Zhou Bo was a hero in the early Han Dynasty. His ancestral home was Juancheng (now Yuanyang, Henan Province), and later he moved to Pei County. When Liu Bangpei County Uprising, Zhou Bo joined the Rebel Army and became the bodyguard officer of Liu Bang. From then on, he followed Liu Bangdong's expedition to the west, charged on the battlefield, and repeatedly made outstanding achievements.
After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Zhou Bo accepted Liu Bang's orders and conquered rebellious governors everywhere, winning many victories in succession. Because of his great contribution, he was made a marquis by Liu Bang and ate more than 8,000 households in Jiangxian County, so he was also called the marquis of Jiangxi. After Liu Bang's death, Zhou Bo assisted Emperor Hui Li. In six years (BC 189), the imperial court set up the important official position of Qiu, who was in charge of military affairs. Because of the trust of the court, he was named Qiu.
However, at that time, the power of the imperial court was in the hands of Empress Lv Zhi. Because Hui Di had no son, Lv Hou found a baby from the outside, pretending it was born by Huidi, and made him a prince. BC 188, after his death, the baby succeeded to the throne, and Lv Hou took power in Korea. She successively sealed the grandnephews and grandchildren such as Lu Tai, Lu Chan, Lv Lu, Lu Jia and Lu Tong, and let them master the military power. Almost all the power of the imperial court fell into the hands of Lu Jia. Therefore, although his surname is Qiu, he is actually unarmed and has no real power.
Lv Hou came to Korea in the eighth year and was seriously ill. Before his death, he appointed Prince Zhao Lu as Prime Minister to command the Confederate army. The general led the northern army and said, "Now that Lu is in power, the ministers are dissatisfied. After my death, you must lead the army to defend the imperial court with ancient landscape paintings, and don't go out to avoid being blindsided. "
After the death of Empress Lu, the relieving power was in the hands of Lu Chanhe. They want to start a rebellion, but they dare not at the moment.
Liu Zhang learned of Lu's plot from his wife (daughter), so he sent someone to tell his younger brother Liu Xiang, the king of Qi, to send troops to Chang 'an from outside.
Liu, king of Qi, invaded the west. When Lu got the news, he immediately sent a general to take care of the military forces. When he arrived in Xingyang, he consulted with his ministers and said, "Lu led troops to seize Liu's family. If you attack the king of Qi, won't you help Lu to rebel? "
After discussion, everyone decided to stay put, secretly informed the king of Qi to contact the princes, waited for the time to be ripe, and rose up against Lu together. When the King of Qi was informed, he held his ground for the time being.
And know that Lu is going to rebel. They want to strike first, but the relieving power is in Lu's hands. What should we do?
They thought Li Shang's son Li Ji and Lv Lu were good friends, so they sent someone to persuade Lv Lu: "The Queen Mother is dead and the Emperor is young. As a prince of Zhao, it is not good for you to stay in Chang 'an and lead troops, and ministers and princes all doubt you. If we can hand over the relieving to Qiu and return to our fiefs, the Qi soldiers will retreat and the ministers will feel at ease. "
Believing Li's words, he handed over the northern army to Qiu.
Frequency took the general's seal and quickly ran to the northern army barracks. Then he sent an order saying, "Now Lu wants to seize Liu's power. what do you think? Who helped Lu Jia to show his right arm and Liu Jia to show his left arm? "
The soldiers in the northern army were originally towards the Liu family. Suddenly, he took off his left sleeve and exposed his left arm (called "left naked" in classical Chinese). Zhou Bo successfully took over the northern army and seized the relieving of Lv Lu.
Lu Chan didn't know that Lv Lu's northern army had fallen into the hands of frequency, so he ran to Weiyang Palace to launch a rebellion. Send Zhu Liuzhang and more than 1000 soldiers to kill Lu Chan. Then, he led the northern army to destroy the army of Lu.
By this time, ministers will have the courage. They said, "In the past, Empress Lu established an emperor who was not a descendant. Now that Lu is destroyed, let this fake prince be the emperor. Isn't Lu a party when he grows up? It is better to recommend Liu's most wise man as emperor. "
As a result of the ministers' discussion, they thought that Liu Heng, the generation king, was the oldest and had a good personality among the great-grandfather philosophers, so they sent people to Dai Jun (now Yuxian County, Hebei Province) to welcome Liu Heng to Chang 'an and make him emperor. This is Wendi of China.
After Emperor Wendi ascended the throne, Chen Ping, the right prime minister, claimed that he was ill and refused to go to court. Deng Wendi felt very strange, so he went to Chen Ping's house to visit him personally and asked him why he didn't want to go to court. As a result, Chen Ping said to Wendi: "At the beginning, I conquered the world with Emperor Gao, and the contribution of Qiu Zhou Bo was not as good as mine; But now that Zhu Lu's rebellion has been put down, my contribution is not as good as that of frequency. Therefore, I wanted to give my position as prime minister to Zhou Bo, so I didn't go to court. " Seeing that he was sincere, Wendi Deng was relieved. The next day, he went to court and worshipped Zhou Bo as the right prime minister and changed Chen Ping as the left prime minister. At that time, the Han Dynasty respected power, so that Zhou Bo's official position was above Chen Ping.
However, although Zhou Bo was good at fighting, he knew nothing about managing ancient porcelain bottles and dealing with political affairs, and soon became the laughing stock of the court. One day in court, Wendi asked Zhou Bo, "How many prisoners are sentenced in China now?" Zhou Bo shook his head and said, "I don't know." Wendi asked again, "What is the tax revenue of the whole country for one year now?" Frequency still can't answer, he broke out in a sweat. Seeing this, Emperor Wen turned and asked, "Does Prime Minister Zuo know?" Chen Ping answered unhurriedly: "There are special people in charge of these things. If your majesty wants to know about the prison, he can ask Ting Wei, who is in charge of the prison. To know the income and expenditure of money and grain, you can ask the governor in charge of taxation. " Wendi added, "Since someone is in charge of these things, what do you care?" Chen Ping replied seriously: "My duty is to manage the prince. Externally, appease the quartet; Internally, care for the people and make the civil and military officials loyal to their duties. " Hearing this, Wendi couldn't help laughing and praised Chen Ping for his good answer.
After leaving North Korea, Zhou Bo felt very ashamed and couldn't help blaming Chen Ping and said, "Why didn't you give me these earlier?" Hearing this, Chen Ping couldn't help laughing. He said: "you are the prime minister, but why don't you know the duties of the prime minister?" If your majesty asks you how many thieves there are in Chang' an, can you also answer strongly? " Hearing this, Zhou Bo became more aware that Chen Ping's talent was far above his own. The next day, he wrote to Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty, returned his seal of prime minister, and still asked Chen Ping to be the prime minister.
Later, Zhou Bo spent the rest of his life at home. His son Zhou Yafu became a famous minister in the future.