The video takes us to ancient times; Li Er transforms into the Tongtian Emperor of Shu Han.

Seeing Jiao Bo's resolute and unwavering expression, Liu Bang smiled.

In the previous assessment by the immortals, this eunuch official was considered the most loyal person, without exception.

Although his abilities were somewhat lacking, in this situation, loyalty was clearly more important than anything else.

"My dear minister, your loyalty is truly beyond question. Now, besides Li Zhao, you are the only person I can trust by my side."

When Liu Bang reached out and patted him on the shoulder, Jiao Bo's face immediately lit up with immense excitement.

His Majesty acknowledged his loyalty!

"Serving His Majesty is the duty of us servants!"

"I have something to entrust to you now, it concerns my life and fortune."

"what?"

Jiao Bo shuddered upon hearing this.

Just as Liu Bang had previously commented on him, he was loyal but lacked ability.

He certainly knows himself very well.

He would gladly go through fire and water for the emperor.

But when it comes to matters concerning His Majesty's life and fortune, he dares not!

He knew he was a useless lackey.

Seeing that he was about to refuse, Liu Bang spoke first.

"My dear minister, do not be so quick to refuse. Li Zhao needs to help me contact righteous men outside the palace. Apart from you, I have no one else in the palace I can trust."

"If you don't help me, then I'll just have to obediently wait to die."

"what?"

Jiao Bo truly never expected that he held such a high position in His Majesty's heart!

After a moment's hesitation, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

"This humble servant is willing to go through fire and water for Your Majesty, even unto death!"

"Secretly train some elite soldiers for me, at least five hundred, with no upper limit, who can charge into battle for me."

"If one day in the future I must draw my sword against the Sima clan, I hope that you, my dear minister, will be the sharpest sword in my hand, and slay the traitor Sima Shi for me!"

"what???"

Uncle Jiao was dumbfounded.

What you mean is that you want me, your servant, to fight against the Sima family and kill Sima Shi?

what?

Is it that this servant has such ability but is unaware of it, or that Your Majesty overestimates this servant?

"This servant, this servant..."

We have no manpower, no money, and no skills.

This lackey is a complete scoundrel; let alone training five hundred assassins, he'd be lucky to even train himself into one!

Seeing his troubled expression, as if he didn't know how to start the conversation, Liu Bang smiled.

"In a couple of days, Eunuch Guo from the Empress Dowager's side will come. At that time, I will ask him to find a place for you."

"In this palace, although my word doesn't count, the Empress Dowager still has some power."

Queen Mother?

Jiao Bo's expression finally relaxed a bit.

He knew about Eunuch Guo, who served the Empress Dowager.

"If one day you are able to reclaim the power of the emperor, I will grant you a title of nobility."

"In addition, after Eunuch Guo arrives, I will have him give you 10,000 gold coins as expenses for training the assassins."

"If it's not enough, you can ask him for more later. If there's more, consider it a reward for you."

Upon hearing this, Jiao Bo bowed down without the slightest hesitation.

"The slave obeys the order!"

"Even if this servant is shattered to pieces, I will never disappoint Your Majesty!"

"Go down."

"My dear minister, I look forward to you bringing me some surprises."

Liu Bang smiled and waved his hand.

This was a risky move on his part.

Zhang Liang needed to travel around, testing the attitudes of various gentry families while also contacting those families that might be won over in the future.

He didn't have the time to waste on assassins.

On the other hand, although Jiao Bo was not particularly capable, his loyalty was guaranteed.

Liu Bang was somewhat at ease entrusting the task of training elite soldiers to him.

Only after arranging everything he could do at the moment did he feel at ease and lie down on the bed.

……

"Jiao Bo is training assassins?"

"If I remember correctly, when facing Cheng Ji, he was cut down from his horse in a single encounter, wasn't he?"

"Isn't it a bit far-fetched to ask him to train assassins with such abilities?"

"Emperor Gaozu is clearly forcing us into this task. Why not entrust it to Zhang Liang?"

"He must be too busy. The strategist has more important things to do. It would be a waste of his talents to leave him in the palace to train assassins."

"Moreover, with assassins, as long as they are loyal enough, the rest is not a problem."

As Liu Bang fell asleep, heated discussions about his actions began on the sky.

Many people believe that training assassins is a necessary step.

However, entrusting this move to Jiao Bo is somewhat difficult to agree with.

"Too busy to be in two places at once?"

“During the day, I would go out to gather intelligence and test the attitudes of various gentry families. After returning to the palace at night to report the situation, I would train the assassins and leave the palace at dawn.”

"Isn't this a perfect use of every hour?"

Li Er said matter-of-factly.

Old Zhu: “…”

“Li Er, what we’re saying is that back when our family was farming, even the old farmers knew that oxen and horses need to rest after working hard.”

"Look at the idea you came up with! If someone like you were a landlord, he would be hung on the city wall for exploiting his tenants!"

"Besides, we think we've all been in a misconception before. Who says that suicide squad members have to be really good at fighting?"

It was only after seeing Liu Bang entrust the task of training assassins to Jiao Bo that he suddenly understood.

For suicide squad members, is the most important criterion fighting ability or loyalty?

When they discussed this matter before, although they didn't say it explicitly, it was clear that most people valued elite troops who were capable of fighting.

Liu Bang's actions demonstrate that what he valued was exactly the opposite of what others considered.

In his view, loyalty is more important!

"Isn't it a bit too extravagant to use only 10,000 gold coins to train just 500 elite soldiers?"

"Perhaps so, but that's precisely why Emperor Gaozu had so many people around him who were devoted to serving him to the death."

Liu Bang was never stingy with the people around him.

Or rather, even "generous" wouldn't be an accurate description; throughout history, few emperors could have been more generous than him.

His attitude towards his subordinates was quite terrible. He did things like urinating in the hats of Confucian scholars, pointing at meritorious officials and calling them "dogs of merit," and pointing at military generals and calling them "useless."

If any other emperor had done this, his ministers would probably have been in uproar, but his ministers were all incredibly obedient.

The root cause is that he really does curse, and he's also genuinely willing to give benefits!

Chen Ping asked for 20,000 gold coins, so he gave him 40,000 directly.

When Han Xin asked for a fake King of Qi, he directly granted him the title of King of Qi.

Would you like a boss who's willing to spend so much on rewards, even if he has a slightly bad temper?

"From the current perspective, although Emperor Gaozu was taking these steps somewhat hastily, he was still quite steady."

"The Empress Dowager has clearly sided with him. With Eunuch Guo covering for him, training several hundred assassins in the palace should not be a problem."

"The next step is to see if he can persuade Chen Tai to truly win over the entire Yingchuan Chen clan to the Emperor."

"Only if this succeeds will there be real hope of breaking the deadlock!"