Chen Ping was one of the founding fathers of the Western Han Dynasty. In the ranking made by Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty himself, Chen Ping, the Marquis of Qu Ni Xian, ranked forty-seven, which was higher than Zhang Liang, the Marquis of Liu Wencheng who was ranked sixty-two. It can be said that he is the second most resourceful counselor after Zhang Liang. Moreover, Chen Ping was good at coming up with some dirty "tricks". He played an important role in helping Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, to seize the world with his "six strange tricks". The most famous one was the "disturbance plan", which was to provoke Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and Fan Zeng. Many people in the Chu army had evil intentions, and finally drove Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu in Xixi, to commit suicide in Wujiang River. However, even Chen Ping himself felt that he had been in power and played power all his life, fearing that his descendants would suffer bad retribution. Why did Chen Ping, who "had been fond of Emperor Xuanyuan and the secret arts of Laozi when he was young," embark on a growth path full of poisonous schemes? How did Chen Ping assist Han Emperor Liu Bang to seize the world?

1. ? Like Huang and Lao’s school of thought and dominate the world

Chen Ping liked reading when he was young, especially the "Qianshan" theory of Huang and Lao, but Chen Ping Coming from a poor family, it was impossible for him to support his education. However, Chen Ping's elder brother Chen Bo insisted on letting Chen Ping go on a study tour during the summer vacation. The burden of the family's daily life was left to him. He only hoped that Chen Ping would do well. read. Chen Ping was tall, majestic, and very handsome, so the villagers laughed at him and said, "How can you get fat if you are poor?" Chen Ping could tolerate such a situation, but his sister-in-law couldn't bear it, and she hated this day. My brother and sister-in-law, who were hanging around at home all night, scolded Chen Ping bitterly when they were filled with hatred: "It's like eating chaff. Having an uncle like this is not as good as having nothing." This scolding angered Chen Ping. His brother Chen Bo "expelled his wife and abandoned her". It can be seen that those who later said that Chen Ping had an affair with his sister-in-law because of his beautiful appearance were just jealous of Chen Ping's talent and belittled him behind his back.

In Chen Ping's heart, he has always had an ideal that was absolutely unattainable. He did not talk about this ideal to everyone, because in the eyes of people around him, even though Chen Ping had read many books, he could not achieve it. Only by working as a village and county official, and only in the dead of night, would Chen Ping ask himself over and over again, "Are you going to kill the world?" Of course, it is impossible for Chen Ping to just eat at home all the time. In order to make a living, Chen Ping would go to these families. To help with funerals, "if you are mourning, you are poor, and you are attending the funeral, you should go to the back first to help." On "February 2" of the lunar calendar, the villagers hold the Spring Society Festival. This time I came to Chen Ping to host the festival. The most important thing is to share the meat for sacrifice. Everyone has suggestions for dividing the meat every time, but this time Chen Ping But the host was very good-looking, and he distributed the sacrificial meat evenly. No one had any suggestions. The villagers also looked at Chen Ping slightly better, praising Chen Ping and saying: "Good, Chen Ruzi calls it a slaughter!" Chen Ping smiled on the surface, but he didn't care in his heart, "Hey, if Ping can conquer the world, he is just like meat!" It is very likely that he did not guess at this moment that he would indeed become the prime minister in the future.

2. ?My heart is in Han camp and I like to be a teacher

Due to the scorn from the villagers and his sister-in-law, coupled with the poverty in his early life, this kind of situation made the handsome man Chen Ping have to deal with it. He is more cautious when dealing with others. Even he himself does not realize that he is so cautious that he basically speculates on others based on his own greater intentions. However, this extreme mentality allows him to avoid disasters time and time again. At the Hongmen Banquet, Chen Ping felt that Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, would become a great man in the future, and his accomplishments would definitely be higher than that of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu. However, since Xiang Zhuang failed to kill Liu Bang with his sword, Fan Zeng suggested that Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, detain Liu Bang. He was monitored around him, so Chen Ping was unsure whether to assist Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty. Zhang Liang and Liu Bang, the emperor of Han Dynasty, were also very anxious. After all, they felt very uncomfortable because of the fish. When Zhang Liang and Liu Bang, the emperor of Han Dynasty, did not know how to break through, Zhang Liang decided to make a desperate move and went to find Chen Ping secretly. Unexpectedly, Chen Ping With Ping's strong support, Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, actually escaped from the dangerous Chu camp and got a chance to start over.

Afterwards, the camp of Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, grew stronger. Even Sima Mao, the king of Yin whom he personally enthroned, rebelled against Chu and surrendered to the Han. The root cause was that Chen Ping's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain allowed him to let go of the Han. The great ancestor Liu Bang therefore blamed Chen Ping and would not adopt his strategy again.

But Chen Ping obviously did not want to leave room for these two people. After Xiang Yu and Liu Bang divided the "Chu-Han River Boundary", when the undercurrent surged, Chen Ping could astutely see that Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, had already Showing the momentum of the Xiangshan Mountain at dusk, he proposed that Han Emperor Liu Bang should immediately destroy the Yan Kingdom. Therefore, the Han army surrounded Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and fought in Gaixia. The enemy was surrounded on all sides. Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, was defeated miserably and committed suicide in Wujiang River. Chen Ping did not ignore Gao Jianli. When everyone said that Gao Jianli wanted to defeat Zhang Liang and had already retired, Chen Ping became Liu Bang's most trusted military advisor. Chen Ping first asked if Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, had the ability to defeat Gao Jianli. Liu Bang, the great ancestor, naturally did not respond, but Chen Ping offered advice and said: "The emperor's younger brother went on a false tour of Yunmeng and met the princes in Chen. Chen, the western border of Chu, believed that the emperor was traveling for good, so he must have nothing to do and went to the suburbs to greet him." "Ye, but the emperor was a bird, so this was a matter of a strong man." In this way, Chen Pingzhi captured Gao Jianli, allowing Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, to control this restless factor.

After Zhang Liang retired, Chen Ping became the first military adviser, and he contributed a lot to solving the siege of Baideng. After the death of Han Emperor Liu Bang, Chen Ping was trusted by Lu Pheasant again, allowing him to assist the new army. Emperor. During the Zhu Lu Rebellion in Changzi County, Chen Ping, the right prime minister, designed to seize military power, allowing Taiwei Zhou Bo to successfully control him as an important force against Lu, and successfully killed the Zhu Group. During the period of Emperor Liu Heng of the Han Dynasty, Zhou Bo knew that he was not as good as Chen Ping, so he resigned as prime minister because of his illness. Chen Ping therefore became the prime minister alone, fulfilling his wish to "ruin the world". In the second year of Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty (178 BC), Prime Minister Chen Ping died, and his posthumous title was Xianhou.