After Emperor Hui's funeral, his successor was Empress Zhang's son, who was only one or two years old at the time and was known as Emperor Shao. Children could not handle government affairs, so Lü Hou became the de facto helmsman of the Han Dynasty, and Chinese history entered a chapter that had never been seen before.
In 187 BC, also known as the first year of Gao Hou, every time Lü Hou came to the dynasty, he saw that the hundred officials of wen and wu, the class position was solemn, either the kings of the Liu clan, or the heroes and generals, and there were very few people in the Lü family, so Lü Hou still felt insecure. In order to sit firmly in the court, she decided to elevate the position of the Lü family in the court, and in doing so, she had to challenge the white horse alliance oath that Liu Bang had previously decided that "no one other than Liu Shi should not be called a king".
Lü Hou would appoint Zhu Lü as the king to the ministers to discuss, just mentioned this matter, the Right Chancellor Wang Ling loudly retorted: This proposal cannot be decided, Emperor Gaozu once made an alliance with his ministers and other criminal white horses, and those who were not liu and the king, the world attacked it together. Now the oath is still locked in the Zongmiao Temple, and if you crown Zhu Lu as king and betray the oath of alliance, it will surely attract the wrath of the heavens and the people.
Lü Hou was furious and turned to ask Chen Ping, the left chancellor; Chen Ping, who had always been good at observing words and colors, hurriedly said: Emperor Gaozu pacified the world, and the sons of Dafeng were kings; now that the empress dowager is in the imperial system, you can separate the sons of the Lü clan as kings, and you must do everything. Hearing Chen Ping say this, The Grand Lieutenant Zhou Bo and other ministers also echoed it one after another. Lü Hou turned his anger into joy, made a graceful and generous gesture, and said: This matter concerns the general body, and today it is only a discussion, and it is better to discuss it or not, so it is better to withdraw from the DPRK.
After retiring from the dynasty, Wang Ling said angrily to Chen Ping and Zhou Bo: If Zhu Lü is king, where will Liu Shi jiangshan be? When Emperor Gaozu made an alliance by blood, the two were on the spot, and now the words are still in the ears, why should they renege on the covenant? What will be the face of the two after a hundred years to see Emperor Gaozu? Chen Ping was not angry about Wang Ling's scolding of splitting his head and covering his face, and said with a smile: The prince is angry, today's face is in contention, I am not as good as gong, he is a Han room in Ri'an, fixing the world of Liu's family, only afraid that the gong is not as good as me.
After a trial of the court, a few days later Lü Hou issued an edict appointing Wang Ling as the Young Emperor Taifu, who was then known as the Third Duke with Taishi Taibao, and although his name was revered, he had no real power, so he was promoted and secretly surrendered, depriving Wang Ling of his right to the throne. Wang Ling naturally also saw the hint, simply went to the book to ask for exemption from illness, returned to his hometown, closed his home, and stayed away from the temple.
After Wang Ling was relieved of his appearance, Lü Hou appointed Chen Ping as the right minister, and promoted the old minister to the left phase. At this point, Lü Hou had only taken the first step in the plan, and she knew that the ministers' recognition of Zhu Lü as king in the court meeting was reluctant. If lü's sons were to be made kings, it would actually be very dangerous, so Lü Hou decided to implement the second step plan.
Lü Hou's second step was to adopt a roundabout tactic, first sealing the lü clan who had died. Lü Hou's father Lü Gong (Lü Gong) was previously given the title of Marquis of Linsi and posthumously honored as King Lü Xuan of Lü; Lü Ze, Lü Ze, the eldest brother of Lü Hou, was posthumously honored as the Marquis of Zhou during the Gaozu period and posthumously honored as the Prince of Mowu. A few days later, seeing that this move had not made waves and that there was no opposition from the ministers, Lü Hou successively made Liu Qiang, the king of Huaiyang, and six other children as princes, all of whom were sons under the name of Emperor Hui.
During this period, Princess Lu Yuan died of illness, so Lü Hou ordered Zhang Yan, the son of Princess Lu Yuan, to be the King of Lu, and at the same time, he also used the strategy of Liu Lü's marriage to marry the girls of the Lü family to the princes of the Liu clan, which on the surface could give people the impression that Liu Lü did not separate his family, and secretly could also let the Girls of the Lü clan monitor and spy on intelligence.
At this point, Lü Hou will have to execute the last step in the plan, so can Lü Hou's last move be successfully landed?