In the anti-Qin war and the Chu-Han war, the Liu Bang clique continued to grow and develop, and eventually established the Han Empire. At the same time, a powerful group of heroes has also been formed. In the nearly ten years after the founding of the people's republic, the princes with different surnames in the Gongchen group were the biggest unstable factor in the imperial court; more than twenty years later, during the period of Emperor Wen of Han, the Gongchen clique still controlled the government, and the four ministers of Emperor Wendi of Han belonged to the Gongchen clique without exception. Then how could Lü Yan and The Orphans and Widows of Emperor Hui of Han be able to control the situation? Perhaps, looking at the luxury camp of the Lu Group, we will understand.
First, the primary figure of the Lü clan foreign relatives group is naturally Empress Lü Yan. Lü Hou was not an ordinary woman, in the war and chaos at the end of Qin, she experienced thousands of hardships, and at the same time grew more resolute and wiser in the midst of suffering. In terms of playing with power, she was no different from Gaozu Liu Bang. The two most powerful princes of the early Han Dynasty, Han Xin and Peng Yue, both died at the hands of Lü Hou.
Second, Lü Hou had two older brothers and a younger sister. Her eldest brother Lü Ze formed a relatively independent team at the end of qin, and many important generals in the Han army, such as Ding Fu, Ze Da, Feng Wuxue, and Guo Meng, were all subordinates of Lü Ze. His achievements and merits were deliberately erased with the extermination of Lü's foreign relatives. The second brother Lü Shizhi, although he did not participate in the Chu-Han War, also made great achievements in the anti-Qin War and was given the title of Marquis of Jiancheng. Lü Yan's sister Lü Jie was as politically knowledgeable as Lü Yan, so much so that when Liu Bang died and Lü Yan came to power, Chen Ping, who was the left chancellor, was also jealous of her. Later, if Lü Lu heeded Lü Zi's warning and resolutely refused to hand over the seal, Zhou Bo and Chen Ping would not even have the opportunity to launch a military coup.
Third, the strength of Lü's sons and nephews should not be underestimated. Lü Tai, the son of Lü Ze, was given the title of Marquis of Li after Lü Ze's death, and later as the Prince of Lü; Lü Chan, the second son of Lü Ze, was successively the King of Lü and the King of Liang, and when Lü Hou was seriously ill, he was given the title of Xiangguo, commanded the southern army, and controlled the army of the capital; Lü Lu, the second son of Lü Shi, was made the Marquis of Jiancheng in the first year of Gao Hou's reign, and later he was also named the King of Zhao, and when Lü Hou was seriously ill, he was given the title of General, commanded the Northern Army, and controlled the army of the imperial palace. Among the sons and nephews of the Lü clan, the princes and princes also included Lü Tong, Lü Zhuang, Lü Zhong, Lü Ping, Lü He, Lü Gengshi, Lü Wei, and Lü Rong.
Fourth, many lü clan women who are married to Liu Clan. In order to strengthen the power of the Lü clique, Lü Hou vigorously engaged in "Liu Lü Matching", and many of Liu's clan relatives married Lü clan women. Such as Liu Bang's sons Liu You the Prince of Zhao You, Liu Hui the Prince of Zhao Gong, Liu Zhang, the Grandson of Liu Bang, Liu Zhang, the Marquis of Zhu, and Liu Ze, the Distant Cousin of Liu Bang.
Fifth, the founding hero who entered the core of the Lü Group. Fan Yi, a fierce general under Liu Bang, married Lü Yan's sister Lü Mi, thus becoming a core member of the Lü clique, and was appointed marquis of Wuyang in the early Han Dynasty, serving as a general; Zhang Ao, the son of Zhang Er, a prince with a different surname in the early Han Dynasty, accompanied his father to participate in the rebellion of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, and was enfeoffed as the Prince of Chengdu. Han Chu attacked his father as the King of Zhao and married Lü Hou's daughter Princess Lu Yuan. Later, although liu bang stripped him of the title, his daughter Zhang Yan was empress Liu Ying of the Han Hui Emperor, and his son Zhang Yan was made the prince of Lu by Empress Lü.
Sixth, become the founding hero of the Lü Group.com. Zhang Liang, one of the "Three Masters of the Early Han Dynasty", once gave lü Hou's advice to invite Shangshan Sihao to consolidate Liu Ying's position as crown prince. Zhang Liang voluntarily retired after the establishment of the Han Empire, but his son Zhang Peiqiang accompanied Lü Hou. After the death of Emperor Hui of Han, Lü Hou cried but did not cry, and the fifteen-year-old Zhang Peiqiang suggested that the chancellor Chen Ping cater to Lü Hou and worship his foreign relatives Lü Tai, Lü Chan, and Lü Lu as generals, so as not to kill him. Li Shang, an important general under Liu Bang, was awarded the title of Marquis of Zhou for his merits, and zengguan worshiped the Right Chancellor. After Liu Bang's death, Lü Hou consulted with him and prepared to do his best to criticize the meritorious elder, and Li Shang analyzed the current situation for him and dissuaded this plan. Li Shang's son Li Ji later became a close friend of the general Lü Lu. Zhou Bo plotted against Lü Lu by kidnapping Li Shang and forcing Li Tou to deceive Lü Lu's military power.
7. The founding hero who compromised with the Lü clique. The most typical is Chen Ping and Zhou Bo, who may not really turn to Lü Hou, but compromise for their own interests. When Han Bang was seriously ill, he sent Chen Ping and Zhou Bo to execute Fan Duo immediately, but they did not fully comply with Liu Bang's wishes, but instead took Fan Duo into custody and brought him back to the capital to be disposed of by the emperor himself, thus saving Fan Duo's life. After Liu Bang's death, Chen Ping hurried to the capital, nominally crying to Emperor Xian, but in fact showing loyalty to Lü Hou. Therefore, he was soon appointed as the left chancellor. Zhou Bo was actually similar to Chen Ping, and he was later made a lieutenant by Lü Hou. It was because of their compromise that Lü Hou's idea of making Lü shi king after Emperor Hui's death was realized. Later, they jointly destroyed Zhu Lü because the excessive expansion of the Lü clique's power had seriously damaged their own interests, so they eventually broke with the Lü clique.