Liu Bang After establishing The Han Empire , he began to enthrone the title of marquis to many heroes.
And the fact that one can be granted the title of Marquis is basically due to military merits.
But Liu Bang wanted to be a marquis for , Xiao He, who had never been on the battlefield, and he was a marquis.
This matter was opposed by many heroes, and he raised objections to Liu Bang. "Minist and others are held strong and fierce. Most of them are fighting more than a hundred battles, and the few are fighting for dozens of times. They conquered cities and lands, and their sizes are different. Now Xiao He has never had any hard work, and he only insisted on literary and introspection, and did not fight, and was on the top of his ministers. Why?"
He helplessly Liu Bang proposed a very interesting metaphor. People directed dogs to hunt, so is it a dog's contribution to catching prey or a human's contribution to catching prey?
The heroes unanimously believe that people have made great contributions.
So Liu Bang said that you are meritorious dogs, and Xiao He is meritorious, so Xiao He has made the most contribution.
A heroes who saw Liu Bang's words said this naturally could only agree.
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After the enfeoffment of heroes, the rankings of these heroes need to be ranked.
The heroes believed that " Pingyang Hou Cao Shen was killed by seventy years old, and he had the most achievements in conquering cities and land, so he should be the first."
This idea of the heroes conflicts with Liu Bang's idea.
The person Liu Bang belongs to is still Xiao He.
But Liu Bang had already had a conflict with the generals on the issue of Xiao He's title of marquis, so Liu Bang naturally could not speak for Xiao He anymore.
At this time, E Qianqiu, who was still a guest at that time, guessed Liu Bang's intention and knew that Liu Bang was unable to speak, so he stood up to take on the mouthpiece of Liu Bang.
So E Qianqiu said, "Although Cao Shen has made contributions to conquering the city, it is only a temporary achievement. Xiao He constantly provides food, grass, soldiers, this is a success for all generations. How can a temporary achievement be based on the success for all generations? So Xiao He is the first, Cao Shen is the second."
Liu Bang heard the repeated statement, so "then Xiao He is the first, and he is given the sword and shoes to the palace, so he will not go to the court."
The reason why Liu Bang spent so much effort to stand up for Xiao He and gave Xiao He the first two fiefs and rankings, was the ultimate goal of appointing Xiao He as the prime minister of all officials.
E Qianqiu, who successfully guessed Liu Bang's thoughts, was named Marquis of Anping for his contributions, and had a fief of 2,000 households.
