ancient times to the present, it has always been the strong who bully the weak."
——"It's not really according to his own preferences. He has his own ideas, although some of them are not very good."
[Liu Bang was naturally assigned to the most remote and desolate Bashu to be the King of Han. What's more, Xiang Yu also divided the Guanzhong area into three parts and gave them to three surrendered generals of the Qin Dynasty, hoping to use this to prevent Liu Bang from going north.]
Before leaving Liu Bang and returning to Kingdom H, Zhang Liang gave all the gold and silver treasures given by Liu Bang to Xiang Bo, asking him to persuade Xiang Yu to grant Liu Bang the Hanzhong region.
[He also suggested that Liu Bang burn down all the plank roads after the Han army passed by, indicating that they had no intention of going east again, so as to eliminate Xiang Yu's suspicion.]
[At the same time, they took the opportunity to recuperate and wait for the right time to make further plans. This led to the historical story of Han Xin and Zhang Liang joining forces, one openly burning the plank road and the other secretly crossing Chencang.]
[Later, the innocent King of Han was killed by Xiang Yu because of this. Zhang Liang had no choice but to surrender to Liu Bang again and was named Marquis Chengxin at the age of 45.]
[Therefore, Xiang Yu's killing of the King of Han was also indirectly helping Liu Bang. ]
[In 205 BC, Liu Bang successively surrendered five princes and gained 56 soldiers. While Xiang Yu was concentrating his forces on attacking Tian Rong, he captured the capital of Chu, Pengcheng.]
[However, Liu Bang, who was overwhelmed by victory, was soon defeated by Xiang Yu's rescue troops. He had no choice but to flee with Zhang Liang and dozens of other cavalrymen. When he fled to Xiayi, Liu Bang, who was still in shock, was already disheartened and thought that the situation was hopeless.]
【However, at this most critical moment, Zhang Liang proposed the famous Xiayi Plan, first instigating the rebellion of Ying Bu, the King of Jiujiang, and then sending an envoy to contact Peng Yue. 】
【Afterwards, Han Xin was sent north to attack Yan, Zhao and other places, outflanking the Chu army. With the combination of internal and external forces, the situation of the Chu-Han War was finally reversed.】
[A year later, Han Xin defeated Long Ju and annihilated 20 Chu troops. The Han army completed a strategic detour on the Chu army's flank.]
[In 203 BC, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang divided the world in half with the Honggou as the boundary. Just when Liu Bang was about to withdraw his troops, Zhang Liang, with the profound vision of a strategist, saw that Xiang Yu was under attack from all sides and was in a desperate situation.]
[So he suggested that Liu Bang should pursue the victory. If he let Chu return to the east, it would be like letting a tiger return to the mountain, which would bring endless disasters. So Liu Bang accepted Zhang Liang's advice, tore up the alliance, and rashly led the army to pursue Xiang Yu.]
【Zhang Liang knew the reason why Han Xin and Peng Yue were reluctant to send out the troops, so he asked Liu Bang to grant them more land as a price, and finally Han Xin and Peng Yue led the troops out.】
【The five armies trapped Xiang Yu at Gaixia, and he eventually committed suicide at Wujiang River. 】
[A year later, Liu Bang officially ascended the throne and held a celebration ceremony in the Nangong Palace in Luoyang, where he hosted a banquet for all his ministers. Han Xin, Zhang Liang, and Xiao He were considered by Liu Bang to be the greatest contributors to the Han Dynasty's conquest of the world.]
[Therefore, these three people were later called the Three Heroes of the Han Dynasty. Liu Bang even praised Zhang Liang, saying that he was not as good as Zhang Liang, saying that he could make plans in the tent and win the battle thousands of miles away.]
【And under Zhang Liang's persuasion, the capital was established in Guanzhong, and many fiefs were granted, ensuring the stability of the Han Dynasty.】
[Zhang Liang was 48 years old this year. He made plans in the tent and won the battle thousands of miles away, which became the highest evaluation of counselors in the future.]
[In the first five years of the empire's stability, Zhang Liang gradually began to use illness as an excuse to stay indoors, and gradually retreated from being the emperor's teacher to being the emperor's guest.]
[In Liu Bang's brutal struggle to exterminate the king of the opposite sex, Zhang Liang also followed the principle of being dispensable, advancing and retreating from time to time, and rarely participated in the planning. ]
[Faced with the brutal struggle within the royal family, Zhang Liang adhered to the principle of not alienating relatives and protected himself until 197 BC, when another crisis arose in the Western Han Dynasty.]
【Liu Bang noticed that Empress Lü had ulterior motives and was trying to replace Liu as king, so he wanted to appoint a new crown prince. Empress Lü saw that her son's position as crown prince was in jeopardy, so she quickly asked Zhang Liang for help.】
【Zhang Liang believed that the world had just been settled and the foundation of the Han Dynasty's rule was not yet solid. Only by following the status quo and governing by inaction could the world be stabilized. So he told Empress Lü that only by inviting the Four Elders of Shangshan could the prince be saved.】
[This Empress Lü actually invited four old men to come down from the mountain to assist the crown prince. When Liu Bang saw that the crown prince had grown up, he never mentioned the matter of changing the crown prince again. As a result, Empress Lü respected Zhang Liang even more.]
[A year later, Huainan King Ying Bu rebelled, and Liu Bang went to suppress the rebellion himself. He asked Zhang Liang to assist the crown prince in running the government, and Zhang Liang rarely came out to discuss matters.]
[In 186 BC, Zhang Liang died of illness at the age of . During his lifetime, when it came to rewarding people for their merits, Zhang Liang resigned from the fief of households and chose to sit on the throne of Marquis of Liu, where he first met Liu Bang.]
[When the Han Dynasty became increasingly stable, he asked to resign, abandoned all worldly affairs, and devoted himself to cultivating Taoism and protecting himself. This is how the Liuhou Temple came into being.]
[He became one of the few counselors in Chinese history whose reputation remained intact, and was emulated by later generations.]
——"It's over. Tomorrow, the Koreans will say that Zhang Liang is a Korean."
——"It's so funny, you know Koreans."
——"If Zhang Liang really defected to Xiang Yu, with him and Fan Zeng around, Liu Bang would have been in trouble."
——"Come on, Xiang Yu is even dumber and won't listen to advice."
——"To be honest, Zhang Liang's ultimate move is really disgusting."
——"I don't think he's that great. He's not even as good as Chen Ping."
——"Yes, yes, yes, I should have invited you to come out of retirement back then. You could not only argue, but also beat Xiang Yu to death with your keyboard."