After Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor, how did he deal with the nobles of the former six countries?

On February 28th, 202 BC, Liu Bang, who unified the whole country, officially ascended the throne in Surabaya, Dingtao, Shandong Province (now Cao Xian North, Shandong Province), with the title of Han and Liu Bang as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Liu bang was originally just a piece of cloth, and he won the world on horseback. He knows that his world is hard-won, so he is worried that it will change hands day and night. In order to stabilize his throne, he took some measures.

For example, for the most powerful princes with different surnames at that time, Liu Bang always found reasons to eradicate them. Peng Yue and Han Xin, great fathers who once rebelled against Xiang Yu, are also on Liu Bang's blacklist. The death of Peng Yue and Han Xin was also the main reason for the uprising in Ying Bu. For the ministers of the opposite sex, Liu Bang was almost unkind, leaving only one Changsha king, Wu Rui. During his eight years as emperor, Liu Bang actually spent most of his time dealing with the opposite sex princes.

After the princes of the opposite sex, it was the prime minister who threatened the imperial power. After all, since the Qin dynasty, the power of the prime minister has been great, and he is the first of all officials. Zhao Gao used to play politics in this position. Han inherited the Qin system, and the power of the prime minister was also great.

At that time, Liu Bang's prime minister was Xiao He, who made great contributions to Liu Bang's uprising, and Xiao He also belonged to the category of Gao Zhen, so Liu Bang was not at ease with him.

According to historical records, in the autumn of the twelfth year of the Han Dynasty, Qing Bu rebelled and Liu Bang attacked him. Several envoys asked him what the Prime Minister was.

As can be seen from the above, when Liu Bang went to pacify Ying Bu, Liu Bang was already uneasy about Xiao He. He sent messengers many times to ask what Xiao He was doing.

After Liu Bang put down the rebellion and returned to Beijing, he also took the opportunity to take bribes and put Xiao He in prison (Xiao He got the emperor's suspicion for taking the stigma festival). Later, although Liu Bang released Xiao He at the request of all, Xiao He was more cautious and respectful to Liu Bang from now on. Liu Bang weakened Xiang Quan by attacking Xiao He.

Liu bang strengthened the imperial power by attacking the prime ministers of the opposite sex, but these were not all that he consolidated his rule, because there was another threat at that time, namely the nobles of the six countries.

The threat of the nobles of the six countries is actually much smaller than that of the prince of the opposite sex. After Xiang Yu swept the world, he did not deal with these nobles who revived because of Qin's death. These people defected and rebelled, which caused great obstacles to Xiang Yu. Tian Heng of Qi, for example, later confined Xiang Yu to the north, containing Xiang Yu and giving Liu Bang a chance.

Knowing that Xiang Yu had suffered from these people, Liu Bang would certainly take special care of them.

At that time, Lou Jing, an important counselor of Liu Bang, presented Liu Bang with a plan to treat the nobles of the six countries kindly. Strong or weak? Strategy. This LouJing is Liu Jing, the minister who advised Liu Bang to build his capital in Chang 'an.

"Historical Records of Liu Jingchuan" records that from the beginning, my husband was at odds with Tian, and he could not prosper. Your majesty is in Guanzhong today, but there are few people. It is near Hukou in the north and six imperial families in the east, with strong strength. Over time, your majesty won't need a high pillow to lie down. Your majesty moved to various places, and Qujing, Yan, Zhao, Han, Yan and others all lived in Guanzhong. Nothing, you can get ready; With the change of governors, the rate of eastward cutting is also sufficient.

Liu Jing believes that the rise of princes can only flourish with the participation of Qi, Chu and other nobles. Nowadays, Guanzhong, which mainly controls land, is short of population after the war, close to Xiongnu, and there are six big noble in the east, which is difficult to stabilize. Therefore, it is suggested that all the nobles of the six countries move to their own Guanzhong area to live. If the country is safe, prevent the Huns; If the country changes, we can also let them go to the front.

This is a strategy to strengthen centralization and weaken localities.

So how did Liu Bang deal with these nobles? Liu bang immigrated them all to Guanzhong under his direct control and settled down. This not only increases the population of Guanzhong, but also kills two birds with one stone without fearing the rebellion of these nobles.

In fact, after destroying the Six Kingdoms, Qin Shihuang did the same. According to historical records, (Qin Shihuang) immigrated to the world with120,000 households in Xianyang, which means that the first emperor moved all the120,000 households to Xianyang.

Du Mu's A Gong Fang Fu also mentioned some situations, namely:? The prince's grandson, concubine, resigned from the downstairs hall and came to Qin.

This shows that Qin Shihuang also made this move, but compared with Qin Shihuang, Liu Bang should be more thorough.

Here again, in fact, some of the nobles of the six countries belong to the category of opposite-sex princes, such as Han Wangxin, who was the illegitimate child of Han Xiangwang during the Warring States period and belonged to the orthodox Korean nobility. Although he was a noble, he belonged to the category of the opposite sex prince, so he was later suspected and eventually rebelled and was killed.